Manual test run on Linux for 1.9.x - Release Hotfix 1

[LaurenWags]

Per release specialty tests

• Usage pings not being sent for users migrating to 1.9.72 (Stats ping not being sent for users who updated to 1.9.72 #9921)
• Binance Widget Auth not successful when connecting with a new account. (Unsuccessful login to Binance Widget after creating a new account #9863)
• remove bookmark icon from top sites (Remove bookmark icon from top sites #9672)
• [Webcompat] Playstation Logins not working ([Webcompat] Playstation Logins not working #8629)
• Asset conversion goes through once network is back up without user interaction (Asset conversion goes through once network is back up without user interaction #9377)
• Notifications not working on Wordpress site (Notifications not working on Wordpress.com sites #9064)

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

Data(Upgrade from previous release)

• Make sure that data from the last version appears in the new version OK
• 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
  • unpinned tabs can be pinned

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

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

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://brianbondy.com/ and then turn on script blocking, page should not load. Allow it from the script blocking UI in the URL bar and it should load the page correctly
• 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

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 on https://extensions.inrialpes.fr/brave/
• Test that https://diafygi.github.io/webrtc-ips/ doesn't leak IP address when Block all fingerprinting protection is on

Rewards

• Verify account balance shows correct BAT and USD value
• Verify you are able to restore a wallet
• Verify actions taken (claiming grant, tipping, auto-contribute) display in wallet panel
• Verify when you click on the BR panel while on a site, the panel displays site specific information (site favicon, domain, attention %)
• Verify you are able to make one-time tip and they display in tips panel
• Verify you are able to make recurring tip and they display in tips panel
• Verify you can tip a verified publisher
• Verify you can tip a verified YouTube creator
• Verify you are able to perform a contribution
• Verify if you disable auto-contribute you are still able to tip regular sites and YouTube creators
• Upgrade from older version
  • Verify the wallet balance is retained and wallet backup code isn't corrupted
  • Verify auto-contribute list is not lost after upgrade
  • Verify tips list is not lost after upgrade
  • Verify wallet panel transactions list is not lost after upgrade

Tor Tabs

• Visit https://check.torproject.org in a Tor window, ensure its shows 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://protonirockerxow.onion/ in a Tor window, ensure login page is shown
• Visit https://browserleaks.com/geo in a Tor window, ensure location isn't shown

Session storage

• Temporarily move away your browser profile and test that a new profile is created when browser is launched
  • macOS - ~/Library/Application\ Support/BraveSoftware/
  • Windows - %userprofile%\appdata\Local\BraveSoftware\
  • Linux(Ubuntu) - ~/.config/BraveSoftware/
• Test that windows and tabs restore when closed, including active tab
  • Ensure that the tabs in the above session are being lazy loaded when the session is restored

Update tests

• Verify visiting brave://settings/help triggers update check
• Verify once update is downloaded, prompts to Relaunch to install update

Adblock

• Verify referrer blocking works properly for TLD+1. Visit https://technology.slashdot.org/ and verify adblock works properly similar to https://slashdot.org/

Components

• Delete Adblock folder from browser profile and restart browser. Visit brave://components and verify Brave Ad Block Updater downloads and update the component. Repeat for all Brave components

[btlechowski]

LGTM

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Brave	1.9.76 Chromium: 81.0.4044.138 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision	8c6c7ba89cc9453625af54f11fd83179e23450fa-refs/branch-heads/4044@{#999}
OS	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS