Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4231 14 Feb 2026, 12:05

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 3:4.027 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
41.475
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.178
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
When I disable MAC spoofing in Tails Greeter 8.068
And I log in to a new session 12.065
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.539
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.093
And the 1st network device has its real MAC address configured 0.058
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 1.235
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.061
And the 2nd network device has its real MAC address configured 0.061
And some network device leaked the real MAC address 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product
36.089
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.815
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
When I log in to a new session 12.899
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 13.695
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.086
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.136
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 1.256
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.051
And the 2nd network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.048
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
Tags: @product
21.670
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.007
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.078
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns false 0.091
When I log in to a new session 12.753
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.087
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.008
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071
Tags: @product
22.611
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.613
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.103
When I log in to a new session 13.128
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.060
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.009
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
Tags: @product
23.650
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.580
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.019
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.111
And no network interface modules can be unloaded 0.166
When I log in to a new session 13.430
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.067
But the MAC spoofing panic mode disabled networking 0.272
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.005
And I see the "All Networking Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055
Tags: @product
38.531
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.061
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
When I start the computer 0.853
Then the computer boots Tails 37.551
And no network interfaces are enabled 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043