Firefox/Channels/Meetings/2025-07-17

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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

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Attendees

Dsmith, pascalc, oardelean, Mira, tzsoldos, dmeehan, phorea, RyanVM, abodea, mboldan, atrif, btot, Aryx

Schedule Update

• 140
  • No dot release on the radar before Fx141 go-live
• 141
  • Desktop 141.0 RC1 live on beta @ 100% rollout. Waiting on feedback from a PM for a potential respin due to missing strings.
  • ESR 140.1 pending release
  • Android Fenix/Focus 141.0 live on play store @ 5% rollout
  • iOS Firefox/Focus 141.0 scheduled to start phased rollout at 03:00 UTC on 2025-07-20
  • Next week is Fx141 go-live on 2025-08-01
• 142
  • Nightly soft code freeze has started
    • String freeze starts tomorrow
  • Merge Day and 142.0b1 gtb next week on Monday 2025-07-21
    • no iOS 142 beta builds next week

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): 1.94%

Beta

crash incidence: 1.94%

Release

crash incidence: 0.95%

Mobile Stability

• Fenix Nightly Crash in [@ android.util.AndroidRuntimeException: at com.android.internal.policy.PhoneWindow.requestFeature(PhoneWindow.java)]
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1977303
  • Is this resolved or have newer builds not shipped?
    • no, not yet although the volume is lower. I’ve messaged a few folks, will cast a wider net today

QA

Nightly

[Timea]

• Recurring testing
  • Nightly pre-merge smoke testing -> On track, no new bugs so far
  • Nightly regression search testing -> On track, no new bugs so far

Mobile

• Android / Mira
  • Build Signoffs Fenix & Focus
    • Beta 140.0b9 - status GREEN
    • Firefox for Android 141.0 build 1 - status GREEN
  • Feature Testing
    • [QA-3998] Update Play Store Review Prompt - postponed to Fx143
    • [QA-4015] New Android Menu Redesign - Beta 141 - sign-off status YELLOW
    • [QA-4170] Aura & Digital turbine distribution partner codes - test execution in progress
    • [QA-4174] Client authentication certificates for Android - test planning in progress

• iOS [Andrei]
  • Build Signoffs
    • Firefox iOS v141 (57955) beta 9 - status GREEN
    • Firefox iOS v141 (58084) RC 1 - status GREEN
    • Focus iOS 141 (58086) RC 1 - status GREEN
  • Feature Testing
    • QA-4146 - Searchbox in Middle - Nightly testing done
    • QA-4079 - Toolbar - New Onboarding Redesign - test case creation finished
    • QA-4145 - Content Feed- Stories Card Visual Refresh - Nightly testing done
    • QA-3250 - Content Sharing Optimization - Phase 1 - test case creation finished
    • QA-2385 - iOS Menu Redesign - beta testing done
    • QA-4152 - No Sponsored Tiles flag iOS - Test planning
    • QA-4176 - iOS Homescreen Middle Search, Stories, Content Removal Experiment - test planning
    • QA-4187 - Test Terms of Use bottom sheet UX for existing iOS users - test planning