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+# Building
+
+Marionette is built into Firefox by default and ships in the official
+Firefox binary. As Marionette is written in [XPCOM] flavoured
+JavaScript, you may choose to rely on so called [artifact builds],
+which will download pre-compiled Firefox blobs to your computer.
+This means you don’t have to compile Firefox locally, but does
+come at the cost of having a good internet connection. To enable
+[artifact builds] you may choose ‘Firefox for Desktop Artifact
+Mode’ when bootstrapping.
+
+Once you have a clone of [mozilla-unified], you can set up your
+development environment by running this command and following the
+on-screen instructions:
+
+```shell
+./mach bootstrap
+```
+
+When you're getting asked to choose the version of Firefox you want to build,
+you may want to consider choosing "Firefox for Desktop Artifact Mode". This
+significantly reduces the time it takes to build Firefox on your machine
+(from 30+ minutes to just 1-2 minutes) if you have a fast internet connection.
+
+To perform a regular build, simply do:
+
+```shell
+./mach build
+```
+
+You can clean out the objdir using this command:
+
+```shell
+./mach clobber
+```
+
+Occasionally a clean build will be required after you fetch the
+latest changes from mozilla-central. You will find that the the
+build will error when this is the case. To automatically do clean
+builds when this happens you may optionally add this line to the
+[mozconfig] file in your top source directory:
+
+```
+mk_add_options AUTOCLOBBER=1
+```
+
+If you compile Firefox frequently you will also want to enable
+[ccache] and [sccache] if you develop on a macOS or Linux system:
+
+```
+mk_add_options 'export RUSTC_WRAPPER=sccache'
+mk_add_options 'export CCACHE_CPP2=yes'
+ac_add_options --with-ccache
+```
+
+You may also opt out of building all the WebDriver specific components
+(Marionette, and the [Remote Agent]) by setting the following flag:
+
+```
+ac_add_options --disable-webdriver
+```
+
+[mozilla-unified]: https://mozilla-version-control-tools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/hgmozilla/unifiedrepo.html
+[artifact builds]: /contributing/build/artifact_builds.rst
+[mozconfig]: /build/buildsystem/mozconfigs.rst
+[ccache]: https://ccache.samba.org/
+[sccache]: https://github.com/mozilla/sccache
+[Remote Agent]: /remote/index.rst
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+# Style guide
+
+Like other projects, we also have some guidelines to keep to the code.
+For the overall Marionette project, a few rough rules are:
+
+* Make your code readable and sensible, and don’t try to be
+ clever. Prefer simple and easy solutions over more convoluted
+ and foreign syntax.
+
+* Fixing style violations whilst working on a real change as a
+ preparatory clean-up step is good, but otherwise avoid useless
+ code churn for the sake of conforming to the style guide.
+
+* Code is mutable and not written in stone. Nothing that
+ is checked in is sacred and we encourage change to make
+ remote/marionette a pleasant ecosystem to work in.
+
+## JavaScript
+
+Marionette is written in JavaScript and ships
+as part of Firefox. We have access to all the latest ECMAScript
+features currently in development, usually before it ships in the
+wild and we try to make use of new features when appropriate,
+especially when they move us off legacy internal replacements
+(such as Promise.jsm and Task.jsm).
+
+One of the peculiarities of working on JavaScript code that ships as
+part of a runtime platform is, that unlike in a regular web document,
+we share a single global state with the rest of Firefox. This means
+we have to be responsible and not leak resources unnecessarily.
+
+JS code in Gecko is organised into _modules_ carrying _.js_ or _.jsm_
+file extensions. Depending on the area of Gecko you’re working on,
+you may find they have different techniques for exporting symbols,
+varying indentation and code style, as well as varying linting
+requirements.
+
+To export symbols to other Marionette modules, remember to assign
+your exported symbols to the shared global `this`:
+
+```javascript
+const EXPORTED_SYMBOLS = ["PollPromise", "TimedPromise"];
+```
+
+When importing symbols in Marionette code, try to be specific about
+what you need:
+
+```javascript
+const { TimedPromise } = ChromeUtils.import(
+ "chrome://remote/content/marionette/sync.js"
+);
+```
+
+We prefer object assignment shorthands when redefining names,
+for example when you use functionality from the `Components` global:
+
+```javascript
+const {classes: Cc, interfaces: Ci, utils: Cu, results: Cr} = Components;
+```
+
+When using symbols by their own name, the assignment name can be
+omitted:
+
+```javascript
+const {TYPE_ONE_SHOT, TYPE_REPEATING_SLACK} = Ci.nsITimer;
+```
+
+In addition to the default [Mozilla eslint rules], we have [our
+own specialisations] that are stricter and enforce more security.
+A few notable examples are that we disallow fallthrough `case`
+statements unless they are explicitly grouped together:
+
+```javascript
+switch (x) {
+ case "foo":
+ doSomething();
+
+ case "bar": // <-- disallowed!
+ doSomethingElse();
+ break;
+
+ case "baz":
+ case "bah": // <-- allowed (-:
+ doCrazyThings();
+}
+```
+
+We disallow the use of `var`, for which we always prefer `let` and
+`const` as replacements. Do be aware that `const` does not mean
+that the variable is immutable: just that it cannot be reassigned.
+We require all lines to end with semicolons, disallow construction
+of plain `new Object()`, require variable names to be camel-cased,
+and complain about unused variables.
+
+For purely aesthetic reasons we indent our code with two spaces,
+which includes switch-statement `case`s, and limit the maximum
+line length to 78 columns. When you need to wrap a statement to
+the next line, the second line is indented with four spaces, like this:
+
+```javascript
+throw new TypeError(pprint`Expected an element or WindowProxy, got: ${el}`);
+```
+
+This is not normally something you have to think to deeply about as
+it is enforced by the [linter]. The linter also has an automatic
+mode that fixes and formats certain classes of style violations.
