Block Autoplay Tracking

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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
1182329 WebRTC streams should be able to be automatically played even with media.autoplay.enabled=false RESOLVED mozilla60 P3 FIXED Paul Adenot (:padenot)
1231886 media.autoplay.enabled set to false is breaking user experience (videos won't play) RESOLVED --- P3 WORKSFORME
1323063 Setting media.autoplay.enabled to false results in media not playing when it should RESOLVED --- P3 DUPLICATE
1336400 Remove HTMLMediaElement::mozAutoplayEnabled RESOLVED mozilla59 P3 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1373904 media.autoplay.enabled=false disables video playback at all RESOLVED --- P3 DUPLICATE
1382574 Implement new autoplay policy for the pref "media.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed" RESOLVED mozilla59 P3 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1382884 With media.autoplay.enabled=false, YouTube player starts in playing state (but not playing) RESOLVED --- P3 DUPLICATE
1395171 When media.autoplay.enabled is set to false, HTML5 video can't be started with JavaScript RESOLVED --- P3 INVALID
1412772 website should handle rejected promise from video.play() properly when the pref "media.autoplay.enabled=false" RESOLVED --- P3 INCOMPLETE
1413098 Should also block web audio when the pref "media.autoplay.enabled=false" RESOLVED mozilla62 P2 FIXED Paul Adenot (:padenot)
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]
1420375 During navigation, carry the user-activation flag of present document to a new document if they're in the same eTLD RESOLVED --- P3 WONTFIX
1420378 Autoplay permission should expire after idle a day RESOLVED --- P3 WONTFIX
1420389 UX spec for autoplay policy RESOLVED --- P3 FIXED
1421518 Add an automation test for new autoplay policy RESOLVED mozilla59 P3 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1428288 netflix won't play if media:autoplay:enabled is false RESOLVED --- P3 WONTFIX
1428722 Autoplay permission in not transfered correctly from a child frame to a different domain top frame VERIFIED mozilla59 P3 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1430012 Tab should not have the autoplay permission after restoring from session restore RESOLVED --- P2 FIXED
1430019 The user activation flag of document should keep its state after refreshing the tab RESOLVED --- P2 WONTFIX
1430544 If user disable autoplay, video should not be autoplay when it came back from bf-cache RESOLVED --- P3 WONTFIX
1433987 Disabling "media.autoplay.enabled" causes NBC News videos to not work RESOLVED --- P3 WORKSFORME
1434249 twitch.tv videos don't play if Media autoplay is OFF RESOLVED --- P3 WORKSFORME
1434804 Setting volume to audible after auto-playing inaudible video makes video audible RESOLVED mozilla61 P3 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1434806 WebRTC blocked by block-autoplay RESOLVED --- P3 DUPLICATE
1434807 Deep-links into YouTube don't autoplay RESOLVED --- P3 DUPLICATE
1435035 Can't play Vimeo.com videos when media.autoplay.enabled = false RESOLVED --- -- WONTFIX
1435037 Disabling "media.autoplay.enabled" causes dictionary.com audio pronunciations to not work RESOLVED --- P3 FIXED
1435133 AutoplayPolicy::IsMediaElementAllowedToPlay() can race and fail on videos without audio track RESOLVED mozilla61 P3 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1437308 Disabling media autoplay incorrectly lets USA Today autoplay RESOLVED --- P3 INVALID
1437333 Disabling media autoplay incorrectly lets The Hill autoplay RESOLVED --- P3 WORKSFORME
1439437 Tests for block autoplay gesture activation RESOLVED mozilla60 P2 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1439473 Improve logging of HTMLMediaElement JS API calls RESOLVED mozilla60 P3 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1444267 Two finger scrolling should not activate document and allow autoplay RESOLVED --- P3 INVALID
1452536 Don't gesture activate documents upon interaction with the browser/OS RESOLVED mozilla61 P2 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1453176 Add telemetry to report whether autoplay blocked RESOLVED mozilla61 P2 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1453843 media.autoplay.enabled no longer work on YouTube VERIFIED mozilla61 -- FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1453862 Log to web console when autoplay blocked RESOLVED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1456037 Gesture activate documents on key/mouse down rather then up RESOLVED mozilla61 P2 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1456322 On Android, Gesture activate documents on pointerup/touchend if there's been no touchmove/pointercancel RESOLVED mozilla62 P2 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1457048 Check if site is whitelisted before blocking autoplay RESOLVED mozilla62 P2 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1457425 [meta] Frontend work for block autoplay RESOLVED --- P3 FIXED Dale Harvey (:daleharvey)
