Tor Browser QA

Notices

html5demos.com/web-socket is no longer functional, please do not use it for testing.

QA Template

System Information

Testing: $VERSION
Platform: Linux(distro)/Windows/macOS/Android

Basic Browser Functionality

Tor Browser launches successfully - OK / Explain issue
Connects to the Tor network - OK / Explain issue
Quickstart automatically connects - OK / Explain issue
Tor Browser localization - OK / Explain issue
Browser toolbars and menus work. Tab dragging works. - OK / Explain issue

Proxy Safety

Traffic Leaks(DNS, etc) - OK / Explain issue

Anti-Censorship

All Pluggable Transports are visible and operational - OK/ Explain issue
- snowflake
- obfs4
- meek
Requesting bridges from torproject.org is successful - OK / Explain issue

External Components

OpenSSL - $VERSION
All extensions are present and functional - OK / Explain issue
- HTTPS-Everywhere $VERSION
- NoScript $VERSION

Web Browsing

WebBrowsing works as expected - OK / Explain issue
- HTTP, HTTPS, .onion browsing works - OK / Explain issue
- HTML5 videos work - OK / Explain issue
- ip-check.info - OK / Explain issue
- samy.pl/evercookie - OK (new identity clears cookie) / Explain issue
- phoul.github.io / websocketstest.com - Websocket open / closed

Disk Persistence Checks

Tor Browser writes to disk as anticipated - OK / Explain issue

Environment Variables

Do they have the intended affects - OK / Explain issue
- TOR_CONFIGURE_ONLY
- TOR_CONTROL_COOKIE_AUTH_FILE
- TOR_CONTROL_HOST
- TOR_CONTROL_IPC_PATH
- TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD
- TOR_CONTROL_PORT
- TOR_DEFAULT_HOMEPAGE
- TOR_FORCE_NET_CONFIG
- TOR_SKIP_CONTROLPORTTEST
- TOR_SKIP_LAUNCH
- TOR_SKIP_LOCALE_PROMPT
- TOR_SOCKS_HOST
- TOR_SOCKS_IPC_PATH
- TOR_SOCKS_PORT
- TOR_TRANSPROXY
- TOR_USE_LEGACY_LAUNCHER
- MOZ_BROWSER_TOOLBOX_PORT

Preferences

Do they have the intended affects - OK / Explain issue
- extensions.torbutton.clear_http_auth
- extensions.torbutton.close_newnym
- extensions.torbutton.confirm_newnym
- extensions.torbutton.confirm_plugins
- extensions.torbutton.cookiejar_migrated
- extensions.torbutton.display_circuit
- extensions.torbutton.launch_warning
- extensions.torbutton.local_tor_check
- extensions.torbutton.loglevel
- extensions.torbutton.logmethod
- extensions.torbutton.maximize_warnings_remaining
- extensions.torbutton.noscript_persist
- extensions.torbutton.noscript_inited
- extensions.torbutton.pref_fixup_version
- extensions.torbutton.resize_new_windows
- extensions.torbutton.security_slider
- extensions.torbutton.startup
- extensions.torbutton.test_enabled
- extensions.torbutton.test_url
- extensions.torbutton.use_nontor_proxy
- extensions.torlauncher.bridgedb_bridge_type
- extensions.torlauncher.bridgedb_front
- extensions.torlauncher.bridgedb_reflector
- extensions.torlauncher.control_port
- extensions.torlauncher.control_host
- extensions.torlauncher.default_bridge_type
- extensions.torlauncher.default_bridge_recommended_type
- extensions.torlauncher.loglevel
- extensions.torlauncher.logmethod
- extensions.torlauncher.moat_service
- extensions.torlauncher.only_configure_tor
- extensions.torlauncher.prompt_at_startup
- extensions.torlauncher.prompt_for_locale
- extensions.torlauncher.should_remove_meek_helper_profiles
- extensions.torlauncher.socks_port_flags
- extensions.torlauncher.start_tor
- extensions.torlauncher.tmp_ipc_dir
- extensions.torlauncher.torrc_fixup_version
- extensions.torlauncher.quickstart
- torbrowser.post_update.shouldNotify
- torbrowser.post_update.url
- torbrowser.version

Updating

Download previous version and install incremental update - OK / Explain issue
Download older version and install full update - OK / Explain issue

Automated tests (work in progress):

Tor Browser launches successfully on Linux, Win, macOS Connects to the Tor network
Tor Browser localization (partial support) See attached for ad-hoc testing; will move to git post clean-up.

Imported from https://gitlab.torproject.org/legacy/trac/-/wikis/doc/TorQA/TBBQA