+
+If you find yourself struggling to fit a long statement on one line,
+this is usually an indication that it is too long and should be
+split into multiple lines. This is also a helpful tip to make the
+code easier to read. Assigning transitive values to descriptive
+variable names can serve as self-documentation:
+
+```javascript
+let location = event.target.documentURI || event.target.location.href;
+log.debug(`Received DOM event ${event.type} for ${location}`);
+```
+
+On the topic of variable naming the opinions are as many as programmers
+writing code, but it is often helpful to keep the input and output
+arguments to functions descriptive (longer), and let transitive
+internal values to be described more succinctly:
+
+```javascript
+/** Prettifies instance of Error and its stacktrace to a string. */
+function stringify(error) {
+ try {
+ let s = error.toString();
+ if ("stack" in error) {
+ s += "\n" + error.stack;
+ }
+ return s;
+ } catch (e) {
+ return "<unprintable error>";
+ }
+}
+```
+
+When we can, we try to extract the relevant object properties in
+the arguments to an event handler or a function:
+
+```javascript
+const responseListener = ({name, target, json, data}) => { … };
+```
+
+Instead of:
+
+```javascript
+const responseListener = msg => {
+ let name = msg.name;
+ let target = msg.target;
+ let json = msg.json;
+ let data = msg.data;
+ …
+};
+```
+
+All source files should have `"use strict";` as the first directive
+so that the file is parsed in [strict mode].
+
+Every source code file that ships as part of the Firefox bundle
+must also have a [copying header], such as this:
+
+```javascript
+ /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+ * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+```
+
+New xpcshell test files _should not_ have a license header as all
+new Mozilla tests should be in the [public domain] so that they can
+easily be shared with other browser vendors. We want to re-license
+existing tests covered by the [MPL] so that they can be shared.
+We very much welcome your help in doing version control archeology
+to make this happen!
+
+The practical details of working on the Marionette code is outlined
+in [Contributing.md], but generally you do not have to re-build
+Firefox when changing code. Any change to remote/marionette/*.js
+will be picked up on restarting Firefox. The only notable exception
+is remote/components/Marionette.jsm, which does require
+a re-build.
+
+[strict mode]: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Strict_mode
+[Mozilla eslint rules]: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/.eslintrc.js
+[our own specialisations]: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/remote/marionette/.eslintrc.js
+[linter]: #linting
+[copying header]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/headers/
+[public domain]: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
+[MPL]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/
+[Contributing.md]: ./Contributing.md
+
+## Python
+
+TODO
+
+## Documentation
+
+We keep our documentation in-tree under [remote/doc/marionette]
+and [testing/geckodriver/doc]. Updates and minor changes to
+documentation should ideally not be scrutinised to the same degree
+as code changes to encourage frequent updates so that the documentation
+does not go stale. To that end, documentation changes with `r=me`
+from module peers are permitted.
+
+Use fmt(1) or an equivalent editor specific mechanism (such as Meta-Q
+in Emacs) to format paragraphs at a maximum width of 75 columns
+with a goal of roughly 65. This is equivalent to `fmt -w 75 -g 65`,
+which happens to be the default on BSD and macOS.
+
+We endeavour to document all _public APIs_ of the Marionette component.
+These include public functions—or command implementations—on
+the `GeckoDriver` class, as well as all exported symbols from
+other modules. Documentation for non-exported symbols is not required.
+
+[remote/doc/marionette]: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/remote/marionette/doc
+[testing/geckodriver/doc]: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/testing/geckodriver/doc
+
+## Linting
+
+Marionette consists mostly of JavaScript (server) and Python (client,
+harness, test runner) code. We lint our code with [mozlint],
+which harmonises the output from [eslint] and [ruff].
+
+To run the linter with a sensible output:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach lint -funix remote/marionette
+```
+
+For certain classes of style violations the eslint linter has
+an automatic mode for fixing and formatting your code. This is
+particularly useful to keep to whitespace and indentation rules:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach eslint --fix remote/marionette
+```
+
+The linter is also run as a try job (shorthand `ES`) which means
+any style violations will automatically block a patch from landing
+(if using Autoland) or cause your changeset to be backed out (if
+landing directly on mozilla-inbound).
+
+If you use git(1) you can [enable automatic linting] before you push
+to a remote through a pre-push (or pre-commit) hook. This will
+run the linters on the changed files before a push and abort if
+there are any problems. This is convenient for avoiding a try run
+failing due to a stupid linting issue.
+
+[mozlint]: /code-quality/lint/mozlint.rst
+[eslint]: /code-quality/lint/linters/eslint.rst
+[ruff]: /code-quality/lint/linters/ruff.rst
+[enable automatic linting]: /code-quality/lint/usage.rst#using-a-vcs-hook
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+# Contributing
+
+If you are new to open source or to Mozilla, you might like this
+[tutorial for new Marionette contributors](NewContributors.md).
+
+We are delighted that you want to help improve Marionette!
+‘Marionette’ means different a few different things, depending
+on who you talk to, but the overall scope of the project involves
+these components:
+
+* [_Marionette_] is a Firefox remote protocol to communicate with,
+ instrument, and control Gecko-based applications such as Firefox
+ and Firefox for mobile. It is built in to the application and
+ written in JavaScript.
+
+ It serves as the backend for the geckodriver WebDriver implementation,
+ and is used in the context of Firefox UI tests, reftesting,
+ Web Platform Tests, test harness bootstrapping, and in many
+ other far-reaching places where browser instrumentation is required.
+
+* [_geckodriver_] provides the HTTP API described by the [WebDriver
+ protocol] to communicate with Gecko-based applications such as
+ Firefox and Firefox for mobile. It is a standalone executable
+ written in Rust, and can be used with compatible W3C WebDriver clients.
+
+* [_webdriver_] is a Rust crate providing interfaces, traits
+ and types, errors, type- and bounds checks, and JSON marshaling
+ for correctly parsing and emitting the [WebDriver protocol].
+
+By participating in this project, you agree to abide by the Mozilla
+[Community Participation Guidelines]. Here are some guidelines
+for contributing high-quality and actionable bugs and code.
