Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_closed-issues-design-doc 1 28 May 2026, 17:57

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Spoofing MAC addresses 55 0 0 0 0 55 6 0 6 2:59.909 Passed
Tags: @product
Feature Spoofing MAC addresses
In order to not reveal information about the physical location As a Tails user I want to be able to control whether my network devices MAC addresses should be spoofed And I want this feature to fail safe and notify me in case of errors
Tags: @product
40.858
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.344
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
When I disable MAC spoofing in Tails Greeter 8.002
And I log in to a new session 11.993
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.861
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.066
And the 1st network device has its real MAC address configured 0.067
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.243
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.070
And the 2nd network device has its real MAC address configured 0.064
And some network device leaked the real MAC address 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.060
Tags: @product
33.521
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.379
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
When I log in to a new session 12.915
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.411
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.055
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.249
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.269
And the 2nd network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.038
Tags: @product
23.412
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.489
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.030
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns false 0.096
When I log in to a new session 13.985
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.005
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.052
Tags: @product
21.506
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.406
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.018
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.100
When I log in to a new session 12.314
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.055
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.007
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.056
Tags: @product
23.102
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.513
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.019
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.123
And no network interface modules can be unloaded 0.196
When I log in to a new session 13.164
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.071
But the MAC spoofing panic mode disabled networking 0.280
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.006
And I see the "All Networking Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.052
Tags: @product
37.508
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given a computer 0.063
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
When I start the computer 0.774
Then the computer boots Tails 36.239
And no network interfaces are enabled 0.414
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.080