1402459 - Track usage of console's filtering features

Status: NEW

(DevTools :: Console, enhancement, P3)

Description

[J. Ryan Stinnett [:jryans] (Use needinfo, replies may be slow)]

In the console, there are filtering features that are off by default.  It would be good to know how much they are used, to better plan time spent recording the messages that they reveal.

In particular, I am curious about:

* How many console sessions have the filter bar (devtools.webconsole.ui.filterbar, off by default) enabled?
* How many console sessions have CSS messages (devtools.webconsole.filter.css, off by default) enabled?
* How many console sessions have XHR messages (devtools.webconsole.filter.netxhr, off by default) enabled?
* How many console sessions have Requests messages (devtools.webconsole.filter.net, off by default) enabled?

Comment 1

[J. Ryan Stinnett [:jryans] (Use needinfo, replies may be slow)]

(I guess the session counts should be tracked in a similar way to console opens, so that we can derive usage percentages by using total console sessions as the denominator.)

Comment 2

[Brian Grinstead [:bgrins]]

Good idea - this would help us make decisions about the new ui

Comment 3

[Brian Grinstead [:bgrins]]

Docs for adding telemetry are here: https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/devtools/docs/frontend/telemetry.md

Comment 4

[Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]]

Bug 1463095 added telemetry for filter changes. This is not exactly what this bug was about but seems close.