Firefox/Channels/Meetings/2024-08-28

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

Dbarladeanu, dmeehan, dlucaci, csasca, oardelean, aflorinescu, cbaica, dpop, mira, mboldan, RyanVM, pascalc, btot, Aryx, epopescu

Schedule Update

• 129
  • No dot release on the radar before Fx130 go-live
  • There is an ongoing incident for YouTube performance issues but YouTube has rolled back a change.
• 130
  • Desktop 130.0 RC2 live on beta @ 100% rollout
  • ESR 115.15 pending release
    • Waiting on Youtube feedback to know if they will keep the rollback until October. Potentially a build2 for QA tomorrow if they can’t.
  • ESR 128.2 pending release
  • Android Fenix/Focus 130.0 build2 in review
  • iOS Firefox/Focus 130.0 scheduled to start phased rollout at 03:00 UTC on 2024-09-01
  • Next week is Fx130 go-live on 2024-09-03
• 131
  • Nightly soft code freeze has started
    • String freeze starts tomorrow
  • Merge Day and 131.0b1 gtb next week on Monday 2024-09-02

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): 2.47%

Beta

crash incidence: 1.76%

Release

crash incidence: 1.18%

Mobile Stability

QA

Nightly

[dlucaci]

• Nightly 131 accessibility testing - done, green status sent
• Nightly 131 pre-merge smoke testing - in progress. No concerns.
• Nightly 131 search testing - in progress. No concerns.

Aurora / Dev Edition

Beta

Mobile

• Android

[dpop]

• • Build Signoffs Fenix & Focus
    • Beta 130.0b9 - status GREEN
    • RC 130.0 build 1 - status GREEN
    • RC 130.0 build 2 - status GREEN

• • Feature Testing
    • [QA-2561] Back-button intervention feature testing - test cases sent for review
    • [QA-2446] (Android) Improvements to navigating and editing the hierarchical file system for bookmarks - postponed to Fx132
    • [QA-2442] (Android) When a bookmark is created, the user can add it immediately to a new or an existing folder - postponed to Fx132
    • [QA-2582] Android: Autofill Sites Compatibility testing Fx130 - Beta 131 testing done
    • [QA-2517] Android Data collection and transmission changes - dropped
    • [QA-2510] QA for Android Menu Redesign's Tools and Save menus - test planning
    • [QA-2525] Audit Android touch targets and focus states (Google Android audit) - Nightly 131 testing done
    • [QA-2579] (Android) When the anti-tracking lists start syncing from Remote-Settings instead of Shavar, the anti-tracking coverage should not regress - Nightly 131 testing done, status Green
    • [QA-2355] Text Fragments feature testing on Nightly - Nightly 131 testing done, status Green

• iOS
  • Build Signoffs
    • Firefox iOS 130 (44542) - Beta 9 - status [GREEN]
    • Focus iOS 130 (44596) - Release candidate 1 - status [GREEN]
    • Firefox iOS 130 (44595) - Release Candidate 1 - status [GREEN]

• • Feature Testing
    • QA-2324 - iOS Toolbar Redesign - testing in progress
    • QA-2555 - Felt Privacy - Unified Panel - test case creation in progress

Action items

Feature Status Review (Read-Only)

SUMO Report

Roundtable & Special Topics

• Monday 2024-09-02 is a US/CA public holiday

Retrospective

• Fx129 retro scheduled for 2024-09-03 at 8am PT
  • Please reach out to dmeehan if you have not received an invite but would like to attend.