1909210 - Decrease frequency of backstop run on android tests

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Testing :: Raptor, task, P1)

Description

[Greg Mierzwinski [:sparky]]

This bug is for decreasing the frequency of android tests running with the backstop optimization strategy.

Comment 1

[Greg Mierzwinski [:sparky]]

Attachment: Bug 1909210 - Add new optimization strategy for android perf tasks. r?#perftest

This patch adds a new backstop optimization strategy for android perf tasks. It will decrease the scheduling frequency of the tests on autoland to about half as often as the original backstop strategy.

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/dba10e270892
Add new optimization strategy for android perf tasks. r=taskgraph-reviewers,jcristau

Comment 3

[Cosmin Sabou [:CosminS]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/dba10e270892

Comment 4

[Florin Bilt]

(In reply to Pulsebot from comment #2)

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/dba10e270892
Add new optimization strategy for android perf tasks.
r=taskgraph-reviewers,jcristau

Perfherder has detected a browsertime performance change from push dba10e2708923dab757bcfcff18cbd6355ba8159.

Improvements:

Ratio	Test	Platform	Options	Absolute values (old vs new)	Performance Profiles
5%	expedia LastVisualChange	macosx1015-64-shippable-qr	fission warm webrender	2,356.74 -> 2,230.53	Before/After
5%	expedia LastVisualChange	macosx1015-64-shippable-qr	fission warm webrender	2,318.25 -> 2,204.98	Before/After

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