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Fennec (Firefox for Android) 43 Beta 7 (build 1) Test Plan

• Release Week: November 23rd, 2014
• QA Contact: Ioana Chiorean; Kevin Brosnan
• IRC: irc://irc.mozilla.org#qa ping kbrosnan; ioanachiorean;
• Build 1: Fennec (Firefox for Android) 43 Beta 7 build 1 | changeset | pushlog

Features

See the Feature Release Tracking wiki for a general overview of this release. Found below are a subset of all high-priority items

Checklist

Pre-release

• [DONE] Smoketests executed, including new features and Yahoo search default, with no blockers found
• [DONE] Android permissions tested with no blockers found
• [Not planned] BFTs runned, verifying all features are stable
• [DONE] Branch bug fix verifications completed with no blockers found
• [DONE] L10n spotchecks completed, with no blockers found
• [Not planned] AppThwack automation executed with no blockers found

Post-release

• Verify release notes
• Verify updates from previous Beta (no update on Gingerbread)
• Verify download from the Play store
• Verify download from beta.mozilla.org

Features Status

• [ON TRACK] - Support read/unread state in reading list UI
• [ON TRACK] - Redo Fennec dynamic toolbar implementation
• [AT RISK] - Include second slide in First Run Experience (Import bookmarks) -> Still has open bugs and implementations are made; currently discussing with Margaret here.
• [ON TRACK] - Include URL when sharing selected text from website
• NA - Cease posting Firefox on the T-Store -> we currently have no access to this, under legal radar only
• [ON TRACK] - Use "split pane styling" for History Panel on Tablets (landscape)
• [ON TRACK] - Enable and support signed add-ons -> Still has open bugs and implementations are made
• [ON TRACK] - Menu icon to follow Google's material design guidelines
• [ON TRACK] - Refine appearance of tab audio indicator & enable it by default
• NA - Setup A/B testing framework in release and beta -> no action required from us here.

Smoketests

Light verification tests (or smoketests) will be first run when the builds are ready. Tests are available on Mozilla Moztrap under the 43.0 smoketest suite. In any case of failure in any Smoketest, blockers need to be raised ASAP before proceeding to the BFTs.

Detailed Smoketest results

Android Permissions Testing

Detailed Android Permissions Testing Results
Verify permissions between what is currently on the store and with this beta build candidate.
Details: Android Permissions

Branch Bug Fix Verifications

• Firefox for Android (43) Bugs

Detailed Bug Verification

L10N (Localization) Spot Checks

Light testing on featured locales to ensure strings fit the space allotted and there are no entity errors from missing or corrupt localizations. QA/Fennec/43/Beta/7/L10N-builds matrix Detailed L10N matrix

AppThwack Automation

Automated installation, uninstallation, and Android Monkeyrunner tests against uploaded ARM6 and ARMv7 builds; primarily useful for detecting startup crashes, incompatibilities, install-times and UI oddities QA/Fennec/43/Beta/7/AppThwack Results Detailed AppThwack Results