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Firefox 38.0.5 Beta 1 (build 1) Test Plan

• Release Week: May 4th, 2015. The plan is to be shipped on Friday May 8th 2015 (Release Calendar)
• QA Contact: Robert Kaiser; Florin Mezei
• IRC: irc://irc.mozilla.org#qa ping kairo; FlorinMezei
• Build 1: Firefox 38.0.5 Beta 1 build 1 | changeset | (ID: 20150510205200)
• Build 2: Firefox 38.0.5 Beta 1 build 2 | changeset | (ID: 20150511143336)

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. Reading List disabling
  • The Reading List feature is no longer a part of the 38.0.5 release
  • Testing to make sure that the feature is not enabled
  • Will be covered by Sanity testing
• 2. Suggested Tiles disabling
  • The Suggested Tiles feature was backed out into Firefox 39
  • Testing to make sure that the feature is not enabled
  • Will be covered by Sanity testing
• 3. Reader View
  • Important feature for the 38.0.5 Release
  • Testing to ensure that the Reader View feature is stable enough to be tested
  • Will be covered by Exploratory testing
• 4. Pocket
  • Important feature for the 38.0.5 Release
  • Testing to ensure that the Pocket integration feature is stable enough to be tested
  • Will be covered by Exploratory testing
• 5. Screensharing
  • Important feature for the 38.0.5 Release
  • Testing to ensure that the Hello Screensharing feature has no major issues
  • Will be covered by Exploratory testing

Features

See the Feature Release Tracking gdoc for a general overview

Results

New bugs

• https://goo.gl/JEcWT2
• https://goo.gl/G9Ilai
• https://goo.gl/3WpI8V

15 Total; 0 Open (0%); 10 Resolved (66.67%); 5 Verified (33.33%);

New bugs to this Beta

• https://goo.gl/JEcWT2
• https://goo.gl/G9Ilai
• https://goo.gl/3WpI8V

15 Total; 0 Open (0%); 10 Resolved (66.67%); 5 Verified (33.33%);

Known Issues

• Major issues

5 Total; 1 Open (20%); 3 Resolved (60%); 1 Verified (20%);

• Low impact issues

18 Total; 2 Open (11.11%); 16 Resolved (88.89%); 0 Verified (0%);

Regression Tests

• There will be NO Regression Set for 38.0.5 BETA
• Regression testing will be performed as needed for the new features in Firefox 38.0.5

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 (38.0.5) Bugs

• Verified bugs

12 Total; 0 Open (0%); 0 Resolved (0%); 12 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