ToDo: diffs FF116-FF117

[earthlng]

FF117 is scheduled for release Aug. 29th

FF117 release notes
FF117 for developers
FF117 security advisories

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106 diffs ( 36 new, 50 gone, 20 different )

new in v117.0:

• FYI: see urlbar stuff + shopping #1715
  • pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.mdn", true); 1844495

removed, renamed or hidden in v117.0:

• 1221 pref("security.family_safety.mode", 2); 1844908
• 7018 pref("dom.webnotifications.serviceworker.enabled", true); 1842457

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==NEW

pref("app.update.background.allowUpdatesForUnelevatedInstallations", false);
pref("browser.firefox-view.max-history-rows", 500);
pref("browser.sessionstore.closedTabsFromAllWindows", false);
pref("browser.sessionstore.persist_closed_tabs_between_sessions", false);
pref("browser.shopping.experience2023.optedIn", 0);
pref("dom.event.contextmenu.shift_suppresses_event", true);
pref("dom.streams.from.enabled", true);
pref("dom.window.sizeToContent.enabled", true);
pref("gfx.webrender.dcomp-video-force-triple-buffering", false);
pref("javascript.options.wasm_final_types", false);
pref("javascript.options.wasm_function_references", false);
pref("javascript.options.wasm_gc", false);
pref("layout.css.basic-shape-rect.enabled", false);
pref("layout.css.basic-shape-xywh.enabled", false);
pref("layout.css.light-dark.enabled", false);
pref("layout.css.webkit-range-pseudos.enabled", false);
pref("layout.scrollbars.click_and_hold_track.continue_to_end", false);
pref("mathml.legacy_mathvariant_attribute.disabled", false);
pref("media.peerconnection.scripttransform.enabled", true);
pref("media.resume-background-video-on-tabhover", true);
pref("media.suspend-background-video.delay-ms", 10000);
pref("media.suspend-background-video.enabled", true);
pref("network.preconnect", true);
pref("pdfjs.enableStampEditor", false);
pref("privacy.bounceTrackingProtection.clientBounceDetectionTimerPeriodMS", 10000);
pref("privacy.bounceTrackingProtection.enabled", false);
pref("privacy.bounceTrackingProtection.enableTestMode", false);
pref("privacy.bounceTrackingProtection.requireStatefulBounces", false);
pref("security.csp.reporting.limit.count", 100);
pref("security.csp.reporting.limit.timespan", 2);
pref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.startup.upgradeDialog.enabled", true);
pref("toolkit.shopping.ohttpConfigURL", "");
pref("toolkit.shopping.ohttpRelayURL", "");
pref("toolkit.shopping.useOHTTP", false);
pref("widget.windows.fullscreen_remind_taskbar", true);

==REMOVED, RENAMED or HIDDEN

pref("browser.contentblocking.report.vpn_platforms", "win,mac,linux");
pref("canvas.image.cache.limit", 0);
pref("devtools.markup.mutationBreakpoints.enabled", true);
pref("dom.allow_XUL_XBL_for_file", false);
pref("dom.audioworklet.enabled", true);
pref("dom.block_download_in_sandboxed_iframes", true);
pref("dom.caches.enabled", true);
pref("dom.crypto.randomUUID.enabled", true);
pref("dom.dialog_element.enabled", true);
pref("dom.event.default_to_passive_touch_listeners", true);
pref("dom.input.showPicker", true);
pref("dom.input_events.beforeinput.enabled", true);
pref("dom.media.mozPreservesPitch.enabled", false);
pref("dom.moduleScripts.enabled", true);
pref("dom.requestIdleCallback.enabled", true);
pref("dom.shadowdom.delegatesFocus.enabled", true);
pref("dom.webnotifications.allowinsecure", false);
pref("dom.window.content.untrusted.enabled", false);
pref("dom.window.history.async", true);
pref("dom.window.open.noreferrer.enabled", true);
pref("dom.worklet.enabled", true);
pref("dom.xhr.standard_content_type_normalization", true);
pref("extensions.formautofill.creditCards.available", true);
pref("gfx.webrender.enabled", false);
pref("image.mem.shared", true);
pref("intl.uidirection", -1);
pref("layout.css.accent-color.enabled", true);
pref("layout.css.color-scheme.enabled", true);
pref("layout.css.computed-style.new-invalid-pseudo-element-behavior", true);
pref("layout.css.constructable-stylesheets.enabled", true);
pref("layout.css.step-position-jump.enabled", true);
pref("mathml.ms_lquote_rquote_attributes.disabled", true);
pref("mathml.scriptminsize_attribute.disabled", true);
pref("mathml.scriptsizemultiplier_attribute.disabled", true);
pref("media.peerconnection.dtmf.enabled", true);
pref("media.peerconnection.identity.enabled", true);
pref("media.resume-bkgnd-video-on-tabhover", true);
pref("media.suspend-bkgnd-video.delay-ms", 10000);
pref("media.suspend-bkgnd-video.enabled", true);
pref("media.webvtt.regions.enabled", true);
pref("media.wmf.low-latency.force-disabled", false);
pref("network.http.clear_bogus_content_encoding", false);
pref("pdfjs.enableFloatingToolbar", false);
pref("pdfjs.useOnlyCssZoom", false);
pref("reader.pocket.ctaVersion", "");
pref("security.alternate_certificate_error_page", "certerror");
pref("widget.windows.alternate_fullscreen_heuristics", true);
pref("widget.windows.fullscreen_marking_workaround", 0);

