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+===============
+Task Attributes
+===============
+
+Tasks can be filtered, for example to support "try" pushes which only perform a
+subset of the task graph or to link dependent tasks. This filtering is the
+difference between a full task graph and a target task graph.
+
+Filtering takes place on the basis of attributes. Each task has a dictionary
+of attributes and filters over those attributes can be expressed in Python. A
+task may not have a value for every attribute.
+
+The attributes, and acceptable values, are defined here. In general, attribute
+names and values are the short, lower-case form, with underscores.
+
+kind
+====
+
+A task's ``kind`` attribute gives the name of the kind that generated it, e.g.,
+``build`` or ``spidermonkey``.
+
+run_on_projects
+===============
+
+The projects where this task should be in the target task set. This is how
+requirements like "only run this on autoland" get implemented.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Please use this configuration. Running a job for all projects can quickly add up
+ in term of cost while not providing any value for some projects.
+
+`run-on-projects` can use either aliases or project names.
+
+These are the aliases:
+
+ * `integration` -- integration repository (autoland)
+ * `trunk` -- integration repository plus mozilla-central
+ * `release` -- release repositories (beta, release, esr) including mozilla-central
+ * `all` -- everywhere (the default)
+
+Project names are the repositories. They can be:
+
+* `autoland`
+* `mozilla-central`
+* `mozilla-beta`
+* `mozilla-release`
+* `mozilla-esr102`
+* ... A partial list can be found in taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/util/attributes.py
+
+For try, this attribute applies only if ``-p all`` is specified. All jobs can
+be specified by name regardless of ``run_on_projects``.
+
+If ``run_on_projects`` is set to an empty list, then the task will not run
+anywhere, unless its build platform is specified explicitly in try syntax.
+
+
+.. note::
+
+ As `try` pushes don't use filter_for_projects by design, there isn't a way
+ to define that a task will run on `try`.
+
+
+.. note::
+
+ A given task `[taskA]` may not respect `run-on-projects` if there another task
+ `[taskB]` which is scheduled to run (such as via run-on-projects) which depends it
+ `[taskA]`. Because by nature of `TaskB` running we must run `TaskA`.
+
+ See `bug 1640603 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1640603#c5>`_ as example.
+
+run_on_hg_branches
+==================
+
+On a given project, the mercurial branch where this task should be in the target
+task set. This is how requirements like "only run this RELBRANCH" get implemented.
+These are either the regular expression of a branch (e.g.: ``GECKOVIEW_\d+_RELBRANCH``)
+or the following alias:
+
+ * `all` -- everywhere (the default)
+
+Like ``run_on_projects``, the same behavior applies if it is set to an empty list.
+
+task_duplicates
+===============
+
+This is used to indicate that we want multiple copies of the task created.
+This feature is used to track down intermittent job failures.
+
+If this value is set to N, the task-creation machinery will create a total of N
+copies of the task. Only the first copy will be included in the taskgraph
+output artifacts, although all tasks will be contained in the same taskGroup.
+
+While most attributes are considered read-only, target task methods may alter
+this attribute of tasks they include in the target set.
+
+build_platform
+==============
+
+The build platform defines the platform for which the binary was built. It is
+set for both build and test jobs, although test jobs may have a different
+``test_platform``.
+
+build_type
+==========
+
+The type of build being performed. This is a subdivision of ``build_platform``,
+used for different kinds of builds that target the same platform. Values are
+
+ * ``debug``
+ * ``opt``
+
+test_platform
+=============
+
+The test platform defines the platform on which tests are run. It is only
+defined for test jobs and may differ from ``build_platform`` when the same binary
+is tested on several platforms (for example, on several versions of Windows).
+This applies for both talos and unit tests.
+
+Unlike build_platform, the test platform is represented in a slash-separated
+format, e.g., ``linux64/opt``.
+
+unittest_suite
+==============
+
+This is the unit test suite being run in a unit test task. For example,
+``mochitest`` or ``cppunittest``.
+
+unittest_category
+=================
+
+This is the high-level category of test the suite corresponds to. This is
+usually the test harness used to run the suite.
+
+unittest_try_name
+=================
+
+This is the name used to refer to a unit test via try syntax. It
+may not match ``unittest_suite``.
+
+unittest_variant
+================
+
+The configuration variant the test suite is running with. If set, this usually
+means the tests are running with a special pref enabled. These are defined in
+``taskgraph.transforms.test.TEST_VARIANTS``.
+
+talos_try_name
+==============
+
+This is the name used to refer to a talos job via try syntax.
+
+raptor_try_name
+===============
+
+This is the name used to refer to a raptor job via try syntax.
+
+job_try_name
+============
+
+This is the name used to refer to a "job" via try syntax (``-j``). Note that for
+some kinds, ``-j`` also matches against ``build_platform``.
+
+test_chunk
+==========
+
+This is the chunk number of a chunked test suite. Note that this is a string!
+
+test_manifests
+==============
+
+A list of the test manifests that run in this task.
+
+image_name
+==========
+
+For the ``docker_image`` kind, this attribute contains the docker image name.
+
+nightly
+=======
+
+Signals whether the task is part of a nightly graph. Useful when filtering
+out nightly tasks from full task set at target stage.
+
+shippable
+=========
+Signals whether the task is considered "shippable", that it should get signed and is ok to
+be used for nightlies or releases.
+
+all_locales
+===========
+
+For the ``l10n`` and ``shippable-l10n`` kinds, this attribute contains the list
+of relevant locales for the platform.
+
+all_locales_with_changesets
+===========================
+
+Contains a dict of l10n changesets, mapped by locales (same as in ``all_locales``).
+
+l10n_chunk
+==========
+For the ``l10n`` and ``shippable-l10n`` kinds, this attribute contains the chunk
+number of the job. Note that this is a string!
+
+chunk_locales
+=============
+For the ``l10n`` and ``shippable-l10n`` kinds, this attribute contains an array of
+the individual locales this chunk is responsible for processing.
+
+locale
+======
+For jobs that operate on only one locale, we set the attribute ``locale`` to the
+specific locale involved. Currently this is only in l10n versions of the
+``beetmover`` and ``balrog`` kinds.
+
+signed
+======
+Signals that the output of this task contains signed artifacts.
+
+stub-installer
+==============
+Signals to the build system that this build is expected to have a stub installer
+present, and informs followon tasks to expect it.
+
+repackage_type
+==============
+This is the type of repackage. Can be ``repackage`` or
+``repackage_signing``.
+
+fetch-artifact
+==============
+
+For fetch jobs, this is the path to the artifact for that fetch operation.
+
+fetch-alias
+===========
+An alias that can be used instead of the real fetch job name in fetch
+stanzas for jobs.
+
+toolchain-artifact
+==================
+For toolchain jobs, this is the path to the artifact for that toolchain.
+
+toolchain-alias
+===============
+An alias that can be used instead of the real toolchain job name in fetch
+stanzas for jobs.
+
+toolchain-env
+=============
+Extra environment variables that will be set on the worker when fetching this
+toolchain.
+
+toolchain-command
+=================
+An extra attribute used to communicate to the build system bootstrap code the
+command used to build the toolchain. This is useful because the commands are
+formatted differently depending on the worker type, sometimes unconveniently
+to parse afterwards.
+
+always_target
+=============
+
+Tasks with this attribute will be included in the ``target_task_graph`` if
+``parameters["tasks_for"]`` is ``hg-push``, regardless of any target task
+filtering that occurs. When a task is included in this manner (i.e it otherwise
+would have been filtered out), it will be considered for optimization even if
+the ``optimize_target_tasks`` parameter is False.
+
+This is meant to be used for tasks which a developer would almost always want to
+run. Typically these tasks will be short running and have a high risk of causing
+a backout. For example ``lint`` or ``python-unittest`` tasks.
+
+shipping_product
+================
+For release promotion jobs, this is the product we are shipping.
+
+shipping_phase
+==============
+For release promotion jobs, this is the shipping phase (build, promote, push, ship).
+During the build phase, we build and sign shippable builds. During the promote phase,
+we generate l10n repacks and push to the candidates directory. During the push phase,
+we push to the releases directory. During the ship phase, we update bouncer, push to
+Google Play, version bump, mark as shipped in ship-it.
+
+Using the "snowman model", we depend on previous graphs if they're defined. So if we
+ask for a ``push`` (the head of the snowman) and point at the body and base, we only
+build the head. If we don't point at the body and base, we build the whole snowman
+(build, promote, push).
+
+artifact_prefix
+===============
+Most taskcluster artifacts are public, so we've hardcoded ``public/build`` in a
+lot of places. To support private artifacts, we've moved this to the
+``artifact_prefix`` attribute. It will default to ``public/build`` but will be
+overridable per-task.
+
+artifact_map
+===============
+For beetmover jobs, this indicates which yaml file should be used to
+generate the upstream artifacts and payload instructions to the task.
+
+release_artifacts
+=================
+A set of artifacts that are candidates for downstream release tasks to operate
+on.
+
+batch
+=====
+Used by `perftest` to indicates that a task can be run as a batch.
+
+
+enable-full-crashsymbols
+========================
+In automation, full crashsymbol package generation is normally disabled. For
+build kinds where the full crashsymbols should be enabled, set this attribute
+to True. The full symbol packages will then be generated and uploaded on
+release branches and on try.
+
+skip-upload-crashsymbols
+========================
+Shippable/nightly builds are normally required to set enable-full-crashsymbols,
+but in some limited corner cases (universal builds), that is not wanted, because
+the symbols are uploaded independently already.
+
+upload-generated-sources
+========================
+generated-sources are normally only uploaded to S3 for shippable/nightly
+builds. This attributes turns that on for other builds such as macosx
+before unification.
+
+cron
+====
+Indicates that a task is meant to be run via cron tasks, and should not be run
+on push.
+
+cached_task
+===========
+Some tasks generate artifacts that are cached between pushes. This is a
+dictionary with the type and name of the cache, and the unique string used to
+identify the current version of the artifacts. See :py:mod:`taskgraph.util.cached_task`.
+
+.. code:: yaml
+
+ cached_task:
+ digest: 66dfc2204600b48d92a049b6a18b83972bb9a92f9504c06608a9c20eb4c9d8ae
+ name: debian7-base
+ type: docker-images.v2
+
+eager_indexes
+=============
+A list of strings of indexes to populate before the task ever completes. Some tasks (e.g. cached tasks) we
+want to exist in the index before they even run/complete. Our current use is to allow us to depend on an
+unfinished cached task in future pushes. This avoids extra overhead from multiple tasks running, and
+can allow us to have our results in just a bit earlier.
+
+required_signoffs
+=================
+A list of release signoffs that this kind requires, should the release also
+require these signoffs. For example, ``mar-signing`` signoffs may be required
+by some releases in the future; for any releases that require ``mar-signing``
+signoffs, the kinds that also require that signoff are marked with this
+attribute.
+
+update-channel
+==============
+The update channel the build is configured to use.
+
+mar-channel-id
+==============
+The mar-channel-id the build is configured to use.
+
+accepted-mar-channel-ids
+========================
+The mar-channel-ids this build will accept updates to. It should usually be the same as
+the value mar_channel_id. If more than one ID is needed, then you should use a
+comma separated list of values.
+
+openh264_rev
+============
+Only used for openh264 plugin builds, used to signify the revision (and thus inform artifact name) of the given build.
+
+code-review
+===========
+If a task set this boolean attribute to `true`, it will be processed by the code
+review bot, the task will ran for every new Phabricator diff.
+Any supported and detected issue will be automatically reported on the
+Phabricator revision.
+
+resource-monitor
+================
+If a task set this boolean attribute to `true`, it will collect CPU, memory, and
+- if available - Disk and Network IO by running the resource-monitor utility,
+provided through fetches.
+
+retrigger
+=========
+Whether the task can be retriggered, or if it needs to be re-run.
+
+disable-push-apk
+================
+Some GeckoView-only Android tasks produce APKs that shouldn't be
+pushed to the Google Play Store. Set this to ``true`` to disable
+pushing.
+
+disable-build-signing
+=====================
+Some GeckoView-only tasks produce APKs, but not APKs that should be
+signed. Set this to ``true`` to disable APK signing.
+
+enable-build-signing
+====================
+We enable build-signing for ``shippable``, ``nightly``, and ``enable-build-signing`` tasks.
+
+run-visual-metrics
+==================
+If set to true, will run the visual metrics task on the provided
+video files.
+
+skip-verify-test-packaging
+==========================
+If set to true, this task will not be checked to see that
+MOZ_AUTOMATION_PACKAGE_TESTS is set correctly based on whether or not the task
+has dependent tests. This should only be used in very unique situations, such
+as Windows AArch64 builds that copy test packages between build tasks.
+
+geckodriver
+===========
+If non-empty, declares that the (toolchain) task is a `geckodriver`
+task that produces a binary that should be signed.
+
+rebuild-on-release
+==================
+If true, the digest for this task will also depend on if the branch is a
+release branch. This will cause tasks like toolchains to be rebuilt as they
+move from e.g. autoland to mozilla-central.
+
+local-toolchain
+===============
+This toolchain is used for local development, so should be built on trunk, even
+if it does not have any in-graph consumers.
+
+artifact-build
+==============
+
+This build is an artifact build.
+
+This deliberately excludes builds that are implemented using the artifact build
+machinery, but are not primarily intended to short-circuit build time. In
+particular the Windows aarch64 builds are not marked this way.
+
+maven_packages
+===============
+List of maven packages produced by the build.
+
+supports-artifact-builds
+========================
+
+If false, the task requires a compiled build and will not work with artifact builds.
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/balrog.rst b/taskcluster/docs/balrog.rst
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+Balrog in Release Promotion
+===========================
+
+Overview
+--------
+Balrog is Mozilla's update server. It is responsible for delivering newer versions of Firefox to existing Firefox installations. If you are not already, it would be useful to be familiar with Balrog's core concepts before continuing with this doc. You can find that information on `Balrog's official documentation`_.
+
+The basic interactions that Release Promotion has with Balrog are as follows:
+
+#. Submit new release metadata to Balrog with a number of ``balrog`` tasks and the ``release-balrog-submit-toplevel`` task.
+#. Update test channels to point at the new release in the ``release-balrog-submit-toplevel`` task.
+#. Verify the new release updates with ``release-update-verify`` and ``release-final-verify`` tasks.
+#. Schedule the new release to be shipped in the ``release-balrog-scheduling`` task.
+
+Submit New Release Metadata
+---------------------------
+Balrog requires many different pieces of information before it can ship updates. Most of this information revolves around update file (MAR) metadata (hash, filesize, target platform, target locale). This information is submitted by ``balrog`` tasks.
+
+We also submit some more general information about releases (version number, MAR url templates, release name, etc.) as part of the ``release-balrog-submit-toplevel`` task.
+
+All balrog submission is done by `balrogscript workers`_, and happens in the ``promote`` phase.
+
+Update Test Channels
+--------------------
+Balrog has "test" channels that we use to allow verification of new release updates prior to shipping. The ``release-balrog-submit-toplevel`` task is responsible for updating these test channels whenever we prepare a new release. This happens in the ``promote`` phase.
+
+Verify the Release
+------------------
+Once a release is live on a test channel ``release-update-verify`` begins and performs same sanity checks. This happens in the ``promote`` phase.
+
+After a release has been pushed to cdns, ``release-final-verify`` runs and performs some additional checks. This happens in the ``push`` phase.
+
+Schedule Shipping
+-----------------
+When we're ready to ship a release we need to let Balrog know about it by scheduling a change to the appropriate Balrog rule. If ``release_eta`` is set it will be used as the ship date and time. If not, the release will be scheduled for shipping 5 minutes in the future. In either case, signoff will need to be done in Balrog by multiple parties before the release is actually made live.
+
+This step is done by the ``release-balrog-scheduling`` task in the ``ship`` phase.
+
+``secondary`` tasks
+-------------------
+You may have noticed ``secondary`` variants of the ``release-balrog-submit-toplevel``, ``release-update-verify``, ``release-final-verify``, and ``release-balrog-scheduling`` tasks. These fulfill the same function as their primary counterparts, but for the "beta" update channel. They are only used when we build Release Candidates.
+
+
+.. _Balrog's official documentation: http://mozilla-balrog.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+.. _balrogscript workers: https://github.com/mozilla-releng/balrogscript
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/caches.rst b/taskcluster/docs/caches.rst
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+.. taskcluster_caches:
+
+Caches
+======
+
+There are various caches used by the in-tree tasks. This page attempts to
+document them and their appropriate use.
+
+Caches are essentially isolated filesystems that are persisted between
+tasks. For example, if 2 tasks run on a worker - one after the other -
+and both tasks request the same cache, the subsequent task will be
+able to see files in the cache that were created by the first task.
+It's also worth noting that TaskCluster workers ensure a cache can only
+be used by 1 task at a time. If a worker is simultaneously running
+multiple tasks requesting the same named cache, the worker will
+have multiple caches of the same name on the worker.
+
+Caches and ``run-task``
+-----------------------
+
+``run-task`` is our generic task wrapper script. It does common activities
+like ensure a version control checkout is present.
+
+One of the roles of ``run-task`` is to verify and sanitize caches.
+It does this by storing state in a cache on its first use. If the recorded
+*capabilities* of an existing cache don't match expectations for the
+current task, ``run-task`` bails. This ensures that caches are only
+reused by tasks with similar execution *profiles*. This prevents
+accidental cache use across incompatible tasks. It also allows run-task
+to make assumptions about the state of caches, which can help avoid
+costly operations.
+
+In addition, the hash of ``run-task`` is used to derive the cache name.
+So any time ``run-task`` changes, a new set of caches are used. This
+ensures that any backwards incompatible changes or bug fixes to
+``run-task`` result in fresh caches.
+
+Some caches are reserved for use with run-task. That property will be denoted
+below.
+
+Common Caches
+-------------
+
+Version Control Caches
+::::::::::::::::::::::
+
+``level-{{level}}-checkouts-{{hash}}``
+ This cache holds version control checkouts, each in a subdirectory named
+ after the repo (e.g., ``gecko``).
+
+ Checkouts should be read-only. If a task needs to create new files from
+ content of a checkout, this content should be written in a separate
+ directory/cache (like a workspace).
