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= Fennec (Firefox for Android) 38 Beta 8 (build 1 and 3) Test Plan =
* Release Week: April 27th, 2014
* QA Contact: [mailto:ichiorean@mozilla.com Ioana Chiorean]; [mailto:kbrosnan@mozilla.com Kevin Brosnan]
* IRC: irc://irc.mozilla.org#qa ping kbrosnan; ioanachiorean; 
* Build 1: [ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/candidates/38.0b8-candidates/build3/ Fennec (Firefox for Android) 38 Beta 8 build 3] | [http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/ changeset] | [https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/pushloghtml?fromchange=FENNEC_38_0b6_RELEASE&tochange=FENNEC_38_0b8_RELEASE pushlog]
=== Features ===
''See the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Roadmap/Tracking_Fx38 Feature Release Tracking] wiki for a general overview of this release. Found below are a subset of all high-priority items''

= Checklist =
Pre-release
* {{mdone}} Smoketests executed, including new features and Yahoo search default, with no blockers found
* {{mdone}} Android permissions tested with no blockers found
* not planned - BFTs runned, verifying all features are stable
* {{mdone}} Branch bug fix verifications completed with no blockers found
* {{mdone}} L10n spotchecks completed, including br & eo locales, with no blockers found
* {{mdone}} 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

=== Smoketests ===
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| Smoketests
| Softvision
| Every Beta
|}
Light verification tests (or smoketests) will be first run when the builds are ready. Tests are available on [https://moztrap.mozilla.org/manage/cases/ Mozilla Moztrap] under the [https://moztrap.mozilla.org/results/cases/?filter-run= 38.0 smoketest suite]. In any case of failure in any Smoketest, blockers need to be raised ASAP before proceeding to the BFTs.
{{:QA/Fennec/38/Beta/8/smoketests-results}}
[[QA/Fennec/38/Beta/8/smoketests-results|Detailed Smoketest results]]

=== Android Permissions Testing ===
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| style="background-color: #efefef;"|'''QA Task''' 
| style="background-color: #efefef;"|'''Person/Group'''
| style="background-color: #efefef;"|'''How Often?'''
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| Verification
| Softvision
| Every Beta
|}
{{:QA/Fennec/38/Beta/8/permissions-results}}
[[QA/Fennec/38/Beta/8/permissions-results|Detailed Android Permissions Testing Results]]
<br/>''' Verify permissions between what is currently on the store and with this beta build candidate'''.
<br/>Details: [[QA/Fennec/Permissions|Android Permissions]]

=== BFTs and Exploratory Testing ===
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| style="background-color: #efefef;"|'''QA Task''' 
| style="background-color: #efefef;"|'''Person/Group'''
| style="background-color: #efefef;"|'''How Often?'''
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| BFTs 
| Softvision
| Alternating
|}
Basic Functional Tests are a more comprehensive set of [https://moztrap.mozilla.org/manage/cases/ Mozilla Moztrap] manually covered tests that cover functional testing of features that have landed.
{{:QA/Fennec/38/Beta/8/bft-results}}
[[QA/Fennec/38/Beta/8/bft-results|Detailed BFT results]]

=== Branch Bug Fix Verifications ===
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| style="background-color: #efefef;"|'''Person/Group'''
| style="background-color: #efefef;"|'''How Often?'''
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| Verification
| Softvision
| Every Beta
|}
* '''[http://mzl.la/1DYu71E  Firefox for Android (38) Bugs]'''
{{:QA/Fennec/38/Beta/8/BugVerification}}
[[QA/Fennec/38/Beta/8/BugVerification|Detailed Bug Verification]]

=== L10N (Localization) Spot Checks ===
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| style="background-color: #efefef;"|'''Person/Group'''
| style="background-color: #efefef;"|'''How Often?'''
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| Builds Verification
| SoftVision
| Every Beta
|}
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/38/Beta/8/L10N-builds matrix}}
[[QA/Fennec/38/Beta/8/L10N-builds matrix|Detailed L10N matrix]]

=== AppThwack Automation ===
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| style="background-color: #efefef;"|'''Person/Group'''
| style="background-color: #efefef;"|''How often?''
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| Runs against ARMv6 and ARMv7
| Ioana
| Aurora SignOff, Beta 1,4,8, RC
|}
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/38/Beta/8/AppThwack Results}}
[[QA/Fennec/38/Beta/8/AppThwack Results|Detailed AppThwack Results]]