+
+[_Marionette_]: ./index.rst
+[_geckodriver_]: /testing/geckodriver/index.rst
+[_webdriver_]: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/testing/webdriver/README.md
+[WebDriver protocol]: https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/webdriver-spec.html#protocol
+[Community Participation Guidelines]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/governance/policies/participation/
+
+## Writing code
+
+Because there are many moving parts involved remote controlling
+a web browser, it can be challenging to a new contributor to know
+where to start. Please don’t hesitate to [ask questions]!
+
+The canonical source code repository is [mozilla-central]. Bugs are
+filed in the [Testing :: Marionette] component on Bugzilla. We also
+have a curated set of [good first bugs] you may consider attempting first.
+
+We have collected a lot of good advice for working on Marionette
+code in our [code style document], which we highly recommend you read.
+
+[ask questions]: index.rst#Communication
+[mozilla-central]: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/remote/marionette/
+[Testing :: Marionette]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?resolution=---&component=Marionette
+[good first bugs]: https://codetribute.mozilla.org/projects/automation?project%3DMarionette
+[code style document]: CodeStyle.md
+
+## Next steps
+
+* [Building](Building.md)
+* [Debugging](Debugging.md)
+* [Testing](Testing.md)
+* [Patching](Patches.md)
+
+## Other resources
+
+* [Code style](CodeStyle.md)
+* [New Contributor Tutorial](NewContributors.md)
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+# Debugging
+
+## Redirecting the Gecko output
+
+The most common way to debug Marionette, as well as chrome code in
+general, is to use `dump()` to print a string to stdout. In Firefox,
+this log output normally ends up in the gecko.log file in your current
+working directory. With Fennec it can be inspected using `adb logcat`.
+
+`mach marionette-test` takes a `--gecko-log` option which lets
+you redirect this output stream. This is convenient if you want to
+“merge” the test harness output with the stdout from the browser.
+Per Unix conventions you can use `-` (dash) to have Firefox write
+its log to stdout instead of file:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach marionette-test --gecko-log -
+```
+
+It is common to use this in conjunction with an option to increase
+the Marionette log level:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach test --gecko-log - -vv TEST
+```
+
+A single `-v` enables debug logging, and a double `-vv` enables
+trace logging.
+
+This debugging technique can be particularly effective when combined
+with using [pdb] in the Python client or the JS remote debugger
+that is described below.
+
+[pdb]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/pdb.html
+
+## JavaScript debugger
+
+You can attach the [Browser Toolbox] JavaScript debugger to the
+Marionette server using the `--jsdebugger` flag. This enables you
+to introspect and set breakpoints in Gecko chrome code, which is a
+more powerful debugging technique than using `dump()` or `console.log()`.
+
+To automatically open the JS debugger for `Mn` tests:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach marionette-test --jsdebugger
+```
+
+It will prompt you when to start to allow you time to set your
+breakpoints. It will also prompt you between each test.
+
+You can also use the `debugger;` statement anywhere in chrome code
+to add a breakpoint. In this example, a breakpoint will be added
+whenever the `WebDriver:GetPageSource` command is called:
+
+```javascript
+ GeckoDriver.prototype.getPageSource = async function() {
+ debugger;
+ …
+ }
+```
+
+To be prompted at the start of the test run or between tests,
+you can set the `marionette.debugging.clicktostart` preference to
+`true` this way:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach marionette-test --setpref='marionette.debugging.clicktostart=true' --jsdebugger
+```
+
+For reference, below is the list of preferences that enables the
+chrome debugger for Marionette. These are all set implicitly when
+`--jsdebugger` is passed to mach. In non-official builds, which
+are the default when built using `./mach build`, you will find that
+the chrome debugger won’t prompt for connection and will allow
+remote connections.
+
+* `devtools.browsertoolbox.panel` -> `jsdebugger`
+
+ Selects the Debugger panel by default.
+
+* `devtools.chrome.enabled` → true
+
+ Enables debugging of chrome code.
+
+* `devtools.debugger.prompt-connection` → false
+
+ Controls the remote connection prompt. Note that this will
+ automatically expose your Firefox instance to localhost.
+
+* `devtools.debugger.remote-enabled` → true
+
+ Allows a remote debugger to connect, which is necessary for
+ debugging chrome code.
+
+[Browser Toolbox]: /devtools-user/browser_toolbox/index.rst
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+# Introduction to Marionette
+
+Marionette is an automation driver for Mozilla's Gecko engine.
+It can remotely control either the UI or the internal JavaScript of
+a Gecko platform, such as Firefox. It can control both the chrome
+(i.e. menus and functions) or the content (the webpage loaded inside
+the browsing context), giving a high level of control and ability
+to replicate user actions. In addition to performing actions on the
+browser, Marionette can also read the properties and attributes of
+the DOM.
+
+If this sounds similar to [Selenium/WebDriver] then you're
+correct! Marionette shares much of the same ethos and API as
+Selenium/WebDriver, with additional commands to interact with
+Gecko's chrome interface. Its goal is to replicate what Selenium
+does for web content: to enable the tester to have the ability to
+send commands to remotely control a user agent.
+
+[Selenium/WebDriver]: https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webdriver/raw-file/tip/webdriver-spec.html
+
+## How does it work?
+
+Marionette consists of two parts: a server which takes requests and
+executes them in Gecko, and a client. The client sends commands to
+the server and the server executes the command inside the browser.
+
+## When would I use it?
+
+If you want to perform UI tests with browser chrome or content,
+Marionette is the tool you're looking for! You can use it to
+control either web content, or Firefox itself.
+
+A test engineer would typically import the Marionette client package
+into their test framework, import the classes and use the class
+functions and methods to control the browser. After controlling
+the browser, Marionette can be used to return information about
+the state of the browser which can then be used to validate that
+the action was performed correctly.
+
+## Using Marionette
+
+Marionette combines a gecko component (the Marionette server) with an
+outside component (the Marionette client), which drives the tests.
+The Marionette server ships with Firefox, and to use it you will
+need to download a Marionette client or use the in-tree client.
