1631595 - Make it possible to cache the about:home document at shutdown

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, task, P3)

Description

[Mike Conley (:mconley) (:⚙️)]

This bug is for adding a (preffed-off by default) mode to AboutHomeStartupCache that writes the cache at shutdown.

In the long run, we might want to do something smarter than just writing on shutdown, but we can start here and tune as we go.

Comment 1

[Mike Conley (:mconley) (:⚙️)]

Attachment: Bug 1631595 - Make it possible to write to the AboutHomeStartupCache periodically and on shutdown. r?Gijs!

This also re-orients the cache a little bit so that cache writing is
initialized in the parent process rather than the content process.

In the future, we might want to move the repsonsibility of scheduling
the cache write in the content process, especially if more of the
Redux state gets generated there. This will do for now, however.

Comment 2

[Mike Conley (:mconley) (:⚙️)]

Attachment: Bug 1631595 - Modify ActivityStreamMessageChannel and AboutNewTab to allow for periodic about:home caching. r?k88hudson!

Depends on D71669

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/150895da5fbb
Make it possible to write to the AboutHomeStartupCache periodically and on shutdown. r=Gijs
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/e79cd835c30c
Modify ActivityStreamMessageChannel and AboutNewTab to allow for periodic about:home caching. r=k88hudson

Comment 4

[Cristian Brindusan [:cbrindusan]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/150895da5fbb
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/e79cd835c30c