Firefox/Channels/Meetings/2025-03-20

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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

REMEMBER

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Attendees

Mira, pascalc, dbarladeanu, dpop,mboldan, atrif, epopescu,ljanos

Schedule Update

• 136
  • Desktop 136.0.2 and Android Fenix/Focus 136.0.2 planned dot release live @ 100% rollout
  • Firefox iOS 136.3 planned dot release is live with a phased rollout
  • No dot release on the radar before Fx137 go-live
• 137
  • Desktop 137.0b9 gtb tomorrow @ 100% rollout
    • This is the final build of the cycle
  • Android 137.0b9 gtb tomorrow @ 99% rollout
    • Bumping to 100% pending QA sign-off
  • Firefox iOS 137.0b9 gtb today
    • Available to external testers pending QA sign-off
  • Next week is the RC week
  • The deadline for Release Notes is 2025-03-26
• 138
  • Nightly soft code freeze starts next week - Thursday 2025-03-27

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): 2.59%

Beta

crash incidence: 1.69%

Release

crash incidence: 1.13%

• Startup Crash in [@ stguard64.dll | RtlpLowFragHeapAllocFromContext | stguard64.dll | RtlpFreeHeapInternal | stguard64.dll | RtlFreeHeap | free_base] with Safetica
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1955281
  • domain expert needinfoed if they had been in contact with them because of recent development work

Mobile Stability

• Frequent Startup Crash in [@ java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: at java.nio.Buffer.positionImpl(Buffer.java)] with Android 5-6 on ARMv7
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1955291
  • triage owner needinfoed

QA

Nightly

• Nightly 138 new feature testing. Reports will be sent by tomorrow eod.
  • QA-2790-Contextual Password Manager and QA-2749-Profile Switching Feature trending yellow.
• Nightly 138 top site web compatibility testing in progress. No concerns.

Beta

• 3rd round of Beta 137 functional testing in progress. No concerns.
• Beta 137 exploratory testing in progress. No concerns.

Mobile

• Android
  • Build Signoffs Fenix & Focus
    • Beta 137.0b6 - status GREEN
    • Beta 137.0b7 - status GREEN
    • Beta 137.0b8 - status GREEN
    • RC 136.0.2 build 2 - status GREEN

• • Feature Testing
    • [QA-3273] Ensuring that viewing websites with Desktop Mode enabled on Tablet works as expected - Green sign-off for Fenix Nightly 138
    • [QA-3251] DoH Enablement - Fenix and Focus: UI Test - Green sign-off for Fenix Nightly 138
    • [QA-3462] Customization in Onboarding (Android) - Green sign-off for RC 136.0.2 Build 2
    • [QA-3202] Show trending searches suggestions from the search engine provider when user focuses on the address bar - test planning in progress

• iOS
  • Build Signoffs
    • Firefox iOS 137 (52146) - Beta 6 - status [GREEN]
    • Firefox iOS 137 (52236) - Beta 7 - status [GREEN]
    • Firefox iOS 136.3 (52294) - Dot Release 3 - status [GREEN]
    • Firefox iOS 137 (52367) - Beta 8 - status [GREEN]

• • Feature Testing
    • QA-3253 - Tab Tray Optimization - beta testing result sent - GREEN status
    • QA-3472 - iOS Settings Options Reorganization + Autoplay option - beta testing result sent - GREEN status
    • QA-3249 - Large PDF Loading Screen - nightly testing result sent - GREEN status
    • QA-3279 - App icon picker - beta testing in progress
    • QA-3471 - OS Night Mode UI Changes - beta testing in progress

Roundtable & Special Topics

Retrospective

• Fx136 retro scheduled for 2025-04-01, please reach out to dmeehan if you would like to be added.