Template:Installation test matrix

Template documentation [edit]

This documentation is transcluded from Template:Installation test matrix/doc. It will not be transcluded on pages that use this template.

Wikitcms core page
This page is a core component of the Wikitcms system for storing release validation testing results in the Fedora wiki. This system relies on specific expectations regarding page naming, contents, and categorization. Please take special care when editing this page, especially if you change any element of wiki syntax, especially templating elements. If you are at all unsure about the consequences of your planned change, please contact the QA group before applying it.

This template contains the Installation 'test matrix' of test cases that are usually executed as part of release validation testing. It is pulled into release validation results pages using several nested templates, and can be used in other pages as appropriate. If all you need to do is add, remove or edit a Installation validation test case, though, don't worry about that stuff, and put it in here.

Please click [show] in each table to view the tests of each media installation, and click [edit] to post your test results using the syntax in Key Section.

Image sanity

Details
The result column titles are variants in Pungi/productmd parlance. For each variant, the checksums for all images in that variant can be checked; the maximum size for all images in that variant which have a maximum size can be checked; and repoclosure and fileconflicts can be checked for any DVD image in that variant. Any failure for any tested image should be filed as a bug and reported as a failure here. Please provide the bug ID and a short note of exactly which image(s) failed as a comment.

Milestone	Test Case	Everything	Server	Workstation	Cloud	Spins	Labs
Basic / Final	QA:Testcase_Mediakit_Checksums	none	none	none	none	none	none
Beta	QA:Testcase_Mediakit_ISO_Size	none	none	none	none	none	none
Final	QA:Testcase_Mediakit_Repoclosure		none
Final	QA:Testcase_Mediakit_FileConflicts		none

Default boot and install

Single test table
In all of these tests, the test case used is QA:Testcase_Boot_default_install. That is where the links point. The same test needs to be run for multiple images, target platforms, and install media. Note that the non-installer-based ARM disk images are covered by the later #ARM disk images section. The VM columns are for results from testing in a virtual machine. The CD/DVD columns are for results from testing on a real system with the image written to a real CD or DVD. The USB columns are for results from testing on a real system with the image written to a USB stick.

Expected coverage
For Beta, we expect a reasonable sampling of tests across the table, with at least some testing for VM and USB boot method, both firmware types, and each major class of deliverable (netinst, live and DVD). For Final, we expect full coverage for Basic / Final rows with VM and USB boot method. Optical boot testing from physical media in Final is optional (but blocking if issues are found) for supported images.

Milestone	Image	VM BIOS	VM UEFI	USB BIOS	USB UEFI	CD/DVD BIOS (Optional)	CD/DVD UEFI (Optional)
Basic / Final	Workstation live	none	none	none	none	none	none
Basic / Final	Everything netinst	none	none	none	none	none	none
Basic / Final	Server netinst	none	none	none	none	none	none
Basic / Final	Server dvd	none	none	none	none	none	none
Basic / Final	KDE live	none	none	none	none	none	none
Optional	Silverblue dvd-ostree	none	none	none	none	none	none
Optional	Xfce live	none	none	none	none	none	none
Optional	LXDE live	none	none	none	none	none	none
Optional	LXQt live	none	none	none	none	none	none
Optional	MATE live	none	none	none	none	none	none
Optional	Cinnamon live	none	none	none	none	none	none
Optional	SoaS live	none	none	none	none	none	none

Fedora Media Writer

Milestone	Test Case	Fedora 40	Fedora 41	Fedora 42	Windows 7	Windows 10	macOS
Beta / Optional	QA:Testcase_USB_fmw	none	none	none	none	none	none

ARM disk images

Single test table
In all of these tests, the test case used is QA:Testcase_arm_image_deployment. That is where the links point. The same test needs to be run for multiple images and target platforms.

Milestone	Image	Ext boot
Basic	Minimal	none
Basic	Xfce	none
Optional	KDE	none
Optional	Desktop	none
Optional	LXDE	none
Optional	LXQt	none
Optional	MATE	none
Optional	SoaS	none

PXE boot

Milestone	Test Case	x86_64	ARM
Beta	QA:Testcase_Boot_Methods_Pxeboot	none	none

Virtualization

Milestone	Test Case	x86_64 BIOS	x86_64 UEFI	ARM
Basic	QA:Testcase_Install_to_Previous_KVM	none	none	none
Beta	QA:Testcase_Install_to_Current_KVM	none	none	none
Optional	QA:Testcase_Boot_Methods_Xen_Para_Virt	none	none	none

