Adding upstream version 115.7.0esr.upstream/115.7.0esr

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

47 files changed, 2926 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_backgroundtask_specific_pref.sys.mjs b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_backgroundtask_specific_pref.sys.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64c347a37f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_backgroundtask_specific_pref.sys.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * 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/. */
+
+export async function runBackgroundTask(commandLine) {
+  let pref = commandLine.length
+    ? commandLine.getArgument(0)
+    : "test.backgroundtask_specific_pref.exitCode";
+
+  // 0, 1, 2, 3 are all meaningful exit codes already.
+  let exitCode = Services.prefs.getIntPref(pref, 4);
+
+  console.error(
+    `runBackgroundTask: backgroundtask_specific_pref read pref '${pref}' with value ${exitCode}`
+  );
+
+  if (commandLine.length > 1) {
+    let newValue = Number.parseInt(commandLine.getArgument(1), 10);
+    console.error(
+      `runBackgroundTask: backgroundtask_specific_pref wrote pref '${pref}' with value ${newValue}`
+    );
+    Services.prefs.setIntPref(pref, newValue);
+  }
+
+  console.error(
+    `runBackgroundTask: backgroundtask_specific_pref exiting with exitCode ${exitCode}`
+  );
+
+  return exitCode;
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_crash.sys.mjs b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_crash.sys.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10764bc1f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_crash.sys.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * 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/. */
+
+export async function runBackgroundTask(commandLine) {
+  // This task depends on `CrashTestUtils.jsm` and requires the
+  // sibling `testcrasher` library to be in the current working
+  // directory.  Fail right away if we can't find the module or the
+  // native library.
+  let cwd = Services.dirsvc.get("CurWorkD", Ci.nsIFile);
+  let protocolHandler = Services.io
+    .getProtocolHandler("resource")
+    .QueryInterface(Ci.nsIResProtocolHandler);
+  var curDirURI = Services.io.newFileURI(cwd);
+  protocolHandler.setSubstitution("test", curDirURI);
+
+  const { CrashTestUtils } = ChromeUtils.importESModule(
+    "resource://test/CrashTestUtils.sys.mjs"
+  );
+
+  // Get the temp dir.
+  var tmpd = Cc["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"].createInstance(Ci.nsIFile);
+  tmpd.initWithPath(Services.env.get("XPCSHELL_TEST_TEMP_DIR"));
+
+  // We need to call this or crash events go in an undefined location.
+  Services.appinfo.UpdateCrashEventsDir();
+
+  // Setting the minidump path is not allowed in content processes,
+  // but background tasks run in the parent.
+  Services.appinfo.minidumpPath = tmpd;
+
+  // Arguments are [crashType, key1, value1, key2, value2, ...].
+  let i = 0;
+  let crashType = Number.parseInt(commandLine.getArgument(i));
+  i += 1;
+  while (i + 1 < commandLine.length) {
+    let key = commandLine.getArgument(i);
+    let value = commandLine.getArgument(i + 1);
+    i += 2;
+    Services.appinfo.annotateCrashReport(key, value);
+  }
+
+  console.log(`Crashing with crash type ${crashType}`);
+
+  // Now actually crash.
+  CrashTestUtils.crash(crashType);
+
+  // This is moot, since we crashed, but...
+  return 1;
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_file_exists.sys.mjs b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_file_exists.sys.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6cfcb75291
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_file_exists.sys.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+import { EXIT_CODE } from "resource://gre/modules/BackgroundTasksManager.sys.mjs";
+
+/**
+ * Return 0 (success) if the given absolute file path exists, 11
+ * (failure) otherwise.
+ */
+export function runBackgroundTask(commandLine) {
+  let path = commandLine.getArgument(0);
+  let file = Cc["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"].createInstance(Ci.nsIFile);
+  file.initWithPath(path);
+
+  let exitCode;
+  let exists = file.exists();
+  if (exists) {
+    exitCode = EXIT_CODE.SUCCESS;
+  } else {
+    exitCode = 11;
+  }
+
+  console.error(
+    `runBackgroundTask: '${path}' exists: ${exists}; ` +
+      `exiting with status ${exitCode}`
+  );
+  return exitCode;
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_jsdebugger.sys.mjs b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_jsdebugger.sys.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45cf00a449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_jsdebugger.sys.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * 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/. */
+
+/**
+ * This task is intended to be interrupted by the JS debugger in tests.
+ *
+ * This task exposes its `exitCode` so that in the future the JS
+ * debugger can change its exit code dynamically from a failing exit
+ * code to exit code 0.
+ */
+
+export function runBackgroundTask(commandLine) {
+  // In the future, will be modifed by the JS debugger (to 0, success).
+  var exposedExitCode = 0;
+
+  console.error(
+    `runBackgroundTask: will exit with exitCode: ${exposedExitCode}`
+  );
+
+  return exposedExitCode;
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_localization.sys.mjs b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_localization.sys.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48a67cc4de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_localization.sys.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+import { EXIT_CODE } from "resource://gre/modules/BackgroundTasksManager.sys.mjs";
+
+/**
+ * Return 0 (success) if in the given resource file, the given string
+ * identifier has the given string value, 11 (failure) otherwise.
+ */
+export async function runBackgroundTask(commandLine) {
+  let resource = commandLine.getArgument(0);
+  let id = commandLine.getArgument(1);
+  let expected = commandLine.getArgument(2);
+
+  let l10n = new Localization([resource]);
+  let value = await l10n.formatValue(id);
+
+  let exitCode = value == expected ? EXIT_CODE.SUCCESS : 11;
+
+  console.error(
+    `runBackgroundTask: in resource '${resource}': for id '${id}', ` +
+      `expected is '${expected}' and value is '${value}'; ` +
+      `exiting with status ${exitCode}`
+  );
+
+  return exitCode;
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_minruntime.sys.mjs b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_minruntime.sys.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b6a98cc8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_minruntime.sys.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * 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/. */
+
+import { EXIT_CODE } from "resource://gre/modules/BackgroundTasksManager.sys.mjs";
+
+// Increase the minimum runtime before shutdown
+export const backgroundTaskMinRuntimeMS = 2000;
+
+export async function runBackgroundTask() {
+  return EXIT_CODE.SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_no_output.sys.mjs b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_no_output.sys.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce04bd1bdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_no_output.sys.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * 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/. */
+
+export async function runBackgroundTask(commandLine) {
+  // Exact same behaviour as `unique_profile`, but with a task name
+  // that is recognized as a task that should produce no output.
+  const taskModule = ChromeUtils.import(
+    "resource://testing-common/backgroundtasks/BackgroundTask_unique_profile.jsm"
+  );
+  return taskModule.runBackgroundTask(commandLine);
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_not_ephemeral_profile.sys.mjs b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_not_ephemeral_profile.sys.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8a6d882af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_not_ephemeral_profile.sys.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * 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/. */
+
+export async function runBackgroundTask(commandLine) {
+  // Exact same behaviour as `backgroundtask_specific_pref`, but with
+  // a task name that is recognized as a task that should not use an
+  // ephemeral profile.
+  const taskModule = ChromeUtils.import(
+    "resource://testing-common/backgroundtasks/BackgroundTask_backgroundtask_specific_pref.jsm"
+  );
+  return taskModule.runBackgroundTask(commandLine);
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_policies.sys.mjs b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_policies.sys.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90bb71db8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_policies.sys.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * 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/. */
+
+import { EnterprisePolicyTesting } from "resource://testing-common/EnterprisePolicyTesting.sys.mjs";
+
+export async function runBackgroundTask(commandLine) {
+  let filePath = commandLine.getArgument(0);
+  await EnterprisePolicyTesting.setupPolicyEngineWithJson(filePath);
+
+  let checker = Cc["@mozilla.org/updates/update-checker;1"].getService(
+    Ci.nsIUpdateChecker
+  );
+  let actual = await checker.getUpdateURL(checker.BACKGROUND_CHECK);
+  let expected = commandLine.getArgument(1);
+
+  // 0, 1, 2, 3 are all meaningful exit codes already.
+  let exitCode = expected == actual ? 0 : 4;
+  console.error(
+    `runBackgroundTask: policies read AppUpdateURL '${actual}',
+     expected '${expected}', exiting with exitCode ${exitCode}`
+  );
+
+  return exitCode;
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_profile_is_slim.sys.mjs b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_profile_is_slim.sys.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e95a6f07e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_profile_is_slim.sys.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * 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/. */
+
+// A task that exercises various functionality to witness contents of
+// the temporary profile created during background tasks.  This will
+// be a dumping ground for functionality that writes to the profile.
+
+import { EXIT_CODE } from "resource://gre/modules/BackgroundTasksManager.sys.mjs";
+
+export async function runBackgroundTask(commandLine) {
+  console.error("runBackgroundTask: is_profile_slim");
+
+  // For now, just verify contents of profile after a network request.
+  if (commandLine.length != 1) {
+    console.error("Single URL argument required");
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  let response = await fetch(commandLine.getArgument(0));
+  console.error(`response status code: ${response.status}`);
+
+  return response.ok ? EXIT_CODE.SUCCESS : 11;
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_shouldnotprocessupdates.sys.mjs b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_shouldnotprocessupdates.sys.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e869cd0d9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_shouldnotprocessupdates.sys.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * 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/. */
+
+export async function runBackgroundTask(commandLine) {
+  // Exact same behaviour as `shouldprocessupdates`, but with a task name that
+  // is not recognized as a task that should process updates.
+  const taskModule = ChromeUtils.importESModule(
+    "resource://testing-common/backgroundtasks/BackgroundTask_shouldprocessupdates.sys.mjs"
+  );
+  return taskModule.runBackgroundTask(commandLine);
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_shouldprocessupdates.sys.mjs b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_shouldprocessupdates.sys.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4030f42e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_shouldprocessupdates.sys.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * 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/. */
+
+export async function runBackgroundTask(commandLine) {
+  const get = Services.env.get("MOZ_TEST_PROCESS_UPDATES");
+  let exitCode = 81;
+  if (get == "ShouldNotProcessUpdates(): OtherInstanceRunning") {
+    exitCode = 80;
+  }
+  if (get == "ShouldNotProcessUpdates(): DevToolsLaunching") {
+    exitCode = 79;
+  }
+  if (get == "ShouldNotProcessUpdates(): NotAnUpdatingTask") {
+    exitCode = 78;
+  }
+  console.debug(`runBackgroundTask: shouldprocessupdates`, {
+    exists: Services.env.exists("MOZ_TEST_PROCESS_UPDATES"),
+    get,
+  });
+  console.error(
+    `runBackgroundTask: shouldprocessupdates exiting with exitCode ${exitCode}`
+  );
+
+  return exitCode;
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_targeting.sys.mjs b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_targeting.sys.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a879265b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_targeting.sys.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * 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/. */
+
+import { EXIT_CODE } from "resource://gre/modules/BackgroundTasksManager.sys.mjs";
+
+const { ASRouterTargeting } = ChromeUtils.import(
+  "resource://activity-stream/lib/ASRouterTargeting.jsm"
+);
+
+// Background tasks are "live" with a temporary profile that doesn't map common
+// network preferences to https://mochi.test in the way that regular testing
+// profiles do.  Therefore, certain targeting getters will fail due to non-local
+// network connections.  Exclude these.
+const EXCLUDED_NAMES = [
+  "region", // Queries Mozilla Location Services.
+  "needsUpdate", // Queries Balrog update server.
+];
+
+/**
+ * Return 0 (success) if all targeting getters succeed, 11 (failure)
+ * otherwise.
+ */
+export async function runBackgroundTask(commandLine) {
+  let exitCode = EXIT_CODE.SUCCESS;
+
+  // Can't use `ASRouterTargeting.getEnvironmentSnapshot`, since that
+  // ignores errors, and this is testing that every getter succeeds.
+  let target = ASRouterTargeting.Environment;
+  let environment = {};
+  for (let name of Object.keys(target)) {
+    if (EXCLUDED_NAMES.includes(name)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      console.debug(`Fetching property ${name}`);
+      environment[name] = await target[name];
+    } catch (e) {
+      exitCode = 11;
+      console.error(`Caught exception for property ${name}:`, e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  console.log(`ASRouterTargeting.Environment:`, environment);
+
+  console.error(`runBackgroundTask: exiting with status ${exitCode}`);
+
+  return exitCode;
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_timeout.sys.mjs b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_timeout.sys.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..357019486b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_timeout.sys.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * 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/. */
+
+import { EXIT_CODE } from "resource://gre/modules/BackgroundTasksManager.sys.mjs";
+import { setTimeout } from "resource://gre/modules/Timer.sys.mjs";
+
+// Time out in just a single second. The task is set up to run for 5 minutes,
+// so it should always time out.
