Live tests

The install job installs every installer on nine systems before a release is drafted, and opens the installed app. It cannot test what a person sees and does. This page records the tests done by hand: the version, the system, the installer, and the result.

A tick means that the steps below were done by hand on that system with that installer, and nothing more. A system without a row has not been tested by hand, whatever the install job reports for it.

What a live test is

1. Download the installer as a user would: from the releases page with the system's own browser, or with Homebrew on macOS.
2. Install and open it, including the step the system requires for an unsigned app: Gatekeeper, SmartScreen or chmod +x.
3. Sign in to Radiopaedia.
4. Import the sample study (npm run sample), anonymise it and upload a draft case.
5. Uninstall it, where the installer has an uninstaller: Settings → Apps on Windows, apt remove for the deb.

Never put real patient data on a rented machine; use the sample study.

Done

Date	Version	System	Installer	Where	Result
2026-09-09	1.3.1	macOS 15.7.9, Intel	Homebrew cask (Intel dmg)	the maintainer's Mac	✅ Installed, signed in, uploaded; in daily use. Not uninstalled
2026-09-11	1.3.2	Ubuntu 22.04, XFCE	AppImage x64	npm run lab -- up ubuntu-2204	❌ Sign-in could not open a browser on a system without xdg-open (#7), fixed in 1.3.3
2026-09-11	1.3.3	macOS 15.7.9, Intel	Homebrew cask, upgraded from 1.3.1	the maintainer's Mac	✅ Upgraded with brew upgrade and the quarantine step, signed in, uploaded. Not uninstalled
2026-09-11	1.3.3	Windows Server 2025, build 26100	Setup .exe x64	npm run lab -- up windows-2025	✅ Downloaded with Edge, installed, signed in, uploaded (the draft checked on Radiopaedia), and uninstalled from Settings. No SmartScreen warning appeared. Start menu not checked
2026-09-11	1.3.3	Ubuntu 24.04, XFCE	AppImage x64	npm run lab -- up ubuntu-2404	✅ Downloaded with Firefox, started after chmod +x with AppArmor's user-namespace restriction, signed in, uploaded. libfuse2t64 was already installed (the lab's xrdp depends on it), so FUSE was not tested
2026-09-11	1.3.3	Ubuntu 24.04, XFCE	deb amd64	the same machine	⚠️ Installed with apt and started, but shown in the Science menu without an icon (#8), fixed after 1.3.3. Removed completely with apt remove

The absence of a SmartScreen warning on Windows Server does not show what happens on Windows 10 or 11: a server edition may not check downloaded apps as a client edition does. The install guide therefore keeps the More info → Run anyway step until a client edition has been tested.

To do

Test these with the current release. Each row is one lab machine and one installer. When a test is done, move it to the table above with its result, including a failure.

	Command	System	Installer	What it tests
☐	npm run lab -- up windows-2022	Windows Server 2022	Setup .exe x64	the installer on the base shared with Windows 10, and the Start menu entry, which the 2025 test did not check
☐	npm run lab -- up ubuntu-2204	Ubuntu 22.04, XFCE	AppImage x64	the fix for #7 on the system where it was found: run sudo apt remove xdg-utils first, because the lab now installs it
☐	npm run lab -- up ubuntu-2204	Ubuntu 22.04, XFCE	deb amd64	installing from a browser download, the menu entry, and apt remove

The two Ubuntu 22.04 rows can be done on one machine: install the AppImage, then the deb, in the same session. Windows costs about 12 cents an hour and Ubuntu about 5.

Not possible with the lab yet

System	Installer	Reason
macOS on Apple silicon	dmg arm64	no Apple silicon Mac available, and a Mac on EC2 is a dedicated host billed by the day
Linux on arm64	AppImage and deb arm64	the lab has no arm64 systems yet; a Graviton instance would work
Windows 10 and 11	Setup .exe x64	EC2 offers only Windows Server; a local virtual machine would work
Ubuntu desktop without FUSE 2	AppImage	every lab machine has FUSE 2, because xrdp depends on it, so the step a new Ubuntu desktop needs before an AppImage starts cannot be tested there