Mobile/Firefox for iOS/Status Report/29-Mar-2016

Firefox for iOS - Program Status Report - Mar-29-2016

Overall Project Health

On track, issues well managed Some risks, unknowns without clear mitigations Blocked on deliverables, needs decision, escalation required

Version	Health	Notes
V3.0		Submitted March 24th. Pending review, and will be released on approval.
V4.0		Development in progress. Tracking to April 5th FC.

V3.0 submitted on March 24th. Currently awaiting review. If approved by 5pm PST, will release the following business day morning at 8am PST.
V3.0 will not launch with bi-directional bookmark sync enabled. Holding until a future release, while further improvements are being made.
V3.0 is launching with 48 locales. Danish has been added for this release.

Description of Risk/Issue	State	Owner	Version	Plan to Resolve/Mitigation	Target Date
Shortened stabilization period	Closed	Eng	V3.0	Submission took place March 24th. Pending review and approval.	March 24
Bookmark sync performance	Closed	Eng	V3.0	Data from probes was analyzed and discussed. The decision was made to NOT ship V3.0 with bi-directional bookmark sync enabled. It will be held back until a future release, while improvements are made to the service.	March 18

Milestone/Area/Deliverable	Target Date	Status	Notes
Feature Complete	Mar 1	Done	Time borrowed from stabilization as predicted
L10N/Code Freeze	Mar 20	Done	Shipping with 48 locales. Danish added.
Release Candidate Build	Mar 24	Done
App Store Submission	Mar 24	Done
Apple Approval	Mar 29 ( Apr 5)	Pending	Dependent on Apple timelines. Will plan based on March 29th, with April 5th as fallback.
Comms/PR	Mar 30	On Track	Based on approval target of March 29th
Marketing	Mar 30	On Track	Based on approval target of March 29th
SUMO	Mar 30	On Track	Based on approval target of March 29th
Legal	Mar 30	On Track	Based on approval target of March 29th
Release Management	Mar 30	On Track	Based on approval target of March 29th
Target Launch	Mar 31 (Apr 7)	On Track	Mar 31 is Plan A Target. Fallback date of up to Apr 7 depending on approval timelines and PR recommendations.

Milestone/Area/Deliverable	Target Date	Status	Notes
Feature Complete	Apr 5	On Track
L10N/Code Freeze	May 1	On Track
Release Candidate Build	May 2	On Track
App Store Submission	Mar 3	On Track
Apple Approval	May 10(17)	On Track	Dependent on Apple timelines. Will plan based on May 10th, with 17th as fallback.
Comms/PR	May 11	On Track	Based on approval target of May 10th
Marketing	May 11	On Track	Based on approval target of May 10th
SUMO	May 11	On Track	Based on approval target of May 10th
Legal	May 11	On Track	Based on approval target of May 10th
Release Management	May 11	On Track	Based on approval target of May 10th
Target Launch	May 12 (19)	On Track	May 12 is Plan A Target. Fallback date of up to May 19 depending on approval timelines and PR recommendations.

On track, issues well managed Some risks, unknowns without clear mitigations Blocked on deliverables, needs decision, escalation required

Feature Description	Top Line Initiative	Meta Bug	Status
Sync bookmarks from Firefox iOS to the cloud (bi-directional)	H1 Foundation	Bug 1196238	Decision: NOT Shipping in V3.0
Touch ID/Passcode support for password manager		Bug 1198418	Ready to ship
Include default domains for inline autocompletion	H1 Foundation	Bug 1243584	Ready to ship
Use Alexa top 5 sites as default suggested tiles	H1 Foundation	Bug 1233034	Ready to ship
Safari Parity for custom/special URL and Scheme handling		Bug 1251507	Ready to ship
Support deletion of default suggested sites			Ready to ship