1958169 - Remove or update probes expiring in Firefox 140: installation.firstSeen.* before Gecko version gets increased to 140 on 2025-04-28

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: Installer, task)

Description

[telemetry-probes]

The following Firefox probes will expire in the next major Firefox nightly release: version 140 [1].

installation.firstSeen.failure_reason
installation.firstSeen.installer_type
installation.firstSeen.version
installation.firstSeen.admin_user
installation.firstSeen.install_existed
installation.firstSeen.profdir_existed
installation.firstSeen.other_inst
installation.firstSeen.other_msix_inst
installation.firstSeen.silent
installation.firstSeen.from_msi
installation.firstSeen.default_path

What to do about this:

1. If one, some, or all of the metrics are no longer needed, please remove them from their definitions files (Histograms.json, Scalars.yaml, Events.yaml).
2. If one, some, or all of the metrics are still required, please submit a patch to extend their expiry.

If you have any problems, please ask for help on the #data-help Slack channel or the #telemetry Matrix room at https://chat.mozilla.org/#/room/#telemetry:mozilla.org. We'll give you a hand.

Your Friendly, Neighborhood Telemetry Team

[1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release_Management/Calendar

This is an automated message sent from probe-scraper. See https://github.com/mozilla/probe-scraper for details.

Comment 1

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

The bug is marked as tracked for firefox139 (nightly). However, the bug still isn't assigned.

:Amir, could you please find an assignee for this tracked bug? If you disagree with the tracking decision, please talk with the release managers.

For more information, please visit BugBot documentation.

Comment 2

[Romain Testard [:RT]]

Please let's keep this, I'm currrently using it to better understand our acquisition funnel.

Comment 3

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

This is a reminder regarding comment #1!

The bug is marked as tracked for firefox139 (nightly). We have limited time to fix this, the soft freeze is in 10 days. However, the bug still isn't assigned.

Comment 4

[Chris DuPuis]

Attachment: Bug 1958169: Extend expiry for installation.firstSeen.* telemetry r=nrishel

This telemetry is still in use. Extending for another 12 versions.

Comment 5

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/88e3283a6aa8
Extend expiry for installation.firstSeen.* telemetry r=nrishel

Comment 6

[Cristina Horotan [:chorotan]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/88e3283a6aa8