1851518 - Include `remoteType` in Fenix crash pings

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Fenix :: Experimentation and Telemetry, task)

Description

[William Durand [:willdurand]]

It's my understanding that the process type alone doesn't help identify a content child process and – because we are going to enable the extensions process in Fenix soon – it'd be useful to collect the remoteType. That way, we could easily leverage the existing crash data to monitor the rollout when we start enabling this extensions process.

Comment 1

[William Durand [:willdurand]]

Attachment: Bug 1851518 - Send the `remoteType` in GeckoView child crash reports. r?gsvelto!

Comment 2

[BMO Github Automation]

Attachment: [mozilla-mobile/firefox-android] Bug 1851518 - Include `remoteType` in Fenix crash pings (#3492)

Comment 3

[William Durand [:willdurand]]

Attachment: bug-1851518-data-review-request.md

Comment 4

[William Durand [:willdurand]]

Roger is on PTO (oops) so I am wondering if you could take a look at the data request please, Alessio? Thanks.

Comment 5

[Alessio Placitelli [:Dexter]]

(In reply to William Durand [:willdurand] from comment #4)

Roger is on PTO (oops) so I am wondering if you could take a look at the data request please, Alessio? Thanks.

Hey, I'm not a data-steward :-) (see the list of data stewards here) - Let me redirect to someone else on that list!

Comment 6

[Roger Yang [:royang]]

Comment on attachment 9351585 [details]
bug-1851518-data-review-request.md

Data Review

1. Is there or will there be documentation that describes the schema for the ultimate data set in a public, complete, and accurate way?

Yes, through the metrics.yaml file and the Glean Dictionary

2. Is there a control mechanism that allows the user to turn the data collection on and off?

Yes, through the "Send Usage Data" preference in the application settings

3. If the request is for permanent data collection, is there someone who will monitor the data over time?

[e-mail], [e-mail] will be responsible for monitoring this data over time

4. Using the category system of data types on the Mozilla wiki, what collection type of data do the requested measurements fall under?

Category 1, Technical data

5. Is the data collection request for default-on or default-off?

default-on

6. Does the instrumentation include the addition of any new identifiers?

No

7. Is the data collection covered by the existing Firefox privacy notice?

Yes

8. Does the data collection use a third-party collection tool?

No

Result

data-review+

Comment 7

[Alex Davis [:adavis]]

Thanks for getting that for me, Roger. I was just getting to this now.

Comment 8

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/1410c62b886e
Send the `remoteType` in GeckoView child crash reports. r=gsvelto,geckoview-reviewers,Roger,amejiamarmol

Comment 9

[Cosmin Sabou [:CosminS]]

Backed out for causing geckoview failures on GpuCrashTest.

Push with failures: https://treeherder.mozilla.org/jobs?repo=autoland&group_state=expanded&resultStatus=pending%2Crunning%2Csuccess%2Ctestfailed%2Cbusted%2Cexception&searchStr=gv&fromchange=e09f6b7ec6a011f893f4788b943918c7e4bdb324&tochange=52d8e4104f0945e1641c22385a1636609a06562b&selectedTaskRun=G3X29V_PTCS45wh750m7AA.0

Failure log: https://treeherder.mozilla.org/logviewer?job_id=428647763&repo=autoland

Backout link: https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/52d8e4104f0945e1641c22385a1636609a06562b

Comment 10

[William Durand [:willdurand]]

mm right, sorry about that.

Comment 11

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/b55d8a04ef0c
Send the `remoteType` in GeckoView child crash reports. r=gsvelto,geckoview-reviewers,Roger,amejiamarmol

Comment 12

[Serban Stanca [:SerbanS]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/b55d8a04ef0c

Comment 13

[BMO Github Automation]

Authored by https://github.com/willdurand
https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-android/commit/7a348edfe1c476c9685099f3d038e1087dbd0d7b
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