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author | Matt A. Tobin <mattatobin@localhost.localdomain> | 2018-02-02 04:16:08 -0500 |
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committer | Matt A. Tobin <mattatobin@localhost.localdomain> | 2018-02-02 04:16:08 -0500 |
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diff --git a/toolkit/components/telemetry/docs/internals/preferences.rst b/toolkit/components/telemetry/docs/internals/preferences.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c8af2f2d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/toolkit/components/telemetry/docs/internals/preferences.rst @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ +Preferences +=========== + +Telemetry behaviour is controlled through the preferences listed here. + +Default behaviors +----------------- + +Sending only happens on official builds (i.e. with ``MOZILLA_OFFICIAL`` set) with ``MOZ_TELEMETRY_REPORTING`` defined. +All other builds drop all outgoing pings, so they will also not retry sending them later. + +Preferences +----------- + +``toolkit.telemetry.unified`` + + This controls whether unified behavior is enabled. If true: + + * Telemetry is always enabled and recording *base* data. + * Telemetry will send additional ``main`` pings. + +``toolkit.telemetry.enabled`` + + If ``unified`` is off, this controls whether the Telemetry module is enabled. + If ``unified`` is on, this controls whether to record *extended* data. + This preference is controlled through the `Preferences` dialog. + + Note that the default value here of this pref depends on the define ``RELEASE_OR_BETA`` and the channel. + If ``RELEASE_OR_BETA`` is set, ``MOZ_TELEMETRY_ON_BY_DEFAULT`` gets set, which means this pref will default to ``true``. + This is overridden by the preferences code on the "beta" channel, the pref also defaults to ``true`` there. + +``datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled`` + + Send the data we record if user has consented to FHR. This preference is controlled through the `Preferences` dialog. + +``toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled`` + + Allow pings to be archived locally. This can only be enabled if ``unified`` is on. + +``toolkit.telemetry.server`` + + The server Telemetry pings are sent to. + +``toolkit.telemetry.log.level`` + + This sets the Telemetry logging verbosity per ``Log.jsm``, with ``Trace`` or ``0`` being the most verbose and the default being ``Warn``. + By default logging goes only the console service. + +``toolkit.telemetry.log.dump`` + + Sets whether to dump Telemetry log messages to ``stdout`` too. + +Data-choices notification +------------------------- + +``toolkit.telemetry.reportingpolicy.firstRun`` + + This preference is not present until the first run. After, its value is set to false. This is used to show the infobar with a more aggressive timeout if it wasn't shown yet. + +``datareporting.policy.firstRunURL`` + + If set, a browser tab will be opened on first run instead of the infobar. + +``datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled`` + + This is the data submission master kill switch. If disabled, no policy is shown or upload takes place, ever. + +``datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionPolicyNotifiedTime`` + + Records the date user was shown the policy. This preference is also used on Android. + +``datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionPolicyAcceptedVersion`` + + Records the version of the policy notified to the user. This preference is also used on Android. + +``datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionPolicyBypassNotification`` + + Used in tests, it allows to skip the notification check. + +``datareporting.policy.currentPolicyVersion`` + + Stores the current policy version, overrides the default value defined in TelemetryReportingPolicy.jsm. + +``datareporting.policy.minimumPolicyVersion`` + + The minimum policy version that is accepted for the current policy. This can be set per channel. + +``datareporting.policy.minimumPolicyVersion.channel-NAME`` + + This is the only channel-specific version that we currently use for the minimum policy version. + +Testing +------- + +The following prefs are for testing purpose only. + +``toolkit.telemetry.initDelay`` + + Delay before initializing telemetry (seconds). + +``toolkit.telemetry.minSubsessionLength`` + + Minimum length of a telemetry subsession (seconds). + +``toolkit.telemetry.collectInterval`` + + Minimum interval between data collection (seconds). + +``toolkit.telemetry.scheduler.tickInterval`` + + Interval between scheduler ticks (seconds). + +``toolkit.telemetry.scheduler.idleTickInterval`` + + Interval between scheduler ticks when the user is idle (seconds). + +``toolkit.telemetry.idleTimeout`` + + Timeout until we decide whether a user is idle or not (seconds). |