Cucumber Reports (no 4) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21742-tor-browser-15.0.21	4	01 Sep 2026, 20:27

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:57.654	Passed

20.049

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.623

When the network is plugged 0.417

And I successfully configure Tor 12.963

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.051

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.184

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 6.484

When the network is plugged 0.044

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.228

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 9.794

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.586

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.267

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.087

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.402

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.219

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.034

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.918

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.840

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.228

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.041

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.398

Output 1

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.238

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.431

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.232

And I warm reboot the computer 0.009

And the computer reboots Tails 46.613

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.950

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.313

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

54.929

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.522

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.407

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 46.301

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.692

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.843

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 0.089

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

And I start the computer 0.751

And the computer boots Tails 31.925

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.290

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.512

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.451

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.098

When the network is plugged 0.030

And I successfully configure Tor 17.892

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.086

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.501

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.203

And all notifications have disappeared 3.443

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.042

And the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.182

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.734

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.279

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.699

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

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.976

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.367

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.090

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.048

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.441

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.073

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.040

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 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.482

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.227

And all notifications have disappeared 2.947

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.025

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.883

# 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 4.045

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.274

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.580

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

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.984

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.407

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

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.167

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.140

Then I wait until Tor is ready 7.081

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.382

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.048

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.357

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

16.679

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 6.796

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.101

And the network is plugged 0.033

And Tor is ready 8.261

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

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.482

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 0.273

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

	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	5:57.654	Passed

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