1.7.1 Test Plan

QA plan

• NUC7s
• Prod VMs

1.7.1 QA Checklist

The 1.7.1 is a bugfix release, intended to resolve https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5757. The test plan is therefore abbreviated compared to a standard minor version change.

Environment

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

Test plan

In order to confirm resolution of the bug affecting configuration logic, you must first reproduce the error by editing the config.

1. Perform fresh install of 1.7.0 prod, create journalist account, confirm login.
2. SSH into app server, edit /var/www/securedrop/config.py and comment out the SESSION_EXPIRATION_MINUTES line.
3. Run sudo service apache2 restart
4. Observe 500s on both Source & Journalist interfaces.