Closed Bug 1677109 Opened 3 years ago Closed 3 years ago

[Enhancement] Consider removing the usual Amazon and eBay entries from the top-sites Remote Settings collection if there are also Sponsored versions

Categories

(Firefox :: Top Sites, defect, P1)

Desktop
All
defect
Points:
1

Tracking

()

VERIFIED FIXED
Iteration:
91.2 - May 31 - Jun 13
Tracking Status
firefox83 --- verified
firefox84 --- verified

People

(Reporter: mheres, Assigned: dao)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

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Attached image Amazon redisplayed.gif

[Notes]:

  • The top-sites collection also contains the non-experiment version of Amazon for the US, DE and GB locales and eBay for DE and GB.
  • This seems to cause them to be displayed after the user has dismissed the experiment versions. This could be considered ignoring user choice.

[Affected versions]:

  • Firefox Beta 83 (Build ID: 20201112153044)

[Affected Platforms]:

  • Windows
  • Linux
  • macOS

[Prerequisites]:

  • Have Firefox Beta 83 installed and open.
  • Be enrolled in a treatment branch of the “TopSites Launch Phase 3” experiment:
    • Use the Stage environment.
    • browser.partnerlink.useAttributionURL set to true
    • browser.topsites.experiment.ebay-2020-1 set to true
    • browser.search.experiment set to amazondotcom-adm
    • browser.topsites.useRemoteSetting set to true

[Steps to reproduce]:

  1. Open a new tab.
  2. Dismiss the Amazon Sponsored tile.
  3. Observe the Top Sites displayed.

[Proposed result]:

  • A non-sponsored Amazon top tile is not displayed after the user has dismissed its Sponsored version.

[Current result]:

  • A non-sponsored Amazon top tile is displayed after the user has dismissed its Sponsored version.

[Additional Notes]:

  • The behavior decribed in the steps can not be reproduced for eBay on the US version of the experiment.
  • I am attaching a recording of the current behavior.
Assignee: nobody → dao+bmo
Severity: N/A → S3
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Type: enhancement → defect
Iteration: --- → 91.2 - Sep 13 - Sep 26
Points: --- → 1
Priority: -- → P1

I updated the remote setting records, waiting for review.

The changes have been approved.

Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 3 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Flags: qe-verify+

I have verified that the Amazon and eBay non-Sponsored tiles are not displayed after their Sponsored versions have been dismissed in the case they have never been visited before. Tested using the en-US, en-GB and DE locales of Firefox Beta 83.0 (Build ID: 20201112153044) and Firefox Nightly 84.0a1 (Build ID: 20201115213216) on Linux Mint 20, macOS 10.15 and Windows 10.

Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Flags: qe-verify+
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