+
+ This cache name pattern is managed by ``run-task`` and must only be
+ used with ``run-task``.
+
+``level-{{level}}-checkouts-sparse-{{hash}}``
+ This is like the above but is used when the checkout is sparse (contains
+ a subset of files).
+
+``level-{{level}}-checkouts-{{version}}`` (deprecated)
+ This cache holds version control checkouts, each in a subdirectory named
+ after the repo (e.g., ``gecko``).
+
+ Checkouts should be read-only. If a task needs to create new files from
+ content of a checkout, this content should be written in a separate
+ directory/cache (like a workspace).
+
+ A ``version`` parameter appears in the cache name to allow
+ backwards-incompatible changes to the cache's behavior.
+
+ The ``hg-store`` contains a `shared store <https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/ShareExtension>`
+ that is is used by ``hg robustcheckout``. If you are using ``run-task`` you
+ should set the ``HG_STORE_PATH`` environment variable to point to this
+ directory. If you are using ``hg robustcheckout``, pass this directory to the
+ ``--sharebase`` option.
+
+Workspace Caches
+::::::::::::::::
+
+``level-{{level}}-*-workspace``
+ These caches (of various names typically ending with ``workspace``)
+ contain state to be shared between task invocations. Use cases are
+ dependent on the task.
+
+Other
+:::::
+
+``level-{{level}}-tooltool-cache-{{hash}}``
+ Tooltool invocations should use this cache. Tooltool will store files here
+ indexed by their hash.
+
+ This cache name pattern is reserved for use with ``run-task`` and must only
+ be used by ``run-task``
+
+``tooltool-cache`` (deprecated)
+ Legacy location for tooltool files. Use the per-level one instead.
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/config.rst b/taskcluster/docs/config.rst
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+Taskcluster Configuration
+=========================
+
+Taskcluster requires configuration of many resources to correctly support Firefox CI.
+Many of those span multiple projects (branches) instead of riding the trains.
+
+Global Settings
+---------------
+
+The data behind configuration of all of these resources is kept in the `ci-configuration`_ repository.
+The files in this repository are intended to be self-documenting, but one of particular interest is ``projects.yml``, which describes the needs of each project.
+
+Configuration Implementation
+----------------------------
+
+Translation of `ci-configuration`_ to Taskcluster resources, and updating those resources, is handled by `ci-admin`_.
+This is a small Python application with commands to generate the expected configuration, compare the expected to actual configuration, and apply the expected configuration.
+Only the ``apply`` subcommand requires elevated privileges.
+
+This tool automatically annotates all managed resources with "DO NOT EDIT", warning users of the administrative UI that changes made through the UI may be reverted.
+
+Changing Configuration
+----------------------
+
+To change Taskcluster configuration, make patches to `ci-configuration`_ or (if necessary) `ci-admin`_, using the Firefox Build System :: Task Configuration Bugzilla component.
+Part of the landing process is for someone with administrative scopes to apply the resulting configuration.
+
+You can test your patches with something like this, assuming ``.`` is a checkout of the `ci-configuration`_ repository containing your changes:
+
+.. code-block: shell
+
+ ci-admin diff --ci-configuration-directory .
+
+.. _ci-configuration: https://hg.mozilla.org/ci/ci-configuration/file
+.. _ci-admin: https://hg.mozilla.org/ci/ci-admin/file
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+Periodic Taskgraphs
+===================
+
+The cron functionality allows in-tree scheduling of task graphs that run
+periodically, instead of on a push.
+
+Cron.yml
+--------
+
+In the root of the Gecko directory, you will find `.cron.yml`. This defines
+the periodic tasks ("cron jobs") run for Gecko. Each specifies a name, what to
+do, and some parameters to determine when the cron job should occur.
+
+See `the scema <https://hg.mozilla.org/ci/ci-configuration/file/tip/build-decision/src/build_decision/cron/schema.yml>`_
+for details on the format and meaning of this file.
+
+How It Works
+------------
+
+The `TaskCluster Hooks Service <https://firefox-ci-tc.services.mozilla.com/hooks>`_
+has a hook configured for each repository supporting periodic task graphs. The
+hook runs every 15 minutes, and the resulting task is referred to as a "cron task".
+That cron task runs the `build-decision
+<https://hg.mozilla.org/ci/ci-admin/file/default/build-decision>`_ image in a
+checkout of the Gecko source tree.
+
+The task reads ``.cron.yml``, then consults the current time (actually the time
+the cron task was created, rounded down to the nearest 15 minutes) and creates
+tasks for any cron jobs scheduled at that time.
+
+Each cron job in ``.cron.yml`` specifies a ``job.type``, corresponding to a
+function responsible for creating TaskCluster tasks when the job runs.
+
+Describing Time
+---------------
+
+This cron implementation understands the following directives when
+describing when to run:
+
+* ``minute``: The minute in which to run, must be in 15 minute increments (see above)
+* ``hour``: The hour of the day in which to run, in 24 hour time.
+* ``day``: The day of the month as an integer, such as `1`, `16`. Be cautious above `28`, remember February.
+* ``weekday``: The day of the week, `Monday`, `Tuesday`, etc. Full length ISO compliant words.
+
+Setting both 'day' and 'weekday' will result in a cron job that won't run very often,
+and so is undesirable.
+
+*Examples*
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+ # Never
+ when: []
+
+ # 4 AM and 4 PM, on the hour, every day.
+ when:
+ - {hour: 16, minute: 0}
+ - {hour: 4, minute: 0}
+
+ # The same as above, on a single line
+ when: [{hour: 16, minute: 0}, {hour: 4, minute: 0}]
+
+ # 4 AM on the second day of every month.
+ when:
+ - {day: 2, hour: 4, minute: 0}
+
+ # Mondays and Thursdays at 10 AM
+ when:
+ - {weekday: 'Monday', hour: 10, minute: 0}
+ - {weekday: 'Thursday', hour: 10, minute: 0}
+
+.. note::
+
+ Times are expressed in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)
+
+
+Decision Tasks
+..............
+
+For ``job.type`` "decision-task", tasks are created based on
+``.taskcluster.yml`` just like the decision tasks that result from a push to a
+repository. They run with a distinct ``taskGroupId``, and are free to create
+additional tasks comprising a task graph.
+
+Scopes
+------
+
+The cron task runs with the sum of all cron job scopes for the given repo. For
+example, for the "sequoia" project, the scope would be
+``assume:repo:hg.mozilla.org/projects/sequoia:cron:*``. Each cron job creates
+tasks with scopes for that particular job, by name. For example, the
+``check-frob`` cron job on that repo would run with
+``assume:repo:hg.mozilla.org/projects/sequoia:cron:check-frob``.
+
+.. important::
+
+ The individual cron scopes are a useful check to ensure that a job is not
+ accidentally doing something it should not, but cannot actually *prevent* a
+ job from using any of the scopes afforded to the cron task itself (the
+ ``..cron:*`` scope). This is simply because the cron task runs arbitrary
+ code from the repo, and that code can be easily modified to create tasks
+ with any scopes that it possesses.
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+How Tos
+=======
+
+All of this equipment is here to help you get your work done more efficiently.
+However, learning how task-graphs are generated is probably not the work you
+are interested in doing. This section should help you accomplish some of the
+more common changes to the task graph with minimal fuss.
+
+Taskgraph's documentation provides many relevant how-to guides:
+
+.. note::
+
+ If you come across references to the ``taskgraph`` command, simply prepend
+ ``./mach`` to the command to make it work in ``mozilla-central``.
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ Run Taskgraph Locally <https://taskcluster-taskgraph.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howto/run-locally.html>
+ Debug Taskgraph <https://taskcluster-taskgraph.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howto/debugging.html>
+ Use Fetches <https://taskcluster-taskgraph.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howto/use-fetches.html>
+ Use Docker Images <https://taskcluster-taskgraph.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howto/docker.html>
+ Create Actions <https://taskcluster-taskgraph.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howto/create-actions.html>
+
+See Taskgraph's `how-to section`_ for even more guides!
+
+.. _how-to section: https://taskcluster-taskgraph.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howto/index.html
+
+Common Changes
+--------------
+
+Additionally, here are some tips for common changes you wish to make within
+``mozilla-central``.
+
+Changing Test Characteristics
+.............................
+
+First, find the test description. This will be in
+``taskcluster/ci/*/tests.yml``, for the appropriate kind (consult
+:ref:`kinds`). You will find a YAML stanza for each test suite, and each
+stanza defines the test's characteristics. For example, the ``chunks``
+property gives the number of chunks to run. This can be specified as a simple
+integer if all platforms have the same chunk count, or it can be keyed by test
+platform. For example:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+ chunks:
+ by-test-platform:
+ linux64/debug: 10
+ default: 8
+
+The full set of available properties is in
+``taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/transforms/test/__init__.py``. Some other
+commonly-modified properties are ``max-run-time`` (useful if tests are being
+killed for exceeding maxRunTime) and ``treeherder-symbol``.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Android tests are also chunked at the mozharness level, so you will need to
+ modify the relevant mozharness config, as well.
+
+Adding a Test Suite
+...................
+
+To add a new test suite, you will need to know the proper mozharness invocation
+for that suite, and which kind it fits into (consult :ref:`kinds`).
+
+Add a new stanza to ``taskcluster/ci/<kind>/tests.yml``, copying from the other
+stanzas in that file. The meanings should be clear, but authoritative
+documentation is in
+``taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/transforms/test/__init__.py`` should you need
+it. The stanza name is the name by which the test will be referenced in try
+syntax.
+
+Add your new test to a test set in ``test-sets.yml`` in the same directory. If
+the test should only run on a limited set of platforms, you may need to define
+a new test set and reference that from the appropriate platforms in
+``test-platforms.yml``. If you do so, include some helpful comments in
+``test-sets.yml`` for the next person.
+
+Greening Up a New Test
+......................
+
+When a test is not yet reliably green, configuration for that test should not
+be landed on integration branches. Of course, you can control where the
+configuration is landed! For many cases, it is easiest to green up a test in
+try: push the configuration to run the test to try along with your work to fix
+the remaining test failures.
+
+When working with a group, check out a "twig" repository to share among your
+group, and land the test configuration in that repository. Once the test is
+green, merge to an integration branch and the test will begin running there as
+well.
+
+Adding a New Task
+.................
+
+If you are adding a new task that is not a test suite, there are a number of
+options. A few questions to consider:
+
+ * Is this a new build platform or variant that will produce an artifact to
+ be run through the usual test suites?
+
+ * Does this task depend on other tasks? Do other tasks depend on it?
+
+ * Is this one of a few related tasks, or will you need to generate a large
+ set of tasks using some programmatic means (for example, chunking)?
+
+ * How is the task actually executed? Mozharness? Mach?
+
+ * What kind of environment does the task require?
+
+Armed with that information, you can choose among a few options for
+implementing this new task. Try to choose the simplest solution that will
+satisfy your near-term needs. Since this is all implemented in-tree, it
+is not difficult to refactor later when you need more generality.
+
+Existing Kind
+`````````````
+
+The simplest option is to add your task to an existing kind. This is most
+practical when the task "makes sense" as part of that kind -- for example, if
+your task is building an installer for a new platform using mozharness scripts
+similar to the existing build tasks, it makes most sense to add your task to
+the ``build`` kind. If you need some additional functionality in the kind,
+it's OK to modify the implementation as necessary, as long as the modification
+is complete and useful to the next developer to come along.
+
+Tasks in the ``build`` kind generate Firefox installers, and the ``test`` kind
+will add a full set of Firefox tests for each ``build`` task.
+
+New Kind
+````````
+
+The next option to consider is adding a new kind. A distinct kind gives you
+some isolation from other task types, which can be nice if you are adding an
+experimental kind of task.
+
+Kinds can range in complexity. The simplest sort of kind uses the transform
+loader to read a list of jobs from the ``jobs`` key, and applies the standard
+``job`` and ``task`` transforms:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+ implementation: taskgraph.task.transform:TransformTask
+ transforms:
+ - taskgraph.transforms.job:transforms
+ - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
+ jobs:
+ - ..your job description here..
+
+Job descriptions are defined and documented in
+``taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/transforms/job/__init__.py``.
+
+Custom Kind Loader
+``````````````````
+
+If your task depends on other tasks, then the decision of which tasks to create
+may require some code. For example, the ``test`` kind iterates over
+the builds in the graph, generating a full set of test tasks for each one. This specific
+post-build behavior is implemented as a loader defined in ``taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/loader/test.py``.
+
+A custom loader is useful when the set of tasks you want to create is not
+static but based on something else (such as the available builds) or when the
+dependency relationships for your tasks are complex.
+
+Custom Transforms
+`````````````````
+
+Most loaders apply a series of ":ref:`transforms`" that start with
+an initial human-friendly description of a task and end with a task definition
+suitable for insertion into a Taskcluster queue.
+
+Custom transforms can be useful to apply defaults, simplifying the YAML files
+in your kind. They can also apply business logic that is more easily expressed
+in code than in YAML.
+
+Transforms need not be one-to-one: a transform can produce zero or more outputs
+for each input. For example, the test transforms perform chunking by producing
+an output for each chunk of a given input.
+
+Ideally those transforms will produce job descriptions, so you can use the
+existing ``job`` and ``task`` transforms:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+ transforms:
+ - taskgraph.transforms.my_stuff:transforms
+ - taskgraph.transforms.job:transforms
+ - taskgraph.transforms.task:transforms
+
+Try to keep transforms simple, single-purpose and well-documented!
+
+Custom Run-Using
+````````````````
+
+If the way your task is executed is unique (so, not a mach command or
+mozharness invocation), you can add a new implementation of the job
+description's "run" section. Before you do this, consider that it might be a
+better investment to modify your task to support invocation via mozharness or
+mach, instead. If this is not possible, then adding a new file in
+``taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/transforms/jobs`` with a structure similar to its peers
+will make the new run-using option available for job descriptions.
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+.. taskcluster_index:
+
+Firefox CI and Taskgraph
+========================
+
+Firefox's `continuous integration`_ (CI) system is made up of three parts.
+
+First there's `Taskcluster`_, a task execution framework developed by Mozilla.
+Taskcluster is capable of building complex, scalable and highly customizable CI
+systems. Taskcluster is more like a set of building blocks that can be used to
+create CI systems, rather than a fully-fledged CI system itself.
+
+The second part is the `Firefox CI`_ instance of Taskcluster. This is the
+Taskcluster deployment responsible for running most of Mozilla's CI needs. This
+component is comprised of a Kubernetes cluster to run the Taskcluster services
+(maintained by SRE Services), some customizations to support Taskcluster
+on ``hg.mozilla.org`` and access control in the `ci-configuration`_ repo
+(maintained by Release Engineering).
+
+The third part is `Taskgraph`_. Taskgraph is a Python library that can generate
+a `DAG`_ of tasks and submit them to a Taskcluster instance. This is the
+component that most Gecko and Mozilla developers will interact with when
+working with tasks, and will be the focal point of the rest of this
+documentation.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Historically Taskgraph started out inside ``mozilla-central``. It was then
+ forked to standalone `Taskgraph`_ in order to support projects on Github.
+ Over time maintaining two forks grew cumbersome so they are in the process
+ of being merged back together.
+
+ Today the version of Taskgraph under ``taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph`` depends
+ on the standalone version, which is vendored under
+ ``third_party/python/taskcluster-taskgraph``. There is still a lot of
+ duplication between these places, but ``gecko_taskgraph`` is slowly being
+ re-written to consume standalone Taskgraph.
+
+The ``taskcluster`` directory contains all the files needed to define the graph
+of tasks that must be executed to build and test the Gecko tree. This is more
+complex than you think! There are 30,000+ tasks and counting in Gecko's CI
+graphs.
+
+Taskgraph supports:
+
+ * A huge array of tasks
+ * Different behavior for different repositories
+ * "Try" pushes, with special means to select a subset of the graph for execution
+ * Optimization -- skipping tasks that have already been performed
+ * Extremely flexible generation of a variety of tasks using an approach of
+ incrementally transforming job descriptions into task definitions.
+
+The most comprehensive resource on Taskgraph is `Taskgraph's documentation`_. These docs
+will refer there when appropriate and expand on topics specific to ``gecko_taskgraph``
+where necessary.
+
+If you are reading this with a particular goal in mind and would rather avoid
+becoming a task-graph expert, check out the :doc:`how-to section <howto/index>`.
+
+.. _continuous integration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_integration
+.. _Taskcluster: https://taskcluster.net/
+.. _Firefox CI: https://firefox-ci-tc.services.mozilla.com/
+.. _ci-configuration: https://hg.mozilla.org/ci/ci-configuration/
+.. _Taskgraph: https://github.com/taskcluster/taskgraph
+.. _DAG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directed_acyclic_graph
+.. _Taskgraph's documentation: https://taskcluster-taskgraph.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ taskgraph
+ howto/index
+ transforms/index
+ optimization/index
+ cron
+ try
+ release-promotion
+ versioncontrol
+ config
+ reference
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+Task Kinds
+==========
+
+This section lists and documents the available task kinds.
+
+build
+-----
+
+Builds are tasks that produce an installer or other output that can be run by
+users or automated tests. This is more restrictive than most definitions of
+"build" in a Mozilla context: it does not include tasks that run build-like
+actions for static analysis or to produce instrumented artifacts.
+
+build-fat-aar
+-------------
+
+Build architecture-independent GeckoView AAR (Android ARchive) files. This build-like tasks is an
+artifact build (ARMv7, but this is arbitrary) that itself depends on arch-specific Android build
+jobs. It fetches arch-specific AAR files, extracts arch-specific libraries and preference files,
+and then assembles a multi-architecture "fat AAR". Downstream consumers are expected to use
+per-ABI feature splits to produce arch-specific APKs.
+
+If you want to run this task locally, you need to specify these environment variable:
+ - MOZ_ANDROID_FAT_AAR_ARCHITECTURES: must be a comma-separated list of architecture.
+ Eg: "armeabi-v7a,arm64-v8a,x86,x86_64".
+ - each of MOZ_ANDROID_FAT_AAR_ARM64_V8A, MOZ_ANDROID_FAT_AAR_ARMEABI_V7A,
+ MOZ_ANDROID_FAT_AAR_X86, MOZ_ANDROID_FAT_AAR_X86_64 must be a path relative to
+ MOZ_FETCHES_DIR.
