Firefox/Channels/Meetings/2022-05-10

Channel Meeting Details

• Tuesdays at 10am and Thursdays at 7:30am Pacific Time
• Riot #release-drivers for backchannel
• Past meeting notes: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Channels/Meetings

Video/Teleconference Details

• Zoom Meeting ID: 536 097 768
• https://mozilla.zoom.us/j/536097768
• +17207072699,,536097768# US
• Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/agItTmqIu

Attendees

RyanVM, telin, dsmith, dveditz, pascal, dmeehan, Aryx, afischer

Schedule Update

• 100
  • Dot Release 100.0.1 is planned for the 16th
  • Fenix 100.1.2 was created with new API key due to missing Sentry crash reports
• 101
  • Desktop & DevEdition 101.0b4 live @ 100%, 101.0b5 gtb today
  • Fenix & Focus 101.0.0-beta.3 live @ 100%, 101.0.0-beta.4 gtb Thursday
• 102

• The pwn2own competition is next week (May 18-20)
  • We expect to need dot releases (Release & ESR) in response, but exact timing TBD

Release quality metrics (Tuesdays)

Desktop Stability

Nightly

mc2 crash incidence (% of users experiencing a crash): 1.84% (+0.11pp compared to previous week) == back to normal level, crash rate (crashes/active hour for crashing profiles): 2.22 (-0.07)

• new frequenter Storage crasher in latest Nightly
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1768691

Beta

mc2 crash incidence: 2.27% (-0.25pp), crash rate: 2.00 (-2.24) - back to normal after first week of development cycle

Release

mc2 crash incidence: 0.92% (-0.02pp), crash rate: 1.27 (-0.32)

• startup Crash in [@ qipcap64.dll] (Forcepoint)
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1767993
  • blocklisting patch by Bob Owen will land soon

Mobile Stability

Fenix

Focus

QA

Nightly

Aurora / Dev Edition

Beta

• Beta 101 feature preliminary reports - in progress. No major concerns until now.
• Beta 101 antivirus testing in progress. No new issues encountered so far.

Mobile

Action items

Feature Status Review

• Firefox 101 Beta
  • Feature list is stabilizing. No challenged/at risk features at this time.
  • Keeping an eye on Support audio input device switching as this work has slipped since Fx97
• Firefox 102 Nightly
  • Feature list is shaping up. Working to confirm status.
  • M1 - Accessibility Engine Improvements (Cache the World Milestone 1) listed as challenged due to outstanding Android refactoring work
  • WebGPU MVP remains at risk as this work has been in release to release slip. Team continues burning down the remaining bugs.

SUMO Report

Roundtable & Special Topics

Retrospective (Tues 2wks from GA Release)