Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4338 13 Apr 2026, 17:42

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 8:56.578 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
18.982
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 6.597
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.351
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.047
And Pidgin's D-Bus interface is not available 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
2:7.687
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 11.655
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.277
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.051
When I create my XMPP account 12.241
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.474
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.549
Given my XMPP friend goes online 1:15.437
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 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.036 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Chatting with some friend over XMPP' (at time 02:36:40)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4338/artifact/build-artifacts/02:36:40_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4338/artifact/build-artifacts/02:36:40_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4338/artifact/build-artifacts/02:36:40_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4338/artifact/build-artifacts/02:36:40_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
6:29.907
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 21.202
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 16.200
And available upgrades have been checked 0.036
And all notifications have disappeared 7.704
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.030
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.239
When I create my XMPP account 11.350
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.580
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.560
When I close Pidgin 16.046
And I take note of the configured Pidgin accounts 0.009
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.637
Given a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled 1:33.569
And Pidgin has the expected persistent accounts configured 0.008
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.251
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.769
# 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" 0.422
Then I cannot add a certificate from the "/home/amnesia/.gnupg" directory to Pidgin 45.913
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 0.474
And I close Pidgin's certificate manager 0.790
Given I restart monitoring the AppArmor log of "/usr/bin/pidgin" 0.092
Then I cannot add a certificate from the "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/gnupg" directory to Pidgin 55.065
And AppArmor has denied "/usr/bin/pidgin" from opening "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/gnupg/test.crt" 0.332
When I close Pidgin's certificate import failure dialog 0.540
And I close Pidgin's certificate manager 0.853
Then I can add a certificate from the "/home/amnesia" directory to Pidgin 56.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017