AMO and SUMO can't differentiate Fennec from Fenix because both browsers use the same User-Agent string: `Mozilla/5.0 (Android 9; Mobile; rv:68.0) Gecko/68.0 Firefox/68.0` AMO mistakenly thinks Fenix can install Fennec add-ons. SUMO can provide appropriate KB articles without knowing which browser the user is using. If GeckoView 68 spoofs a special version number (e.g. "68.0.99") on https://addons.mozilla.org/ and https://support.mozilla.org/, then the sites can know that: * version <= 68.0.98 is legacy Fennec * version >= 68.0.99 is Fenix (or any other GeckoView-powered browser) Gecko can override the UA for specific websites with UserAgentOverrides.jsm. However, the WebCompat team wants to remove UserAgentOverrides.jsm in Gecko 69. That won't be a problem because AMO's and SUMO's server-side version checks will still work: * Fenix 69 is >= 68.0.99 * Fennec will never have version 69+ because Fennec will move to ESR 68. This bug was originally filed in the Fenix issue tracker: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/1134
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AMO and SUMO can't differentiate Fennec from Fenix because both browsers use the same User-Agent string: `Mozilla/5.0 (Android 9; Mobile; rv:68.0) Gecko/68.0 Firefox/68.0` AMO mistakenly thinks Fenix can install Fennec add-ons. SUMO can provide appropriate KB articles without knowing which browser the user is using. If GeckoView 68 spoofs a special version number (e.g. "68.0.99") on https://addons.mozilla.org/ and https://support.mozilla.org/, then the sites can know that: * version <= 68.0.98 is legacy Fennec * version >= 68.0.99 is Fenix (or any other GeckoView-powered browser) Gecko can override the UA for specific websites with UserAgentOverrides.jsm: https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/tip/mobile/android/app/ua-update.json.in However, the WebCompat team wants to remove UserAgentOverrides.jsm in Gecko 69. That won't be a problem. AMO's and SUMO's server-side version checks will still work unchanged because: * Fenix 69 is >= 68.0.99 * Fennec will never have version 69+ because Fennec will move to ESR 68. This bug was originally filed in the Fenix issue tracker: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/1134
AMO and SUMO can't differentiate Fennec from Fenix because both browsers use the same User-Agent string: `Mozilla/5.0 (Android 9; Mobile; rv:68.0) Gecko/68.0 Firefox/68.0` AMO mistakenly thinks Fenix can install Fennec add-ons. SUMO can provide appropriate KB articles without knowing which browser the user is using. If GeckoView 68 spoofs a special version number (e.g. "68.0.99") on https://addons.mozilla.org/ and https://support.mozilla.org/, then the sites can know that: * version <= 68.0.98 is legacy Fennec * version >= 68.0.99 is Fenix (or some other GeckoView-powered browser) Gecko can override the UA for specific websites with UserAgentOverrides.jsm: https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/tip/mobile/android/app/ua-update.json.in However, the WebCompat team wants to remove UserAgentOverrides.jsm in Gecko 69. That won't be a problem. AMO's and SUMO's server-side version checks will still work unchanged because: * Fenix 69 is >= 68.0.99 * Fennec will never have version 69+ because Fennec will move to ESR 68. This bug was originally filed in the Fenix issue tracker: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/1134
AMO and SUMO can't differentiate Fennec from Fenix because both browsers use the same User-Agent string: `Mozilla/5.0 (Android 9; Mobile; rv:68.0) Gecko/68.0 Firefox/68.0` AMO mistakenly thinks Fenix can install Fennec add-ons. SUMO can provide appropriate KB articles without knowing which browser the user is using. If GeckoView 68 spoofs a special version number (e.g. "68.0.99") on https://addons.mozilla.org/ and https://support.mozilla.org/, then the sites' server-side checks can assume: * version <= 68.0.98 is legacy Fennec * version >= 68.0.99 is Fenix (or some other GeckoView-powered browser) Gecko can override the UA for specific websites with UserAgentOverrides.jsm: https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/tip/mobile/android/app/ua-update.json.in However, the WebCompat team wants to remove UserAgentOverrides.jsm in Gecko 69. That won't be a problem. AMO's and SUMO's server-side version checks will still work unchanged because: * Fenix 69 is >= 68.0.99 * Fennec will never have version 69+ because Fennec will move to ESR 68. This bug was originally filed in the Fenix issue tracker: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/1134