1458383 Pinned tabs and blocked autoplay RESOLVED mozilla62 P2 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1461877 Youtube player can't play if blocked autoplay ad times out RESOLVED mozilla62 P2 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1463919 Request users' approval to play audible media on tabs which are not allowed to play media with sound RESOLVED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1464922 Do not allow autoplay in media without audio tracks RESOLVED mozilla62 P2 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1464930 Move AutoplayPolicy Camera/Mic permission test to after gesturs-needed pref check RESOLVED mozilla62 P2 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1466926 allow extension background script to autoplay by the pref "media.autoplay.allow-extension-backgroundscripts" RESOLVED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1470346 Gesture activation should activate entire doctree branch RESOLVED mozilla63 -- FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1470932 Crash in mozilla::MediaManager::IsActivelyCapturingOrHasAPermission RESOLVED mozilla63 P3 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1471485 Hide autoplay permission doorhanger if user plays video VERIFIED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1471800 HTMLMediaElement can start playing its MediaDecoder while its docshell is being destroyed RESOLVED mozilla63 -- FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1472580 Clicking the audio tab indicator should unnblock autoplay VERIFIED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1473216 Only Firefox shows the permission doorhanger on autoplaying media element without user intaraction RESOLVED --- P2 WONTFIX
1473671 non-Intuitive behaviour with the ESC key and autoplay VERIFIED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
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]
1476456 Add telemetry to report whether autoplay would be blocked if autoplay was disabled by default RESOLVED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
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]
1476853 Enable block autoplay in Nightly only RESOLVED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1477273 Block autoplay doorhanger is displayed multiple times when temporary permission is granted to site VERIFIED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Dale Harvey (:daleharvey)
1477294 The permissions doorhanger is no longer dismissed when the page is refreshed right after clearing the media autoplay permission VERIFIED Firefox 63 P2 FIXED Dale Harvey (:daleharvey)
1477415 Autoplay is blocked even on standalone top level audio/video document VERIFIED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1477530 Add option to allow a website to autoplay videos when in focus RESOLVED --- -- WORKSFORME
1477767 Assertion failure: Request::mDisconnected, at src/obj-firefox/dist/include/mozilla/MozPromise.h:456 RESOLVED mozilla64 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1477881 Ensure AutoplayPermissionRequest can't double report a response RESOLVED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1477926 Block Autoplay is not working as expected on "nytimes.com" RESOLVED --- P2 WONTFIX Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1478108 Slack prompts for autoplay access RESOLVED --- P3 WORKSFORME
1478208 Expose to web content whether autoplay is blocked RESOLVED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]
1478226 Video on SBS does not play at all after 'auto play' has been blocked via doorhanger RESOLVED --- P3 INVALID
1478423 Persistent blocked autoplay is ignored when user action is detected before page is fully loaded RESOLVED --- P3 WONTFIX
1478869 The behavior of block autoplay in the private window VERIFIED mozilla63 P2 FIXED Dale Harvey (:daleharvey)
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]
1479986 https://www.apple.com/nz/mac-pro/ fails miserably with autoplay blocked RESOLVED --- P2 DUPLICATE
1480281 Add debug log for blocking autoplay RESOLVED mozilla63 -- FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1480307 Non-remembered autoplay permission grants should last the lifetime of the tab, not be one off RESOLVED --- P2 DUPLICATE
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]
1481322 Videos start autoplaying after scroll up in Huffington post RESOLVED --- P3 WORKSFORME
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]
1492478 Blocking auto-play videos doesn't work for all videos RESOLVED --- -- WONTFIX
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]
1497582 Video auto-plays when autoplay is disabled RESOLVED --- -- WORKSFORME
1497737 The video automatically plays even when autoplay is disabled in Firefox (media.autoplay.enabled is set to false). RESOLVED --- P3 WORKSFORME
1499803 Collect media Telemetry Scalar in Release version RESOLVED mozilla64 -- FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1500234 Crash at HTMLMediaElement::ChangeReadyState RESOLVED --- -- DUPLICATE
1502046 Remove temporary autoplay permission when navtigate to other page RESOLVED --- P3 WONTFIX Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1506557 Site-specific permission to block autoplay is ignored when default is to allow autoplay RESOLVED --- P3 DUPLICATE
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]
1513612 In about:preferences/Privacy & Security/Permissions, the "Block websites from automatically playing media with sound" checkbox does not show its current state RESOLVED --- P1 DUPLICATE
1513681 Show block-autoplay-icon when site is blocked globally RESOLVED Firefox 66 -- FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1514615 Autoplay permission for local media file is confusing RESOLVED --- -- WONTFIX
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]
1517526 Block autoplay behavior in control center VERIFIED mozilla66 P2 FIXED Dale Harvey (:daleharvey)
1517562 Finalize block autoplay front end string RESOLVED mozilla66 P2 FIXED Dale Harvey (:daleharvey)
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]
1520431 The Videos are blocked from autoplaying on Facebook RESOLVED --- -- INVALID
