Firefox/Channels/Meetings/2019-04-18

Channel Meeting Details

• Tuesdays 10am and Thursdays at 8am Pacific Time
• irc.mozilla.org #planning for backchannel

Video/Teleconference Details - NEW

• 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x92 Conf# 99951 (US/INTL)
• 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 99951 (US)
• Vidyo Room: Release Coordination
• Vidyo Guest URL

REMEMBER

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Attendees

pascal, marcia, RyanVM, Thomas,abodea,bsurd, philipp, Aryx, sflorean, adrian_sv, csasca, vlucaci, lizzard, ccomorasu, lapahidean,atrif, ebalazs,tania, callek, Tom, sdeiac, mlobontiuroman, mcoman, asoncutean, cionce, ritu,drus, bmaris,

Schedule Update

Current releases dashboard: https://mozilla.github.io/delivery-dashboard

• 67.0b3 may build a bit late today as trees are closed

Off-train releases

Current Shield studies: https://strategy-and-insights.mozilla.com/shield-studies/index.html

Stability

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1543113 is on file to improve the Shutdown Kill signatures
• Filed https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1545426 to account for the fact we are showing some crashes as 66.0.3esr?

Nightly

firefox nightly summary score: 6.51, Tuesday 6.47

• New networking crash https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1545023 has a patch
• Core | IPC regression https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1544765
• Patch posted for top crash https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1542706

Beta

firefox beta summary score: 3.19, Tuesday 3.29

• Top crash https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1403546 has a patch
  • and in addition should be solved by blocklisting malicious addons: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1544315
• Awaiting and update for Top crash https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1535699
• indexeddb crash: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1528690 - 4% of browser crashes

Release

firefox release summary score: 1.91 , Tuesday 1.92

• Some comments in #16 top crash https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402724. Has risen in 66.
• Core | Graphics content crash https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1535866 is awaiting a patch
• #2 top crash https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1487194 continues to be high on release/beta. jan has taken the bug

Mobile

• Crash rate is calculated based on usage hours (the time Firefox is actively used).
• Usage hours will be significantly lower on Fennec than on desktop Firefox, so we can't compare mobile rates to desktop rates.

• Release

fennec release summary score: 16.79, Tuesday 16.80

• • Filed a new bug for https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1545429 - still happening and in top 15 (albeit in reduced numbers)

• Beta

fennec beta summary score: 68.95, Tuesday 71.56

• • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1521158 seems to have increased in volume in b11. Investigation is ongoing
  • Not much else to call out in b11

• Nightly

fennec nightly summary score: 60.49, Tuesday 61.94

• • All top crashes on file. Some single installation crashes

QA

Nightly

[Liviu]

• We finished the Nightly Validation testing - 2nd run on Firefox 68.0a1 - Completed
  • GREEN - Manual tests: https://testrail.stage.mozaws.net/index.php?/plans/view/16879

• We are also working on Fx 68 features - testcase and test plan creation

Beta

[cfogel]

• Beta 14 reminder (test and release on Thu, April 25th since there's a National Holiday in Romania on April 26th)

• New regressions since last week:
  • High-impact (0)
  • Other (3): 1544015, 1544688, 1544791
  • Pending bisection (0)

• Added test coverage for 1498973 (66.0.3 driver): https://testrail.stage.mozaws.net/index.php?/cases/view/326590

• Windows 10 build 1903 release date announced: May 10.
  • Testing uncovered no compatibility issues on earlier Fx67 builds and Fx60.6esr. We intend to spot-check critical areas again once the build is released.

Mobile Stability

[sflorean]

• Sign-off Beta 67.0b11 - status GREEN
• Sign-off Nightly pre-check part 3 - status GREEN