Firefox/Channels/Meetings/2026-07-16

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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, acristea, pascalc, apetridean, csasca, dsmith, Mira, dmeehan, mboldan, phorea, tzsoldos, jgibbs,

Schedule Update

• 152
  • Desktop 152.0.6 and Android Fenix/Focus 152.0.6 planned dot release live @ 100% rollout
    • No dot release on the radar before Fx153 go-live
  • Firefox iOS 152.4 live in a gradual rollout
• 153
  • Desktop & Android 153.0b13 live on beta @ 100% rollout
  • Desktop & Android 153 RC1 ready and signed off by QA
  • ESR 115/140 ready and signed off by QA
  • Building ESR 153.0 blocked on releng work
  • Android Fenix/Focus 153.0 @ 5% Play Store rollout
  • iOS Firefox/Focus 153.0 pending release notes creation, scheduled to start phased rollout at 03:00 UTC on 2026-07-22
  • Firefox iOS 153.1 branches and Firefox iOS 153.1 gtb tomorrow
  • Next week is Fx153 go-live on 2026-07-24
• 154
  • String freeze starts tomorrow
  • Merge Day next week on Monday 2026-07-20
  • 154.0b1 build1 gtb on Wednesday 2026-07-22

Release Quality Metrics

• https://bugdash.moz.tools/#tab.beta

Desktop Stability

Nightly

crash incidence (% of users experiencing a crash): 2.46% (+0.16pp compared to previous week)

Beta

crash incidence: 1.73% (-0.12pp)

Release

crash incidence: 1.14% (+0.01pp)

Mobile Stability

• frequent Crash in [@ libGLESv2_mtk.so] [@ libc.so | libsrv_um.so] [@ libc.so | libglslcompiler.so] with graphics adapters from Imagination Technologies
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2055441
  • existed before v152 but crash volume doubled

QA

Nightly

• Nightly 154 pre-merge testing in progress. No concerns.
• Nightly 154 search testing in progress. No concerns.
• QA-5319 - Smart Window - Mistral and French support - report will be sent until tomorrow eod.

Mobile

• Android
  • Build Signoffs Fenix & Focus
    • Beta 153.0b11 - status GREEN
    • Beta 153.0b12 - status GREEN
    • Beta 153.0b13 - status GREEN
    • RC 152.0.6 - status GREEN
    • RC 153.0 build 1 - status GREEN
  • Feature Testing
    • [QA-2799] Autofill webcompat testing (Spain,Japan,UK) - Beta 153 – status GREEN
    • [QA-4471] [Local Network Access Functionality] Beta Fx153 - status GREEN
    • [QA-4471] [Local Network Access Functionality] Beta Fx153 - Android 17 status GREEN
    • [QA-5434] Android address capture - Nightly 154 - status GREEN
    • [QA-5405] [Add Shortcuts Improvements 2026] - Nightly Fx154 - status GREEN
    • [QA-5341] [Redesign on webcompat reporter] - Nightly Fx154 - in progress
    • [QA-5341] [Redesign on webcompat reporter] - Beta Fx153 - status GREEN

• iOS
  • Build Signoffs
    • Firefox iOS 153.0 (74276) - Release Candidate 1 - status [GREEN]
    • Focus iOS 153.0 (74285) - Release Candidate 1 - status [GREEN]
  • Feature Testing
    • [QA-5336] - iOS Quick Answer - nightly testing - in progress