Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4299 28 Mar 2026, 07:41

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 9:3.207 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
20.583
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 7.664
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.261
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.564
And Pidgin's D-Bus interface is not available 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
2:6.378
Scenario Chatting with some friend over XMPP
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 11.226
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.371
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.219
When I create my XMPP account 11.242
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.494
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.533
Given my XMPP friend goes online 1:15.290
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 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.480 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Chatting with some friend over XMPP' (at time 02:40:01)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4299/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:01_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4299/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:01_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4299/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:01_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4299/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:01_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
6:36.245
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 8.602
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.130
And available upgrades have been checked 0.044
And all notifications have disappeared 7.475
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.403
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.340
When I create my XMPP account 11.726
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.486
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.495
When I close Pidgin 16.051
And I take note of the configured Pidgin accounts 0.010
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.811
Given a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled 1:36.928
And Pidgin has the expected persistent accounts configured 0.007
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.050
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.675
# 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" 0.418
Then I cannot add a certificate from the "/home/amnesia/.gnupg" directory to Pidgin 45.556
And AppArmor has denied "/usr/bin/pidgin" from opening "/home/amnesia/.gnupg/test.crt" 0.323
When I close Pidgin's certificate import failure dialog 0.479
And I close Pidgin's certificate manager 0.810
Given I restart monitoring the AppArmor log of "/usr/bin/pidgin" 0.081
Then I cannot add a certificate from the "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/gnupg" directory to Pidgin 54.839
And AppArmor has denied "/usr/bin/pidgin" from opening "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/gnupg/test.crt" 0.361
When I close Pidgin's certificate import failure dialog 0.440
And I close Pidgin's certificate manager 0.822
Then I can add a certificate from the "/home/amnesia" directory to Pidgin 56.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013