Firefox will keep security-fix tests private for a week after release
Original title: Firefox security patch tests are now private for at least a week
Sec-high and sec-moderate fixes must ship without tests until the Tuesday after a Tuesday release.
Mozilla's security team told Firefox developers to separate tests from fixes for sec-high and sec-moderate bugs and hold those tests until after the release ships. If a fix ships in a Tuesday release, tests should land no sooner than the next Tuesday. A whiteboard reminder tag can prompt a bot to follow up. The sec-approval process is unchanged for now.
- The change follows recent analyses and improving AI capabilities.
- Developers can use a whiteboard tag such as [reminder-test 2026-10-20].
- The security team says landing fixes remains disruptive and is being revised.
From the original article
1 min read at groups.google.comAs AI keeps improving, our security policies are changing in response. Based on recent analyses, we're going to ask that you return to separating tests into a separate patch from the fix for a security issue. This applies to both sec-high and sec-moderate bugs.
By groups.google.com via strugee · groups.google.com
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