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Firefox 37 Beta 3 (build 1) Test Plan

• Release Week: March 2nd, 2015. The plan is to be shipped on Friday March 6th 2015 (Release Calendar)
• QA Contact: Robert Kaiser; Florin Mezei
• IRC: irc://irc.mozilla.org#qa ping kairo; FlorinMezei
• Build 1: Firefox 37 Beta 3 | changeset | (ID: 20150305191659)

QE recommendation regarding the quality of the build

Risks with this Beta and ways to mitigate them through testing

Please list any risks related to the quality of this release.

• 1. Flash
  • Flash protected mode was re-enabled in Firefox 37 Beta 3 (https://bugzil.la/1120993)
  • Testing to ensure there aren't any new regressions caused by re-enabling Flash Protected Mode
  • Will be covered by exploratory testing on YouTube (Flash player) and other Flash content
• 2. WebGL
  • Because of memory leak fix in https://bugzil.la/1137251
  • Testing to ensure the fix did not cause any new regressions in playing WebGL content
  • Will be covered by Regression testing on WebGL Games and Animations
• 3. EME
  • Feature is disabled by default and will only be used for beta testing with partners
  • A series of UI fixes were uplifted to Firefox 37 Beta 3
  • Testing to make sure that the new UI implemantion works well enough to allow for beta testing
  • Will be covered by verifying the bugs (https://bugzil.la/1111147, https://bugzil.la/1111148, https://bugzil.la/1111153)

Features

See the Feature Release Tracking wiki for a general overview

Results

Bug Summary

• New bugs

1 Total; 0 Open (0%); 1 Resolved (100%); 0 Verified (0%);

• New bugs to this Beta

--- NONE ---

• Known Issues

4 Total; 1 Open (25%); 3 Resolved (75%); 0 Verified (0%);

Regression Tests

• Tests are run from a Full Regression set, created before Beta 2, to cover areas most affected by fixes in current Beta (Firefox 37)
• Regression tests are run over the interval Beta 2 -> Release
• Tests to run for each Beta are picked to cover areas most affected by fixes since previous Beta (if there are no such areas, tests are picked randomly from the Full Beta Regression set).
• Tests are available in Mozilla Moztrap.
• In case of failure in any regression tests, bugs need to be raised ASAP before proceeding to the exploratory testing.

Regression tests:

• Executed
  • Open and Print Common File Formats
  • Customize toolbars
  • Play WebGL games
  • Play WebGL animations
  • Breakpad End-to-End Functionality

• Remaining (for next beta builds)
  • Desktop Firefox Add-on Compatibility
  • Desktop Firefox Plugin Compatibility
  • Desktop Firefox Web Compatibility
  • Mac OSX Signing Verification
  • Verify update applies with root owned files
  • Mac OSX 32-bit Mode
  • Firefox scrolling & zooming
  • Show PDF
  • Browsing secure sites
  • Session Restore smoketest
  • Play different video formats
  • Play various audio formats

Exploratory Testing

• Testing is performed around areas most affected by fixes since the previous Beta (in cases when there are no Regression tests to cover these areas, or those tests have already been run as part of the Full Beta Regression set)

Branch Bug Fix Verifications

• Firefox (37) Bugs

• Verified bugs

1 Total; 0 Open (0%); 0 Resolved (0%); 1 Verified (100%);

Status tags

• [NOT STARTED] - {{mnotstarted}} - little or no work has started on this task
• [ON TRACK] - {{mok}} - task is actively being worked on and those assigned feel comfortable and confident in the quality of the build.
• [DONE] - {{mdone}} - task is completed and those assigned feel comfortable and confident in the quality of the build.
• [AT RISK] - {{mrisk}}- blocking bug / high number of bugs / other confidence-shakers makes us feel not comfortable with the quality of the build.
• [IN PROGRESS] - {{mprog}} - actively being tested on
• [INVESTIGATION NEEDED] - {{minvest}} - more investigation needed