Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4290 23 Mar 2026, 15:31

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 8:58.030 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
19.645
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.247
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.312
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.126
And Pidgin's D-Bus interface is not available 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
2:8.244
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 12.157
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.322
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.358
When I create my XMPP account 11.922
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.525
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.558
Given my XMPP friend goes online 1:15.399
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 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.539 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Chatting with some friend over XMPP' (at time 02:41:02)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4290/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:02_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4290/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:02_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4290/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:02_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4290/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:02_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
6:30.139
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 8.147
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.063
And available upgrades have been checked 0.032
And all notifications have disappeared 7.568
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.356
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.184
When I create my XMPP account 12.229
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.521
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.562
When I close Pidgin 16.492
And I take note of the configured Pidgin accounts 0.009
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.852
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled 1:34.906
And Pidgin has the expected persistent accounts configured 0.012
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.935
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 18.082
# 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" 0.403
Then I cannot add a certificate from the "/home/amnesia/.gnupg" directory to Pidgin 46.173
And AppArmor has denied "/usr/bin/pidgin" from opening "/home/amnesia/.gnupg/test.crt" 0.407
When I close Pidgin's certificate import failure dialog 0.493
And I close Pidgin's certificate manager 0.839
Given I restart monitoring the AppArmor log of "/usr/bin/pidgin" 0.126
Then I cannot add a certificate from the "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/gnupg" directory to Pidgin 55.192
And AppArmor has denied "/usr/bin/pidgin" from opening "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/gnupg/test.crt" 0.385
When I close Pidgin's certificate import failure dialog 0.513
And I close Pidgin's certificate manager 0.800
Then I can add a certificate from the "/home/amnesia" directory to Pidgin 56.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010