Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21765-tor-browser-15.0.23	1	14 Sep 2026, 13:13

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:6.082	Passed

19.380

Scenario Clock with host's time

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 6.393

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 12.907

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.306

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.658

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.312

When the network is plugged 0.028

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.034

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.177

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.065

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.040

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.555

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.164

And I capture all network traffic 0.017

And the network is plugged 0.069

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.034

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.371

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.283

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.485

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 1.064

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

52.696

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 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.531

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.225

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 45.141

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.791

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

53.780

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.552

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.257

And I warm reboot the computer 0.007

And the computer reboots Tails 44.316

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.646

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

31.653

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.092

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

And I start the computer 0.637

And the computer boots Tails 30.856

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.305

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.333

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.069

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 17.847

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.028

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.244

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.254

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.138

And all notifications have disappeared 3.777

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.058

And the network is plugged 0.024

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.673

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 5.221

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.174

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.604

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.309

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.323

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.111

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.079

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.447

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

52.933

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 6.435

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

And all notifications have disappeared 3.051

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.042

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.342

# 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 4.303

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.144

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.291

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.385

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.301

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.268

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.134

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.300

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.403

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.314

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.532

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.073

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

28.388

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.780

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.067

And the network is plugged 0.037

And Tor is ready 8.164

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.334

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 0.238

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582

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	6:6.082	Passed

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