+
+build-signing
+-------------
+
+Many builds must be signed. The build-signing task takes the unsigned `build`
+kind artifacts and passes them through signingscriptworker to a signing server
+and returns signed results.
+
+build-mac-signing
+-----------------
+
+Mac signing without notarization.
+
+Uses a self-signed certificate on level 1 environments.
+
+Shippable downstream tasks should use artifacts from build-mac-notarization.
+
+build-mac-notarization
+----------------------
+
+Mac notarization on signingscript (linux) using rcodesign.
+
+Only available in production environments, as Apple doesn't offer a test
+endpoint for notarizing apps.
+
+Downstream tasks switch to build-mac-signing in non-shippable builds or level 1
+environments.
+
+artifact-build
+--------------
+
+This kind performs an artifact build: one based on precompiled binaries
+discovered via the TaskCluster index. This task verifies that such builds
+continue to work correctly.
+
+bootstrap
+---------
+
+This kind performs a standalone bootstrap of a Firefox build from various system environments.
+
+hazard
+------
+
+Hazard builds are similar to "regular' builds, but use a compiler extension to
+extract a bunch of data from the build and then analyze that data looking for
+hazardous behaviors.
+
+l10n
+----
+
+The l10n kind takes the last published nightly build, and generates localized builds
+from it. You can read more about how to trigger these on the `wiki
+<https://wiki.mozilla.org/ReleaseEngineering/TryServer#Desktop_l10n_jobs_.28on_Taskcluster.29>`_.
+
+shippable-l10n
+--------------
+
+The nightly l10n kind repacks a specific nightly build (from the same source code)
+in order to provide localized versions of the same source.
+
+shippable-l10n-signing
+----------------------
+
+The shippable l10n signing kind takes artifacts from the shippable-l10n kind and
+passes them to signing servers to have their contents signed appropriately, based
+on an appropriate signing format. One signing job is created for each shippable-l10n
+job (usually chunked).
+
+shippable-l10n-mac-signing
+--------------------------
+
+Mac signing without notarization.
+
+Uses a self-signed certificate on level 1 environments.
+
+Shippable downstream tasks should use artifacts from build-mac-notarization.
+
+shippable-l10n-mac-notarization
+-------------------------------
+
+Mac notarization on signingscript (linux) using rcodesign.
+
+Only available in production environments, as Apple doesn't offer a test
+endpoint for notarizing apps.
+
+Downstream tasks switch to build-mac-signing in non-shippable builds or level 1
+environments.
+
+source-test
+-----------
+
+Source-tests are tasks that run directly from the Gecko source. This can include linting,
+unit tests, source-code analysis, or measurement work. While source-test tasks run from
+a source checkout, it is still possible for them to depend on a build artifact, though
+often they do not.
+
+code-review
+-----------
+
+Publish issues found by source-test tasks on Phabricator.
+This is a part of Release Management code review Bot.
+
+upload-symbols
+--------------
+
+Upload-symbols tasks run after builds and upload the symbols files generated by
+build tasks to Socorro for later use in crash analysis.
+
+upload-symbols-dummy
+--------------------
+
+Upload-symbols-dummy ensures both x64 and macosx64 tasks run for nightlies and releases.
+
+upload-generated-sources
+------------------------
+
+Upload-generated-sources tasks run after builds and upload source files that were generated as part of the build process to an s3 bucket for later use in links from crash reports or when debugging shipped builds.
+
+upload-generated-sources-dummy
+------------------------------
+
+Upload-generated-sources-dummy ensures both x64 and macosx64 tasks run for nightlies and releases.
+
+valgrind
+--------
+
+Valgrind tasks produce builds instrumented by valgrind.
+
+searchfox
+---------
+
+Searchfox builds generate C++ index data for Searchfox.
+
+static-analysis-autotest
+------------------------
+
+Static analysis autotest utility in order to be sure that there is no regression
+when upgrading utilities that impact static-analysis.
+
+toolchain
+---------
+
+Toolchain builds create the compiler toolchains used to build Firefox. These
+will eventually be dependencies of the builds themselves, but for the moment
+are run manually via try pushes and the results uploaded to tooltool.
+
+spidermonkey
+------------
+
+Spidermonkey tasks check out the full gecko source tree, then compile only the
+spidermonkey portion. Each task runs specific tests after the build.
+
+test
+----
+
+See the :doc:`test kind documentation <kinds/test>` for more info.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :hidden:
+
+ kinds/test
+
+
+docker-image
+------------
+
+Tasks of the ``docker-image`` kind build the Docker images in which other
+Docker tasks run.
+
+The tasks to generate each docker image have predictable labels:
+``docker-image-<name>``.
+
+Docker images are built from subdirectories of ``taskcluster/docker``, using
+``docker build``. There is currently no capability for one Docker image to
+depend on another in-tree docker image, without uploading the latter to a
+Docker repository.
+
+balrog
+------
+
+Balrog tasks are responsible for submitting metadata to our update server (Balrog).
+They are typically downstream of a beetmover job that moves signed MARs somewhere
+(eg: beetmover and beetmover-l10n for releases, beetmover-repackage for nightlies).
+
+beetmover
+---------
+
+Beetmover, takes specific artifacts, "Beets", and pushes them to a location outside
+of Taskcluster's task artifacts, (archive.mozilla.org as one place) and in the
+process determines the final location and a "pretty" name (versioned product name)
+
+beetmover-l10n
+--------------
+
+Beetmover L10n, takes specific artifacts, "Beets", and pushes them to a location outside
+of Taskcluster's task artifacts, (archive.mozilla.org as one place) and in the
+process determines the final location and a "pretty" name (versioned product name)
+This separate kind uses logic specific to localized artifacts, such as including
+the language in the final artifact names.
+
+beetmover-repackage
+-------------------
+
+Beetmover-repackage is beetmover but for tasks that need an intermediate step
+between signing and packaging, such as OSX. For more details see the definitions
+of the Beetmover kind above and the repackage kind below.
+
+release-beetmover-push-to-release
+---------------------------------
+
+release-beetmover-push-to-release publishes promoted releases from the
+candidates directory to the release directory. This is part of release
+promotion.
+
+beetmover-snap
+--------------
+Beetmover-source publishes Ubuntu's snap. This is part of release promotion.
+
+beetmover-source
+----------------
+Beetmover-source publishes release source. This is part of release promotion.
+
+beetmover-geckoview
+-------------------
+Beetmover-geckoview publishes the Android library called "geckoview".
+
+beetmover-apt
+-------------------
+Beetmover-apt publishes Linux .deb packages from the Mozilla archive to our APT repositories.
+
+condprof
+--------
+condprof creates and updates realistic profiles.
+
+release-source-checksums-signing
+--------------------------------
+release-source-checksums-signing take as input the checksums file generated by
+source-related beetmover task and sign it via the signing scriptworkers.
+Returns the same file signed and additional detached signature.
+
+beetmover-checksums
+-------------------
+Beetmover, takes specific artifact checksums and pushes it to a location outside
+of Taskcluster's task artifacts (archive.mozilla.org as one place) and in the
+process determines the final location and "pretty" names it (version product name)
+
+release-beetmover-source-checksums
+----------------------------------
+Beetmover, takes source specific artifact checksums and pushes it to a location outside
+of Taskcluster's task artifacts (archive.mozilla.org as one place) and in the
+process determines the final location and "pretty" names it (version product name)
+
+perftest
+--------
+Runs performance tests using mozperftest.
+
+release-balrog-submit-toplevel
+------------------------------
+Toplevel tasks are responsible for submitting metadata to Balrog that is not specific to any
+particular platform+locale. For example: fileUrl templates, versions, and platform aliases.
+
+Toplevel tasks are also responsible for updating test channel rules to point at the Release
+being generated.
+
+release-secondary-balrog-submit-toplevel
+----------------------------------------
+Performs the same function as `release-balrog-submit-toplevel`, but against the beta channel
+during RC builds.
+
+release-balrog-scheduling
+-------------------------
+Schedules a Release for shipping in Balrog. If a `release_eta` was provided when starting the Release,
+it will be scheduled to go live at that day and time.
+
+release-secondary-balrog-scheduling
+-----------------------------------
+Performs the same function as `release-balrog-scheduling`, except for the beta channel as part of RC
+Releases.
+
+release-binary-transparency
+---------------------------
+Binary transparency creates a publicly verifiable log of binary shas for downstream
+release auditing. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Binary_Transparency
+
+release-snap-repackage
+----------------------
+Generate an installer using Ubuntu's Snap format.
+
+release-flatpak-repackage
+-------------------------
+Generate an installer using Flathub's Flatpak format.
+
+release-flatpak-push
+--------------------
+Pushes Flatpak repackage on Flathub
+
+release-secondary-flatpak-push
+------------------------------
+Performs the same function as `release-flatpak-push`, except for the beta channel as part of RC
+Releases.
+
+release-notify-av-announce
+--------------------------
+Notify anti-virus vendors when a release is likely shipping.
+
+release-notify-push
+-------------------
+Notify when a release has been pushed to CDNs.
+
+release-notify-ship
+-------------------
+Notify when a release has been shipped.
+
+release-secondary-notify-ship
+-----------------------------
+Notify when an RC release has been shipped to the beta channel.
+
+release-notify-promote
+----------------------
+Notify when a release has been promoted.
+
+release-notify-started
+----------------------
+Notify when a release has been started.
+
+release-bouncer-sub
+-------------------
+Submits bouncer information for releases.
+
+release-mark-as-shipped
+-----------------------
+Marks releases as shipped in Ship-It v1
+
+release-bouncer-aliases
+-----------------------
+Update Bouncer's (download.mozilla.org) "latest" aliases.
+
+cron-bouncer-check
+------------------
+Checks Bouncer (download.mozilla.org) uptake.
+
+bouncer-locations
+-----------------
+Updates nightly bouncer locations for version bump.
+
+release-bouncer-check
+---------------------
+Checks Bouncer (download.mozilla.org) uptake as part of the release tasks.
+
+release-generate-checksums
+--------------------------
+Generate the per-release checksums along with the summaries
+
+release-generate-checksums-signing
+----------------------------------
+Sign the pre-release checksums produced by the above task
+
+release-generate-checksums-beetmover
+------------------------------------
+Submit to S3 the artifacts produced by the release-checksums task and its signing counterpart.
+
+release-final-verify
+--------------------
+Verifies the contents and package of release update MARs.
+
+release-secondary-final-verify
+------------------------------
+Verifies the contents and package of release update MARs for RC releases.
+
+release-push-langpacks
+-------------------------------
+Publishes language packs onto addons.mozilla.org.
+
+release-beetmover-signed-langpacks
+----------------------------------
+Publishes signed langpacks to archive.mozilla.org
+
+release-beetmover-signed-langpacks-checksums
+--------------------------------------------
+Publishes signed langpacks to archive.mozilla.org
+
+release-update-verify
+---------------------
+Verifies the contents and package of release update MARs.
+release-secondary-update-verify
+-------------------------------
+Verifies the contents and package of release update MARs.
+
+release-update-verify-next
+--------------------------
+Verifies the contents and package of release and updare MARs from the previous ESR release.
+
+release-update-verify-config
+----------------------------
+Creates configs for release-update-verify tasks
+
+release-secondary-update-verify-config
+--------------------------------------
+Creates configs for release-secondary-update-verify tasks
+
+release-update-verify-config-next
+---------------------------------
+Creates configs for release-update-verify-next tasks
+
+release-updates-builder
+-----------------------
+Top level Balrog blob submission & patcher/update verify config updates.
+
+release-version-bump
+--------------------
+Bumps to the next version.
+
+release-source
+--------------
+Generates source for the release
+
+release-source-signing
+----------------------
+Signs source for the release
+
+release-partner-repack
+----------------------
+Generates customized versions of releases for partners.
+
+release-partner-attribution
+---------------------------
+Generates attributed versions of releases for partners.
+
+release-partner-repack-chunking-dummy
+-------------------------------------
+Chunks the partner repacks by locale.
+
+release-partner-repack-signing
+------------------------------
+Internal signing of partner repacks.
+
+release-partner-repack-mac-signing
+----------------------------------
+
+Mac signing without notarization.
+
+Uses a self-signed certificate on level 1 environments.
+
+Shippable downstream tasks should use artifacts from build-mac-notarization.
+
+release-partner-repack-mac-notarization
+---------------------------------------
+
+Mac notarization on signingscript (linux) using rcodesign.
+
+Only available in production environments, as Apple doesn't offer a test
+endpoint for notarizing apps.
+
+Downstream tasks switch to build-mac-signing in non-shippable builds or level 1
+environments.
+
+release-partner-repack-repackage
+--------------------------------
+Repackaging of partner repacks.
+
+release-partner-repack-repackage-signing
+----------------------------------------
+External signing of partner repacks.
+
+release-partner-repack-beetmover
+--------------------------------
+Moves the partner repacks to S3 buckets.
+
+release-partner-attribution-beetmover
+-------------------------------------
+Moves the partner attributions to S3 buckets.
+
+release-partner-repack-bouncer-sub
+----------------------------------
+Sets up bouncer products for partners.
+
+release-early-tagging
+---------------------
+Utilises treescript to perform tagging that should happen near the start of a release.
+
+release-eme-free-repack
+-----------------------
+Generates customized versions of releases for eme-free repacks.
+
+release-eme-free-repack-signing
+-------------------------------
+Internal signing of eme-free repacks
+
+release-eme-free-repack-repackage
+---------------------------------
+Repackaging of eme-free repacks.
+
+release-eme-free-repack-repackage-signing
+-----------------------------------------
+External signing of eme-free repacks.
+
+release-eme-free-repack-beetmover
+---------------------------------
+Moves the eme-free repacks to S3 buckets.
+
+release-eme-free-repack-beetmover-checksums
+-------------------------------------------
+Moves the beetmover checksum for eme-free repacks to S3 buckets.
+
+release-eme-free-repack-mac-signing
+-----------------------------------
+
+Mac signing without notarization.
+
+Uses a self-signed certificate on level 1 environments.
+
+Shippable downstream tasks should use artifacts from build-mac-notarization.
+
+release-eme-free-repack-mac-notarization
+----------------------------------------
+
+Mac notarization on signingscript (linux) using rcodesign.
+
+Only available in production environments, as Apple doesn't offer a test
+endpoint for notarizing apps.
+
+Downstream tasks switch to build-mac-signing in non-shippable builds or level 1
+environments.
+
+repackage
+---------
+Repackage tasks take a signed output and package them up into something suitable
+for shipping to our users. For example, on OSX we return a tarball as the signed output
+and this task would package that up as an Apple Disk Image (.dmg)
+
+repackage-l10n
+--------------
+Repackage-L10n is a ```Repackage``` task split up to be suitable for use after l10n repacks.
+
+repackage-deb
+----------------
+These repackage tasks take signed Firefox Linux binaries and puts them in Debian packages.
+
+repackage-deb-l10n
+------------------
+These repackage tasks take the signed langpacks (.xpi) binaries and puts them in Debian packages.
+
+repackage-signing
+-----------------
+Repackage-signing take the repackaged installers (windows) and signs them.
+
+repackage-signing-l10n
+----------------------
+Repackage-signing-l10n take the repackaged installers (windows) and signs them for localized versions.
+
+mar-signing
+-----------
+Mar-signing takes the complete update MARs and signs them.
+
+mar-signing-l10n
+----------------
+Mar-signing-l10n takes the complete update MARs and signs them for localized versions.
+
+mar-signing-autograph-stage
+---------------------------
+These tasks are only to test autograph-stage, when the autograph team asks for their staging environment to be tested.
+
+repackage-msi
+-------------
+Repackage-msi takes the signed full installer and produces an msi installer (that wraps the full installer)
+Using the ```./mach repackage``` command
+
+repackage-signing-msi
+---------------------
+Repackage-signing-msi takes the repackaged msi installers and signs them.
+
+repackage-msix
+--------------
+Repackage-msix takes a (possibly unsigned) package and produces a Windows MSIX package containing no langpacks using the
+```./mach repackage``` command.
+
+These tasks are supposed intended for rapid iteration in ```try```.
+
+repackage-shippable-l10n-msix
+-----------------------------
+Repackage-msix takes a signed package and a list of signed langpacks and produces a Windows MSIX package using the
+```./mach repackage``` command.
+
+The signed langpacks are produced on Linux, since langpacks are platform agnostic.
+
+These tasks are for releases; they are complete, and therefore slower, and not intended for rapid iteration in
+```try```.
+
+repackage-signing-msix
+----------------------
+Repackage-signing-msix takes Windows MSIX packages produced in ```repackage-msix``` and signs them.
+
+repackage-signing-shippable-l10n-msix
+-------------------------------------
+Repackage-signing-shippable-l10n-msix takes Windows MSIX packages produced in
+```repackage-signing-shippable-l10n-msix``` and signs them.
+
+release-msix-push
+--------------------
+Pushes msix repackage to the Microsoft Store.
+
+repo-update
+-----------
+Repo-Update tasks are tasks that perform some action on the project repo itself,
+in order to update its state in some way.
+
+partials
+--------
+Partials takes the complete.mar files produced in previous tasks and generates partial
+updates between previous nightly releases and the new one. Requires a release_history
+in the parameters. See ``mach release-history`` if doing this manually.
+
+partials-signing
+----------------
+Partials-signing takes the partial updates produced in Partials and signs them.
+
+post-balrog-dummy
+-----------------
+Dummy tasks to consolidate balrog dependencies to avoid taskcluster limits on number of dependencies per task.
+
+post-beetmover-dummy
+--------------------
+Dummy tasks to consolidate beetmover dependencies to avoid taskcluster limits on number of dependencies per task.
+
+post-beetmover-checksums-dummy
+------------------------------
+Dummy tasks to consolidate beetmover-checksums dependencies to avoid taskcluster limits on number of dependencies per task.
+
+post-langpack-dummy
+-------------------
+Dummy tasks to consolidate language pack beetmover dependencies to avoid taskcluster limits on number of dependencies per task.
+
+post-update-verify-dummy
+------------------------
+Dummy tasks to consolidate update verify dependencies to avoid taskcluster limits on number of dependencies per task.
