QA/Firefox

Overview

The Firefox QA team is responsible for the Firefox browser both Desktop, (Windows, Linux, Mac) and Mobile (Android). Some of our responsibilities include qualifying builds prior to a maintenance or milestone release. Some of the responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Verifying bugs using a triage strategy
• Running basic functional tests and smoke tests - automated and manual
• Running our automated test suites on localized builds
• Running automated update tests across platforms, through all update paths, across localized builds
• Making sure web content is ready for consumption

In addition to qualifying builds prior to a release, we perform ongoing tasks on the development branches to ensure no major problems get uplifted as we merge changes to the next branch. For example, on a daily basis we:

• Confirm new unconfirmed bugs
• Verify bugs on development branches like Aurora and Beta
• Engage community and new volunteers in helping improve Firefox through test day events
• Interact with developers to help them test the features they implement
• Perform exploratory testing on new features while on the Aurora branch
• Write test cases in Litmus for new features and user-facing features
• Monitor crash-stats to assess stability
• File and track new crasher bugs as they appear in crash-stats
• Manage web compatibility testing through community involvement or crowdsourcing companies that help in testing hardware configurations and top-site testing

All of which help assess the quality of individual new features as well as the Firefox version as a whole.

Team Members and Assignments

Name	Contact	Availability	Project Assignments
Juan Becerra	jbecerra@mozilla.com 650-903-0800 x262	MoCo Employee (full time)	Lead - New features testing coordination.
Anthony Hughes	ahughes@mozilla.com	MoCo Employee (full time)	Lead - Maintenance and security releases.
Aaron Train	atrain@mozilla.com	MoCo Employee (full time)	Lead - New features testing coordination.
Kevin Brosnan	kbrosnan@mozilla.com	MoCo Employee (full time)	Lead - New features testing coordination.
Tracy Walker	twalker@mozilla.com	Moco Employee (full time)	Firefox Sync QA Lead
Matt Wobensmith	mwobensmith@mozilla.com	Moco Employee (full time)	Senior QA for Firefox, security and privacy
Liz Henry	lhenry@mozilla.com	Moco Employee (full time)	Bug Master and crash analysis. Working on Firefox 31 test plan with Anthony.
Henrik Skupin	hskupin@mozilla.com	Moco Employee (full time)	Lead - Firefox Automation.
Marc Schifer	mschifer@mozilla.com	Moco Employee (full time)	Senior Manager for Firefox QA