+export const backgroundTaskTimeoutSec = 1;
+
+export async function runBackgroundTask() {
+  await new Promise(resolve => {
+    const fiveMinutesInMs = 5 * 60 * 1000;
+    setTimeout(resolve, fiveMinutesInMs);
+  });
+  return EXIT_CODE.SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_unique_profile.sys.mjs b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_unique_profile.sys.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..741046292f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_unique_profile.sys.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * 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/. */
+
+import { Subprocess } from "resource://gre/modules/Subprocess.sys.mjs";
+
+export async function runBackgroundTask(commandLine) {
+  let sentinel = commandLine.getArgument(0);
+  let count =
+    commandLine.length > 1
+      ? Number.parseInt(commandLine.getArgument(1), 10)
+      : 1;
+
+  let main = await ChromeUtils.requestProcInfo();
+  let info = [main.pid, Services.dirsvc.get("ProfD", Ci.nsIFile).path];
+
+  // `dump` prints to the console without formatting.
+  dump(`${count}: ${sentinel}${JSON.stringify(info)}${sentinel}\n`);
+
+  // Maybe launch a child.
+  if (count <= 1) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  let command = Services.dirsvc.get("XREExeF", Ci.nsIFile).path;
+  let args = [
+    "--backgroundtask",
+    "unique_profile",
+    sentinel,
+    (count - 1).toString(),
+  ];
+
+  // We must assemble all of the string fragments from stdout.
+  let stdoutChunks = [];
+  let proc = await Subprocess.call({
+    command,
+    arguments: args,
+    stderr: "stdout",
+    // Don't inherit this task's profile path.
+    environmentAppend: true,
+    environment: { XRE_PROFILE_PATH: null },
+  }).then(p => {
+    p.stdin.close();
+    const dumpPipe = async pipe => {
+      let data = await pipe.readString();
+      while (data) {
+        data = await pipe.readString();
+        stdoutChunks.push(data);
+      }
+    };
+    dumpPipe(p.stdout);
+
+    return p;
+  });
+
+  let { exitCode } = await proc.wait();
+
+  let stdout = stdoutChunks.join("");
+  for (let line of stdout.split(/\r\n|\r|\n/).slice(0, -1)) {
+    dump(`${count}> ${line}\n`);
+  }
+
+  return exitCode;
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_update_sync_manager.sys.mjs b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_update_sync_manager.sys.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfdbd817e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_update_sync_manager.sys.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * 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/. */
+
+export async function runBackgroundTask(commandLine) {
+  let syncManager = Cc["@mozilla.org/updates/update-sync-manager;1"].getService(
+    Ci.nsIUpdateSyncManager
+  );
+
+  if (commandLine.length) {
+    let appPath = commandLine.getArgument(0);
+    let file = Cc["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"].createInstance(Ci.nsIFile);
+    file.initWithPath(appPath);
+    syncManager.resetLock(file);
+  }
+
+  let exitCode = syncManager.isOtherInstanceRunning() ? 80 : 81;
+  console.error(
+    `runBackgroundTask: update_sync_manager exiting with exitCode ${exitCode}`
+  );
+
+  return exitCode;
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_wait.sys.mjs b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_wait.sys.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae940faaa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/BackgroundTask_wait.sys.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * 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/. */
+
+import { setTimeout } from "resource://gre/modules/Timer.sys.mjs";
+
+export function runBackgroundTask(commandLine) {
+  let delay = 10;
+  if (commandLine.length) {
+    delay = Number.parseInt(commandLine.getArgument(0));
+  }
+
+  console.error(`runBackgroundTask: wait ${delay} seconds`);
+
+  return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, delay * 1000));
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/browser.ini b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/browser.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1524d431b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/browser.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# 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/.
+
+[DEFAULT]
+skip-if = toolkit == 'android'
+head = head.js
+
+[browser_backgroundtask_specific_pref.js]
+[browser_xpcom_graph_wait.js]
+skip-if = tsan # TSan times out on pretty much all profiler-consuming tests.
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/browser_backgroundtask_specific_pref.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/browser_backgroundtask_specific_pref.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b80ee2f593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/browser_backgroundtask_specific_pref.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+"use strict";
+
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_specific_pref() {
+  // First, verify this pref isn't set in Gecko itself.
+  Assert.equal(
+    -1,
+    Services.prefs.getIntPref("test.backgroundtask_specific_pref.exitCode", -1)
+  );
+
+  // Second, verify that this pref is set in background tasks.
+  // mochitest-chrome tests locally test both unpackaged and packaged
+  // builds (with `--appname=dist`).
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("backgroundtask_specific_pref", {
+    extraArgs: ["test.backgroundtask_specific_pref.exitCode"],
+  });
+  Assert.equal(79, exitCode);
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/browser_xpcom_graph_wait.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/browser_xpcom_graph_wait.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5ec373e08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/browser_xpcom_graph_wait.js
@@ -0,0 +1,407 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+/* This test records code loaded during a dummy background task.
+ *
+ * To run this test similar to try server, you need to run:
+ *   ./mach package
+ *   ./mach test --appname=dist <path to test>
+ *
+ * If you made changes that cause this test to fail, it's likely
+ * because you are changing the application startup process.  In
+ * general, you should prefer to defer loading code as long as you
+ * can, especially if it's not going to be used in background tasks.
+ */
+
+"use strict";
+
+const Cm = Components.manager.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIComponentRegistrar);
+
+// Shortcuts for conditions.
+const LINUX = AppConstants.platform == "linux";
+const WIN = AppConstants.platform == "win";
+const MAC = AppConstants.platform == "macosx";
+
+const backgroundtaskPhases = {
+  AfterRunBackgroundTaskNamed: {
+    allowlist: {
+      modules: [
+        "resource://gre/modules/AppConstants.sys.mjs",
+        "resource://gre/modules/AsyncShutdown.sys.mjs",
+        "resource://gre/modules/BackgroundTasksManager.sys.mjs",
+        "resource://gre/modules/Console.sys.mjs",
+        "resource://gre/modules/EnterprisePolicies.sys.mjs",
+        "resource://gre/modules/EnterprisePoliciesParent.sys.mjs",
+        "resource://gre/modules/PromiseUtils.sys.mjs",
+        "resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.sys.mjs",
+        "resource://gre/modules/nsAsyncShutdown.sys.mjs",
+      ],
+      // Human-readable contract IDs are many-to-one mapped to CIDs, so this
+      // list is a little misleading.  For example, all of
+      // "@mozilla.org/xre/app-info;1", "@mozilla.org/xre/runtime;1", and
+      // "@mozilla.org/toolkit/crash-reporter;1", map to the CID
+      // {95d89e3e-a169-41a3-8e56-719978e15b12}, but only one is listed here.
+      // We could be more precise by listing CIDs, but that's a good deal harder
+      // to read and modify.
+      services: [
+        "@mozilla.org/async-shutdown-service;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/backgroundtasks;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/backgroundtasksmanager;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/base/telemetry;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/categorymanager;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/chrome/chrome-registry;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/cookieService;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/docloaderservice;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/embedcomp/window-watcher;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/enterprisepolicies;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/file/directory_service;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/intl/stringbundle;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/layout/content-policy;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/memory-reporter-manager;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/network/captive-portal-service;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/network/effective-tld-service;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/network/idn-service;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/network/network-link-service;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/network/protocol;1?name=file",
+        "@mozilla.org/network/protocol;1?name=jar",
+        "@mozilla.org/network/protocol;1?name=resource",
+        "@mozilla.org/network/socket-transport-service;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/network/stream-transport-service;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/network/url-parser;1?auth=maybe",
+        "@mozilla.org/network/url-parser;1?auth=no",
+        "@mozilla.org/network/url-parser;1?auth=yes",
+        "@mozilla.org/observer-service;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/power/powermanagerservice;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/preferences-service;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/process/environment;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/storage/service;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/thirdpartyutil;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/toolkit/app-startup;1",
+        {
+          name: "@mozilla.org/widget/appshell/mac;1",
+          condition: MAC,
+        },
+        {
+          name: "@mozilla.org/widget/appshell/gtk;1",
+          condition: LINUX,
+        },
+        {
+          name: "@mozilla.org/widget/appshell/win;1",
+          condition: WIN,
+        },
+        "@mozilla.org/xpcom/debug;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/xre/app-info;1",
+        "@mozilla.org/mime;1",
+      ],
+    },
+  },
+  AfterFindRunBackgroundTask: {
+    allowlist: {
+      modules: [
+        // We have a profile marker for this, even though it failed to load!
+        "resource:///modules/backgroundtasks/BackgroundTask_wait.sys.mjs",
+
+        "resource://gre/modules/ConsoleAPIStorage.sys.mjs",
+        "resource://gre/modules/Timer.sys.mjs",
+
+        // We have a profile marker for this, even though it failed to load!
+        "resource://gre/modules/backgroundtasks/BackgroundTask_wait.sys.mjs",
+
+        "resource://testing-common/backgroundtasks/BackgroundTask_wait.sys.mjs",
+      ],
+      services: ["@mozilla.org/consoleAPI-storage;1"],
+    },
+  },
+  AfterAwaitRunBackgroundTask: {
+    allowlist: {
+      modules: [],
+      services: [],
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+function getStackFromProfile(profile, stack, libs) {
+  const stackPrefixCol = profile.stackTable.schema.prefix;
+  const stackFrameCol = profile.stackTable.schema.frame;
+  const frameLocationCol = profile.frameTable.schema.location;
+
+  let index = 1;
+  let result = [];
+  while (stack) {
+    let sp = profile.stackTable.data[stack];
+    let frame = profile.frameTable.data[sp[stackFrameCol]];
+    stack = sp[stackPrefixCol];
+    frame = profile.stringTable[frame[frameLocationCol]];
+
+    if (frame.startsWith("0x")) {
+      try {
+        let addr = frame.slice("0x".length);
+        addr = Number.parseInt(addr, 16);
+        for (let lib of libs) {
+          if (lib.start <= addr && addr <= lib.end) {
+            // Only handle two digits for now.
+            let indexString = index.toString(10);
+            if (indexString.length == 1) {
+              indexString = "0" + indexString;
+            }
+            let offset = addr - lib.start;
+            frame = `#${indexString}: ???[${lib.debugPath} ${
+              "+0x" + offset.toString(16)
+            }]`;
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        // Fall through.
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (frame != "js::RunScript" && !frame.startsWith("next (self-hosted:")) {
+      result.push(frame);
+      index += 1;
+    }
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+add_task(async function test_xpcom_graph_wait() {
+  TestUtils.assertPackagedBuild();
+
+  let profilePath = Services.env.get("MOZ_UPLOAD_DIR");
+  profilePath =
+    profilePath ||
+    (await IOUtils.createUniqueDirectory(
+      PathUtils.profileDir,
+      "testBackgroundTask",
+      0o700
+    ));
+
+  profilePath = PathUtils.join(profilePath, "profile_backgroundtask_wait.json");
+  await IOUtils.remove(profilePath, { ignoreAbsent: true });
+
+  let extraEnv = {
+    MOZ_PROFILER_STARTUP: "1",
+    MOZ_PROFILER_SHUTDOWN: profilePath,
+  };
+
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("wait", { extraEnv });
+  Assert.equal(0, exitCode);
+
+  let rootProfile = await IOUtils.readJSON(profilePath);
+  let profile = rootProfile.threads[0];
+
+  const nameCol = profile.markers.schema.name;
+  const dataCol = profile.markers.schema.data;
+
+  function newMarkers() {
+    return {
+      // The equivalent of `Cu.loadedJSModules` + `Cu.loadedESModules`.
+      modules: [],
+      services: [],
+    };
+  }
+
+  let phases = {};
+  let markersForCurrentPhase = newMarkers();
+
+  // If a subsequent phase loads an already loaded resource, that's
+  // fine.  Track all loaded resources to ignore such repeated loads.
+  let markersForAllPhases = newMarkers();
+
+  for (let m of profile.markers.data) {
+    let markerName = profile.stringTable[m[nameCol]];
+    if (markerName.startsWith("BackgroundTasksManager:")) {
+      phases[markerName.split("BackgroundTasksManager:")[1]] =
+        markersForCurrentPhase;
+      markersForCurrentPhase = newMarkers();
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (
+      ![
+        "ChromeUtils.import", // JSMs.
