Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4589 03 Sep 2026, 11:09

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Spoofing MAC addresses 52 1 2 0 0 55 5 1 6 2:40.357 Failed
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
35.922
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.078
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
When I disable MAC spoofing in Tails Greeter 8.042
And I log in to a new session 11.813
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 8.431
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.050
And the 1st network device has its real MAC address configured 0.046
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.217
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.061
And the 2nd network device has its real MAC address configured 0.047
And some network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product
27.942
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.313
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
When I log in to a new session 10.868
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.218
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.076
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.039
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.165
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.098
And the 2nd network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.043
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
Tags: @product
18.679
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.438
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.029
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns false 0.074
When I log in to a new session 10.374
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.039
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.075
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
Tags: @product
19.614
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.270
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.040
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.110
When I log in to a new session 11.390
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.052
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.073
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
Tags: @product
20.125
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.648
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.030
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.110
And no network interface modules can be unloaded 0.123
When I log in to a new session 11.132
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.052
But the MAC spoofing panic mode disabled networking 0.264
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.079
And I see the "All Networking Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072
Tags: @product
38.074
Scenario The MAC address is not leaked when booting Tails
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Steps
Given a computer 0.085
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
When I start the computer 0.635
Then the computer boots Tails 37.349
Known 
Known issue #20282: Error starting GDM with your graphics card (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:450:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
features/mac_spoofing.feature:71:in `Then the computer boots Tails'
And no network interfaces are enabled 0.000
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.861 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'The MAC address is not leaked when booting Tails' (at time 02:14:47)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4589/artifact/build-artifacts/02:14:47_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4589/artifact/build-artifacts/02:14:47_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4589/artifact/build-artifacts/02:14:47_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4589/artifact/build-artifacts/02:14:47_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062