Firefox/Channels/Meetings/2023-12-07

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

dbarladeanu, RyanVM, dmeehan, mlobontiuroman, Aryx, dlucaci, csasca, oardelean, epopescu, gnichita, mboldan, pascalc, dsmith, btot, asoncutean, dpop, bchatterton

Schedule Update

• 120
  • No scheduled dot release at the moment
  • Ongoing incident investiagtion regarding crash spike in fenix 120
    • #incident-2023-12-06-fenix-release-120-startup-crashes
• 121
  • 121.0b9 gtb tomorrow
  • RC week next week
• 122
  • Nightly soft code freeze starts next week - Thursday 2023-12-14

Release quality metrics (Thursdays)

• https://mozilla-hub.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FIREFOX/pages/277284167/Beta+Quality+Metrics
  • Nothing of major concern in the metrics ahead of RC week next week.

Desktop Stability

Nightly

crash incidence (% of users experiencing a crash): 2.94% (-0.04pp compared to previous week)

Beta

crash incidence: 1.93% (+0.07pp)

Release

crash incidence: 0.84% (+0.05pp)

• Crash in [@ shutdownhang | RtlpWaitOnAddressWithTimeout | RtlpWaitOnAddress | RtlpWaitOnCriticalSection | RtlpEnterCriticalSectionContended | RtlEnterCriticalSection | google_breakpad::ExceptionHandler::~ExceptionHandler]
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1868772
  • top crash #10, crash volume more than doubled compared to previous versions

• Startup Crash in [@ mozilla::default_agent::RegisterTask]
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1868786
  • new in v120, low volume

Mobile Stability

Fenix

Focus

QA

Nightly

[dlucaci]

• Nightly 122 feature testing - in progress. Features reports will be sent until tomorrow eod.
• Nightly 122 top site web compat testing completed.

Aurora / Dev Edition

Beta

• Beta 121 functional testing (3 of 3) - in progress. No concerns so far.
• Beta 121 exploratory testing - in progress. No concerns.

Mobile

• Android [Mira]
  • Build Signoffs Fenix & Focus
    • Beta 3 - status GREEN
    • Beta 4 - status GREEN
    • RC 120.0.1 - status GREEN
    • Beta 6 - status GREEN
    • RC 120.1.0 - status GREEN
    • Beta 7 - status GREEN
    • Beta 8 - status GREEN
  • Feature Testing
    • [QA-2153] Users should be able to create and use passkeys through Google Password Manager on Android - status GREEN on Beta 121
    • [QA-2154] Feature QA for CBH @ Android - status GREEN on Beta 121
    • [QA-2171] Shopping Catch All for v121 given we don't yet know what exactly is prioritized for 121 yet [Android] - in progress
    • [QA-2133] [Android] QA Review Checker on Amazon.fr and Amazon.de - testing on Nightly 122 in progress
    • [QA-1900] Use Fenix to open PDFs - status GREEN on Nightly 122
    • [QA-2198] Android Review Checker Ads - status GREEN on Nightly 122
    • [QA-2218] Website Translations for Fenix on Android - in progress
    • [QA-2211] DMA choice screen QA for Fenix - in progress

• iOS [Diana]
  • Build Signoffs
    • Firefox iOS 121 (36567) - Beta 7 - status [GREEN]
    • Firefox iOS 120.4 (36613) - Dot Release 4 - status [GREEN]
    • Firefox iOS 121 (36679) - Beta 8 - status [GREEN]
  • Feature Testing
    • Fakespot integration - iPad testing in progress on beta121

Action items

Feature Status Review

• Firefox 121 Beta
  • Allow users to Highlight & Comment on PDF still reported as on track but may slip to Fx123.
  • Release Firefox as a .deb package forecast has been shifted to Fx122. Although the work landed and rode to beta with Fx121 we are still working to coordinate our messaging for Fx122.
  • HTML5Parser OnStopRequest - OMT slipped to Fx122 while the team works through experimentation details
  • Land Fox Doodle set default treatment in MC slipped to Fx122 as the work was failing try builds after landing in Fx121
  • User facing features specifically targeting our Mobile products; Android & iOS
    • Migrating Android from APK to AAB file, increasing out maximum app size from 100 to 150 MB: FXDROID-408
    • Cookie Banner Handling on Android in Germany PBM: FXDROID-203
    • iPad support for Fakespot is CHALLENGED

• Firefox 122 Nightly
  • Fundamentals Enhancements: Browser Interaction Speed Perception/Responsiveness [Speed v1] was reported as CHALLENGED for the past several weeks as the engineering resourcing for this project has been deprioritized. In response, the release forecast has been shifted to Fx124
  • No other features are currently considered challenged or at risk for Fx122!
  • interop-2023 Update URL parser to comply with URL standard forecast has been slipped to Fx123 while the team works through test failures.
  • User facing features specifically targeting our Mobile products; Android & iOS
    • Email Tracking Protection in Android ETP Strict mode: FXDROID-573
    • Default to ETP Strict mode in Android PBM: FXDROID-572

SUMO Report

Roundtable & Special Topics

Retrospective (Tues 2wks from GA Release)

• Fx120 Retro scheduled for 2023-12-19 - ping Dianna for an invite if wanted