Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6286 11 Apr 2026, 07:21

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 8:55.906 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
18.926
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 6.863
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.007
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.239
And Pidgin's D-Bus interface is not available 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
2:7.530
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 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 11.597
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.349
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.220
When I create my XMPP account 11.205
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.790
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.828
Given my XMPP friend goes online 1:15.539
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 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.255 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Chatting with some friend over XMPP' (at time 02:39:45)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6286/artifact/build-artifacts/02:39:45_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6286/artifact/build-artifacts/02:39:45_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6286/artifact/build-artifacts/02:39:45_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6286/artifact/build-artifacts/02:39:45_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
6:29.449
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 8.847
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.237
And available upgrades have been checked 0.053
And all notifications have disappeared 7.886
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.240
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.132
When I create my XMPP account 11.020
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.450
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.766
When I close Pidgin 15.735
And I take note of the configured Pidgin accounts 0.009
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.415
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.808
And Pidgin has the expected persistent accounts configured 0.011
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.335
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 18.184
# 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" 0.393
Then I cannot add a certificate from the "/home/amnesia/.gnupg" directory to Pidgin 46.055
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 0.468
And I close Pidgin's certificate manager 0.819
Given I restart monitoring the AppArmor log of "/usr/bin/pidgin" 0.069
Then I cannot add a certificate from the "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/gnupg" directory to Pidgin 55.008
And AppArmor has denied "/usr/bin/pidgin" from opening "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/gnupg/test.crt" 0.390
When I close Pidgin's certificate import failure dialog 0.586
And I close Pidgin's certificate manager 0.761
Then I can add a certificate from the "/home/amnesia" directory to Pidgin 57.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013