Firefox/Stub Attribution/Test Plan

Stub Attribution Test Plan

Dependencies (tools/systems):

• Firefox client code (Stub Installer)
• Bouncer - GitHub
• Mozilla.org (Bedrock) - GitHub
• Stub Downloader service - GitHub
  • Staging: https://stubattribution-default.stage.mozaws.net/
    • Sentry URL: https://sentry.prod.mozaws.net/operations/stub_attribution-stage/
  • Production: https://stubdownloader.services.mozilla.com/
    • Sentry URL: https://sentry.prod.mozaws.net/operations/stub_attribution-prod/
• Telemetry
  • Caveat: Telemetry data lags 3 weeks, even after the switches have been flipped

Acceptance Criteria

In order to begin testing, the following are needed:

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1. a staged or dark-launched Mozilla.org instance ready with Download-button logic and passed-in attribution_code (from bug 1279291), which:
2. ...uses the AJAX service to sign Stub-Attribution URLs with a SHA-246 HMAC hash (bug 1278981)
3. Bouncer (download.mozilla.org) logic updated to ignore attribution_code for XP users
4. Firefox stub installer binaries - PENDING in Firefox 50 builds shipping November 15th - which include the stub attribution_code's post-signing data capability available and pointed to...
5. production-ready stubdownloader.prod.mozaws.net service/instance

TODO

• determine what additional test-automation coverage we might need to add to the end-to-end Bouncer tests

Questions:

1. How (or can we even?) establish a reasonable performance metric around downloading the stub installer, currently?
   1. ...so we can measure against this baseline when we test the dynamic vs. cached-downloads Stub-Attribution Service
2. All (supported) Windows platforms, or?
3. Which IE + Windows versions should get the Stub Attribution (SHA-256)
   1. By the looks of bug 1304538, IE 6-8 should get SHA-1
      1. So they're not eligible for this, right?
4. How to test (all five?) codes/fields?
   1. Source
   2. Medium
   3. Campaign
   4. Content
   5. "Referrer" alone?
      1. Which specific browsers (vendors + versions) properly support it/if have it enabled, we'll honor the setting?
5. Which locale(s)?
6. Entry-points on Mozilla.com. Which page(s)? Or all download pages?
   1. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/
   2. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/?scene=2 (and do the ?scene=[] parameters matter?)
   3. Should the attribution code(s) be present on Download buttons when JavaScript is disabled?
7. How/who checks the Telemetry ping from the client? Via Dashboard?
8. Do we need to cover the upgrade-path scenario? i.e.:
   1. user downloads and installs using the special stub installer w/tracking code
   2. we verify correct pings, etc.
   3. user upgrades later to a newer version of Firefox (pave-over install)
      1. do we still check for this ping?
9. How about the successfully installed, then uninstalled case: check to see that client no longer sends ping?
10. Should we test/what should happen in the double-install case? (Install, then install again w+w/o uninstalling the 1st binary.)
    1. Similarly, what about the a) install stub w/attribution b) upgrade to a later version of Firefox case?

Testing Approaches

Manual Tests:

1. Positive (happy-path) Tests:
   1. Do Not Track disabled
      • Click an ad banner or link which has an attribution (source? medium? campaign? content? referrer?) code
      • Verify that the URL which takes you to a Mozilla.org download page contains a stub_attcode with a valid param
      • Verify that the same valid stub_attcode param/value gets passed to the Mozilla.org Download Firefox button
      • Download and install the stub installer
      • Verify (how?) that upon successful installation, the stub installer sends a "success!" ping with the same stub_attcode param/value

Regression Testing

• All browsers available on Windows XP/Vista (test IE 6, IE 7, Chrome) except for Firefox should still get the SHA-1 stub installer

Negative Testing

1. Ensure other installers/binaries don't have/pass on the URL param/stub code
   1. e.g. Mac, Linux, full Firefox for Windows installers

Load/Soak Tests

• Against Bouncer
• Against Stub Downloader service
  • Tool(s):
    • Loads Broker - most likely
    • Loads v2?
    • Locust?
• Against Mozilla.org?

Fuzz/Security Testing

• Purpose:
  • Surface potential incorrectly-handled errors (tracebacks/HTTP 5xx, etc.) and potential security issues
• Likely using OWASP ZAP, either manually and/or via the CLI, using Docker/Jenkins
  • Against Bouncer
  • Against Stub Downloader service
  • Against Mozilla.org

Test Automation Coverage:

• What will the Bedrock unit tests cover?
  • Where/how frequently will they run? With each pull request/commit/release?
• What will the Bouncer tests cover?
  • Where/how frequently will they run? With each pull request/commit/release? On a cron?

References

• Whiteboard flows/diagrams:
  • Organic
  • Campaign
• Stub Attribution wiki
• Stub Attribution Project Plan (Google Doc)
• Stub Attribution project's checkin notes (Google Doc)