+
+* [Download and setup the Python client for Marionette][1]
+* [Run Tests with Python][2] – How to run tests using the
+ Python client
+* You might want to experiment with [using Marionette interactively
+ at a Python command prompt][2]
+* Start [writing and running][3] tests
+* Tips on [debugging][4] Marionette code
+* [Download and setup the Marionette JS client][5]
+* [Protocol definition][6]
+
+[1]: /python/marionette_driver.rst
+[2]: /python/marionette_driver.rst
+[3]: PythonTests.md
+[4]: Debugging.md
+[5]: https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/marionette_js_client
+[6]: Protocol.md
+
+## Bugs
+
+Please file any bugs you may find in the `Testing :: Marionette`
+component in Bugzilla. You can view a [list of current bugs]
+to see if your problem is already being addressed.
+
+[list of current bugs]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?product=Testing&component=Marionette
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+# New contributors
+
+This page is aimed at people who are new to Mozilla and want to contribute
+to Mozilla source code related to Marionette Python tests, WebDriver
+spec tests and related test harnesses and tools. Mozilla has both
+git and Mercurial repositories, but this guide only describes Mercurial.
+
+If you run into issues or have doubts, check out the [Resources](#resources)
+section below and **don't hesitate to ask questions**. :) The goal of these
+steps is to make sure you have the basics of your development environment
+working. Once you do, we can get you started with working on an
+actual bug, yay!
+
+## Accounts, communication
+
+ 1. Set up a [Bugzilla] account (and, if you like, a [Mozillians] profile).
+ Please include your Element nickname in both of these accounts so we can work
+ with you more easily. For example, Eve Smith would set the Bugzilla name
+ to "Eve Smith (:esmith)", where "esmith" is the Element nick.
+
+ 2. For a direct communication with us it will be beneficial to setup [Element].
+ Make sure to also register your nickname as described in the linked document.
+
+ 3. Join our [#webdriver:mozilla.org] channel, and introduce yourself to the
+ team. :whimboo, :jdescottes, and :jgraham are all familiar with Marionette.
+ We're nice, I promise, but we might not answer right away due to different
+ time zones, time off, etc. So please be patient.
+
+ 4. When you want to ask a question on Element, just go ahead an ask it even if
+ no one appears to be around/responding.
+ Provide lots of detail so that we have a better chance of helping you.
+ If you don't get an answer right away, check again in a few hours --
+ someone may have answered you in the mean time.
+
+ 5. If you're having trouble reaching us over Element, you are welcome to send an
+ email to our [mailing list](index.rst#Communication) instead. It's a good
+ idea to include your Element nick in your email message.
+
+[Element]: https://chat.mozilla.org
+[#webdriver:mozilla.org]: https://chat.mozilla.org/#/room/#webdriver:mozilla.org
+[Bugzilla]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
+[Mozillians]: https://mozillians.org/
+
+## Getting the code, running tests
+
+Follow the documentation on [Contributing](Contributing.md) to get a sense of
+our projects, and which is of most interest for you. You will also learn how to
+get the Firefox source code, build your custom Firefox build, and how to run the
+tests.
+
+## Work on bugs and get code review
+
+Once you are familiar with the code of the test harnesses, and the tests you might
+want to start with your first contribution. The necessary steps to submit and verify
+your patches are laid out in [Patches](Patches.md).
+
+## Resources
+
+* Search Mozilla's code repository with searchfox to find the [code for
+ Marionette] and the [Marionette client/harness].
+
+* Another [guide for new contributors]. It has not been updated in a long
+ time but it's a good general resource if you ever get stuck on something.
+ The most relevant sections to you are about Bugzilla, Mercurial, Python and the
+ Development Process.
+
+* [Mercurial for Mozillians]
+
+* More general resources are available in this little [guide] :maja_zf wrote
+ in 2015 to help a student get started with open source contributions.
+
+* Textbook about general open source practices: [Practical Open Source Software Exploration]
+
+* If you'd rather use git instead of hg, see [git workflow for
+ Gecko development] and/or [this blog post by :ato].
+
+[code for Marionette]: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/remote/marionette/
+[Marionette client/harness]: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/testing/marionette/
+[guide for new contributors]: https://ateam-bootcamp.readthedocs.org/en/latest/guide/index.html#new-contributor-guide
+[Mercurial for Mozillians]: https://mozilla-version-control-tools.readthedocs.org/en/latest/hgmozilla/index.html
+[guide]: https://gist.github.com/mjzffr/d2adef328a416081f543
+[Practical Open Source Software Exploration]: https://quaid.fedorapeople.org/TOS/Practical_Open_Source_Software_Exploration/html/index.html
+[git workflow for Gecko development]: https://github.com/glandium/git-cinnabar/wiki/Mozilla:-A-git-workflow-for-Gecko-development
+[this blog post by :ato]: https://sny.no/2016/03/geckogit
diff --git a/remote/doc/marionette/Patches.md b/remote/doc/marionette/Patches.md
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+# Submitting patches
+
+You can submit patches by using [Phabricator]. Walk through its documentation
+in how to set it up, and uploading patches for review. Don't worry about which
+person to select for reviewing your code. It will be done automatically.
+
+Please also make sure to follow the [commit creation guidelines].
+
+Once you have contributed a couple of patches, we are happy to
+sponsor you in [becoming a Mozilla committer]. When you have been
+granted commit access level 1 you will have permission to use the
+[Firefox CI] to trigger your own “try runs” to test your changes.
+
+You can use the `remote-protocol` [try preset]:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach try --preset remote-protocol
+```
+
+This preset will schedule tests related to the Remote Protocol component on
+various platforms. You can reduce the number of tasks by filtering on platforms
+(e.g. linux) or build type (e.g. opt):
+
+```shell
+% ./mach try --preset remote-protocol -xq "'linux 'opt"
+```
+
+But you can also schedule tests by selecting relevant jobs yourself:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach try fuzzy
+```
+
+[Phabricator]: https://moz-conduit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/phabricator-user.html
+[commit creation guidelines]: https://mozilla-version-control-tools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/devguide/contributing.html#submitting-patches-for-review
+[becoming a Mozilla committer]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/governance/policies/commit/
+[Firefox CI]: https://treeherder.mozilla.org/
+[try preset]: /tools/try/presets
diff --git a/remote/doc/marionette/Prefs.md b/remote/doc/marionette/Prefs.md
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+# Preferences
+
+There are a couple of [Remote Agent preferences] associated with the Gecko remote
+protocol. Those listed below are additional ones uniquely used for Marionette.