1520436 The "X "button tooltip from Site Information panel refers to the removed doorhanger RESOLVED --- P2 INVALID Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1520482 The blocked icon is displayed in the URL bar when there is no media with sound blocked RESOLVED --- -- INVALID
1520501 [Vimeo] The blocked icon and blocked status on the Site Information panel is not displayed anymore after refreshing RESOLVED --- -- INVALID
1520546 Update Block autoplay SUMO page RESOLVED --- -- FIXED Joni Chan
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]
1522053 Blocked icon and Site Information panel info are lost after moving the tab with blocked media to a new window VERIFIED Firefox 67 P2 FIXED Dale Harvey (:daleharvey)
1522058 The Autoplay media with sound shows BLOCKED when the feature is turned off VERIFIED Firefox 67 P2 FIXED Dale Harvey (:daleharvey)
1522065 The Autoplay Media with sound BLOCK option will remove the URL from the Exceptions list instead of changing its status RESOLVED --- P2 INVALID
1522092 The Allow/Block dropdown box from Site Information panel can't be selected using keyboard only navigation VERIFIED Firefox 67 P1 FIXED James Teh [:Jamie] (away returning 12 Jan)
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]
1524258 Arrange by status arrow has no functionality in the block autoplay exceptions window VERIFIED Firefox 67 P3 FIXED Jared Wein [:jaws] (please needinfo? me) Daniel Cicas [:dcicas], Release QA
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
1528343 Add an option to block muted videos NEW mozilla67 P3
1528696 Picture in Picture with `media.autoplay.allow-muted = false` does not play RESOLVED --- P1 WORKSFORME Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1529250 The play icon is not displayed when autoplay blocks a video with Windows high contrast activ. RESOLVED --- -- INVALID Daniel Cicas [:dcicas], Release QA
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]
1531338 Current permission for block autoplay is not visible in Site information panel with high contrast enabled RESOLVED mozilla69 P2 FIXED Martin Stránský [:stransky] (ni? me) Daniel Cicas [:dcicas], Release QA
1534219 The blockautoplay icon isn't show again after switching back to http://arcticmonkeys.com/ VERIFIED Firefox 68 P1 FIXED Dale Harvey (:daleharvey) Daniel Cicas [:dcicas], Release QA
1539319 Autoplay blocking consistently fails on yahoo.com RESOLVED --- -- WONTFIX
1540807 Block autoplay only stops first video within site RESOLVED --- -- INVALID
1541283 [meta] Add an option to block all autoplay RESOLVED mozilla68 -- FIXED
1550477 Blocked media starts on any interaction with page RESOLVED --- -- WONTFIX
1553217 Change global autoplay video default setting to false RESOLVED --- -- WORKSFORME
1556997 Blocking media autoplay doesn't work on "macworld.co.uk" RESOLVED --- -- INVALID
1558743 Followup from Bug 1531338 - Current permission for block autoplay is not visible in Site information panel with high contrast enabled VERIFIED mozilla69 P2 FIXED Martin Stránský [:stransky] (ni? me)
1560634 Add "Learn more" link to the SUMO page NEW --- --
1560635 Block autoplay SUMO page should be updated for Firefox 69 RESOLVED --- -- FIXED
1562815 Sound autoplay blocking fails on bbc news site UNCONFIRMED --- P3
1572939 user input on editable content didn't activate document to allow autoplay RESOLVED mozilla70 P2 FIXED Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1573056 'Block Audio' should be 'Block Media with Audio' or similar, currently suggests only the audio track will be blocked and the video will play NEW --- P3
1573349 add 4th option to block autoplay permissions to disable completely RESOLVED --- -- FIXED
1573350 add explanation for "Block Audio" and "Block Audio and Video" autoplay settings NEW --- P3
1598486 After set the Allow autoplay audio, Webrtc Still blocking audio in version 69 RESOLVED --- P2 INCOMPLETE
1623513 Not to block any autoplay for local files NEW --- P3
1631598 Prevent download and autoplay of huge gif files UNCONFIRMED --- P5
1635281 Provide an easier way to switch different block autoplay policies NEW --- P3
1647779 Even After Granting Autoplay Permissions Videos Don't Always Autoplay NEW --- --
1648962 failure to block site from automatically playing sound RESOLVED --- -- WORKSFORME
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]
1736210 amp reddit block automatic (audio) playback not working RESOLVED --- P3 WORKSFORME
1736340 Considering do not treat the click on scrollbar as a user interaction with the web content RESOLVED 107 Branch -- FIXED Edgar Chen [:edgar]
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]
1799535 Clean up autoplay prefs. RESOLVED 108 Branch -- FIXED Emilio Cobos Álvarez [:emilio]
1809211 Always show the block autoplay permission in order to let user add specific sites to their setting list easier RESOLVED --- -- WONTFIX
1813822 Discuss if we should remove `Transient user gesture activation` policy NEW --- -- Alastor Wu [:alwu]
1826715 Autoplay blocking feature prevents Picture-in-Picture playback for unmuted video without page interaction VERIFIED 114 Branch P3 FIXED Molly Howell (she/her) (mostly inactive)
1830625 On the Interbrand website, with `media.autoplay.blocking_policy = 1` , videos cannot be played even when directly clicking their play buttons RESOLVED --- -- WONTFIX
1831636 Youtube autoplay after session restore even if the setting is blocked audible autoplay NEW --- P3
1996123 Assertion failure: status == RStatus::ePENDING || status == RStatus::eUNKNOWN, at /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/dom/media/autoplay/GVAutoplayPermissionRequest.cpp:141 RESOLVED 147 Branch -- FIXED az [:az]

172 Total; 16 Open (9.3%); 135 Resolved (78.49%); 21 Verified (12.21%);


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