Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 8 12 Oct 2026, 05:57

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 2:44.392 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
36.729
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 6.356
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
When I disable MAC spoofing in Tails Greeter 7.857
And I log in to a new session 12.069
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 9.901
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.053
And the 1st network device has its real MAC address configured 0.059
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.199
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.050
And the 2nd network device has its real MAC address configured 0.048
And some network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
30.742
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 6.666
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
When I log in to a new session 11.203
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 12.352
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.050
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.036
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.183
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 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product
20.230
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 6.281
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.036
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns false 0.097
When I log in to a new session 12.093
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.046
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.074
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
Tags: @product
20.555
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.549
And I capture all network traffic 0.021
And the network is plugged 0.034
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.088
When I log in to a new session 12.037
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.046
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.078
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product
19.827
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.027
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6.416
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.035
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.076
And no network interface modules can be unloaded 0.119
When I log in to a new session 11.149
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.067
But the MAC spoofing panic mode disabled networking 0.248
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
And I see the "All Networking Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
Tags: @product
36.307
Scenario The MAC address is not leaked when booting Tails
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Steps
Given a computer 0.108
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
When I start the computer 0.609
Then the computer boots Tails 35.587
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 5.050 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'The MAC address is not leaked when booting Tails' (at time 02:21:51)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:21:51_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:21:51_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:21:51_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:21:51_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044