1474404 - Replace firefox-dev in alert_emails of 3 FX_URLBAR histograms

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: Address Bar, enhancement)

Description

[Chris H-C :chutten]

Hello,

Upon reviewing the list of Telemetry histograms we found three FX_URLBAR metrics that us the firefox-dev@ mailing list in their alert_emails field.

This means in event of a Telemetry Alert being fired, it will be sent to the entirety of firefox-dev.

The alert_emails field has been shown to be most useful when it has an individual or a small team's address in it (or both!) as it both ensures that any such Alerts are received only by individuals who likely understand what the change means (and maybe even why it happened) and acts as a useful lookup in case someone later has a question about the probe and needs to ask questions of someone about it.

Is there someone who is willing to take on such a role for the following probes:

FX_URLBAR_SELECTED_RESULT_INDEX
FX_URLBAR_SELECTED_RESULT_TYPE
FX_URLBAR_SELECTED_RESULT_INDEX_BY_TYPE

If not, should we remove the probes?

[1]: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Data_Collection

Comment 1

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

I think the best pick currently is me and adw

FWIW, these can't really show any interesting change since they are enumerated... Do we have alerts for enumerated probes? How does that work, what would it show?

Comment 2

[Chris H-C :chutten]

We have alerted on enumerated probes in the past, and you're right: they do look odd. Let me see if I can dig one up...

Here's one from last November about TLS_EARLY_DATA_NEGOTIATED: http://alerts.telemetry.mozilla.org/index.html#/detectors/1/metrics/2002/alerts/?from=2017-11-25&to=2017-11-25

(( The alerts' detector treats all histograms and scalars as ~continuous distributions, so the order and dominance of values within the enumerated histogram dictates how accurately it'll be able to detect changes in the distribution of values. ))

Comment 3

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

Attachment: Bug 1474404 - Fix owners of FX_URLBAR histograms. r=chutten

Histogram owners should be actual teams

Comment 4

[Phabricator Automation]

Comment on attachment 8991009 [details]
Bug 1474404 - Fix owners of FX_URLBAR histograms. r=chutten

Chris H-C :chutten has approved the revision.

https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D2050

Comment 5

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/1afd61ba29ad
Fix owners of FX_URLBAR histograms. r=chutten

Comment 6

[Cosmin Sabou [:CosminS]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/1afd61ba29ad