Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_torbrowser-launcher-merge-upstream-2026-08	1	06 Aug 2026, 17:32

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:34.284	Passed

17.612

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 6.230

When the network is plugged 0.037

And I successfully configure Tor 11.309

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.987

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 6.154

When the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.862

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 12.199

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.698

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.035

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.408

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 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.239

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.233

And I capture all network traffic 0.007

And the network is plugged 0.046

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.762

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.753

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.979

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.339

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.478

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

48.266

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 6.189

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.141

And I warm reboot the computer 0.043

And the computer reboots Tails 41.839

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.201

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.088

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.112

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.012

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 41.846

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.112

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.311

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.073

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

And I start the computer 0.618

And the computer boots Tails 28.549

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.530

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 6.172

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.076

When the network is plugged 0.036

And I successfully configure Tor 17.214

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.030

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.655

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 6.361

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.159

And all notifications have disappeared 3.817

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.041

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.748

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.670

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.151

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.662

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.431

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.242

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.091

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.895

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.305

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.183

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.900

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.179

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.173

And all notifications have disappeared 3.446

And I capture all network traffic 0.008

And the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.678

# 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 4.086

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.141

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.247

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.829

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.260

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.120

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.130

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.021

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.346

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.154

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.534

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

14.523

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 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.177

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.070

And the network is plugged 0.025

And Tor is ready 6.915

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.328

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 0.004

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911

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	5:34.284	Passed

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