Firefox/Channels/Meetings/2026-03-05

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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

Pascalc, abodea, dsmith, ljanos, oardelean, Mira, csasca, dveditz, dmeehan, mboldan, epopescu, tzsoldos, Aryx, apetridean, btot, atrif,

Schedule Update

• 148
  • Android Fenix/Focus 148.0.1 planned release live @ 100% rollout
  • There is currently no driver for an unplanned Desktop/Android dot release
  • Desktop/Android planned dot release scheduled for next week
    • gtb on 2026-03-09, go-live on 2026-03-10 after QA sign-off
  • Firefox/Focus iOS 148.2 scheduled to start phased rollout at 03:00 UTC on 2026-03-08
  • Firefox iOS 148.3 branches and Firefox iOS 148.3 gtb later today
• 149
  • Desktop 149.0b5 gtb tomorrow @ 100% rollout
    • This is the final Early Beta build of the cycle
  • Android 149.0b5 gtb tomorrow @ 99% rollout
    • Bumping to 100% pending QA sign-off
  • Next week is the last full week of Fx149 beta
• 150
  • No updates

Release Quality Metrics

• https://bugdash.moz.tools/#tab.beta

Desktop Stability

Nightly

crash incidence (% of users experiencing a crash): 3.15% (+1.09pp compared to previous week) - increase likely from https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1994681#c7 whose fix is newer than the latest stability data

Beta

crash incidence: 1.95% (-0.12pp)

Release

crash incidence: 1.03% (+0.01pp)

Mobile Stability

• [Nightly] Frequent [Android 9/ABI 28] Crash in [@ android.os.FileUriExposedException: at android.os.StrictMode.onFileUriExposed(StrictMode.java)]
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2021327
  • needinfoed developer of regressing change
• [Beta, likely only Early Beta] Crash in [@ mozilla::RestyleManager::SnapshotFor]
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1989331
  • crash volume 5x compared to previous development cycles
  • frequently commenting developer needinfoed

QA

Aurora / Dev Edition

• DevEdition functional testing is completed.

Beta

• The 2nd round of functional testing is in progress. No concerns.
• Beta Antivirus testing round is completed. No concerns.
• Beta 149 new feature pre-release testing started today.

Mobile

• Android
  • Build Signoffs Fenix & Focus
    • Beta 149.0b2 build 1 - status GREEN
    • Beta 149.0b3 build 1 - status GREEN
    • Beta 149.0b4 build 1 - status GREEN
    • Dot release 148.0.1 - status GREEN
  • Feature Testing
    • [QA-4802] Search tabs - testing on Beta 149 will start tomorrow
    • [QA-4655] Android Relay phase 1 - testing in Nightly 150.0a1 in progress
    • [QA-4948] Update Google icon - testing in Nightly 150.0a1 started
    • [QA-4331] Crash reporting - testing in Nightly 150.0a1 status GREEN
    • [QA-4935] Android Shake to Summarize - test cases creation

• iOS
  • Build Signoffs
    • Firefox iOS v148.2 (68737) RC2 - status GREEN
    • Firefox iOS v148.2 (68737) RC1 - status Red
    • Focus iOS 148 (68622) RC1 - status GREEN
  • Feature Testing
    • [QA-4946] Update Google Icon to be a circle instead square (iOS test) - testing results sent - GREEN
    • [QA-4926] [iOS Translations - Test Other Languages in Nightly] - testing in progress
    • [QA-4916] Shake To Summarize - Phase 2 - test planning started
    • [QA-4958] iOS Translations - New UI to support language extensions - test planning started

Roundtable & Special Topics

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