Firefox/Channels/Meetings/2024-05-09

Channel Meeting Details

• Thursdays at 7:30am Pacific Time
• 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

Attendees

RyanVM, dmeehan, dbarladeanu, apetridean,vtamas, oardelean, atrif, phorea, bhidecuti, mboldan, lizzard, ljanos, mlobontiu, mchiorean, tzsoldos

Schedule Update

• 125
  • No dot release on the radar before Fx126 go-live
• 126
  • Desktop and Android Fenix/Focus 126.0 RC2 builds later today
  • ESR 115.11 pending release
  • iOS Firefox/Focus 126.0 scheduled to start phased rollout at 02:00 UTC on 2024-05-12
  • Next week is Fx126 go-live on 2024-05-14
• 127
  • Nightly soft code freeze has started
    • String freeze starts tomorrow
  • Merge Day and 127.0b1 gtb next week on Monday 2024-05-13

Release Quality Metrics

• https://mozilla-hub.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FIREFOX/pages/277284167/Beta+Quality+Metrics

Desktop Stability

Nightly

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

Beta

crash incidence: % (pp)

• Crash in [@ shutdownhang | alloc::raw_vec::RawVec<T>::current_memory]
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1895259
  • volume quadrupled for betas of version 126 compared to 125

Release

crash incidence: % (pp)

Mobile Stability

QA

Nightly

• Nightly 127 accessibility testing in progress. No concerns.
• Nightly 127 pre-merge smoke testing in progress. No concerns.
• Nightly 127 search testing in progress. No concerns.

Aurora / Dev Edition

Beta

Mobile

• Android
  • Build Signoffs
    • Fenix & Focus
    • Beta 126.0b9 - status GREEN
    • RC 126.0 - status GREEN

• • Feature Testing
    • [QA-2258] Android Toolbar Redesign - in progress
    • [QA-2391] TextInput event feature testing (regression prevention) - in progress
    • [QA-2414] Website Translations for Fenix on Android (wave 2): Global Settings and Bug Fixes
    • [QA-2410] Test Rollout of Android "Set to Default" Screen Optimization - In progress
    • [QA-2433] Smoke test current Android Toolbar in Fx 126 and 127 - In progress

• iOS
  • Build Signoffs
    • Focus iOS 126 (41601) - Release candidate - status [GREEN]
    • Firefox iOS 126 (41600) - Release candidate 1 - status [GREEN]
    • Firefox iOS 126 (41677) - Release candidate 2 - status [GREEN]

• • Feature Testing
    • QA-2324 - iOS Toolbar Redesign - test case creation in progress

Action items

Feature Status Review (Read-Only)

• 126
  • No challenged or at risk desktop features at this time!
  • Native HTTPS RR implementation slipped to Fx127 due to a blocking regression that has been resolved in Fx127
  • iOS tab tray refactor is on track for an experiment in Fx126 (and rollout in Fx127) after some earlier attempts blocked by regressions.
  • Android Translations are on track to ship in Fx126 via an experiment.
• 127
  • No challenged or at risk desktop features at this time!
  • Fragmentation / Printing Improvements has been added to the Fx127 forecast!
  • Revamp Clear Data Dialog slipped to Fx128 to allow additional bake time from a recently resolved regression and exploration of edge cases
  • Android tab tray refactor is targeting Fx127. This is a big change and might be a regression risk.
  • Android crash reporter improvements (to include experiment info) are targeting Fx127.
  • Added “Passwords” menu item to Firefox Android’s application menu, a popular user request.

SUMO Report

Roundtable & Special Topics

Retrospective

• Fx125 retro next week Tuesday @ 8am PT
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qzCRx2-Ais_ZYmWejrbDaAGViw_YRMGqfiRmfjHdVnw/edit?usp=sharing