Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21742-tor-browser-15.0.21	2	01 Sep 2026, 12:25

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:38.070	Passed

17.466

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 6.175

When the network is plugged 0.045

And I successfully configure Tor 11.212

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.032

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

20.579

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 6.209

When the network is plugged 0.031

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.885

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.519

And I wait until Tor is ready 0.887

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.199

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.123

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 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.208

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.137

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.920

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.304

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.125

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.314

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.205

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.017

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 6.163

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.326

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 42.613

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.905

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

50.822

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.215

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.616

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.810

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.174

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

30.203

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 0.084

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

And I start the computer 0.648

And the computer boots Tails 29.415

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.202

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.263

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 6.183

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.079

When the network is plugged 0.035

And I successfully configure Tor 16.923

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

56.096

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 6.188

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.136

And all notifications have disappeared 3.440

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.039

And the network is plugged 0.029

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.775

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.717

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.249

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.042

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 15.810

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.323

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.102

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.882

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.312

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

51.021

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 6.171

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.146

And all notifications have disappeared 3.369

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.033

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.647

# 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 4.283

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.259

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.420

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.505

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.345

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.166

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.082

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.921

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.324

# 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" 0.293

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.475

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 6.252

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.063

And the network is plugged 0.036

And Tor is ready 7.848

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.270

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 0.272

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

	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	5:38.070	Passed

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