Releases/Firefox 54/Test Plan
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Summary
This page is to track testing of Firefox 54 from mozilla-central (Nightly) through to mozilla-release. This is intended to be a minimal set of information to help Firefox QA understand and communicate the quality of upcoming releases. Our current walkthrough of the release and QA process might be changing due to recent reorgs.
The QA efforts are mostly split up between two teams:
- Engineering QA
- team reports to Benjamin Smedberg
- the Project Manager (and main contact) for the team is Rares Bologa
- team is based in Romania (most part) and Las Vegas (5 people)
- the team mainly tests the Desktop app, but covers the Mobile (Android, iOS) side as well
- main responsibilities:
- Feature Testing - new Firefox features, prior to landing and during Nightly
- Bug Triage - older as well as incoming Unconfirmed bugs
- Bug Investigation - various investigation as requested by other people (e.g. finding steps, setting component, finding regression windows)
- Misc - other miscellaneous requests
- Release QA Desktop and Release QA Mobile
- team reports to Lawrence Mandel
- the Project Manager (and main contact) for the team is Florin Mezei
- team is based in Romania
- main responsibilities:
- Build Validation - mostly Beta, Release, and ESR builds (including automated ondemand update, and throttling tests)
- Feature Testing - new features not covered by the Engineering QA team, and those covered by the Engineering QA team after they enter Aurora
- Bug Verification - verifying the most important / high risk fixes, with focus on those closer to release
- Bug Investigation - various investigation as requested by other people (e.g. finding steps, setting component, finding regression windows)
- Misc - other miscellaneous requests
Schedule
Please consult the Rapid Release Calendar for more information.
Milestone | Date | Checks |
Nightly | 2017-01-23 | Conduct daily stability and bug triage, ensure features are owned |
Aurora Migration | 2017-03-06 | Conduct testing to ensure Firefox 48 Aurora builds are okay, sign off for updates on Friday |
Aurora Updates enabled | 2017-03-11 | Continue daily stability and bug triage, ensure features are tested |
Beta Uplift | 2017-04-17 | Review testing and sign off every beta release |
Release | 2017-06-13 | Review tests and sign off release |
Meetings
Meeting | Purpose | When | Vidyo Room | IRC Backchannel | Notes |
Channel Status | Raise quality concerns with the Release Management team | 10:00 AM Pacific on Tuesday & 08:00 AM Pacific on Thursday | ReleaseCoordination | #planning | Notes archive |
Nightly
While Firefox 54 is on the Nightly channel, QA will mainly focus on:
- Feature Testing - EngQA team (for Firefox features assigned to them) + RelQA team (for other new features - Platform or Firefox)
- Triaging newly reported bugs - EngQA team
- Bug Verification - both teams - with main focus on: fixes related to new features, fixes tracked as Sprint work, fixes for major bugs
Reference: https://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Desktop_Firefox/Walkthroughs/Release_Coordination#Nightly
- End of cycle status
- Total bugs filed affecting 54: 2167
- Bugs fixed / verified on 54: 1799 / 138
- Conditional signoff for merge: <date>, <person> (email sent to release-drivers at
- QE signoff: N/A
Developer Edition (Aurora)
While Firefox 54 is on the Aurora channel, QA will mainly focus on:
- Signing off Aurora 54 prior to enabling updates - RelQA
- Feature Testing - RelQA team
- Should have testing plans for features that we know may be turned off /on conditionally
- Full in-depth testing should be completed before merge to Beta
- Triaging newly reported bugs - EngQA team
- Bug Verification - both teams - with main focus on: fixes related to new features, fixes for major bugs
Release Notes - review & update.
Reference (and migration / signoff plan: https://wiki.mozilla.org/QA/Desktop_Firefox/Walkthroughs/Release_Coordination#Aurora)
Beta
During the Beta cycle, there are several beta releases. Communication with the release coordination, release engineering, and automation teams is key.
While Firefox 54 is on the Beta channel, QA will mainly focus on:
- Signing off each Beta build prior to being pushed to the beta channel - RelQA
- Feature Testing - RelQA team
- Focus is on fixes that land in Beta, and Regression and Smoke testing
- Triaging newly reported bugs - EngQA team
- Bug Verification - mostly RelQA - with main focus on: fixes related to new features, fixes for major bugs, fixes assessed as high risk
QA also analyzes the results of OnDemand Update tests running on Jenkins. We create config files for the update tests, check their validity, and run them on at least two channels for each beta release cycle.