+
+fetch
+-----
+Tasks that obtain something from a remote service and re-expose it as a
+task artifact. These tasks are used to effectively cache and re-host
+remote content so it is reliably and deterministically available.
+
+packages
+--------
+Tasks used to build packages for use in docker images.
+
+diffoscope
+----------
+Tasks used to compare pairs of Firefox builds using https://diffoscope.org/.
+As of writing, this is mainly meant to be used in try builds, by editing
+taskcluster/ci/diffoscope/kind.yml for your needs.
+
+addon
+-----
+Tasks used to build/package add-ons.
+
+openh264-plugin
+---------------
+Tasks used to build the openh264 plugin.
+
+openh264-signing
+----------------
+Signing for the openh264 plugin.
+
+webrender
+---------
+Tasks used to do testing of WebRender standalone (without gecko). The
+WebRender code lives in gfx/wr and has its own testing infrastructure.
+
+github-sync
+------------
+Tasks used to do synchronize parts of Gecko that have downstream GitHub
+repositories.
+
+instrumented-build
+------------------
+Tasks that generate builds with PGO instrumentation enabled. This is an
+intermediate build that can be used to generate profiling information for a
+final PGO build. This is the 1st stage of the full 3-step PGO process.
+
+generate-profile
+----------------
+Tasks that take a build configured for PGO and run the binary against a sample
+set to generate profile data. This is the 2nd stage of the full 3-step PGO
+process.
+
+geckodriver-signing
+-------------------
+Signing for geckodriver binary.
+
+geckodriver-mac-notarization
+----------------------------
+Apple notarization for mac geckodriver binary.
+
+maybe-release
+-------------
+A shipitscript task that does the following:
+
+1. Checks if automated releases are disabled
+2. Checks if the changes between the current revision and the previous releases
+ revision are considered "worthwhile" for a new release.
+3. Triggers the release via ship-it, which will then create an action task.
+
+l10n-bump
+---------
+Cron-driven tasks that bump l10n-changesets files in-tree, using data from the l10n dashboard.
+
+merge-automation
+----------------
+Hook-driven tasks that automate "Merge Day" tasks during the release cycle.
+
+sentry
+------
+Interact with Sentry, such as by publishing new project releases.
+
+system-symbols
+--------------
+Generate missing macOS and windows system symbols from crash reports.
+
+system-symbols-upload
+---------------------
+Upload macOS and windows system symbols to tecken.
+
+system-symbols-reprocess
+------------------------
+Call Crash-Stats API to reprocess after symbols upload.
+
+scriptworker-canary
+-------------------
+Push tasks to try to test new scriptworker deployments.
+
+updatebot
+------------------
+Check for updates to (supported) third party libraries, and manage their lifecycle.
+
+fuzzing
+-------
+
+Performs fuzzing smoke tests
+
+startup-test
+------------
+
+Runs Firefox for a short period of time to see if it crashes
+
+l10n-cross-channel
+------------------
+
+Compiles a set of en-US strings from all shipping release trains and pushes to
+the quarantine strings repo.
+
+fxrecord
+--------
+
+Visual metrics computation of desktop Firefox startup. The performance team
+monitors this task to watch for regressions in Firefox startup performance.
+
+are-we-esmified-yet
+---------------------
+Collects data about the transition to ECMAScript Modules from JSMs.
+
+attribution
+-----------
+Injects attribution information into en-US installers.
+
+attribution-l10n
+----------------
+Injects attribution information into localized installers.
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/kinds/test.rst b/taskcluster/docs/kinds/test.rst
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+Test Kind
+=========
+
+The ``test`` kind defines both desktop and mobile tests for builds. Each YAML
+file referenced in ``kind.yml`` defines the full set of tests for the
+associated suite.
+
+The process of generating tests goes like this, based on a set of YAML files
+named in ``kind.yml``:
+
+ * For each build task, determine the related test platforms based on the build
+ platform. For example, a Windows 2010 build might be tested on Windows 7
+ and Windows 10. Each test platform specifies "test sets" indicating which
+ tests to run. This is configured in the file named
+ ``test-platforms.yml``.
+
+ * Each test set is expanded to a list of tests to run. This is configured in
+ the file named by ``test-sets.yml``. A platform may specify several test
+ sets, in which case the union of those sets is used.
+
+ * Each named test is looked up in the file named by ``tests.yml`` to find a
+ test description. This test description indicates what the test does, how
+ it is reported to treeherder, and how to perform the test, all in a
+ platform-independent fashion.
+
+ * Each test description is converted into one or more tasks. This is
+ performed by a sequence of transforms defined in the ``transforms`` key in
+ ``kind.yml``. See :ref:`transforms` for more information.
+
+ * The resulting tasks become a part of the task graph.
+
+.. important::
+
+ This process generates *all* test jobs, regardless of tree or try syntax.
+ It is up to a later stages of the task-graph generation (the target set and
+ optimization) to select the tests that will actually be performed.
+
+Variants
+--------
+
+Sometimes we want to run the same tests under a different Firefox context,
+usually this means with a pref set. The concept of ``variants`` was invented to
+handle this use case. A variant is a stanza of configuration that can be merged
+into each test definition. Variants are defined in the `variants.yml`_ file.
+See this file for an up to date list of active variants and the pref(s) they
+set.
+
+Each variant must conform to the
+:py:data:`~gecko_taskgraph.transforms.test.variant_description_schema`:
+
+* **description** (required) - A description explaining what the variant is for.
+* **component** (required) - The name of the component that owns the variant. It
+ should be formatted as ``PRODUCT``::``COMPONENT``.
+* **expiration** (required) - The date when the variant will be expired (maximum
+ 6 months).
+* **suffix** (required) - A suffix to apply to the task label and treeherder symbol.
+* **when** - A `json-e`_ expression that must evaluate to ``true`` for the variant
+ to be applied. The ``task`` definition is passed in as context.
+* **replace** - A dictionary that will overwrite keys in the task definition.
+* **merge** - A dictionary that will be merged into the task definition using
+ the :py:func:`~gecko_taskgraph.util.templates.merge` function.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Exceptions can be requested to have a variant without expiration (using
+ "never") if this is a shipped mode we support. Teams should contact the CI
+ team to discuss this before submitting a patch if they think their variant
+ qualifies. All exceptions will require director approval.
+
+
+Defining Variants
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Variants can be defined in the test YAML files using the ``variants`` key. E.g:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+ example-suite:
+ variants:
+ - foo
+ - bar
+
+This will split the task into three. The original task, the task with the
+config from the variant named 'foo' merged in and the task with the config from
+the variant named 'bar' merged in.
+
+
+Composite Variants
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Sometimes we want to run tasks with multiple variants enabled at once. This can
+be achieved with "composite variants". Composite variants are simply two or
+more variant names joined with the ``+`` sign. Using the previous example, if
+we wanted to run both the ``foo`` and ``bar`` variants together, we could do:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+ example-suite:
+ variants:
+ - foo+bar
+
+This will first merge or replace the config of ``foo`` into the task, followed
+by the config of ``bar``. Care should be taken if both variants are replacing
+the same keys. The last variant's configuration will be the one that gets used.
+
+
+Expired Variants
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Ideally, when a variant is not needed anymore, it should be dropped (even if it
+has not expired). If you need to extend the expiration date, you can submit a
+patch to modify the expiration date in the `variants.yml`_ file. Variants will
+not be scheduled to run after the expiration date.
+
+If an expired variant is not dropped, the triage owner of the component will be
+notified. If the expired variant persists for an extended period, the autonag
+bot will escalate to notify the manager and director of the triage owner. Once
+at that point, we will submit a patch to remove the variant from Taskcluster and
+manifest conditions pending the triage owner / manager to review.
+
+Please subscribe to alerts from `firefox-ci <https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.com/g/firefox-ci>`
+group in order to be aware of changes to the CI, scheduling, or the policy.
+
+.. _variants.yml: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/taskcluster/ci/test/variants.yml
+.. _json-e: https://json-e.js.org/
+
+
+Setting
+-------
+
+A test ``setting`` is the set of conditions under which a test is running.
+Aside from the chunk number, a ``setting`` uniquely distinguishes a task from
+another that is running the same set of tests. There are three types of inputs
+that make up a ``setting``:
+
+1. Platform - Bits of information that describe the underlying platform the
+ test is running on. This includes things like the operating system and
+ version, CPU architecture, etc.
+
+2. Build - Bits of information that describe the build being tested. This
+ includes things like the build type and which build attributes (like
+ ``asan``, ``ccov``, etc) are enabled.
+
+3. Runtime - Bits of information that describe the configured state of Firefox.
+ This includes things like prefs and environment variables. Note that tasks
+ should only set runtime configuration via the variants system (see
+ `Variants`_).
+
+Test ``settings`` are available in the ``task.extra.test-setting`` object in
+all test tasks. They are defined by the
+:py:func:`~gecko_taskgraph.transforms.test.set_test_setting` transform
+function.
+
+The full schema is defined in the
+:py:data:`~gecko_taskgraph.transforms.test.test_setting_description_schema`.
+
+Setting Hash
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+In addition to the three top-level objects, there is also a ``_hash`` key which
+contains a hash of the rest of the setting object. This is a convenient way for
+consumers to group or compare tasks that run under the same setting.
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/optimization/index.rst b/taskcluster/docs/optimization/index.rst
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+Optimization Strategies
+=======================
+
+This section documents some of the `optimization`_ strategies available in
+``mozilla-central``.
+
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ schedules
+
+.. _optimization: https://taskcluster-taskgraph.readthedocs.io/en/latest/concepts/optimization.html
+
+Other Strategies
+----------------
+
+There are many other undocumented strategies available here. See the
+`taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/optimize`_ module for more available strategies.
+
+.. _taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/optimize: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/optimize
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/optimization/schedules.rst b/taskcluster/docs/optimization/schedules.rst
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+Schedules Optimization Strategy
+===============================
+
+Most optimization of builds and tests is handled with ``SCHEDULES``.
+The concept is this: we allocate tasks into named components, and associate a set of such components to each file in the source tree.
+Given a set of files changed in a push, we then calculate the union of components affected by each file, and remove tasks that are not tagged with any of them.
+
+This optimization system is intended to be *conservative*.
+It represents what could *possibly* be affected, rather than any intuitive notion of what tasks would be useful to run for changes to a particular file.
+For example:
+
+* ``dom/url/URL.cpp`` schedules tasks on all platform and could potentially cause failures in any test suite
+
+* ``dom/system/mac/CoreLocationLocationProvider.mm`` could not possibly affect any platform but ``macosx``, but potentially any test suite
+
+* ``python/mozbuild/mozbuild/preprocessor.py`` could possibly affect any platform, and should also schedule Python lint tasks
+
+Exclusive and Inclusive
+-----------------------
+
+The first wrinkle in this "simple" plan is that there are a lot of files, and for the most part they all affect most components.
+But there are some components which are only affected by a well-defined set of files.
+For example, a Python lint component need only be scheduled when Python files are changed.
+
+We divide the components into "exclusive" and "inclusive" components.
+Absent any other configuration, any file in the repository is assumed to affect all of the exclusive components and none of the inclusive components.
+
+Exclusive components can be thought of as a series of families.
+For example, the platform (linux, windows, macosx, android) is a component family.
+The test suite (mochitest, reftest, xpcshell, etc.) is another.
+By default, source files are associated with every component in every family.
+This means tasks tagged with an exclusive component will *always* run, unless none of the modified source files are associated with that component.
+
+But what if we only want to run a particular task when a pre-determined file is modified?
+This is where inclusive components are used.
+Any task tagged with an inclusive component will *only* be run when a source file associated with that component is modified.
+Lint tasks and well separated unittest tasks are good examples of things you might want to schedule inclusively.
+
+A good way to keep this straight is to think of exclusive platform-family components (``macosx``, ``android``, ``windows``, ``linux``) and inclusive linting components (``py-lint``, ``js-lint``).
+An arbitrary file in the repository affects all platform families, but does not necessarily require a lint run.
+But we can configure mac-only files such as ``CoreLocationLocationProvider.mm`` to affect exclusively ``macosx``, and Python files like ``preprocessor.py`` to affect ``py-lint`` in addition to the exclusive components.
+
+It is also possible to define a file as affecting an inclusive component and nothing else.
+For example, the source code and configuration for the Python linting tasks does not affect any tasks other than linting.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Most unit test suite tasks are allocated to components for their platform family and for the test suite.
+ This indicates that if a platform family is affected (for example, ``android``) then the builds for that platform should execute as well as the full test suite.
+ If only a single suite is affected (for example, by a change to a reftest source file), then the reftests should execute for all platforms.
+
+ However, some test suites, for which the set of contributing files are well-defined, are represented as inclusive components.
+ These components will not be executed by default for any platform families, but only when one or more of the contributing files are changed.
+
+Specification
+-------------
+
+Components are defined as either inclusive or exclusive in :py:mod:`mozbuild.schedules`.
+
+File Annotation
+:::::::::::::::
+
+Files are annotated with their affected components in ``moz.build`` files with stanzas like ::
+
+ with Files('**/*.py'):
+ SCHEDULES.inclusive += ['py-lint']
+
+for inclusive components and ::
+
+ with Files('*gradle*'):
+ SCHEDULES.exclusive = ['android']
+
+for exclusive components.
+Note the use of ``+=`` for inclusive compoenents (as this is adding to the existing set of affected components) but ``=`` for exclusive components (as this is resetting the affected set to something smaller).
+For cases where an inclusive component is affected exclusively (such as the python-lint configuration in the example above), that component can be assigned to ``SCHEDULES.exclusive``::
+
+ with Files('**/pep8rc'):
+ SCHEDULES.exclusive = ['py-lint']
+
+If multiple stanzas set ``SCHEDULES.exclusive``, the last one will take precedence. Thus the following
+will set ``SCHEDULES.exclusive`` to ``hpux`` for all files except those under ``docs/``. ::
+
+ with Files('**'):
+ SCHEDULES.exclusive = ['hpux']
+
+ with Files('**/docs'):
+ SCHEDULES.exclusive = ['docs']
+
+Task Annotation
+:::::::::::::::
+
+Tasks are annotated with the components they belong to using the ``"skip-unless-schedules"`` optimization, which takes a list of components for this task::
+
+ task['optimization'] = {'skip-unless-schedules': ['windows', 'gtest']}
+
+For tests, this value is set automatically by the test transform based on the suite name and the platform family, doing the correct thing for inclusive test suites.
+Tests can also use a variety of other optimizers, such as ``relevant_tests``, ``bugbug`` (uses machine learning) or ``backstop`` (ensures regressions aren't missed).
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/parameters.rst b/taskcluster/docs/parameters.rst
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+==========
+Parameters
+==========
+
+Task-graph generation takes a collection of parameters as input, in the form of
+a JSON or YAML file.
+
+During decision-task processing, some of these parameters are supplied on the
+command line or by environment variables. The decision task helpfully produces
+a full parameters file as one of its output artifacts. The other ``mach
+taskgraph`` commands can take this file as input. This can be very helpful
+when working on a change to the task graph.
+
+When experimenting with local runs of the task-graph generation, it is always
+best to find a recent decision task's ``parameters.yml`` file, and modify that
+file if necessary, rather than starting from scratch. This ensures you have a
+complete set of parameters.
+
+The properties of the parameters object are described here, divided roughly by
+topic.
+
+Push Information
+----------------
+
+``backstop``
+ Whether or not this push is a "backstop" push. That is a push where all
+ builds and tests should run to ensure regressions aren't accidentally
+ missed.
+
+``base_repository``
+ The repository from which to do an initial clone, utilizing any available
+ caching.
+
+``head_repository``
+ The repository containing the changeset to be built. This may differ from
+ ``base_repository`` in cases where ``base_repository`` is likely to be cached
+ and only a few additional commits are needed from ``head_repository``.
+
+``base_rev``
+ The previous revision before ``head_rev`` got merged into. This can be a short revision string.
+
+``head_rev``
+ The revision to check out; this can be a short revision string
+
+``base_ref``
+ Reference where ``head_rev`` got merged into. It is usually a branch or a tag.
+
+``head_ref``
+ For Mercurial repositories, this is the same as ``head_rev``. For
+ git repositories, which do not allow pulling explicit revisions, this gives
+ the symbolic ref containing ``head_rev`` that should be pulled from
+ ``head_repository``.
+
+``head_tag``
+ The tag attached to the revision, if any.
+
+``owner``
+ Email address indicating the person who made the push. Note that this
+ value may be forged and *must not* be relied on for authentication.
+
+``message``
+ The try syntax in the commit message, if any.
+
+``pushlog_id``
+ The ID from the ``hg.mozilla.org`` pushlog
+
+``pushdate``
+ The timestamp of the push to the repository that triggered this decision
+ task. Expressed as an integer seconds since the UNIX epoch.
+
+``hg_branch``
+ The mercurial branch where the revision lives in.
+
+``build_date``
+ The timestamp of the build date. Defaults to ``pushdate`` and falls back to present time of
+ taskgraph invocation. Expressed as an integer seconds since the UNIX epoch.
+
+``moz_build_date``
+ A formatted timestamp of ``build_date``. Expressed as a string with the following
+ format: %Y%m%d%H%M%S
+
+``repository_type``
+ The type of repository, either ``hg`` or ``git``.
+
+``tasks_for``
+ The ``tasks_for`` value used to generate the decision task.
+
+Tree Information
+----------------
+
+``project``
+ Another name for what may otherwise be called tree or branch or
+ repository. This is the unqualified name, such as ``mozilla-central`` or
+ ``cedar``.
+
+``level``
+ The `SCM level
+ <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/governance/policies/commit/access-policy/>`_
+ associated with this tree. This dictates the names of resources used in the
+ generated tasks, and those tasks will fail if it is incorrect.
+
+Try Configuration
+-----------------
+
+``try_mode``
+ The mode in which a try push is operating. This can be one of:
+
+ * ``"try_task_config"`` - Used to configure the taskgraph.
+ * ``"try_option_syntax"`` - Used when pushing to try with legacy try syntax.
+ * ``"try_auto"`` - Used to make try pushes behave more like a push on ``autoland``.
+ * ``"try_select"`` - Used by ``mach try`` to build a list of tasks locally.
+ * ``None`` - Not a try push or ``mach try release``.
