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:

https://addons.allizom.org/update/VersionCheck.php?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/update/VersionCheck.php?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/update/VersionCheck.php?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/services/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
• Open a different profile
• Switch back to the original 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

testcase 10: admin disabled add-on versions

• Install an older version of the test add-on
• Admin-disable the latest version of that add-on
• Check for updates
• Ensure that no updates are offered

testcase 11: Downgrading add-on versions

• Install the latest version of an add-on
• Admin-disable that version
• Check for updates
• Previous version of the add-on is offered

testcase 12: Deleting beta channel

• Install the beta version of an add-on
• Ensure that there is a newer public version for that add-on
• Delete all beta versions
• Check for updates
• Ensure that the latest public version of the add-on is offered

testcase 13: Check updates for lite reviewed add-on

• Install an older version of a lite reviewed add-on
• Check for updates
• Ensure that the latest prelim reviewed add-on is offered in updates

testcase 14: Check updates for public add-on

• Install an older version of a public add-on
• Check for updates
• Ensure that the latest public add-on is offered in updates

testcase 15: Only public versions are offered as updates

• Install an older version of a public add-on
• Grant lite review to the newer version of that add-on
• Check for updates
• Ensure that there are no updates.

testcase 16: Updates for a lite+nominated add-on

• Install an older version of a lite+nominated add-on
• Grant lite review to the newer version of that add-on
• Check for updates
• Ensure that there are no updates.