==CHANGED

pref("app.releaseNotesURL", "https://www.mozilla.org/%LOCALE%/firefox/%VERSION%/releasenotes/?utm_source=firefox-browser&utm_medium=firefox-desktop&utm_campaign=whatsnew"); // prev: "https://www.mozilla.org/%LOCALE%/firefox/%VERSION%/releasenotes/?utm_source=firefox-browser&utm_medium=firefox-browser&utm_campaign=whatsnew"
pref("app.releaseNotesURL.prompt", "https://www.mozilla.org/%LOCALE%/firefox/%VERSION%/releasenotes/?utm_source=firefox-browser&utm_medium=firefox-desktop&utm_campaign=updateprompt"); // prev: "https://www.mozilla.org/%LOCALE%/firefox/%VERSION%/releasenotes/?utm_source=firefox-browser&utm_medium=firefox-browser&utm_campaign=updateprompt"
pref("apz.scrollthumb.recalc", true); // prev: false
pref("browser.migrate.content-modal.about-welcome-behavior", "embedded"); // prev: "legacy"
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.discoverystream.region-bff-config", "US,DE,CA,GB,IE,CH,AT,BE,IN,FR,IT,ES"); // prev: "FR,IT,ES"
pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.discoverystream.spoc-topsites-positions", "2"); // prev: "1"
pref("browser.translations.automaticallyPopup", false); // prev: true
pref("devtools.inspector.ruleview.inline-compatibility-warning.enabled", true); // prev: false
pref("dom.webnotifications.requireinteraction.enabled", true); // prev: false
pref("extensions.formautofill.creditCards.supportedCountries", "US,CA,GB,FR,DE,IT,ES,AT,BE,PL"); // prev: "US,CA,GB,FR,DE"
pref("layout.css.font-variations.enabled", true); // prev: false
pref("layout.css.math-depth.enabled", true); // prev: false
pref("layout.css.math-style.enabled", true); // prev: false
pref("layout.css.nesting.enabled", true); // prev: false
pref("media.wmf.low-latency.enabled", true); // prev: false
pref("network.http.http3.retry_different_ip_family", false); // prev: true
pref("security.crash_tracking.js_load_1.maxCrashes", 1); // prev: 0
pref("security.sandbox.gmp.shadow-stack.enabled", true); // prev: false
pref("security.sandbox.gpu.shadow-stack.enabled", true); // prev: false
pref("signon.firefoxRelay.manage_url", "https://relay.firefox.com/accounts/profile/?utm_medium=firefox-desktop&utm_source=modal&utm_campaign=limit&utm_content=manage-masks-global"); // prev: "https://relay.firefox.com"

[earthlng]

some bugzilla tickets

• app.update.background.allowUpdatesForUnelevatedInstallations
  Bug 1832834 - Add Nimbus feature to allow background updates for unelevated installations.

• apz.scrollthumb.recalc
  Bug 1843939 - Set apz.scrollthumb.recalc to true by default.

• browser.contentblocking.report.vpn_platforms
  Bug 1838558 - Remove unused browser.contentblocking.report.vpn_platforms pref

• browser.firefox-view.max-history-rows
  Bug 1842056 - Add a pref to limit the number of rows shown in History

• browser.migrate.content-modal.about-welcome-behavior
  Bug 1839431 - [about:welcome] Make Embedded Migration wizard default in Fx117
  Bug 1838507 - Default the about:welcome migration behaviour to the legacy XUL dialog.
  Bug 1825854 - Add a preference to control the behavior of the migration wizard when opened from about:welcome.

• browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.discoverystream.region-bff-config
  Bug 1848845 - Pocket newtab migrate existing markets to new API.
  Bug 1812689 - Pocket newtab new regions implementation

• browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.discoverystream.spoc-topsites-positions
  Bug 1847787 - Pocket newtab sponsored topsites enabled by default
  Bug 1805589 - Pocket newtab add Discovery Stream topsites to topsites list earlier.

• browser.sessionstore.closedTabsFromAllWindows
  Bug 1819675 - Introduce a feature pref to toggle the recently-closed tabs from all windows behavior.r=sclements,dao,extension-reviewers,fxview-reviewers,robwu,sessionstore-reviewers

• browser.sessionstore.persist_closed_tabs_between_sessions
  Bug 1820660 - Persist recently closed tabs between sessions

• browser.shopping.experience2023.optedIn
  Bug 1842913 - Update parent window code to check optedIn pref
  Bug 1836740 - set up opt-in pref for 2023 shopping experiment.

• browser.translations.automaticallyPopup
  Bug 1849756 - Disable translations on Fx117 for the Nimbus holdout.
  Bug 1838665 - Automatically pop up the panel when a translation is available;

• browser.urlbar.suggest.mdn
  Bug 1844495: Implement base of MDN Suggestions

• canvas.image.cache.limit
  Bug 1841599 - Remove unused canvas.image.cache.limit pref

• devtools.inspector.ruleview.inline-compatibility-warning.enabled
  Bug 1840775 - [devtools] Enable compatibility tooltip everywhere.
  Bug 1659498 - [devtools] Enable CSS Compatibility tooltip in Nightly.

• devtools.markup.mutationBreakpoints.enabled
  Bug 1574540 - Remove devtools.markup.mutationBreakpoints.enabled pref

• dom.allow_XUL_XBL_for_file
  Bug 1843742 - Remove dom.allow_XUL_XBL_for_file pref

• dom.audioworklet.enabled
  Bug 1630497 - Remove dom.audioworklet.enabled and dom.worklet.enabled prefs

• dom.block_download_in_sandboxed_iframes
  Bug 1842971 removed dom.block_download_in_sandboxed_iframes

• dom.caches.enabled
  Bug 1177968 - Remove dom.caches.enabled pref

• dom.crypto.randomUUID.enabled
  Bug 1842973 - Remove dom.crypto.randomUUID.enabled pref

• dom.dialog_element.enabled
  Bug 1842974 - Remove dom.dialog_element.enabled pref

• dom.event.contextmenu.shift_suppresses_event
  Bug 1759303 - Allow disabling Shift+Right Click force-opening the context menu

• dom.event.default_to_passive_touch_listeners
  Bug 1842978 - Remove dom.event.default_to_passive_touch_listeners pref

• dom.input.showPicker
  Bug 1844492 remove dom.input.showPicker pref

• dom.input_events.beforeinput.enabled
  Bug 1842546 - Removed dom.input_events.beforeinput.enabled pref.

• dom.media.mozPreservesPitch.enabled
  Bug 1765201 - Remove mozPreservesPitch.
  Bug 1838487 - Enable webcodecs in Nightly

• dom.moduleScripts.enabled
  Bug 1844493 - Remove dom.moduleScripts.enabled pref

• dom.requestIdleCallback.enabled
  Bug 1842451 - Remove dom.requestIdleCallback.enabled pref

• dom.shadowdom.delegatesFocus.enabled
  Bug 1842452 - Remove dom.shadowdom.delegatesFocus.enabled pref

• dom.streams.from.enabled
  Bug 1772772 - Implement ReadableStream.from.

• dom.webnotifications.allowinsecure
  Bug 1587045 - Remove dom.webnotifications.allowinsecure pref

• dom.webnotifications.requireinteraction.enabled
  Bug 1794475 - Part 2: Enable requireInteraction by default on Windows

• dom.webnotifications.serviceworker.enabled
  Bug 1842457 - Remove dom.webnotifications.serviceworker.enabled pref

• dom.window.content.untrusted.enabled
  Bug 1400140 - Make window.content chrome-only, remove dom.window.content.untrusted.enabled

• dom.window.history.async
  Bug 1842460 - Remove dom.window.history.async pref

• dom.window.open.noreferrer.enabled
  Bug 1630527 - Remove unused dom.window.open.noreferrer.enabled pref

• dom.window.sizeToContent.enabled
  Bug 1832733 - Unexpose sizeToContent() in Nightly.

