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Mozilla Automation Teamdkl11 min readrelease notesintermediate

Happy BMO Push Day! (20260824.1)

Summary

Mozilla BMO push day (20260824.1) shipped a batch of bug‑fixes and small feature tweaks: 2FA user docs, corrected file‑size error, phab‑bot review flag handling, UI button for external attachments, Docker build update for vendored JS, removal of CSP header from REST API, richer comment edit metadata, migration of Classification endpoint to native Mojo, dependency‑upgrade tracking, an index on tra…

  • Documentation for 2FA onboarding was added – useful for onboarding security‑aware users.
  • A misleading file‑size error message was fixed, improving UX for large uploads.
  • Phabricator bot now respects manually added #release-managers reviews, preventing accidental non‑blocking status.
  • UI now offers a “Show External” button to expose attachments that redirect (e.g., GitHub, Phabricator).

These changes collectively improve BMO’s security posture (2FA docs, CSP removal), developer ergonomics (clearer errors, UI button, comment edit metadata), performance (new DB index, Mojo migration), and operational reliability (Docker build updates, GitHub etag caching). While each tweak is modest…

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