Pivotal bugs may need verification during each beta cycle.
- Link to release notes. review & update.
- Crash evaluation/escalation.
- Feature evaluation.
QA Activities
QA wanted
The following tracks bugs which have requests for urgent QA assistance.
- Choose a bug to test from the list below
- Read it and make sure you understand what information is needed (this may be steps or URLs to reproduce, a regression range, or something else altogether)
- Use the latest build of this Firefox version and test until you've discovered the information necessary. Ask for help if you need it.
- Report this information to the bug and remove the qawanted keyword
No results.
0 Total; 0 Open (0%); 0 Resolved (0%); 0 Verified (0%);
Stability
This section tracks bugs representing the most urgent stability issues. Consult this wiki for more information.
- Ensure new and explosive crashes have actionable bug reports which are in progress
- Top Crashes - ensure the highest ranked crashes have actionable bug reports which are in progress
- Untriaged Bugs - ensure bugs are actionable and in the correct component
- topcrash bugs
Unconfirmed Bug Triage
The following tracks triage and testing of incoming, unconfirmed bug reports.
- Choose a bug to test from the list below
- Use the latest Nightly build to confirm the bug reproduces
- Flag with reporter with needinfo if you cannot reproduce and need more information
- Set the status to NEW and ensure the bug is in the appropriate component if you can reproduce the bug (provide as much detail about your testing as possible)
- If it's a Firefox bug you may want to add the firefox-backlog=? flag to it.
Queries:
- All Unconfirmed Bugs
- Unchanged Since One Week
- These bugs may need extra attention.
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&version=54%20Branch&chfieldto=-1w
- Unchanged Since One Month
- These are likely to be confusing or non-reproducible issues. We should make decisions to either close these or tag these non-actionable, and filter them out
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&version=54%20Branch&chfieldto=-1m
Verification Needed Bugs
- Review the bugs below in the Pending Triage section and select a bug you want to test
- Make sure you understand the bug before you begin testing it
- Test on a previously known broken build to make sure you can reproduce the bug
- Test on the latest build from the branches which are fixed to confirm the bug no longer reproduces
- Mark the bug VERIFIED FIXED if the bug appears to be fixed and set the appropriate status-firefox flag to verified
- Reopen the bug if it still reproduces
Iteration Development
Firefox development during Nightly works on two-week iterations as of 2014. This section tracks the bugs selected for development in these iterations. Please consult the Iteration Dev Walkthrough and the Firefox/IterativeDevelopment page for more information on this process.
- Ensure all bugs are marked qe-verify:+ or -
- Ensure all qe-verify:+ bugs have a QA Contact (The Feature Owner page may help here)
- Ensure all selected bugs are VERIFIED before the end of the iteration
- Anything incomplete at the end of the iteration will be automatically carried over to the next iteration
Queries:
- Dashboard showing current active iteration: https://crash-analysis.mozilla.com/rkaiser/crash-report-tools/qa/
- Iteration 54.1, all bugs: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?f1=OP&j1=OR&f2=cf_fx_iteration&o2=substring&v2=54.1&f3=status_whiteboard&o3=substring&v3=s%3D54.1&f4=CP
- Iteration 54.2, all bugs: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?f1=OP&j1=OR&f2=cf_fx_iteration&o2=substring&v2=54.2&f3=status_whiteboard&o3=substring&v3=s%3D54.2&f4=CP
- Iteration 54.3, all bugs: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?f1=OP&j1=OR&f2=cf_fx_iteration&o2=substring&v2=54.3&f3=status_whiteboard&o3=substring&v3=s%3D54.3&f4=CP
Milestones
Aurora Migration
Post-merge Work (as soon as updates are disabled):
- [DONE] MM-CI - configure the mozilla-aurora_update testrun on MM-CI to use the auroratest channel (before first Aurora builds are generated, to make sure we don't get any red on aurora update tests)
Pre-sign-off Checks:
- [DONE] Manual Smoke testing - ensure there are no major issues blocking release to the aurora channel
- Areas covered: Build Branding, Web Compatibility, Audio Compatibility, Video Compatibility, Plug-in Compatibility, Graphics, Add-on Compatibility, and Crash Reporter
- Signed off by Andrei Vaida on March 9th, 2017
- Detailed test results: in TestRail (requires access rights) or as a pdf.
