# QA PROCEDURES - MiracleBoot v7.2.0

**Date:** January 7, 2026  
**Version:** 7.2.0  
**Status:** ✅ MANDATORY PROCEDURES  
**Audience:** Development Team, QA Engineers

---

## 🎯 PRIMARY OBJECTIVE

**Code cannot be committed to production until:**

1. ✅ PowerShell syntax is valid
2. ✅ GUI loads without errors
3. ✅ All buttons are functional
4. ✅ All tabs are navigable
5. ✅ Zero unhandled exceptions
6. ✅ Error handling works
7. ✅ User reaches GUI successfully
8. ✅ Documentation is updated

**NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE**

---

## 📋 QA PHASE 1: SYNTAX VALIDATION

### What to Check:

```powershell
# 1. PowerShell syntax
Get-Content .\HELPER SCRIPTS\WinRepairGUI.ps1 | 
    ForEach-Object { 
        [System.Management.Automation.PSParser]::Tokenize($_, [ref]$null) 
    }
# No output = syntax OK
# Exception = syntax error - FIX IMMEDIATELY
```

### Expected Result:
- ✅ No syntax errors
- ✅ No warnings
- ✅ All imports resolve
- ✅ No undefined variables

### If It Fails:
```
STOP WORK
- Find the syntax error
- Fix it
- Test again
- Only then continue
```

---

## 📋 QA PHASE 2: GUI LAUNCH TEST

### Manual Test:

1. Open PowerShell
2. Navigate to project folder
3. Run:
   ```powershell
   & ".\HELPER SCRIPTS\WinRepairGUI.ps1"
   ```
4. **WATCH FOR:**
   - Window appears on screen
   - No errors in console
   - Window doesn't crash immediately
   - All UI elements are visible

### Expected Result:
- ✅ Window displays
- ✅ No console errors
- ✅ Clean output
- ✅ User can interact with GUI

### If It Fails:
```
CRITICAL FAILURE - DO NOT COMMIT

Check:
1. PowerShell syntax
2. XAML validity
3. Required assemblies loaded
4. No null reference exceptions

Review recent changes and revert if needed.
```

---

## 📋 QA PHASE 3: BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY

### Test Each Button:

**For WinDBG Button:**
```powershell
# Click the button in the GUI
# Listen for console output
# Check:
# - No exception thrown
# - Action completes
# - Window stays open
```

**For Event Viewer Button:**
```powershell
# Click the button
# Event Viewer should launch (or attempt to)
# Check:
# - No crash
# - Error handled gracefully
```

**For Tab Buttons:**
```powershell
# Click each tab
# Check:
# - Tab content displays
# - No blank tabs
# - Scroll works if needed
```

### Expected Result:
- ✅ Each button is clickable
- ✅ Each button has an event handler
- ✅ Handlers execute without error
- ✅ User sees feedback (or action completes)

### If It Fails:
```
STOP COMMIT

For each broken button:
1. Verify it exists in XAML
2. Verify handler is registered
3. Test handler in isolation
4. Fix ONE button at a time
5. Test again
```

---

## 📋 QA PHASE 4: TAB NAVIGATION

### Test Each Tab:

```powershell
# Click each tab in sequence:
# 1. Recovery Tools
# 2. Analysis & Debugging Tools
# 3. Diagnostics
# 4. Additional tabs...

# For each tab, verify:
# - Tab header is clickable
# - Tab content displays
# - Content is not blank
# - No errors in console
# - Scrolling works (if needed)
```

### Expected Result:
- ✅ All tabs are accessible
- ✅ All tabs have content
- ✅ Content displays properly
- ✅ No console errors

### If It Fails:
```
STOP - FIX - TEST

1. Check tab XML definition
2. Verify content is defined
3. Test in isolation
4. Fix ONE tab at a time
5. Retest all tabs
```

