All MacOS 27 systems have the same uuid.getnode() value
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Description
Bug report
Bug description:
All MacOS 27 systems have the same hardware address because all MAC-Addresses are displayed as 02:00:00:00:00:00.
Running on MacOS 27:
uuid.getnode()
2199023255552
uuid.getnode().to_bytes(6)
b'\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
I did not find a workaround and according to an Apple developer this is a feature.
CPython versions tested on:
3.14
Operating systems tested on:
macOS
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing uuid.getnode() on macOS 27 and read its platform-specific implementation; the report provides no file or test path. Define the expected behavior for Apple’s 02:00:00:00:00:00 result, then verify the chosen fix or documentation against the shown example.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100