Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4287 21 Mar 2026, 11:11

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 9:27.900 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
20.123
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.813
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.986
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.383
And Pidgin's D-Bus interface is not available 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
2:8.173
Scenario Chatting with some friend over XMPP
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 11.823
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.348
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.107
When I create my XMPP account 11.985
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.458
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.773
Given my XMPP friend goes online 1:15.677
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 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.233 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Chatting with some friend over XMPP' (at time 02:42:10)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4287/artifact/build-artifacts/02:42:10_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4287/artifact/build-artifacts/02:42:10_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4287/artifact/build-artifacts/02:42:10_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4287/artifact/build-artifacts/02:42:10_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
6:59.603
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.916
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.226
And available upgrades have been checked 0.039
And all notifications have disappeared 7.426
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.573
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.284
When I create my XMPP account 11.347
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.524
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.749
When I close Pidgin 15.795
And I take note of the configured Pidgin accounts 0.012
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.916
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled 1:53.581
And Pidgin has the expected persistent accounts configured 0.008
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.117
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.740
# 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" 0.470
Then I cannot add a certificate from the "/home/amnesia/.gnupg" directory to Pidgin 46.451
And AppArmor has denied "/usr/bin/pidgin" from opening "/home/amnesia/.gnupg/test.crt" 0.340
When I close Pidgin's certificate import failure dialog 0.448
And I close Pidgin's certificate manager 0.813
Given I restart monitoring the AppArmor log of "/usr/bin/pidgin" 0.112
Then I cannot add a certificate from the "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/gnupg" directory to Pidgin 55.388
And AppArmor has denied "/usr/bin/pidgin" from opening "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/gnupg/test.crt" 0.390
When I close Pidgin's certificate import failure dialog 0.589
And I close Pidgin's certificate manager 0.892
Then I can add a certificate from the "/home/amnesia" directory to Pidgin 57.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012