Manual test run on Linux for 1.36.x - Release

[kjozwiak]

Installer

• [x] Check the installer is close to the size of the last release
• [x] Check signature: On macOS, run spctl --assess --verbose /Applications/Brave-Browser-Beta.app/ and make sure it returns accepted. On 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

About pages

• [x] Verify that both chrome:// and about:// forward to brave:// (run through several internal pages)

Importing

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

Context menus

• [x] Verify you can block a page element using Block element via selector context-menu item
• [x] Verify selecting Manage custom filters opens brave://adblock in a NTP
• [x] Verify removing the rule from brave://adblock reflects the change on the website, after reload

Extensions/Plugins

• [x] Verify pdfium, Torrent viewer extensions are installed automatically on fresh profile and cannot be disabled (they don't show up in brave://extensions)
• [x] Verify older version of an extension gets updated to new version via Google server
• [x] Verify older version of an extension gets updated to new version via Brave server
• [x] Verify that magnet links and .torrent files correctly open WebTorrent and you're able to download the file(s)
  • Tip: Free torrents available via https://webtorrent.io/free-torrents

Chrome Web Store (CWS)

• [x] Verify that installing https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-plus-free-ad-bloc/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb from CWS displays the Brave has not reviewed the extension. warning via the "Add Extension" modal
• [x] Verify that installing https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lastpass-free-password-ma/hdokiejnpimakedhajhdlcegeplioahd from CWS doesn't display the Brave has not reviewed the extension. warning via the "Add Extension" modal

PDF

• [x] Test that you can print a PDF
• [x] Test that PDF is loaded over HTTPS at https://basicattentiontoken.org/BasicAttentionTokenWhitePaper-4.pdf
• [x] Test that PDF is loaded over HTTP at http://www.pdf995.com/samples/pdf.pdf
• [x] Test that https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.105.6357&rep=rep1&type=pdf opens without issues

Widevine

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

Geolocation

• [x] Check that https://browserleaks.com/geo works and shows correct location
• [x] Check that https://html5demos.com/geo/ works but doesn't require an accurate location

Crash Reporting

• [x] Check that loading brave://crash & brave://gpucrash causes the new tab to crash
• [x] Check that brave://crashes lists the Uploaded Crash Report ID once the report has been submitted
• [x] Verify the crash ID matches the report on Backtrace using _rxid equal [ value ]

Bravery settings

• [x] Verify that HTTPS Everywhere works by loading http://https-everywhere.badssl.com/
• [x] Turning HTTPS Everywhere off and Shields off both disable the redirect to https://https-everywhere.badssl.com/
• [x] Verify that toggling Trackers & ads blocked works as expected
• [x] Visit https://testsafebrowsing.appspot.com/s/phishing.html, verify that Safe Browsing (via our Proxy) works for all the listed items
• [x] Visit https://www.blizzard.com and then turn on script blocking, page should not load.
• [x] 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
• [x] Test that https://mixed-script.badssl.com/ shows up as grey not red (no mixed content scripts are run)
• [x] In brave://settings/security, choose a DNS provider from the providers listed under Use secure DNS, load https://browserleaks.com/dns, and verify your ISP's DNS resolvers aren't detected and shown; only your chosen DoH provider should appear.
• [x] Open a New Private Window with Tor, load https://browserleaks.com/dns, and verify your ISP's DNS resolvers aren't detected and shown.

Fingerprint Tests

• [x] 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
• [x] Test that audio fingerprint is blocked at https://audiofingerprint.openwpm.com/ only when Block all fingerprinting protection is on
• [x] Test that Brave browser isn't detected via user-agent, on https://www.whatismybrowser.com. The site will say "Looks like Brave on [Windows/Linux/macOS]", and yet, "But it's announcing that it's Chrome [version] on [platform]"
• [x] Test that https://diafygi.github.io/webrtc-ips/ doesn't leak IP address for each option under Settings -> Privacy and Security -> WebRTC IP handling policy

Brave Ads

• [x] Verify when you enable Rewards from panel or brave://rewards, Ads are enabled by default
• [x] Verify Ads UI (panel, settings, etc) shows when in a region with Ads support
• [x] 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.
• [x] 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.
• [x] Verify you are served Ad notifications when Ads are enabled
  • [x] Verify ad earnings are reflected in the rewards widget on the NTP.
• [x] Verify when Ads are toggled off, there are no Ad messages in the logs
• [x] Verify when Rewards are toggled off (but Ads were not explicitly toggled off), there are no Ads logs recorded
• [x] Verify view/click/dismiss/landed ad notifications show in confirmations.json
• [x] Verify pages you browse to are being classified in the logs
• [x] Verify tokens are redeemed by viewing the logs (you can use --rewards=debug=true to shorten redemption time)
• [x] Verify Ad is not shown if a tab is playing media and is only shown after it stops playing