---

## 📋 QA PHASE 5: ERROR HANDLING

### Test Error Scenarios:

```powershell
# 1. Missing files
Get-Item "C:\NonExistentPath\file.txt" -ErrorAction Stop
# Should: Throw handled error

# 2. Invalid commands
Invoke-NonExistentCommand
# Should: Catch and handle gracefully

# 3. Invalid input
[int]"not_a_number" | Throw
# Should: Be caught and handled
```

### Expected Result:
- ✅ No unhandled exceptions
- ✅ User sees helpful error message
- ✅ Application doesn't crash
- ✅ Recovery is possible

### If It Fails:
```
CRITICAL ISSUE - FIX BEFORE COMMIT

1. Identify the unhandled exception
2. Add try-catch block
3. Make error message helpful
4. Verify user can recover
5. Test the error scenario again
```

---

## 📋 QA PHASE 6: INTEGRATION TESTING

### Test Component Integration:

```powershell
# Test 1: GUI loads with all helpers
# - Check HELPER SCRIPTS folder exists
# - Check all helper scripts load
# - Verify no import errors

# Test 2: Documentation loads
# - Check DOCUMENTATION folder exists
# - Verify key docs present
# - No broken links

# Test 3: Error database loads
# - Check ErrorCodeDatabase.ps1 exists
# - Verify it loads without errors
# - Check format is correct
```

### Expected Result:
- ✅ All components load
- ✅ No circular dependencies
- ✅ All imports resolve
- ✅ No missing dependencies

### If It Fails:
```
FIX DEPENDENCIES

1. Identify which component failed
2. Check that component in isolation
3. Fix dependencies
4. Retest all components
5. Verify integration works
```

---

## 📋 QA PHASE 7: PERFORMANCE TESTING

### Measure Performance:

```powershell
# GUI Load Time
$start = Get-Date
$gui = & ".\HELPER SCRIPTS\WinRepairGUI.ps1"
$loadTime = (Get-Date) - $start
Write-Host "Load time: $($loadTime.TotalMilliseconds)ms"

# Expected: < 3000ms (3 seconds)
# Warning: > 5000ms (5 seconds)
```

### Expected Result:
- ✅ GUI loads in < 3 seconds
- ✅ Button clicks < 100ms
- ✅ Tab switches < 500ms
- ✅ No memory leaks

### If It Fails:
```
INVESTIGATE PERFORMANCE

1. Profile the slow operation
2. Identify bottleneck
3. Optimize that component
4. Retest
5. Verify acceptable now
```

---

## 📋 QA PHASE 8: DOCUMENTATION REVIEW

### Check Documentation:

- [ ] **README.md** - Updated?
- [ ] **CHANGELOG.md** - New entry added?
- [ ] **Code comments** - Complex code explained?
- [ ] **Function documentation** - Parameters documented?
- [ ] **Deployment guide** - Updated?
- [ ] **User guide** - Reflects new features?

### Expected Result:
- ✅ Documentation matches code
- ✅ No outdated information
- ✅ New features documented
- ✅ Clear instructions

### If It Fails:
```
UPDATE DOCUMENTATION

1. Find outdated/missing docs
2. Update to match code
3. Add missing sections
4. Review for accuracy
5. Commit documentation with code
```

---

## 🤖 AUTOMATED QA SCRIPT

### Run This Before Every Commit:

```powershell
.\TEST\PreCommitQA.ps1
```

### What It Checks:
- ✅ Syntax validation (all .ps1 files)
- ✅ Required files present
- ✅ XAML validity
- ✅ Button handlers registered
- ✅ Error handling present
- ✅ Documentation complete
- ✅ Dependencies available

### Exit Codes:
- `0` = All tests passed ✅
- `1` = Tests failed ❌

### If It Fails:
```
DO NOT COMMIT

1. Review the failed tests
2. Fix each issue
3. Run again
4. All must pass (exit code 0)
5. Then commit
```

---

## 📊 QUALITY METRICS DASHBOARD

**Track These Metrics:**

| Metric | Target | Actual |
|--------|--------|--------|
| PowerShell Syntax Errors | 0 | — |
| GUI Load Time | <3s | — |
| Button Response Time | <100ms | — |
| Unhandled Exceptions | 0 | — |
| QA Test Pass Rate | 100% | — |
| Documentation Accuracy | 100% | — |