• dom.worklet.enabled
  Bug 1630497 - Remove dom.audioworklet.enabled and dom.worklet.enabled prefs

• dom.xhr.standard_content_type_normalization
  Bug 1842468 - Remove dom.xhr.standard_content_type_normalization pref

• extensions.formautofill.creditCards.available
  Bug 1838872 - removing extensions.formautofill.creditCards.available pref

• extensions.formautofill.creditCards.supportedCountries
  Bug 1841998 - Enable Credit Card Autofill for ES,IT,AT,BE and PL locales in release.
  Bug 1841996 - Enable Credit Card Autofill in AT, BE, and PL in nightly
  Bug 1841995 - Enable Credit Card Autofill in ES and IT in Nightly.

• gfx.webrender.dcomp-video-force-triple-buffering
  Bug 1844253 - Add a way to use triple buffering in overlay's video swap chain for testing

• gfx.webrender.enabled
  Bug 1842345 - Remove gfx.webrender.enabled pref

• image.mem.shared
  Bug 1842470 - Remove unused image.mem.shared pref

• intl.uidirection
  Bug 1841117 - Remove unused intl.uidirection pref

• javascript.options.wasm_final_types
  Bug 1843668 - Add an option and pref to enable wasm-gc final types.

• layout.css.accent-color.enabled
  Bug 1842474 - Remove layout.css.accent-color.enabled pref

• layout.css.basic-shape-rect.enabled
  Bug 1786161 - Support rect() function.

• layout.css.basic-shape-xywh.enabled
  Bug 1786160 - Support xywh() in style.

• layout.css.color-scheme.enabled
  Bug 1842475 - Remove layout.css.color-scheme.enabled pref

• layout.css.computed-style.new-invalid-pseudo-element-behavior
  Bug 1842476 - Remove layout.css.computed-style.new-invalid-pseudo-element-behavior pref

• layout.css.constructable-stylesheets.enabled
  Bug 1844391 - Remove layout.css.constructable-stylesheets.enabled pref

• layout.css.light-dark.enabled
  Bug 1845679 - Add an internal light-dark() function to allow defining colors reacting to color-scheme.

• layout.css.math-depth.enabled
  Bug 1845516 - Enable math-style and math-depth by default.
  Bug 1667090 - Implement CSS font-size: math and math-depth properties.

• layout.css.math-style.enabled
  Bug 1845516 - Enable math-style and math-depth by default.
  Bug 1667090 - Implement CSS font-size: math and math-depth properties.

• layout.css.nesting.enabled
  Bug 1840781 - [css-nesting] Enable by default.

• layout.css.step-position-jump.enabled
  Bug 1842481 - Remove layout.css.step-position-jump.enabled pref

• layout.css.webkit-range-pseudos.enabled
  Bug 1843040 - Disable layout.css.webkit-range-pseudos.enabled.
  Bug 1735575 - Add aliases for webkit-slider pseudos.

• layout.scrollbars.click_and_hold_track.continue_to_end
  Bug 1842276 - Allow dynamically choosing whether scrollbar track click-and-hold has the 'Linux behavior' or the 'Windows/Mac behavior'.

• mathml.legacy_mathvariant_attribute.disabled
  Bug 1821980: Align mathvariant implementation on MathML Core.

• mathml.ms_lquote_rquote_attributes.disabled
  Bug 1845641 - Remove runtime preference for lquote/rquote.

• mathml.scriptminsize_attribute.disabled
  Bug 1788637 - Remove MathML preferences scriptminsize_attribute and scriptsizemultiplier_attribute.

• mathml.scriptsizemultiplier_attribute.disabled
  Bug 1788637 - Remove MathML preferences scriptminsize_attribute and scriptsizemultiplier_attribute.

• media.peerconnection.dtmf.enabled
  Bug 1842327 - Remove media.peerconnection.dtmf.enabled pref

• media.peerconnection.identity.enabled
  Bug 1842328 - Remove media.peerconnection.identity.enabled pref

• media.peerconnection.scripttransform.enabled
  Bug 1631263: Implement RTCRtpScriptTransform.