Rewards

• [x] Verify that none of the reward endpoints are being contacted when a user visits a media publisher (youtube.com, reddit.com, twitter.com, github.com) and hasn't interacted with rewards
  • [x] Verify that rewards.brave.com, pcdn.brave.com, grant.rewards.brave.com or api.rewards.brave.com are not being contacted
• [x] Verify you are able to create a new wallet.
• [x] Verify you are able to restore a wallet.
• [x] Verify account balance shows correct BAT and USD value.
• [x] Verify actions taken (claiming grant, tipping, auto-contribute) display in wallet panel.
• [x] Verify AC monthly budget shows correct BAT and USD value.
• [x] Verify you are able to exclude a publisher from the auto-contribute table and popup list of sites.
• [x] Verify you are able to exclude a publisher by using the toggle on the Rewards Panel.
• [x] Verify you are able to perform an auto contribution.
  • [x] Verify auto contribution is reflected in the rewards widget on the new-tab page (NTP).
• [x] Verify monthly statement shows expected data.
• [x] Verify when you click on the BR panel while on a site, the panel displays site-specific information (site favicon, domain, attention %).
• [x] Verify BR panel shows message about an unverified publisher.
• [x] Verify one time and monthly tip banners show a message about unverified publisher.
• [x] Verify one time tip and monthly tip banners show a verified checkmark for a verified creator.
• [x] Verify when you click on Send a tip, the custom tip banner displays if set up.
  • [x] Verify custom tip banner is also displayed for monthly contribution.
• [x] Verify you are able to make one-time tip and they display in Tips panel.
  • [x] Verify tip is reflected in the rewards widget on the NTP.
  • [x] Verify when you tip an unverified publisher, the one time tip is recorded in the Pending Contributions list.
• [x] Verify you are able to make recurring tip and they display in Monthly Contributions panel.
  • [x] Verify you are able to adjust your recurring tip amount from the BR panel.
  • [x] Verify recurring tip is reflected in the rewards widget on the NTP.
• [x] Verify you can tip a verified website.
  • [x] Verify the website displays in the auto-contribute list after specified amount of time/visits per settings.
• [x] Verify you can tip a verified YouTube creator.
  • [x] Verify the YouTube creator displays in the auto-contribute list after specified amount of time/visits per settings.
• [x] Verify you can tip a verified Vimeo creator.
  • [x] Verify the Vimeo creator displays in the auto-contribute list after specified amount of time/visits per settings.
• [x] Verify you can tip a verified Twitch creator.
  • [x] Verify the Twitch creator displays in the auto-contribute list after specified amount of time/visits per settings.
• [x] Verify you can tip a verified Twitter user from the panel.
• [x] Verify you can tip a verified Twitter user via inline tip button.
  • [x] Verify the in-line tip button is spaced properly.
• [x] Verify you can tip a verified GitHub user from the panel.
• [x] Verify you can tip a verified GitHub user via inline tip button.
  • [x] Verify the GitHub creator displays in the auto-contribute list after specified amount of time/visits per settings.
• [x] Verify you can tip a verified Reddit user from the panel.
• [x] Verify you can tip a verified Reddit user via inline tip button.
• [x] Verify if you disable auto-contribute you are still able to tip creators.
• [x] Verify if auto-contribute is disabled AC does not occur.
• [x] Verify if Rewards is disabled AC does not occur.
• [x] Verify that disabling Rewards and enabling it again does not lose state.
• [x] Adjust min visit/time in settings. Visit some sites to verify they are added to the table after the specified settings.
• [x] Uphold cases
  • [x] Verify you are able to connect a KYC'd Uphold wallet to Rewards.
  • [x] Verify wallet balance in Brave updates when BAT is added to the Brave Browser card.
  • [x] Verify if you only have user-controlled BAT (BAT in Uphold only), you can only tip KYC'd creators, any tips to non-KYC'd creators go to the Pending Contributions list.
  • [x] Verify connected (verified but not KYC'd) publishers display messaging on panel and tip banner.
  • [x] Verify you are able to perform an auto contribute using Uphold BAT.

Social-media blocking settings

• [x] Verify individual Social media blocking buttons works as intended when enabled/disabled by visiting https://fmarier.github.io/brave-testing/social-widgets.html
• [x] visit brave://settings/privacy -> Site and Shields Settings -> Cookies and site data and ensure that
  • [x] both https://[*.]firebaseapp.com & https://accounts.google.com are added into Sites that can always use cookies when Allow Google login buttons on third party sites is enabled
  • [x] both https://[*.]firebaseapp.com & https://accounts.google.com are removed from Sites that can always use cookies when Allow Google login buttons on third party sites is disabled
• [x] ensure that you can log in into https://www.expensify.com while Allow Google login buttons on third party sites is enabled
• [x] ensure that once Allow Google login buttons on third party sites has been disabled, you can't log in into https://www.expensify.com

Sync

• [x] Verify you are able to create a sync chain and add a mobile/computer to the chain
• [x] Verify you are able to join an existing sync chain using code words
• [x] Verify the device name is shown properly when sync chain is created
• [x] Verify you are able to add a new mobile device to the chain via QR code/code words
• [x] Verify newly created bookmarks get sync'd to all devices on the sync chain
• [x] Verify existing bookmarks on current profile gets sync'd to all devices on the sync chain
• [x] Verify folder structure is retained after sync completes
• [x] Verify bookmarks don't duplicate when sync'd from other devices
• [x] Verify removing bookmark from device gets sync'd to all devices on the sync chain
• [x] Verify adding/removing a bookmark in offline mode gets sync'd to all devices on the sync chain when device comes online
• [x] With only two devices in chain, verify removing the other device resets the sync on b-c as well