---

## ⏱️ TIME REQUIREMENTS

**Minimum QA Time Per Commit:**

| Phase | Time | Critical? |
|-------|------|-----------|
| Syntax Check | 1 min | YES |
| GUI Launch | 2 min | YES |
| Button Test | 3 min | YES |
| Tab Navigation | 2 min | YES |
| Error Scenarios | 2 min | NO |
| Integration Test | 2 min | NO |
| Documentation | 2 min | NO |
| Automated QA | 1 min | YES |
| **TOTAL** | **~15 min** | — |

**Never skip phases to save time.**

---

## 🚨 CRITICAL FAILURES

### These STOP All Development:

1. **GUI won't load** - Cannot proceed until fixed
2. **Unhandled exception** - Cannot ship broken code
3. **Button doesn't work** - Cannot commit untested features
4. **PowerShell syntax error** - Code won't run
5. **XAML parsing error** - GUI crashes on load

### Protocol for Critical Failures:

```
1. STOP all work immediately
2. Revert to last working version
3. Identify the issue
4. Fix ONE issue completely
5. Test that one fix
6. Only then try something else
```

---

## 🔄 CONTINUOUS DEPLOYMENT CYCLE

### Daily Workflow:

```
9:00 AM   - Start coding
9:15 AM   - Make ONE change
9:16 AM   - Run syntax check (1 min)
9:17 AM   - Test that change manually (2 min)
9:19 AM   - If OK, commit. If not, fix.
9:20 AM   - Repeat

End of day - Run full PreCommitQA.ps1
           - All tests must pass before leaving
           - Only commit when ALL tests pass
```

### Weekly Review:

**Every Friday before going home:**

1. ✅ Run full test suite
2. ✅ Verify GUI works
3. ✅ Check all buttons
4. ✅ Review error log
5. ✅ Update metrics
6. ✅ Only then commit weekly build

---

## 📋 QA CHECKLIST (Print and Post)

```
BEFORE EVERY COMMIT:

☐ Syntax validation passed?
☐ GUI loads without errors?
☐ All buttons functional?
☐ All tabs navigable?
☐ No unhandled exceptions?
☐ Error handling works?
☐ Documentation updated?
☐ PreCommitQA.ps1 passed?

IF ALL YES ✅ → Safe to commit
IF ANY NO  ❌ → Fix before commit
```

---

## 🎓 TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

**Every developer must:**

1. ✅ Read NEVER_FAIL_AGAIN.md
2. ✅ Read this QA_PROCEDURES.md
3. ✅ Run PreCommitQA.ps1 once
4. ✅ Pass a manual QA test
5. ✅ Get code review approval
6. ✅ Only then make first commit

---

## 📞 ESCALATION

### Issues to Escalate:

- Can't fix within 30 minutes
- Unclear what the issue is
- Breaking change required
- Need to override QA checks

### How to Escalate:

1. Document the issue
2. Create a branch for investigation
3. Contact team lead
4. Get approval for exception
5. Document why exception was needed

**No exceptions without approval.**

---

## ✨ BENEFITS

**When QA is followed:**

- 🟢 Zero production crashes
- 🟢 Zero user-facing bugs
- 🟢 100% uptime
- 🟢 Fast deployments (no rollbacks)
- 🟢 Happy users
- 🟢 Professional reputation
- 🟢 Less debugging time
- 🟢 Faster development overall

**Cost: 15 minutes per commit**  
**Benefit: Prevents 4+ hour disasters**

---

## 🏁 FINAL RULE

> **"No code gets committed until the GUI runs successfully and the user can reach it without errors."**

**This is not negotiable.**

**This is not optional.**

**This is the standard.**

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**Last Updated:** January 7, 2026  
**Enforcement Level:** MANDATORY  
**Exception Policy:** NONE
