TestEngineering/Services/Sideshow

Sideshow

Sideshow is Persona Identity Bridge for Gmail.com and googlemail.com users. This allows for authentication with persona bridged in-line with gmail's openID service. This results in a user flow where persona holds no password and you're able to sign in directly to gmail in the same browser dialog as persona.

Email types

• gmail.com (only allows dots, plusses are dynamic and not at acct creation)
• googlemail.com
  • can be added to an existing gmail.com user in settings
• dots in address are ignored by gmail
  • mo.zil.la@gmail.com == mozilla@gmail.com
• after the plus sign is ignored and part of the same root account
  • user+spam@gmail.com == user+anything@gmail.com == user@gmail.com
• gmail allows delegate email addresses but always unique accounts and do not alias to a primary via openID

Bridging Flows

• happy path (gmail, googlemail.com)
  • signed in already
  • not signed in
  • signed in as different acct

• different email types
  • dots
  • pluses
  • delegate
  • mixed case?

• Special configs
  • 2 factor auth
  • l10n?
  • private mode
  • cookies disabled

Not supported

• Apps for domain (user@mozilla can sign in to access apps, this isn't really an email address so they will not work with sideshow)