+
+``try_options``
+ The arguments given as try syntax (as a dictionary), or ``None`` if
+ ``try_mode`` is not ``try_option_syntax``.
+
+``try_task_config``
+ The contents of the ``try_task_config.json`` file, or ``{}`` if
+ ``try_mode`` is not ``try_task_config``.
+
+Test Configuration
+------------------
+
+``test_manifest_loader``
+ The test manifest loader to use as defined in ``taskgraph.util.chunking.manifest_loaders``.
+
+Target Set
+----------
+
+The "target set" is the set of task labels which must be included in a task
+graph. The task graph generation process will include any tasks required by
+those in the target set, recursively. In a decision task, this set can be
+specified programmatically using one of a variety of methods (e.g., parsing try
+syntax or reading a project-specific configuration file).
+
+``enable_always_target``
+ When ``True``, any task with the ``always_target`` attribute will be
+ included in the ``target_task_graph`` regardless of whether they were
+ filtered out by the ``target_tasks_method`` or not. Because they are not
+ part of the ``target_set``, they will still be eligible for optimization
+ when the ``optimize_target_tasks`` parameter is ``False``.
+
+``filters``
+ List of filter functions (from ``taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/filter_tasks.py``) to
+ apply. This is usually defined internally, as filters are typically
+ global.
+
+``target_tasks_method``
+ The method to use to determine the target task set. This is the suffix of
+ one of the functions in ``taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/target_tasks.py``.
+
+``release_history``
+ History of recent releases by platform and locale, used when generating
+ partial updates for nightly releases.
+ Suitable contents can be generated with ``mach release-history``,
+ which will print to the console by default.
+
+Optimization
+------------
+
+``optimize_strategies``
+ A python path of the form ``<module>:<object>`` containing a dictionary of
+ optimization strategies to use, overwriting the defaults.
+
+``optimize_target_tasks``
+ If true, then target tasks are eligible for optimization.
+
+``do_not_optimize``
+ Specify tasks to not optimize out of the graph. This is a list of labels.
+ Any tasks in the graph matching one of the labels will not be optimized out
+ of the graph.
+
+``existing_tasks``
+ Specify tasks to optimize out of the graph. This is a dictionary of label to taskId.
+ Any tasks in the graph matching one of the labels will use the previously-run
+ taskId rather than submitting a new task.
+
+Release Promotion
+-----------------
+
+``build_number``
+ Specify the release promotion build number.
+
+``version``
+ Specify the version for release tasks.
+
+``app_version``
+ Specify the application version for release tasks. For releases, this is often a less specific version number than ``version``.
+
+``next_version``
+ Specify the next version for version bump tasks.
+
+``release_type``
+ The type of release being promoted. One of "nightly", "beta", "esr102", "esr115", "release-rc", or "release".
+
+``release_eta``
+ The time and date when a release is scheduled to live. This value is passed to Balrog.
+
+``release_enable_partner_repack``
+ Boolean which controls repacking vanilla Firefox builds for partners.
+
+``release_enable_partner_attribution``
+ Boolean which controls adding attribution to vanilla Firefox builds for partners.
+
+``release_enable_emefree``
+ Boolean which controls repacking vanilla Firefox builds into EME-free builds.
+
+``release_partners``
+ List of partners to repack or attribute if a subset of the whole config. A null value defaults to all.
+
+``release_partner_config``
+ Configuration for partner repacks & attribution, as well as EME-free repacks.
+
+``release_partner_build_number``
+ The build number for partner repacks. We sometimes have multiple partner build numbers per release build number; this parameter lets us bump them independently. Defaults to 1.
+
+``release_product``
+ The product that is being released.
+
+``required_signoffs``
+ A list of signoffs that are required for this release promotion flavor. If specified, and if the corresponding `signoff_urls` url isn't specified, tasks that require these signoffs will not be scheduled.
+
+``signoff_urls``
+ A dictionary of signoff keys to url values. These are the urls marking the corresponding ``required_signoffs`` as signed off.
+
+
+Repository Merge Day
+--------------------
+
+``merge_config``
+ Merge config describes the repository merge behaviour, using an alias to cover which set of file replacements and version increments are required, along with overrides for the source and target repository URIs.
+
+``source_repo``
+ The clone/push URI of the source repository, such as https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central
+
+``target_repo``
+ The clone/push URI of the target repository, such as https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta
+
+``source_branch``
+ The firefoxtree alias of the source branch, such as 'central', 'beta'
+
+``target_branch``
+ The firefoxtree alias of the target branch, such as 'beta', 'release'
+
+``force-dry-run``
+ Don't push any results to target repositories.
+
+
+Code Review
+-----------
+
+``phabricator_diff``
+ The code review process needs to know the Phabricator Differential diff that
+ started the analysis. This parameter must start with `PHID-DIFF-`
+
+Local configuration
+-------------------
+
+``target-kind``
+ Generate only the given kind and its kind-dependencies. This is used for local inspection of the graph
+ and is not supported at run-time.
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/partials.rst b/taskcluster/docs/partials.rst
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+Partial Update Generation
+=========================
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+Windows, Mac and Linux releases have partial updates, to reduce
+the file size end-users have to download in order to receive new
+versions. These are created using a docker image, some Python,
+``mbsdiff``, and the tools in ``tools/update-packaging``
+
+The task has been called 'Funsize' for quite some time. This might
+make sense depending on what brands of chocolate bar are available
+near you.
+
+How the Task Works
+------------------
+
+Funsize uses a docker image that's built in-tree, named funsize-update-generator.
+The image contains some Python to examine the task definition and determine
+what needs to be done, but it downloads tools like ``mar`` and ``mbsdiff``
+from either locations specified in the task definition, or default mozilla-central
+locations.
+
+The 'extra' section of the task definition contains most of the payload, under
+the 'funsize' key. In here is a list of partials that this specific task will
+generate, and each entry includes the earlier (or 'from') version, and the most
+recent (or 'to') version, which for most releases will likely be a taskcluster
+artifact.
+
+.. code-block:: json
+
+ {
+ "to_mar": "https://tc.net/api/queue/v1/task/EWtBFqVuT-WqG3tGLxWhmA/artifacts/public/build/ach/target.complete.mar",
+ "product": "Firefox",
+ "dest_mar": "target-60.0b8.partial.mar",
+ "locale": "ach",
+ "from_mar": "http://archive.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/candidates/60.0b8-candidates/build1/update/linux-i686/ach/firefox-60.0b8.complete.mar",
+ "update_number": 2,
+ "platform": "linux32",
+ "previousVersion": "60.0b8",
+ "previousBuildNumber": "1",
+ "branch": "mozilla-beta"
+ }
+
+The 'update number' indicates how many released versions there are between 'to' and the current 'from'.
+For example, if we are building a partial update for the current nightly from the previous one, the update
+number will be 1. For the release before that, it will be 2. This lets us use generic output artifact
+names that we can rename in the later ``beetmover`` tasks.
+
+Inside the task, for each partial it has been told to generate, it will download, unpack and virus
+scan the 'from_mar' and 'to_mar', download the tools, and run ``make_incremental_update.sh`` from
+``tools/update-packaging``.
+
+If a scope is given for a set of temporary S3 credentials, the task will use a caching script,
+to allow re-use of the diffs made for larger files. Some of the larger files are not localised,
+and this allows us to save a lot of compute time.
+
+For Releases
+------------
+
+Partials are made as part of the ``promote`` task group. The previous
+versions used to create the update are specified in ship-it by
+Release Management.
+
+Nightly Partials
+----------------
+
+Since nightly releases don't appear in ship-it, the partials to create
+are determined in the decision task. This was controversial, and so here
+are the assumptions and reasons, so that when an alternative solution is
+discovered, we can assess it in context:
+
+1. Balrog is the source of truth for previous nightly releases.
+2. Re-running a task should produce the same results.
+3. A task's input and output should be specified in the definition.
+4. A task transform should avoid external dependencies. This is to
+ increase the number of scenarios in which 'mach taskgraph' works.
+5. A task graph doesn't explicitly know that it's intended for nightlies,
+ only that specific tasks are only present for nightly.
+6. The decision task is explicitly told that its target is nightly
+ using the target-tasks-method argument.
+
+a. From 2 and 3, this means that the partials task itself cannot query
+ balrog for the history, as it may get different results when re-run,
+ and hides the inputs and outputs from the task definition.
+b. From 4, anything run by 'mach taskgraph' is an inappropriate place
+ to query Balrog, even if it results in a repeatable task graph.
+c. Since these restrictions don't apply to the decision task, and given
+ 6, we can query Balrog in the decision task if the target-tasks-method
+ given contains 'nightly', such as 'nightly_desktop' or 'nightly_linux'
+
+Using the decision task involves making fewer, larger queries to Balrog,
+and storing the results for task graph regeneration and later audit. At
+the moment this data is stored in the ``parameters`` under the label
+``release_history``, since the parameters are an existing method for
+passing data to the task transforms, but a case could be made
+for adding a separate store, as it's a significantly larger number of
+records than anything else in the parameters.
+
+Nightly Partials and Beetmover
+------------------------------
+
+A release for a specific platform and locale may not have a history of
+prior releases that can be used to build partial updates. This could be
+for a variety of reasons, such as a new locale, or a hiatus in nightly
+releases creating too long a gap in the history.
+
+This means that the ``partials`` and ``partials-signing`` tasks may have
+nothing to do for a platform and locale. If this is true, then the tasks
+are filtered out in the ``transform``.
+
+This does mean that the downstream task, ``beetmover-repackage`` can not
+rely on the ``partials-signing`` task existing. It depends on both the
+``partials-signing`` and ``repackage-signing`` task, and chooses which
+to depend on in the transform.
+
+If there is a history in the ``parameters`` ``release_history`` section
+then ``beetmover-repackage`` will depend on ``partials-signing``.
+Otherwise, it will depend on ``repackage-signing``.
+
+This is not ideal, as it results in unclear logic in the task graph
+generation. It will be improved.
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/partner-attribution.rst b/taskcluster/docs/partner-attribution.rst
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+Partner attribution
+===================
+.. _partner attribution:
+
+In contrast to :ref:`partner repacks`, attributed builds only differ from the normal Firefox
+builds by the adding a string in the dummy windows signing certificate. We support doing this for
+full installers but not stub. The parameters of the string are carried into the telemetry system,
+tagging an install into a cohort of users. This a lighter weight process because we don't
+repackage or re-sign the builds.
+
+Parameters & Scheduling
+-----------------------
+
+Partner attribution uses a number of parameters to control how they work:
+
+* ``release_enable_partner_attribution``
+* ``release_partner_config``
+* ``release_partner_build_number``
+* ``release_partners``
+
+The enable parameter is a boolean, a simple on/off switch. We set it in shipit's
+`is_partner_enabled() <https://github.com/mozilla-releng/shipit/blob/main/api/src/shipit_api/admin/release.py#L93>`_ when starting a
+release. It's true for Firefox betas >= b8 and releases, but otherwise false, the same as
+partner repacks.
+
+``release_partner_config`` is a dictionary of configuration data which drives the task generation
+logic. It's usually looked up during the release promotion action task, using the Github
+GraphQL API in the `get_partner_config_by_url()
+<python/taskgraph.util.html#taskgraph.util.partners.get_partner_config_by_url>`_ function, with the
+url defined in `taskcluster/ci/config.yml <https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/search?q=partner-urls&path=taskcluster%2Fci%2Fconfig.yml&case=true&regexp=false&redirect=true>`_.
+
+``release_partner_build_number`` is an integer used to create unique upload paths in the firefox
+candidates directory, while ``release_partners`` is a list of partners that should be
+attributed (i.e. a subset of the whole config). Both are intended for use when respinning a partner after
+the regular Firefox has shipped. More information on that can be found in the
+`RelEng Docs <https://moz-releng-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/procedures/misc-operations/off-cycle-partner-repacks-and-funnelcake.html>`_.
+
+``release_partners`` is shared with partner repacks but we don't support doing both at the same time.
+
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+This is done using an ``attribution_config.yml`` file which next lives to the ``default.xml`` used
+for partner repacks. There are no repos for each partner, the whole configuration exists in the one
+file because the amount of information to be tracked is much smaller.
+
+An example config looks like this:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+ defaults:
+ medium: distribution
+ source: mozilla
+ configs:
+ - campaign: sample
+ content: sample-001
+ locales:
+ - en-US
+ - de
+ - ru
+ platforms:
+ - win64-shippable
+ - win32-shippable
+ upload_to_candidates: true
+
+The four main parameters are ``medium, source, campaign, content``, of which the first two are
+common to all attributions. The combination of ``campaign`` and ``content`` should be unique
+to avoid confusion in telemetry data. They correspond to the repo name and sub-directory in partner repacks,
+so avoid any overlap between values in partner repacks and atrribution.
+The optional parameters of ``variation``, and ``experiment`` may also be specified.
+
+Non-empty lists of locales and platforms are required parameters (NB the `-shippable` suffix should be used on
+the platforms).
+
+``upload_to_candidates`` is an optional setting which controls whether the Firefox installers
+are uploaded into the `candidates directory <https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/candidates/>`_.
+If not set the files are uploaded to the private S3 bucket for partner builds.
+
+
+Repacking process
+-----------------
+
+Attribution only has two kinds:
+
+* attribution - add attribution code to the regular builds
+* beetmover - move the files to a partner-specific destination
+
+Attribution
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* kinds: ``release-partner-attribution``
+* platforms: Any Windows, runs on linux
+* upstreams: ``repackage-signing`` ``repackage-signing-l10n``
+
+There is one task, calling out to `python/mozrelease/mozrelease/attribute_builds.py
+<https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/file/default/python/mozrelease/mozrelease/attribute_builds.py>`_.
+
+It takes as input the repackage-signing and repackage-signing-l10n artifacts, which are all
+target.exe full installers. The ``ATTRIBUTION_CONFIG`` environment variable controls the script.
+It produces more target.exe installers.
+
+The size of ``ATTRIBUTION_CONFIG`` variable may grow large if the number of configurations
+increases, and it may be necesssary to pass the content of ``attribution_config.yml`` to the
+script instead, or via an artifact of the promotion task.
+
+Beetmover
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+* kinds: ``release-partner-attribution-beetmover``
+* platforms: N/A, scriptworker
+* upstreams: ``release-partner-attribution``
+
+Moves and renames the artifacts to their public location in the `candidates directory
+<https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/candidates/>`_, or a private S3 bucket. There is one task
+for public artifacts and another for private.
+
+Each task will have the ``project:releng:beetmover:action:push-to-partner`` scope, with public uploads having
+``project:releng:beetmover:bucket:release`` and private uploads using
+``project:releng:beetmover:bucket:partner``. There's a partner-specific code path in
+`beetmoverscript <https://github.com/mozilla-releng/scriptworker-scripts/tree/master/beetmoverscript>`_.
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/partner-repacks.rst b/taskcluster/docs/partner-repacks.rst
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+Partner repacks
+===============
+.. _partner repacks:
+
+We create slightly-modified Firefox releases for some extra audiences
+
+* EME-free builds, which disable DRM plugins by default
+* Funnelcake builds, which are used for Mozilla experiments
+* partner builds, which customize Firefox for external partners
+
+We use the phrase "partner repacks" to refer to all these builds because they
+use the same process of repacking regular Firefox releases with additional files.
+The specific differences depend on the type of build.
+
+We produce partner repacks for some beta builds, and for release builds, as part of the release
+automation. We don't produce any files to update these builds as they are handled automatically
+(see updates_).
+
+We also produce :ref:`partner attribution` builds, which are Firefox Windows installers with a cohort identifier
+added.
+
+Parameters & Scheduling
+-----------------------
+
+Partner repacks have a number of parameters which control how they work:
+
+* ``release_enable_emefree``
+* ``release_enable_partner_repack``
+* ``release_partner_config``
+* ``release_partner_build_number``
+* ``release_partners``
+
+We split the repacks into two 'paths', EME-free and everything else, to retain some
+flexibility over enabling/disabling them separately. This costs us some duplication of the kinds
+in the repacking stack. The two enable parameters are booleans to turn these two paths
+on/off. We set them in shipit's `is_partner_enabled() <https://github.com/mozilla-releng/shipit/blob/main/api/src/shipit_api/admin/release.py#L93>`_ when starting a
+release. They're both true for Firefox betas >= b8 and releases, but otherwise disabled.
+
+``release_partner_config`` is a dictionary of configuration data which drives the task generation
+logic. It's usually looked up during the release promotion action task, using the Github
+GraphQL API in the `get_partner_config_by_url()
+<python/taskgraph.util.html#taskgraph.util.partners.get_partner_config_by_url>`_ function, with the
+url defined in `taskcluster/ci/config.yml <https://searchfox
+.org/mozilla-release/search?q=regexp%3A^partner+path%3Aconfig.yml&redirect=true>`_.
+
+``release_partner_build_number`` is an integer used to create unique upload paths in the firefox
+candidates directory, while ``release_partners`` is a list of partners that should be
+repacked (i.e. a subset of the whole config). Both are intended for use when respinning a few partners after
+the regular Firefox has shipped. More information on that can be found in the
+`RelEng Docs <https://moz-releng-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/procedures/misc-operations/off-cycle-partner-repacks-and-funnelcake.html>`_.
+
+Most of the machine time for generating partner repacks takes place in the `promote` phase of the
+automation, or `promote_rc` in the case of X.0 release candidates. The EME-free builds are copied into the
+Firefox releases directory in the `push` phase, along with the regular bits.
+
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+We need some configuration to know *what* to repack, and *how* to do that. The *what* is defined by
+default.xml manifests, as used with the `repo <https://gerrit.googlesource.com/git-repo>`_ tool
+for git. The `default.xml for EME-free <https://github
+.com/mozilla-partners/mozilla-EME-free-manifest/blob/master/default.xml>`_ illustrates this::
+
+ <?xml version="1.0" ?>
+ <manifest>
+ <remote fetch="git@github.com:mozilla-partners/" name="mozilla-partners"/>
+ <remote fetch="git@github.com:mozilla/" name="mozilla"/>
+
+ <project name="repack-scripts" path="scripts" remote="mozilla-partners" revision="master"/>
+ <project name="build-tools" path="scripts/tools" remote="mozilla" revision="master"/>
+ <project name="mozilla-EME-free" path="partners/mozilla-EME-free" remote="mozilla-partners" revision="master"/>
+ </manifest>
+
+The repack-scripts and build-tools repos are found in all manifests, and then there is a list of
+partner repositories which contain the *how* configuration. Some of these repos are not publicly
+visible.
