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Firefox N Test Plan

Summary

Milestone	Firefox N
Status	Currently in Nightly -- merging to Aurora on yyyy-mm-dd
Lead	Anthony Hughes (irc: ashughes)
2nd	Juan Becerra (irc: juanb)
Builds	[ftp] [http] [web]

The following is the test plan for Firefox N from Nightly through to Release. Use this document as a reference for what is being tested to validate the quality of Firefox N. After the release this document will be used as an archive of what was done to validate this release.

If you have some free time, please pick a task below and get in touch with one of the leads.

Details

The following is a description of the tasks which need to be completed throughout this release.

• yyyy.mm.dd: {{|}} Nightly Merge
• yyyy.mm.dd: {{|}} Aurora Merge
• yyyy.mm.dd: {{|}} Pre-Beta feature sign-offs
• yyyy.mm.dd: {{|}} Beta 1
• yyyy.mm.dd: {{|}} Beta 2
• yyyy.mm.dd: {{|}} Beta 3
• yyyy.mm.dd: {{|}} Beta 4
• yyyy.mm.dd: {{|}} Beta 5
• yyyy.mm.dd: {{|}} Beta 6
• yyyy.mm.dd: {{|}} Release Candidate
• yyyy.mm.dd: {{|}} Final

Nightly

Merge

Functional Automation - result

Update Spotchecks - result

Features

See the Feature Release Tracking wiki for a general overview

Features

See the Feature Release Tracking wiki for a general overview

Feature

Owner

Status

Tests

Endurance Automation

The purpose of this section is to track any potential memory regressions via spikes reported in the dashboard.

What to Do

1. Check the Endurance Charts
2. If you see an anomalous event (ie. spike or dip), get the report for the specific event
3. If the event happens twice in a row, file a bug under Mozmill Tests
4. Notify Anthony Hughes of the issue
5. Record the event in this wiki below

Current Status (Mihaela Velimiroviciu) - Last Updated - yyyy.mm.dd

Functional Automation

The purpose of this section is to track any potential functional regressions via results reported in the dashboard.

What to Do

1. Check the testrun reports
2. If you see any failing tests, check that there are not any bugs on file for it already
3. If not, file a bug under Mozmill Tests
4. Notify Anthony Hughes of the issue
5. Record the event in this wiki below

Current Status - Last Updated - yyyy-mm-dd

Bug Triage

The purpose of this section is to triage UNCONFIRMED incoming bugs.

What to Do

1. Check the UNCONFIRMED bugs
2. Test the bugs in the latest Firefox Nightly
3. If you can't reproduce the bug, ask for the reporter to provide more information
4. If you reproduce the bug, add your testing information and mark the bug NEW
5. Notify Anthony Hughes of the NEW issue

Current Status (SoftVision) - Last Updated

Result Spreadsheet

Aurora Merge

Builds	nightlies
Changeset	tip (pushlog)

Checklist

• {{|}} Automated Testing
• {{|}} Update Testing on auroratest
• {{|}} Peer Sign-off
• {{|}} Final sign-off
• {{|}} Update Testing on aurora

Automated Testing

The following are the detailed results of the automated Mozmill test runs.

Platform	PASS: report
Windows XP	result - yyyy-mm-dd
Windows Vista	result - yyyy-mm-dd
Windows 7 32-bit	result - yyyy-mm-dd
Windows 7 64-bit	result - yyyy-mm-dd
Windows 8 32-bit	result - yyyy-mm-dd
Windows 8 64-bit	result - yyyy-mm-dd
Mac OS X 10.6	result - yyyy-mm-dd
Mac OS X 10.7	result - yyyy-mm-dd
Mac OS X 10.8	result - yyyy-mm-dd
Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit	result - yyyy-mm-dd
Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit	result - yyyy-mm-dd

Test Failures (known bugs)

Update Testing

Spotcheck updates from a previous Aurora to Aurora 19.

