Manual test run on Linux for 1.11.x - Beta

[kjozwiak]

Installer

• Check that installer is close to the size of last release
• Check signature: If OS Run spctl --assess --verbose /Applications/Brave-Browser-Beta.app/ and make sure it returns accepted. If Windows right click on the brave_installer-x64.exe and go to Properties, go to the Digital Signatures tab and double click on the signature. Make sure it says "The digital signature is OK" in the popup window

Data(Upgrade from previous release)

• Make sure that data from the last version appears in the new version OK
• With data from the last version, verify that
  • Bookmarks on the bookmark toolbar and bookmark folders can be opened
  • Cookies are preserved
  • Installed extensions are retained and work correctly
  • Opened tabs can be reloaded
  • Stored passwords are preserved
  • Unpinned tabs can be pinned
  • Sync chain created in previous version is retained
  • Social media blocking buttons changes are retained

About pages

• Verify that chrome:// forwards to brave://
• Verify brave://adblock loads adblock page
• Verify brave://newtab loads a new tab
• Verify brave://rewards loads Brave rewards page
• Verify brave://settings loads Brave settings page
• Verify brave://version correctly shows Brave version and Chromium version
• Verify brave://welcome loads the welcome page

Import tests

• Verify that you can import History, Favorites/Bookmarks and Passwords from Google Chrome
• Verify that you can import History, Favorites/Bookmarks, Passwords, Search Engines and Autofill from Firefox
• Verify that you can import Favorites/Bookmarks from Mirosoft Edge
• Verify that importing bookmarks using Bookmark HTML File retains the folder structure on a clean profile

Context menus

• Verify Block element via selector removes a CSS element from page without reloading
• Verify Clear all CSS rules for this sites removes the blocked element after page reload
• Verify Clear all CSS rules for all sites removes the rule and loads all elements for all pages

Extensions/Plugins tests

• Verify one item from Brave Update server is installable (Example: Ad-block DAT file on fresh extension)
• Verify one item from Google Update server is installable (Example: Extensions from CWS)
• Verify PDFJS, Torrent viewer extensions are installed automatically on fresh profile and cannot be disabled
• Verify older version of an extension gets updated to new version via Google server
• Verify older version of an extension gets updated to new version via Brave server
• Verify magnet links and .torrent files loads Torrent viewer page and able to download torrent
• Use an old profile to verify extension updates work correctly.

CWS

• Verify installing ABP from CWS shows warning message NOT A RECOMMENDED BRAVE EXTENSION!but still allows to install the extension
• Verify installing LastPass from CWS doesn't show any warning message
• Verify installing an extension that is not vetted by Brave gets blocked

Flash tests

• Test that Flash gets blocked by default when installed
• Test that once you allow Flash, it turns into a click to play area, and loads flash when allowed

PDF

• Test that you can print a PDF
• Test that PDF is loaded over HTTPS at https://basicattentiontoken.org/BasicAttentionTokenWhitePaper-4.pdf
• Test that PDF is loaded over HTTP at http://www.pdf995.com/samples/pdf.pdf

Widevine

• Verify Widevine Notification is shown when you visit Netflix for the first time
• Test that you can stream on Netflix on a fresh profile after installing Widevine

Geolocation

• Check that https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Geolocation/Using_geolocation shows correct location
• Check that https://browserleaks.com/geo works and shows correct location
• Check that https://html5demos.com/geo/ works but doesn't require an accurate location

Crash Reporting

• Check that loading brave://crash causes the new tab to crash
• Check that brave://crashes lists all the crashes and includes both Crash Report ID & Local Crash ID
• Verify the crash ID matches the report on brave stats

Performance test

Each start should take less than 7 seconds

• Enable only rewards
• Only import a large set of bookmarks
• Combine rewards, and a large set of bookmarks

