Open Bug 1792985 Opened 2 years ago Updated 2 months ago

Change engine telemetry is not recorded if default engine is changed during startup as a result of pending configuration or other changes.

Categories

(Firefox :: Search, defect, P3)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Search
Platform:
Desktop
All
Type:
defect

Tracking

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Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
firefox-esr102 --- unaffected
firefox105 --- wontfix
firefox106 --- wontfix
firefox107 --- wontfix

People

(Reporter: aflorinescu, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Whiteboard: [search-telemetry-backlog])

Found in

  • 107.0a1

Affected versions

  • 107.0a1 , 106.0b

Tested platforms

  • Affected platforms: Windows 10, Mac 11, Ubuntu 22.04

Steps to reproduce

  1. Launch FF.
  2. Set region to BE (restart)
  3. Set default engine to ebay.
  4. Set region to RO (restart)

Expected result

  • Default search engine is set to google (default for RO) since ebay is not available anymore for the new region
  • Change engine telemetry is recorded

Actual result

  • Default search engine is set to google (default for RO) since ebay is not available anymore for the new region
  • Change engine telemetry is not recorded
See Also: → 1634555
Has STR: --- → yes

We'll have to see what we can do for recording this information on startup. It might be better to look at this after bug 1786324.

There may also be ways that we can look at reducing pending updates, e.g. not waiting as long for system idle before applying updates.

status-firefox105: --- → wontfix
status-firefox106: affected → fix-optional
status-firefox107: affected → fix-optional
Summary: Change engine telemetry is not recorded if done by search-config → Change engine telemetry is not recorded if default engine is changed during startup as a result of pending configuration or other changes.
Priority: -- → P3
Whiteboard: [search-telemetry-backlog]
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