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**This is the most important part.**
- Manually download the binaries for each platform from Github.
- Manually download the binaries for each platform from Github.
**Do not use your locally built binaries.** Modern OSs treat executables differently if they've
been downloaded, even though the files are byte for byte identical. This ensures that the
codesigning worked and is valid.
- Smoke test WebTorrent Desktop on each platform.
- Smoke test WebTorrent Desktop on each platform. Before a release, check that the following basic use cases work correctly:
See Smoke Tests below for details. Open DevTools
on Windows and Mac, and ensure that the auto updater is running. If the auto updater does not
run, users will successfully auto update to this new version, and then be stuck there forever.
1. Click "Play" to stream a built-in torrent (e.g. Sintel)
- Ensure that seeking to undownloaded region works and plays immediately.
- Ensure that sintel.mp4 gets downloaded to `~/Downloads`.
2. Check that the auto-updater works
- Open the console and check for the line "No update available" to indicate that the auto-updater is working. (If the auto updater does not run, users will successfully auto update to this new version, and then be stuck there forever.)
3. Add a new .torrent file via drag-and-drop.
- Ensure that it gets added to the list and starts downloading.
4. Remove a torrent from the client
- Ensure that the file is removed from `~/Downloads`
5. Create and seed a new a torrent via drag-and-drop.
- Ensure that the torrent gets created and seeding begins.
### 4. Ship it
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As soon as this PR is merged, Jenkins will automatically redeploy the WebTorrent website, and
hundreds of thousands of users around the world will start auto updating. **Merge with care.**
## Smoke Tests
Before a release, check that the following basic use cases work correctly:
1. Click "Play" to stream a built-in torrent (e.g. Sintel)
- Ensure that seeking to undownloaded region works and plays immediately.
- Ensure that sintel.mp4 gets downloaded to `~/Downloads`.
2. Check that the auto-updater works
- Open the console and check for the line "No update available" to indicate that the auto-updater is working.
3. Add a new .torrent file via drag-and-drop.
- Ensure that it gets added to the list and starts downloading.
4. Remove a torrent from the client
- Ensure that the file is removed from `~/Downloads`
5. Create and seed a new a torrent via drag-and-drop.
- Ensure that the torrent gets created and seeding begins.