Cucumber Reports (no 74) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	74	17 Aug 2026, 07:51

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:34.151	Passed

17.705

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 0.011

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.202

When the network is plugged 0.039

And I successfully configure Tor 11.425

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.164

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.213

When the network is plugged 0.035

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.767

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.137

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.976

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.186

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.507

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.274

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

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.023

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.767

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.336

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.555

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.350

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

49.345

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 6.196

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.185

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 42.306

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.651

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.197

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.548

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.227

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 6.256

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.955

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 42.620

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.391

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.531

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 0.069

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.010

And I start the computer 0.605

And the computer boots Tails 28.803

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.416

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.219

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.102

When the network is plugged 0.026

And I successfully configure Tor 17.009

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.486

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.812

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.135

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.181

And all notifications have disappeared 3.073

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.060

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.799

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.783

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.128

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.205

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.858

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.275

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.802

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.327

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.108

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.236

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.815

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.600

# 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 4.067

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.210

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.429

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.406

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.340

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.215

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.092

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.862

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.307

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.302

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.184

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.331

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 6.138

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.065

And the network is plugged 0.034

And Tor is ready 8.752

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.336

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 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589

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	5:34.151	Passed

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