1961069 - Enable weather suggestions by default for all Suggest users

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: Address Bar, task, P1)

Description

[Drew Willcoxon :adw (Away July 17–July 24)]

[Tracking Requested - why for this release]: Product wants to enable weather suggestions in the urlbar for 138.

Comment 1

[Daisuke Akatsuka (:daisuke)]

Attachment: Bug 1961069: Enable weather suggestions by default

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/79655ffc32c2
Enable weather suggestions by default r=adw

Comment 3

[Iulian Moraru]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/79655ffc32c2

Comment 4

[Drew Willcoxon :adw (Away July 17–July 24)]

Comment on attachment 9479540 [details]
Bug 1961069: Enable weather suggestions by default

Beta/Release Uplift Approval Request

• User impact if declined/Reason for urgency: Product leadership wants to enable weather suggestions by default in 138.
• Is this code covered by automated tests?: Yes
• Has the fix been verified in Nightly?: No
• Needs manual test from QE?: Yes
• If yes, steps to reproduce: When Suggest is enabled and the app's region is US, typing "weather" etc. in the urlbar should trigger a weather suggestion.
• List of other uplifts needed: None
• Risk to taking this patch: Low
• Why is the change risky/not risky? (and alternatives if risky): In terms of code, this patch only flips a pref from false to true, and we have thorough tests. In terms of UX, this will enable a new suggestion type in the urlbar for Suggest users when they type certain weather-related keywords.
• String changes made/needed: None
• Is Android affected?: No

Comment 5

[Dianna Smith [:diannaS]]

Attachment: Bug 1961069: Enable weather suggestions by default

Original Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D245831

Comment 6

[Phabricator Automation]

beta Uplift Approval Request

• User impact if declined: Product leadership wants to enable weather suggestions by default in 138.
• Code covered by automated testing: yes
• Fix verified in Nightly: yes
• Needs manual QE test: yes
• Steps to reproduce for manual QE testing: When Suggest is enabled and the app's region is US, typing "weather" etc. in the urlbar should trigger a weather suggestion.
• Risk associated with taking this patch: Low
• Explanation of risk level: Low
• String changes made/needed: None
• Is Android affected?: no

Comment 7

[Pulsebot]

https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/495e42b933c1

Comment 8

[Carmen Fat [:cfat] - Ecosystem QA]

I have verified this task on the latest Firefox Nightly 139.0a1 (Build ID: 20250421213526) and RC 138 (Build ID: 20250421163656) on Windows 11, macOS 15.3, and Ubuntu 24.04 x64.

• The browser.urlbar.weather.featureGate pref is true by default.
• The weather suggestion is triggered, displaying the simple UI if typing specific keywords or cities in the Address Bar (e.g. weather, forecast, air quality, new york, seattle, aus sunny, local radar lax, etc.)