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Information and links to do with Firefox 72.
This may be useful for Mozilla contributors actively working on the release. 
It is also a record for future reference.  

==About the 72 release ==
* [[Release_Management/Release_owners|Release owner]]: Julien Cristau (:jcristau)
* Corresponding ESR release: 68.4.0
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10VEf3__QCWDb4EGom-W6qGPlu71R_fDQiTCLc-7Sggo/edit Tracking document] for the 72 cycle timeline from Nightly to release.
* [[Releases/Firefox_72/Test_Plan|Test Plan]] / [https://jira.mozilla.com/projects/PI/summary PI Requests]: Details of testing from QA.
* All [https://experimenter.services.mozilla.com/?ordering=-latest_change&type=&status=&firefox_channel=&firefox_version=72.0&project=&owner= shield studies for 72] 
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/13KbmtpdNZqx4Nalqi0PBck-xMZF0IYPfdOCIH24witI/edit?usp=sharing Postmortem] notes, 2 weeks after the release.

==Release checklists==
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1FGdCyMc6d5O6CX7hVxaEGaas1gEBmF7FR6VUoUIjLC8/edit ESR 68 checklists]
* Blank [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Kexb-hd8chGEN63zZKqkBSxREe7nR_A2Ai2OuehaBaM/edit#gid=221890705 checklist templates]


==Dates of 72 releases== 
===72.0a1 Nightly===
* First released: October 21, 2019
* [https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/72.0a1/releasenotes/ Release notes]

===72 Beta===
* 72.0b1 dev ed release on aurora channel: November 26, 2019
* 72.0b3 Beta release on beta channel: December 3rd, 2019
* 72.0b8 End of EARLY_BETA_OR_EARLIER: December 19, 2019
* Release notes draft - [https://www-dev.allizom.org/firefox/72.0beta/releasenotes staging] - [https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/20.0beta/releasenotes/ final]

===72.0 Release===
* January 7, 2020
** desktop: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/72.0/releasenotes/
** fennec 68.4: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/android/68.4/releasenotes/

==Queries==
* Pascal's useful query page: https://pascalc.net/rm_queries/
* Mission Control crash dashboard: https://metrics.mozilla.com/~sguha/mz/missioncontrol/ex1/mc2/beta.html
* Mission Control daily snapshots: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F9mHl1o3nocVbLXTz7x2KdmNiUpIRDJgN5TN2MmbtFA/edit?pli=1#gid=274778338 
* 72 tracking:+   https://mzl.la/32IzksE
* 72 tracking:?   https://mzl.la/2N6rTox
* 72 burndown: https://mzl.la/2S1IlKS
* Affected in 72, P1: 
* 72 features : 
* Fixed in 72 cycle: 
* [https://mzl.la/2itskds relnote:?] to check for issues nominated
* Relnote 72: 
* Unassigned tracking 72: https://mzl.la/2pTqBG3
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10VEf3__QCWDb4EGom-W6qGPlu71R_fDQiTCLc-7Sggo/edit Beta simulation] tracking
* Beta uplift requests for Firefox: 
* esr68 uplift requests for Fennec:

==Other useful links==
* Sec-review [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eVoTcY1mS-_qdfSbuiyU5ScVcK-3Eqs9jSD3v6uoMf8/edit process] & [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wVsqL3pfrXDp3Om8ZdmEjJqsVnJoPs2BLdprudH8eQc/edit#gid=2089862724 status]