Cucumber Reports (no 73) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	73	16 Aug 2026, 08:00

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:54.622	Passed

17.369

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.105

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 11.189

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.288

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 17.884

When the network is plugged 0.048

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.851

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.141

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.330

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.934

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.173

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.160

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.897

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.430

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.880

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.323

Output 1

Warning: these queries were allowed but not needed: ["fedoraproject.org."]

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.188

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

47.964

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.256

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.157

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 41.234

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.307

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.456

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.335

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.057

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.274

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 41.499

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.499

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.041

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.102

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.012

And I start the computer 0.612

And the computer boots Tails 29.270

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.133

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.172

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.139

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 16.728

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.554

Scenario I can manually recover from time sync failure when connecting automatically to obfs4 bridges with a clock East of UTC

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.316

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.158

And all notifications have disappeared 2.189

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.041

And the network is plugged 0.038

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.628

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.837

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.150

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.595

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.052

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.299

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.790

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.312

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.087

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.975

Scenario I can connect to obfs4 bridges having a clock East of UTC while hiding that I am using Tor

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.266

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.141

And all notifications have disappeared 3.048

And I capture all network traffic 0.006

And the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.749

# Anti-test: Users east of UTC can't connect to obfs4 bridges

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in hide mode without connecting 4.113

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.228

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.518

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.352

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.259

# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.308

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.115

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.369

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.292

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.025

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.149

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.063

And the network is plugged 0.036

And Tor is ready 6.414

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.356

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.003

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.882

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:54.622	Passed

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