«  Firefox 37 Beta 6 | Firefox 37 Beta 7 | Firefox 37 RC  »

Firefox 37 Beta 7 (build 1) Test Plan

• Release Week: March 16th, 2015. The plan is to be shipped on Friday March 20th 2015 (Release Calendar)
• QA Contact: Robert Kaiser; Florin Mezei
• IRC: irc://irc.mozilla.org#qa ping kairo; FlorinMezei
• Build 1: Firefox 37 Beta 7 | changeset | (ID: 20150319212106)

QE recommendation regarding the quality of the build

Risks with this Beta and ways to mitigate them through testing

• 1. Video/Audio
  • Additional Video/Audio fixes landed in (potentially) final Beta and expecting MSE to be delivered for Windows
  • Testing to ensure that YouTube playback works without major regressions
  • Will be covered by Sanity testing on the YouTube default player
• 2. Breakpad
  • Fix landed for bug: https://bugzil.la/1138794
  • Testing to ensure that the fix above did not cause regressions for the Breakpad on other platforms
  • Will be covered by Sanity testing
• 3. Add-ons
  • Fix landed for bug: https://bugzil.la/1144991 - fix suspected to potentially cause issues for add-ons
  • Testing to ensure that Add-ons can be installed and work as expected
  • Will be covered by Sanity testing
• 4. Plugin Compatibility
  • Part of the Beta Regression run
  • Testing to ensure that the most common plugins still work without any major issues
  • Will be covered by Regression testing
• 5. Updating with root owned files
  • Part of the Beta Regression run
  • Testing to ensure update is applied with root owned files
  • Will be covered by Regression testing
• 6. Scrolling & zooming
  • Part of the Beta Regression run
  • Testing to ensure scrolling and zoom work without any regressions caused by fixes in Firefox 37
  • Will be covered by Regression testing
• 7. Session Restore
  • Part of the Beta Regression run
  • Testing to ensure session is restored correctly in various scenarios
  • Will be covered by Regression testing
• 8. Mac OSX Signing
  • Part of the Beta Regression run
  • Testing to ensure Mac OS X signing has not regressed in Firefox 37
  • Will be covered by Regression testing
• 9. Mac OSX 32-bit Mode
  • Part of the Beta Regression run
  • Testing to ensure Firefox 37 works without issues on Mac OS X in 32-bit mode
  • Will be covered by Regression testing

Features

See the Feature Release Tracking wiki for a general overview

Results

Bug Summary

• New bugs

4 Total; 1 Open (25%); 3 Resolved (75%); 0 Verified (0%);

• New bugs to this Beta

   NONE    

• Known Issues

7 Total; 2 Open (28.57%); 5 Resolved (71.43%); 0 Verified (0%);

Regression Tests

• Tests are run from a Full Regression set, created before Beta 2, to cover areas most affected by fixes in current Beta (Firefox 37)
• Regression tests are run over the interval Beta 2 -> Release
• Tests to run for each Beta are picked to cover areas most affected by fixes since previous Beta (if there are no such areas, tests are picked randomly from the Full Beta Regression set).
• Tests are available in Mozilla Moztrap.
• In case of failure in any regression tests, bugs need to be raised ASAP before proceeding to the exploratory testing.

Regression tests:

• Executed (in previous beta builds)
  • [PASS] Open and Print Common File Formats
  • [FAIL] Customize toolbars
  • [FAIL] Play WebGL games
  • [FAIL] Play WebGL animations
  • [PASS] Breakpad End-to-End Functionality
  • [FAIL] Desktop Firefox Web Compatibility
  • [FAIL] Play different video formats
  • [FAIL] Play various audio formats
  • [FAIL] Desktop Firefox Add-on Compatibility
  • [FAIL] Browsing secure sites
  • [FAIL] Show PDF
  • [FAIL] Desktop Firefox Plugin Compatibility
  • [PASS] Mac OSX Signing Verification
  • [PASS] Verify update applies with root owned files
  • [PASS] Mac OSX 32-bit Mode
  • [PASS] Firefox scrolling & zooming
  • [FAIL] Session Restore smoketest

• Remaining (for next beta builds)

   NONE     

Exploratory Testing

• Testing is performed around areas most affected by fixes since the previous Beta (in cases when there are no Regression tests to cover these areas, or those tests have already been run as part of the Full Beta Regression set)

Branch Bug Fix Verifications

• Firefox (37) Bugs

• Verified bugs

3 Total; 0 Open (0%); 1 Resolved (33.33%); 2 Verified (66.67%);

Status tags

• [NOT STARTED] - {{mnotstarted}} - little or no work has started on this task
• [ON TRACK] - {{mok}} - task is actively being worked on and those assigned feel comfortable and confident in the quality of the build.
• [DONE] - {{mdone}} - task is completed and those assigned feel comfortable and confident in the quality of the build.
• [AT RISK] - {{mrisk}}- blocking bug / high number of bugs / other confidence-shakers makes us feel not comfortable with the quality of the build.
• [IN PROGRESS] - {{mprog}} - actively being tested on
• [INVESTIGATION NEEDED] - {{minvest}} - more investigation needed