Cucumber Reports (no 4) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21619-tor-browser-15.0.16	4	14 Jun 2026, 09:49

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:9.880	Passed

20.671

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.025

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.056

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.939

When the network is plugged 0.030

And I successfully configure Tor 13.643

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.717

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.023

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.875

When the network is plugged 0.041

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.829

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.474

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.456

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.174

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.668

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.909

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.279

And I capture all network traffic 0.053

And the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.434

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.373

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.198

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.318

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

59.642

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 0.023

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.331

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.245

And I warm reboot the computer 0.013

And the computer reboots Tails 50.974

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.077

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.071

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.462

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.387

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 0.022

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.538

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.867

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 47.206

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.768

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

35.259

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 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given a computer 0.174

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.027

And I start the computer 0.827

And the computer boots Tails 33.913

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.315

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.079

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.961

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 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.345

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.168

When the network is plugged 0.016

And I successfully configure Tor 18.381

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.300

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.604

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 0.034

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.024

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.345

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.316

And all notifications have disappeared 3.300

And I capture all network traffic 0.021

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.051

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.250

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.628

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.235

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 14.805

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.887

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.350

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.096

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.926

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.326

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.080

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.246

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 0.025

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.274

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.228

And all notifications have disappeared 3.431

And I capture all network traffic 0.022

And the network is plugged 0.013

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.212

# 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 3.909

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.207

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.546

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.676

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.465

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.240

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.121

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.245

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.329

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.050

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.270

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.720

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 0.025

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.023

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.324

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 0.128

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 7.834

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.388

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 0.026

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.277

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765

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	6:9.880	Passed

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