Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4520 29 Jul 2026, 18:40

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Random Seed 0 1 14 0 0 15 0 1 1 0.072 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Random Seed
As a Tails user I want Tails to use secure random numbers
Tags: @product
0.072
Scenario A random seed is read during boot and written during boot and shutdown
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Steps
Given a computer 0.072
No 
No such file or directory - xlsclients (Errno::ENOENT)
./features/support/helpers/display_helper.rb:10:in `popen'
./features/support/helpers/display_helper.rb:10:in `active?'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:153:in `destroy_and_undefine'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:125:in `rescue in initialize'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:82:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:100:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:100:in `/^a computer$/'
features/random_seed.feature:7:in `Given a computer'
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.000
And I plug USB drive "temp" 0.000
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 0.000
Then there is no random seed on USB drive "temp" 0.000
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 0.000
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
Hooks
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.208
Error message 
no implicit conversion of nil into String (TypeError)
./features/support/hooks.rb:473:in `exist?'
./features/support/hooks.rb:473:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/hooks.rb:468:in `each'
./features/support/hooks.rb:468:in `After'
Output 1 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'A random seed is read during boot and written during boot and shutdown' (at time 00:11:15)
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4520/artifact/build-artifacts/00:11:15_A_random_seed_is_read_during_boot_and_written_during_boot_and_shutdown.mkv
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000