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Firefox 37 RC (build 2) Test Plan

• Release Week: March 23rd, 2015. The plan is to be shipped on Friday March 27th 2015 (Release Calendar)
• QA Contact: Robert Kaiser; Florin Mezei
• IRC: irc://irc.mozilla.org#qa ping kairo; FlorinMezei
• Build 2: Firefox 37 RC build 2 | changeset | (ID: 20150326190726)

QE recommendation regarding the quality of the build

Risks with this Beta and ways to mitigate them through testing

• 1. Video/Audio
  • Additional fix landed in RC build 2 (https://bugzil.la/1145815)
  • Testing to ensure that YouTube playback works without major regressions
  • Will be covered by Sanity testing on the YouTube default player
• 2. Web Compatibility
  • Testing to ensure that the most common web sites work without issues
  • Will be covered by Sanity testing

Features

See the Feature Release Tracking wiki for a general overview

Results

Bug Summary

• New bugs

1 Total; 0 Open (0%); 1 Resolved (100%); 0 Verified (0%);

• New bugs to this Beta

   NONE     

• Known Issues

7 Total; 0 Open (0%); 7 Resolved (100%); 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

2 Total; 0 Open (0%); 1 Resolved (50%); 1 Verified (50%);

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