1833171 - The BROWSER_SET_DEFAULT_USER_CHOICE_RESULT histogram is NOT registered when Firefox is set as default browser on Windows 7 x64 and Windows 8.1 x64

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Messaging System, defect, P3)

Description

[Valentin Bandac [:vbandac], Ecosystem QA]

Attachment: win7.setDefault.histogram.gif

[Affected versions]:

• Firefox Release 112.0.2 (Build ID: 20230424110519),
• Firefox Release 113.0.1 (Build ID: 20230511191846)

[Affected Platforms]:

• Windows 7 x64, Windows 8.1 x64

[Prerequisites]:

• Have the Firefox Beta 112.0.2 build installed and opened.
• Firefox is NOT set as default browser.

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Navigate to the "about:preferences" page and click the "Make Default..." button.
2. Navigate to the "about:telemetry" page and search for the BROWSER_SET_DEFAULT_USER_CHOICE_RESULT histogram.
3. Observe if the telemetry probe is registered.

[Expected result]:

• The BROWSER_SET_DEFAULT_USER_CHOICE_RESULT histogram is registered.

[Actual result]:

• The BROWSER_SET_DEFAULT_USER_CHOICE_RESULT histogram is NOT registered.

[Notes]:

• Attached is a screen recording of the issue.

Comment 1

[Punam Dahiya [:pdahiya]]

Should be resolved with fix of Bug 1832132

Comment 2

[Jason Prickett]

Resolved with Bug 1832132

Comment 3

[Valentin Bandac [:vbandac], Ecosystem QA]

This issue is still reproducible on Windows 8.1 x64, Windows 7 x64, Firefox Release 113.0 - 115.0. I am marking this issue as reopen.

Comment 4

[Shane Hughes [:aminomancer]]

Trying to get this in triage

Comment 5

[Valentin Bandac [:vbandac], Ecosystem QA]

We took a look over this issue and we're no longer able to verify it on Firefox 116 versions and above due to the fact that these are no longer supported on Windows 7 and Windows 8. However, we have verified on Firefox 113 - Firefox 115 versions and the issue is still reproducible. We could set the WONTFIX status since this issue is still reproducible but we can no longer verify it on the latest Firefox version.
Thank you!

Comment 6

[Shane Hughes [:aminomancer]]

Thank you! I suppose this affects 115 ESR, though. Maybe we could try to uplift a fix. I don't have much context though. Barret, do you know if fixing this for ESR would be feasible?

Edit: Not sure how this got set from reopened to new.

Comment 7

[Shane Hughes [:aminomancer]]

Closing this as there's no prospect for set to default experiments targeting ESR 115. If that changes, and if ESR 115 continues receiving updates for Windows 7/8 after the version bump, we can reopen it at that point.

Comment 8

[Beth Rennie [:beth] (she/her)]

It is unclear what the actual cause is here. Does this issue reproduce on Windows 10/11 with Firefox 113-115? If not, I would bet that this is actually some platform-specific issue with Windows 7 or 8, which I don't believe is worth investing time to fix.