Cucumber Reports (no 71) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0	71	14 Aug 2026, 08:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:40.709	Passed

19.313

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 6.318

When the network is plugged 0.033

And I successfully configure Tor 12.923

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.037

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

19.537

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.201

When the network is plugged 0.039

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.956

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.057

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.248

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.699

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 6.314

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.182

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.953

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.467

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.388

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 0.324

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.566

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.246

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.233

And I warm reboot the computer 0.010

And the computer reboots Tails 43.055

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.020

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.292

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.864

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 6.237

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.630

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 43.059

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.932

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.207

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.129

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 0.074

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.603

And the computer boots Tails 29.398

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.291

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.573

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.294

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.067

When the network is plugged 0.022

And I successfully configure Tor 17.135

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.625

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.152

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.134

And all notifications have disappeared 3.960

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.066

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.615

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.976

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.245

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.580

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.884

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.356

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.246

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.004

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.336

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.036

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

50.753

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 0.009

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.417

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.168

And all notifications have disappeared 4.090

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.259

# 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 3.839

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.142

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.277

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.359

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.290

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.290

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.966

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.328

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.044

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.146

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.194

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.646

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.357

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.089

And the network is plugged 0.028

And Tor is ready 7.802

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.365

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 0.386

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868

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	5:40.709	Passed

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