# Review of Firefox desktop automation work - Q1 2016

DevFeed: [Review of Firefox desktop automation work - Q1 2016](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/review-of-firefox-desktop-automation-work-q1-2016-20312.md>)

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Author: Admin

Published: 2016-03-31T14:10:13Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Mozilla Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mozilla-automation.md>)

Topics: [Firefox](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firefox.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [Puppeteer](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/puppeteer.md>), [Mozilla](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mozilla.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [build-system](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build-system.md>), [ci](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci.md>), [debug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debug.md>), [files](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/files.md>), [firefox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firefox.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [marionette](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/marionette.md>), [mozilla](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mozilla.md>), [mozqa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mozqa.md>), [qa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/qa.md>), [reports](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reports.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [tests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tests.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>)

## AI overview

A Q1 2016 review of Firefox desktop automation work describes Mozharness and Build System changes, a Firefox UI test task in Taskcluster, and the move of Firefox UI tests and their harness to mozilla-central.

## Source excerpt

Today is the last day of Q1 2016 which means time to review what I have done during all those last weeks. When I checked my status reports it's kinda lot, so I will shorten it a bit and only talk about the really important changes. Build System / Mozharness After I had to dig into mozharness to get support for Firefox UI Tests during last quarter I have seen that more work had to be done to fully support tests which utilize Nightly or Release builds of Firefox. TheContinue readingReview of Firefox desktop automation work - Q1 2016