+        "ChromeUtils.importESModule", // System ESMs.
+        "ChromeUtils.importESModule static import",
+        "GetService", // XPCOM services.
+      ].includes(markerName)
+    ) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    let markerData = m[dataCol];
+    if (
+      markerName == "ChromeUtils.import" ||
+      markerName == "ChromeUtils.importESModule" ||
+      markerName == "ChromeUtils.importESModule static import"
+    ) {
+      let module = markerData.name;
+      if (!markersForAllPhases.modules.includes(module)) {
+        markersForAllPhases.modules.push(module);
+        markersForCurrentPhase.modules.push(module);
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (markerName == "GetService") {
+      // We get a CID from the marker itself, but not a human-readable contract
+      // ID.  Now, most of the time, the stack will contain a label like
+      // `GetServiceByContractID @...;1`, and we could extract the contract ID
+      // from that.  But there are multiple ways to instantiate services, and
+      // not all of them are annotated in this manner.  Therefore we "go the
+      // other way" and use the component manager's mapping from contract IDs to
+      // CIDs.  This opens up the possibility for that mapping to be different
+      // between `--backgroundtask` and `xpcshell`, but that's not an issue
+      // right at this moment.  It's worth noting that one CID can (and
+      // sometimes does) correspond to more than one contract ID.
+      let cid = markerData.name;
+
+      if (!markersForAllPhases.services.includes(cid)) {
+        markersForAllPhases.services.push(cid);
+        markersForCurrentPhase.services.push(cid);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Turn `["1", {name: "2", condition: false}, {name: "3", condition: true}]`
+  // into `new Set(["1", "3"])`.
+  function filterConditions(l) {
+    let set = new Set([]);
+    for (let entry of l) {
+      if (typeof entry == "object") {
+        if ("condition" in entry && !entry.condition) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        entry = entry.name;
+      }
+      set.add(entry);
+    }
+    return set;
+  }
+
+  for (let phaseName in backgroundtaskPhases) {
+    for (let listName in backgroundtaskPhases[phaseName]) {
+      for (let scriptType in backgroundtaskPhases[phaseName][listName]) {
+        backgroundtaskPhases[phaseName][listName][scriptType] =
+          filterConditions(
+            backgroundtaskPhases[phaseName][listName][scriptType]
+          );
+      }
+
+      // Turn human-readable contract IDs into CIDs.  It's worth noting that one
+      // CID can (and sometimes does) correspond to more than one contract ID.
+      let services = Array.from(
+        backgroundtaskPhases[phaseName][listName].services || new Set([])
+      );
+      services = services
+        .map(contractID => {
+          try {
+            return Cm.contractIDToCID(contractID).toString();
+          } catch (e) {
+            return null;
+          }
+        })
+        .filter(cid => cid);
+      services.sort();
+      backgroundtaskPhases[phaseName][listName].services = new Set(services);
+      info(
+        `backgroundtaskPhases[${phaseName}][${listName}].services = ${JSON.stringify(
+          services.map(c => c.toString())
+        )}`
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Turn `{CID}` into `{CID} (@contractID)` or `{CID} (one of
+  // @contractID1, ..., @contractIDn)` as appropriate.
+  function renderResource(resource) {
+    const UUID_PATTERN =
+      /^\{[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}\}$/i;
+    if (UUID_PATTERN.test(resource)) {
+      let foundContractIDs = [];
+      for (let contractID of Cm.getContractIDs()) {
+        try {
+          if (resource == Cm.contractIDToCID(contractID).toString()) {
+            foundContractIDs.push(contractID);
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          // This can throw for contract IDs that are filtered.  The common
+          // reason is that they're limited to a particular process.
+        }
+      }
+      if (!foundContractIDs.length) {
+        return `${resource} (CID with no human-readable contract IDs)`;
+      } else if (foundContractIDs.length == 1) {
+        return `${resource} (CID with human-readable contract ID ${foundContractIDs[0]})`;
+      }
+      foundContractIDs.sort();
+      return `${resource} (CID with human-readable contract IDs ${JSON.stringify(
+        foundContractIDs
+      )})`;
+    }
+
+    return resource;
+  }
+
+  for (let phase in backgroundtaskPhases) {
+    let loadedList = phases[phase];
+    let allowlist = backgroundtaskPhases[phase].allowlist || null;
+    if (allowlist) {
+      for (let scriptType in allowlist) {
+        loadedList[scriptType] = loadedList[scriptType].filter(c => {
+          if (!allowlist[scriptType].has(c)) {
+            return true;
+          }
+          allowlist[scriptType].delete(c);
+          return false;
+        });
+        Assert.deepEqual(
+          loadedList[scriptType],
+          [],
+          `${phase}: should have no unexpected ${scriptType} loaded`
+        );
+
+        // Present errors in deterministic order.
+        let unexpected = Array.from(loadedList[scriptType]);
+        unexpected.sort();
+        for (let script of unexpected) {
+          // It would be nice to show stacks here, but that can be follow-up.
+          ok(
+            false,
+            `${phase}: unexpected ${scriptType}: ${renderResource(script)}`
+          );
+        }
+        Assert.deepEqual(
+          allowlist[scriptType].size,
+          0,
+          `${phase}: all ${scriptType} allowlist entries should have been used`
+        );
+        let unused = Array.from(allowlist[scriptType]);
+        unused.sort();
+        for (let script of unused) {
+          ok(
+            false,
+            `${phase}: unused ${scriptType} allowlist entry: ${renderResource(
+              script
+            )}`
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    let denylist = backgroundtaskPhases[phase].denylist || null;
+    if (denylist) {
+      for (let scriptType in denylist) {
+        let resources = denylist[scriptType];
+        resources.sort();
+        for (let resource of resources) {
+          let loaded = loadedList[scriptType].includes(resource);
+          let message = `${phase}: ${renderResource(resource)} is not allowed`;
+          // It would be nice to show stacks here, but that can be follow-up.
+          ok(!loaded, message);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/head.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/head.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..703a3d64c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/browser/head.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+"use strict";
+
+const { BackgroundTasksTestUtils } = ChromeUtils.importESModule(
+  "resource://testing-common/BackgroundTasksTestUtils.sys.mjs"
+);
+BackgroundTasksTestUtils.init(this);
+const do_backgroundtask = BackgroundTasksTestUtils.do_backgroundtask.bind(
+  BackgroundTasksTestUtils
+);
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/CatBackgroundTaskRegistrationComponents.manifest b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/CatBackgroundTaskRegistrationComponents.manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a675fc234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/CatBackgroundTaskRegistrationComponents.manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+category test-cat CatRegisteredComponent @unit.test.com/cat-registered-component;1
+category test-cat CatBackgroundTaskRegisteredComponent @unit.test.com/cat-backgroundtask-registered-component;1 backgroundtask
+category test-cat CatBackgroundTaskAlwaysRegisteredComponent @unit.test.com/cat-backgroundtask-alwaysregistered-component;1 backgroundtask=1
+category test-cat CatBackgroundTaskNotRegisteredComponent @unit.test.com/cat-backgroundtask-notregistered-component;1 backgroundtask=0
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/experiment.json b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/experiment.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..606cff3de9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/experiment.json
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+{
+  "permissions": {},
+  "data": {
+    "slug": "test-experiment",
+    "appId": "firefox-desktop",
+    "appName": "firefox_desktop",
+    "channel": "",
+    "endDate": null,
+    "branches": [
+      {
+        "slug": "treatment-a",
+        "ratio": 1,
+        "feature": {
+          "value": {},
+          "enabled": false,
+          "featureId": "this-is-included-for-desktop-pre-95-support"
+        },
+        "features": [
+          {
+            "value": {
+              "id": "test-experiment:treatment-a",
+              "groups": ["backgroundTaskMessage"],
+              "content": {
+                "body": "Body A",
+                "title": "Treatment A",
+                "tag": "should_be_overridden_a"
+              },
+              "trigger": {
+                "id": "backgroundTask"
+              },
+              "priority": 1,
+              "template": "toast_notification",
+              "frequency": {
+                "lifetime": 2
+              },
+              "targeting": "true"
+            },
+            "enabled": true,
+            "featureId": "backgroundTaskMessage"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "slug": "treatment-b",
+        "ratio": 1,
+        "feature": {
+          "value": {},
+          "enabled": false,
+          "featureId": "this-is-included-for-desktop-pre-95-support"
+        },
+        "features": [
+          {
+            "value": {
+              "id": "test-experiment:treatment-b",
+              "groups": ["backgroundTaskMessage"],
+              "content": {
+                "body": "Body B",
+                "title": "Treatment B"
+              },
+              "trigger": {
+                "id": "backgroundTask"
+              },
+              "priority": 1,
+              "template": "toast_notification",
+              "frequency": {
+                "lifetime": 2
+              },
+              "targeting": "true"
+            },
+            "enabled": true,
+            "featureId": "backgroundTaskMessage"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ],
+    "outcomes": [],
+    "arguments": {},
+    "isRollout": false,
+    "probeSets": [],
+    "startDate": null,
+    "targeting": "('app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled'|preferenceValue) && (version|versionCompare('102.!') >= 0)",
+    "featureIds": ["backgroundTaskMessage"],
+    "application": "firefox-desktop",
+    "bucketConfig": {
+      "count": 10000,
+      "start": 0,
+      "total": 10000,
+      "namespace": "firefox-desktop-backgroundTaskMessage-1",
+      "randomizationUnit": "normandy_id"
+    },
+    "schemaVersion": "1.8.0",
+    "userFacingName": "test-experiment",
+    "referenceBranch": "treatment-a",
+    "proposedDuration": 28,
+    "enrollmentEndDate": null,
+    "isEnrollmentPaused": false,
+    "proposedEnrollment": 7,
+    "userFacingDescription": "Test experiment to test supporting the Messaging System in Firefox background tasks.",
+    "id": "test-experiment",
+    "last_modified": 1657578927064
+  }
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/head.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/head.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..929d53d208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/head.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+"use strict";
+
+const { AppConstants } = ChromeUtils.importESModule(
+  "resource://gre/modules/AppConstants.sys.mjs"
+);
+
+const { BackgroundTasksTestUtils } = ChromeUtils.importESModule(
+  "resource://testing-common/BackgroundTasksTestUtils.sys.mjs"
+);
+BackgroundTasksTestUtils.init(this);
+const do_backgroundtask = BackgroundTasksTestUtils.do_backgroundtask.bind(
+  BackgroundTasksTestUtils
+);
+const setupProfileService = BackgroundTasksTestUtils.setupProfileService.bind(
+  BackgroundTasksTestUtils
+);
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_deletes_profile.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_deletes_profile.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c9be2e780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_deletes_profile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_deletes_profile() {
+  let sentinel = Services.uuid.generateUUID().toString();
+  sentinel = sentinel.substring(1, sentinel.length - 1);
+
+  let stdoutLines = [];
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("unique_profile", {
+    extraArgs: [sentinel],
+    onStdoutLine: line => stdoutLines.push(line),
+  });
+  Assert.equal(0, exitCode);
+
+  let profile;
+  for (let line of stdoutLines) {
+    if (line.includes(sentinel)) {
+      let info = JSON.parse(line.split(sentinel)[1]);
+      profile = info[1];
+    }
+  }
+  Assert.ok(!!profile, `Found profile: ${profile}`);
+
+  let dir = Cc["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"].createInstance(Ci.nsIFile);
+  dir.initWithPath(profile);
+  Assert.ok(
+    !dir.exists(),
+    `Temporary profile directory does not exist: ${profile}`
+  );
+});
+
+let c = {
+  // See note about macOS and temporary directories below.
+  skip_if: () => AppConstants.platform == "macosx",
+};
+
+add_task(c, async function test_backgroundtask_cleans_up_stale_profiles() {
+  // Background tasks shutdown and removal raced with creating files in the
+  // temporary profile directory, leaving stale profile remnants on disk.  We
+  // try to incrementally clean up such remnants.  This test verifies that clean
+  // up succeeds as expected.  In the future we might test that locked profiles
+  // are ignored and that a failure during a removal does not stop other
+  // removals from being processed, etc.
+
+  // Background task temporary profiles are created in the OS temporary
+  // directory.  On Windows, we can put the temporary directory in a
+  // testing-specific location by setting TMP, per
+  // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-gettemppathw.
