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.. _FirstStartup:
==============
FirstStartup
==============
``FirstStartup`` is a module which is invoked on application startup by the Windows Installer,
to initialize services before the first application window appears.
This is useful for:
- one-time performance tuning
- downloading critical data (hotfixes, experiments, etc)
Blocking until the first Application window appears is important because the Installer
will show a progress bar until this happens. This gives a user experience of:
1. User downloads and starts the Windows Stub Installer.
2. Progress bar advances while the application is downloaded and installed.
3. Installer invokes the application with ``--first-startup``.
4. Application window appears, and the installer window closes.
Overall, the user experiences a very fast first-startup, with critical tasks that normally
would be deferred until after UI startup already complete.
.. _FirstStartup Architecture:
FirstStartup: Example use case
==============================
An example use of the ``FirstStartup`` module is to invoke the Normandy client to download an experiment
that will be used to customize the first-run page that Firefox shows.
In this example, the first-run page would be loaded experimentally based on an attribution code provided
by the Installer. The flow for this looks like:
1. User clicks on download link containing an attribution (UTM) code(s).
2. The download page serves a custom Windows Stub Installer with the appropriate attribution code embedded.
3. The installer invokes Firefox with the `--first-startup` flag, which blocks the first window.
4. Normandy is run by ``FirstStartup`` and downloads a list of available experiments, or "recipes".
5. Recipes are evaluated and filtered based on local information, such as the OS platform and the attribution codes.
6. A recipe is found which matches the current attribution code, and appropriate data is made available to the first-run page.
7. ``FirstStartup`` completes and unblocks, which causes Firefox to show the first window and load the appropriate first-run data.
List of phases
==============
``FirstStartup.NOT_STARTED``
The ``FirstStartup`` module has not been initialized (the ``init()``
function has not been called). This is the default state.
``FirstStartup.IN_PROGRESS``
``FirstStartup.init()`` has been called, and the event loop is
spinning. This state will persist until either all startup tasks
have finished, or time-out has been reached.
The time-out defaults to 30 seconds, but is configurable via the
``first-startup.timeout`` pref, which is specified in milliseconds.
``FirstStartup.TIMED_OUT``
The time-out has been reached before startup tasks are complete.
``FirstStartup.SUCCESS``
All startup tasks have completed successfully, and application startup may resume.
``FirstStartup.UNSUPPORTED``
No startup tasks are supported, and `FirstStartup` exited.
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