Firefox/Channels/Meetings/2022-10-27

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
• +17207072699,,536097768# US
• Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/agItTmqIu

Attendees

oardelean, mchiorean, apetridean, bittin, gnichita, atrif, mlobontiuroman, Aryx, csasca, , vlucaci, avaida, dsmith, phorea, aflorinescu, dmeehan, tzsoldos, cbaica, epopescu, dpop, RyanVM, btot

Schedule Update

• 106
  • 106.0.2 @ 100% rollout
• 107
  • Desktop 107.0b6 gtb today @ 100% rollout
  • Fenix/Focus 107.0b4 gtb today @ 99% rollout
    • Bumping to 100% pending QA
  • Reminder: Early beta ends tomorrow 
• 108
  • No updates

Release quality metrics (Tuesdays)

Desktop Stability

Nightly

mc2 crash incidence (% of users experiencing a crash): 1.40% (-0.11pp compared to previous week) == back to normal level, crash rate (crashes/active hour for crashing profiles): 1.88 (-0.19)

• elevated macOS crash rate, might be already fixed (MissionControl dashboard has no insight in the last 2 days by default) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1797001

Beta

mc2 crash incidence: 1.77% (+0.57pp), crash rate: 2.16 (-0.03) - back to normal

Release

mc2 crash incidence: 0.66% (-0.08pp), crash rate: 1.65 (+0.04)

• startup crash in [@ mozilla::gfx::FeatureState::Instance::IsInitialized]
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1797464
  • related to occlusion
  • fixed on autoland

Mobile Stability

Fenix

Focus

QA

• Planned Dot Release 106.0.2 signed off Green (incl. verification of driver 1796391)

Nightly

• New features – Currently in planning, testing on track to start next Monday/Oct 31
  • Upcoming milestones: Feature Complete due (if manual QA needed in Nightly) - tomorrow/Oct 28

Aurora / Dev Edition

Beta

• Build validation – 107.0b5 Beta signed off Green, DevEd currently in testing (no concerns so far)
• Regression testing
  • Tier 1 top site testing signed off Green – new bug: 1797303 (S3, not a recent regression)
  • Antivirus testing in progress – no concerns so far
  • Core regression testing (2 of 3) in progress – no concerns so far
• New features – No updates right now

Mobile

[apetridean]

• Fenix Beta 107.0b2- [GREEN]
• Focus Beta 107.0b2 - [GREEN]
• Fenix Beta 107.0b3- [GREEN]
• Focus Beta 107.0b3 - [GREEN]

Action items

Feature Status Review

SUMO Report

Roundtable & Special Topics

• [avaida] Early heads-up: Upcoming holidays in Romania (Nov 30, Dec 1) will impact schedule next release cycle
• Next week is fewer meetings week, Tuesday channel meeting has been canceled
• Switch to winter time, most Mozilla meetings will be held one hour earlier next week from a European point of view

Retrospective (Tues 2wks from GA Release)