chore(fx-relnote): Cleanup the Firefox release notes and add short titles for the sidebar #40286

dipikabh · 2025-07-10T01:20:37Z

Description

This is a follow-up to the firefox sidebar update in #39761.

With the "Release notes archive" now accessible from the sidebar, there's no longer a need to include a long listing of past releases on individual pages, either manually or via the {{Firefox_for_developers}} macro.

This PR also adds short-title to keep entries in the sidebar compact.

Motivation

Cleanup following sidebar improvements

UPDATE
Fixed a few broken links in 9b141c8. I'll leave the rest for now to avoid making this PR too messy.

github-actions · 2025-07-10T01:23:00Z

Preview URLs (144 pages)

Flaws (172)

Note! 119 documents with no flaws that don't need to be listed. 🎉

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/1.5
Title: Firefox 1.5 for developers
Flaw count: 11

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Web_Developer_Extension_(external)
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Live_HTTP_Headers_(external)
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/HTML_Validator_(external)
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Web/SVG/SVG_1.1_Support_in_Firefox
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/XPCNativeWrapper
- and 6 more flaws omitted

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/2
Title: Firefox 2 for developers
Flaw count: 13

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Creating_a_Microsummary
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Microsummary_XML_grammar_reference
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Creating_MozSearch_plugins
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Supporting_search_suggestions_in_search_plugins
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/New_in_JavaScript_1.7
- and 8 more flaws omitted

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/3
Title: Firefox 3 for developers
Flaw count: 21

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/CSS_improvements_in_Firefox_3
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/New_in_JavaScript_1.8
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/XUL_improvements_in_Firefox_3
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Templates_in_Firefox_3
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Extension_Versioning,_Update_and_Compatibility#securing_updates
- and 16 more flaws omitted

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/3.6
Title: Firefox 3.6 for developers
Flaw count: 19

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/JavaScript/ECMAScript_5_support_in_Mozilla
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Monitoring_HTTP_activity
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Working_with_the_Windows_taskbar
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Storage#Collation_(sorting)
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/mozIStorageStatementParams#enumeration_of_properties
- and 14 more flaws omitted

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/4
Title: Firefox 4 for developers
Flaw count: 34

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Optimizing_graphics_performance
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/DOM/Animations_using_MozBeforePaint
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Supporting_private_browsing_mode#detecting_whether_private_browsing_mode_is_permanent
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Gecko-Specific_DOM_Events#mozafterpaint
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/JavaScript/New_in_JavaScript/1.8.5
- and 29 more flaws omitted

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/5
Title: Firefox 5 for developers
Flaw count: 11

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Character_Sets_Supported_by_Gecko
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Web/HTTP_access_control
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Interface_Compatibility#binary_interfaces
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/JavaScript_code_modules/Dict.jsm
- Can't resolve /en-US/Namespace/Mozilla/DebugOnly%3CT%3E
- and 3 more flaws omitted
unknown:
- No generic content config found
- no blog root
- no blog root

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/6
Title: Firefox 6 for developers
Flaw count: 8

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/XUL/Property/maxwidth
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/XPCOM_Interface_Reference/nsIDOMEventTarget
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Interface_Compatibility#binary_interfaces
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/XPCOM_Interface_Reference/nsIFileOutputStream#behavior_flag_constants
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/XPCOM_array_guide#nsCOMArray.3cT.3e
- and 3 more flaws omitted

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/10
Title: Firefox 10 for developers
Flaw count: 3

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/PRBool
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Install_Manifests#strictcompatibility
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Extensions/Bootstrapped_extensions#Adding_user_interface_with_a_chrome.manifest

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/11
Title: Firefox 11 for developers
Flaw count: 2

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/JavaScript_code_modules/source-editor.jsm
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/About_omni.ja_(formerly_omni.jar)

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/13
Title: Firefox 13 for developers
Flaw count: 3

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla_MathML_Project/Fonts
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/JavaScript_code_modules/source-editor.jsm#getIndentationString%28%29
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Accessibility/AT-APIs/Gecko/Attrs

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/14
Title: Firefox 14 for developers
Flaw count: 3

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/JavaScript_code_modules/source-editor.jsm#getLineStart%28%29
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/JavaScript_code_modules/source-editor.jsm#getLineEnd%28%29
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/JavaScript_code_modules/BookmarkHTMLUtils.jsm

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/16
Title: Firefox 16 for developers
Flaw count: 4

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/LiveConnect_Reference/java
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/LiveConnect_Reference/Packages
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/LiveConnect
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Web/Apps/Getting_Started

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/27
Title: Firefox 27 for developers
Flaw count: 1

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/ECMAScript_6_support_in_Mozilla

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/31
Title: Firefox 31 for developers
Flaw count: 5

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/MathML_Project/MathML_Torture_Test
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XPCOM/Reference/Interface/nsIDOMWindowUtils#constants
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/SDK/High-Level_APIs/windows#converting_to_dom_windows
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/SDK/High-Level_APIs/tabs#converting_to_xul_tabs
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/SDK/High-Level_APIs/panel#styling_panel_content