Storage devices

Guided storage configuration

Milestone	Test Case	x86_64 BIOS	x86_64 UEFI	ARM
Basic	QA:Testcase_partitioning_guided_empty	none	none	none
Basic	QA:Testcase_partitioning_guided_delete_all	none	none	none
Basic	QA:Testcase_partitioning_guided_multi_select	none	none
Beta	QA:Testcase_partitioning_guided_delete_partial	none	none
Beta	QA:Testcase_partitioning_guided_free_space	none	none
Beta	QA:Testcase_partitioning_guided_encrypted	none	none	none
Beta	QA:Testcase_partitioning_guided_multi_empty_all	none	none

Guided storage shrinking

Environments
For this test, the column headings refer to the storage volume type to be shrunk, not the one chosen to replace it for the new installation.

Milestone	Test Case	ext4	NTFS
Final	QA:Testcase_partitioning_guided_shrink	none	none

Custom storage configuration

Milestone	Test Case	x86_64 BIOS	x86_64 UEFI	ARM
Beta	QA:Testcase_partitioning_custom_software_RAID	none	none
Final	QA:Testcase_partitioning_custom_btrfs	none	none	none
Final	QA:Testcase_partitioning_custom_lvmthin	none	none	none
Final	QA:Testcase_partitioning_custom_standard_partition_ext3	none	none	none
Final	QA:Testcase_partitioning_custom_standard_partition_xfs	none	none	none
Optional	QA:Testcase_partitioning_custom_no_swap	none	none	none

Advanced custom storage configuration

Milestone	Test Case	x86_64 BIOS	x86_64 UEFI	ARM
Beta	QA:Testcase_partitioning_blivet_software_RAID	none	none
Final	QA:Testcase_partitioning_blivet_btrfs	none	none	none
Final	QA:Testcase_partitioning_blivet_lvmthin	none	none	none
Final	QA:Testcase_partitioning_blivet_standard_partition_ext3	none	none	none
Final	QA:Testcase_partitioning_blivet_standard_partition_xfs	none	none	none
Optional	QA:Testcase_partitioning_blivet_no_swap	none	none	none

User interface

Milestone	Test Case	Result
Basic	QA:Testcase_Anaconda_User_Interface_Graphical	none
Basic	QA:Testcase_Anaconda_User_Interface_Text	none
Basic	QA:Testcase_Anaconda_User_Interface_VNC	none
Basic	QA:Testcase_Anaconda_User_Interface_VNC_Vncconnect	none

Milestone	Test Case	x86_64 BIOS	x86_64 UEFI
Basic / Final	QA:Testcase_Anaconda_User_Interface_Basic_Video_Driver	none	none

Milestone	Test Case	x86_64	ARM
Beta	QA:Testcase_Anaconda_User_Interface_serial_console	none	none

Installation repositories

Package sets

Milestone	Test Case	Result
Beta	QA:Testcase_Package_Sets_Minimal_Package_Install	none
Optional	QA:Testcase_Package_Sets_KDE_Package_Install	none

Kickstart

Upgrade

Milestone	Test Case	x86_64 BIOS	x86_64 UEFI
Beta	QA:Testcase_upgrade_dnf_current_any	none	none
Beta	QA:Testcase_upgrade_dnf_previous_any	none	none

Internationalization and Localization

Miscellaneous

Milestone	Test Case	x86_64	ARM
Basic	QA:Testcase_Anaconda_user_creation	none	none

Milestone	Test Case	Result
Basic	QA:Testcase_Anaconda_save_traceback_to_bugzilla (GUI mode)	none
Basic	QA:Testcase_Anaconda_save_traceback_to_bugzilla (text mode)	none
Basic	QA:Testcase_Anaconda_updates.img_via_URL	none
Final	QA:Testcase_Anaconda_updates.img_via_installation_source	none
Final	QA:Testcase_Anaconda_updates.img_via_local_media	none
Final	QA:Testcase_Anaconda_help	none
Optional	QA:Testcase_Anaconda_traceback_debug_mode (GUI mode)	none
Optional	QA:Testcase_Anaconda_traceback_debug_mode (text mode)	none

Milestone	Test Case	x86_64 BIOS	x86_64 UEFI
Beta	QA:Testcase_Anaconda_rescue_mode	none	none
Final	QA:Testcase_dualboot_with_windows	none	none
Final	QA:Testcase_dualboot_with_macOS		none
Optional	QA:Testcase_Install_Image_Boot_Local	none
Optional	QA:Testcase_Memtest86	none