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test_Tails_ISO_tails-circumvention-settings-developers-doc 2 25 Aug 2026, 21:23

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 2:38.269 Passed
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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
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36.276
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 6.632
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
When I disable MAC spoofing in Tails Greeter 7.871
And I log in to a new session 11.115
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 9.994
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.063
And the 1st network device has its real MAC address configured 0.057
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.218
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.130
And the 2nd network device has its real MAC address configured 0.046
And some network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
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30.395
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 6.478
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
When I log in to a new session 11.440
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 11.975
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.048
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.043
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.174
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.064
And the 2nd network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.047
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
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20.621
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.448
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 false 0.098
When I log in to a new session 12.250
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.080
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071
Tags: @product
19.289
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 6.320
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 0.079
When I log in to a new session 11.065
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product
19.970
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 6.429
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.024
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.087
And no network interface modules can be unloaded 0.148
When I log in to a new session 11.216
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.067
But the MAC spoofing panic mode disabled networking 0.229
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.082
And I see the "All Networking Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
Tags: @product
31.715
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.082
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
When I start the computer 0.648
Then the computer boots Tails 30.822
And no network interfaces are enabled 0.081
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058