Closed Bug 1449158 Opened 7 years ago Closed 7 years ago

FF 60 release notes: recommendation to use NSS_SDB_USE_CACHE=yes with network filesystems

Categories

(Firefox :: General, enhancement, P1)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Version:
60 Branch
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED
Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
relnote-firefox --- 60+

People

(Reporter: KaiE, Assigned: jcristau)

References

Details

User Story

Proposed wording:

In versions Firefox 58 and later, and in Firefox 60 ESR and later, Firefox uses a new format for storing private keys, certificates and certificate trust.

Users, who store their home directory or application data directory on a network filesystem, are advised to set the environment variable NSS_SDB_USE_CACHE=yes prior to starting Firefox.

Without setting this environment variable, users of network filesystems may experience a major slowdown when starting and using Firefox.

(The environment variable enables the use of a caching strategy in NSS, that works around the slowness of network filesystems. Because this caching strategy causes a performance decrease on fast filesystems, it isn't used by default, but requires users to explicitly enable it by setting the environment variable.)
Because Firefox ESR 60 targets enterprise users, and because it will be the first version of Firefox that contains the changes from bug 783994 and bug 1377940, and because of the experiences of some users as described in 1432484, the Firefox 60 release notes should contain the recommended workaround, which is to set the NSS_SDB_USE_CACHE=yes environment variable.
relnote-firefox: --- → ?
User Story: (updated)
Is this cross-platform? I guess there's no pref to change this setting?
Assignee: nobody → jcristau
Flags: needinfo?(kaie)
(In reply to Julien Cristau [:jcristau] from comment #1) > Is this cross-platform? Yes. The environment variable will affect the behavior on all platforms. > I guess there's no pref to change this setting? Correct, no pref. Prefs are a Mozilla application features. The NSS library has no access to application preferences.
Flags: needinfo?(kaie)
Will you add this to the FF60 release notes? I don't see it in the FF 60 notes for developers. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/60
Flags: needinfo?(past)
(In reply to Kai Engert (:kaie:) from comment #3) > Will you add this to the FF60 release notes? I don't see it in the FF 60 > notes for developers. > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/60
Flags: needinfo?(past) → needinfo?(jcristau)
We haven't created the notes for 60.0esr yet, but I've kept this on my list for when we do.
Added to the draft 60.0esr release notes now.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 years ago
relnote-firefox: ? → 60+
Flags: needinfo?(jcristau)
Resolution: --- → FIXED
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