- [DONE] Features - all scoped features are signed off as ready for Aurora by owners. (If you haven't heard anything to the contrary, that is probably true, but make sure we don't know of blocking issues.)
- Block playback = YELLOW - Owner = Simona Badau (EngineeringQA), Emil Ghitta (ReleaseQA)
- Pending the fix of 3 bugs in Aurora
- Mobile Bookmarks = GREEN - Owner = Kanchan Kumari (EngineeringQA)
- Separate Content Process for loading file:// URI pages = AT RISK - Owner = Simona Badau (EngineeringQA)
- Remains off at merge day, and will probably be turned on sometime during Aurora 54 - testing is at ~10%
- client-side stackwalking: ping sender = GREEN - Owner = Abe Masresha (EngineeringQA)
- client-side stackwalking:client_crash_ID = AT RISK - Owner = Abe Masresha (EngineeringQA)
- Hasn't landed yet, and so no testing has been performed in 54 Nightly - will land and then get uplifted to 54
- aSyncDrawing = AT RISK - Owner = Stefan Georgiev (EngineeringQA)
- Many issues found - if these get fixed in Aurora, then the feature will ride the 54 train, otherwise this will target the 55 train - decision to be made pre-Beta
- Block playback = YELLOW - Owner = Simona Badau (EngineeringQA), Emil Ghitta (ReleaseQA)
- [DONE] Bugs - document and review any reported bugs and issues, nominate them for tracking if serious (i.e. make sure all bugs needed to be tracked have at least a request for that up)
- [DONE] Stability - review crash stats before sign-off to raise any red flags - looks good (based on report from the March 8th Channel Meeting)
- [DONE] L10n - contact L10n drivers (usually :flod) to see if there are any known localization issues - no issues - confirmed by flod on March 9th, 2017 (via IRC)
- [DONE] Send final QE sign-off - Sent by Florin Mezei on March 9th, 2017
Post-sign-off Checks (as soon as updates are enabled again):
- [DONE] MM-CI - configure the mozilla-aurora_update testrun on MM-CI to use the aurora channel
Betas
Beta 1
Build Information
- Build 1: 54.0b1-build1 | cf76e00dcd6f | (ID: 20170420011827)
Testing
- Manual - Firefox 54 Beta 1
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on new features in this version: Net Monitor MVP, and Download Panel UX Redesign.
- Detailed test results: in TestRail (requires access rights) or as a pdf.
- [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on new features in this version: Net Monitor MVP, and Download Panel UX Redesign.
- Automated (configs for ondemand)
Beta 2
Build Information
- Build 1: 54.0b2-build1 | ca3c6131b6ea | (ID: 20170424145525)
Testing
- Manual - Firefox 54 Beta 2
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Password Manager, New Tab Page, and Session Restore.
- Detailed test results: in TestRail (requires access rights) or as a pdf.
- [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Password Manager, New Tab Page, and Session Restore.
- Automated (configs for ondemand)
Beta 3
Build Information
- Build 1: 54.0b3-build1 | 0b1c079a2a4b | (ID: 20170427091925)
Testing
- Manual - Firefox 54 Beta 3
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Crash Reporter, Audio and Video Compatibility.
- Detailed test results: in TestRail (requires access rights) or as a pdf.
- [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Crash Reporter, Audio and Video Compatibility.
- Automated (configs for ondemand)
Beta 4
Build Information
- Build 1: 54.0b4-build1 | 8a7f650cff30 | (ID: 20170501133120)
Testing
- Manual - Firefox 54 Beta 4
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Safe Browsing, and Downloads.
- Detailed test results: in TestRail (requires access rights) or as a pdf.
- [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Safe Browsing, and Downloads.
- Automated (configs for ondemand)
Beta 5
Build Information
- Build 1: 54.0b5-build1 | 06bf49fb5795 | (ID: 20170501133120)
Testing
- Manual - Firefox 54 Beta 5
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Image Support, Printing, and Async Panning & Zooming.
- Detailed test results: in TestRail (requires access rights) or as a pdf.
- [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Image Support, Printing, and Async Panning & Zooming.
- Automated (configs for ondemand)
Beta 6
Build Information
- Build 1: 54.0b6-build1 | 798ee0e6f73e | (ID: 20170508140042)
Testing
- Manual - Firefox 54 Beta 6
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: PDF viewer, Search, and Bookmarks.
