Platform/Integration/Stub Installer/Roadmap

The (Windows-only) stub installer provides a frictionless, streamlined installation experience with minimal user interaction, and it always installs the Firefox version that's current when you run it. The stub is intended to be the default installer and should serve the needs of the vast majority of users, without compromising the streamlined experience.

2018 drivers: Support the Firefox customisation requirements and increase install success rate.

order	product priority	general topic	details
0	n/a	Rename shortcut to simply "Firefox" on Windows	Mayo request for 57, landed in beta 58. Completed.
0.5	P2	Change the stub installer to use HTTPS only	1246387
1	P1	Install an add-on with Firefox	By end of January: provide a funnelcake custom build (fork of 58) that pre-installs a Web extension theme without prompting the user on first run   - Details By FF60 mid Nightly sign-off: the ability to download a given web extension (specified at stub download time through attribution mechanism) at install time and offer to install it through a door hanger at first startup rides the FF60 train   - 1414258
2	P1	Properly document stub installer ping	1325121
3	P2	We have no automation tests for the installer	Don't know how we'd do it. Doesn't have to be fancy -- ex running in XPCshell. Sphilp may have guidance on this, we should check with him as we deal with update UI test evolution.
4	P2	Provide ability to continue download when cancelling in requested	986081 1402345
5	P1	Improve stub telemetry	1429889 Switch stub ping to the Generic Ingestion Endpoint (and its reporting capabilities) Implement full installer ping
6	P3	Improve install success rate	Investigate the 57 install success drop Identify top reasons for install failures and start addressing them (possibly including 995891) Depends on improvements to stub telemetry