1903202 - DevTools Release Tasks - Cycle 129

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(DevTools :: General, task)

Description

[Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]]

Soft Freeze / Merge Date: 2024-07-04 / 2024-07-08 (from the Release train page)
More details about any of those tasks can be found at: https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools/release.html

Anytime during the release:

• [x] outdated backward compatibility code removed (doc, searchfox)
  • no backward compat code for this release
• [x] outdated telemetry probes removed (bz query)
  • no probes to remove for this release
• [x] in devtools-qa bugs, needinfo the triage owner (or the assignee if they are a team member) to test the bug in beta channel (bz query)
  • no needinfo for this release

Close to the end of the release (eg 1 week before code freeze)

• [x] Update MDN data for the Compatibility panel follow devtools/shared/compatibility/README.md
  • Bug 1905861
• [x] Check the browser information in the Compatibility Panel is up to date (example: version number for Firefox Nightly should be 129):
  • Steps: Open the Inspector, then select the Compatibility side panel, and click on Settings to see the list of all browsers
• [x] smoke test for remote debugging against version 128 (doc)
• [x] smoke test for remote debugging against the same version (version 129) (same doc)
• [x] check xpcshell debugging (doc)

Marionette and BiDi:

• [x] close to the end of release (around 1 week), based on the list of bugs fixed during the release, update Marionette release notes on MDN for 128: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/128#webdriver_conformance_marionette.
  • PR: https://github.com/mdn/content/pull/34623 - MERGED
• [x] right after the release of Firefox 128, send a mail to the dev-webdriver mailing list.
  • https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-webdriver/c/Cd4JgKPOPpM/m/Mz6OtkhWAAAJ?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer

For reference: full list of Marionette and BiDi bugs fixed during the release.

Template suggestion for the Marionette email (adjust wording if relevant):

Firefox 128 has just been released, containing updates for our WebDriver (BiDi, Marionette) support.

You can find all the details in the change log for web developers:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/128#webdriver_conformance_webdriver_bidi_marionette

See https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t8pR_lcTkjZjX1ddOf6tyvPY8dtE519Vlu8wXX58x_E for detailed explanations about Marionette tasks, or contact :whimboo / :jdescottes for help

Nice to have:

• [x] Generate webidl-pure-allowlist.js and webidl-deprecated-list.js (doc)
  • Bug 1905865

Comment 1

[Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]]

All tasks are completed, we can close this bug