- Detailed test results: in TestRail (requires access rights) or as a pdf.
- [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: PDF viewer, Search, and Bookmarks.
- Automated (configs for ondemand)
Beta 7
Build Information
- Build 1: 54.0b7-build1 | 8b7e2a303954 | (ID: 20170511130324)
Testing
- Manual - Firefox 54 Beta 7
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Printing, Add-on Compatibility, and Graphics.
- Detailed test results: in TestRail (requires access rights) or as a pdf.
- [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Printing, Add-on Compatibility, and Graphics.
- Automated (configs for ondemand)
Beta 8
Build Information
- Build 1: 54.0b8-build1 | 9bef2dfbd584 | (ID: 20170515124824)
Testing
- Manual - Firefox 54 Beta 8
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Geolocation, Plugin-in compatibility, Customization.
- Detailed test results: in TestRail (requires access rights) or as a pdf.
- [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Geolocation, Plugin-in compatibility, Customization.
- Automated (configs for ondemand)
Beta 9
Build Information
- Build 1: 54.0b9-build1 | 54f218cec92f | (ID: 20170518105722)
Testing
- Manual - Firefox 54 Beta 9
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Migration and Mac OS X signing.
- Detailed test results: in TestRail (requires access rights) or as a pdf.
- [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Migration and Mac OS X signing.
- Automated (configs for ondemand)
Beta 10
Build Information
- Build 1: 54.0b10-build1 | a6edfa473c7d | (ID: 20170522172523)
Testing
- Manual - Firefox 54 Beta 10
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Web Compatibility, Printing and Search.
- Detailed test results: in TestRail (requires access rights) or as a pdf.
- [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Web Compatibility, Printing and Search.
- Automated (configs for ondemand)
Beta 11
Build Information
- Build 2: 54.0b11-build2 | 51c849c595a0 | (ID: 20170525155044)
Testing
- Manual - Firefox 54 Beta 11
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Web Compatibility.
- Detailed test results: in TestRail (requires access rights) or as a pdf.
- [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Web Compatibility.
- Automated (configs for ondemand)
Beta 12
Build Information
- Build 1: 54.0b12-build1 | 715d88d0bd82 | (ID: 20170529025116)
Testing
- Manual - Firefox 54 Beta 12
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Scroll & Zoom and Password Manager.
- Detailed test results: in TestRail (requires access rights) or as a pdf.
- [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Scroll & Zoom and Password Manager.
- Automated (configs for ondemand)
Beta 13
Build Information
- Build 1: 54.0b13-build1 | cb4a4275b365 | (ID: 20170601133324)
Testing
- Manual - Firefox 54 Beta 13
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Drag & Drop and Graphics.
- Detailed test results: in TestRail (requires access rights) or as a pdf.
- [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Drag & Drop and Graphics.
- Automated (configs for ondemand)
Release Candidates
54.0 RC
Build Information
- Build 1: 54.0-build1 | bfd20b4c396b | (ID: 20170605134926)
Testing
- Manual - Firefox 54 (RC1)
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Web Compatibility.
- Detailed test results: in TestRail (requires access rights) or a pdf.
- [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Web Compatibility.
- Automated (configs for ondemand)
54.0 RC2
Build Information
- Build 1: 54.0-build3 | e832ed037a3c | (ID: 20170608105825)
Testing
- Manual - Firefox 54 (RC2)
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Web Compatibility and Add-on compatibility.
- Detailed test results: in TestRail (requires access rights) or a pdf.
- [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
- [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Web Compatibility and Add-on compatibility.