• media.resume-background-video-on-tabhover
  Bug 1840980 - Rename media.resume-bkgnd-video-on-tabhover, media.suspend-bkgnd-video.delay-ms, and media.suspend-bkgnd-video.enabled prefs

• media.resume-bkgnd-video-on-tabhover
  Bug 1840980 - Rename media.resume-bkgnd-video-on-tabhover, media.suspend-bkgnd-video.delay-ms, and media.suspend-bkgnd-video.enabled prefs

• media.suspend-background-video.delay-ms
  Bug 1840980 - Rename media.resume-bkgnd-video-on-tabhover, media.suspend-bkgnd-video.delay-ms, and media.suspend-bkgnd-video.enabled prefs

• media.suspend-background-video.enabled
  Bug 1840980 - Rename media.resume-bkgnd-video-on-tabhover, media.suspend-bkgnd-video.delay-ms, and media.suspend-bkgnd-video.enabled prefs

• media.suspend-bkgnd-video.delay-ms
  Bug 1840980 - Rename media.resume-bkgnd-video-on-tabhover, media.suspend-bkgnd-video.delay-ms, and media.suspend-bkgnd-video.enabled prefs

• media.suspend-bkgnd-video.enabled
  Bug 1840980 - Rename media.resume-bkgnd-video-on-tabhover, media.suspend-bkgnd-video.delay-ms, and media.suspend-bkgnd-video.enabled prefs

• media.webvtt.regions.enabled
  Bug 1842509 - Remove media.webvtt.regions.enabled pref

• media.wmf.low-latency.enabled
  Bug 1845143 - part1 : enable media.wmf.low-latency.enabled.

• media.wmf.low-latency.force-disabled
  Bug 1845143 - part2 : remove the pref 'media.wmf.low-latency.force-disabled'.

• network.http.clear_bogus_content_encoding
  Bug 1842173 - Remove network.http.clear_bogus_content_encoding pref

• network.http.http3.retry_different_ip_family
  Bug 1847066: flip back the network.http.http3.retry_different_ip_family pref
  Bug 1816677 - Allow to retry diffrent IP family for Http/3,

• network.preconnect
  Bug 1844185 - Add a pref to optionally disable preconnect

• pdfjs.enableStampEditor
  Bug 1843052 - Enable adding images in a pdf in nightly and early beta

• privacy.bounceTrackingProtection.clientBounceDetectionTimerPeriodMS
  Bug 1839916 - Add a bounce tracking component under antitracking.

• privacy.bounceTrackingProtection.enabled
  Bug 1839916 - Add a bounce tracking component under antitracking.

• privacy.bounceTrackingProtection.enableTestMode
  Bug 1839916 - Add a bounce tracking component under antitracking.

• privacy.bounceTrackingProtection.requireStatefulBounces
  Bug 1839916 - Add a bounce tracking component under antitracking.

• reader.pocket.ctaVersion
  Bug 1842877 - Remove old experiment code from Reader Mode

• security.alternate_certificate_error_page
  Bug 1773094 - Remove security.alternate_certificate_error_page pref

• security.crash_tracking.js_load_1.maxCrashes
  Bug 1840892: Re-enable a single crash for filename validation on Nightly

• security.csp.reporting.limit.count
  Bug 1839165 - Throttle the number of CSP reports that are send.

• security.csp.reporting.limit.timespan
  Bug 1839165 - Throttle the number of CSP reports that are send.

• security.family_safety.mode
  Bug 1844908 - Remove pre-Win10-specific codepath from security/manager/.

• security.sandbox.gmp.shadow-stack.enabled
  Bug 1834741: Let CET compatible modules only for the GMP process ride the trains.

• security.sandbox.gpu.shadow-stack.enabled
  Bug 1834741: Let CET compatible modules only for the GMP process ride the trains.
  Bug 1834740: Let CET compatible modules only for the GPU process ride the trains.

• services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.startup.upgradeDialog.enabled
  Bug 1842243 - added sync for post-upgrade notification preference

• signon.firefoxRelay.manage_url
  Bug 1842232 - Adding UTM params to Manage Masks button
  Bug 1828524 - [Relay] Manage masks button leads to SUMO instead of relay.firefox.com

• toolkit.shopping.ohttpConfigURL
  Bug 1843067 - provide an option for using OHTTP in shopping sidebar,

• toolkit.shopping.ohttpRelayURL
  Bug 1843067 - provide an option for using OHTTP in shopping sidebar,

• toolkit.shopping.useOHTTP
  Bug 1843067 - provide an option for using OHTTP in shopping sidebar,

• widget.windows.alternate_fullscreen_heuristics
  Bug 1835851 - [2/3] cleanup: remove old fullscreen logic

• widget.windows.fullscreen_marking_workaround
  Bug 1844908 - Remove pre-Win10-specific codepath from widget/.

• widget.windows.fullscreen_remind_taskbar
  Bug 1835851 - [1/3] signal taskbar after message has been processed

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

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