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