Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4545 13 Aug 2026, 11:16

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Chatting anonymously using Pidgin 18 1 13 0 0 32 2 1 3 4:34.181 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 all Internet traffic should flow only through Tor
Tags: @product @fragile
19.305
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.413
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.973
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.109
And Pidgin's D-Bus interface is not available 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
1:56.866
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 11.049
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.137
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.328
When I create my XMPP account 11.424
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.400
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 18.048
Given my XMPP friend goes online 15.658
When I start a conversation with my friend 16.193
And I say something to my friend 16.556
Then I receive a response from my friend 16.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
2:18.009
Scenario Using a persistent Pidgin configuration
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.147
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 11.100
And available upgrades have been checked 1.121
And all notifications have disappeared 1:56.609
Operation 
Operation failed (despite retrying 10 times) with
Dogtail::Failure: The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: child of [DEAD]: 'gnome-shell' application
STDOUT:

STDERR:

 (MaxRetriesFailure)
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:226:in `rescue in block in retry_action'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:209:in `block in retry_action'
<internal:kernel>:187:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:208:in `retry_action'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:768:in `/^all notifications have disappeared$/'
features/pidgin.feature:34:in `And all notifications have disappeared'
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 0.000
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 0.000
When I create my XMPP account 0.000
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.000
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 0.000
When I close Pidgin 0.000
And I take note of the configured Pidgin accounts 0.000
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
Given a computer 0.000
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled 0.000
And Pidgin has the expected persistent accounts configured 0.000
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 0.000
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.142 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Using a persistent Pidgin configuration' (at time 02:54:11)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4545/artifact/build-artifacts/02:54:11_Using_a_persistent_Pidgin_configuration.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4545/artifact/build-artifacts/02:54:11_Using_a_persistent_Pidgin_configuration.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4545/artifact/build-artifacts/02:54:11_Using_a_persistent_Pidgin_configuration.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4545/artifact/build-artifacts/02:54:11_Using_a_persistent_Pidgin_configuration.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000