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The MVP QA Checklist
27 checks I run on every MVP audit. Print it, share with your team, and don’t launch until each one is green.
1. Critical path (must ship green)
- Sign up with a fresh email — no errors, verification email arrives < 30s
- Log in — correct credentials work, wrong credentials show helpful error
- Complete the core action your app was built for (checkout, publish, submit)
- Log out — user is fully logged out, protected pages redirect to login
2. Payments (if you charge money)
- Successful payment with test card (4242 4242 4242 4242)
- Declined card — user sees clear error, not a spinner or dead screen
- 3DS/authentication flow completes and returns to your app
- Invoice/receipt email arrives within 60 seconds
- Refund path exists (even if manual)
3. Data & state
- Empty state (brand new account) has clear next action, not just an empty screen
- Long content (long names, long descriptions, 500-char messages) doesn't break layout
- Concurrent tabs — editing in one tab doesn't corrupt state in another
- Refreshing mid-flow doesn't lose data
4. Mobile & responsive
- Full critical path completes on a real iPhone
- Full critical path completes on a real Android
- Portrait & landscape both render correctly
- Touch targets are at least 44×44px
- No horizontal scroll on any screen at 375px width
5. Cross-browser (minimum)
- Works on latest Chrome
- Works on latest Safari (desktop & iOS)
- Works on latest Firefox
6. Error handling
- Airplane-mode test — clear offline message, not a broken loading state
- Server 500 — user sees a helpful error, not a blank page
- Session expired — user is redirected to login with a friendly message
7. Security basics
- URLs with user data (profile, dashboard) require authentication
- Other users' data isn't accessible by changing an ID in the URL
- Password is never returned in API responses
8. Launch prep
- Real production URL loads without SSL warnings
- Meta tags & social preview look correct when shared on Twitter/LinkedIn
- Analytics is firing (real page view shows up in your dashboard)
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