Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4291 24 Mar 2026, 11:32

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 3:36.118 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
44.789
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.725
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
When I disable MAC spoofing in Tails Greeter 8.143
And I log in to a new session 17.537
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 9.783
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.051
And the 1st network device has its real MAC address configured 0.056
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 1.263
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.062
And the 2nd network device has its real MAC address configured 0.054
And some network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
Tags: @product
40.654
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 7.476
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
When I log in to a new session 18.725
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.753
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.060
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.049
When I hotplug a network device and wait for it to be initialized 1.257
Then 2 network interfaces are enabled 0.073
And the 2nd network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
Tags: @product
27.584
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.430
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.050
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns false 0.097
When I log in to a new session 18.096
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.147
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.012
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
Tags: @product
27.053
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 7.528
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.021
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.104
When I log in to a new session 17.481
Then no network interfaces are enabled 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.069
And I see the "Wired Network Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
Tags: @product
29.465
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.746
And I capture all network traffic 0.013
And the network is plugged 0.028
And macchanger will fail by not spoofing and always returns true 0.091
And no network interface modules can be unloaded 0.178
When I log in to a new session 19.334
Then 1 network interface is enabled 0.058
But the MAC spoofing panic mode disabled networking 0.329
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.005
And I see the "All Networking Disabled" notification after at most 60 seconds 1.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
Tags: @product
46.571
Scenario The MAC address is not leaked when booting Tails
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Steps
Given a computer 0.073
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
When I start the computer 0.888
Then the computer boots Tails 45.604
Known 
Known issue #20282: Error starting GDM with your graphics card (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:448: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:331 5.020 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'The MAC address is not leaked when booting Tails' (at time 02:17:40)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4291/artifact/build-artifacts/02:17:40_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4291/artifact/build-artifacts/02:17:40_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4291/artifact/build-artifacts/02:17:40_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4291/artifact/build-artifacts/02:17:40_The_MAC_address_is_not_leaked_when_booting_Tails.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051