+
+A partner repository may contain multiple configurations inside the ``desktop`` directory. Each
+subdirectory must contain a ``repack.cfg`` and a ``distribution`` directory, the latter
+containing the customizations needed. Here's `EME-free's repack.cfg <https://github.com/mozilla-partners/mozilla-EME-free/blob/master/desktop/mozilla-EME-free/repack.cfg>`_::
+
+ aus="mozilla-EMEfree"
+ dist_id="mozilla-EMEfree"
+ dist_version="1.0"
+ linux-i686=false
+ linux-x86_64=false
+ locales="ach af an ar" # truncated for display here
+ mac=true
+ win32=true
+ win64=true
+ output_dir="%(platform)s-EME-free/%(locale)s"
+
+ # Upload params
+ upload_to_candidates=true
+
+Note the list of locales and boolean toggles for enabling platforms. The ``output_dir`` and
+``upload_to_candidates`` parameters are only present for repacks which are uploaded into the
+`candidates directory <https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/candidates/>`_.
+
+All customizations will be placed in the ``distribution`` directory at the root of the Firefox
+install directory, or in the case of OS X in ``Firefox.app/Contents/Resources/distribution/``. A
+``distribution.ini`` file is the minimal requirement, here's an example from `EME-free
+<https://github.com/mozilla-partners/mozilla-EME-free/blob/master/desktop/mozilla-EME-free/distribution
+/distribution.ini>`_::
+
+ # Partner Distribution Configuration File
+ # Author: Mozilla
+ # Date: 2015-03-27
+
+ [Global]
+ id=mozilla-EMEfree
+ version=1.0
+ about=Mozilla Firefox EME-free
+
+ [Preferences]
+ media.eme.enabled=false
+ app.partner.mozilla-EMEfree="mozilla-EMEfree"
+
+Extensions and other customizations might also be included in repacks.
+
+
+Repacking process
+-----------------
+
+The stack of tasks to create partner repacks is broadly similar to localised nightlies and
+regular releases. The basic form is
+
+* partner repack - insert the customisations into the the regular builds
+* signing - sign the internals which will become the installer (Mac only)
+* repackage - create the "installer" (Mac and Windows)
+* chunking dummy - a linux only bridge to ...
+* repackage signing - sign the "installers" (mainly Windows)
+* beetmover - move the files to a partner-specific destination
+* beetmover checksums - possibly beetmove the checksums from previous step
+
+Some key divergences are:
+
+* all intermediate artifacts are uploaded with a ``releng/partner`` prefix
+* we don't insert any binaries on Windows so no need for internal signing
+* there's no need to create any complete mar files at the repackage step
+* we support both public and private destinations in beetmover
+* we only need beetmover checksums for EME-free builds
+
+
+Partner repack
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* kinds: ``release-partner-repack`` ``release-eme-free-repack``
+* platforms: Typically all (but depends on what's enabled by partner configuration)
+* upstreams: ``build-signing`` ``l10n-signing``
+
+There is one task per platform in this step, calling out to `scripts/desktop_partner_repacks.py
+<https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/default/testing/mozharness/scripts
+/desktop_partner_repacks.py>`_ in mozharness to prepare an environment and then perform the repacks.
+The actual repacking is done by `python/mozrelease/mozrelease/partner_repack.py
+<https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/default/python/mozrelease/mozrelease/partner_repack.py>`_.
+
+It takes as input the build-signing and l10n-signing artifacts, which are all zip/tar.gz/tar.bz2
+archives, simplifying the repack process by avoiding dmg and exe. Windows produces ``target.zip``
+& ``setup.exe``, Mac is ``target.tar.gz``, Linux is the final product ``target.tar.bz2``
+(beetmover handles pretty naming as usual).
+
+Signing
+^^^^^^^
+
+* kinds: ``release-partner-repack-mac-signing`` ``release-partner-repack-mac-notarization``
+* platforms: Mac
+* upstreams: ``release-partner-repack`` ``release-eme-free-repack``
+
+We chunk the single partner repack task out to a signing task with 5 artifacts each. For
+example, EME-free will become 19 tasks. We collect the target.tar.gz from the
+upstream, and return a signed target.tar.gz. We use a ``target.dmg`` artifact for
+nightlies/regular releases, but this is converted to ``target.tar.gz`` by the signing
+scriptworker before sending it to the signing server, so partners are equivalent. The ``mac-signing`` task
+signs the binary, and then ``mac-notarization`` submits it to Apple and staples the ticket to it.
+
+Repackage
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+* kinds: ``release-partner-repack-repackage`` ``release-eme-free-repack-repackage``
+* platforms: Mac & Windows
+* upstreams:
+
+ * Mac: ``release-partner-signing`` ``release-eme-free-signing``
+ * Windows: ``release-partner-repack`` ``release-eme-free-repack``
+
+Mac has a repackage job for each of the signing tasks. Windows repackages are chunked here to
+the same granularity as mac. Takes ``target.zip`` & ``setup.exe`` to produce ``target.exe`` on
+Windows, and ``target.tar.gz`` to produce ``target.dmg`` on Mac. There's no need to produce any
+complete.mar files here like regular release bits do because we can reuse those.
+
+Chunking dummy
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* kinds: ``release-partner-repack-chunking-dummy``
+* platforms: Linux
+* upstreams: ``release-partner-repack``
+
+We're need Linux chunked at the next step so this dummy takes care of that for the relatively simple path
+Linux follows. One task per sub config+locale combination, the same as Windows and Mac. This doesn't need to
+exist for EME-free because we don't need to create Linux builds there.
+
+Repackage Signing
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* kinds: ``release-partner-repack-repackage-signing`` ``release-eme-free-repack-repackage-signing``
+* platforms: All
+* upstreams:
+
+ * Mac & Windows: ``release-partner-repackage`` ``release-eme-free-repackage``
+ * Linux: ``release-partner-repack-chunking-dummy``
+
+This step GPG signs all platforms, and authenticode signs the Windows installer.
+
+Beetmover
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+* kinds: ``release-partner-repack-beetmover`` ``release-eme-free-repack-beetmover``
+* platforms: All
+* upstreams: ``release-partner-repack-repackage-signing`` ``release-eme-free-repack-repackage-signing``
+
+Moves and renames the artifacts to their public location in the `candidates directory
+<https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/candidates/>`_, or a private S3 bucket. Each task will
+have the ``project:releng:beetmover:action:push-to-partner`` scope, with public uploads having
+``project:releng:beetmover:bucket:release`` and private uploads using
+``project:releng:beetmover:bucket:partner``. The ``upload_to_candidates`` key in the partner config
+controls the second scope. There's a separate partner code path in `beetmoverscript <https://github.com/mozilla-releng/scriptworker-scripts/tree/master/beetmoverscript>`_.
+
+Beetmover checksums
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* kinds: ``release-eme-free-repack-beetmover-checksums``
+* platforms: Mac & Windows
+* upstreams: ``release-eme-free-repack-repackage-beetmover``
+
+The EME-free builds should be present in our SHA256SUMS file and friends (`e.g. <https://archive
+.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/61.0/SHA256SUMS>`_) so we beetmove the target.checksums from
+the beetmover tasks into the candidates directory. They get picked up by the
+``release-generate-checksums`` kind.
+
+.. _updates:
+
+Updates
+-------
+
+It's very rare to need to update a partner repack differently from the original
+release build but we retain that capability. A partner build with distribution name ``foo``,
+based on a release Firefox build, will query for an update on the ``release-cck-foo`` channel. If
+the update server `Balrog <http://mozilla-balrog.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ finds no rule for
+that channel it will fallback to the ``release`` channel. The update files for the regular releases do not
+modify the ``distribution/`` directory, so the customizations are not modified.
+
+`Bug 1430254 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1430254>`_ is an example of an exception to this
+logic.
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/platforms.rst b/taskcluster/docs/platforms.rst
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+Platforms in the CI
+===================
+
+
+.. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mozilla/treeherder/HEAD/ui/helpers/constants.js
+ awk -e /thPlatformMap = {/,/};/ constants.js |grep ""|cut -d: -f2|sed -e s/^/ /|sed -e "s/$/ ,, /g"
+ TODO:
+ * Leverage verify_docs - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1636400
+ * Add a new column (when executed ? ie always, rarely, etc)
+ * asan reporter isn't listed for mac os x
+
+Build Platforms
+---------------
+
+.. csv-table::
+ :header: "Platform", "Owner", "Why?"
+ :widths: 40, 20, 40
+
+ Linux, ,
+ Linux DevEdition, ,
+ Linux shippable, ,
+ Linux x64, ,
+ Linux x64 addon, ,
+ Linux x64 DevEdition, ,
+ Linux x64 WebRender Shippable, Jeff Muizelaar, Build with WebRender
+ Linux x64 WebRender, Jeff Muizelaar, Build with WebRender
+ Linux x64 shippable, , "| What we ship to our users.
+ | Builds with PGO"
+ Linux x64 NoOpt, , "| Developer build - Disable optimizations, enable debug options
+ | Only runs on m-c"
+ Linux AArch64, ,
+ OS X 10.14, ,
+ OS X Cross Compiled, ,
+ OS X 10.14 shippable, ,
+ OS X Cross Compiled shippable, , What we ship to our users
+ OS X Cross Compiled NoOpt, , "| Developer build - Disable optimizations, enable debug options
+ | Only runs on m-c"
+ OS X Cross Compiled addon, ,
+ OS X Cross Compiled DevEdition, ,
+ OS X 10.14, ,
+ OS X 10.14 WebRender, Jeff Muizelaar, Build with WebRender
+ OS X 10.14 Shippable, ,
+ OS X 10.14 WebRender Shippable, Jeff Muizelaar, Build with WebRender
+ OS X 10.14 DevEdition, ,
+ Windows 2012, ,
+ Windows 2012 shippable, , What we ship to our users
+ Windows 2012 addon, ,
+ Windows 2012 NoOpt, , "| Developer build - Disable optimizations, enable debug options
+ | Only runs on m-c"
+ Windows 2012 DevEdition, ,
+ Windows 2012 x64, ,
+ Windows 2012 x64 shippable, ,
+ Windows 2012 AArch64, ,
+ Windows 2012 AArch64 Shippable, ,
+ Windows 2012 AArch64 DevEdition, ,
+ Windows 2012 x64 addon, ,
+ Windows 2012 x64 NoOpt, , "| Developer build - Disable optimizations, enable debug options
+ | Only runs on m-c"
+ Windows 2012 x64 DevEdition, ,
+ Windows MinGW, Tom Ritter, "| the Tor project uses MinGW; make sure we test that for them
+ | Only runs on autoland, m-c and m-esr"
+ Android 4.1 API16+, , "| All Android jobs are for GeckoView. Fenix nightly uses m-c, Fenix beta => m-b, Fenix release => m-r and Focus uses m-r.
+ | We run these tests in the CI to make sure that GeckoView tests do not regress."
+ Android 4.1 API16+ Beta, Agi Sferro, To ship/test Android 4.1 on arm v7 CPU
+ Android 4.1 API16+ Release, , To ship/test Android 4.1 on arm v7 CPU
+ Android 4.1 API16+ GeckoView multi-arch fat AAR, ,
+ Android 5.0 AArch64, ,
+ Android 5.0 AArch64 Beta, ,
+ Android 5.0 AArch64 Release, ,
+ Android 5.0 x86-64, ,
+ Android 5.0 x86-64 Beta, ,
+ Android 5.0 x86-64 Release, ,
+ Android 7.0 x86, ,
+ Android 7.0 x86 Beta, ,
+ Android 7.0 x86 Release, ,
+ Android 7.0 x86-64, ,
+ Android 7.0 x86-64 WebRender, Kris Taeleman, Build and test GeckoView with WebRender
+ Android 7.0 x86-64 Beta, ,
+ Android 7.0 x86-64 Release, ,
+ Android 7.0 MotoG5, ,
+ Android 8.0 Pixel2, ,
+ Android 8.0 Pixel2 WebRender, Kris Taeleman, Build and test GeckoView with WebRender
+ Android 8.0 Pixel2 AArch64, ,
+ Android 8.0 Pixel2 AArch64 WebRender, Kris Taeleman, Build and test GeckoView with WebRender
+ Android, ,
+
+Testing configurations
+----------------------
+
+We have some platforms used to run the tests to make sure they run correctly on different versions of the operating systems.
+
+.. csv-table::
+ :header: "Platform", "Owner", "Why?"
+ :widths: 40, 20, 40
+
+ Linux 18.04 shippable, ,
+ Linux 18.04 x64, ,
+ Linux 18.04 x64 DevEdition, ,
+ Linux 18.04 x64 WebRender Shippable, Jeff Muizelaar, Build with WebRender for testing
+ Linux 18.04 x64 WebRender, Jeff Muizelaar, Build with WebRender for testing
+ Linux 18.04 x64 shippable, ,
+ Linux 18.04 x64 Stylo-Seq, ,
+ Windows 7, ,
+ Windows 7 DevEdition, ,
+ Windows 7 Shippable, ,
+ Windows 7 MinGW, Tom Ritter, "| the Tor project uses MinGW; make sure we test that for them
+ | Only runs on autoland, m-c and m-esr"
+ Windows 10 x64, ,
+ Windows 10 x64 DevEdition, ,
+ Windows 10 x64 Shippable, ,
+ Windows 10 x64 WebRender Shippable, Jeff Muizelaar, Build with WebRender for testing
+ Windows 10 x64 WebRender, Jeff Muizelaar, Build with WebRender for testing
+ Windows 10 x64 2017 Ref HW, ,
+ Windows 10 x64 MinGW, Tom Ritter, "| the Tor project uses MinGW; make sure we test that for them
+ | Only runs on autoland, m-c and m-esr"
+ Windows 10 AArch64, ,
+
+
+Quality platforms
+-----------------
+
+We have many platforms used to run various quality tools. They aren't directly focussing on user quality but on code quality,
+or prevening some classes of errors (memory, threading, etc).
+
+.. csv-table::
+ :header: "Platform", "Owner", "Why?"
+ :widths: 40, 20, 40
+
+ Linux 18.04 x64 tsan, Christian Holler, Identify threading issues with :ref:`ThreadSanitizer <Thread Sanitizer>`
+ Linux x64 asan, "| Christian Holler
+ | Tyson Smith (ubsan)", "| Identify memory issues with :ref:`Address Sanitizer`.
+ | Also includes the UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer"
+ Linux x64 WebRender asan, "| Christian Holler
+ | Tyson Smith (ubsan)", "| Identify memory issues with :ref:`Address Sanitizer`.
+ | Also includes the UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer"
+ Linux x64 asan reporter, Christian Holler, Generate :ref:`ASan Nightly Project <ASan Nightly>` builds
+ Linux x64 CCov, Marco Castelluccio , Collect :ref:`Code coverage` information to identify what is tested (or not)
+ Linux 18.04 x64 asan, "| Christian Holler
+ | Tyson Smith (ubsan)", "| Identify memory issues with :ref:`Address Sanitizer`.
+ | Also includes the UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer"
+ Linux 18.04 x64 WebRender asan, "| Christian Holler
+ | Tyson Smith (ubsan)", "| Identify memory issues with :ref:`Address Sanitizer`.
+ | Also includes the UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer"
+ Linux 18.04 x64 CCov, Marco Castelluccio , Collect :ref:`Code coverage` information to identify what is tested (or not)
+ OS X Cross Compiled CCov, Marco Castelluccio , Collect :ref:`Code coverage` information to identify what is tested (or not)
+ OS X 10.14 Cross Compiled CCov, Marco Castelluccio , Collect :ref:`Code coverage` information to identify what is tested (or not)
+ Windows 2012 x64 asan reporter, Christian Holler, Generate :ref:`ASan Nightly Project <ASan Nightly>` builds
+ Windows 10 x64 CCov, Marco Castelluccio , Collect :ref:`Code coverage` information to identify what is tested (or not)
+ Android 4.0 API16+ CCov, Marco Castelluccio , Collect :ref:`Code coverage` information to identify what is tested (or not)
+ Android 4.3 API16+ CCov, Marco Castelluccio , Collect :ref:`Code coverage` information to identify what is tested (or not)
+ Diffoscope, Mike Hommey, Make sure the build remains reproducible
+ Linting, "| Sylvestre Ledru
+ | Andrew Halberstadt", "| Identify :ref:`code quality` earlier
+ | Also contains some Bugzilla
+ | Run on all branches (except the Bugzilla task)"
+ Documentation, "| Sylvestre Ledru
+ | Andrew Halberstadt", "| :ref:`Documentation jobs <Managing Documentation>`
+ | integration repository plus mozilla-central"
+
+
+
+Infrastructure tasks
+--------------------
+
+The decision tasks responsible for creating the task graph.
+
+.. csv-table::
+ :header: "Task", "Owner", "Why?"
+ :widths: 40, 20, 40
+
+ Gecko Decision Task, , Define the tasks to run and their order
+ Firefox Release Tasks, ,
+ Devedition Release Tasks, ,
+ Fennec Beta Tasks, ,
+ Fennec Release Tasks, ,
+ Thunderbird Release Tasks, ,
+
+
+Others
+------
+
+.. csv-table::
+ :header: "Platform", "Owner", "Why?"
+ :widths: 40, 20, 40
+
+ Docker Images, ,
+ Fetch, ,
+ Packages, ,
+ Toolchains, ,
+ Other, ,
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/reference.rst b/taskcluster/docs/reference.rst
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+Reference
+=========
+
+These sections contain some reference documentation for various aspects of
+taskgraph generation.
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ kinds
+ parameters
+ attributes
+ caches
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/release-promotion-action.rst b/taskcluster/docs/release-promotion-action.rst
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+Release Promotion Action
+========================
+
+The release promotion action is how Releng triggers `release promotion`_
+taskgraphs. The one action covers all release promotion needs: different
+*flavors* allow for us to trigger the different :ref:`release promotion phases`
+for each product. The input schema and release promotion flavors are defined in
+the `release promotion action`_.
