Manual test run on macOS (Intel) for 1.21.x Release #1

Installer

• 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
• Ensured that the following executables work as expected
  • Brave-Browser-universal.dmg (ensure that either arm64 or Intel are installed depending on architecture)
    • Check executable size, should be ~470mb
  • Brave-Browser-universal.pkg (ensure that either arm64 or Intel are installed depending on architecture)
    • Check executable size, should be ~470mb
  • Brave-Browser-x64.dmg (ensure that either Intel is being installed)
    • Check executable size, should be ~270mb
  • Brave-Browser-x64.pkg (ensure that either Intel is being installed)
    • Check executable size, should be ~270mb
• Visited brave://version and ensure the following:
  • x86_64 is being displayed when installing via x64 or universal binaries on Intel macOS - [ ] arm64 is being displayed when installing via universal binary on M1 macOS - [ ] x86_64 translated is being displayed when installing via x64 binary on M1 macOS using Rosetta

About pages

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

Importing

• 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 Microsoft 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

• Verify pdfium, Torrent viewer extensions are installed automatically on fresh profile and cannot be disabled (they don’t show up in brave://extensions)
• 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 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)

• 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
• 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

• 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
• Test that https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.105.6357&rep=rep1&type=pdf opens without issues

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

Geolocation

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

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://www.blizzard.com and then turn on script blocking, page should not load.
• 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
• Test that https://mixed-script.badssl.com/ shows up as grey not red (no mixed content scripts are run)

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 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]”
• Test that https://diafygi.github.io/webrtc-ips/ doesn’t leak IP address when Block all fingerprinting protection is on

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
  • Verify ad earnings are reflected in the rewards widget on the NTP.
• 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

Rewards

• Verify you are able to create a new wallet.
• Verify you are able to restore a wallet.
• Verify account balance shows correct BAT and USD value.
• Verify actions taken (claiming grant, tipping, auto-contribute) display in wallet panel.
• Verify AC monthly budget shows correct BAT and USD value.
• Verify you are able to exclude a publisher from the 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 you are able to perform an auto contribution.
  • Verify auto contribution is reflected in the rewards widget on the new-tab page (NTP).
• Verify monthly statement shows expected data.
• Verify when you click on the BR panel while on a site, the panel displays site-specific information (site favicon, domain, attention %).
• Verify BR panel shows message about an unverified publisher.
• Verify one time and monthly tip banners show a message about unverified publisher.
• Verify one time tip and monthly tip banners show a verified checkmark for a verified creator.
• Verify when you click on Send a tip, the custom tip banner displays if set up.
  • Verify custom tip banner is also displayed for monthly contribution.
• Verify you are able to make one-time tip and they display in Tips panel.
  • Verify tip is reflected in the rewards widget on the NTP.
  • Verify when you tip an unverified publisher, the one time tip is recorded in the Pending Contributions list.
• Verify you are able to make recurring tip and they display in Monthly Contributions panel.
  • Verify you are able to adjust your recurring tip amount from the BR panel.
  • Verify recurring tip is reflected in the rewards widget on the NTP.
• Verify you can tip a verified website.
  • Verify the website displays in the auto-contribute list after specified amount of time/visits per settings.
• Verify you can tip a verified YouTube creator.
  • Verify the YouTube creator displays in the auto-contribute list after specified amount of time/visits per settings.
• Verify you can tip a verified Vimeo creator.
  • Verify the Vimeo creator displays in the auto-contribute list after specified amount of time/visits per settings.
• Verify you can tip a verified Twitch creator.
  • Verify the Twitch creator displays in the auto-contribute list after specified amount of time/visits per settings.
• Verify you can tip a verified Twitter user from the panel.
• Verify you can tip a verified Twitter user via inline tip button.
  • Verify the in-line tip button is spaced properly.
• Verify you can tip a verified GitHub user from the panel.
• Verify you can tip a verified GitHub user via inline tip button.
  • Verify the GitHub creator displays in the auto-contribute list after specified amount of time/visits per settings.
• Verify you can tip a verified Reddit user from the panel.
• Verify you can tip a verified Reddit user via inline tip button.
• Verify if you disable auto-contribute you are still able to tip creators.
• Verify if auto-contribute is disabled AC does not occur.
• Verify if Rewards is disabled AC does not occur.
• Verify that disabling Rewards and enabling it again does not lose state.
• Adjust min visit/time in settings. Visit some sites to verify they are added to the table after the specified settings.
• Uphold cases
  • Verify you are able to connect a KYC’d Uphold wallet to Rewards.
  • Verify wallet balance in Brave updates when BAT is added to the Brave Browser card.
  • 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.
  • Verify connected (verified but not KYC’d) publishers display messaging on panel and tip banner.
  • Verify you are able to perform an auto contribute using Uphold BAT.

