Electrolysis: Difference between revisions

* Media playback

 

In the future Electrolysis child processes may be used to handle other browser tasks including graphical composition, and addon hosting for addons that leverage the new [[WebExtensions]] apis.

If you're on Nightly or Aurora, e10s is already enabled by default! A user-facing checkbox is available for controlling Electrolysis functionality. Open Preferences and check the "Enable multi-process" checkbox and then restart your browser:

As of Firefox 54+ (early 2017), our Multi-Content process model is currently being tested on Nightly (2 processes). Four content processes will be enabled on 54 Aurora and if stable enough, we will begin to roll it out in Firefox 54 Beta experiments. The schedule below covers the rollout to release for both e10s single and e10s-multi. View the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Electrolysis/Multiple_content_processes Multiple Content Process] wiki page for more information about release milestones, release criteria, and a gradual roll-out schedule.

The following schedule covers rollout of the single content process feature to release builds.  

! Date !! Trunk !! Aurora !! Beta !! Release !! Target % !! Actual %

| 2015-04-30 || 40 default (working on m5) || 39 off || 38 off || 37 off || - || -

| 2015-05-11 || 41 default (working on m6) || 40 prompt || 39 off || 38 off || - ||-

| 2015-06-29 || 42 default (working on m7/m8) || 41 prompt|| 40 off || 39 off || - || -

| 2015-08-10 || 43 default (working on m8) || 42 default || 41 off || 40 off || - || -

| 2015-09-21 || 44 default || 43 default || 42 off || 41 off || - || -

| 2015-11-02 || 45 default || 44 default || 43 off || 42 off || - || -

| 2015-12-14 || 46 default || 45 default || 44 A/B [1] || 43 off || - || -

| 2016-01-25 || 47 default || 46 default || 45 A/B [1] || 44 off|| - || -

| 2016-03-07 || 48 default || 47 default || 46 A/B [1] || 45 off|| - || -

| 2016-04-25 || 49 default || 48 default || 47 50% [1][2] || 46 off|| - || -

| 2016-06-06 || 50 default || 49 default || 48 [1][2] || 47 off|| -||-

| 2016-08-01 || 51 default[6] || 50 default || 49 [2][4]|| 48 ON [3] || 41% || 30-33%

| 2016-09-19 || 52 default [7][8] || 51 default[6] || 50 default [4] || 49 ON [5] || + 3-4% || 35%

|2016-11-07 || 53 default [8] || 52 default [7]|| 51 default [6] || 50 ON [5]|| + 6-12%||

|2017-01-24 || 54 default || 53 default [8] || 52 default [7] || 51 ON [*]|| * ||  

|2017-03-07 || 55 default || 54 default || 53 default || 52 ON [*]|| *||

|2017-04-18 || 56 default || 55 default || 54 default || 53 ON [*] || * ||

[7] A11y + Windows 8 riding trains<br/>

| 53 || all Extensions marked "multiprocessCompatible" and all WebExtensions [1]. Beta testing on add-ons that don't use  compatibility shims (~400 based on telemetry)

| 54 || all Extensions marked "multiprocessCompatible" and all WebExtensions [1].  Possibly add-ons that don't use compatibility shims.

| 55 || all Extensions marked "multiprocessCompatible" and all WebExtensions [1].  Possibly add-ons that don't use compatibility shims.

| 56 || all Extensions marked "multiprocessCompatible" and all WebExtensions [1].  Possibly add-ons that don't use compatibility shims.

| 57 || ONLY webextensions supported [4]

* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/E10s/Status/Feb17 Feb 17]<br>

* [https://wiki/mozilla.org/E10s/Status/March17 March 17]<br>

Add-on authors should refer to the MDN [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/Working_with_multiprocess_Firefox Firefox Add-on Migration Guide] for porting existing add-ons to e10s. For general design information see the [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Multiprocess_Firefox Multiprocess Firefox] MDN documentation. Add-on testing compatibility is currently available at http://arewee10syet.com.