Tor Tabs

• [x] Visit https://check.torproject.org in a Tor window, ensure it shows a success message for using a Tor exit node
• [x] 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
• [x] Visit https://check.torproject.org in a Tor window, note down exit node IP address. Click New Tor connection for this site in app menu, ensure the exit node IP address changes after page is reloaded
• [x] Visit https://protonmailrmez3lotccipshtkleegetolb73fuirgj7r4o4vfu7ozyd.onion, https://brave4u7jddbv7cyviptqjc7jusxh72uik7zt6adtckl5f4nwy2v72qd.onion/, and https://search.brave4u7jddbv7cyviptqjc7jusxh72uik7zt6adtckl5f4nwy2v72qd.onion/ in a Tor window and ensure all pages resolve
• [x] Visit https://browserleaks.com/geo in a Tor window, ensure location isn't shown
• [x] Verify Torrent viewer doesn't load in a Tor window
• [x] Ensure you are able to download a file in a Tor window. Verify all Download/Cancel, Download/Retry and Download works in Tor window

Cookie and Cache

• [x] 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

Chromium/Brave GPU

• [x] Verify that brave://gpu (Brave) matches chrome://gpu (Chrome) when using the same Chromium version

Startup & Components

• [x] Verify that Brave is only contacting *.brave.com endpoints on first launch using either Charles Proxy, Fiddler, Wireshark or LittleSnitch (or a similar application)
  • [x] Verify that opening a NTP doesn't trigger any outbound connections related to widgets without user interaction
• [x] Remove the following component folders and ensure that they're being re-downloaded after restarting the browser:
  • [x] afalakplffnnnlkncjhbmahjfjhmlkal: AutoplayWhitelist.dat, ExtensionWhitelist.dat, ReferrerWhitelist.json and Greaselion.json
  • [x] CertificateRevocation
  • [x] cffkpbalmllkdoenhmdmpbkajipdjfam: rs-ABPFilterParserData.dat & regional_catalog.json (AdBlock)
  • [x] gccbbckogglekeggclmmekihdgdpdgoe: (Sponsored New Tab Images)
  • [x] jicbkmdloagakknpihibphagfckhjdih: speedreader-updater.dat
  • [x] oofiananboodjbbmdelgdommihjbkfag: HTTPSE
  • [x] Safe Browsing
• [x] Restart the browser, load brave://components, wait for 8 mins and verify that no component shows any errors

Note: Always double check brave://components to make sure there's no errors/missing version numbers

Session storage

• [x] Temporarily move away your browser profile and test that a new profile is created on browser relaunch
  • macOS - ~/Library/Application\ Support/BraveSoftware/
  • Windows - %userprofile%\appdata\Local\BraveSoftware\
  • Linux(Ubuntu) - ~/.config/BraveSoftware/
• [x] Test that both windows and tabs are being restored, including the current active tab
• [x] Ensure that tabs are being lazy loaded when a previous session is being restored

Upgrade

• [x] Make sure that data from the last version appears in the new version OK
• [x] Ensure that brave://version lists the expected Brave & Chromium versions
• [x] With data from the last version, verify that:
  • [x] Bookmarks on the bookmark toolbar and bookmark folders can be opened
  • [x] Cookies are preserved
  • [x] Installed extensions are retained and work correctly
  • [x] Opened tabs can be reloaded
  • [x] Stored passwords are preserved
  • [x] Sync chain created in previous version is retained
  • [x] Social media-blocking buttons changes are retained
  • [x] Rewards
  • [x] Wallet balance is retained
  • [x] Auto-contribute list is retained
  • [x] Both Tips and Monthly Contributions are retained
  • [x] Wallet panel transactions list is retained
  • [x] Changes to rewards settings are retained
  • [x] Ensure that Auto Contribute is not being enabled when upgrading to a new version if AC was disabled
  • [x] Ads
  • [x] Both Estimated pending rewards & Ad notifications received this month are retained
  • [x] Changes to ads settings are retained
  • [x] Ensure that ads are not being enabled when upgrading to a new version if they were disabled
  • [x] Ensure that ads are not disabled when upgrading to a new version if they were enabled

Hardware Wallet Test (To be checked on each major CR bump)

• [ ] Verify you can link hardware wallet using Trezor and unlock the wallet
• [ ] Verify you can link hardware wallet using Ledger Nano and unlock the wallet
• [ ] Verify you can perform a transaction with hardware wallet using Ledger Nano or Trezor

[btlechowski]

Verification passed on

Brave	1.36.108 Chromium: 99.0.4844.51 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision	d537ec02474b5afe23684e7963d538896c63ac77-refs/branch-heads/4844@{#875}
OS	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS