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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 19:33:14 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 19:33:14 +0000 |
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diff --git a/toolkit/components/telemetry/docs/data/new-profile-ping.rst b/toolkit/components/telemetry/docs/data/new-profile-ping.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..67a95b45b4 --- /dev/null +++ b/toolkit/components/telemetry/docs/data/new-profile-ping.rst @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ + +"new-profile" ping +================== + +This opt-out ping is sent from Firefox Desktop 30 minutes after the browser is started, on the first session +of a newly created profile. If the first session of a newly-created profile was shorter than 30 minutes, it +gets sent using the :doc:`../internals/pingsender` at shutdown. + +.. note:: + + We don't sent the ping immediately after Telemetry completes initialization to give the user enough + time to tweak their data collection preferences. + +Structure: + +.. code-block:: js + + { + type: "new-profile", + ... common ping data + clientId: <UUID>, + environment: { ... }, + payload: { + reason: "startup", // or "shutdown" + processes: { ... } + } + } + +payload.reason +-------------- +If this field contains ``startup``, then the ping was generated at the scheduled time after +startup. If it contains ``shutdown``, then the browser was closed before the time the +ping was scheduled. In the latter case, the ping is generated during shutdown and sent +using the :doc:`../internals/pingsender`. + +processes +--------- +This section contains per-process data. + +Structure: + +.. code-block:: js + + "processes" : { + "parent": { + "scalars": {...} + } + } + +scalars +~~~~~~~ +This section contains the :doc:`../collection/scalars` that are valid for the ``new-profile`` ping, +that is the ``record_into_store`` list contains ``new-profile``. +Scalars are only submitted if data was added to them. +The recorded scalars are described in the `Scalars.yaml <https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/components/telemetry/Scalars.yaml>`_ file. + +Duplicate pings +--------------- +We expect a low fraction of duplicates of this ping, mostly due to crashes happening +right after sending the ping and before the telemetry state gets flushed to the disk. This should +be fairly low in practice and manageable during the analysis phase. + +Expected behaviours +------------------- +The following is a list of conditions and expected behaviours for the ``new-profile`` ping: + +- **The ping is generated at the browser shutdown on a new profile, after the privacy policy is displayed:** + + - *for an user initiated browser shutdown*, ``new-profile`` is sent immediately using the :doc:`../internals/pingsender`; + - *for a browser shutdown triggered by OS shutdown*, ``new-profile`` is saved to disk and sent next time the browser restarts. +- **The ping is generated before the privacy policy is displayed**: ``new-profile`` is saved to disk and sent + next time the browser restarts. +- **The ping is set to be generated and Telemetry is disabled**: ``new-profile`` is never sent, even if Telemetry is + turned back on later. +- **Firefox crashes before the ping can be generated**: ``new-profile`` will be scheduled to be generated and + sent again on the next restart. +- **User performs a profile refresh**: + + - *the ping was already sent*: ``new-profile`` will not be sent again. + - *the ping was not sent*: ``new-profile`` will be generated and sent. + - *the refresh happens immediately after the profile creation, before the policy is shown*: ``new-profile`` will not be sent again. +- **Firefox is run with an old profile that already sent Telemetry data**: ``new-profile`` will not be generated + nor sent. |