1864182 - [Experiment] The “CLICK_BUTTON“ and “SELECT_CHECKBOX” telemetry pings are generated for each click action if the “Next” button from the Survey Screen is clicked multiple times

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Messaging System, defect, P2)

Description

[Carmen Fat [:cfat] - Ecosystem QA, PTO until April 10th - NI to: [e-mail]]

[Affected versions]:

• Firefox Release 119.0.1 - Build ID: 20231106151204
• Firefox Beta 120.0b1 - Build ID: 20231023135443

[Affected Platforms]:

• Windows 10 x64
• Windows 11 x64

[Prerequisites]:

• Have a new Firefox profile.
• Firefox is not set as the default browser.
• Have the following prefs in the "about:config" page:
  nimbus.debug pref set to true;
  browser.ping-centre.log pref set to true;
• Have the "Browser Console" opened.

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Open the browser with the profile from the prerequisites.
2. Navigate to about:studies?optin_slug=ask-new-profiles-if-they-are-a-new-or-existing-firefox-user-fx119&optin_branch=treatment-b&optin_collection=nimbus-preview.
3. Restart the browser.
4. Navigate to “about:welcome”.
5. Click any of the radio buttons from the Survey screen.
6. Click the “Next” button multiple times.
7. Focus the "Browser Console" and observe the experiment related telemetry pings.

[Expected result]:

• The “CLICK_BUTTON“ and “SELECT_CHECKBOX” telemetry pings are generated once.

[Actual result]:

• A telemetry ping is generated for each click action performed on the same button.

[Notes]:

• This issue is reproducible on both "Treatment A" and “Treatment B" branches of the experiment.
• This issue is also reproducible by multiple clicking the “Next” button without previously selecting any radio button.
• This is NOT reproducible when clicking the “Skip this step” button multiple times.
• Here is a screen recording of the issue.

Comment 1

[Mimi Jung]

I don't think this will be a blocker for the experiment and I believe this will require an on-train fix to resolve. But pinging product to verify!

Comment 2

[nbulous]

Correct, it would be nice to have fixed but is not a blocker, especially since it requires on-train work.