+  // On Linux, this works as well: see
+  // [GetSpecialSystemDirectory](https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/xpcom/io/SpecialSystemDirectory.cpp).
+  // On macOS, we can't set the temporary directory in this manner so we skip
+  // this test.
+  let tmp = do_get_profile();
+  tmp.append("Temp");
+  tmp.createUnique(Ci.nsIFile.DIRECTORY_TYPE, 0o700);
+
+  // Get the "profile prefix" that the clean up process generates by fishing the
+  // profile directory from the testing task that provides the profile path.
+  let sentinel = Services.uuid.generateUUID().toString();
+  sentinel = sentinel.substring(1, sentinel.length - 1);
+
+  let stdoutLines = [];
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("unique_profile", {
+    extraArgs: [sentinel],
+    extraEnv: { TMP: tmp.path },
+    onStdoutLine: line => stdoutLines.push(line),
+  });
+  Assert.equal(0, exitCode);
+
+  let profile;
+  for (let line of stdoutLines) {
+    if (line.includes(sentinel)) {
+      let info = JSON.parse(line.split(sentinel)[1]);
+      profile = info[1];
+    }
+  }
+  Assert.ok(!!profile, `Found profile: ${profile}`);
+
+  Assert.ok(
+    profile.startsWith(tmp.path),
+    "Profile was created in test-specific temporary path"
+  );
+
+  let dir = Cc["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"].createInstance(Ci.nsIFile);
+  dir.initWithPath(profile);
+
+  // Create a few "stale" profile directories.
+  let ps = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+    let p = dir.parent.clone();
+    p.append(`${dir.leafName}_${i}`);
+    p.create(Ci.nsIFile.DIRECTORY_TYPE, 0o700);
+    ps.push(p);
+
+    let f = p.clone();
+    f.append(`file_${i}`);
+    await IOUtils.writeJSON(f.path, {});
+  }
+
+  // Display logging for ease of debugging.
+  let moz_log = "BackgroundTasks:5";
+  if (Services.env.exists("MOZ_LOG")) {
+    moz_log += `,${Services.env.get("MOZ_LOG")}`;
+  }
+
+  // Invoke the task.
+  exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("unique_profile", {
+    extraArgs: [sentinel],
+    extraEnv: {
+      TMP: tmp.path,
+      MOZ_LOG: moz_log,
+      MOZ_BACKGROUNDTASKS_PURGE_STALE_PROFILES: "always",
+    },
+  });
+  Assert.equal(0, exitCode);
+
+  // Verify none of the stale profile directories persist.
+  let es = []; // Expecteds.
+  let as = []; // Actuals.
+  for (let p of ps) {
+    as.push(!p.exists());
+    es.push(true);
+  }
+  Assert.deepEqual(es, as, "All stale profile directories were cleaned up.");
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_exitcodes.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_exitcodes.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2202ff60f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_exitcodes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+"use strict";
+
+// This test exercises functionality and also ensures the exit codes,
+// which are a public API, do not change over time.
+const { EXIT_CODE } = ChromeUtils.importESModule(
+  "resource://gre/modules/BackgroundTasksManager.sys.mjs"
+);
+
+add_task(async function test_success() {
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("success");
+  Assert.equal(0, exitCode);
+  Assert.equal(EXIT_CODE.SUCCESS, exitCode);
+});
+
+add_task(async function test_failure() {
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("failure");
+  Assert.equal(1, exitCode);
+  // There's no single exit code for failure.
+  Assert.notEqual(EXIT_CODE.SUCCESS, exitCode);
+});
+
+add_task(async function test_exception() {
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("exception");
+  Assert.equal(3, exitCode);
+  Assert.equal(EXIT_CODE.EXCEPTION, exitCode);
+});
+
+add_task(async function test_not_found() {
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("not_found");
+  Assert.equal(2, exitCode);
+  Assert.equal(EXIT_CODE.NOT_FOUND, exitCode);
+});
+
+add_task(async function test_timeout() {
+  const startTime = new Date();
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("timeout");
+  const endTime = new Date();
+  const elapsedMs = endTime - startTime;
+  const fiveMinutesInMs = 5 * 60 * 1000;
+  Assert.less(elapsedMs, fiveMinutesInMs);
+  Assert.equal(4, exitCode);
+  Assert.equal(EXIT_CODE.TIMEOUT, exitCode);
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_experiments.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_experiments.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..087c557acf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_experiments.js
@@ -0,0 +1,416 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+// This file tests several things.
+//
+// 1.  We verify that we can forcefully opt-in to (particular branches of)
+//     experiments, that the resulting Firefox Messaging Experiment applies, and
+//     that the Firefox Messaging System respects lifetime frequency caps.
+// 2.  We verify that Nimbus randomization works with specific Normandy
+//     randomization IDs.
+// 3.  We verify that relevant opt-out prefs disable the Nimbus and Firefox
+//     Messaging System experience.
+
+const { ASRouterTargeting } = ChromeUtils.import(
+  "resource://activity-stream/lib/ASRouterTargeting.jsm"
+);
+
+// These randomization IDs were extracted by hand from Firefox instances.
+// Randomization is sufficiently stable to hard-code these IDs rather than
+// generating new ones at test time.
+const BRANCH_MAP = {
+  "treatment-a": {
+    randomizationId: "d0e95fc3-fb15-4bc4-8151-a89582a56e29",
+    title: "Treatment A",
+    text: "Body A",
+  },
+  "treatment-b": {
+    randomizationId: "90a60347-66cc-4716-9fef-cf49dd992d51",
+    title: "Treatment B",
+    text: "Body B",
+  },
+};
+
+setupProfileService();
+
+let taskProfile;
+
+// Arrange a dummy Remote Settings server so that no non-local network
+// connections are opened.
+// And arrange dummy task profile.
+add_setup(() => {
+  info("Setting up profile service");
+  let profileService = Cc["@mozilla.org/toolkit/profile-service;1"].getService(
+    Ci.nsIToolkitProfileService
+  );
+
+  let taskProfD = do_get_profile();
+  taskProfD.append("test_backgroundtask_experiments_task");
+  taskProfile = profileService.createUniqueProfile(
+    taskProfD,
+    "test_backgroundtask_experiments_task"
+  );
+
+  registerCleanupFunction(() => {
+    taskProfile.remove(true);
+  });
+});
+
+function resetProfile(profile) {
+  profile.rootDir.remove(true);
+  profile.rootDir.create(Ci.nsIFile.DIRECTORY_TYPE, 0o700);
+  info(`Reset profile '${profile.rootDir.path}'`);
+}
+
+// Run the "message" background task with some default configuration.  Return
+// "info" items output from the task as an array and as a map.
+async function doMessage({ extraArgs = [], extraEnv = {} } = {}) {
+  let sentinel = Services.uuid.generateUUID().toString();
+  sentinel = sentinel.substring(1, sentinel.length - 1);
+
+  let infoArray = [];
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("message", {
+    extraArgs: [
+      "--sentinel",
+      sentinel,
+      // Use a test-specific non-ephemeral profile, not the system-wide shared
+      // task-specific profile.
+      "--profile",
+      taskProfile.rootDir.path,
+      // Don't actually show a toast notification.
+      "--disable-alerts-service",
+      // Don't contact Remote Settings server.  Can be overridden by subsequent
+      // `--experiments ...`.
+      "--no-experiments",
+      ...extraArgs,
+    ],
+    extraEnv: {
+      MOZ_LOG: "Dump:5,BackgroundTasks:5",
+      ...extraEnv,
+    },
+    onStdoutLine: line => {
+      if (line.includes(sentinel)) {
+        let info = JSON.parse(line.split(sentinel)[1]);
+        infoArray.push(info);
+      }
+    },
+  });
+
+  Assert.equal(
+    0,
+    exitCode,
+    "The message background task exited with exit code 0"
+  );
+
+  // Turn [{x:...}, {y:...}] into {x:..., y:...}.
+  let infoMap = Object.assign({}, ...infoArray);
+
+  return { infoArray, infoMap };
+}
+
+// Opt-in to an experiment.  Verify that the experiment state is non-ephemeral,
+// i.e., persisted.  Verify that messages are shown until we hit the lifetime
+// frequency caps.
+//
+// It's awkward to inspect the `ASRouter.jsm` internal state directly in this
+// manner, but this is the pattern for testing such things at the time of
+// writing.
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_caps() {
+  let experimentFile = do_get_file("experiment.json");
+  let experimentFileURI = Services.io.newFileURI(experimentFile);
+
+  let { infoMap } = await doMessage({
+    extraArgs: [
+      // Opt-in to an experiment from a file.
+      "--url",
+      `${experimentFileURI.spec}?optin_branch=treatment-a`,
+    ],
+  });
+
+  // Verify that the correct experiment and branch generated an impression.
+  let impressions = infoMap.ASRouterState.messageImpressions;
+  Assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(impressions), ["test-experiment:treatment-a"]);
+  Assert.equal(impressions["test-experiment:treatment-a"].length, 1);
+
+  // Verify that the correct toast notification was shown.
+  let alert = infoMap.showAlert.args[0];
+  Assert.equal(alert.title, "Treatment A");
+  Assert.equal(alert.text, "Body A");
+  Assert.equal(alert.name, "optin-test-experiment:treatment-a");
+
+  // Now, do it again.  No need to opt-in to the experiment this time.
+  ({ infoMap } = await doMessage({}));
+
+  // Verify that only the correct experiment and branch generated an impression.
+  impressions = infoMap.ASRouterState.messageImpressions;
+  Assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(impressions), ["test-experiment:treatment-a"]);
+  Assert.equal(impressions["test-experiment:treatment-a"].length, 2);
+
+  // Verify that the correct toast notification was shown.
+  alert = infoMap.showAlert.args[0];
+  Assert.equal(alert.title, "Treatment A");
+  Assert.equal(alert.text, "Body A");
+  Assert.equal(alert.name, "optin-test-experiment:treatment-a");
+
+  // A third time.  We'll hit the lifetime frequency cap (which is 2).
+  ({ infoMap } = await doMessage({}));
+
+  // Verify that the correct experiment and branch impressions are untouched.
+  impressions = infoMap.ASRouterState.messageImpressions;
+  Assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(impressions), ["test-experiment:treatment-a"]);
+  Assert.equal(impressions["test-experiment:treatment-a"].length, 2);
+
+  // Verify that no toast notication was shown.
+  Assert.ok(!("showAlert" in infoMap), "No alert shown");
+});
+
+// Test that background tasks are enrolled into branches based on the Normandy
+// randomization ID as expected.  Run the message task with a hard-coded list of
+// a single experiment and known randomization IDs, and verify that the enrolled
+// branches are as expected.
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_randomization() {
+  let experimentFile = do_get_file("experiment.json");
+
+  for (let [branchSlug, branchDetails] of Object.entries(BRANCH_MAP)) {
+    // Start fresh each time.
+    resetProfile(taskProfile);
+
+    // Invoke twice; verify the branch is consistent each time.
+    for (let count = 1; count <= 2; count++) {
+      let { infoMap } = await doMessage({
+        extraArgs: [
+          // Read experiments from a file.
+          "--experiments",
+          experimentFile.path,
+          // Fixed randomization ID yields a deterministic enrollment branch assignment.
+          "--randomizationId",
+          branchDetails.randomizationId,
+        ],
+      });
+
+      // Verify that only the correct experiment and branch generated an impression.
+      let impressions = infoMap.ASRouterState.messageImpressions;
+      Assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(impressions), [
+        `test-experiment:${branchSlug}`,
+      ]);
+      Assert.equal(impressions[`test-experiment:${branchSlug}`].length, count);
+
+      // Verify that the correct toast notification was shown.
+      let alert = infoMap.showAlert.args[0];
+      Assert.equal(alert.title, branchDetails.title, "Title is correct");
+      Assert.equal(alert.text, branchDetails.text, "Text is correct");
+      Assert.equal(
+        alert.name,
+        `test-experiment:${branchSlug}`,
+        "Name (tag) is correct"
+      );
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+// Test that background tasks respect the datareporting and studies opt-out
+// preferences.
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_optout_preferences() {
+  let experimentFile = do_get_file("experiment.json");
+
+  let OPTION_MAP = {
+    "--no-datareporting": {
+      "datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled": false,
+      "app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled": true,
+    },
+    "--no-optoutstudies": {
+      "datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled": true,
+      "app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled": false,
+    },
+  };
+
+  for (let [option, expectedPrefs] of Object.entries(OPTION_MAP)) {
+    // Start fresh each time.
