Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4356 21 Apr 2026, 18:13

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 9:11.117 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
19.893
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.412
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.193
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.337
And Pidgin's D-Bus interface is not available 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
2:10.974
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 13.831
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.362
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.588
When I create my XMPP account 12.534
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.529
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.703
Given my XMPP friend goes online 1:15.425
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 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.320 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Chatting with some friend over XMPP' (at time 02:48:25)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4356/artifact/build-artifacts/02:48:25_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4356/artifact/build-artifacts/02:48:25_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4356/artifact/build-artifacts/02:48:25_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4356/artifact/build-artifacts/02:48:25_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
6:40.249
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.119
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 20.442
And available upgrades have been checked 0.094
And all notifications have disappeared 8.001
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.021
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.250
When I create my XMPP account 11.817
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.545
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.713
When I close Pidgin 16.239
And I take note of the configured Pidgin accounts 0.011
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.799
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled 1:33.864
And Pidgin has the expected persistent accounts configured 0.008
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.530
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.950
# 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" 0.407
Then I cannot add a certificate from the "/home/amnesia/.gnupg" directory to Pidgin 46.367
And AppArmor has denied "/usr/bin/pidgin" from opening "/home/amnesia/.gnupg/test.crt" 0.367
When I close Pidgin's certificate import failure dialog 0.464
And I close Pidgin's certificate manager 1.343
Given I restart monitoring the AppArmor log of "/usr/bin/pidgin" 0.095
Then I cannot add a certificate from the "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/gnupg" directory to Pidgin 55.037
And AppArmor has denied "/usr/bin/pidgin" from opening "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/gnupg/test.crt" 0.376
When I close Pidgin's certificate import failure dialog 0.494
And I close Pidgin's certificate manager 0.922
Then I can add a certificate from the "/home/amnesia" directory to Pidgin 57.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015