Test Strategy — peviitor.ro

🧪 Test Strategy — peviitor.ro

Open source job search engine for Romania — the place to find your dream job, just one click away

Author: Diana Dragoi — Reviewed by: Ana-Maria Talmacel (QA Lead) — Approved by: Boga Sebastian-Nicolae (PO)

⁠1. Scope

⚠️ Always keep in mind: The primary mission of peviitor.ro is to provide users with a comprehensive, up-to-date aggregated database of all jobs in Romania. Every test, decision, and validation should serve this goal.

1.1 Scope of Testing

Apache SOLR

Schema validation, diacritics search, CRUD operations, URL validation pipeline, expiration cleanup

Core

PHP API (api.peviitor.ro)

Endpoint validation, query parameters, error handling, SOLR proxy behavior, backward compatibility

v0 / v1

UI (search-engine)

Functional testing, UI/Figma compliance, automation (Playwright), regression, backward compatibility

React

Search Functionality

Full-text search, filters, relevance scoring, pagination, autocomplete, empty states

edismax

1.2 Out of Scope

Individual scraper testing, Validator (admin.peviitor.ro), Mobile application (androidAPP), orase.peviitor.ro, firme.zira.ro and admin.zira.ro

1.3 Quality Benefits Targeted

<2s

Search Response Time

≥95%

Test Pass Rate

≥80%

Automation Coverage

WCAG 2.2 AA

Accessibility Target

OWASP Top 10

Security Compliance

99.5%

Platform Uptime

⁠2. Testing Approach

2.1 Requirements

Testers should consult SAD (sad.peviitor.ro) and IDD (idd.peviitor.ro) as the authoritative sources for functional and non-functional requirements.

2.2 Tools

Frontend Testing

Playwright, Jest, Vitest, Chrome DevTools, Sentry

API Testing

Postman, Bruno, JMeter, PHPUnit, Swagger UI

SOLR Testing

SOLR Admin UI, curl, PHP scripts (peviitor_core)

Performance

k6, JMeter, Lighthouse

Security

OWASP ZAP, GitHub Secret Scanning, CodeQL, Dependabot

Accessibility

axe DevTools, WAVE, Lighthouse

Test Management

GitHub Issues, TestLink, ROADMAP project

Cross-Browser

BrowserStack, Chrome DevTools device emulation

2.3 Testing by Area

Frontend

Functional: search, filter, pagination, empty/error states
UI/Figma compliance: layout, colors, responsive
Automation: Playwright E2E (80% critical path)
Regression: weekly per release
Backward compatibility: v01, v02

API

Endpoint validation (v0, v1)
Query parameters (valid, invalid, empty, boundary)
Error handling (400, 404, 500)
SOLR proxy behavior (timeout, offline)
Backward compatibility

SOLR Indexing

Schema compliance (Job Model)
Diacritics search (București ↔ Bucuresti)
Full-text search, facet search
CRUD operations, expiration cleanup
URL validation pipeline (HEAD daily)

Data Validation

Job status flow (scraped → tested/verified → published)
Field validation (required, format, max length)
Company matching (case insensitive)
Duplicate detection (unique url)

2.4 Non-Functional Testing

Performance

P95 < 2s search, P95 < 500ms API, 50+ concurrent users

Security

OWASP Top 10, SOLR Basic Auth, CORS, XSS, SQL injection

Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 AA, keyboard nav, screen reader, color contrast 4.5:1

Reliability

99.5% uptime, Sentry + CloudFlare monitoring

Browser Compat.

Latest 2 versions Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari

Mobile

All pages functional on viewports ≥ 320px

⁠3. Test Team

Manual QA ×5

Functional testing, regression, exploratory, bug reporting, cross-browser, data validation

Automation QA ×2

Playwright E2E, API test automation, CI/CD integration, regression automation

Performance Tester ×1

k6 load testing, SOLR query monitoring, Lighthouse audits, capacity planning

Security Tester ×1

OWASP ZAP, penetration testing, CodeQL, Dependabot, secret scanning

⁠4. Test Levels

Level	Scope	Frequency	Tools
Unit	PHP utility functions, Redux slices, selectors	Per PR/commit	PHPUnit, Jest, Vitest
Integration	API ↔ SOLR, Frontend ↔ API, Scrapers → Core	Weekly, before release	PHPUnit, Postman
System (E2E)	Full search flow, admin validation flow, cross-browser, mobile	Per release	Manual, Playwright
Regression	Critical paths: search, filter, pagination, job detail, company	Per release (~weekly)	Manual checklists, Postman, smoke suite
Acceptance	Validate against acceptance criteria	Per release	Manual

⁠5. Test Environments

Environment	URL	Purpose
Production	peviitor.ro	Live platform
Test	test.peviitor.ro	Integration, UAT, regression
Local	`http://localhost:3000`	Development, unit testing (Docker)

SOLR Test: testsolr.peviitor.ro — API Swagger: test.peviitor.ro/swagger-ui

⁠6. Deliverables & Metrics

Artifacts

Artifact	Frequency
Test cases & checklists	Per release
Bug reports (GitHub Issues)	Daily
Test Summary Report	Per release

KPIs

KPI	Target
Test Pass Rate	≥ 95%
Automation Coverage	≥ 80% critical path
Defect Escape Rate	≤ 3 high-severity/quarter
Search Response Time	P95 < 2s

⁠7. Bug Lifecycle

[New] → [Assigned] → [In Progress] → [Fixed] → [Verified] → [Closed]

S1 — Blocker

Critical: no workaround, blocks testing/deployment

Resolve < 4h

S2 — High

Major feature broken, workaround exists

Resolve < 4h

S3 — Medium

Minor feature broken, cosmetic issues

Next release

S4 — Trivial

Cosmetic, low priority

Backlog

⁠8. References

Document	URL
Software Architecture Design (SAD)	sad.peviitor.ro
Infrastructure Design Document (IDD)	idd.peviitor.ro
Markdown Version	GitHub (MD)
PDF Version	GitHub (PDF)
Onboarding Portal	onboarding.peviitor.ro
ROADMAP	GitHub Project #78
Discord	discord.gg/KPMkdUfQNu