+    resetProfile(taskProfile);
+
+    let { infoMap } = await doMessage({
+      extraArgs: [
+        option,
+        // Read experiments from a file.  Opting in to an experiment with
+        // `--url` does not consult relevant preferences.
+        "--experiments",
+        experimentFile.path,
+      ],
+    });
+
+    Assert.deepEqual(infoMap.taskProfilePrefs, expectedPrefs);
+
+    // Verify that no experiment generated an impression.
+    let impressions = infoMap.ASRouterState.messageImpressions;
+    Assert.deepEqual(
+      impressions,
+      [],
+      `No impressions generated with ${option}`
+    );
+
+    // Verify that no toast notication was shown.
+    Assert.ok(!("showAlert" in infoMap), `No alert shown with ${option}`);
+  }
+});
+
+const TARGETING_LIST = [
+  // Target based on background task details.
+  ["isBackgroundTaskMode", 1],
+  ["backgroundTaskName == 'message'", 1],
+  ["backgroundTaskName == 'unrecognized'", 0],
+  // Filter based on `defaultProfile` targeting snapshot.
+  ["(currentDate|date - defaultProfile.currentDate|date) > 0", 1],
+  ["(currentDate|date - defaultProfile.currentDate|date) > 999999", 0],
+];
+
+// Test that background tasks targeting works for Nimbus experiments.
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_Nimbus_targeting() {
+  let experimentFile = do_get_file("experiment.json");
+  let experimentData = await IOUtils.readJSON(experimentFile.path);
+
+  // We can't take a full environment snapshot under `xpcshell`.  Select a few
+  // items that do work.
+  let target = {
+    currentDate: ASRouterTargeting.Environment.currentDate,
+    firefoxVersion: ASRouterTargeting.Environment.firefoxVersion,
+  };
+  let targetSnapshot = await ASRouterTargeting.getEnvironmentSnapshot(target);
+
+  for (let [targeting, expectedLength] of TARGETING_LIST) {
+    // Start fresh each time.
+    resetProfile(taskProfile);
+
+    let snapshotFile = taskProfile.rootDir.clone();
+    snapshotFile.append("targeting.snapshot.json");
+    await IOUtils.writeJSON(snapshotFile.path, targetSnapshot);
+
+    // Write updated experiment data.
+    experimentData.data.targeting = targeting;
+    let targetingExperimentFile = taskProfile.rootDir.clone();
+    targetingExperimentFile.append("targeting.experiment.json");
+    await IOUtils.writeJSON(targetingExperimentFile.path, experimentData);
+
+    let { infoMap } = await doMessage({
+      extraArgs: [
+        "--experiments",
+        targetingExperimentFile.path,
+        "--targeting-snapshot",
+        snapshotFile.path,
+      ],
+    });
+
+    // Verify that the given targeting generated the expected number of impressions.
+    let impressions = infoMap.ASRouterState.messageImpressions;
+    Assert.equal(
+      Object.keys(impressions).length,
+      expectedLength,
+      `${expectedLength} impressions generated with targeting '${targeting}'`
+    );
+  }
+});
+
+// Test that background tasks targeting works for Firefox Messaging System branches.
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_Messaging_targeting() {
+  // Don't target the Nimbus experiment at all.  Use a consistent
+  // randomization ID to always enroll in the first branch.  Target
+  // the first branch of the Firefox Messaging Experiment to the given
+  // targeting.  Therefore, we either get the first branch if the
+  // targeting matches, or nothing at all.
+
+  let treatmentARandomizationId = BRANCH_MAP["treatment-a"].randomizationId;
+
+  let experimentFile = do_get_file("experiment.json");
+  let experimentData = await IOUtils.readJSON(experimentFile.path);
+
+  // We can't take a full environment snapshot under `xpcshell`.  Select a few
+  // items that do work.
+  let target = {
+    currentDate: ASRouterTargeting.Environment.currentDate,
+    firefoxVersion: ASRouterTargeting.Environment.firefoxVersion,
+  };
+  let targetSnapshot = await ASRouterTargeting.getEnvironmentSnapshot(target);
+
+  for (let [targeting, expectedLength] of TARGETING_LIST) {
+    // Start fresh each time.
+    resetProfile(taskProfile);
+
+    let snapshotFile = taskProfile.rootDir.clone();
+    snapshotFile.append("targeting.snapshot.json");
+    await IOUtils.writeJSON(snapshotFile.path, targetSnapshot);
+
+    // Write updated experiment data.
+    experimentData.data.targeting = "true";
+    experimentData.data.branches[0].features[0].value.targeting = targeting;
+
+    let targetingExperimentFile = taskProfile.rootDir.clone();
+    targetingExperimentFile.append("targeting.experiment.json");
+    await IOUtils.writeJSON(targetingExperimentFile.path, experimentData);
+
+    let { infoMap } = await doMessage({
+      extraArgs: [
+        "--experiments",
+        targetingExperimentFile.path,
+        "--targeting-snapshot",
+        snapshotFile.path,
+        "--randomizationId",
+        treatmentARandomizationId,
+      ],
+    });
+
+    // Verify that the given targeting generated the expected number of impressions.
+    let impressions = infoMap.ASRouterState.messageImpressions;
+    Assert.equal(
+      Object.keys(impressions).length,
+      expectedLength,
+      `${expectedLength} impressions generated with targeting '${targeting}'`
+    );
+
+    if (expectedLength > 0) {
+      // Verify that the correct toast notification was shown.
+      let alert = infoMap.showAlert.args[0];
+      Assert.equal(
+        alert.title,
+        BRANCH_MAP["treatment-a"].title,
+        "Title is correct"
+      );
+      Assert.equal(
+        alert.text,
+        BRANCH_MAP["treatment-a"].text,
+        "Text is correct"
+      );
+      Assert.equal(
+        alert.name,
+        `test-experiment:treatment-a`,
+        "Name (tag) is correct"
+      );
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+// Verify that `RemoteSettingsClient.sync` is invoked before any
+// `RemoteSettingsClient.get` invocations.  This ensures the Remote Settings
+// recipe collection is not allowed to go stale.
+add_task(
+  async function test_backgroundtask_RemoteSettingsClient_invokes_sync() {
+    let { infoArray, infoMap } = await doMessage({});
+
+    Assert.ok(
+      "RemoteSettingsClient.get" in infoMap,
+      "RemoteSettingsClient.get was invoked"
+    );
+
+    for (let info of infoArray) {
+      if ("RemoteSettingsClient.get" in info) {
+        const { options: calledOptions } = info["RemoteSettingsClient.get"];
+        Assert.ok(
+          calledOptions.forceSync,
+          "RemoteSettingsClient.get was first called with `forceSync`"
+        );
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+);
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_help.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_help.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3dea69cb6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_help.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+"use strict";
+
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_help_includes_jsdebugger_options() {
+  let lines = [];
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("success", {
+    extraArgs: ["--help"],
+    onStdoutLine: line => lines.push(line),
+  });
+  Assert.equal(0, exitCode);
+
+  Assert.ok(lines.some(line => line.includes("--jsdebugger")));
+  Assert.ok(lines.some(line => line.includes("--wait-for-jsdebugger")));
+  Assert.ok(lines.some(line => line.includes("--start-debugger-server")));
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_localization.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_localization.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e61ea50f09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_localization.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+// Disable `xpc::IsInAutomation()` so that we don't generate fatal
+// Localization errors.
+Services.prefs.setBoolPref(
+  "security.turn_off_all_security_so_that_viruses_can_take_over_this_computer",
+  false
+);
+
+async function doOne(resource, id) {
+  let l10n = new Localization([resource], true);
+  let value = await l10n.formatValue(id);
+  Assert.ok(value, `${id} from ${resource} is not null: ${value}`);
+
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("localization", {
+    extraArgs: [resource, id, value],
+  });
+  Assert.equal(0, exitCode);
+}
+
+add_task(async function test_localization() {
+  // Verify that the `l10n-registry` category is processed and that localization
+  // works as expected in background tasks.  We can use any FTL resource and
+  // string identifier here as long as the value is short and can be passed as a
+  // command line argument safely (i.e., is ASCII).
+
+  // One from toolkit/.
+  await doOne("toolkit/global/commonDialog.ftl", "common-dialog-title-system");
+  if (AppConstants.MOZ_APP_NAME == "thunderbird") {
+    // And one from messenger/.
+    await doOne("messenger/messenger.ftl", "no-reply-title");
+  } else {
+    // And one from browser/.
+    await doOne("browser/pageInfo.ftl", "not-set-date");
+  }
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_locked_profile.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_locked_profile.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef70bcf51e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_locked_profile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+setupProfileService();
+
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_locked_profile() {
+  let profileService = Cc["@mozilla.org/toolkit/profile-service;1"].getService(
+    Ci.nsIToolkitProfileService
+  );
+
+  let profile = profileService.createUniqueProfile(
+    do_get_profile(),
+    "test_locked_profile"
+  );
+  let lock = profile.lock({});
+
+  try {
+    let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("success", {
+      extraEnv: { XRE_PROFILE_PATH: lock.directory.path },
+    });
+    Assert.equal(1, exitCode);
+  } finally {
+    lock.unlock();
+  }
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_minruntime.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_minruntime.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..faacf1b0e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_minruntime.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+"use strict";
+
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_minruntime() {
+  let startTime = new Date().getTime();
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("minruntime");
+  Assert.equal(0, exitCode);
+  let finishTime = new Date().getTime();
+
+  // minruntime sets backgroundTaskMinRuntimeMS = 2000;
+  // Have some tolerance for flaky timers.
+  Assert.ok(
+    finishTime - startTime > 1800,
+    "Runtime was at least 2 seconds (approximately)."
+  );
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_no_output.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_no_output.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4553c6a7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_no_output.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+// Run a background task which itself waits for a launched background task,
+// which itself waits for a launched background task, etc.  Verify no output is
+// produced.
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_no_output() {
+  let sentinel = Services.uuid.generateUUID().toString();
+  sentinel = sentinel.substring(1, sentinel.length - 1);
+
+  let count = 2;
+  let outputLines = [];
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("no_output", {
+    extraArgs: [sentinel, count.toString()],
+    // This is a misnomer: stdout is redirected to stderr, so this is _any_
+    // output line.
+    onStdoutLine: line => outputLines.push(line),
+  });
+  Assert.equal(0, exitCode);
+
+  if (AppConstants.platform !== "win") {
+    // Check specific logs because there can still be some logs in certain conditions,
+    // e.g. in code coverage (see bug 1831778 and bug 1804833)
+    ok(
+      outputLines.every(l => !l.includes("*** You are running in")),
+      "Should not have logs by default"
+    );
+  }
+});
+
+// Run a background task which itself waits for a launched background task,
+// which itself waits for a launched background task, etc.  Since we ignore the
+// no output restriction, verify that output is produced.
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_ignore_no_output() {
+  let sentinel = Services.uuid.generateUUID().toString();
+  sentinel = sentinel.substring(1, sentinel.length - 1);
+
+  let count = 2;
+  let outputLines = [];
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("no_output", {
+    extraArgs: [sentinel, count.toString()],
+    extraEnv: { MOZ_BACKGROUNDTASKS_IGNORE_NO_OUTPUT: "1" },
+    // This is a misnomer: stdout is redirected to stderr, so this is _any_
+    // output line.
+    onStdoutLine: line => {
+      if (line.includes(sentinel)) {
+        outputLines.push(line);
+      }
+    },
+  });
+  Assert.equal(0, exitCode);
+
+  Assert.equal(count, outputLines.length);
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_not_ephemeral_profile.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_not_ephemeral_profile.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29ef0d542d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_not_ephemeral_profile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+add_task(async function test_not_ephemeral_profile() {
+  // Get the pref, and then update its value.  We ignore the initial return,
+  // since the persistent profile may already exist.
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("not_ephemeral_profile", {
+    extraArgs: ["test.backgroundtask_specific_pref.exitCode", "80"],
+  });
+
+  // Do it again, confirming that the profile is persistent.
