Firefox/Channels/Meetings/2024-08-01

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

dmeehan, Mira, Pascalc, apetridean, oardelean, abodea, dlucaci, Aryx, dpop, mboldan, RyanVM, csasca, cbadau, atrif

Schedule Update

• Firefox 128
  • No dot release on the radar before Fx129 go-live
• Firefox 129
  • Desktop 129.0 RC1 live on beta @ 100% rollout
  • Building RC2 later today for Desktop 129.0, Android Fenix/Focus 129.0, ESR 115.14, and ESR 128.1
  • iOS Firefox 129.0 yellow QA sign-off
    • Engineering is investigating
  • iOS Focus 129.0 submitted for review
  • Next week is Fx129 go-live on 2024-08-06
• Firefox 130
  • Nightly soft code freeze has started
    • String freeze starts tomorrow
  • Merge Day and 130.0b1 gtb next week on Monday 2024-08-05

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): 3.93% (elevated by extension related crashes which got fixed by backout)

Beta

crash incidence: 2.21%

Release

crash incidence: 1.31% (elevated because of 128.0.3 new)

Mobile Stability

QA

Nightly

• Nightly 130 pre-merge smoke testing in progress. No concerns.
• Nightly 130 search testing in progress. No concerns.

Aurora / Dev Edition

Beta

Mobile

• Android

[apetridean]

• • Build Signoffs
  • Fenix & Focus
    • Beta 128.0b9 - status GREEN
    • RC 128.0.3 - status GREEN
    • RC 129.0 - status GREEN

• • Feature Testing
    • [QA-2258] Android Toolbar Redesign - phase 1: nav bar - Yellow sign-off Nightly preliminary testing
    • [QA-2472] Android Autofill Site Compatibility testing - blocked
    • [QA-2355] Text fragments feature testing on Nightly - test execution in progress
    • [QA-2434] Android 15 Preview Compatibility testing - in progress
    • [QA-2549] Smoke testing on Fenix with SHIP enabled - test execution in progress
    • [QA-2517] Android Data collection and transmission changes - test creation in progress

• iOS

[abodea]

• • Build Signoffs
    • Beta 9 Firefox iOS v129 (43935) - Status Green
    • RC 2 Firefox iOS v129.0 (44023) - Status Red
    • RC 1 Firefox iOS v129.0 (44092) - Status Yellow
  • Feature Testing
    • QA-2461 - iOS Address Autofill - Phase 2 - beta foxfooding - testing results sent
    • QA-2324 - iOS Menu Redesign - testing started

Action items

Feature Status Review (Read-Only)

SUMO Report

Roundtable & Special Topics

• The 2025 Release Calendar dates are now available

Retrospective