Hi,
I had noticed this during earlier release preps, but didn't get to the
bottom of it: with a buster system used exclusively for Tails purposes
(so no fancy extra packages installed), I cannot get the test suite to
get Tor bootstrapped:
| Step failed while creating checkpoint: Tor is ready
| Generated snapshot step failed with exception:
| TorBootstrapFailure: Tor failed to bootstrap
| # An issue with this feature is that scenarios depend on each
| # other. When editing this feature, make sure you understand these
| # dependencies (which are documented below).
| Scenario: I am warned I can not use Additional Software when I start Tails from a DVD and install a package # features/additional_software_packages.feature:12
| Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected # features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:200
| Tor failed to bootstrap (TorBootstrapFailure)
| ./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:232:in `rescue in wait_until_tor_is_working'
| ./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:217:in `wait_until_tor_is_working'
| ./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:435:in `/^Tor has built a circuit$/'
| ./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:418:in `/^Tor is ready$/'
| ./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:175:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
| ./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `each'
| ./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `reach_checkpoint'
| ./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:202:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ and\ logged\ in\ with\ an\ administration\ password\ and\ the\ network\ is\ connected$/'
| features/additional_software_packages.feature:13:in `Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected'
This is hindering:
- my general ability to test Tails;
- my specific ability to check locally what failed in Jenkins, namely
all of features/additional_software_packages.feature
Looking at XMPP logs (I didn't check what's happening now) from May, and
skipping some explanations:
| [2020-05-05 22:59:49] kibi: I'm not seeing any HTTPS packets with the test suite
| [2020-05-05 22:59:57] kibi: Hard to get the time if you don't ask for it, right?
| [2020-05-05 23:29:07] kibi: not an issue when running the VM separately (on the same machine), not an issue when running the test suite on stretch (different machine), not an issue on baremetal.
| [2020-05-05 23:29:22] kibi: I think a bug or undocumented requirement when running the test suite on buster.
Any insight appreciated…
Tests failing on Jenkins are a pain enough on their own, we don't need
additional problems for developers or release managers on their local
systems…
Cheers,
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Cyril 'kibi' Brulebois (ckb@???)
