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Information and links to do with Firefox 73.
This may be useful for Mozilla contributors actively working on the release. 
It is also a record for future reference.  

==About the 73 release ==
* [[Release_Management/Release_owners|Release owner]]: Ryan VanderMeulen (:RyanVM)
* Corresponding ESR release: 68.5.0
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w2AzxKZP6J_rquybiBn15995u8tROBaUUAiQ5nc69J8/edit?usp=sharing Tracking document] for the 73 cycle timeline from Nightly to release.
* [[Releases/Firefox_73/Test_Plan|Test Plan]]: Details of testing from QA.
* All [https://experimenter.services.mozilla.com/?ordering=-latest_change&type=&status=&firefox_channel=&firefox_version=73.0&project=&owner= shield studies for 73] 
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sbredeDZIHskgGtz8x2Pd1Z2fMgq5oHyofCHdgBcJYg/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 73 releases== 
===73.0a1 Nightly===
* First released: December 2, 2019
* [https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/73.0a1/releasenotes/ Release notes]

===73 Beta===
* 73.0b1 release on aurora channel: November 26, 2019
* 73.0b5 End of EARLY_BETA_OR_EARLIER: January 21, 2020
* Release notes draft: staging / final

===73.0 Release===
* February 11, 2020
** Desktop: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/73.0/releasenotes/
** Fennec 68.5.0: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/android/68.5.0/releasenotes/