Pre Release Testing Guide

Pre Release Testing Guide

Thanks for participating in our pre release testing! To ensure that we can make this a productive experience, here's some tips on how to test and report issues with the application.

Testing the Application

Please click around the application and test that the application is working as expected!

Flows

There a few key flows that you can perform on the desktop application. Here's a few to step through and test around the application:

actions	summary
setup a new farmer	sets the farmer up for the first time
setup an existing farmer	allows the farmer to import an existing account
setup a plot directory	allows the farmer to set a plot directory
setup plot allocation	allows the farmer to allocate storage for plots
update node name	allows the farmer to update their node's name
initializes plotting	the application should initialize plotting
sync with the network	application should be able to sync with the network

Identifying and Reporting Issues

Help create meaningful reports issues by following this simple guide line:

Check to see if an existing issue exists before posting. If there is an existing issue and you have new context, please add it to that topic instead.

Describe the bug

A clear and concise description of what the bug is.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Go to '...' Click on '....' Scroll down to '....' See error Expected behavior A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.

Screenshots

If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem.

  OS: [e.g. Ubuntu 22.04, Windows 11]
  Version [e.g. 0.6.12-prelease]

Add any other context about the problem here.

Additional Resources

• subspace farming guide
• testing for devs