Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6566 08 Aug 2026, 11:46

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 2:49.544 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
47.621
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 18.315
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
When I disable MAC spoofing in Tails Greeter 7.884
And I log in to a new session 11.651
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 9.142
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.048
And the 1st network device has its real MAC address configured 0.060
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.232
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.067
And the 2nd network device has its real MAC address configured 0.065
And some network device leaked the real MAC address 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
Tags: @product
28.935
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 6.347
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
When I log in to a new session 11.750
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.292
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.071
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.047
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.196
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.062
And the 2nd network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.045
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
19.397
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 6.798
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.025
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns false 0.076
When I log in to a new session 10.783
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.052
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.078
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
Tags: @product
19.309
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.589
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.034
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.077
When I log in to a new session 11.036
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.049
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.076
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product
21.207
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.894
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.043
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.077
And no network interface modules can be unloaded 0.132
When I log in to a new session 12.007
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.044
But the MAC spoofing panic mode disabled networking 0.221
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.079
And I see the "All Networking Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043
Tags: @product
33.072
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.100
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
When I start the computer 0.664
Then the computer boots Tails 32.151
And no network interfaces are enabled 0.051
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.077