Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21909-allow-disabling-busy-persistence-features 1 12 Nov 2026, 19:58

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 2:47.814 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
39.215
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 7.678
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
When I disable MAC spoofing in Tails Greeter 8.024
And I log in to a new session 12.476
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.475
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.043
And the 1st network device has its real MAC address configured 0.048
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 0.208
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.052
And the 2nd network device has its real MAC address configured 0.056
And some network device leaked the real MAC address 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058
Tags: @product
29.142
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 6.657
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
When I log in to a new session 10.098
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 11.845
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.057
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 0.178
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.060
And the 2nd network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product
19.485
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 6.325
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.034
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns false 0.074
When I log in to a new session 11.519
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.046
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.079
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
Tags: @product
19.945
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 6.320
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.036
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.080
When I log in to a new session 11.714
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.085
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product
21.795
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 6.705
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.024
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.095
And no network interface modules can be unloaded 0.172
When I log in to a new session 12.790
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.052
But the MAC spoofing panic mode disabled networking 0.268
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.079
And I see the "All Networking Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
Tags: @product
38.230
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 0.088
And I capture all network traffic 0.001
When I start the computer 0.663
Then the computer boots Tails 37.477
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 5.195 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'The MAC address is not leaked when booting Tails' (at time 02:28:32)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21909-allow-disabling-busy-persistence-features/1/artifact/build-artifacts/02:28:32_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21909-allow-disabling-busy-persistence-features/1/artifact/build-artifacts/02:28:32_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21909-allow-disabling-busy-persistence-features/1/artifact/build-artifacts/02:28:32_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21909-allow-disabling-busy-persistence-features/1/artifact/build-artifacts/02:28:32_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045