1580053 - Delegated Credentials Study Add-on

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Security: PSM, task, P1)

Description

[Wayne Thayer]

Create a system add-on that enables delegated credentials by flipping the pref and then attempts an HTTPS connection to a special test site operated by CloudFlare. This will be used to study the performance and failure rates of DC in our Nightly and/or Beta channels.

Comment 1

[Kevin Jacobs [:kjacobs]]

Attachment: Bug 1580053 - Add Delegated Credentials experiment script

This patch adds an experiment script for TLS Delegated Credentials. By default, 100% of the Nightly population is selected for the study, of which 50% will perform a test connection without Delegated Credentials, and the other 50% with Delegated Credentials.

See https://github.com/kjacobs-moz/dc-experiment-addon for more information.

Comment 2

[Carmen Fat [:cfat] - Ecosystem QA, PTO until October 17th - NI to: [e-mail]]

Delegated Credentials Experiment
Firefox Nightly 72.x

We have finished testing the Delegated Credentials Experiment Add-on.

QA’s recommendation: GREEN - SHIP IT

Reasoning:

• During testing, we have found 2 new issues (#7 - https://github.com/kjacobs-moz/dc-experiment-addon/issues/7 and #8 - https://github.com/kjacobs-moz/dc-experiment-addon/issues/8) that are only reproducible on Windows when switching between branches (Control and Treatment). However, these issues are unlikely to happen since there is only 1 connection per user made during the experiment's lifespan.

Testing Summary:

• Test Suite: TestRail (https://testrail.stage.mozaws.net/index.php?/plans/view/22347)

Tested Platforms:

• Windows 10 x64
• Arch Linux
• macOS 10.15.1

Tested Firefox versions:

• Nightly 72.0a1 try-build

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/9e137d4511cd
Add Delegated Credentials experiment script r=jcj,mconley

Comment 4

[Noemi Erli[:noemi_erli]]

Backed out changeset 9e137d4511cd (Bug 1580053) for causing ES Lint failure CLOSED TREE

Push with failure: https://treeherder.mozilla.org/#/jobs?repo=autoland&resultStatus=testfailed%2Cbusted%2Cexception&classifiedState=unclassified&revision=9e137d4511cda5f12f0101feae6a7b4415fc5b32&selectedJob=279172422

Failure log: https://treeherder.mozilla.org/logviewer.html#/jobs?job_id=279172422&repo=autoland&lineNumber=223
https://treeherder.mozilla.org/logviewer.html#/jobs?job_id=279179024&repo=autoland&lineNumber=1089
https://treeherder.mozilla.org/logviewer.html#/jobs?job_id=279176143&repo=autoland&lineNumber=57755
https://treeherder.mozilla.org/logviewer.html#/jobs?job_id=279175475&repo=autoland&lineNumber=937

Backout: https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/2fa36807a169ca87f41709e9a3926b7d860236f3

Comment 5

[Kevin Jacobs [:kjacobs]]

Sorry about that. I've updated the patch so as to not run the experiment in automation.

Comment 6

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/5196ecfdcaeb
Add Delegated Credentials experiment script r=jcj,mconley

Comment 7

[Andreea Pavel [:apavel]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/5196ecfdcaeb