Firefox/Channels/Meetings/2026-06-18

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Channel Meeting Details

• Thursdays at 7:30am Pacific Time
• Past meeting notes: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Channels/Meetings

Video/Teleconference Details

• Zoom Meeting ID: 536 097 768
• https://mozilla.zoom.us/j/536097768

REMEMBER

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Attendees

RyanVM, dsmith, pascalc, abodea, oardelean, Mira, mboldan, phorea, rpopovici, dveditz, dmeehan,tzsoldos, epopescu,jgibbs, Aryx

Schedule Update

• 152
  • Desktop 152.0.1 and Android Fenix/Focus 152.0.1 live @ 25% rollout
  • Desktop and Android 152.0.2 planned dot release scheduled for next week
    • gtb on 2026-06-22, go-live on 2026-06-23 after QA sign-off
  • Firefox iOS 152.1 scheduled to start phased rollout at 03:00 UTC on 2026-06-21
  • Firefox iOS 152.2 branches and Firefox iOS 152.2 gtb tomorrow
• 153
  • Desktop/Android 153.0b1 live @ 50%
  • Desktop 153.0b2 gtb tomorrow @ 100% rollout
  • Android 153.0b2 gtb tomorrow @ 99% rollout
    • Bumping to 100% today
• 154
  • New cycle has started for Fx154

Release Quality Metrics

• https://bugdash.moz.tools/#tab.beta

Desktop Stability

Nightly

crash incidence (% of users experiencing a crash): 2.54% (-0.36pp compared to previous week)

• nightly Crash in [@ mozilla::net::nsHttpTransaction::ParseLineSegment]
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2048392
  • developer needinfoed

Beta

crash incidence: 1.97% (+0.17pp)

Release

crash incidence: 1.09% (-0.03pp)

Mobile Stability

• release Crash in [@ rlbox::detail::dynamic_check | rlbox::detail::check_range_doesnt_cross_app_sbx_boundary<T>]
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2048565
  • font sandboxing issue
  • domain expert needinfoed
• Crash in [@ java.lang.RuntimeException: at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java)]
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1655930
  • 200+ crashes/day, see comment 10 in bug
• release Crash reporter is failing to send crash telemetry (ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException)
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1990135
  • 150-250 reports/day
  • pinged the developer
• nightly Crash in [@ java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: at org.mozilla.geckoview.GeckoRuntime.init(GeckoRuntime.java)]
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2039491
  • two recent Nightly builds with frequent crashes
  • no action for the last month

QA

Nightly

• Testing on Nova features will start next week.

Beta

• Beta smoke testing in progress. No concerns.
• 1st round of Functional testing is in progress. No concerns.
• Beta new feature preliminary testing started today.
• Beta top site web compat testing completed. No concerns.

Mobile

• Android
  • Build Signoffs Fenix & Focus
    • Beta 153.0b1 build 1 - status GREEN
    • Beta 153.0b1 build 2 - status GREEN
    • RC 152.0 build 2 - status GREEN
    • RC 152.0.1 build 1- status GREEN
  • Feature Testing
    • [QA-2799] Autofill webcompat testing (Austria, Switzerland, Mexico) - Beta 152 – status GREEN
    • [QA-5263] webgl web API changes - Nightly 153 status GREEN
    • [QA-5308] Nova changes - bug verification – completed
    • [QA-5263] webgl web API changes - Beta 153 testing in progress
    • [QA-5133] Search optimization - RC 152 testing in progress
    • [QA-5342] Blocked Tracker Widget & Dashboard - Test planning and test case creation in progress
• iOS
  • Build Signoffs
    • Firefox iOS v152.1 (73145) - RC 1 - status GREEN
    • Firefox iOS v152.0 (73120) - RC 3 - status GREEN
    • Firefox iOS v151.3.2 (73107) RC 1 - status GREEN
  • Feature Testing
    • [QA-5267] HTTPS first on iOS - results to be sent today EOD
    • [QA-5270] Add Categories to Feed iOS - sign-off to be sent today
    • [QA-5336] iOS - Quick Answers - not started
    • [QA-5329] iOS - Google Lens Feature - Test planning
    • [QA-5138] iOS - World Cup Feature - in progress
    • [QA-5369] + Add Shortcut button - results sent for Nightly status Yellow

Roundtable & Special Topics

• June 19 – US Holiday (Juneteenth)
• security team considering reducing the sec-approval process (limiting it to sandbox-escape bugs)