_Originally created by @kytv on [#10523 (Redmine)](https://public-redmine-archive.tails.boum.org/code/issues/10523)_ Seen in a few recent jobs from jenkins. calling as amnesia: whois 'torproject.org' call returned: [0, "WHOIS LIMIT EXCEEDED - SEE WWW.PIR.ORG/WHOIS FOR DETAILS\n", ""] When I query the whois directory service for "torproject.org" # features/step_definitions/torified_misc.rb:1 Then the whois command is successful # features/step_definitions/torified_misc.rb:25 Then the whois standard output contains "The Tor Project" # features/step_definitions/torified_misc.rb:34 The whois standard output does not contain The Tor Project: WHOIS LIMIT EXCEEDED - SEE WWW.PIR.ORG/WHOIS FOR DETAILS . <nil> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError) ./features/step_definitions/torified_misc.rb:35:in `/^the (wget|whois) standard output contains "([^"]+)"$/' features/torified_misc.feature:24:in `Then the whois standard output contains "The Tor Project"' This was addressed previously but when the `retry_tor` code was refactored this regression sneaked in. The problem stems from the fact that whois still “succeeds” because it exits `0` and it exits `0` because `whois` itself did what it was supposed to; it returned what the server sent. Feature Branch: kytv/test/10523-whois-test-is-fragile Parent Task: tails/tails#10288