QA/Firefox

Overview

The Firefox QA team is responsible for the Firefox browser both Desktop, (Windows, Linux, Mac) and Mobile (Android). Some of our responsibilities include qualifying builds prior to a maintenance or milestone release. Some of the responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Verifying bugs using a triage strategy
• Running basic functional tests and smoke tests - automated and manual
• Running our automated test suites on localized builds
• Running automated update tests across platforms, through all update paths, across localized builds
• Making sure web content is ready for consumption

In addition to qualifying builds prior to a release, we perform ongoing tasks on the development branches to ensure no major problems get uplifted as we merge changes to the next branch. For example, on a daily basis we:

• Confirm new unconfirmed bugs
• Verify bugs on development branches like Aurora and Beta
• Engage community and new volunteers in helping improve Firefox through test day events
• Interact with developers to help them test the features they implement
• Perform exploratory testing on new features while on the Aurora branch
• Write test cases in Litmus for new features and user-facing features
• Monitor crash-stats to assess stability
• File and track new crasher bugs as they appear in crash-stats
• Manage web compatibility testing through community involvement or crowdsourcing companies that help in testing hardware configurations and top-site testing

All of which help assess the quality of individual new features as well as the Firefox version as a whole.

Team Members and Assignments

Name	Contact	Availability	Project Assignments
Juan Becerra	jbecerra@mozilla.com 650-903-0800 x262	MoCo Employee (full time)	Lead - New features testing coordination.
Anthony Hughes	ahughes@mozilla.com	MoCo Employee (full time)	Lead - Maintenance and security releases.
Aaron Train	atrain@mozilla.com	MoCo Employee (full time)	Lead - New features testing coordination.
Kevin Brosnan	kbrosnan@mozilla.com	MoCo Employee (full time)	Lead - New features testing coordination.
Tracy Walker	twalker@mozilla.com	Moco Employee (full time)	Firefox Sync QA Lead
Matt Wobensmith	mwobensmith@mozilla.com	Moco Employee (full time)	Senior QA for Firefox, security and privacy
Liz Henry	lhenry@mozilla.com	Moco Employee (full time)	Bug Master and crash analysis. Working on Firefox 31 test plan with Anthony.
Nils Ohlmeier	nohlmeier@mozilla.com	Moco Employee (full time)	Platform QA, WebRTC
Henrik Skupin	hskupin@mozilla.com	Moco Employee (full time)	Lead - Firefox Automation.
Robert Kaiser	rkaiser@mozilla.com	Contractor	Stability.
Marc Schifer	mschifer@mozilla.com	Moco Employee (full time)	Senior Manager for Firefox QA

Release test plans

Project Test Plan	Description	Scope	Timeframe
Firefox 33 Firefox for Android 33	QA activities for Firefox 33.	Features in Fx33 Features in Firefox for Android 33	Firefox 33
Firefox 32 Firefox for Android 32	QA activities for Firefox 32.	Features in Fx32 Features in Firefox for Android 32	Firefox 32
Firefox 31 Firefox for Android 31	QA activities for Firefox 31.	Features in Fx31 Features in Firefox for Android 31	Firefox 31
Firefox 30 Firefox for Android 30	QA activities for Firefox 30.	Features in Fx30 Features in Firefox for Android 30	Firefox 30
Firefox 29	QA activities for Firefox 29.	Features in Fx29	Firefox 29
Firefox 28	QA activities revolving around mozilla-central in the time frame for Firefox 28 merge.	Features in Fx28	Firefox 28
Firefox 27	QA activities in the time frame for Firefox 27 merge.	Features in Fx27	Firefox 27
Firefox 26	QA activities in the time frame for Firefox 26 merge.	Features in Fx26	Firefox 26
Firefox 25	QA activities in the time frame for Firefox 25 merge.	Features in Fx25	Firefox 25
Automation	Development of automated tests for Desktop Firefox features using Mozmill
Feature Ownership	Testing, Planning, and Bug Triage of new and stable Firefox features