+
+[Remote Agent preferences]: /remote/Prefs.md
+
+## `marionette.debugging.clicktostart`
+
+Delay server startup until a modal dialogue has been clicked to
+allow time for user to set breakpoints in the [Browser Toolbox].
+
+[Browser Toolbox]: /devtools-user/browser_toolbox/index.rst
+
+## `marionette.port`
+
+Defines the port on which the Marionette server will listen. Defaults
+to port 2828.
+
+This can be set to 0 to have the system atomically allocate a free
+port, which can be useful when running multiple Marionette servers
+on the same system. The effective port is written to the user
+preference file when the server has started and is also logged to
+stdout.
diff --git a/remote/doc/marionette/Protocol.md b/remote/doc/marionette/Protocol.md
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+# Protocol
+
+Marionette provides an asynchronous, parallel pipelining user-facing
+interface. Message sequencing limits chances of payload race
+conditions and provides a uniform way in which payloads are serialised.
+
+Clients that deliver a blocking WebDriver interface are still
+expected to not send further command requests before the response
+from the last command has come back, but if they still happen to do
+so because of programming error, no harm will be done. This guards
+against [mixing up responses].
+
+Schematic flow of messages:
+
+```text
+ client server
+ | |
+msgid=1 |----------->|
+ | command |
+ | |
+msgid=2 |<-----------|
+ | command |
+ | |
+msgid=2 |----------->|
+ | response |
+ | |
+msgid=1 |<-----------|
+ | response |
+ | |
+```
+
+The protocol consists of a `command` message and the corresponding
+`response` message. A `response` message must always be sent in
+reply to a `command` message.
+
+This means that the server implementation does not need to send
+the reply precisely in the order of the received commands: if it
+receives multiple messages, the server may even reply in random order.
+It is therefore strongly advised that clients take this into account
+when imlpementing the client end of this wire protocol.
+
+This is required for pipelining messages. On the server side,
+some functions are fast, and some less so. If the server must
+reply in order, the slow functions delay the other replies even if
+its execution is already completed.
+
+[mixing up responses]: https://bugzil.la/1207125
+
+## Command
+
+The request, or `command` message, is a four element JSON Array as shown
+below, that may originate from either the client- or server remote ends:
+
+```python
+[type, message ID, command, parameters]
+```
+
+* _type_ must be 0 (integer). This indicates that the message
+ is a `command`.
+
+* _message ID_ is a 32-bit unsigned integer. This number is
+ used as a sequencing number that uniquely identifies a pair of
+ `command` and `response` messages. The other remote part will
+ reply with a corresponding `response` with the same message ID.
+
+* _command_ is a string identifying the RPC method or command
+ to execute.
+
+* _parameters_ is an arbitrary JSON serialisable object.
+
+## Response
+
+The response message is also a four element array as shown below,
+and must always be sent after receiving a `command`:
+
+```python
+[type, message ID, error, result]
+```
+
+* _type_ must be 1 (integer). This indicates that the message is a
+ `response`.
+
+* _message ID_ is a 32-bit unsigned integer. This corresponds
+ to the `command`’s message ID.
+
+* _error_ is null if the command executed correctly. If the
+ error occurred on the server-side, then this is an [error] object.
+
+* _result_ is the result object from executing the `command`, if
+ it executed correctly. If an error occurred on the server-side,
+ this field is null.
+
+The structure of the result field can vary, but is documented
+individually for each command.
+
+## Error object
+
+An error object is a serialisation of JavaScript error types,
+and it is structured like this:
+
+```javascript
+{
+ "error": "invalid session id",
+ "message": "No active session with ID 1234",
+ "stacktrace": ""
+}
+```
+
+All the fields of the error object are required, so the stacktrace and
+message fields may be empty strings. The error field is guaranteed
+to be one of the JSON error codes as laid out by the [WebDriver standard].
+
+## Clients
+
+Clients may be implemented in any language that is capable of writing
+and receiving data over TCP socket. A [reference client] is provided.
+Clients may be implemented both synchronously and asynchronously,
+although the latter is impossible in protocol levels 2 and earlier
+due to the lack of message sequencing.
+
+[WebDriver standard]: https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#dfn-error-code
+[reference client]: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/testing/marionette/client/
diff --git a/remote/doc/marionette/PythonTests.md b/remote/doc/marionette/PythonTests.md
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+# Mn Python tests
+
+_Marionette_ is the codename of a [remote protocol] built in to
+Firefox as well as the name of a functional test framework for
+automating user interface tests.
+
+The in-tree test framework supports tests written in Python, using
+Python’s [unittest] library. Test cases are written as a subclass
+of `MarionetteTestCase`, with child tests belonging to instance
+methods that have a name starting with `test_`.
+
+You can additionally define [`setUp`] and [`tearDown`] instance
+methods to execute code before and after child tests, and
+[`setUpClass`]/[`tearDownClass`] for the parent test. When you use
+these, it is important to remember calling the `MarionetteTestCase`
+superclass’ own [`setUp`]/[`tearDown`] methods since they handle
+setup/cleanup of the session.
