Purpose of kinto.sqlite

[Gitoffthelawn]

Does anyone know the purpose of kinto.sqlite?

It is present in profile folders, including new ones.

Searching DXR comes up nil... why is that?

[earthlng]

It stores the individual kinto blocklists all in one file (from addons, gfx, plugins).
Why does it need addons.sqlite, etc AND kinto.sqlite? IDK!

[Gitoffthelawn]

@earthlng Thanks. So we can all delete the separate blocklist-addons,json, blocklist-gfx.json and blocklist-plugins.json blocklists in the profiles?

What does kinto mean in "kinto blocklists"?

BTW, I no longer see addons.sqlite, but I do see blocklist.xml.

Still curious why the string "kinto" is not showing up in a DXR search.

[earthlng]

So we can all delete the separate blocklist-addons,json, blocklist-gfx.json and blocklist-plugins.json blocklists in the profiles?

Um, I have never seen any of those in my profile. But I'm now using ESR so that doesn't mean much.

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What does kinto mean in "kinto blocklists"?

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Kinto

Kinto is a simple JSON storage service that is used in Firefox for remote settings and the storage.sync API.

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Still curious why the string "kinto" is not showing up in a DXR search.

Um, https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/search?q=kinto&redirect=false

407 results from the mozilla-central tree

??

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Surely in all the time since then, I would have expected at least some revoked certs.

Um ...

(from addons, gfx, plugins)

revoked certs are handled differently

[Atavic]

A JSON document store with sharing and synchronisation capabilities, which can block

• addons
• plugins
• gfx
• certificates

I added mozilla.com to the partial URLs on bottom page here and got redirected to:
https://blocked.cdn.mozilla.net/

[Gitoffthelawn]

@earthlng Thanks. BTW, DXR search must have been broken when I tried, because the same search performed now returns results. Thanks again.

[Atavic]

Aren't the addons labeled as Legacy with this method?

[Atavic]

The bagde is what I meant.

[Gitoffthelawn]

@Thorin-Oakenpants wrote

so are these three blocklist.* json files still used, or redundant due to the kinto sqlite?

Redundant. I don't see references to them in the source code anywhere. I say delete 'em.

@Thorin-Oakenpants wrote:

the kinto.sqlite in a brand new portable 54 is a different size (slightly smaller)

I noticed this too. Weird. Not sure if best to delete it and let Firefox recreate it, or just leave it as is.

[earthlng]

Starting with FF54 the 4 json files are included in omni.ja. It will now only create/update copies in the profile folder if there's an update on the remote server. That could explain the older last modified dates.

[Gitoffthelawn]

@earthlng Hmmm... isn't the point of kinto to (largely) store those json files within the kinto sqlite database?

@Thorin-Oakenpants That's exciting news... hopefully they can do it.

[earthlng]

Hmmm... isn't the point of kinto to (largely) store those json files within the kinto sqlite database?

Yes, afaik. Why, what's your point? You guys were wondering if the json files are obsolete. They are definitely not because copies of them are now shipped with FF.

[earthlng]

I already have removed about-scheme from the default whitelist

lol, I noticed and mentioned GA on the addons page ages ago. What took you so long? xD

[earthlng]

in a brand new FF portable, there are no such json files. I left a nilla FF running for around 12 hrs and they did not manifest. This is 54

yes, that's because they are now shipped with FF. Unless they change after the release you won't see them anymore in the profile folder.

I haven't deleted mine

you can delete them, np. Any action based on those blocklists would have long been done already by now.

[earthlng]

but come WebExtension it says its blocked but it isn;t (on about pages)

still looking forward to FF57 ?? ;)

[Gitoffthelawn]

Blocking GA via hosts should always work.

[Gitoffthelawn]

@Thorin-Oakenpants For 0320, in the comments, add something regarding GA.

[fmarier]

OT: what a shitstorm .. read mozilla/addons#3145

The tracking protection regression is tracked in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1380448.