Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6235 25 Mar 2026, 15:17

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 8:55.055 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
19.902
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.709
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.318
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.099
And Pidgin's D-Bus interface is not available 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
2:6.083
Scenario Chatting with some friend over XMPP
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 11.556
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.214
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.043
When I create my XMPP account 10.970
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.444
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.547
Given my XMPP friend goes online 1:15.307
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 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.060 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Chatting with some friend over XMPP' (at time 02:44:19)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6235/artifact/build-artifacts/02:44:19_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6235/artifact/build-artifacts/02:44:19_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6235/artifact/build-artifacts/02:44:19_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6235/artifact/build-artifacts/02:44:19_Chatting_with_some_friend_over_XMPP.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @fragile @check_tor_leaks
6:29.069
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.168
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 17.039
And available upgrades have been checked 0.036
And all notifications have disappeared 7.771
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.915
Then I see Pidgin's account manager window 1.058
When I create my XMPP account 11.242
And I close Pidgin's account manager window 0.466
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 16.518
When I close Pidgin 15.952
And I take note of the configured Pidgin accounts 0.010
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.889
Given a computer 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled 1:31.547
And Pidgin has the expected persistent accounts configured 0.009
When I start "Pidgin Internet Messenger" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.932
Then Pidgin automatically enables my XMPP account 17.866
# 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" 0.389
Then I cannot add a certificate from the "/home/amnesia/.gnupg" directory to Pidgin 46.126
And AppArmor has denied "/usr/bin/pidgin" from opening "/home/amnesia/.gnupg/test.crt" 0.437
When I close Pidgin's certificate import failure dialog 0.469
And I close Pidgin's certificate manager 0.823
Given I restart monitoring the AppArmor log of "/usr/bin/pidgin" 0.080
Then I cannot add a certificate from the "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/gnupg" directory to Pidgin 54.622
And AppArmor has denied "/usr/bin/pidgin" from opening "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/gnupg/test.crt" 0.340
When I close Pidgin's certificate import failure dialog 0.441
And I close Pidgin's certificate manager 0.827
Then I can add a certificate from the "/home/amnesia" directory to Pidgin 56.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010