Releases/Firefox 61/Test Plan

Summary

This page is to track testing of Firefox 61 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 Ryan VanderMeulen and Tom Grabowski
  • 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 Ryan VanderMeulen and Tom Grabowski
  • the Project Manager (and main contact) for the team is Andrei Vaida
  • 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 Beta
    • 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

Milestone	Date	Checks
Nightly	-	Conduct daily bug triage, regular build validation, and feature testing
Beta	-	Feature testing and sign off every beta release, regular testing of DevEdition builds
Release	-	Review tests and sign off release

Please consult the Rapid Release Calendar for more information.

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 61 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)
• Regular Nightly validation - 3 rounds per cycle - EngQA team + RelQA team, alternately
• 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 61: tbd
• Bugs fixed / verified on 61: tbd / tbd
• Conditional signoff for merge: <date>, <person> (email sent to release-drivers at )
• QE signoff: N/A

Beta

During the Beta cycle, there are several beta releases. Communication with the release coordination, release engineering, and automation teams is key.

While Firefox 61 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
• Regular validation of DevEdition builds - about once every two weeks
• 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

• QA Needed Bugs

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 qe-verify+ flag

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
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&version=61%20Branch
• Unchanged Since One Week
  • These bugs may need extra attention.
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&version=61%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=61%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 61.1, all bugs: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?f1=OP&j1=OR&f2=cf_fx_iteration&o2=substring&v2=61.1&f3=status_whiteboard&o3=substring&v3=s%3D60.1&f4=CP
• Iteration 61.2, all bugs: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?f1=OP&j1=OR&f2=cf_fx_iteration&o2=substring&v2=61.2&f3=status_whiteboard&o3=substring&v3=s%3D60.2&f4=CP
• Iteration 61.3, all bugs: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?f1=OP&j1=OR&f2=cf_fx_iteration&o2=substring&v2=61.3&f3=status_whiteboard&o3=substring&v3=s%3D60.3&f4=CP

Milestones

Regular Nightly Validation

SIGN-OFF DATE	SIGN-OFF STATUS	REASON(S)	MAJOR ISSUES	MINOR ISSUES	TEST REPORT
2018-03-22	GREEN	1 new bug uncovered, low-impact and an old regressions. Known (old) bugs are low-impact.	---	Bugzilla link	TestRail link
2018-04-12	GREEN	* 3 new bugs uncovered, low-impact and an old regressions. Known (old) bugs are low-impact.	---	Bugzilla link	TestRail link
2018-04-26	GREEN	2 new bugs uncovered, low-impact and an OS specific. Known (old) bugs are low-impact.	---	Bugzilla link	TestRail link

Nightly Migration

Pre-sign-off Checks:

• [NOT STARTED] Features - all scoped features are signed off as ready for Beta 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.)

Post-sign-off Checks (as soon as updates are enabled again):

• None yet for migration of Nightly to Beta

Developer Edition

Note: Developer Edition builds are usually signed off once every two weeks.

BUILD	SIGN OFF			ENCOUNTERED BUGS
	Status	Reason(s)	Test Report	New	Known (old)
61.0b1-build1	GREEN	One new issue uncovered, low impact: bug 1458531 Known issues are low impact.	TestRail link	Regressions: bug 1458531. Non-regressions: none.	High-impact: none. Low-impact: list.
61.0b2-build1	GREEN	Two new low-impact issues uncovered during testing: bug 1459211 and bug 1459217. Known issues are low-impact.	TestRail link	Regressions: bug 1459211, bug 1459217. Non-regressions: none.	High-impact: none. Low-impact: list.
61.0b7-build1	GREEN	Two new low-impact issues uncovered during testing: bug 1463720 and bug 1436708. Known issues are low-impact.	TestRail link	Regressions: bug 1463720. Non-regressions: bug 1436708.	High-impact: none. Low-impact: list.
61.0b11-build1	GREEN	No new issues uncovered during testing. Known issues are low-impact.	TestRail link	Regressions: none. Non-regressions: none.	High-impact: none. Low-impact: list.
61.0b13-build1	TBD	TBD. TBD.	TestRail link	Regressions: tbd. Non-regressions: tbd.	High-impact: tbd. Low-impact: tbd.

Beta

Note: Beta builds are usually signed off twice a week.

