Firefox/Channels/Meetings/2022-07-05
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Channel Meeting Details
- Tuesdays at 10am and Thursdays at 7:30am Pacific Time
- Riot #release-drivers for backchannel
- Past meeting notes: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Channels/Meetings
Video/Teleconference Details
- Zoom Meeting ID: 536 097 768
- https://mozilla.zoom.us/j/536097768
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Contents
Attendees
Pascal, dmeehan, dsmith,afischer, Aryx, telin, dveditz, JR Johnson
Schedule Update
- Release 102
- 102.0.1 desktop dot release tomorrow fixing post-release reported regressions
- We will have corresponding focus/fenix dot release to pick up a couple of stability patches in Geckoview
- 102.0.1 desktop dot release tomorrow fixing post-release reported regressions
- Beta 103
- 103.0b5 GTB tonight @ 100% rollout
- Fenix/Focus 103.0b2 live @ 100% rollout
- End of early beta on Friday July 8
- Nightly 104
- nothing to call out
Release quality metrics (Tuesdays)
Desktop Stability
Nightly
mc2 crash incidence (% of users experiencing a crash): 1.64% (+0.38pp compared to previous week) == back to normal level, crash rate (crashes/active hour for crashing profiles): 1.99 (-0.02)
- Crash in [@ nsWindow::NativeMoveResizeWaylandPopupCallback]
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1777919
- developer needinfoed
Beta
mc2 crash incidence: 1.92% (+0.95pp), crash rate: 2.26 (-0.03) - macOS slightly more parent process crashes from https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1699936 , but still in normal range
- Crash in [@ mozilla::dom::IOUtils::Read]
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1777933
- developer peterv needinfoed, regressing change unknown
Release
mc2 crash incidence: 0.76% (-0.01pp), crash rate: 1.57 (-0.16)
ESR
- Startup Crash in [@ nsRemoteService::StartupServer]
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1777534
- top crash, related to security software
- not observed for non-ESR version
- Did Mozilla Online (China) reach out and did get a reply?
Mobile Stability
Fenix
Focus
QA
Nightly
- Nightly 104 WebRTC regression testing - signed off Green
- New features - currently working on test plans and test cases
Aurora / Dev Edition
Beta
- Build validation - 103.0b3-build1 and 103.0b4-build1 signed off Green
- Beta 103 feature preliminary testing in progress and reports will be sent until tomorrow EOD for (QA-1516) Subtitles settings in PiP window and site-specific wrappers and (QA-1476) Add a policy for Fx update pinning.
- No report will be sent for (QA-1515) Pin Firefox to taskbar on Win10/11 with the installer since the feature has not been uplifted yet to Beta 103
- Regression testing - round 1 (of 3) targeting core browser areas and tier 1 top sites testing signed off Green, round 2 is in currently in progress, alongisde antivirus testing
- Initial fix triage - completed, currently working on reducing the bug verification backlog
Mobile
Action items
Feature Status Review
- Not much of an update this week. No features reported as challenged or at risk at this time
- Coming off a long weekend so the feature updates are a bit behind schedule. Expect to have status by end of week.
SUMO Report
- Desktop Forum Contributor Discussion Thread V102: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums/contributors/715829?last=83816
- Support for PiP Subtitles on HBO Max confusion: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/vmmobb/firefox_1020_see_all_new_features_updates_and/ie2sdtb/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1775509: looks like it included a wrapper for HBO Max with support for play/pause and volume but not subtitles yet. - resolved
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1681498: If the user did not previously have this setting turned on, they are protected from major data loss by disabling the default clearing of browsing/download/form/search history.
- For most people this is not a problem that cache is cleared at shutdown. But we have seen some related mentions: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=3096922 and https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/vn68tr/firefox_is_unchecking_delete_cookies_and_site/
- Bug creating desktop shortcuts: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1774683
- Fix approved for the dot release. - check the release notes channel.
- Seen some reports of Internet connection sharing causing Fx crashes or freezing