Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4329 08 Apr 2026, 14:51

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Random Seed 5 1 9 0 0 15 0 1 1 2:0.563 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Random Seed
As a Tails user I want Tails to use secure random numbers
Tags: @product
2:0.563
Scenario A random seed is read during boot and written during boot and shutdown
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Steps
Given a computer 0.079
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.009
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.018
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.642
Then there is no random seed on USB drive "temp" 2.518
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 1:43.295
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
STDOUT:

STDERR:
Exception ignored in: <function Ponytail.__del__ at 0x700bac819440>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ponytail/ponytail.py", line 51, in __del__
    if (self.connected):
AttributeError: 'Ponytail' object has no attribute 'connected'

 (Dogtail::Failure)
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:85:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:70:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:457:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:457:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:235:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/random_seed.feature:12:in `When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged'
Then the random seed was written multiple times on first boot 0.000
And there is a random seed on USB drive "temp" 0.000
When I log in to a new session 0.000
And I wait for the random seed to be updated 0.000
Then there is a random seed on USB drive "temp" 0.000
And the random seed is different from the previous one 0.000
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
Then there is a random seed on USB drive "temp" 0.000
And the random seed is different from the previous one 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.448 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'A random seed is read during boot and written during boot and shutdown' (at time 03:05:17)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4329/artifact/build-artifacts/03:05:17_A_random_seed_is_read_during_boot_and_written_during_boot_and_shutdown.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4329/artifact/build-artifacts/03:05:17_A_random_seed_is_read_during_boot_and_written_during_boot_and_shutdown.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4329/artifact/build-artifacts/03:05:17_A_random_seed_is_read_during_boot_and_written_during_boot_and_shutdown.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4329/artifact/build-artifacts/03:05:17_A_random_seed_is_read_during_boot_and_written_during_boot_and_shutdown.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.118