Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6287 11 Apr 2026, 11:27

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 8:59.912 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
19.513
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.123
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.404
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.080
And Pidgin's D-Bus interface is not available 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
2:7.766
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 11.687
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.390
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.367
When I create my XMPP account 11.743
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.456
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.620
Given my XMPP friend goes online 1:15.501
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 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.405 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Chatting with some friend over XMPP' (at time 02:40:14)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6287/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:14_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6287/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:14_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6287/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:14_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6287/artifact/build-artifacts/02:40:14_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
6:32.632
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 8.124
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 16.633
And available upgrades have been checked 0.030
And all notifications have disappeared 7.695
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.093
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.024
When I create my XMPP account 11.508
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.505
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.554
When I close Pidgin 16.041
And I take note of the configured Pidgin accounts 0.012
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.183
Given a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled 1:34.688
And Pidgin has the expected persistent accounts configured 0.011
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.939
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 18.121
# 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" 0.450
Then I cannot add a certificate from the "/home/amnesia/.gnupg" directory to Pidgin 45.756
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 0.485
And I close Pidgin's certificate manager 0.819
Given I restart monitoring the AppArmor log of "/usr/bin/pidgin" 0.094
Then I cannot add a certificate from the "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/gnupg" directory to Pidgin 54.993
And AppArmor has denied "/usr/bin/pidgin" from opening "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/gnupg/test.crt" 0.385
When I close Pidgin's certificate import failure dialog 0.508
And I close Pidgin's certificate manager 0.878
Then I can add a certificate from the "/home/amnesia" directory to Pidgin 56.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012