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Data we are collecting
Event pings
Startup/Shutdown pings
These are fired when the study addon is started up or shut down.
The context will have a integer representing the reason why the event was triggered as per below::
REASONS = {
APP_STARTUP: 1, // The application is starting up.
APP_SHUTDOWN: 2, // The application is shutting down.
ADDON_ENABLE: 3, // The add-on is being enabled.
ADDON_DISABLE: 4, // The add-on is being disabled. (Also sent during uninstallation)
ADDON_INSTALL: 5, // The add-on is being installed.
ADDON_UNINSTALL: 6, // The add-on is being uninstalled.
ADDON_UPGRADE: 7, // The add-on is being upgraded.
ADDON_DOWNGRADE: 8, // The add-on is being downgraded.
};
Interval fired
This ping is submitted every time the interval is fired. Intervals are the type of timer that was used in the original study. We expect this to fire approximately every 15 minutes.
Timer fired
This ping is submitted every time an update timer is fired. Update timers are an alternative (and potentially more reliable) type of timer that we are testing. We expect these to fire every 15 minutes however there can be long delays between firings because of how they are implemented.
Pings / Entries generated
These pings are submitted every time a set of log entries or log pings are generated. The context tells us how many pings or how many entries we should expect to see. Additionally the event id contains the type of timer that was fired to trigger the generation of these entries.
Pings Sent
These pings are sent after every successful batch of log pings are submitted. The context for these pings is the count of pings that were sent. This should typically match the number of pings generated. The event id contains extra data about the type of timer that generated the pings and which branch of the study was used (the control branch replicating conditions from the original study and the safe branch implementing changes that should fix submission issues). The number of log pings received should always match the context for these event pings if they come from the safe branch. In the case of the control branch we expect to see discrepancies.
Log pings
The log pings are just dummy pings that match the log pings from the original news study.