1543807 - Launcher process should no longer depend on studies as of 68

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: General, enhancement, P1)

Description

[(No longer employed by Mozilla) Aaron Klotz]

• Remove dependencies on shield study prefs.
• Move collection of launcher failure telemetry over to its own independent registry setting that is reflected with telemetry prefs.

Comment 1

[(No longer employed by Mozilla) Aaron Klotz]

Attachment: Request

Your eyes aren't lying, this is the exact same data as bug 1460433. The change is that, beginning with 68, we're moving the launcher process from studies into 100% deployment, so the population and opt-out have changed. The rest is identical.

Comment 2

[(No longer employed by Mozilla) Aaron Klotz]

https://treeherder.mozilla.org/#/jobs?repo=try&revision=0515d32a3741dc96cd16ad607fe0b0e97f847336

Comment 3

[(No longer employed by Mozilla) Aaron Klotz]

Attachment: Bug 1543807 - Part 1: Modify launcher process telemetry to be gated on datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled; r=mhowell!

Comment 4

[(No longer employed by Mozilla) Aaron Klotz]

Attachment: Bug 1543807 - Part 2: Update the installer to reflect new launcher process registry settings; r=mhowell!

• New installs should always have launcher process telemetry enabled by default
  (since it is opt-out telemetry).
• Upgrades do a reset of the force-disabled launcher state, as that state might
  have been set by SHIELD but is no longer desired in 68.
• We add the |Telemetry registry value to the list of values to be removed at
  uninstall.

Depends on D29543

Comment 5

[Chris H-C :chutten|PTO (back March 17)]

Comment on attachment 9061962 [details]
Request

DATA COLLECTION REVIEW RESPONSE:

    Is there or will there be documentation that describes the schema for the ultimate data set available publicly, complete and accurate?

Yes. https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/components/telemetry/telemetry/data/launcher-process-failure.html

    Is there a control mechanism that allows the user to turn the data collection on and off?

Yes. This collection can be controlled through Firefox's Preferences like Telemetry is.

    If the request is for permanent data collection, is there someone who will monitor the data over time?

Yes, aklotz is responsible.

    Using the category system of data types on the Mozilla wiki, what collection type of data do the requested measurements fall under?

Category 1, Technical.

    Is the data collection request for default-on or default-off?

Default on for all channels.

    Does the instrumentation include the addition of any new identifiers?

No.

    Is the data collection covered by the existing Firefox privacy notice?

Yes.

    Does there need to be a check-in in the future to determine whether to renew the data?

No. This collection is permanent.

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Result: datareview+

Comment 6

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/07eb003e6efe
Part 1: Modify launcher process telemetry to be gated on datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled; r=mhowell
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/26c271a86fdd
Part 2: Update the installer to reflect new launcher process registry settings; r=mhowell

Comment 7

[Raul Gurzau (:RaulG)]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/07eb003e6efe
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/26c271a86fdd