Cucumber Reports (no 75) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	75	18 Aug 2026, 08:03

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:44.028	Passed

17.464

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 6.521

When the network is plugged 0.028

And I successfully configure Tor 10.869

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.250

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.339

When the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.004

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 10.870

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.947

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.526

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.501

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.212

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.022

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.594

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.754

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.362

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.286

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.953

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.411

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.220

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 44.100

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.216

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.511

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.238

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 6.352

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.913

And I warm reboot the computer 0.014

And the computer reboots Tails 44.078

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.879

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.280

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.103

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.013

And I start the computer 0.612

And the computer boots Tails 29.504

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.347

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.748

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 6.352

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.084

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 17.249

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.882

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 6.357

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.150

And all notifications have disappeared 3.297

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.061

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.830

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.674

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.233

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.511

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.923

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.370

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.098

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.918

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.381

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.495

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.200

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.565

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.162

And all notifications have disappeared 3.553

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.802

# 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 4.397

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.131

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.292

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.857

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.289

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.135

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.197

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.118

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.347

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.266

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.484

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.354

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.069

And the network is plugged 0.039

And Tor is ready 6.727

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.289

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 0.241

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921

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	5:44.028	Passed

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