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Allie Crevier edited this page Jun 8, 2020 · 7 revisions

QA plan

There is no kernel update in this release, so we’ll be testing on fewer hardware platforms. However, given the importance of the iptables check, we’ll test the officially supported hardware:

  • NUC7
  • 1U test server

1.4.0 QA Checklist

For both upgrades and fresh installs, here is a list of functionality that requires testing. You can use this for copy/pasting into your QA report. Feel free to edit this message to update the plan as appropriate.

If you have submitted a QA report already for a 1.4.0 release candidate with successful Basic Server Testing and Application Acceptance Testing, then you can skip these sections in subsequent reports, unless otherwise indicated by the Release Manager. This is to ensure that you focus your QA effort on the 1.4.0-specific changes as well as changes since the previous release candidate.

Environment

  • Install target:
  • Tails version:
  • Test Scenario:
  • SSH over Tor:
  • Onion service version:
  • Release candidate:
  • General notes:

Basic Server Testing

  • I can access both the source and journalist interfaces
  • I can SSH into both machines over Tor
  • AppArmor is loaded on app
    • 0 processes are running unconfined
  • AppArmor is loaded on mon
    • 0 processes are running unconfined
  • Both servers are running grsec kernels
  • iptables rules loaded
  • OSSEC emails begin to flow after install
  • OSSEC emails are decrypted to correct key and I am able to decrypt them
  • QA Matrix checks pass

Command Line User Generation

  • Can successfully add admin user and login

Administration

  • I have backed up and successfully restored the app server following the backup documentation
  • If doing upgrade testing, make a backup on 1.3.0 and restore this backup on 1.4.0
  • "Send Test OSSEC Alert" button in the journalist triggers an OSSEC alert and an email is sent
  • Can successfully add journalist account with HOTP authentication

Application Acceptance Testing

Source Interface

Landing page base cases
  • JS warning bar does not appear when using Security Slider high
  • JS warning bar does appear when using Security Slider Low
First submission base cases
  • On generate page, refreshing codename produces a new 7-word codename
  • On submit page, empty submissions produce flashed message
  • On submit page, short message submitted successfully
  • On submit page, file greater than 500 MB produces "The connection was reset" in Tor Browser quickly before the entire file is uploaded
  • On submit page, file less than 500 MB submitted successfully
Returning source base cases
  • Nonexistent codename cannot log in
  • Empty codename cannot log in
  • Legitimate codename can log in
  • Returning user can view journalist replies - need to log into journalist interface to test

Journalist Interface

Login base cases
  • Can log in with 2FA tokens
  • incorrect password cannot log in
  • invalid 2fa token cannot log in
  • 2fa immediate reuse cannot log in
  • Journalist account with HOTP can log in
Index base cases
  • Filter by codename works
  • Starring and unstarring works
  • Click select all selects all submissions
  • Selecting all and clicking "Download" works
Individual source page
  • You can submit a reply and a flashed message and new row appears
  • You cannot submit an empty reply
  • Clicking "Delete Source And Submissions" and the source and docs are deleted
  • You can click on a document and successfully decrypt using application private key

Basic Tails Testing

Updater GUI

After updating to this release candidate and running securedrop-admin tailsconfig

  • The Updater GUI appears on boot
  • Updating occurs without issue

1.4.0: Release-specific changes

Version updates

#5292
  • Verify that Tor 0.4.3.5 is running by running sudo apt-cache policy tor
#5277
  • Verify that the new securedrop-keyring package has an updated expiration date of June 30, 2021 by running sudo apt-key finger
#5287
  • Verify that the 1.4.0 securedrop-ossec-agent and securedrop-ossec-server packages are being used running sudo apt-cache policy securedrop-ossec-agent and sudo apt-cache policy securedrop-ossec-server.

Web Application

#5257
  • Verify the source_deleter service is running on the app server
    • Use qa_loader.py or create-dev-data.py to populate the staging database with a large number of sources (100 should be sufficient to have triggered the timeout before this change, but 500 or 1000 would be better).
    • While the database is being populated, run systemctl status securedrop_source_deleter
  • Verify that the JI delete action responds quickly (no longer times out) and sources are no longer available.
    • Once the database is populated, visit the journalist interface and select all but a few of the sources for deletion.
  • Verify that source_deleter deletes all sources (Deleting 1000 sources took around a half an hour during PR testing)
    • Monitor the source_deleter logs on the app server with journalctl -fu securedrop_source_deleter
  • Verify that sources not deleted are still present once deletion is complete

Admin Workstation

#5287
  • Verify that you receive an OSSEC alert level 12 email that says “The iptables default drop rules are incorrect.” when iptables is broken.
    • [Upgrade scenario] Run sdconfig on 1.3.0 with a broken config and run make install (to repro known-bad state), then upgrade via apt-test.
    • Break the /etc/networking/iptables/rules_ipv4 file on the servers after installation (by substituting invalid values into fields, for example), then reboot the servers.
#5288
  • Verify that there are no errors in the sdconfig logic when multiple nameservers are provided during sdconfig
    • On an admin workstation, run securedrop-admin sdconfig. Try giving a single nameserver, then a list separated by commas, then by spaces. Enter invalid IP addresses. Try to enter more than three nameservers.
  • Verify that the dns_server value in install_files/ansible-base/group_vars/all/site-specific is a list, not a string after specifying multiple nameservers.
  • Verify that securedrop-admin install completes successfully and that each server's /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base contains the correct nameservers.
  • Verify that the dns rules contain the nameservers you provided by running Run sudo iptables -S | grep
  • Verify that the value is correctly transformed to a list and that the server's /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base and iptables rules are correct
    • Edit install_files/ansible-base/group_vars/all/site-specific to make dns_server a string, covering at least some of the variations you tested above: single, comma-separated, space-separated. Upon each change, run securedrop-admin install.
#5277
  • Verify the SecureDrop Release signing key is present with the new expiration date of June 30, 2021 in the local keyring.

Preflight

  • Ensure the builder image is up-to-date on release day

These tests should be performed the day of release prior to live debian packages on apt.freedom.press.

Basic testing

  • Install or upgrade occurs without error
  • Source interface is available and version string indicates it is 1.4.0
  • A message can be successfully submitted

Tails

  • The updater GUI appears on boot
  • The update successfully occurs to 1.4.0
  • After reboot, updater GUI no longer appears
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