Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4286 20 Mar 2026, 14:09

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Chatting anonymously using Pidgin 39 1 3 0 0 43 2 1 3 8:34.220 Failed
Tags: @product @fragile
Feature Chatting anonymously using Pidgin
As a Tails user when I chat using Pidgin I should be able to persist my Pidgin configuration And AppArmor should prevent Pidgin from doing dangerous things And all Internet traffic should flow only through Tor
Tags: @product @fragile
19.832
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.086
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.662
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.075
And Pidgin's D-Bus interface is not available 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
2:7.920
Scenario Chatting with some friend over XMPP
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 11.330
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.316
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.148
When I create my XMPP account 12.111
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.516
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.980
Given my XMPP friend goes online 1:15.516
Known 
Known issue #21440: XMPP friend failed to go online (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/pidgin.rb:166:in `rescue in block in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/pidgin.rb:163:in `/^my XMPP friend goes online$/'
features/pidgin.feature:24:in `Given my XMPP friend goes online'
When I start a conversation with my friend 0.000
And I say something to my friend 0.000
Then I receive a response from my friend 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.264 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Chatting with some friend over XMPP' (at time 02:37:58)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4286/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:58_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4286/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:58_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4286/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:58_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4286/artifact/build-artifacts/02:37:58_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
6:6.468
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.477
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 16.969
And available upgrades have been checked 0.039
And all notifications have disappeared 7.289
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.969
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.241
When I create my XMPP account 11.560
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.656
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.555
When I close Pidgin 15.750
And I take note of the configured Pidgin accounts 0.009
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.246
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled 1:34.308
And Pidgin has the expected persistent accounts configured 0.012
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.992
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 17.054
# Exercise Pidgin AppArmor profile with persistence enabled.
# This should really be in dedicated scenarios, but it would be
# too costly to set up the virtual USB drive with persistence more
# than once in this feature.
Given I start monitoring the AppArmor log of "/usr/bin/pidgin" 0.413
Then I cannot add a certificate from the "/home/amnesia/.gnupg" directory to Pidgin 20.686
And AppArmor has denied "/usr/bin/pidgin" from opening "/home/amnesia/.gnupg/test.crt" 0.345
When I close Pidgin's certificate import failure dialog 0.501
And I close Pidgin's certificate manager 0.775
Given I restart monitoring the AppArmor log of "/usr/bin/pidgin" 0.086
Then I cannot add a certificate from the "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/gnupg" directory to Pidgin 54.830
And AppArmor has denied "/usr/bin/pidgin" from opening "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/gnupg/test.crt" 0.319
When I close Pidgin's certificate import failure dialog 0.508
And I close Pidgin's certificate manager 0.862
Then I can add a certificate from the "/home/amnesia" directory to Pidgin 56.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012