tor-browser

commit 7f2d031bec20151dacc8eb7e76c6e4f6dafc7607
parent 0f22350725a3fbe0ea2df076d9281e677b9158bb
Author: Luca Greco <lgreco@mozilla.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:36:07 +0000

Bug 2000866 - Add a note to the active_addons and theme metrics to mention `addons` ping as the preferred source of data. r=willdurand

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D273509

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toolkit/mozapps/extensions/metrics.yaml
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diff --git a/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/metrics.yaml b/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/metrics.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ addons:
       addons.activeAddons. Like its counterpart, it will only have data in
       Firefox Desktop and at times and on platforms where the environment would
       have values.
+
+      NOTE: this metric is available in both `metrics` and `addons` pings. However
+      the `addons` ping is the preferred source of data for add-ons related analyses,
+      whereas the `metrics` ping is better suited for analyses that correlates other
+      metrics with the add-ons listed in the `active_addons` metric.
     bugs:
       - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1950416
       - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1991924
@@ -108,6 +113,11 @@ addons:
       addons.theme. Like its counterpart, it will only have data in Firefox
       Desktop and at times and on platforms where the environment would have
       values.
+
+      NOTE: this metric is available in both `metrics` and `addons` pings. However
+      the `addons` ping is the preferred source of data for add-ons related analyses,
+      whereas the `metrics` ping is better suited for analyses that correlates other
+      metrics with the add-ons listed in the `theme` metric.
     bugs:
       - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1950416
       - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1991924