+
+The test structure is illustrated here:
+
+```python
+from marionette_harness import MarionetteTestCase
+
+class TestSomething(MarionetteTestCase):
+ def setUp(self):
+ # code to execute before any tests are run
+ MarionetteTestCase.setUp(self)
+
+ def test_foo(self):
+ # run test for 'foo'
+
+ def test_bar(self):
+ # run test for 'bar'
+
+ def tearDown(self):
+ # code to execute after all tests are run
+ MarionetteTestCase.tearDown(self)
+```
+
+[remote protocol]: Protocol.md
+[unittest]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html
+[`setUp`]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html#unittest.TestCase.setUp
+[`setUpClass`]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html#unittest.TestCase.setUpClass
+[`tearDown`]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html#unittest.TestCase.tearDown
+[`tearDownClass`]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html#unittest.TestCase.tearDownClass
+
+## Test assertions
+
+Assertions are provided courtesy of [unittest]. For example:
+
+```python
+from marionette_harness import MarionetteTestCase
+
+class TestSomething(MarionetteTestCase):
+ def test_foo(self):
+ self.assertEqual(9, 3 * 3, '3 x 3 should be 9')
+ self.assertTrue(type(2) == int, '2 should be an integer')
+```
+
+## The API
+
+The full API documentation is found [here], but the key objects are:
+
+* `MarionetteTestCase`: a subclass for `unittest.TestCase`
+ used as a base class for all tests to run.
+
+* {class}`Marionette <marionette_driver.marionette.Marionette>`: client that speaks to Firefox
+
+[here]: /python/marionette_driver.rst
diff --git a/remote/doc/marionette/SeleniumAtoms.md b/remote/doc/marionette/SeleniumAtoms.md
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+# Selenium atoms
+
+Marionette uses a small list of [Selenium atoms] to interact with
+web elements. Initially those have been added to ensure a better
+reliability due to a wider usage inside the Selenium project. But
+by adding full support for the [WebDriver specification] they will
+be removed step by step.
+
+Currently the following atoms are in use:
+
+- `getElementText`
+- `isElementDisplayed`
+- `isElementEnabled`
+
+To use one of those atoms Javascript modules will have to import
+[atom.sys.mjs].
+
+[Selenium atoms]: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/tree/master/javascript/webdriver/atoms
+[WebDriver specification]: https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/webdriver-spec.html
+[atom.sys.mjs]: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/remote/marionette/atom.sys.mjs
+
+## Update required Selenium atoms
+
+In regular intervals the atoms, which are still in use, have to
+be updated. Therefore they have to be exported from the Selenium
+repository first, and then updated in [atom.sys.mjs].
+
+### Export Selenium Atoms
+
+The canonical GitHub repository for Selenium is
+
+ <https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium.git>
+
+so make sure to have an up-to-date local copy of it. If you have to clone
+it first, it is recommended to specify the `--depth=1` argument, so only the
+last changeset is getting downloaded (which itself might already be
+more than 100 MB).
+
+```bash
+git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium.git
+```
+
+To export the correct version of the atoms identify the changeset id (SHA1) of
+the Selenium repository in the [index section] of the WebDriver specification.
+
+Fetch that changeset and check it out:
+
+```bash
+git fetch --depth=1 origin SHA1
+git checkout SHA1
+```
+
+Now you can export all the required atoms by running the following
+commands. Make sure to [install bazelisk] first.
+
+```bash
+bazel build //javascript/atoms/fragments:get-text
+bazel build //javascript/atoms/fragments:is-displayed
+bazel build //javascript/atoms/fragments:is-enabled
+```
+
+For each of the exported atoms a file can now be found in the folder
+`bazel-bin/javascript/atoms/fragments/`. They contain all the
+code including dependencies for the atom wrapped into a single function.
+
+[index section]: <https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#index>
+[install bazelisk]: <https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk#installation>
+
+### Update atom.sys.mjs
+
+To update the atoms for Marionette the `atoms.js` file has to be edited. For
+each atom to be updated the steps as laid out below have to be performed:
+
+1. Open the Javascript file of the exported atom. See above for
+ its location.
+
+2. Add the related function name and `element` as parameters to the wrapper
+ function, which can be found at the very beginning of the file so that it
+ is equal to the parameters in `atom.sys.mjs`.
+
+3. Copy and paste the whole contents of the file into the left textarea on
+ <https://jsonformatter.org/json-stringify-online> to get a stringified
+ version of all the required functions.
+
+4. Copy and paste the whole contents of the right textarea, and replace the
+ existing code for the atom in `atom.sys.mjs`.
+
+### Test the changes
+
+To ensure that the update of the atoms doesn't cause a regression
+a try build should be run including Marionette unit tests, Firefox
+ui tests, and all the web-platform-tests.
diff --git a/remote/doc/marionette/Taskcluster.md b/remote/doc/marionette/Taskcluster.md
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+# Testing with one-click loaners
+
+[Taskcluster] is the task execution framework that supports Mozilla's
+continuous integration and release processes.
+
+Build and test jobs (like Marionette) are executed across all supported
+platforms, and job results are pushed to [Treeherder] for observation.
+
+The best way to debug issues for intermittent test failures of
+Marionette tests for Firefox and Fennec (Android) is to use a
+one-click loaner as provided by Taskcluster. Such a loaner creates
+an interactive task you can interact with via a shell and VNC.
+
+To create an interactive task for a Marionette job which is shown
+as failed on Treeherder, select the job, click the ellipse in the lower
+left pane, and choose `Create Interactive Task`.
+
+Please note that you need special permissions to actually request
+such a loaner.
+
+When the task has been created you will receive an email with the connection
+details. Open the referenced shell and you will be connected via a WebSocket.
+Once that has been done a wizard will automatically launch and
+provide some options. Best here is to choose the second option,
+which will run all the setup steps, installs the Firefox or Fennec
+binary, and then exits.