+  exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("not_ephemeral_profile", {
+    extraArgs: ["test.backgroundtask_specific_pref.exitCode", "81"],
+  });
+  Assert.equal(80, exitCode);
+
+  exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("not_ephemeral_profile", {
+    extraArgs: ["test.backgroundtask_specific_pref.exitCode", "82"],
+  });
+  Assert.equal(81, exitCode);
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_policies.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_policies.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45f64e5f01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_policies.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+// In order to use the policy engine inside the xpcshell harness, we need to set
+// up a dummy app info.  In the backgroundtask itself, the application under
+// test will configure real app info.  This opens a possibility for some
+// incompatibility, but there doesn't appear to be such an issue at this time.
+const { updateAppInfo } = ChromeUtils.importESModule(
+  "resource://testing-common/AppInfo.sys.mjs"
+);
+updateAppInfo({
+  name: "XPCShell",
+  ID: "xpcshell@tests.mozilla.org",
+  version: "48",
+  platformVersion: "48",
+});
+
+const { EnterprisePolicyTesting } = ChromeUtils.importESModule(
+  "resource://testing-common/EnterprisePolicyTesting.sys.mjs"
+);
+
+// This initializes the policy engine for xpcshell tests
+let policies = Cc["@mozilla.org/enterprisepolicies;1"].getService(
+  Ci.nsIObserver
+);
+policies.observe(null, "policies-startup", null);
+
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_policies() {
+  let url = "https://www.example.com/";
+  await EnterprisePolicyTesting.setupPolicyEngineWithJson({
+    policies: {
+      AppUpdateURL: url,
+    },
+  });
+
+  let filePath = Services.prefs.getStringPref("browser.policies.alternatePath");
+
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("policies", {
+    extraArgs: [filePath, url],
+  });
+  Assert.equal(0, exitCode);
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_profile_is_slim.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_profile_is_slim.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06f28616b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_profile_is_slim.js
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+// Invoke `profile_is_slim` background task, have it *not* remove its
+// temporary profile, and verify that the temporary profile doesn't
+// contain unexpected files and/or directories.
+//
+// N.b.: the background task invocation is a production Firefox
+// running in automation; that means it can only connect to localhost
+// (and it is not configured to connect to mochi.test, etc).
+// Therefore we run our own server for it to connect to.
+
+const { HttpServer } = ChromeUtils.import("resource://testing-common/httpd.js");
+let server;
+
+setupProfileService();
+
+let successCount = 0;
+function success(metadata, response) {
+  response.setStatusLine(metadata.httpVersion, 200, "OK");
+  let str = "success";
+  response.write(str, str.length);
+  successCount += 1;
+}
+
+add_setup(() => {
+  server = new HttpServer();
+  server.registerPathHandler("/success", success);
+  server.start(-1);
+
+  registerCleanupFunction(async () => {
+    await server.stop();
+  });
+});
+
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_profile_is_slim() {
+  let profileService = Cc["@mozilla.org/toolkit/profile-service;1"].getService(
+    Ci.nsIToolkitProfileService
+  );
+
+  let profD = do_get_profile();
+  profD.append("test_profile_is_slim");
+  let profile = profileService.createUniqueProfile(
+    profD,
+    "test_profile_is_slim"
+  );
+
+  registerCleanupFunction(() => {
+    profile.remove(true);
+  });
+
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("profile_is_slim", {
+    extraArgs: [`http://localhost:${server.identity.primaryPort}/success`],
+    extraEnv: {
+      XRE_PROFILE_PATH: profile.rootDir.path,
+      MOZ_BACKGROUNDTASKS_NO_REMOVE_PROFILE: "1",
+    },
+  });
+
+  Assert.equal(
+    0,
+    exitCode,
+    "The fetch background task exited with exit code 0"
+  );
+  Assert.equal(
+    1,
+    successCount,
+    "The fetch background task reached the test server 1 time"
+  );
+
+  assertProfileIsSlim(profile.rootDir);
+});
+
+const expected = [
+  { relPath: "lock", condition: AppConstants.platform == "linux" },
+  {
+    relPath: ".parentlock",
+    condition:
+      AppConstants.platform == "linux" || AppConstants.platform == "macosx",
+  },
+  {
+    relPath: "parent.lock",
+    condition:
+      AppConstants.platform == "win" || AppConstants.platform == "macosx",
+  },
+  // TODO: verify that directory is empty.
+  { relPath: "cache2", isDirectory: true },
+  { relPath: "compatibility.ini" },
+  { relPath: "crashes", isDirectory: true },
+  { relPath: "data", isDirectory: true },
+  { relPath: "local", isDirectory: true },
+  { relPath: "minidumps", isDirectory: true },
+  // `mozinfo.json` is an artifact of the testing infrastructure.
+  { relPath: "mozinfo.json" },
+  { relPath: "pkcs11.txt" },
+  { relPath: "prefs.js" },
+  { relPath: "security_state", isDirectory: true },
+  // TODO: verify that directory is empty.
+  { relPath: "startupCache", isDirectory: true },
+  { relPath: "times.json" },
+];
+
+async function assertProfileIsSlim(profile) {
+  Assert.ok(profile.exists(), `Profile directory does exist: ${profile.path}`);
+
+  // We collect unexpected results, log them all, and then assert
+  // there are none to provide the most feedback per iteration.
+  let unexpected = [];
+
+  let typeLabel = { true: "directory", false: "file" };
+
+  for (let entry of profile.directoryEntries) {
+    // `getRelativePath` always uses '/' as path separator.
+    let relPath = entry.getRelativePath(profile);
+
+    info(`Witnessed directory entry '${relPath}'.`);
+
+    let expectation = expected.find(
+      it => it.relPath == relPath && (!("condition" in it) || it.condition)
+    );
+    if (!expectation) {
+      info(`UNEXPECTED: Directory entry '${relPath}' is NOT expected!`);
+      unexpected.push(relPath);
+    } else if (
+      typeLabel[!!expectation.isDirectory] != typeLabel[entry.isDirectory()]
+    ) {
+      info(`UNEXPECTED: Directory entry '${relPath}' is NOT expected type!`);
+      unexpected.push(relPath);
+    }
+  }
+
+  Assert.deepEqual([], unexpected, "Expected nothing to report");
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_profile_service_configuration.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_profile_service_configuration.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d8e161046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_profile_service_configuration.js
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+setupProfileService();
+
+async function doOne(extraArgs = [], extraEnv = {}) {
+  let sentinel = Services.uuid.generateUUID().toString();
+  sentinel = sentinel.substring(1, sentinel.length - 1);
+
+  let stdoutLines = [];
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("unique_profile", {
+    extraArgs: [sentinel, ...extraArgs],
+    extraEnv,
+    onStdoutLine: line => stdoutLines.push(line),
+  });
+  Assert.equal(0, exitCode);
+
+  let infos = [];
+  let profiles = [];
+  for (let line of stdoutLines) {
+    if (line.includes(sentinel)) {
+      let info = JSON.parse(line.split(sentinel)[1]);
+      infos.push(info);
+      profiles.push(info[1]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  Assert.equal(
+    1,
+    profiles.length,
+    `Found 1 profile: ${JSON.stringify(profiles)}`
+  );
+
+  return profiles[0];
+}
+
+// Run a background task which displays its profile directory, and verify that
+// the "normal profile configuration" mechanisms override the background
+// task-specific default.
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_profile_service_configuration() {
+  let profileService = Cc["@mozilla.org/toolkit/profile-service;1"].getService(
+    Ci.nsIToolkitProfileService
+  );
+
+  let profile = profileService.createUniqueProfile(
+    do_get_profile(),
+    "test_locked_profile"
+  );
+  let path = profile.rootDir.path;
+
+  Assert.ok(
+    profile.rootDir.exists(),
+    `Temporary profile directory does exists: ${profile.rootDir}`
+  );
+
+  let profileDir = await doOne(["--profile", path]);
+  Assert.equal(profileDir, path);
+
+  profileDir = await doOne([], { XRE_PROFILE_PATH: path });
+  Assert.equal(profileDir, path);
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_removeDirectory.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_removeDirectory.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6fb1ee6f27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_removeDirectory.js
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+"use strict";
+
+// This test exercises functionality and also ensures the exit codes,
+// which are a public API, do not change over time.
+const { EXIT_CODE } = ChromeUtils.importESModule(
+  "resource://gre/modules/BackgroundTasksManager.sys.mjs"
+);
+
+const LEAF_NAME = "newCacheFolder";
+
+add_task(async function test_simple() {
+  // This test creates a simple folder in the profile and passes it to
+  // the background task to delete
+
+  let dir = do_get_profile();
+  dir.append(LEAF_NAME);
+  dir.create(Ci.nsIFile.DIRECTORY_TYPE, 0o744);
+  equal(dir.exists(), true);
+
+  let extraDir = do_get_profile();
+  extraDir.append("test.abc");
+  extraDir.create(Ci.nsIFile.DIRECTORY_TYPE, 0o744);
+  equal(extraDir.exists(), true);
+
+  let outputLines = [];
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("removeDirectory", {
+    extraArgs: [do_get_profile().path, LEAF_NAME, "10", ".abc"],
+    onStdoutLine: line => outputLines.push(line),
+  });
+  equal(exitCode, EXIT_CODE.SUCCESS);
+  equal(dir.exists(), false);
+  equal(extraDir.exists(), false);
+
+  if (AppConstants.platform !== "win") {
+    // Check specific logs because there can still be some logs in certain conditions,
+    // e.g. in code coverage (see bug 1831778 and bug 1804833)
+    ok(
+      outputLines.every(l => !l.includes("*** You are running in")),
+      "Should not have logs by default"
+    );
+  }
+});
+
+add_task(async function test_no_extension() {
+  // Test that not passing the extension is fine
+
+  let dir = do_get_profile();
+  dir.append(LEAF_NAME);
+  dir.create(Ci.nsIFile.DIRECTORY_TYPE, 0o744);
+  equal(dir.exists(), true);
+
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("removeDirectory", {
+    extraArgs: [do_get_profile().path, LEAF_NAME, "10"],
+  });
+  equal(exitCode, EXIT_CODE.SUCCESS);
+  equal(dir.exists(), false);
+});
+
+add_task(async function test_createAfter() {
+  // First we create the task then we create the directory.
+  // The task will only wait for 10 seconds.
+  let dir = do_get_profile();
+  dir.append(LEAF_NAME);
+
+  let task = do_backgroundtask("removeDirectory", {
+    extraArgs: [do_get_profile().path, LEAF_NAME, "10", ""],
+  });
+
+  dir.create(Ci.nsIFile.DIRECTORY_TYPE, 0o744);
+
+  let exitCode = await task;
+  equal(exitCode, EXIT_CODE.SUCCESS);
+  equal(dir.exists(), false);
+});
+
+add_task(async function test_folderNameWithSpaces() {
+  // We pass in a leaf name with spaces just to make sure the command line
+  // argument parsing works properly.
+  let dir = do_get_profile();
+  let leafNameWithSpaces = `${LEAF_NAME} space`;
+  dir.append(leafNameWithSpaces);
+
+  let task = do_backgroundtask("removeDirectory", {
+    extraArgs: [do_get_profile().path, leafNameWithSpaces, "10", ""],
+  });
+
+  dir.create(Ci.nsIFile.DIRECTORY_TYPE, 0o744);
+
+  let exitCode = await task;
+  equal(exitCode, EXIT_CODE.SUCCESS);
+  equal(dir.exists(), false);
+});
+
+add_task(async function test_missing_folder() {
+  // We never create the directory.
+  // We only wait for 1 second
+
+  let dir = do_get_profile();
+  dir.append(LEAF_NAME);
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("removeDirectory", {
+    extraArgs: [do_get_profile().path, LEAF_NAME, "1", ""],
+  });
+
+  equal(exitCode, EXIT_CODE.SUCCESS);
+  equal(dir.exists(), false);
+});
+
+add_task(
+  { skip_if: () => mozinfo.os != "win" },
+  async function test_ro_file_in_folder() {
+    let dir = do_get_profile();
+    dir.append(LEAF_NAME);
+    dir.create(Ci.nsIFile.DIRECTORY_TYPE, 0o744);
+    equal(dir.exists(), true);
+
+    let file = dir.clone();
+    file.append("ro_file");
+    file.create(Ci.nsIFile.NORMAL_FILE_TYPE, 0o644);
+    file.QueryInterface(Ci.nsILocalFileWin).readOnly = true;
+
+    // Make sure that we can move with a readonly file in the directory
+    dir.moveTo(null, "newName");
+
+    // This will fail because of the readonly file.
+    let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("removeDirectory", {
+      extraArgs: [do_get_profile().path, "newName", "1", ""],
+    });
+
+    equal(exitCode, EXIT_CODE.EXCEPTION);
+
+    dir = do_get_profile();
+    dir.append("newName");
+    file = dir.clone();
+    file.append("ro_file");
+    equal(file.exists(), true);
+
+    // Remove readonly attribute and try again.
+    // As a followup we might want to force an old cache dir to be deleted, even if it has readonly files in it.
+    file.QueryInterface(Ci.nsILocalFileWin).readOnly = false;
+    dir.remove(true);
+    equal(file.exists(), false);
+    equal(dir.exists(), false);
+  }
+);
+
+add_task(async function test_purgeFile() {
+  // Test that only directories are purged by the background task
+  let file = do_get_profile();
+  file.append(LEAF_NAME);
+  file.create(Ci.nsIFile.NORMAL_FILE_TYPE, 0o644);
+  equal(file.exists(), true);
+
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("removeDirectory", {
+    extraArgs: [do_get_profile().path, LEAF_NAME, "2", ""],
+  });
+  equal(exitCode, EXIT_CODE.EXCEPTION);
+  equal(file.exists(), true);
+
+  file.remove(true);
+  let dir = file.clone();
+  dir.create(Ci.nsIFile.DIRECTORY_TYPE, 0o744);
+  equal(dir.exists(), true);
+  file = do_get_profile();
+  file.append("test.abc");
+  file.create(Ci.nsIFile.NORMAL_FILE_TYPE, 0o644);
+  equal(file.exists(), true);
+  let dir2 = do_get_profile();
+  dir2.append("dir.abc");
+  dir2.create(Ci.nsIFile.DIRECTORY_TYPE, 0o744);
+  equal(dir2.exists(), true);
+
+  exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("removeDirectory", {
+    extraArgs: [do_get_profile().path, LEAF_NAME, "2", ".abc"],
+  });
+
+  equal(exitCode, EXIT_CODE.SUCCESS);
+  equal(dir.exists(), false);
+  equal(dir2.exists(), false);
+  equal(file.exists(), true);
+  file.remove(true);
+});
+
+add_task(async function test_two_tasks() {
+  let dir1 = do_get_profile();
+  dir1.append("leaf1.abc");
+
+  let dir2 = do_get_profile();
+  dir2.append("leaf2.abc");
+
+  let tasks = [];
+  tasks.push(
+    do_backgroundtask("removeDirectory", {
+      extraArgs: [do_get_profile().path, dir1.leafName, "5", ".abc"],
+    })
+  );
+  dir1.create(Ci.nsIFile.DIRECTORY_TYPE, 0o744);
+  tasks.push(
+    do_backgroundtask("removeDirectory", {
+      extraArgs: [do_get_profile().path, dir2.leafName, "5", ".abc"],
+    })
+  );
+  dir2.create(Ci.nsIFile.DIRECTORY_TYPE, 0o744);
+
+  let [r1, r2] = await Promise.all(tasks);
+
+  equal(r1, EXIT_CODE.SUCCESS);
+  equal(r2, EXIT_CODE.SUCCESS);
+  equal(dir1.exists(), false);
+  equal(dir2.exists(), false);
+});
+
+// This test creates a large number of tasks and directories.  Spawning a huge
+// number of tasks concurrently (say, 50 or 100) appears to cause problems;
+// since doing so is rather artificial, we haven't tracked this down.
+const TASK_COUNT = 20;
+add_task(async function test_aLotOfTasks() {
+  let dirs = [];
+  let tasks = [];
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < TASK_COUNT; i++) {
+    let dir = do_get_profile();
+    dir.append(`leaf${i}.abc`);
+
+    tasks.push(
+      do_backgroundtask("removeDirectory", {
+        extraArgs: [do_get_profile().path, dir.leafName, "5", ".abc"],
+        extraEnv: { MOZ_LOG: "BackgroundTasks:5" },
+      })
+    );
+
+    dir.create(Ci.nsIFile.DIRECTORY_TYPE, 0o744);
+    dirs.push(dir);
+  }
+
+  let results = await Promise.all(tasks);
+  for (let i in results) {
+    equal(results[i], EXIT_CODE.SUCCESS, `Task ${i} should succeed`);
+    equal(dirs[i].exists(), false, `leaf${i}.abc should not exist`);
+  }
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_shouldprocessupdates.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_shouldprocessupdates.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27dce8b99f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_shouldprocessupdates.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_shouldprocessupdates() {
+  // The task returns 81 if we should process updates, i.e.,
+  // !ShouldNotProcessUpdates(), <= 80 otherwise.  xpcshell itself counts as an
+  // instance, so the background task will see it and think another instance is
+  // running.  N.b.: this isn't as robust as it could be: running Firefox
+  // instances and parallel tests interact here (mostly harmlessly).
+  //
+  // Since the behaviour under test (ShouldNotProcessUpdates()) happens at startup,
+  // we can't easily change the lock location of the background task.
+
+  // `shouldprocessupdates` is an updating task, but there is another instance
+  // running, so we should not process updates.
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("shouldprocessupdates", {
+    extraArgs: ["--test-process-updates"],
+  });
+  Assert.equal(80, exitCode);
+
+  // If we change our lock location, the background task won't see our instance
+  // running.
+  let file = do_get_profile();
+  file.append("customExePath");
+  let syncManager = Cc["@mozilla.org/updates/update-sync-manager;1"].getService(
+    Ci.nsIUpdateSyncManager
+  );
+  syncManager.resetLock(file);
+
+  // Since we've changed the xpcshell executable name, the background task won't
+  // see us and think another instance is running.  This time, there is no
+  // reason to not process updates.
+  exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("shouldprocessupdates");
+  Assert.equal(81, exitCode);
+
+  // `shouldnotprocessupdates` is not a recognized updating task, so we should
+  // not process updates.
+  exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("shouldnotprocessupdates", {
+    extraArgs: ["--test-process-updates"],
+  });
+  Assert.equal(78, exitCode);
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_simultaneous_instances.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_simultaneous_instances.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..acae920849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_simultaneous_instances.js
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+// Display logging for ease of debugging.
+let moz_log = "BackgroundTasks:5";
+
+// Background task temporary profiles are created in the OS temporary directory.
+// On Windows, we can put the temporary directory in a testing-specific location
+// by setting TMP, per
+// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-gettemppathw.
+// On Linux, this works as well: see
+// [GetSpecialSystemDirectory](https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/xpcom/io/SpecialSystemDirectory.cpp).
+// On macOS, we can't set the temporary directory in this manner, so we will
+// leak some temporary directories.  It's important to test this functionality
+// on macOS so we accept this.
+let tmp = do_get_profile();
+tmp.append("Temp");
+
+add_setup(() => {
+  if (Services.env.exists("MOZ_LOG")) {
+    moz_log += `,${Services.env.get("MOZ_LOG")}`;
+  }
+
+  tmp.createUnique(Ci.nsIFile.DIRECTORY_TYPE, 0o700);
+});
+
+async function launch_one(index) {
+  let sentinel = Services.uuid.generateUUID().toString();
+  sentinel = sentinel.substring(1, sentinel.length - 1);
+
+  let stdoutLines = [];
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("unique_profile", {
+    extraArgs: [sentinel],
+    extraEnv: {
+      MOZ_BACKGROUNDTASKS_NO_REMOVE_PROFILE: "1",
+      MOZ_LOG: moz_log,
+      TMP: tmp.path, // Ignored on macOS.
+    },
+    onStdoutLine: line => stdoutLines.push(line),
+  });
+
+  let profile;
+  for (let line of stdoutLines) {
+    if (line.includes(sentinel)) {
+      let info = JSON.parse(line.split(sentinel)[1]);
+      profile = info[1];
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { index, sentinel, exitCode, profile };
+}
+
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_simultaneous_instances() {
+  let expectedCount = 10;
+  let promises = [];
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < expectedCount; i++) {
+    promises.push(launch_one(i));
+  }
+
+  let results = await Promise.all(promises);
+
+  registerCleanupFunction(() => {
+    for (let result of results) {
+      if (!result.profile) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      let dir = Cc["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"].createInstance(Ci.nsIFile);
+      dir.initWithPath(result.profile);
+      try {
+        dir.remove();
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.warn("Could not clean up profile directory", e);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  for (let result of results) {
+    Assert.equal(
+      0,
+      result.exitCode,
+      `Invocation ${result.index} with sentinel ${result.sentinel} exited with code 0`
+    );
+    Assert.ok(
+      result.profile,
+      `Invocation ${result.index} with sentinel ${result.sentinel} yielded a temporary profile directory`
+    );
+  }
+
+  let profiles = new Set(results.map(it => it.profile));
+  Assert.equal(
+    expectedCount,
+    profiles.size,
+    `Invocations used ${expectedCount} different temporary profile directories`
+  );
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_specific_pref.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_specific_pref.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50f85b9bec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_specific_pref.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_specific_pref() {
+  // First, verify this pref isn't set in Gecko itself.
+  Assert.equal(
+    -1,
+    Services.prefs.getIntPref("test.backgroundtask_specific_pref.exitCode", -1)
+  );
+
+  // Second, verify that this pref is set in background tasks.
+  // xpcshell tests locally test unpackaged builds.
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("backgroundtask_specific_pref", {
+    extraArgs: ["test.backgroundtask_specific_pref.exitCode"],
+  });
+  Assert.equal(79, exitCode);
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_targeting.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_targeting.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b848ff3a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_targeting.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+"use strict";
+
+const { EXIT_CODE } = ChromeUtils.importESModule(
+  "resource://gre/modules/BackgroundTasksManager.sys.mjs"
+);
+
+add_task(async function test_targeting() {
+  // The task itself fails if any targeting getter fails.
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("targeting");
+  Assert.equal(EXIT_CODE.SUCCESS, exitCode);
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_unique_profile.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_unique_profile.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c17241932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_unique_profile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+// Run a background task which itself waits for a launched background task, which itself waits for a
+// launched background task, etc.  This is an easy way to ensure that tasks are running concurrently
+// without requiring concurrency primitives.
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_unique_profile() {
+  let sentinel = Services.uuid.generateUUID().toString();
+  sentinel = sentinel.substring(1, sentinel.length - 1);
+
+  let count = 3;
+  let stdoutLines = [];
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("unique_profile", {
+    extraArgs: [sentinel, count.toString()],
+    onStdoutLine: line => stdoutLines.push(line),
+  });
+  Assert.equal(0, exitCode);
+
+  let infos = [];
+  let profiles = new Set();
+  for (let line of stdoutLines) {
+    if (line.includes(sentinel)) {
+      let info = JSON.parse(line.split(sentinel)[1]);
+      infos.push(info);
+      profiles.add(info[1]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  Assert.equal(
+    count,
+    profiles.size,
+    `Found ${count} distinct profiles: ${JSON.stringify(
+      Array.from(profiles)
+    )} in: ${JSON.stringify(infos)}`
+  );
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_update_sync_manager.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_update_sync_manager.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30009613d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtask_update_sync_manager.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+"use strict";
+
+add_task(async function test_backgroundtask_update_sync_manager() {
+  // The task returns 80 if another instance is running, 81 otherwise.  xpcshell
+  // itself counts as an instance, so the background task will see it and think
+  // another instance is running.
+  //
+  // This can also be achieved by overriding directory providers, but
+  // that's not particularly robust in the face of parallel testing.
+  // Doing it this way exercises `resetLock` with a path.
+  let exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("update_sync_manager", {
+    extraArgs: [Services.dirsvc.get("XREExeF", Ci.nsIFile).path],
+  });
+  Assert.equal(80, exitCode, "Another instance is running");
+
+  // If we tell the backgroundtask to use a unique appPath, the
+  // background task won't see any other instances running.
+  let file = do_get_profile();
+  file.append("customExePath");
+  file.append("customExe");
+
+  exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("update_sync_manager", {
+    extraArgs: [file.path],
+  });
+  Assert.equal(81, exitCode, "No other instance is running");
+
+  let upperCaseFile = Cc["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"].createInstance(
+    Ci.nsIFile
+  );
+  upperCaseFile.initWithPath(
+    Services.dirsvc.get("XREExeF", Ci.nsIFile).path.toUpperCase()
+  );
+  if (upperCaseFile.exists()) {
+    // The uppercased path can still be used to access the exe, indicating a
+    // case-insensitive filesystem (as is usual on Windows and macOS), so path
+    // normalization can be tested.
