changelog: v102

• date: 12-June-2022

FF102 release notes FF102 for developers FF102 security advisories

CHANGELOG

• all 102 changes
  • all 102-1 changes
• ToDo: diffs FF101-FF102 issue
• v102 PR is at #1477
  • v102.1 PR is at #1507

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• changed values in user.js v102 - see below
• ⭐ both reverted back to false in v102-1

user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.offlineApps", true);
user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies", true);

• moved to 9999: DEPRECATED / REMOVED in user.js v102 - lifetimePolicy pref see below
• ⭐ network.cookie.lifetimePolicy moved out of deprecated in v102-1 (active at 2)

user_pref("dom.storage.next_gen", true);
user_pref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", 2);
user_pref("security.ask_for_password", 2);
user_pref("security.password_lifetime", 5);

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network.cookie.lifetimePolicy

⭐ migration code was backed out in FF102.1 FF102.0.1, so AF v102-1 has done the same, as it is causing too many issues, and we also need a stable 102 version for ESR users

Links

• some bugzillas: 1681493, 1681495, 1681498, 1759665, 1771024, 1777419
• #1441

This pref is not technically deprecated until FF104, 1759665

Instead it is used to migrate users off of it: i.e they would reset it to 0 and enable custom history and enable sanitizing onShutdown for cookies, offlineApps (site data), and cache. This was not meant to happen until FF103, and they will most likely back out the “migration” code - see bugzilla 1777419, maybe in a FF102 point release if possible, but mainly for ESR102

Effectively this means, that until FF103, the UI for Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data> Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed is a bit munged, see #1489

However, none of that changes how we sanitize. We no longer use session-only cookies. You do not need it even with the code roll back. We use sanitize onShutdown, as exceptions are respected (and have been for a couple of releases).

Now we are moving to this, please note there is an issue fixed in FF103, where unexpected app exits/crashed/power-loss which then cause a sanitize onStartup, that routine will also respect exceptions

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STATS

 STATS v102: up to and including section 4500, minus the parrots
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    total: 207
 inactive:  43
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   active: 164
  default:  20 (at least)
      n/a:   2 (of the three prefs in 0204, only one will apply)
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  flipped: 142 (at most)

 ESR DIFFS
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v91
- 88.8 KB
- 1461 lines
- 1406 sloc
- end of section 4500: line 1080
- flipped: 167

v102
- 83.4 KB
- 1354 lines
- 1304 sloc
- end of section 4500: line 938
- flipped: 142

savings
-  6.1% - size: 5.4 KB
-  7.3% - lines: 107
-  7.3% - sloc: 102
- 13.1% - end of section 4500: 142 lines
- 15.0% - flipped: 25

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