Bravery settings

• Verify that HTTPS Everywhere works by loading http://https-everywhere.badssl.com/
• Turning HTTPS Everywhere off and shields off both disable the redirect to https://https-everywhere.badssl.com/
• Verify that toggling Ads and trackers blocked works as expected
• Visit https://testsafebrowsing.appspot.com/s/phishing.html, verify that Safe Browsing (via our Proxy) works for all the listed items
• Visit https://brianbondy.com/ and then turn on script blocking, page should not load. Allow it from the script blocking UI in the URL bar and it should load the page correctly
• Test that 3rd party storage results are blank at https://jsfiddle.net/7ke9r14a/9/ when 3rd party cookies are blocked and not blank when 3rd party cookies are unblocked

Fingerprint Tests

• Visit https://jsfiddle.net/bkf50r8v/13/, ensure 3 blocked items are listed in shields. Result window should show got canvas fingerprint 0 and got webgl fingerprint 00
• Test that audio fingerprint is blocked at https://audiofingerprint.openwpm.com/ only when Block all fingerprinting protection is on
• Test that Brave browser isn't detected on https://extensions.inrialpes.fr/brave/
• Test that https://diafygi.github.io/webrtc-ips/ doesn't leak IP address when Block all fingerprinting protection is on

Content tests

• Open a page with an input control and type some misspellings on a textbox, make sure they are underlined
• Make sure that right clicking on a word with suggestions gives a suggestion and that clicking on the suggestion replaces the text
• Test that https://mixed-script.badssl.com/ shows up as grey not red (no mixed content scripts are run)

Brave Ads

• Verify when you enable Rewards from panel or brave://rewards, Ads are enabled by default
• Verify Ads UI (panel, settings, etc) shows when in a region with Ads support
• Verify Ads UI (panel, settings, etc) does not show when in a region without Ads support. Verify the Ads panel does show the 'Sorry! Ads are not yet available in your region.' message.
• Verify when the system language is English, the Browser language is French, and you are in one of the supported regions, Ad notifications are still served to you.
• Verify you are served Ad notifications when Ads are enabled
• Windows only: Verify when Focus Assist is set to alarms only, Ads are not served to the user but are available in the Notification Center
• Verify when Ads are toggled off, there are no Ad messages in the logs
• Verify when Rewards are toggled off (but Ads were not explicitly toggled off), there are no Ads logs recorded
• Verify view/click/dismiss/landed ad notifications show in confirmations.json
• Verify pages you browse to are being classified in the logs
• Verify tokens are redeemed by viewing the logs (you can use --rewards=debug=true to shorten redemption time)
• Verify Ad is not shown if a tab is playing media and is only shown after it stops playing
• Upgrade Cases
  • Verify when updating from the previous version Ads info in the panel is not lost
  • Update to latest version from 0.62.51 (or a version without Ads available). Verify you are notified to try ads via a BAT logo notification but Ads are not automatically turned on for you.
  • Update to latest version from some Ads enabled versions (0.63.x, 0.64.x). Verify Ads status (on/off) is the same as it was prior to update.

Rewards

• Verify wallet is auto created after enabling rewards
• Verify account balance shows correct BAT and USD value
• Verify you are able to restore a wallet
• Verify wallet address matches the QR code that is generated under Add funds
• Verify actions taken (claiming grant, tipping, auto-contribute) display in wallet panel
• Verify adding funds via any of the currencies flows into wallet after specified amount of time
• Verify adding funds to an existing wallet with amount, adjusts the BAT value appropriately
• Verify monthly budget shows correct BAT and USD value
• Verify you are able to exclude a publisher from the auto-contribute table by clicking on the x in auto-contribute table and popup list of sites
• Verify you are able to exclude a publisher by using the toggle on the Rewards Panel
• Verify when you click on the BR panel while on a site, the panel displays site specific information (site favicon, domain, attention %)
• Verify when you click on Send a tip, the custom tip banner displays
• Verify you are able to make one-time tip and they display in tips panel
• Verify you are able to make recurring tip and they display in tips panel
• Verify you can tip a verified publisher
• Verify you can tip a verified YouTube creator
• Verify tip panel shows a verified checkmark for a verified publisher/verified YouTube creator
• Verify tip panel shows a message about unverified publisher
• Verify BR panel shows message about an unverified publisher
• Verify you are able to perform a contribution
• Verify if you disable auto-contribute you are still able to tip regular sites and YouTube creators
• Verify that disabling Rewards and enabling it again does not lose state
• Verify that disabling auto-contribute and enabling it again does not lose state
• Adjust min visit/time in settings. Visit some sites and YouTube channels to verify they are added to the table after the specified settings
• Upgrade from older version
  • Verify the wallet balance is retained and wallet backup code isn't corrupted
  • Verify auto-contribute list is not lost after upgrade
  • Verify tips list is not lost after upgrade
  • Verify wallet panel transactions list is not lost after upgrade