+    exitCode = await do_backgroundtask("update_sync_manager", {
+      extraArgs: [upperCaseFile.path],
+    });
+    Assert.equal(80, exitCode, "Another instance is running");
+  }
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtasksutils.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtasksutils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f16766c23c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_backgroundtasksutils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+const { BackgroundTasksUtils } = ChromeUtils.importESModule(
+  "resource://gre/modules/BackgroundTasksUtils.sys.mjs"
+);
+const { XPCOMUtils } = ChromeUtils.importESModule(
+  "resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.sys.mjs"
+);
+
+const lazy = {};
+XPCOMUtils.defineLazyModuleGetters(lazy, {
+  ASRouterTargeting: "resource://activity-stream/lib/ASRouterTargeting.jsm",
+});
+
+setupProfileService();
+
+add_task(async function test_withProfileLock() {
+  let profileService = Cc["@mozilla.org/toolkit/profile-service;1"].getService(
+    Ci.nsIToolkitProfileService
+  );
+
+  let profilePath = do_get_profile();
+  profilePath.append(`test_withProfileLock`);
+  let profile = profileService.createUniqueProfile(
+    profilePath,
+    "test_withProfileLock"
+  );
+
+  await BackgroundTasksUtils.withProfileLock(async lock => {
+    BackgroundTasksUtils._throwIfNotLocked(lock);
+  }, profile);
+
+  // In debug builds, an unlocked lock crashes via `NS_ERROR` when
+  // `.directory` is invoked.  There's no way to check that the lock
+  // is unlocked, so we can't realistically test this scenario in
+  // debug builds.
+  if (!AppConstants.DEBUG) {
+    await Assert.rejects(
+      BackgroundTasksUtils.withProfileLock(async lock => {
+        lock.unlock();
+        BackgroundTasksUtils._throwIfNotLocked(lock);
+      }, profile),
+      /Profile is not locked/
+    );
+  }
+});
+
+add_task(async function test_readPreferences() {
+  let profileService = Cc["@mozilla.org/toolkit/profile-service;1"].getService(
+    Ci.nsIToolkitProfileService
+  );
+
+  let profilePath = do_get_profile();
+  profilePath.append(`test_readPreferences`);
+  let profile = profileService.createUniqueProfile(
+    profilePath,
+    "test_readPreferences"
+  );
+
+  // Before we write any preferences, we fail to read.
+  await Assert.rejects(
+    BackgroundTasksUtils.withProfileLock(
+      lock => BackgroundTasksUtils.readPreferences(null, lock),
+      profile
+    ),
+    /NotFoundError/
+  );
+
+  let s = `user_pref("testPref.bool1", true);
+  user_pref("testPref.bool2", false);
+  user_pref("testPref.int1", 23);
+  user_pref("testPref.int2", -1236);
+  `;
+
+  let prefsFile = profile.rootDir.clone();
+  prefsFile.append("prefs.js");
+  await IOUtils.writeUTF8(prefsFile.path, s);
+
+  // Now we can read all the prefs.
+  let prefs = await BackgroundTasksUtils.withProfileLock(
+    lock => BackgroundTasksUtils.readPreferences(null, lock),
+    profile
+  );
+  let expected = {
+    "testPref.bool1": true,
+    "testPref.bool2": false,
+    "testPref.int1": 23,
+    "testPref.int2": -1236,
+  };
+  Assert.deepEqual(prefs, expected, "Prefs read are correct");
+
+  // And we can filter the read as well.
+  prefs = await BackgroundTasksUtils.withProfileLock(
+    lock =>
+      BackgroundTasksUtils.readPreferences(name => name.endsWith("1"), lock),
+    profile
+  );
+  expected = {
+    "testPref.bool1": true,
+    "testPref.int1": 23,
+  };
+  Assert.deepEqual(prefs, expected, "Filtered prefs read are correct");
+});
+
+add_task(async function test_readTelemetryClientID() {
+  let profileService = Cc["@mozilla.org/toolkit/profile-service;1"].getService(
+    Ci.nsIToolkitProfileService
+  );
+
+  let profilePath = do_get_profile();
+  profilePath.append(`test_readTelemetryClientID`);
+  let profile = profileService.createUniqueProfile(
+    profilePath,
+    "test_readTelemetryClientID"
+  );
+
+  // Before we write any state, we fail to read.
+  await Assert.rejects(
+    BackgroundTasksUtils.withProfileLock(
+      lock => BackgroundTasksUtils.readTelemetryClientID(lock),
+      profile
+    ),
+    /NotFoundError/
+  );
+
+  let expected = {
+    clientID: "9cc75672-6830-4cb6-a7fd-089d6c7ce34c",
+    ecosystemClientID: "752f9d53-73fc-4006-a93c-d3e2e427f238",
+  };
+  let prefsFile = profile.rootDir.clone();
+  prefsFile.append("datareporting");
+  prefsFile.append("state.json");
+  await IOUtils.writeUTF8(prefsFile.path, JSON.stringify(expected));
+
+  // Now we can read the state.
+  let state = await BackgroundTasksUtils.withProfileLock(
+    lock => BackgroundTasksUtils.readTelemetryClientID(lock),
+    profile
+  );
+  Assert.deepEqual(state, expected.clientID, "State read is correct");
+});
+
+add_task(
+  {
+    skip_if: () => AppConstants.MOZ_BUILD_APP !== "browser", // ASRouter is Firefox-only.
+  },
+  async function test_readFirefoxMessagingSystemTargetingSnapshot() {
+    let profileService = Cc[
+      "@mozilla.org/toolkit/profile-service;1"
+    ].getService(Ci.nsIToolkitProfileService);
+
+    let profilePath = do_get_profile();
+    profilePath.append(`test_readFirefoxMessagingSystemTargetingSnapshot`);
+    let profile = profileService.createUniqueProfile(
+      profilePath,
+      "test_readFirefoxMessagingSystemTargetingSnapshot"
+    );
+
+    // Before we write any state, we fail to read.
+    await Assert.rejects(
+      BackgroundTasksUtils.withProfileLock(
+        lock =>
+          BackgroundTasksUtils.readFirefoxMessagingSystemTargetingSnapshot(
+            lock
+          ),
+        profile
+      ),
+      /NotFoundError/
+    );
+
+    // We can't take a full environment snapshot under `xpcshell`.  Select a few
+    // items that do work.
+    let target = {
+      // `Date` instances and strings do not `deepEqual` each other.
+      currentDate: JSON.stringify(
+        await lazy.ASRouterTargeting.Environment.currentDate
+      ),
+      firefoxVersion: lazy.ASRouterTargeting.Environment.firefoxVersion,
+    };
+    let expected = await lazy.ASRouterTargeting.getEnvironmentSnapshot(target);
+
+    let snapshotFile = profile.rootDir.clone();
+    snapshotFile.append("targeting.snapshot.json");
+    await IOUtils.writeUTF8(snapshotFile.path, JSON.stringify(expected));
+
+    // Now we can read the state.
+    let state = await BackgroundTasksUtils.withProfileLock(
+      lock =>
+        BackgroundTasksUtils.readFirefoxMessagingSystemTargetingSnapshot(lock),
+      profile
+    );
+    Assert.deepEqual(state, expected, "State read is correct");
+  }
+);
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_manifest_with_backgroundtask.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_manifest_with_backgroundtask.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f713fe5e78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_manifest_with_backgroundtask.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * 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/. */
+
+add_task(async function test_manifest_with_backgroundtask() {
+  let bts = Cc["@mozilla.org/backgroundtasks;1"].getService(
+    Ci.nsIBackgroundTasks
+  );
+
+  Assert.equal(false, bts.isBackgroundTaskMode);
+  Assert.equal(null, bts.backgroundTaskName());
+
+  bts.overrideBackgroundTaskNameForTesting("test-task");
+
+  Assert.equal(true, bts.isBackgroundTaskMode);
+  Assert.equal("test-task", bts.backgroundTaskName());
+
+  // Load test components.
+  do_load_manifest("CatBackgroundTaskRegistrationComponents.manifest");
+
+  const expectedEntries = new Map([
+    [
+      "CatBackgroundTaskRegisteredComponent",
+      "@unit.test.com/cat-backgroundtask-registered-component;1",
+    ],
+    [
+      "CatBackgroundTaskAlwaysRegisteredComponent",
+      "@unit.test.com/cat-backgroundtask-alwaysregistered-component;1",
+    ],
+  ]);
+
+  // Verify the correct entries are registered in the "test-cat" category.
+  for (let { entry, value } of Services.catMan.enumerateCategory("test-cat")) {
+    ok(expectedEntries.has(entry), `${entry} is expected`);
+    Assert.equal(
+      value,
+      expectedEntries.get(entry),
+      "${entry} has correct value."
+    );
+    expectedEntries.delete(entry);
+  }
+  print("Check that all of the expected entries have been deleted.");
+  Assert.deepEqual(
+    Array.from(expectedEntries.keys()),
+    [],
+    "All expected entries have been deleted."
+  );
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_manifest_without_backgroundtask.js b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_manifest_without_backgroundtask.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..422d9a49ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/test_manifest_without_backgroundtask.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*-
+ * vim: sw=4 ts=4 sts=4 et
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+add_task(async function test_without_backgroundtask() {
+  let bts = Cc["@mozilla.org/backgroundtasks;1"].getService(
+    Ci.nsIBackgroundTasks
+  );
+  bts.overrideBackgroundTaskNameForTesting(null);
+
+  Assert.equal(false, bts.isBackgroundTaskMode);
+  Assert.equal(null, bts.backgroundTaskName());
+
+  // Load test components.
+  do_load_manifest("CatBackgroundTaskRegistrationComponents.manifest");
+
+  const EXPECTED_ENTRIES = new Map([
+    ["CatRegisteredComponent", "@unit.test.com/cat-registered-component;1"],
+    [
+      "CatBackgroundTaskNotRegisteredComponent",
+      "@unit.test.com/cat-backgroundtask-notregistered-component;1",
+    ],
+  ]);
+
+  // Verify the correct entries are registered in the "test-cat" category.
+  for (let { entry, value } of Services.catMan.enumerateCategory("test-cat")) {
+    ok(EXPECTED_ENTRIES.has(entry), `${entry} is expected`);
+    Assert.equal(EXPECTED_ENTRIES.get(entry), value);
+    EXPECTED_ENTRIES.delete(entry);
+  }
+  Assert.deepEqual(
+    Array.from(EXPECTED_ENTRIES.keys()),
+    [],
+    "All expected entries have been deleted."
+  );
+});
diff --git a/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/xpcshell.ini b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/xpcshell.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25878ce0fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/backgroundtasks/tests/xpcshell/xpcshell.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# 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/.
+
+[DEFAULT]
+firefox-appdir = browser
+skip-if = toolkit == 'android'
+head = head.js
+support-files =
+  CatBackgroundTaskRegistrationComponents.manifest
+  experiment.json
+
+[test_backgroundtask_deletes_profile.js]
+[test_backgroundtask_exitcodes.js]
+[test_backgroundtask_experiments.js]
+tags = remote-settings
+run-if = buildapp == "browser"
+reason = "ASRouter is Firefox-only."
+[test_backgroundtask_help.js]
+[test_backgroundtask_localization.js]
+[test_backgroundtask_locked_profile.js]
+[test_backgroundtask_minruntime.js]
+[test_backgroundtask_no_output.js]
+skip-if = ccov
+reason = Bug 1804825: code coverage harness prints [CodeCoverage] output in early startup.
+[test_backgroundtask_not_ephemeral_profile.js]
+run-sequentially = Uses global profile directory `DefProfRt`
+[test_backgroundtask_policies.js]
+[test_backgroundtask_profile_is_slim.js]
+[test_backgroundtask_profile_service_configuration.js]
+[test_backgroundtask_removeDirectory.js]
+skip-if = os == "android" # MultiInstanceLock doesn't work on Android
+[test_backgroundtask_shouldprocessupdates.js]
+[test_backgroundtask_simultaneous_instances.js]
+[test_backgroundtask_specific_pref.js]
+[test_backgroundtask_targeting.js]
+run-if = buildapp == "browser"
+reason = "ASRouter is Firefox-only."
+[test_backgroundtask_unique_profile.js]
+[test_backgroundtask_update_sync_manager.js]
+[test_backgroundtasksutils.js]
+[test_manifest_with_backgroundtask.js]
+[test_manifest_without_backgroundtask.js]