Release Management/Release Days

Release Day

Previous day

• Wait for QA to sign off QA signs off for Firefox 147
• Send instructions to r-d to push live to the release channel (before Firefox version 29, it was done the same day):

Subject: Please push Firefox Desktop 147 build #X to mirrors

• QA should sign-off channel updates
• Release notes signed off by PMM (Product Marketing Manager)

About merge day

Release day

• Join #www, #releng, #release-drivers, #planning to make sure people can contact you and you can ask questions or ping people
• Download APKs (don't forget to use -b in case of second build)

./braindump/releases-related/get_apk.sh 146.0

• Upload mobile APKs on Google play + T Store + Yandex (around 6 PST, due to the Google play latency)

• Send instructions to r-d to enable update to 25% (around 7 PST):

Subject: Please push Firefox Desktop 146.0 (build #X) snippets to the release channel - 25% update rate
To: r-d

Please push Firefox Desktop 146 (build #X) snippets to the release channel - 25% update rate.

{YOUR NAME}

• Switch the release notes to public in Nucleus
  • Confirm that the security release note has been added
  • Confirm that the new Mozillian thank you note has been added
• Push product-details update for 146 - Documentation (around 6:30 PST)
  • If a new locale is shipped with this version of Firefox, don't forget to add this in the product details.
• Steps for bedrock push on release or beta
  • Go to the URL :http://bedrockadm.private.phx1.mozilla.com/chief/bedrock.productdetails (requires MPT-VPN)
  • Follow the steps under "product-details" push on mana (but using "master" as ref, not a commit hash):
    https://mana.mozilla.org/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1802733#BedrockCluster%28www.mozilla.org%29-product-detailspush
  • Output looks similar to:

Updating! revision: master
We have the new code!
Code has been updated locally!
All done!

• • Wait for https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/ and https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/#firefox to show the right version (and clicking to try and download the right binary)

• QA sign-off on updates for Desktop
• QA sign-off on updates for Mobile
• Let PMM (communications@mozilla.com) know they can push blog posts and start communicating to Press
• Update Releases#Previous_Releases
• Send announcement of new release to announce@lists.mozilla.org:
  • Note: You will need to approve your post to this list in the admin interface

Subject: A new version of Firefox is now available
To: announce@lists.mozilla.org

Firefox 146 is now available as a free download for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and Android from http://www.mozilla.org/firefox/new/.

As always, we recommend that users keep up to date with the newest version of Firefox for the latest features and fixes.

The release notes for this release are available at:
Desktop: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/notes
Mobile: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/notes
 
{YOUR NAME}
Firefox Release Manager

• Once an ESR is released, you can push

Subject: Firefox ESR 60 Released
To: enterprise@mozilla.org

Firefox ESR 60 is now available for download at https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html. 

As always, we recommend that users keep up to date with the newest version of Firefox ESR for the latest stability and security fixes.

Release notes for Firefox 60 are available at:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60/releasenotes/

Associated security advisories will be posted once available at:
https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefoxESR.html

{YOUR NAME}
Firefox Release Manager

The day after

• Send instructions to r-d to disable updates:

Subject: Please disable updates for 146
To: r-d

Please disable updates for Firefox 146.

{YOUR NAME}