+
+[Taskcluster]: https://docs.taskcluster.net/
+[Treeherder]: https://treeherder.mozilla.org
+
+## Setting up the Marionette environment
+
+Best here is to use a virtual environment, which has all the
+necessary packages installed. If no modifications to any Python
+package will be done, the already created environment by the
+wizard can be used:
+
+```shell
+% cd /builds/worker/workspace/build
+% source venv/bin/activate
+```
+
+Otherwise a new virtual environment needs to be created and
+populated with the mozbase and marionette packages installed:
+
+```shell
+% cd /builds/worker/workspace/build && rm -r venv
+% virtualenv venv && source venv/bin/activate
+% cd tests/mozbase && ./setup_development.py
+% cd ../marionette/client && python setup.py develop
+% cd ../harness && python setup.py develop
+% cd ../../../
+```
+
+## Running Marionette tests
+
+### Firefox
+
+To run the Marionette tests execute the `runtests.py` script. For all
+the required options as best search in the log file of the failing job
+the interactive task has been created from. Then copy the complete
+command and run it inside the already sourced virtual environment:
+
+```shell
+% /builds/worker/workspace/build/venv/bin/python -u /builds/worker/workspace/build/tests/marionette/harness/marionette_harness/runtests.py --gecko-log=- -vv --binary=/builds/worker/workspace/build/application/firefox/firefox --address=127.0.0.1:2828 --symbols-path=https://queue.taskcluster.net/v1/task/GSuwee61Qyibujtxq4UV3A/artifacts/public/build/target.crashreporter-symbols.zip /builds/worker/workspace/build/tests/marionette/tests/testing/marionette/harness/marionette_harness/tests/unit-tests.ini
+```
+
+### Fennec
+
+The Marionette tests for Fennec are executed by using an Android
+emulator which runs on the host platform. As such some extra setup
+steps compared to Firefox on desktop are required.
+
+The following lines set necessary environment variables before
+starting the emulator in the background, and to let Marionette
+know of various Android SDK tools.
+
+```shell
+% export ADB_PATH=/builds/worker/workspace/build/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/adb
+% export ANDROID_AVD_HOME=/builds/worker/workspace/build/.android/avd/
+% /builds/worker/workspace/build/android-sdk-linux/tools/emulator -avd test-1 -show-kernel -debug init,console,gles,memcheck,adbserver,adbclient,adb,avd_config,socket &
+```
+
+The actual call to `runtests.py` is different per test job because
+those are using chunks on Android. As best search for the command
+and its options in the log file of the failing job the interactive
+task has been created from. Then copy the complete command and run
+it inside the already sourced virtual environment.
+
+Here an example for chunk 1 which runs all the tests in the current
+chunk with some options for logs removed:
+
+```shell
+% /builds/worker/workspace/build/venv/bin/python -u /builds/worker/workspace/build/tests/marionette/harness/marionette_harness/runtests.py --emulator --app=fennec --package=org.mozilla.fennec_aurora --address=127.0.0.1:2828 /builds/worker/workspace/build/tests/marionette/tests/testing/marionette/harness/marionette_harness/tests/unit-tests.ini --gecko-log=- --symbols-path=/builds/worker/workspace/build/symbols --startup-timeout=300 --this-chunk 1 --total-chunks 10
+```
+
+To execute a specific test only simply replace `unit-tests.ini`
+with its name.
diff --git a/remote/doc/marionette/Testing.md b/remote/doc/marionette/Testing.md
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+# Testing
+
+We verify and test Marionette in a couple of different ways, using
+a combination of unit tests and functional tests. There are three
+distinct components that we test:
+
+* the Marionette **server**, using a combination of xpcshell
+unit tests and functional tests written in Python spread across
+Marionette- and WPT tests;
+
+* the Python **client** is tested with the same body of functional
+Marionette tests;
+
+* and the **harness** that backs the Marionette, or `Mn` job on
+try, tests is verified using separate mock-styled unit tests.
+
+All these tests can be run by using [mach].
+
+[mach]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/mach
+
+## xpcshell unit tests
+
+Marionette has a set of [xpcshell] unit tests located in
+_remote/marionette/test/xpcshell. These can be run this way:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach test remote/marionette/test/unit
+```
+
+Because tests are run in parallel and xpcshell itself is quite
+chatty, it can sometimes be useful to run the tests sequentially:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach test --sequential remote/marionette/test/xpcshell/test_error.js
+```
+
+These unit tests run as part of the `X` jobs on Treeherder.
+
+[xpcshell]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/QA/Writing_xpcshell-based_unit_tests
+
+## Marionette functional tests
+
+We also have a set of [functional tests] that make use of the Marionette
+Python client. These start a Firefox process and tests the Marionette
+protocol input and output, and will appear as `Mn` on Treeherder.
+The following command will run all tests locally:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach marionette-test
+```
+
+But you can also run individual tests:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach marionette-test testing/marionette/harness/marionette_harness/tests/unit/test_navigation.py
+```
+
+In case you want to run the tests with another binary like [Firefox Nightly]:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach marionette-test --binary /path/to/nightly/firefox TEST
+```
+
+When working on Marionette it is often useful to surface the stdout
+from Gecko, which can be achieved using the `--gecko-log` option.
+See [Debugging](Debugging.md) for usage instructions, but the gist is that
+you can redirect all Gecko output to stdout:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach marionette-test --gecko-log - TEST
+```
+
+Our functional integration tests pop up Firefox windows sporadically,
+and a helpful tip is to suppress the window can be to use Firefox’
+headless mode:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach marionette-test -z TEST
+```
+
+`-z` is an alias for the `--headless` flag and equivalent to setting
+the `MOZ_HEADLESS` output variable. In addition to `MOZ_HEADLESS`
+there is also `MOZ_HEADLESS_WIDTH` and `MOZ_HEADLESS_HEIGHT` for
+controlling the dimensions of the no-op virtual display. This is
+similar to using Xvfb(1) which you may know from the X windowing system,
+but has the additional benefit of also working on macOS and Windows.
+
+[functional tests]: PythonTests.md
+[Firefox Nightly]: https://nightly.mozilla.org/
+
+### Android
+
+Prerequisites:
+
+* You have [built Fennec](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Build_Instructions/Simple_Firefox_for_Android_build).
+
+* You can run an Android [emulator](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Fennec/Android/Testing#Running_tests_on_the_Android_emulator),
+ which means you have the AVD you need.
+
+When running tests on Fennec, you can have Marionette runner take care of
+starting Fennec and an emulator, as shown below.