+
+.. _snowman model:
+
+The snowman model
+-----------------
+
+The `release promotion action`_ allows us to chain multiple taskgraphs (aka graphs, aka task groups) together.
+Essentially, we're using `optimization`_ logic to replace task labels in the
+current taskgraph with task IDs from the previous taskgraph(s).
+
+This is the ``snowman`` model. If you request the body of
+the snowman and point at the base, we only create the middle section of the snowman.
+If you request the body of the snowman and don't point it at the base, we build the
+first base and body of the snowman from scratch.
+
+For example, let's generate a task ``t2`` that depends on ``t1``. Let's call our new taskgraph ``G``::
+
+ G
+ |
+ t1
+ |
+ t2
+
+Task ``t2`` will wait on task ``t1`` to finish, and downloads some artifacts from task ``t1``.
+
+Now let's specify task group ``G1`` and ``G2`` as previous task group IDs. If task ``t1`` is in one of them, ``t2`` will depend on that task, rather than spawning a new ``t1`` in task group ``G``::
+
+ G1 G2 G
+ | | |
+ t1 t1 |
+ \______ |
+ \|
+ t2
+
+ or
+
+ G1 G2 G
+ | | |
+ t1 t0 |
+ \________________ |
+ \|
+ t2
+
+For a more real-world example::
+
+ G
+ |
+ build
+ |
+ signing
+ |
+ l10n-repack
+ |
+ l10n-signing
+
+If we point the ``promote`` task group G at the on-push build task group ``G1``, the l10n-repack job will depend on the previously finished build and build-signing tasks::
+
+ G1 G
+ | |
+ build |
+ | |
+ signing |
+ \_________|
+ |
+ l10n-repack
+ |
+ l10n-signing
+
+We can also explicitly exclude certain tasks from being optimized out.
+We currently do this by specifying ``rebuild_kinds`` in the action; these
+are `kinds`_ that we want to explicitly rebuild in the current task group,
+even if they existed in previous task groups. We also allow for specifying a list of
+``do_not_optimize`` labels, which would be more verbose and specific than
+specifying kinds to rebuild.
+
+Release promotion action mechanics
+----------------------------------
+
+There are a number of inputs defined in the `release promotion action`_. Among these are the ``previous_graph_ids``, which is an ordered list of taskGroupIds of the task groups that we want to build our task group, off of. In the :ref:`snowman model`, these define the already-built portions of the snowman.
+
+The action downloads the ``parameters.yml`` from the initial ``previous_graph_id``, which matches the decision- or action- taskId. (See :ref:`taskid vs taskgroupid`.) This is most likely the decision task of the revision to promote, which is generally the same revision the release promotion action is run against.
+
+.. note:: If the parameters have been changed since the build happened, *and* we explicitly want the new parameters for the release promotion action task, the first ``previous_graph_id`` should be the new revision's decision task. Then the build and other previous action task group IDs can follow, so we're still replacing the task labels with the task IDs from the original revision.
+
+The action then downloads the various ``label-to-taskid.json`` artifacts from each previous task group, and builds an ``existing_tasks`` parameter of which labels to replace with which task IDs. Each successive update to this dictionary overwrites existing keys with new task IDs, so the rightmost task group with a given label takes precedence. Any labels that match the ``do_not_optimize`` list or that belong to tasks in the ``rebuild_kinds`` list are excluded from the ``existing_tasks`` parameter.
+
+Once all that happens, and we've gotten our configuration from the original parameters and our action config and inputs, we run the decision task function with our custom parameters. The `optimization`_ phase replaces any ``existing_tasks`` with the task IDs we've built from the previous task groups.
+
+Release Promotion Flavors
+-------------------------
+
+For the most part, release promotion flavors match the pattern ``phase_product``,
+e.g. ``promote_firefox``, ``push_devedition``, or ``ship_firefox``.
+
+We've added ``_rc`` suffix flavors, to deal with special RC behavior around rolling out updates using a different rate or channel.
+
+We are planning on adding ``_partners`` suffix flavors, to allow for creating partner repacks off-cycle.
+
+The various flavors are defined in the `release promotion action`_.
+
+Triggering the release promotion action via Treeherder
+------------------------------------------------------
+
+Currently, we're able to trigger this action via `Treeherder`_; we sometimes use this method for testing purposes. This is powerful, because we can modify the inputs directly, but is less production friendly, because it requires us to enter the inputs manually. At some point we may disable the ability to trigger the action via Treeherder.
+
+This requires being signed in with the right scopes. On `Release Promotion Projects`_, there's a dropdown in the top right of a given revision. Choose ``Custom Push Action``, then ``Release Promotion``. The inputs are specifiable as raw yaml on the left hand column.
+
+Release promotion action taskId and taskGroupId
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+The ``taskGroupId`` of a release promotion action task will be the same as the ``taskId`` of the decision task.
+
+The ``taskGroupId`` of a release promotion *task group* will be the same as the ``taskId`` of the release promotion action task.
+
+So:
+
+* for a given push, the decision taskId ``D`` will create the taskGroupId ``D``
+* we create a release promotion action task with the taskId ``A``. The ``A`` task will be part of the ``D`` task group, but will spawn a task group with the taskGroupId ``A``.
+
+Another way of looking at it:
+
+* If you're looking at a task ``t1`` in the action taskGroup, ``t1``'s taskGroupId is the action task's taskId. (In the above example, this would be ``A``.)
+* Then if you look at the action task's taskGroupId, that's the original decision task's taskId. (In the above example, this would be ``D``.)
+
+Testing and developing the release promotion action
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+To test the release promotion, action, we can use ``./mach taskgraph test-action-callback`` to debug.
+
+The full command for a ``promote_firefox`` test might look like::
+
+ ./mach taskgraph test-action-callback \
+ --task-group-id LR-xH1ViTTi2jrI-N1Mf2A \
+ --input /src/gecko/params/promote_firefox.yml \
+ -p /src/gecko/params/maple-promote-firefox.yml \
+ release_promotion_action > ../promote.json
+
+The input file (in the above example, that would be ``/src/gecko/params/promote_firefox.yml``), contains the action inputs. The input schema is defined in the `release promotion action`_. Previous example inputs are embedded in previous promotion task group action task definitions (``task.extra.action.input``).
+
+The ``parameters.yml`` file is downloadable from a previous decision or action task.
+
+.. _release promotion: release-promotion.html
+.. _optimization: optimization.html
+.. _kinds: kinds.html
+.. _release promotion action: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/actions/release_promotion.py
+.. _Treeherder: https://treeherder.mozilla.org
+.. _Release Promotion Projects: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/search?q=RELEASE_PROMOTION_PROJECTS&path=taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/util/attributes.py
+.. _releasewarrior docs: https://github.com/mozilla-releng/releasewarrior-2.0/blob/master/docs/release-promotion/desktop/howto.md#how
+.. _trigger_action.py: https://searchfox.org/build-central/source/tools/buildfarm/release/trigger_action.py#118
+.. _.taskcluster.yml: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/.taskcluster.yml
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/release-promotion.rst b/taskcluster/docs/release-promotion.rst
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+Release Promotion
+=================
+
+Release promotion allows us to ship the same compiled binaries that we've
+already tested.
+
+In the olden days, we used to re-compile our release builds with separate
+configs, which led to release-specific bugs which weren't caught by continuous
+integration tests. This meant we required new builds at release time, which
+increased the end-to-end time for a given release significantly. Release
+promotion removes these anti-patterns.
+
+By running our continuous integration tests against our shippable builds, we
+have a higher degree of confidence at release time. By separating the build
+phase tasks (compilation, packaging, and related tests) from the promotion
+phase tasks, we can schedule each phase at their own independent cadence, as
+needed, and the end-to-end time for promotion is reduced significantly.
+
+.. _release promotion phases:
+
+Release Promotion Phases
+------------------------
+
+Currently, we have the ``build``, ``promote``, ``push``, and ``ship`` phases.
+
+The ``build`` phase creates ``shippable builds``. These optimize for correctness
+over speed, and are designed to be of shipping quality, should we decide to
+ship that revision of code. These are triggered on push on release branches.
+(We also schedule ``depend`` builds on most branches, which optimize for speed
+over correctness, so we can detect new code bustage sooner.)
+
+The ``promote`` phase localizes the shippable builds, creates any update MARs,
+and populates the candidates directories on S3. (On Android, we rebuild, because
+we haven't been successful repacking the APK.)
+
+The ``push`` phase pushes the candidates files to the appropriate release directory
+on S3.
+
+The ``ship`` phase ships or schedules updates to users. These are often at a
+limited rollout percentage or are dependent on multiple downstream signoffs to
+fully ship.
+
+In-depth relpro guide
+---------------------
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ release-promotion-action
+ balrog
+ setting-up-an-update-server
+ partials
+ signing
+ partner-repacks
+ partner-attribution
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/signing.rst b/taskcluster/docs/signing.rst
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+Signing
+=======
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+Our `code signing`_ happens in discrete tasks, for both performance reasons
+and to limit which machines have access to the signing servers and keys.
+
+In general, the binary-to-be-signed is generated in one task, and the request
+to sign it is in a second task. We verify the request via the `chain of trust`_,
+sign the binary, then upload the signed binary or original binary + detached
+signature as artifacts.
+
+How the Task Works
+------------------
+
+Scriptworker_ verifies the task definition and the upstream tasks until it
+determines the graph comes from a trusted tree; this is `chain of trust`_
+verification. Part of this verification is downloading and verifying the shas
+of the ``upstreamArtifacts`` in the task payload.
+
+An example signing task payload:
+
+::
+
+ {
+ "payload": {
+ "upstreamArtifacts": [{
+ "paths": ["public/build/target.dmg"],
+ "formats": ["macapp"],
+ "taskId": "abcde",
+ "taskType": "build"
+ }, {
+ "paths": ["public/build/target.tar.gz"],
+ "formats": ["autograph_gpg"],
+ "taskId": "12345",
+ "taskType": "build"
+ }]
+ }
+ }
+
+In the above example, scriptworker would download the ``target.dmg`` from task
+``abcde`` and ``target.tar.gz`` from task ``12345`` and verify their shas and
+task definitions via `chain of trust`_ verification. Then it will launch
+`signingscript`_, which requests a signing token from the signing server pool.
+
+Signingscript determines it wants to sign ``target.dmg`` with the ``macapp``
+format, and ``target.tar.gz`` with the ``autograph_gpg`` format. Each of the
+`signing formats`_ has their own behavior. After performing any format-specific
+checks or optimizations, it calls `signtool`_ to submit the file to the signing
+servers and poll them for signed output. Once it downloads all of the signed
+output files, it exits and scriptworker uploads the signed binaries.
+
+We can specify multiple paths from a single task for a given set of formats,
+and multiple formats for a given set of paths.
+
+Signing kinds
+-------------
+
+We currently have multiple signing kinds. These fall into several categories:
+
+**Build internal signing**: Certain package types require the internals to be signed.
+For certain package types, e.g. exe or dmg, we extract the internal binaries
+(e.g. xul.dll) and sign them. This is true for certain zipfiles, exes, and dmgs;
+we need to sign the internals before we [re]create the package. For linux
+tarballs, we don't need special packaging, so we can sign everything in this
+task. These kinds include ``build-signing``, ``shippable-l10n-signing``,
+``release-eme-free-repack-signing``, and ``release-partner-repack-signing``.
+
+**Build repackage signing**: Once we take the signed internals and package them
+(known as a ``repackage``), certain formats require a signed external package.
+If we have created an update MAR file from the signed internals, the MAR
+file will also need to be signed. These kinds include ``repackage-signing``,
+``release-eme-free-repack-repackage-signing``, and ``release-partner-repack-repackage-signing``.
+
+``release-source-signing`` and ``partials-signing`` sign the release source tarball
+and partial update MARs.
+
+**Mac signing and notarization**: For mac, we have ``*-mac-signing``, which signs the app and pkg, ``*-mac-notarization`` submits to Apple and staples the resulting ticket to the binaries.
+
+We generate signed checksums at the top of the releases directories, like
+in `60.0`_. To generate these, we have the checksums signing kinds, including
+``release-generate-checksums-signing``, ``checksums-signing``, and
+``release-source-checksums-signing``
+
+.. _signing formats:
+
+Signing formats
+---------------
+
+The known signingscript formats are listed in the fourth column of the
+`signing password files`_.
+
+The formats are specified in the ``upstreamArtifacts`` list-of-dicts.
+``autograph_gpg`` signing results in a detached ``.asc`` signature file. Because of its
+nature, we gpg-sign at the end if given multiple formats for a given set of
+files.
+
+``jar`` signing is Android apk signing. After signing, we ``zipalign`` the apk.
+This includes the ``focus-jar`` format, which is just a way to specify a different
+set of keys for the Focus app.
+
+``macapp`` signing accepts either a ``dmg`` or ``tar.gz``; it converts ``dmg``
+files to ``tar.gz`` before submitting to the signing server. The signed binary
+is a ``tar.gz``.
+
+``authenticode`` signing takes individual binaries or a zipfile. We sign the
+individual file or internals of the zipfile, skipping any already-signed files
+and a select few blocklisted files (using the `should_sign_windows`_ function).
+It returns a signed individual binary or zipfile with signed internals, depending
+on the input. This format includes ``autograph_authenticode``, and
+``autograph_authenticode_stub``.
+
+``mar`` signing signs our update files (Mozilla ARchive). ``mar_sha384`` is
+the same, but with a different hashing algorithm.
+
+``autograph_widevine`` is also video-related; see the
+`widevine site`_. We sign specific files inside the package and rebuild the
+``precomplete`` file that we use for updates.
+
+Cert levels
+-----------
+
+Cert levels are how we separate signing privileges. We have the following levels:
+
+``dep`` is short for ``depend``, which is a term from the Netscape days. (This
+refers to builds that don't clobber, so they keep their dependency object files
+cached from the previous build.) These certs and keys are designed to be used
+for Try or on-push builds that we don't intend to ship. Many of these are
+self-signed and not of high security value; they're intended for testing
+purposes.
+
+``nightly`` refers to the Nightly product and channel. We use these keys for
+signing and shipping nightly builds, as well as Devedition on the beta channel.
+Because these are shipping keys, they are restricted; only a subset of branches
+can request the use of these keys.
+
+``release`` refers to our releases, off the beta, release, or esr channels.
+These are the most restricted keys.
+
+We request a certain cert level via scopes:
+``project:releng:signing:cert:dep-signing``,
+``project:releng:signing:cert:nightly-signing``, or
+``project:releng:signing:cert:release-signing``. Each signing task is required
+to have exactly one of those scopes, and only nightly- and release-enabled
+branches are able to use the latter two scopes. If a task is scheduled with one
+of those restricted scopes on a non-allowlisted branch, Chain of Trust
+verification will raise an exception.
+
+Signing scriptworker workerTypes
+--------------------------------
+
+The `linux-depsigning`_ pool handles all of the non-mac dep signing. These are
+heavily in use on try and autoland, but also other branches. These verify
+the `chain of trust`_ artifact but not its signature, and they don't have a
+gpg key to sign their own chain of trust artifact. This is by design; the chain
+of trust should and will break if a production scriptworker is downstream from
+a depsigning worker.
+
+The `linux-signing`_ pool is the production signing pool; it handles the
+nightly- and release- signing requests. As such, it verifies the upstream
+chain of trust and all signatures, and signs its chain of trust artifact.
+
+The `linux-devsigning`_ pool is intended for signingscript and scriptworker
+development use. Because it isn't used on any Firefox-developer-facing branch,
+Mozilla Releng is able to make breaking changes on this pool without affecting
+any other team.
+
+Similarly, we have the `mac-depsigning`_ and `mac-signing`_ pools, which handle
+CI and nightly/release signing, respectively.
+
+.. _60.0: https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/60.0/
+.. _addonscript: https://github.com/mozilla-releng/addonscript/
+.. _code signing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_signing
+.. _chain of trust: https://scriptworker.readthedocs.io/en/latest/chain_of_trust.html
+.. _linux-depsigning: https://firefox-ci-tc.services.mozilla.com/provisioners/scriptworker-k8s/worker-types/gecko-t-signing
+.. _should_sign_windows: https://github.com/mozilla-releng/signingscript/blob/65cbb99ea53896fda9f4844e050a9695c762d24f/signingscript/sign.py#L369
+.. _Encrypted Media Extensions: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/05/reconciling-mozillas-mission-and-w3c-eme/
+.. _signing password files: https://github.com/mozilla/build-puppet/tree/feff5e12ab70f2c060b29940464e77208c7f0ef2/modules/signing_scriptworker/templates
+.. _signingscript: https://github.com/mozilla-releng/signingscript/
+.. _linux-devsigning: https://firefox-ci-tc.services.mozilla.com/provisioners/scriptworker-k8s/worker-types/gecko-t-signing-dev
+.. _linux-signing: https://firefox-ci-tc.services.mozilla.com/provisioners/scriptworker-k8s/worker-types/gecko-3-signing
+.. _mac-depsigning: https://firefox-ci-tc.services.mozilla.com/provisioners/scriptworker-prov-v1/worker-types/depsigning-mac-v1
+.. _mac-signing: https://firefox-ci-tc.services.mozilla.com/provisioners/scriptworker-prov-v1/worker-types/signing-mac-v1
+.. _signtool: https://github.com/mozilla-releng/signtool
+.. _Scriptworker: https://github.com/mozilla-releng/scriptworker/
+.. _widevine site: https://www.widevine.com/wv_drm.html
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/taskgraph.rst b/taskcluster/docs/taskgraph.rst
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+Taskgraph Overview
+==================
+
+Taskgraph builds a directed acyclic graph, where each node in the graph
+represents a task, and each edge represents the dependency relationships
+between them.
+
+See Taskgraph's `graph generation documentation`_ for more details.
+
+Decision Task
+-------------
+
+The decision task is the first task created when a new graph begins. It is
+responsible for creating the rest of the task graph.
+
+The decision task for pushes is defined in-tree, in ``.taskcluster.yml``. That
+task description invokes ``mach taskcluster decision`` with some metadata about
+the push. That mach command determines the required graph of tasks to submit,
+then calls the Taskcluster API to create the tasks.
+
+.. note::
+
+ ``mach taskgraph decision`` is *not* meant to be invoked by humans.
