Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21711-tor-browser-140.14.0esr	1	13 Aug 2026, 18:11

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:7.929	Passed

18.736

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 6.555

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 12.051

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.094

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

33.388

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.320

When the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.366

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.475

And I wait until Tor is ready 3.164

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.034

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.497

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.226

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 6.210

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.134

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.223

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.023

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.191

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 0.378

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.268

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.824

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 6.390

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.168

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 44.916

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.340

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.133

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 6.366

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.762

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 45.122

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.875

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.570

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 0.010

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.075

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

And I start the computer 0.665

And the computer boots Tails 30.770

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.526

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.376

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.090

When the network is plugged 0.041

And I successfully configure Tor 18.962

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.328

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.801

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 6.700

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.157

And all notifications have disappeared 3.798

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.052

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.244

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.606

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.153

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.895

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.834

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.314

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.116

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.366

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.475

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

55.386

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.775

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.225

And all notifications have disappeared 4.216

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And the network is plugged 0.027

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.232

# 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 4.037

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.393

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.760

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.101

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.413

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.269

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.128

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.043

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.390

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.326

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

17.335

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 6.528

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

And the network is plugged 0.046

And Tor is ready 9.303

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.379

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.003

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.304

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608

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	6:7.929	Passed

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