1615983 - [Thunderbird Telemetry] collect account info: size

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Thunderbird :: General, task)

Description

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Knowing what the typical size of people's accounts are would be good information to better understand what typical target design target should be. Let's add a probe to collect the account size (in KB).

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Do we have something to collect a) total # messages b) total # messages in key folders, such as Inbox, spam, trash?

Comment 2

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Nothing so far.

Comment 3

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

We'd have to be careful where to put this so it's not too much overhead.

And yes, it would be nice to have sizes for the special folders too. I don't know exactly what data structure we want for all of this.

Comment 4

[Ping Chen [:rnons] (away)]

Attachment: Bug 1615983 - Add telemetry for folder size and message count. r=mkmelin

Add two scalar probes to collect:

1. folder type -> number of messages
2. folder type -> folder size on disk

Comment 5

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Please get data collection review as well: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird/Data_Collection

Comment 6

[Ping Chen [:rnons] (away)]

Attachment: 1615983-data-collection-request.md

Comment 7

[Andrei Hajdukewycz [:sancus]]

Comment on attachment 9227346 [details]
1615983-data-collection-request.md

This seems fine to me. I would consider message counts to be "interaction data" though, not purely technical data, as they do directly reflect user interaction in some ways. But that is arguable and a minor detail.

Data Review Form:

1. Is there or will there be documentation that describes the schema for the ultimate data set in a public, complete, and accurate way?

Yes, in the scalar definition file.

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

Yes, using standard Telemetry preferences.

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

Yes, Magnus(mkmelin).

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

Categories 1 and 2, technical(for disk size) and interaction data(for message counts).

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

Default on for all channels.

6. Does the instrumentation include the addition of any new identifiers?

No.

7. Is the data collection covered by the existing Thunderbird privacy notice?

Yes.

8. Does there need to be a check-in in the future to determine whether to renew the data? (Yes/No)

No.

9. Does the data collection use a third-party collection tool? If yes, escalate to legal.

No.

Comment 8

[Andrei Hajdukewycz [:sancus]]

(In reply to Ping Chen (:rnons) from comment #4)

Add two scalar probes to collect:

1. folder type -> number of messages
2. folder type -> folder size on disk

(In reply to Magnus Melin [:mkmelin] from comment #0)

Knowing what the typical size of people's accounts are would be good information to better understand what typical target design target should be. Let's add a probe to collect the account size (in KB).

One thing I will note, the probe doesn't appear to include keys for total size or total messages for the whole profile. That isn't something that will be automatically calculated.

So if you do want total account sizes you should include them in the probe with a "Total" key for each type(size, message counts).

Comment 9

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/af5fc8602350
Add telemetry for folder size and message count. r=mkmelin