+ Instead, follow `this guide`_ (prepending ``mach`` to all commands) to
+ invoke Taskgraph locally without submitting anything to Taskcluster.
+
+.. _kinds:
+
+Kinds
+-----
+
+Generation starts with "kinds". These are yaml files that denote groupings of
+tasks that are loosely related to one another. For example, in Gecko there are
+``build`` and ``test`` kinds. Each kind has its own directory under
+`taskcluster/ci`_ which contains a ``kind.yml`` file.
+
+For more information on kinds, see Taskgraph's `kind documentation`_. For a
+list of available kinds in ``mozilla-central``, see the :doc:`kinds reference
+</taskcluster/kinds>`.
+
+Loader
+------
+
+Next, a "loader" is responsible for parsing each ``kind.yml`` file and turning
+it into an initial set of tasks. Loaders will always parse kinds in an ordering
+satisfying the ``kind-dependencies`` key.
+
+See Taskgraph's `loader documentation`_ for more details.
+
+.. _transforms:
+
+Transforms
+----------
+
+After the initial set of tasks are loaded, transformations are applied to each
+task. Transforms are Python functions that take a generator of tasks as input,
+and yields a generator of tasks as output. Possibly modifying, adding or removing
+tasks along the way.
+
+See Taskgrpah's `transforms documentation`_ for more details on transforms, or
+the :doc:`transforms section </taskcluster/transforms/index>` for information
+on some of the transforms available in ``mozilla-central``.
+
+Target Tasks
+------------
+
+After transformation is finished, the `target_tasks`_ module filters out any
+tasks that aren't applicable to the current :doc:`parameter set
+</taskcluster/parameters>`.
+
+Optimization
+------------
+
+After the "target graph" is generated, an optimization process looks to remove
+or replace unnecessary tasks in the graph. For instance, a task may be removed
+if the push doesn't modify any of the files that could affect it.
+
+See Taskgraph's `optimization documentation`_ for more details, or the
+:doc:`optimization strategies <optimization/index>` available in
+``mozilla-central``.
+
+
+Task Parameterization
+---------------------
+
+A few components of tasks are only known at the very end of the decision task
+-- just before the ``queue.createTask`` call is made. These are specified
+using simple parameterized values, as follows:
+
+``{"relative-datestamp": "certain number of seconds/hours/days/years"}``
+ Objects of this form will be replaced with an offset from the current time
+ just before the ``queue.createTask`` call is made. For example, an
+ artifact expiration might be specified as ``{"relative-datestamp": "1
+ year"}``.
+
+``{"task-reference": "string containing <dep-name>"}``
+ The task definition may contain "task references" of this form. These will
+ be replaced during the optimization step, with the appropriate taskId for
+ the named dependency substituted for ``<dep-name>`` in the string.
+ Additionally, `decision` and `self` can be used a dependency names to refer
+ to the decision task, and the task itself. Multiple labels may be
+ substituted in a single string, and ``<<>`` can be used to escape a literal
+ ``<``.
+
+``{"artifact-reference": "..<dep-name/artifact/name>.."}``
+ Similar to a ``task-reference``, but this substitutes a URL to the queue's
+ ``getLatestArtifact`` API method (for which a GET will redirect to the
+ artifact itself).
+
+.. _taskgraph-graph-config:
+
+Graph Configuration
+-------------------
+
+There are several configuration settings that are pertain to the entire
+taskgraph. These are specified in :file:`config.yml` at the root of the
+taskgraph configuration (typically :file:`taskcluster/ci/`). The available
+settings are documented inline in `taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/config.py
+<https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/config.py>`_.
+
+.. _taskgraph-trust-domain:
+
+Action Tasks
+------------
+
+Action Tasks are tasks which perform an action based on a manual trigger (e.g
+clicking a button in Treeherder). Actions are how it is possible to retrigger
+or "Add New Jobs".
+
+For more information, see Taskgraph's `actions documentation`_.
+
+.. _graph generation documentation: https://taskcluster-taskgraph.readthedocs.io/en/latest/concepts/task-graphs.html
+.. _this guide: https://taskcluster-taskgraph.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howto/run-locally.html
+.. _taskcluster/ci: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/taskcluster/ci
+.. _kind documentation: https://taskcluster-taskgraph.readthedocs.io/en/latest/concepts/kind.html
+.. _loader documentation: https://taskcluster-taskgraph.readthedocs.io/en/latest/concepts/loading.html
+.. _transforms documentation: https://taskcluster-taskgraph.readthedocs.io/en/latest/concepts/transforms.html
+.. _target_tasks:
+.. _optimization documentation: https://taskcluster-taskgraph.readthedocs.io/en/latest/concepts/optimization.html
+.. _actions documentation: https://taskcluster-taskgraph.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howto/create-actions.html
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/transforms/index.rst b/taskcluster/docs/transforms/index.rst
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+Transforms
+==========
+
+`Transforms`_ are Python functions that can modify (or sometimes add and
+remove) tasks from the graph. This section describes some of the transform
+functions that are available in ``mozilla-central``.
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ signing
+ test
+ job
+ task
+
+Other Transforms
+----------------
+
+There are tons of transforms that are not documented here. Consult the source
+files under `taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/transforms`_ which provide lots of
+additional detail, both in the code itself and in comments and docstrings.
+
+.. _taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/transforms: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/transforms
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/transforms/job.rst b/taskcluster/docs/transforms/job.rst
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+Job Transforms
+==============
+
+.. note::
+
+ These transforms are currently duplicated by standalone Taskgraph
+ and will likely be refactored / removed at a later date.
+
+A job description says what to run in the task. It is a combination of a
+``run`` section and all of the fields from a task description. The run section
+has a ``using`` property that defines how this task should be run; for example,
+``mozharness`` to run a mozharness script, or ``mach`` to run a mach command.
+The remainder of the run section is specific to the run-using implementation.
+
+The effect of a job description is to say "run this thing on this worker". The
+job description must contain enough information about the worker to identify
+the workerType and the implementation (docker-worker, generic-worker, etc.).
+Alternatively, job descriptions can specify the ``platforms`` field in
+conjunction with the ``by-platform`` key to specify multiple workerTypes and
+implementations. Any other task-description information is passed along
+verbatim, although it is augmented by the run-using implementation.
+
+The run-using implementations are all located in
+``taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/transforms/job``, along with the schemas for their
+implementations. Those well-commented source files are the canonical
+documentation for what constitutes a job description, and should be considered
+part of the documentation.
+
+following ``run-using`` are available
+
+ * ``hazard``
+ * ``mach``
+ * ``mozharness``
+ * ``mozharness-test``
+ * ``run-task``
+ * ``spidermonkey`` or ``spidermonkey-package``
+ * ``debian-package``
+ * ``ubuntu-package``
+ * ``toolchain-script``
+ * ``always-optimized``
+ * ``fetch-url``
+ * ``python-test``
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/transforms/signing.rst b/taskcluster/docs/transforms/signing.rst
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+Signing Transforms
+==================
+
+Signing kinds are passed a single dependent job (from its kind dependency) to act
+on.
+
+The transforms in ``taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/transforms/signing.py`` implement
+this common functionality. They expect a "signing description", and produce a
+task definition. The schema for a signing description is defined at the top of
+``signing.py``, with copious comments.
+
+In particular you define a set of upstream artifact urls (that point at the
+dependent task) and can optionally provide a dependent name (defaults to build)
+for use in ``task-reference``/``artifact-reference``. You also need to provide
+the signing formats to use.
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/transforms/task.rst b/taskcluster/docs/transforms/task.rst
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+Task Transforms
+===============
+
+.. note::
+
+ These transforms are currently duplicated by standalone Taskgraph
+ and will likely be refactored / removed at a later date.
+
+Every kind needs to create tasks, and all of those tasks have some things in
+common. They all run on one of a small set of worker implementations, each
+with their own idiosyncrasies. And they all report to TreeHerder in a similar
+way.
+
+The transforms in ``taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/transforms/task.py`` implement
+this common functionality. They expect a "task description", and produce a
+task definition. The schema for a task description is defined at the top of
+``task.py``, with copious comments. Go forth and read it now!
+
+In general, the task-description transforms handle functionality that is common
+to all Gecko tasks. While the schema is the definitive reference, the
+functionality includes:
+
+* TreeHerder metadata
+
+* Build index routes
+
+* Information about the projects on which this task should run
+
+* Optimizations
+
+* Defaults for ``expires-after`` and and ``deadline-after``, based on project
+
+* Worker configuration
+
+The parts of the task description that are specific to a worker implementation
+are isolated in a ``task_description['worker']`` object which has an
+``implementation`` property naming the worker implementation. Each worker
+implementation has its own section of the schema describing the fields it
+expects. Thus the transforms that produce a task description must be aware of
+the worker implementation to be used, but need not be aware of the details of
+its payload format.
+
+The ``task.py`` file also contains a dictionary mapping treeherder groups to
+group names using an internal list of group names. Feel free to add additional
+groups to this list as necessary.
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/transforms/test.rst b/taskcluster/docs/transforms/test.rst
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+Test Transforms
+===============
+
+Test descriptions specify how to run a unittest or talos run. They aim to
+describe this abstractly, although in many cases the unique nature of
+invocation on different platforms leaves a lot of specific behavior in the test
+description, divided by ``by-test-platform``.
+
+Test descriptions are validated to conform to the schema in
+``taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/transforms/test/__init__.py``. This schema is
+extensively documented and is a the primary reference for anyone modifying
+tests.
+
+The output of ``tests.py`` is a task description. Test dependencies are
+produced in the form of a dictionary mapping dependency name to task label.
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/try.rst b/taskcluster/docs/try.rst
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+Try
+===
+
+"Try" is a way to "try out" a proposed change safely before review, without
+officially landing it. This functionality has been around for a *long* time in
+various forms, and can sometimes show its age.
+
+Access to "push to try" is typically available to a much larger group of
+developers than those who can land changes in integration and release branches.
+Specifically, try pushes are allowed for anyone with `SCM Level`_ 1, while
+integration branches are at SCM level 3.
+
+Scheduling a Task on Try
+------------------------
+
+There are three methods for scheduling a task on try: legacy try option syntax,
+try task config, and an empty try.
+
+Try Option Syntax
+:::::::::::::::::
+
+The first, older method is a command line string called ``try syntax`` which is passed
+into the decision task via the commit message. The resulting commit is then
+pushed to the https://hg.mozilla.org/try repository. An example try syntax
+might look like:
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+ try: -b o -p linux64 -u mochitest-1 -t none
+
+This gets parsed by ``taskgraph.try_option_syntax:TryOptionSyntax`` and returns
+a list of matching task labels. For more information see the
+`TryServer wiki page <https://wiki.mozilla.org/Try>`_.
+
+Try Task Config
+:::::::::::::::
+
+The second, more modern method specifies exactly the tasks to run. That list
+of tasks is usually generated locally with some :doc:`local tool </tools/try/selectors/fuzzy>`
+and attached to the commit pushed to the try repository. This gives
+finer control over exactly what runs and enables growth of an
+ecosystem of tooling appropriate to varied circumstances.
+
+Implementation
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
+
+This method uses a checked-in file called ``try_task_config.json`` which lives
+at the root of the source dir. The JSON object in this file contains a
+``tasks`` key giving the labels of the tasks to run. For example, the
+``try_task_config.json`` file might look like:
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+ {
+ "version": 1,
+ "tasks": [
+ "test-windows10-64/opt-web-platform-tests-12",
+ "test-windows7-32/opt-reftest-1",
+ "test-windows7-32/opt-reftest-2",
+ "test-windows7-32/opt-reftest-3",
+ "build-linux64/debug",
+ "source-test-mozlint-eslint"
+ ]
+ }
+
+Very simply, this will run any task label that gets passed in as well as their
+dependencies. While it is possible to manually commit this file and push to
+try, it is mainly meant to be a generation target for various :ref:`try server <Pushing to Try>`
+choosers. For example:
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+ $ ./mach try fuzzy
+
+A list of all possible task labels can be obtained by running:
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+ $ ./mach taskgraph tasks
+
+A list of task labels relevant to a tree (defaults to mozilla-central) can be
+obtained with:
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+ $ ./mach taskgraph target
+
+Modifying Tasks in a Try Push
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
+
+It's possible to alter the definition of a task by defining additional
+configuration in ``try_task_config.json``. For example, to set an environment
+variable in all tasks, you can add:
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+ {
+ "version": 1,
+ "tasks": [...],
+ "env": {
+ "FOO": "bar"
+ }
+ }
+
+The allowed configs are defined in :py:obj:`taskgraph.decision.try_task_config_schema`.
+The values will be available to all transforms, so how each config applies will
+vary wildly from one context to the next. Some (such as ``env``) will affect
+all tasks in the graph. Others might only affect certain kinds of task. The
+``use-artifact-builds`` config only applies to build tasks for instance.
+
+Empty Try
+:::::::::
+
+If there is no try syntax or ``try_task_config.json``, the ``try_mode``
+parameter is None and no tasks are selected to run. The resulting push will
+only have a decision task, but one with an "add jobs" action that can be used
+to add the desired jobs to the try push.
+
+
+Complex Configuration
+:::::::::::::::::::::
+
+If you need more control over the build configuration,
+(:doc:`staging releases </tools/try/selectors/release>`, for example),
+you can directly specify :doc:`parameters <parameters>`
+to override from the ``try_task_config.json`` like this:
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+ {
+ "version": 2,
+ "parameters": {
+ "optimize_target_tasks": true,
+ "release_type": "beta",
+ "target_tasks_method": "staging_release_builds"
+ }
+ }
+
+This format can express a superset of the version 1 format, as the
+version one configuration is equivalent to the following version 2
+config.
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+ {
+ "version": 2,
+ "parameters": {
+ "try_task_config": {...},
+ "try_mode": "try_task_config",
+ }
+ }
+
+.. _SCM Level: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/governance/policies/commit/access-policy/
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/using-the-mozilla-source-server.rst b/taskcluster/docs/using-the-mozilla-source-server.rst
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+Using The Mozilla Source Server
+===============================
+
+Using the Mozilla source server is now even more feature-packed. The
+nightly debug builds are now also Source Indexed so that by following a
+couple of simple steps you can also have the source code served to you
+for debugging without a local build.
+
+What you'll need
+----------------
+
+- `WinDbg <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/>`__ or Visual Studio (not Code)
+- A nightly build; go to the
+ `/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/ <https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/>`__
+ folder and grab the installer
+
+Set up symbols
+--------------
+
+Follow the instructions for :ref:`Using the Mozilla symbol
+server <Using The Mozilla Symbol Server>`. Once
+the symbol path is set you must now enable Source Server.
+
+Using the source server in WinDbg
+---------------------------------
+
+In the WinDbg command line, type ``.srcfix`` and hit enter. This enables
+source server support.
+
+.. image:: img/windbg-srcfix.png
+
+
+Using the source server in Visual Studio
+----------------------------------------
+
+Enable source server support under Tools -> Options. Also, disable
+(uncheck) the box that says "Require source files to exactly match the
+original version".
+
+.. image:: img/enableSourceServer.png
diff --git a/taskcluster/docs/versioncontrol.rst b/taskcluster/docs/versioncontrol.rst
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+=====================
+Version Control in CI
+=====================
+
+Upgrading Mercurial
+===================
+
+Upgrading Mercurial in CI requires touching a handful of different
+components.
+
+Vendored robustcheckout
+-----------------------
+
+The ``robustcheckout`` Mercurial extension is used throughout CI to
+perform clones and working directory updates. The canonical home of
+the extension is in the
+https://hg.mozilla.org/hgcustom/version-control-tools repository
+at the path ``hgext/robustcheckout/__init__.py``.
+
+
+When upgrading Mercurial, the ``robustcheckout`` extension should also
+be updated to ensure it is compatible with the version of Mercurial
+being upgraded to. Typically, one simply copies the latest version
+from ``version-control-tools`` into the vendored locations.
+
+The locations are as follows:
+
+- In-tree: ``testing/mozharness/external_tools/robustcheckout.py``
+- Treescript: ``https://github.com/mozilla-releng/scriptworker-scripts/blob/master/treescript/treescript/py2/robustcheckout.py``
+- build-puppet: ``https://github.com/mozilla-releng/build-puppet/blob/master/modules/mercurial/files/robustcheckout.py``
+- ronin_puppet: ``https://github.com/mozilla-platform-ops/ronin_puppet/blob/master/modules/mercurial/files/robustcheckout.py``
+- OpenCloudConfig: ``https://github.com/mozilla-releng/OpenCloudConfig/blob/master/userdata/Configuration/FirefoxBuildResources/robustcheckout.py``
+
+
+Debian Packages for Debian and Ubuntu Based Docker Images
+---------------------------------------------------------
+
+``taskcluster/ci/packages/debian.yml`` and ``taskcluster/ci/packages/ubuntu.yml``
+define custom Debian packages for Mercurial. These are installed in various
+Docker images.
+
+To upgrade Mercurial, typically you just need to update the source URL
+and its hash in this file.
+
+
+Windows AMIs
+------------
+
+https://github.com/mozilla-releng/OpenCloudConfig defines the Windows
+environment for various Windows AMIs used by Taskcluster. Several of
+the files reference a ``mercurial-x.y.z-*.msi`` installer. These references
+will need to be updated to the Mercurial version being upgraded to.
+
+The ``robustcheckout`` extension is also vendored into this repository
+at ``userdata/Configuration/FirefoxBuildResources/robustcheckout.py``. It
+should also be updated if needed.
+
+Puppet Maintained Hosts
+-----------------------
+
+Some hosts (namely macOS machines) are managed by Puppet and Puppet is used
+to install Mercurial.
+
+Puppet code lives in the https://github.com/mozilla-releng/build-puppet repository.
+Relevant files are in ``modules/mercurial/``,
+``modules/packages/manifests/mozilla/mozilla-python27-mercurial-debian/``,
+and ``modules/packages/manifests/mozilla/py27_mercurial*``. A copy of
+``robustcheckout`` is also vendored at
+``modules/mercurial/files/robustcheckout.py``.
+
+.. note::
+
+ The steps to upgrade Mercurial in Puppet aren't currently captured here.
+ Someone should capture those...