1919081 - 0.29 - 0.19% installer size / installer size + 1 more (OSX) regression on Fri September 6 2024

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: Audio/Video, defect)

Description

[Treeherder Bug Filer]

Perfherder has detected a build_metrics performance regression from push dc465849474d2f61188aa6919851e40a7462ef85. As author of one of the patches included in that push, we need your help to address this regression.

Regressions:

Ratio	Test	Platform	Options	Absolute values (old vs new)
0.29%	installer size	osx-shippable	nightly	98,130,968.04 -> 98,413,662.83
0.25%	installer size	osx-nightlyasrelease	nightly nightly-as-release	95,736,719.88 -> 95,977,640.92
0.19%	installer size	osx-shippable	nightly	98,149,976.79 -> 98,334,025.25

Details of the alert can be found in the alert summary, including links to graphs and comparisons for each of the affected tests. Please follow our guide to handling regression bugs and let us know your plans within 3 business days, or the patch(es) may be backed out in accordance with our regression policy.

You can run these tests on try with ./mach try perf --alert 2092

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Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

Set release status flags based on info from the regressing bug 1916008

Comment 2

[C.M.Chang[:chunmin]]

I am not sure why bug 1916008 causes the size to enlarge, and it's only on OSX (patches are applied to all platforms), but those fixes are necessary for compatibility (accommodating API misusages). Additionally, 0.2x% larger seems acceptable to me.