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