1622881 - Figure out how to turn on verification for remote settings for the search configuration

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Search, task, P3)

Description

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

In turning on remote settings for the modern search engine configuration (bug 1542269), we had to turn off verification for the configuration being loaded from remote settings.

The verification is to ensure that a third party has not altered the user's local database (e.g. for hijacking purposes).

We had to turn it off, because turning it on caused large performance regressions on startup.

We need to figure out how to fix those or find an alternative method.

Comment 1

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

Something to note: verification does happen when updates come in. So we're generally checking this at least once a day. Whilst it would still be good to do, we'll need to make sure we don't hurt startup performance.