# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. # This lists the known child processes we collect Telemetry for. # The entries are keyed with the names used in Telemetry internally, the same name that is used # in the main pings payload, i.e. "payload/processes/". See: # https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/components/telemetry/telemetry/data/main-ping.html#processes # # For now this is only used to inform the data pipeline about new processes, but will be used to # generate headers with C++ data later (enums, strings, ...). parent: gecko_enum: GeckoProcessType_Default description: This is the main process. It is also known as the parent or chrome process. content: gecko_enum: GeckoProcessType_Content description: This is for processes web content is rendered in. extension: gecko_enum: GeckoProcessType_Content description: > This is the WebExtension process. It is a re-used content process, with the data submitted separately to avoid skewing other content process Telemetry. gpu: gecko_enum: GeckoProcessType_GPU description: This is the compositor or GPU process. dynamic: gecko_enum: GeckoProcessType_Default description: > This is not a real process, it is used to logically group add-on probes. It contains data of any probes registered at runtime by add-ons. rdd: gecko_enum: GeckoProcessType_RDD description: > Remote Media Decoder process in charge of running some video or audio decoders. socket: gecko_enum: GeckoProcessType_Socket description: This is the process that handles networking requests. utility: gecko_enum: GeckoProcessType_Utility description: This is a process that will hold arbitrary IPC actors requiring specific sandboxing.