Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_closed-issues-design-doc 2 28 May 2026, 18:01

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 3:4.338 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
41.080
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.932
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
When I disable MAC spoofing in Tails Greeter 8.005
And I log in to a new session 13.594
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.828
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.061
And the 1st network device has its real MAC address configured 0.093
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.224
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.097
And the 2nd network device has its real MAC address configured 0.107
And some network device leaked the real MAC address 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042
Tags: @product
34.919
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.745
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
When I log in to a new session 12.465
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 14.147
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.053
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.055
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.218
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.072
And the 2nd network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.054
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.059
Tags: @product
22.504
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 7.179
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns false 0.112
When I log in to a new session 13.486
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.007
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.072
Tags: @product
22.224
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 7.492
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.048
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.106
When I log in to a new session 12.837
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.011
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.056
Tags: @product
23.917
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.741
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.030
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.127
And no network interface modules can be unloaded 0.140
When I log in to a new session 13.677
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.089
But the MAC spoofing panic mode disabled networking 0.367
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.007
And I see the "All Networking Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.049
Tags: @product
39.692
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given a computer 0.109
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
When I start the computer 0.959
Then the computer boots Tails 38.259
And no network interfaces are enabled 0.352
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.050