+
+```shell
+% ./mach marionette-test --emulator --app fennec
+ --avd-home /path/to/.mozbuild/android-device/avd
+ --emulator-binary /path/to/.mozbuild/android-sdk/emulator/emulator
+ --avd=mozemulator-x86
+```
+
+For Fennec tests, if the appropriate `emulator` command is in your `PATH`, you may omit the `--emulator-binary` argument. See `./mach marionette-test -h`
+for additional options.
+
+Alternately, you can start an emulator yourself and have the Marionette runner
+start Fennec for you:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach marionette-test --emulator --app='fennec' --address=127.0.0.1:2828
+```
+
+To connect to an already-running Fennec in an emulator or on a device,
+you will need to have it started with the `-marionette` command line argument,
+or by setting the environment variable `MOZ_MARIONETTE=1` for the process.
+
+Make sure port 2828 is forwarded:
+
+```shell
+% adb forward tcp:2828 tcp:2828
+```
+
+If Fennec is already started:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach marionette-test --app='fennec' --address=127.0.0.1:2828
+```
+
+If Fennec is not already started on the emulator/device, add the `--emulator`
+option. Marionette Test Runner will take care of forwarding the port and
+starting Fennec with the correct prefs. (You may need to run
+`adb forward --remove-all` to allow the runner to start.)
+
+```shell
+% ./mach marionette-test --emulator --app='fennec' --address=127.0.0.1:2828 --startup-timeout=300
+```
+
+If you need to troubleshoot the Marionette connection, the most basic check is
+to start Fennec with `-marionette` or the environment variable `MOZ_MARIONETTE=1`,
+make sure that the port 2828 is forwarded, and then see if you get any response from
+Marionette when you connect manually:
+
+```shell
+% telnet 127.0.0.1:2828
+```
+
+You should see output like `{"applicationType":"gecko","marionetteProtocol":3}`
+
+[geckodriver]: /testing/geckodriver/index.rst
+
+## WPT functional tests
+
+Marionette is also indirectly tested through [geckodriver] with WPT
+(`Wd` on Treeherder). To run them:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach wpt testing/web-platform/tests/webdriver
+```
+
+WPT tests conformance to the [WebDriver] standard and uses
+[geckodriver]. Together with the Marionette remote protocol in
+Gecko, they make up Mozilla’s WebDriver implementation.
+
+This command supports a `--webdriver-arg='-vv'` argument that
+enables more detailed logging, as well as `--jsdebugger` for opening
+the Browser Toolbox.
+
+A particularly useful trick is to combine this with the headless
+mode for Firefox:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach wpt --webdriver-arg='-vv' --headless testing/web-platform/tests/webdriver
+```
+
+[WebDriver]: https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/
+
+## Harness tests
+
+The Marionette harness Python package has a set of mock-styled unit
+tests that uses the [pytest] framework. The following command will
+run all tests:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach python-test testing/marionette
+```
+
+To run a specific test specify the full path to the module:
+
+```shell
+% ./mach python-test testing/marionette/harness/marionette_harness/tests/harness_unit/test_serve.py
+```
+
+[pytest]: https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/
+
+## One-click loaners
+
+Additionally, for debugging hard-to-reproduce test failures in CI,
+one-click loaners from [Taskcluster](Taskcluster.md) can be particularly useful.
+
+## Out-of-tree testing
+
+All the above examples show tests running _in-tree_, with a local
+checkout of _central_ and a local build of Firefox. It is also
+possibly to run the Marionette tests _without_ a local build and
+with a downloaded test archive from [Taskcluster](Taskcluster.md)
+
+If you want to run tests from a downloaded test archive, you will
+need to download the `target.common.tests.tar.gz` artifact attached to
+Treeherder [build jobs] `B` for your system. Extract the archive
+and set up the Python Marionette client and harness by executing
+the following command in a virtual environment:
+
+```shell
+% pip install -r config/marionette_requirements.txt
+```
+
+The tests can then be found under
+_marionette/tests/testing/marionette/harness/marionette_harness/tests_
+and can be executed with the command `marionette`. It supports
+the same options as described above for `mach`.
+
+[build jobs]: https://treeherder.mozilla.org/#/jobs?repo=mozilla-central&filter-searchStr=build
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+==========
+Marionette
+==========
+
+Marionette is a remote `protocol`_ that lets out-of-process programs
+communicate with, instrument, and control Gecko-based browsers.
+
+It provides interfaces for interacting with both the internal JavaScript
+runtime and UI elements of Gecko-based browsers, such as Firefox
+and Fennec. It can control both the chrome- and content documents,
+giving a high level of control and ability to emulate user interaction.
+
+Within the central tree, Marionette is used in most TaskCluster
+test jobs to instrument Gecko. It can additionally be used to
+write different kinds of functional tests:
+
+ * The `Marionette Python client`_ is used in the `Mn` job, which
+ is generally what you want to use for interacting with web documents
+
+Outside the tree, Marionette is used by `geckodriver`_ to implement
+`WebDriver`_.
+
+Marionette supports to various degrees all the Gecko based applications,
+including Firefox, Thunderbird, Fennec, and Fenix.
+
+.. _protocol: Protocol.html
+.. _Marionette Python client: /python/marionette_driver.html
+.. _geckodriver: /testing/geckodriver/
+.. _WebDriver: https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/
+
+Some further documentation can be found here:
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ Intro.md
+ Building.md
+ PythonTests.md
+ Protocol.md
+ Contributing.md
+ NewContributors.md
+ Patches.md
+ Debugging.md
+ Testing.md
+ Taskcluster.md
+ CodeStyle.md
+ SeleniumAtoms.md
+ Prefs.md
+
+
+Bugs
+====
+
+Bugs are tracked in the `Testing :: Marionette` component.
+
+
+Communication
+=============
+
+The mailing list for Marionette discussion is
+https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-webdriver.
+
+If you prefer real-time chat, ask your questions
+on `#webdriver:mozilla.org <https://chat.mozilla.org/#/room/#webdriver:mozilla.org>`__.