- Automated (configs for ondemand)
- [DONE] Updates on beta-cdntest channel (report)
- [DONE] Updates on beta channel (report)
- [DONE] Updates on release-cdntest channel (report)
- [DONE] Updates on release channel (report)
- Throttle Testing (see Walkthrough for details)
- Used commands:
- ./throttle.sh "https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/3/Firefox/53.0.3/20170518000419/WINNT_x86-msvc/en-US/release/Windows_NT%206.3(nowebsense)/default/default/update.xml"
- ./throttle.sh "https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/3/Firefox/53.0.3/20170518000419/WINNT_x86_64-msvc/en-US/release/Windows_NT%2010.0(nowebsense)/default/default/update.xml"
- ./throttle.sh https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/3/Firefox/53.0.3/20170518000419/Darwin_x86_64-gcc3-u-i386-x86_64/en-US/release/Darwin%2013.4.0/default/default/update.xml
- ./throttle.sh https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/3/Firefox/53.0.3/20170518000419/Linux_x86-gcc3/en-US/release/Linux%203.13.0-45-generic%20%28GTK%202.24.23%29/default/default/update.xml
- ./throttle.sh https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/3/Firefox/53.0.3/20170518000419/Linux_x86_64-gcc3/en-US/release/Linux%203.16.0-30-generic%20%28GTK%202.24.25%29/default/default/update.xml
- ./throttle.sh "https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/3/Firefox/53.0.3/20170518000419/WINNT_x86-msvc/en-US/release/Windows_NT%206.3/default/default/update.xml"
- ./throttle.sh "https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/3/Firefox/53.0.3/20170518000419/WINNT_x86_64-msvc/en-US/release/Windows_NT%2010.0/default/default/update.xml"
- Results:
- After release push (expected to be @ 25%): 2017-06-13: Win32: 24% - Win64: 25% - Mac: 28% - Linux32: 100% - Linux64: 100%
- Linux shows at 100% because we serve 53.0.3 whenever we don't offer 54.0
- After disabling updates (expected to be @ 0%): 2017-06-14: Win32: 0% - Win64: 0% - Mac: 0% - Linux32: 0% - Linux64: 0%
- After fully enabling updates (expected to be @ 100%): 2017-06-21: Win32: 100% - Win64: 100% - Mac: 100% - Linux32: 100% - Linux64: 100%
- After release push (expected to be @ 25%): 2017-06-13: Win32: 24% - Win64: 25% - Mac: 28% - Linux32: 100% - Linux64: 100%
54.0.1
Build Information
- Build 1: 54.0.1-build1 | 90f18f9c15f7 | (ID: 20170628075643)
Testing
- Manual - Firefox 54.0.1
- [DONE] Exploratory Testing with focus on areas affected by fixes: Printing, Downloads, Video Compatibility, and New Tab Page.
- Detailed test results: in TestRail (requires access rights) or as a pdf.
- [DONE] Bug verification with focus on driver fixes: 1366744, 1373109, 1375708, 1371995, and 1371962
- [DONE] Exploratory Testing with focus on areas affected by fixes: Printing, Downloads, Video Compatibility, and New Tab Page.
- Automated (configs for ondemand)
- [DONE] Updates on release-localtest channel (report)
- [DONE] Updates on release-cdntest channel (report)
- [DONE] Updates on release channel (report)
- Throttle Testing (see Walkthrough for details)
- Used commands:
- ./throttle.sh "https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/3/Firefox/54.0/20170608105825/WINNT_x86-msvc/en-US/release/Windows_NT%206.3(nowebsense)/default/default/update.xml"
- ./throttle.sh "https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/3/Firefox/54.0/20170608105825/WINNT_x86_64-msvc/en-US/release/Windows_NT%2010.0(nowebsense)/default/default/update.xml"
- ./throttle.sh https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/3/Firefox/54.0/20170608105825/Darwin_x86_64-gcc3-u-i386-x86_64/en-US/release/Darwin%2013.4.0/default/default/update.xml
- ./throttle.sh https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/3/Firefox/54.0/20170608105825/Linux_x86-gcc3/en-US/release/Linux%203.13.0-45-generic%20%28GTK%202.24.23%29/default/default/update.xml
- ./throttle.sh https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/3/Firefox/54.0/20170608105825/Linux_x86_64-gcc3/en-US/release/Linux%203.16.0-30-generic%20%28GTK%202.24.25%29/default/default/update.xml
- ./throttle.sh "https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/3/Firefox/54.0/20170608105825/WINNT_x86-msvc/en-US/release/Windows_NT%206.3/default/default/update.xml"
- ./throttle.sh "https://aus3.mozilla.org/update/3/Firefox/54.0/20170608105825/WINNT_x86_64-msvc/en-US/release/Windows_NT%2010.0/default/default/update.xml"
- Results:
- After release push (expected to be @ 25%): 2017-06-29: N/A
- After disabling updates (expected to be @ 0%): 2017-06-29: N/A
- After fully enabling updates (expected to be @ 100%): 2017-06-29: Win32: 97% - Win64: 97% - Mac: 97% - Linux32: 97% - Linux64: 97%
- Most likely at 100% - showing 97% probably due to a hiccup in the server