Platform	Aurora channel
Windows 7 64-bit	result - yyyy-mm-dd
Windows 8 64-bit	result - yyyy-mm-dd
Mac OS X 10.7	result - yyyy-mm-dd
Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit	result - yyyy-mm-dd

Issues

Bug Triage

1. VERIFYME: verify the fix and do some exploratory testing around the issue
2. FIXED: triage these bugs and test to ensure the fix is effective
3. QAWANTED: triage these bugs and test to fulfill the QA request
4. UNCONFIRMED: triage these bugs for potential new regressions

QAWANTED

Bugs requiring QA's assistance in debugging (steps, regression range, exploratory testing, verification, etc)

Status as of yyyy-mm-dd:

Pre-beta Feature testing and Sign-off

Feature testing

• Platforms: Windows XP, Windows 7 x64, Ubuntu 11.10, Mac 10.7

Run the Firefox 19.0 Pre-beta Feature Sign off tests in MozTrap and report results below.

Feature

Owner

Win32

Mac

Linux

Notes:

Smoke tests

Run the smoketests in MozTrap and report results below.

Platform	Assignee	Result:
Windows XP	tester	RESULTS - yyyy-mm-dd
Windows 7 64-bit	tester	RESULTS - yyyy-mm-dd
Mac OS X 10.7.4	tester	RESULTS - yyyy-mm-dd
Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit	tester	RESULTS - yyyy-mm-dd

Beta Checklist

The following checklist should be completed before signing off for Release.

Beta 1

• {{ |}} Breakpad End-to-End functionality
• {{ |}} Mac OSX 10.8 Signing
• {{ |}} Add-on compatibility (top AMO, top third-party, toolbars, yandex, avg, norton, yahoo, bandoo, conduit, etc)
• {{ |}} Exploratory testing and bug triage against the flagship feature
• Platforms: Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 8 64-bit, Mac OSX 10.8, Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit

Beta 2

• {{ |}} Breakpad End-to-End functionality
• {{ |}} Stop accepting MD5 as a hash algorithm in signatures
• {{ |}} Plug-in compatibility (Flash, Java, Silverlight, Realplayer, Quicktime, Shockwave, Unity [Mac])
• {{ |}} Firefox Beta testday stressing flagship features and bug triage
• {{ |}} Exploratory testing and bug triage against the flagship feature
• Platforms: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8 32-bit, Mac OSX 10.7, Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit

Beta 3

• {{ |}} Breakpad End-to-End functionality
• {{ |}} Mac OSX 32-bit mode
• {{ |}} Web compatibility (search, webmail, banking, video, audio, gaming, news, cms, etc.)
• {{ |}} Exploratory testing and bug triage against the flagship feature
• Platforms: Windows 7 32-bit, Windows Vista, Mac OSX 10.6, Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit

Beta 4

• {{ |}} Breakpad End-to-End functionality
• {{ |}} Verify update applies with root owned files
• {{ |}} Add-on compatibility (top AMO, top third-party, toolbars, yandex, avg, norton, yahoo, bandoo, conduit, etc)
• {{ |}} Exploratory testing and bug triage against the flagship feature
• {{ |}} Firefox Beta testday stressing flagship features and bug triage
• Platforms: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows XP, Mac OSX 10.8, Ubuntu 12.10 32-bit

Beta 5

• {{ |}} Breakpad End-to-End functionality
• {{ |}} What's New Page on Firefox update
• {{ |}} Plug-in compatibility (Flash, Java, Silverlight, Realplayer, Quicktime, Shockwave, Unity [Mac])
• {{ |}} Exploratory testing and bug triage against the flagship feature
• Platforms: Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 8 64-bit, Mac OSX 10.7, Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit

Beta 6

• {{ |}} Breakpad End-to-End functionality
• {{ |}} Mac OSX 10.5 and Windows 2000 de-support (install and update)
• {{ |}} Web compatibility (search, webmail, banking, video, audio, gaming, news, cms, etc.)
• {{ |}} Exploratory testing and bug triage against the flagship feature
• Platforms: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8 32-bit, Mac OSX 10.6, Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit, Mac OSX 10.5, Windows 2000

New Issues

Known Issues