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
• visit brave://settings/privacy -> Site and Shields Settings -> Cookies and site data and ensure that
  • 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
  • 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
• ensure that you can log in into https://www.expensify.com while Allow Google login buttons on third party sites is enabled
• 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

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

Tor Tabs

• Visit https://check.torproject.org in a Tor window, ensure it shows a 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 & https://brave5t5rjjg3s6k.onion/ in a Tor window and ensure both pages resolve
• Visit https://browserleaks.com/geo in a Tor window, ensure location isn’t shown
• Verify Torrent viewer doesn’t load in a Tor window
• 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

• 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

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

Components

• Remove the following component folders and ensure that they’re being re-downloaded after restarting the browser:
  • afalakplffnnnlkncjhbmahjfjhmlkal: AutoplayWhitelist.dat, ExtensionWhitelist.dat, ReferrerWhitelist.json and Greaselion.json
  • CertificateRevocation
  • cffkpbalmllkdoenhmdmpbkajipdjfam: rs-ABPFilterParserData.dat & regional_catalog.json (AdBlock)
  • gccbbckogglekeggclmmekihdgdpdgoe: (Sponsored New Tab Images)
  • jicbkmdloagakknpihibphagfckhjdih: speedreader-updater.dat
  • oofiananboodjbbmdelgdommihjbkfag: HTTPSE
  • Safe Browsing
• 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

• 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/
• Test that both windows and tabs are being restored, including the current active tab
• Ensure that tabs are being lazy loaded when a previous session is being restored

Upgrade

• Make sure that data from the last version appears in the new version OK
• Ensure that brave://version lists the expected Brave & Chromium versions
• 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
  • Sync chain created in previous version is retained
  • Social media-blocking buttons changes are retained
  • Rewards
    • Wallet balance is retained
    • Auto-contribute list is retained
    • Both Tips and Monthly Contributions are retained
    • Wallet panel transactions list is retained
    • Changes to rewards settings are retained
    • Ensure that Auto Contribute is not being enabled when upgrading to a new version if AC was disabled
  • Ads
    • Both Estimated pending rewards & Ad notifications received this month are retained
    • Changes to ads settings are retained
    • Ensure that ads are not being enabled when upgrading to a new version if they were disabled
    • Ensure that ads are not disabled when upgrading to a new version if they were enabled

[LaurenWags]

Using

Brave | 1.21.71 Chromium: 89.0.4389.72 (Official Build) (x86_64)
-- | --
Revision | 3f345f156bfd157bd1bea06310e55f3fb2490359-refs/branch-heads/4389@{#1393}
OS | macOS Version 10.15.7 (Build 19H512)

the following sections were verified:

• Cookie and Cache
• Chromium/Brave GPU (compared Brave version above with Google Chrome | 89.0.4389.72 (Official Build) beta (x86_64)
• parts of Rewards (Uphold cases, wallet restore)

[stephendonner]

Thanks, @LaurenWags - I forgot that we have to check the cookie in Preferences, not its value on the page 😦 Was going to confirm that with you/team today.