Firefox/Channels/Meetings/2023-10-24

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, dsmith, RyanVM, Aryx, dveditz

Schedule Update

• 119
  • 119 go-live day
  • Desktop 119.0 live @ 25% rollout. Throttling to 0% tomorrow per usual practice.
  • Fenix/Focus/Klar 119.0 Android live @ 25% rollout
  • Firefox/Focus/Klar iOS 119.0 live with a phased rollout over 5 days
  • 115.4.0 ESR live @ 100% rollout
• 120
  • Desktop 120.0b1 is rolled out at 25%
  • 120.0b2 gtb tomorrow @ 13:00 UTC
  • Fenix 120.0b1 was not rolled out due to bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1860725
    • We will be rebuilding a b2, expecting QA signoff tomorrow
  • iOS 120.0 b1 new issues are being investigated before distributing to external testers
• 121
  • Fx121 nightly cycle has started

Release quality metrics (Tuesdays)

Desktop Stability

Nightly

crash incidence (% of users experiencing a crash): 2.24%

Beta

crash incidence: 0.99% still for v119 betas + RC

Release

crash incidence: 0.60% - still for v118

Mobile Stability

Fenix

Focus

QA

• 119.0-build2 and 115.4.0esr-build1 build updates signed off on `release` and `esr` respectively

Nightly

• New features – Currently in planning, Fx121 requests are due Oct 27th, alongside technical documentation

Aurora / Dev Edition

Beta

• Beta 120 smoke testing
  • All Critical Smoke tests from P1 suites complete – 1 new bug (S3): https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1860769, signed off for pushing to `beta`
  • All remaining Critical Smoke tests are in progress, a test report will be provided by end of Oct 27th EEST
• Beta 120 functional testing (1 of 3) started
  • Build updates spot-check, DLL interceptor validation, and snap spot-check on 120.0b1-build1 signed off
• Beta 120 top site web compatibility testing starts Oct 25th, a test report will be provided by end of Oct 27th EEST (the latest)
• New features – Beta 120 preliminary testing starts Oct 26th, test reports will be provided by end of Nov 1st EEST

Mobile

• Android
  • Build Signoffs
  • Feature Testing

• iOS
  • Build Signoffs
  • Feature Testing

Action items

Feature Status Review

SUMO Report

Roundtable & Special Topics

Retrospective (Tues 2wks from GA Release)

• Fx118 retro notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CXWqsx-YE31ndclCUZDZNyVtURB6Qq5-4AF9Xhv_oxQ/edit