TestEngineering/UI/AMO/AddonUpdates

=Add-on Updates=

update.php is what Mozilla apps asks to see if there are add-on updates available. We have migrated it to Python and need to ensure that there are no regressions.

=Settings=

To test the updates on the staging server we need to tweak the settings.

Settings for Firefox 3.6/4.0:

To test update on the staging server, change the following setting in your about:config
extensions.update.url to
https://addons.allizom.org/z/update?reqVersion=%REQ_VERSION%&id=%ITEM_ID%&version=%ITEM_VERSION%&maxAppVersion=%ITEM_MAXAPPVERSION%&status=%ITEM_STATUS%&appID=%APP_ID%&appVersion=%APP_VERSION%&appOS=%APP_OS%&appABI=%APP_ABI%&locale=%APP_LOCALE%&currentAppVersion=%CURRENT_APP_VERSION%&updateType=%UPDATE_TYPE%

Settings for Fennec:

To test update on the staging server, change the following setting in your about:config
extensions.update.url to

https://addons.allizom.org/z/update?reqVersion=%REQ_VERSION%&id=%ITEM_ID%&version=%ITEM_VERSION%&maxAppVersion=%ITEM_MAXAPPVERSION%&status=%ITEM_STATUS%&appID=%APP_ID%&appVersion=%APP_VERSION%&appOS=%APP_OS%&appABI=%APP_ABI%&locale=%APP_LOCALE%&currentAppVersion=%CURRENT_APP_VERSION%&updateType=%UPDATE_TYPE%

You need to restart Fennec after changing the update.url

Settings for Thunderbird:

To test update on the staging server, change the following setting in your about:config
extension.update.url to

https://addons.allizom.org/z/update?reqVersion=%REQ_VERSION%&id=%ITEM_ID%&version=%ITEM_VERSION%&maxAppVersion=%ITEM_MAXAPPVERSION%&status=%ITEM_STATUS%&appID=%APP_ID%&appVersion=%APP_VERSION%&appOS=%APP_OS%&appABI=%APP_ABI%

Settings for Seamonkey:

To test update on the staging server, change the following setting in your about:config
extension.update.url to

https://addons.allizom.org/z/update?reqVersion=%REQ_VERSION%&id=%ITEM_ID%&version=%ITEM_VERSION%&maxAppVersion=%ITEM_MAXAPPVERSION%&status=%ITEM_STATUS%&appID=%APP_ID%&appVersion=%APP_VERSION%&appOS=%APP_OS%&appABI=%APP_ABI%&locale=%APP_LOCALE%&currentAppVersion=%CURRENT_APP_VERSION%

Usecase Scenarios:

testcase 1: Update add-on versions

• Check that clicking on “Find updates”, lists the latest supported versions for your installed add-ons
• Ensure that the update is successful

testcase 2: Update Firefox versions (with add-on updates)

• Install an older version of Firefox
• Install older versions of add-ons which are not supported on the version you are updating to.(pick one extension, theme,dictionary and a language pack
• Upgrade Firefox to a newer version
• Check that when Firefox starts, it prompts you to upgrade all your incompatible add-ons
• Ensure that the update is successful
  

testcase 3:Update Firefox versions (with no add-on updates)

• Install an older version of Firefox
• Install the latest versions of add-ons(pick one extension, theme,dictionary and a language pack
• Upgrade Firefox to a newer version
• Check that when Firefox starts, there are no fake prompts for updates
  

testcase 4:Update prompt while opening a Firefox profile

• Create a profile which has a few older versions of add-ons installed.
• Quit Firefox
• Start the firefox profile
• Check that there are updates for incompatible add-on versions

testcase 5: Update prompt for beta add-ons

• Select an add-on which has multiple beta versions(say b1-b4)
• Install an older version of a beta add-on(b1
• Tools-> Add-ons -->Click on “Find Updates”
• Check that b4 versions is listed as an update
• Update is successful

testcase 6: Check that updates are only offered when the newer versions of the add-on are public

• Pick an add-on with an unreviewed latest version.
• Install the previous version of that add-on
• Tools-> Add-ons -->Click on “Find Updates” in the add-ons manager
• Check that there are no updates

testcase 7: Check that there are no updates for unreviewed add-ons

• Pick an add-on with multiple unreviewed versions
• Install an older version
• Tools-> Add-ons -->Click on “Find Updates”
• No updates

testcase 8: Check that no updates are offered if the newer version is incompatible with user's browser version/platform

• Pick an add-on with an incompatible latest version
• Install an older version and restart
• Tools-> Add-ons -->Click on “Find Updates”
• No updates are offered

testcase 9: Check for platform compatibility

• Pick an add-on which has version (b-n) compatible with the test platform and version b not supported on your platform/OS
• Install version (b-n) and restart
• Tools-> Add-ons -->Click on “Find Updates”
• No updates are offered