Firefox/Channels/Meetings/2023-01-31

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

dmeehan, telin, RyanVM, pascalc,dsmith,tania

Schedule Update

• 109
  • Desktop 109.0.1 live @ 25% rollout
  • Fenix/Focus 109.2.0 live @ 25% rollout
• 110
  • Desktop/DevEdition 110.0b8 gtb today
  • Reminder next week is RC week
• 111
  • Reminder the Soft Freeze starts at the end of next week (2023-02-09)

Release quality metrics (Tuesdays)

• Desktop stability shows an improvement from previous week

Desktop Stability

Nightly

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

Beta

crash incidence: % (pp), crash rate: ()

Release

crash incidence: % (pp), crash rate: ()

Mobile Stability

Fenix

Focus

QA

• Planned Dot Release 109.0.1 – update tests have passed on the `release` channel

Nightly

• New features – All trending Green from a quality standpoint at this time, test reports due Feb 3
• Regression testing
  • Autofill testing in progress – 52 new bugs so far: https://mzl.la/3DuyfJv (S3-S4, site and region specific)
  • Accessibility testing starts Feb 6
  • Pre-merge regression testing starts Feb 9

Aurora / Dev Edition

Beta

• New features – All trending Green from a quality standpoint at this time, pre-release sign offs due Feb 1
• Build validation
  • 110.0b6 signed off Green – 2 new bugs: 1812969, 1812972 (S4 regressions)
  • 110.0b7 signed off Green – no new bugs
• Regression testing
  • Regression testing (3 of 3) in progress – 1 new bug: 1813579 (S4 non-regression)
  • End-to-end testing in progress – no new bugs so far

Mobile

Action items

Feature Status Review

• Firefox 110 Beta
  • No challenged or at risk features called out by feature owners
  • Confirming feature readiness to ride the trains to Release
  • User felt experience and Release notes prompting during Beta W2. Several features have been nominated!
• Firefox 111 Nightly
  • No challenged or at risk features called out by feature owners
  • Implement PFetch/FetchService slipped to Fx112 as the previously reported challenges are well understood but just taking longer than expected
  • Remove origin directories on shutdown with a background task enabled on Nightly ONLY. Riding the trains is expected in Fx112.
  • Search/Newtab project work showing up in Jira! Working to get regular updates added.

SUMO Report

Roundtable & Special Topics

• Thomas Elin PTO - Starting Feb 20 (4 weeks) returning Mar 20.
• Release notes owner
• [Tania] Tracy published a new document regarding Embedded QA Vs. Regular QA processes
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DzHqRRjMJXRUGPC0A6gV8SyLZ-_gT--ASlhC2rosXsY/edit#heading=h.z9q7m8klq9bv

Retrospective (Tues 2wks from GA Release)

• Fx109 retro will be 14-Feb, invites will be sent this week