diff --git a/internal/experimentconfig/experimentconfig_test.go b/internal/experimentconfig/experimentconfig_test.go
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+package experimentconfig
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+)
+
+func TestDefaultOptionsSerializer(t *testing.T) {
+	// configuration is the configuration we're testing the serialization of.
+	//
+	// Note that there's no `ooni:"..."` annotation here because we have changed
+	// our model in https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/1629, and now this kind
+	// of annotations are only command-line related.
+	type configuration struct {
+		// booleans
+		ValBool bool
+
+		// integers
+		ValInt   int
+		ValInt8  int8
+		ValInt16 int16
+		ValInt32 int32
+		ValInt64 int64
+
+		// unsigned integers
+		ValUint   uint
+		ValUint8  uint8
+		ValUint16 uint16
+		ValUint32 uint32
+		ValUint64 uint64
+
+		// floats
+		ValFloat32 float32
+		ValFloat64 float64
+
+		// strings
+		ValString string
+
+		// unexported fields we should ignore
+		privateInt    int
+		privateString string
+		privateList   []int16
+
+		// safe fields we should ignore
+		SafeBool   bool
+		SafeInt    int
+		SafeString string
+
+		// non-scalar fields we should ignore
+		NSList []int64
+		NSMap  map[string]string
+	}
+
+	// testcase is a test case implemented by this function
+	type testcase struct {
+		// name is the test case name
+		name string
+
+		// config is the config to transform into a list of options
+		config any
+
+		// expectConfigType is an extra check to make sure we're actually
+		// passing the correct type for the config, which is here to ensure
+		// that, with a nil pointer to struct, we're not crashing. We need
+		// some extra case here because of how the Go type system work,
+		// and specifically we want to be sure we're passing an any containing
+		// a tuple like (type=*configuration,value=nil).
+		//
+		// See https://codefibershq.com/blog/golang-why-nil-is-not-always-nil
+		expectConfigType string
+
+		// expect is the expected result
+		expect []string
+	}
+
+	cases := []testcase{
+		{
+			name:             "we return a nil list for zero values",
+			expectConfigType: "*experimentconfig.configuration",
+			config:           &configuration{},
+			expect:           nil,
+		},
+
+		{
+			name:             "we return a nil list for non-pointers",
+			expectConfigType: "experimentconfig.configuration",
+			config:           configuration{},
+			expect:           nil,
+		},
+
+		{
+			name:             "we return a nil list for non-struct pointers",
+			expectConfigType: "*int64",
+			config: func() *int64 {
+				v := int64(12345)
+				return &v
+			}(),
+			expect: nil,
+		},
+
+		{
+			name:             "we return a nil list for a nil struct pointer",
+			expectConfigType: "*experimentconfig.configuration",
+			config: func() *configuration {
+				return (*configuration)(nil)
+			}(),
+			expect: nil,
+		},
+
+		{
+			name:             "we only serialize the fields that should be exported",
+			expectConfigType: "*experimentconfig.configuration",
+			config: &configuration{
+				ValBool:       true,
+				ValInt:        1,
+				ValInt8:       2,
+				ValInt16:      3,
+				ValInt32:      4,
+				ValInt64:      5,
+				ValUint:       6,
+				ValUint8:      7,
+				ValUint16:     8,
+				ValUint32:     9,
+				ValUint64:     10,
+				ValFloat32:    11,
+				ValFloat64:    12,
+				ValString:     "tredici",
+				privateInt:    14,
+				privateString: "quindici",
+				privateList:   []int16{16},
+				SafeBool:      true,
+				SafeInt:       18,
+				SafeString:    "diciannove",
+				NSList:        []int64{20},
+				NSMap:         map[string]string{"21": "22"},
+			},
+			expect: []string{
+				"ValBool=true",
+				"ValInt=1",
+				"ValInt8=2",
+				"ValInt16=3",
+				"ValInt32=4",
+				"ValInt64=5",
+				"ValUint=6",
+				"ValUint8=7",
+				"ValUint16=8",
+				"ValUint32=9",
+				"ValUint64=10",
+				"ValFloat32=11",
+				"ValFloat64=12",
+				"ValString=tredici",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// first make sure that tc.config has really the expected
+			// type for the reason explained in its docstring
+			if actual := fmt.Sprintf("%T", tc.config); actual != tc.expectConfigType {
+				t.Fatal("expected", tc.expectConfigType, "got", actual)
+			}
+
+			// then serialize the content of the config to a list of strings
+			got := DefaultOptionsSerializer(tc.config)
+
+			// finally, make sure that the result matches expectations
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.expect, got); diff != "" {
+				t.Fatal(diff)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}