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/32
Title: Firefox 32 for developers
Flaw count: 5

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Web/API/Data_Store_API
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Web/API/MSISDN_Verification_API
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/SDK/High-Level_APIs/page-mod#pagemod%28options%29
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/SDK/High-Level_APIs/request#request%28options%29
macros:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Web/API/InstallPhaseEvent

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/34
Title: Firefox 34 for developers
Flaw count: 2

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/SDK/Low-Level_APIs/dev_panel
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/jpm

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/36
Title: Firefox 36 for developers
Flaw count: 4

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla_Quirks_Mode_Behavior#Miscellaneous_.26_Style
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/New_in_JavaScript/ECMAScript_6_support_in_Mozilla
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/SDK/Low-Level_APIs/test_httpd
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/SDK/High-Level_APIs/ui

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/38
Title: Firefox 38 for developers
Flaw count: 1

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/JavaScript_code_modules/Downloads.jsm/DownloadTarget

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/42
Title: Firefox 42 for developers
Flaw count: 2

macros:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Web/API/Directory
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Web/API/Directory/path

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/44
Title: Firefox 44 for developers
Flaw count: 7

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Firefox_for_Android/API/Snackbars.jsm
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_for_Android
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/cfx
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/jpm
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/SDK/Tools/cfx_to_jpm
macros:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@page/marks
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Web/API/MessageEvent/initMessageEvent

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/51
Title: Firefox 51 for developers
Flaw count: 3

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Embedded_WebExtensions
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Install_Manifests#multiprocesscompatible
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Gecko/Chrome/API/Browser_API

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/57
Title: Firefox 57 (Quantum) for developers
Flaw count: 2

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Headless_mode
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Archive/Social_API

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/59
Title: Firefox 59 for developers
Flaw count: 1

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Archive/Add-ons/Legacy_Firefox_for_Android/API/NativeWindow/contextmenus

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/62
Title: Firefox 62 for developers
Flaw count: 1

broken_links:
- Can't resolve /en-US/docs/Web/WebDriver/Reference/WebElement

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/136
Title: Firefox 136 for developers
Flaw count: 6

macros:
- Macro produces link /en-US/docs/Web/CSS/linear-gradient which is a redirect
- Macro produces link /en-US/docs/Web/CSS/conic-gradient which is a redirect
- Macro produces link /en-US/docs/Web/CSS/radial-gradient which is a redirect
- Macro produces link /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/contextMenus/update which is a redirect
- Macro produces link /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/contextMenus/remove which is a redirect
- and 1 more flaws omitted

External URLs (61)

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/68
Title: Firefox 68 for developers

https://bugzil.la/1528052 (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)
https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/mobile/android/index.html (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/69
Title: Firefox 69 for developers

https://bugzil.la/1560462 (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/70
Title: Firefox 70 for developers

https://bugzil.la/1558570 (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)
https://bugzil.la/1558571 (1 time) (Note! This may be a new URL 👀)

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/139
Title: Firefox 139 for developers

https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2025/04/30/webextensions-support-for-tab-groups/ (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1381580 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1761043 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1792685 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1795020 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1844449 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1912511 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1920115 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1935280 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1940631 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1941347 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1950759 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1954138 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1954685 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1954992 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1955379 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1958839 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1958943 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1960556 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1960734 (1 time)
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-groups (1 time)
https://whattrainisitnow.com/release/?version=139 (1 time)

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/140
Title: Firefox 140 for developers

https://bugzil.la/1467846 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1550032 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1550462 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1847712 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1903272 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1945184 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1947402 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1953743 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1956945 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1958875 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1959372 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1962084 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1963043 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1963263 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1964077 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1964089 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1964407 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1964922 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1965183 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1966459 (1 time)
https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/7829 (1 time)
https://whattrainisitnow.com/release/?version=140 (1 time)

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/141
Title: Firefox 141 for developers

https://bugzil.la/1860030 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1887878 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1888486 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1930501 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1936411 (2 times)
https://bugzil.la/1964078 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1968400 (1 time)
https://bugzil.la/1973726 (1 time)
https://whattrainisitnow.com/release/?version=141 (1 time)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/desktop/ (1 time)

URL: /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/142
Title: Firefox 142 for developers

https://whattrainisitnow.com/release/?version=141 (1 time)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/desktop/ (1 time)

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github-actions · 2025-07-10T09:16:20Z

This pull request has merge conflicts that must be resolved before it can be merged.

files/en-us/mozilla/firefox/releases/48/index.md

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bsmth

Thanks a lot, checked everything and it looks as expected. Maybe you want to get quick feedback from Ruth / Vadim but +1 from me on it 👍🏻

dipikabh · 2025-07-10T19:22:12Z

Thanks for checking! 👍
Sure, I'll run it by them

github-actions · 2025-07-11T02:21:41Z

This pull request has merge conflicts that must be resolved before it can be merged.

bsmth · 2025-07-14T15:42:54Z

@dipikabh I think we're okay to merge this 👍🏻

dipikabh · 2025-07-14T16:14:38Z

Sure, I'll merge now. We can always revert/update if anything looks too out of place

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