Block Autoplay Tracking

Overview

In order to enhance web browser users' experience, provide user an option to block video autoplay is definitely a good approach.


Main Members

Media Engineers: Alastor Wu

EM: Blake Wu

PM: Cindy Hsiang

UX designer: Bryant Mao

FE Engineers:

EPM: Francis Lee

Scope

V1 UX spec

Block Autoplay V1 Bug list

Live search result on Bugzilla

Triage needed bug list


Full Query
ID Summary Status Target milestone Priority Resolution Assigned to Qa contact
1336400 Remove HTMLMediaElement::mozAutoplayEnabled RESOLVED mozilla59 P3 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1382574 Implement new autoplay policy for the pref "media.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed" RESOLVED mozilla59 P3 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1415444 Add a flag to know whether the website has been interacted by specific user gestures RESOLVED mozilla59 -- FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1415478 Muted media can always be autoplay when turn on the pref "media.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed" RESOLVED mozilla59 P3 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1419349 Stop delaying autoplay when the pref "media.autoplay.enabled" is false RESOLVED mozilla59 -- FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1421518 Add an automation test for new autoplay policy RESOLVED mozilla59 P3 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1428722 Autoplay permission in not transfered correctly from a child frame to a different domain top frame VERIFIED mozilla59 P3 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1453862 Log to web console when autoplay blocked RESOLVED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1466926 allow extension background script to autoplay by the pref "media.autoplay.allow-extension-backgroundscripts" RESOLVED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1474430 Doorhanger should disappear when user ignore it and directly play video RESOLVED --- -- DUPLICATE Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1475099 [Shield] Opt-Out Study: Block Autoplay, Release 63 RESOLVED --- P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1476701 Add a new way for the extension script to get the information which is about the amount of autoplay media top-domain RESOLVED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1477415 Autoplay is blocked even on standalone top level audio/video document VERIFIED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1477767 Assertion failure: Request::mDisconnected, at src/obj-firefox/dist/include/mozilla/MozPromise.h:456 RESOLVED mozilla64 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1478946 Autoplay doorhanger prompt does not show on http://viu.tv RESOLVED --- P2 INVALID Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1479589 Add custom telemetry ping which would be sent from blocking autoplay shield-study extension RESOLVED --- P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1480281 Add debug log for blocking autoplay RESOLVED mozilla63 -- FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1480484 Add telemetry probe for measuring the amount of the blocked autoplay without audio track RESOLVED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1480738 Iframe with audio URL autoplays RESOLVED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1482259 Add Telemetry to know the proportion of silent part in the whole audio track RESOLVED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1483703 Don't block the autoplay media element without audio track RESOLVED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1485160 Add AudibleAutoplayChild actor RESOLVED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1485189 No one dispatches MozAutoplayMediaBlocked event RESOLVED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1487844 Flip block autoplay prefs to turn the feature on RESOLVED mozilla66 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1489278 Show doorhanger when web audio is trying to autoplay RESOLVED mozilla64 P3 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1493027 Access permissions without creating MediaManager RESOLVED mozilla64 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1494144 correct the autoplay result in autoplay log RESOLVED mozilla64 -- FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1499803 Collect media Telemetry Scalar in Release version RESOLVED mozilla64 -- FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1502046 Remove temporary autoplay permission when navtigate to other page RESOLVED --- P3 WONTFIX Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1509933 Use transient user activation as the default way to detect if the action is an user-input for `click-to-play` RESOLVED mozilla78 P3 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1511117 [meta] block autoplay for web audio NEW --- P3 Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1512283 Turn off doorhanger in Nightly RESOLVED mozilla65 -- FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1512362 Should not allow video-without-audio-track to autoplay when pref "media.autoplay.allow-muted=false" RESOLVED mozilla66 P3 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1513039 Remove doorhanger related codes RESOLVED mozilla66 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1513681 Show block-autoplay-icon when site is blocked globally RESOLVED Firefox 66 -- FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1516482 Change the way to propagate user gesture activation flag in order to adapt the Fission model RESOLVED mozilla66 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1516598 Video blocked as autoplay, though playback attempt is manual VERIFIED mozilla67 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1519229 Propagate browsing contexts' user gesture activation flag among processes RESOLVED --- P2 DUPLICATE Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1520023 Remove the ability to delay autoplay media from AudioChannelService NEW --- P3 Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1520088 Sites' autoplay preference is overridden by global autoplay preference VERIFIED mozilla66 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1520361 Add Telemetry to know how people add site to the exception list RESOLVED mozilla66 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1520436 The "X "button tooltip from Site Information panel refers to the removed doorhanger RESOLVED --- P2 INVALID Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1520596 AutoplayPolicy incorrectly thinks we have 'autoplay-media' permission when we're sharing screen NEW --- P5 Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1520663 Enable user-gesture activation model on Fennec RESOLVED Firefox 66 -- FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1520734 The Preview Videos from Netflix are not blocked from autoplay RESOLVED --- -- INVALID Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1520912 Remove 'mUserGestureActivated' flag from Document RESOLVED mozilla66 -- FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1521947 Add Telemetry to know how ofter user change autoplay default setting RESOLVED mozilla66 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1522923 Turn off blocking autoplay on Beta RESOLVED mozilla67 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1523766 Extend blocking autoplay related Telemetry RESOLVED --- P2 WORKSFORME Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1525156 Add Telemetry to know how many autoplay media, which has been resumed from blocked, played more than 7 secs RESOLVED mozilla67 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1526355 Block autoplay icon disappears when changing tabs from the arcticmonkeys website VERIFIED Firefox 67 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu] Daniel Cicas [:dcicas], Release QA
1528696 Picture in Picture with `media.autoplay.allow-muted = false` does not play RESOLVED --- P1 WORKSFORME Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1530220 audio "autoplay after page interaction" ignores keyboard events VERIFIED mozilla67 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1531114 [meta] adapt blocking autoplay to the Fission model RESOLVED --- P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1572939 user input on editable content didn't activate document to allow autoplay RESOLVED mozilla70 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1652196 Renew autoplay related telemetry for web audio RESOLVED 83 Branch P3 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1674829 Video control should not listen to `MozNoControlsBlockedVideo` RESOLVED 85 Branch -- FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1738727 Consider to improve the default blocking autoplay policy NEW --- P3 Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1746742 Allow pages to autoplay when pages grant the permissions for video conferencing when `media.autoplay.blocking_policy == 2` REOPENED --- P3 Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1748544 Enable browser_autoplay_policy_webRTC_permission.js. RESOLVED 97 Branch P1 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1813822 Discuss if we should remove `Transient user gesture activation` policy NEW --- -- Alastor Wu [:alwu]

61 Total; 6 Open (9.84%); 49 Resolved (80.33%); 6 Verified (9.84%);


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