Project STARfox

Smoke Test Automation Repository for Firefox Desktop

A Python Selenium based set of tests for smoke testing of Firefox, including Fx incident smoke testing.

Build under test

Get the build to be smoke tested from the candidates directory. Incident testing: Ask the RelMan contact for the current Incident what the build versions is.

The test suite needs to know exactly where the build under test is located. Install the build in a Custom directory as follows per Platform:

• Windows:
  • Download the .exe: (as example) /pub/firefox/candidates/121.0.1-candidates/build1/win64/en-US/Firefox Setup 121.0.1.exe
  • Install in:"C:\Program Files\Custom Firefox\"
• macOS:
  • Download the .dmg: (as example) /pub/firefox/candidates/121.0.1-candidates/build1/mac/en-US/Firefox 121.0.1.dmg
  • Install as: "/Applications/Custom Firefox.app/ (renamed from the default Firefox.app)
• Linux:
  • Download the tar file: (as example) /pub/firefox/candidates/121.0.1-candidates/build1/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-121.0.1.tar.bz2
  • Install in: "/home/user/Desktop/Custom Firefox/" (user = your system username)

Launch the build manually one time to navigate through any system permission dialogs, then exit Firefox.

Getting set up

• If you don't have Python 3.10 or higher installed install it. For most people, Pyenv will be a useful tool. If you don't want that, use your system's package manager or download and install it from the official website Python Downloads. Make sure to check the option to add Python to the system PATH during installation. For Ubuntu, consider using the Deadsnakes PPA if your version's apt repo does not contain a version higher than 3.9.
• Install pip - run python -m ensurepip confirm: pip --version
• Download and install GeckoDriver:
  • Get the latest version of GeckoDriver for your Platform.
  • Extract and install it, then ensure that directory is in your PATH
• Get the project from git:
  • On Linux:
    • run: sudo apt install git
  • On Windows:
    • run: choco install git (have to install chocolatey, if not present)
  • On MacOS:
    • run: git --version (likely already installed, follow install prompts if not)
  • In a location of your choice, run: git clone https://github.com/mozilla/fx-desktop-qa-automation FxAutomation
• Use pip to install Pipenv:
  • run: pip install --user pipenv. If prompted to add a directory to PATH, please do so. Windows users may need to restart their shell.
• Install dependencies: pipenv install
• Start virtual environment: pipenv shell
  • Ensure pynput is installed
    • run: pip list to see if it's in the list
      • if not, run: python -m pip install pynput
    • you still may run into problems when running the test suite later. If pynput is not found, ensure the libraries are in your PATH.
• Ensure your system allows the following to run in the virtual env:
  • Firefox (specifically the build being tested)
  • Terminal

Run the tests

• CD into the FxAutomation project directory

• run ./devsetup.sh

• run: pytest

• IMPORTANT: On MacOS you may be prompted to allow Terminal to control accessibility settings. Allow this. You may need to re-run the tests.

• Test results are displayed inline.

• Notable command line options

• --run-headless (run the tests in headless mode)

• --fx-channel=option (options are Custom(default), Firefox, Nightly)

• --fx-executable=path (overrides --fx-channel, location of a Fx executable)

• --html=report.html (creates an html report file, report.html, in top project directory)

• On Failure:

  • rerun failed tests: pytest --lf
  • rerun the test suite as above - run: pytest
  • or just the failed test; i.e.: pytest test_amazon.py

Documentation

We are trying documentation with pdoc, run the following in a pipenv shell:

pdoc --docformat "numpy" modules

This should show you all the documentation pertaining to the helper functions and classes we've created. If we make new ones, replace modules with the name of any other folder you would like to have documentation on.

IDE Pycharm Configuration

Configuration to run tests from the IDE interactive interface

• Open Run/Debug Configurations**:

  • Click on the Current File in the toolbar and select Edit Configurations, or
  • Click on the More actions button (three dots) and select Edit from the configuration section

• Open Edit Configuration Templates**:

  • In the Templates section, select Python tests and then pytest
  • Set the Working directory to the path of your current project root directory
  • Ensure you have the correct Python interpreter selected
  • Leave all other settings as default
  • Click Apply

• Tabs and Indents config

• json:

  • Tab size: 4
  • Indent: 4
  • Continuation indent: 8
  • Keep indents on empty lines unchecked

Project Contribution

If you are outside of Mozilla and would like to contribute to this project:

• Read all the documentation including this README, BEST_PRACTICES and CODE_OF_CONDUCT.
• Find an open and unassigned test case bug in the bug tree at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1892813
  • Ask to be allowed to take the bug to work on it.
  • A Mozilla DTE will either assign you the bug or suggest another test case bug for you to work on.
  • They will give you, as a comment in the bug, the test steps, from our test case repository, TestRail.
• Fork the repo and create your test case based on the test steps given.
• Submit your PR to this repo.
• A Mozilla DTE will review your PR
  • Address any review comments
• Once approved your test code will be landed in this repo.