Beta 3

Build Information

• Build 1: 61.0b3-build1 | 22c0edf133aa | (ID: 20180507191226)
• Mobile Build 1: 61.0b3-build1

Testing

• Manual - Firefox 61 Beta 3
  • 61.0b3-build1
    • [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Graphics and Session Restore.
      • Detailed test results: in TestRail.
    • [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
  • Fennec 61 Beta 3
• Updates testing
  • [DONE] Updates on beta-cdntest channel , report
  • [DONE] Updates on beta channel , report

Beta 4

Build Information

• Build 1: 61.0b4-build1 | 1c40b4b4e812 | (ID: 20180510160705)

Testing

• Manual - Firefox 61 Beta 4
  • 61.0b4-build1
    • [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Web, Image compatibility & support.
      • Detailed test results: in TestRail.
    • [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
• Updates testing
  • [DONE] Updates on beta-cdntest channel , report
  • [DONE] Updates on beta channel , report

Beta 5

Build Information

• Build 1: 61.0b5-build1 | d8660eabf305 | (ID: 20180514150347)
• Mobile Build 1: 61.0b5-build1

Testing

• Manual - Firefox 61 Beta 5
  • 61.0b5-build1
    • [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Customization and Media playback & support.
      • Detailed test results: in TestRail.
    • [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
  • Fennec 61 Beta 5
• Updates testing
  • [DONE] Updates on beta-cdntest channel , report
  • [DONE] Updates on beta channel , report

Beta 6

Build Information

• Build 1: 61.0b6-build1 | 0315d341f73f | (ID: 20180517141400)

Testing

• Manual - Firefox 61 Beta 6
  • 61.0b6-build1
    • [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Default & custom theme support, Drag & Drop, Geolocation.
      • Detailed test results: in TestRail.
    • [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
• Updates testing
  • [DONE] Updates on beta-cdntest channel, report
  • [DONE] Updates on beta channel, report

Beta 7

Build Information

• Build 1: 61.0b7-build1 | 4268240fb6d9 | (ID: 20180521110957)
• Mobile Build 1: 61.0b7-build1

Testing

• Manual - Firefox 61 Beta 7
  • 61.0b7-build1
    • [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Media playback & support, APZ and Crash reporting.
      • Detailed test results: in TestRail.
    • [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
  • Fennec 61 Beta 7
• Updates testing
  • [DONE] Updates on beta-cdntest channel, report
  • [DONE] Updates on beta channel, report

Beta 8

Build Information

• Build 1: 61.0b8-build1 | 0f95c023462e | (ID: 20180524181234)

Testing

• Manual - Firefox 61 Beta 8
  • 61.0b8-build1
    • [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Web compatibility and Graphics compatibility & support.
      • Detailed test results: in TestRail.
    • [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
• Updates testing
  • [DONE] Updates on beta-cdntest channel, report
  • [DONE] Updates on beta channel, report

Beta 9

Build Information

• Build 1: 61.0b9-build1 | d81b581fbd2c | (ID: 20180528091514)
• Mobile Build 1: 61.0b9-build1

Testing

• Manual - Firefox 61 Beta 9
  • 61.0b9-build1
    • [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Safe browsing and Bookmarks.
      • Detailed test results: in TestRail.
    • [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
  • Fennec 61 Beta 9
• Updates testing
  • [DONE] Updates on beta-cdntest channel, report
  • [DONE] Updates on beta channel, report

Beta 10

Build Information

• Build 1: 61.0b10-build1 | 13924a524f1c | (ID: 20180530184300)

Testing

• Manual - Firefox 61 Beta 10
  • 61.0b10-build1
    • [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Plug-in compatibility and Download Manager.
      • Detailed test results: in TestRail.
    • [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
• Updates testing
  • [DONE] Updates on beta-cdntest channel, report
  • [DONE] Updates on beta channel, report

Beta 11

Build Information

• Build 1: 61.0b11-build1 | c13cb09f0c25 | (ID: 20180604143143)
• Mobile Build 1: 61.0b11-build1

Testing

• Manual - Firefox 61 Beta 11
  • 61.0b11-build1
    • [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Activity Stream, Smart Card and PDF Viewer
      • Detailed test results: in TestRail.
    • [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
  • Fennec 61 Beta 11
• Updates testing
  • [DONE] Updates on beta-cdntest channel, report
  • [DONE] Updates on beta channel, report

Beta 12

Build Information

• Build 1: 61.0b12-build1 | 873262bdac1b | (ID: 20180604143143)
• Mobile Build 1: 61.0b12-build1

Testing

• Manual - Firefox 61 Beta 12
  • 61.0b12-build1
    • [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Printing & Awesomebar & indicators
      • Detailed test results: in TestRail.
    • [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
  • Fennec 61 Beta 12
• Updates testing
  • [DONE] Updates on beta-cdntest channel, report
  • [DONE] Updates on beta channel, report

Beta 13

Build Information

• Build 1: 61.0b13-build1 | 5b5e620e33ee | (ID: 20180611134439)
• Mobile Build 1: 61.0b13-build1

Testing

• Manual - Firefox 61 Beta 13
  • 61.0b13-build1
    • [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Search, Build installation & uninstallation, Mac OS X signing and Download manager
      • Detailed test results: in TestRail.
    • [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
  • Fennec 61 Beta 13
• Updates testing
  • [DONE] Updates on beta-cdntest channel, report
  • [DONE] Updates on beta channel, report

Beta 14

Build Information

• Build 1: 61.0b14-build1 | 585281dde960 | (ID: 20180614135649)

Testing

• Manual - Firefox 61 Beta 14
  • 61.0b14-build1
    • [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Content scroll, zoom & drag support and Profile support & compatibility.
      • Detailed test results: in TestRail.
    • [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
• Updates testing
  • [DONE] Updates on beta-cdntest channel, report
  • [DONE] Updates on beta channel, report

Beta 15

Build Information

• Mobile Build 1: 61.0b14-build1

Testing

• Manual - Mobile only build
  • Fennec 61 Beta 15

61.0 Release Candidate

Build Information

• Build 1: 61.0-build1 | 6f3df7ea04aa | (ID: 20180618212916)
• Mobile Build 1: 61.0-build1

Testing

• Manual - Firefox 61 Release candidate
  • 61.0-build1
    • [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Web Compatibility.
      • Detailed test results: in TestRail.
    • [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
  • Fennec 61 RC
  • [DONE] Updates on beta-cdntest channel report
  • [DONE] Updates on beta channel report
  • [NOT STARTED] Updates on release-cdntest channel report
  • [NOT STARTED] Updates on release channel report

61.0 Release Candidate 2

Build Information

• Build 2: 61.0-build2 | f5ea361ceb75 | (ID: 20180620142108)

Testing

• Manual - Firefox 61 Release candidate 2
  • 61.0-build2
    • [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Web Compatibility.
      • Detailed test results: in TestRail.
    • [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
  • Fennec 61 RC build 2
  • [DONE] Updates on beta-cdntest channel report
  • [NOT STARTED] Updates on beta channel report
  • [NOT STARTED] Updates on release-cdntest channel report
  • [NOT STARTED] Updates on release channel report

61.0 Release Candidate 3

Build Information

• Build 3: 61.0-build3 | 785d242a5b01 | (ID: 20180621125625)

Testing

• Manual - Firefox 61 Release candidate 3
  • 61.0-build3
    • [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Web Compatibility.
      • Detailed test results: in TestRail.
    • [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
  • [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

61.0.1

Build Information

• Build 1: 61.0.1-build1 | 7d280b7e277b | (ID: 20180704003137)

Testing

• Manual - Firefox 61.0.1
  • 61.0.1-build1
    • [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Web Compatibility.
      • Detailed test results: in TestRail.
    • [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
  • [DONE] Updates on release-localtest channel report
  • [DONE] Updates on release-cdntest channel report
  • [DONE] Updates on release channel report

61.0.2

Build Information

• Build 2: 61.0.2-build1 | 975058795980 | (ID: 20180807170231)

Testing

• Manual - Firefox 61.0.2
  • 61.0.2-build1
    • [DONE] Smoke and Exploratory Testing with focus on: Search and Web Compatibility.
      • Detailed test results: in TestRail.
    • [DONE] Bug verification with focus on the latest fixes to land in this build.
  • [DONE] Updates on release-localtest channel report
  • [DONE] Updates on release-cdntest channel report
  • [DONE] Updates on release channel report