1416779 - Intermittent 'Turn on Windows Firewall' message on Windows 10 machines

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Infrastructure & Operations :: RelOps: General, task)

Description

[Johann Hofmann [:johannh]]

Recently there's been a 'Turn on Windows Firewall' warning popping up in our screenshot tests. Is there a way to get rid of it?

Example:

https://screenshots.mattn.ca/compare/?oldProject=mozilla-central&oldRev=f2eacbcd8f3d65d25bac4d9f49d0f692f109af3c&newProject=mozilla-central&newRev=aabfc14671b55983e1c3053989a4c3b7c5691aaa&filter=windows10

Comment 1

[Kendall Libby [:fubar] (he/him)]

Johann, I think your screenshots have expired or otherwise disappeared.

I'll have Rob look into this when he's back from PTO

Comment 2

[Johann Hofmann [:johannh]]

Ah, yes, we added them to the known inconsistencies by now, so you'll have to un-check the "known inconsistencies" checkbox.

An example:

https://public-artifacts.taskcluster.net/fiXZ9xYdSiSM5Cfc0IMmaw/0/public/test_info/20171111221412-controlCenter_052_lightLWT_mixedSubView.png

This is the job on central:

https://treeherder.mozilla.org/#/jobs?repo=mozilla-central&revision=aabfc14671b55983e1c3053989a4c3b7c5691aaa&filter-tier=1&filter-tier=2&filter-tier=3&exclusion_profile=false&filter-searchStr=windows%20ss&selectedJob=144043428

Comment 3

[Rob Thijssen [:grenade (EET/UTC+0300)]]

it appears that on windows 7, we don't have issues because the security center service is disabled.
there is a specific setting to disable messages here
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Action Center\Change Action Center settings
however, i don't think we need it as long as the service isn't running

on windows 10 the fix appears to be to disable notifications. i found some guidance here:
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/platforms_lync_cloud/2017/05/05/disabling-windows-10-action-center-notifications/
testing a patch here: https://treeherder.mozilla.org/#/jobs?repo=try&revision=90c0e5d29b36151412d0a624a70f4603162ceb50

Comment 4

[Matthew N. [:MattN]]

The problem with disabling all notifications is that we're soon going to be hook into them from Firefox and presumably we'd want to test them (bug 1155505).

Comment 5

[Rob Thijssen [:grenade (EET/UTC+0300)]]

this patch should only disable security and maintenance notifications (Windows.SystemToast.SecurityAndMaintenance)

the complete list of registry notification switches (from https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/platforms_lync_cloud/2017/05/05/disabling-windows-10-action-center-notifications) is:

Disable Security and Maintenance Notifications
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Windows.SystemToast.SecurityAndMaintenance\Enabled = 0 (DWORD)

Disable OneDrive Notifications
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Microsoft.SkyDrive.Desktop\Enabled = 0 (DWORD)

Disable Photos Notifications
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App\Enabled = 0 (DWORD)

Disable Store Notifications
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App\Enabled = 0 (DWORD)

Disable Suggested Notifications
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Windows.SystemToast.Suggested\Enabled = 0 (DWORD)

Disable Calendar Notifications
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_8wekyb3d8bbwe!microsoft.windowslive.calendar\Enabled=0 (DWORD)

Disable Cortana Notifications
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy!CortanaUI\Enabled=0 (DWORD)

Disable Mail Notifications:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_8wekyb3d8bbwe!microsoft.windowslive.mail\Enabled=0 (DWORD)

Disable Edge Notifications
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge\Enabled = 0 (DWORD)

Disable Audio Notifications
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Windows.SystemToast.AudioTroubleshooter\Enabled = 0 (DWORD)

Disable Autoplay Notifications
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Windows.SystemToast.AutoPlay\Enabled = 0 (DWORD)

Disable Battery Saver Notifications
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Windows.SystemToast.BackgroundAccess\Enabled = 0 (DWORD)

Disable Bitlocker Notifications
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Windows.SystemToast.BdeUnlock\Enabled = 0 (DWORD)

Disable News Notifications
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Microsoft.BingNews_8wekyb3d8bbwe!AppexNews\Enabled = 0 (DWORD)

Disable Settings Notifications
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\windows.immersivecontrolpanel_cw5n1h2txyewy!microsoft.windows.immersivecontrolpanel\Enabled = 0 (DWORD)

Disable Tablet Notifications
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Windows.System.Continuum\Enabled = 0 (DWORD)

Disable VPN Notifications
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Windows.SystemToast.RasToastNotifier\Enabled = 0 (DWORD)

Disable Windows Hello Notifications
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Windows.SystemToast.HelloFace\Enabled = 0 (DWORD)

Disable Wireless Notifications
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings\Windows.SystemToast.WiFiNetworkManager\Enabled = 0 (DWORD)

Comment 6

[Rob Thijssen [:grenade (EET/UTC+0300)]]

Attachment: Bug 1416779 - disable firewall notifications;

Review commit: https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/205554/diff/#index_header
See other reviews: https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/205554/

Comment 7

[Matthew N. [:MattN]]

Comment on attachment 8934669 [details]
Bug 1416779 - disable firewall notifications;

https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/205554/#review211334

The five runs on try don't have the notification but I'm also not sure how frequently this appeared to know how many retriggers I'd need to be confident this fixed the issue. I think we should land it and re-open if it doesn't work.

Thanks :)

Comment 8

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/bcd167f66a36
disable firewall notifications; r=MattN

Comment 9

[Dorel Luca [:dluca]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/bcd167f66a36