Silent Update not now prompt

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Status

Silent Update - Create 'not now' dialog for unsupported Add-ons
Stage	Definition
Status	In progress
Release target	`
Health	OK
Status note	`

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Team

Product manager	Chris Lee
Directly Responsible Individual	Chris Lee
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Security lead	`
Privacy lead	`
Localization lead	`
Accessibility lead	`
QA lead	`
UX lead	`
Product marketing lead	`
Operations lead	`
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Open issues/risks

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Stage 1: Definition

1. Feature overview

Related to the Add-ons Compatibility Check feature, users who have Add-ons that are unsupported when a silent update takes place in the background, Firefox will alert them that certain Add-ons have become invalid and they have two options:

1) Continue with the upgrade (more secure, latest features, etc.) because the invalid add-ons are not important to the user.

OR

2) User can select "not now" and wait X days for the Add-on developers to update their code to become compatible with the latest version of Firefox.

2. Users & use cases

Sandra is using Firefox to check her email and at the same time in the background, Firefox is being updated to the latest version. However, as Firefox runs through the installation process it also checks for add-ons compatibility and identifies two add-ons that are unsupported with the new version of Firefox.

There is a prompt that surfaces to Sandra informing her of the new update and which add-ons are unsupported. She is given two options to 1) continue with the update and ignore the add-ons because they are unimportant to her or 2) select "not now" where Firefox will check on a daily basis AMO to see if the specific add-ons have been updated to become compatible.

There are two scenarios that can take place here:

1) Both add-ons become supported over the next couple days and the Firefox update happens in the background successfully and Sandra is able to use the most secure, full-feature browser in the market.

2) Zero or one of two add-ons become supported, but because there's at least one add-on that is still unsupported, we don't remind or bring up any additional prompts until all add-ons are supported or two weeks have elapsed since the initial update process.

Things to note here -- the reason to go down the path of a "required" update is the following:

1. Based on our data, we have learned over time that 99% of active add-on developers update their add-ons to become compatible with the latest version of Firefox. Add-ons that are not updated within 2 weeks of a Firefox release in general will not be supported moving forward.

1. To reduce product fragmentation and user confusion, our goal is to offer the most secure, feature-rich and optimized browsing experience that continues to move the web forward. All Firefox users should be offered that opportunity and we're fully aware that certain add-on functionality is critical to users' workflow and will do our best to work with developers to stay updated.

1. Users will continue to have the option to turn off 'Updates' in general, but are encouraged to leave that checked so they have the best experience. Not only will we continue to innovate by delivering new features, but enhancements under the hood like memory reduction/performance/etc. will help create new experiences across the web.

3. Dependencies

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4. Requirements

Leveraging the new changes to the Add-on compatibility checker, Firefox will create a new dialog showing users all unsupported Add-ons (in any).

Dialog should offer two options:

• "Update" (users can manually decide to continue the update since they don't care about the incompatible Add-ons)
• "Not now" (wait X days and continue to check if there are new updates for the unsupported Add-ons)

Once two weeks have elapsed, Firefox will automatically update to the latest version in the background without interrupting the user.

Non-goals

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Stage 2: Design

5. Functional specification

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6. User experience design

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Stage 3: Planning

7. Implementation plan

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8. Reviews

Security review

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Privacy review

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Localization review

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Accessibility

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Quality Assurance review

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Operations review

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Stage 4: Development

9. Implementation

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Stage 5: Release

10. Landing criteria

` {{#set:Feature open issues and risks=` |Feature overview=Related to the Add-ons Compatibility Check feature, users who have Add-ons that are unsupported when a silent update takes place in the background, Firefox will alert them that certain Add-ons have become invalid and they have two options:

1) Continue with the upgrade (more secure, latest features, etc.) because the invalid add-ons are not important to the user.

OR

2) User can select "not now" and wait X days for the Add-on developers to update their code to become compatible with the latest version of Firefox. |Feature users and use cases=Sandra is using Firefox to check her email and at the same time in the background, Firefox is being updated to the latest version. However, as Firefox runs through the installation process it also checks for add-ons compatibility and identifies two add-ons that are unsupported with the new version of Firefox.

There is a prompt that surfaces to Sandra informing her of the new update and which add-ons are unsupported. She is given two options to 1) continue with the update and ignore the add-ons because they are unimportant to her or 2) select "not now" where Firefox will check on a daily basis AMO to see if the specific add-ons have been updated to become compatible.

There are two scenarios that can take place here:

1) Both add-ons become supported over the next couple days and the Firefox update happens in the background successfully and Sandra is able to use the most secure, full-feature browser in the market.

2) Zero or one of two add-ons become supported, but because there's at least one add-on that is still unsupported, we don't remind or bring up any additional prompts until all add-ons are supported or two weeks have elapsed since the initial update process.

Things to note here -- the reason to go down the path of a "required" update is the following:

1. Based on our data, we have learned over time that 99% of active add-on developers update their add-ons to become compatible with the latest version of Firefox. Add-ons that are not updated within 2 weeks of a Firefox release in general will not be supported moving forward.

1. To reduce product fragmentation and user confusion, our goal is to offer the most secure, feature-rich and optimized browsing experience that continues to move the web forward. All Firefox users should be offered that opportunity and we're fully aware that certain add-on functionality is critical to users' workflow and will do our best to work with developers to stay updated.

1. Users will continue to have the option to turn off 'Updates' in general, but are encouraged to leave that checked so they have the best experience. Not only will we continue to innovate by delivering new features, but enhancements under the hood like memory reduction/performance/etc. will help create new experiences across the web.

|Feature dependencies=` |Feature requirements=Leveraging the new changes to the Add-on compatibility checker, Firefox will create a new dialog showing users all unsupported Add-ons (in any).

Dialog should offer two options:

• "Update" (users can manually decide to continue the update since they don't care about the incompatible Add-ons)
• "Not now" (wait X days and continue to check if there are new updates for the unsupported Add-ons)

Once two weeks have elapsed, Firefox will automatically update to the latest version in the background without interrupting the user. |Feature non-goals=` |Feature functional spec=` |Feature ux design=` |Feature implementation plan=` |Feature security review=` |Feature privacy review=` |Feature localization review=` |Feature accessibility review=` |Feature qa review=` |Feature operations review=` |Feature implementation notes=` |Feature landing criteria=` }}

Feature details

Priority	P1
Rank	999
Theme / Goal	Experience
Roadmap	Firefox Desktop
Secondary roadmap	`
Feature list	Desktop
Project	`
Engineering team	Desktop front-end

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Team status notes

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Privacy	`	`
Localization	`	`
Accessibility	`	`
Quality assurance	`	`
User experience	`	`
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