Social-media blocking settings

• Verify individual Social media blocking buttons works as intended when enabled/disabled by visiting https://fmarier.github.io/brave-testing/social-widgets.html

Tor Tabs

• Visit https://check.torproject.org in a Tor window, ensure its shows success message for using a Tor exit node
• Visit https://check.torproject.org in a Tor window, note down exit node IP address. Do a hard refresh (Ctrl+Shift+R/Cmd+Shift+R), ensure exit IP changes after page reloads
• Visit https://check.torproject.org in a Tor window, note down exit node IP address. Click New Tor Identity for this site in app menu, ensure the exit node IP address changes after page is reloaded
• Visit https://protonirockerxow.onion/ in a Tor window, ensure login page is shown
• Visit http://pdf995.com in a Tor window, should warn about connecting to HTTP site
• Visit https://browserleaks.com/geo in a Tor window, ensure location isn't shown
• Visit https://diafygi.github.io/webrtc-ips/ in a Tor window with block all fingerprinting, ensure WebRTC is blocked and no IP is shown
• Visit https://diafygi.github.io/webrtc-ips/ in a Tor window, disable shields, ensure WebRTC is blocked and no IP is shown
• Verify Flash doesn't work on Tor window even if it is enabled in brave://settings/content/flash
• Verify Torrent viewer doesn't load in a Tor window and warns when trying to load a torrent/magnet link in a Tor window
• Verify Google Widevine doesn't load in Tor window and doesn't prompt Google Windevine notification in URL bar
• Ensure you are able to download a file in Tor window. Verify all Download/Cancel, Download/Retry and Download works in Tor window
• Disconnect network and open a Tor window, should show modal to retry connection or relaunch Tor window to connect

Cookie and Cache

• Go to http://samy.pl/evercookie/ and set an evercookie. Check that going to prefs, clearing site data and cache, and going back to the evercookie site does not remember the old evercookie value

Session storage

• Temporarily move away your browser profile and test that a new profile is created when browser is launched
  • macOS - ~/Library/Application\ Support/BraveSoftware/
  • Windows - %userprofile%\appdata\Local\BraveSoftware\
  • Linux(Ubuntu) - ~/.config/BraveSoftware/
• Test that windows and tabs restore when closed, including active tab
  • Ensure that the tabs in the above session are being lazy loaded when the session is restored

Update tests

• Verify visiting brave://settings/help triggers update check
• Verify once update is downloaded, prompts to Relaunch to install update

Chromium upgrade tests

• Verify brave://gpu on Brave and chrome://gpu on Chrome are similar for the same Chromium version on both browsers

Adblock

• Verify referrer blocking works properly for TLD+1. Visit https://technology.slashdot.org/ and verify adblock works properly similar to https://slashdot.org/

Components

• Delete Adblock folder from browser profile and restart browser. Visit brave://components and verify Brave Ad Block Updater downloads and update the component. Repeat for all Brave components
• Restart the browser, load brave://components, wait for 8 mins and verify that no component shows any errors
• Verify Brave Local Data Updater, Brave Ad Block Updater, Brave Tor Client Updater (Mac), PDF Viewer (PDF.js), Brave HTTPS Everywhere Updater have non-zero version numbers

Keyboard Shortcuts (WIP)

Rewards Media (To be verified on YouTube and Twitch) (WIP)

[btlechowski]

LGTM

Verification passed on

Brave	1.11.97 Chromium: 84.0.4147.89 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision	19abfe7bcba9318a0b2a6bc6634a67fc834aa592-refs/branch-heads/4147@{#852}
OS	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS