[repo-status] Daily Repo Status — March 5, 2026 #7874
Description
🦆 DuckDuckGo Android — Daily Status Report
Date: March 5, 2026 | Branch: develop | Open PRs: ~20 | Open Issues: 62
🚀 Today's Activity
1 PR merged today — keeping the momentum going!
| PR | What landed |
|---|---|
#7873 |
Update content scope scripts to version 13.26.0 — includes new webEvents content feature with client messaging support |
🔥 Yesterday's Big Wins (March 4)
Yesterday was a high-velocity day — 10 PRs merged spanning features, stability, PIR, and infrastructure:
| PR | What landed |
|---|---|
#7803 |
App startup performance telemetry: dual TTID measurement (API 35+ native + manual) |
#7849 |
Single tab burning: data-clearing fully wired up 🔥 |
#7850 |
Block Store test integration |
#7854 |
Removed shorterUrlDefault feature flag (dead code cleanup) |
#7861 |
PIR: update broker ETags only when successfully stored |
#7866 |
PIR: send details of broker JSON download failures |
#7868 |
Fix: crash in tab switcher adapter |
#7853 |
PIR: fire pixel when feature is manually disabled from settings |
#7703 |
Develocity: enable Android tests custom task + plugin bump |
#7857 |
Add agentic workflow for daily repo status automation |
📋 Active Pull Requests
Ready for review (not draft)
| PR | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
#7870 |
Require explicit featureName/parentFeatureName on active plugin annotations | aitorvs |
#7872 |
Improve GlobalActivityStarter with launcher overloads and defensive fixes | aitorvs |
#7871 |
Notify duck.ai refresh token after upgrades/downgrades | cmonfortep |
#7869 |
Move rescope token request to IO thread | CDRussell |
#7865 |
Fix native input keyboard issues | joshliebe |
#7867 |
Read from harmony and implement fixes | CrisBarreiro |
#7846 |
Add diagnostics pixels for harmony (keep legacy as source of truth) | CrisBarreiro |
#7862 |
CPM: on-device heuristics and reload loop prevention | muodov |
#7863 |
Enable Toggle by default if user skips onboarding | malmstein |
#7864 |
Failing pixel report | nalcalag |
#7847 |
Migrate to use send() extension function | marcosholgado |
#7840 |
Onboarding Dev Setting | nalcalag |
#7827 |
Update AppTP pixel to drop cohort | nshuba |
#7814 |
Duck.ai Contextual: Multiple page contents | malmstein |
#7820 |
Onboarding Brand Design: Welcome screen animation | mikescamell |
#7834 |
Fix StrictMode disk reads on main thread at app startup | aitorvs |
Draft / WIP
| PR | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
#7804 |
WIP: Setup experiment 5 | landomen |
#7852 |
Lint cleanup: fix TypographyEllipsis issues across 6 modules | malmstein |
#7855 |
Lint cleanup: fix Overdraw issues across 9 modules | malmstein |
#7856 |
Fix MissingQuantity and UnusedQuantity lint issues | malmstein |
🐛 Issues to Watch
| Issue | Title | Priority signal |
|---|---|---|
#7725 |
DDG browser is DoSing sites — favicon requests at 10–20 req/s | 🔴 High — external site impact |
#7844 |
Can't download files from basic-auth protected directories | 🟡 Medium — regression |
#7805 |
Authorize.net AcceptUI.js payment forms broken | 🟡 Medium — e-commerce compat |
#5928 |
StackOverflowError when deleting bookmark folders (recursive traversal) | 🟡 Medium — data integrity risk |
#6062 |
Bookmark search returns no results after deleting a folder | 🟡 Medium |
#5383 |
Bookmarks disappeared (long-standing) | 🟡 Medium |
📈 Themes & Trends
🤖 Duck.ai is the top active area
Native input keyboard issues are being fixed (#7865), contextual multi-page support is in review (#7814), and refresh token handling is being improved (#7871). Duck.ai is clearly the most active feature track right now.
🛡️ PIR: reliability push
Three PIR improvements landed yesterday alone — ETags, download failure telemetry, and opt-out pixels. The feature is clearly being hardened for a broader rollout.
🎨 Onboarding refresh in progress
Brand design animation (#7820), dev settings (#7840), and toggle default behavior (#7863) are all moving in parallel. A polished onboarding experience is close.
⚡ Infrastructure quality rising
Content scope scripts bump, RemoteFeature codegen (landed Monday), Develocity test tasks, and TTID telemetry all shipped this week. The build and measurement infrastructure is improving steadily.
🧹 Lint sprint (malmstein)
Four lint cleanup PRs targeting TypographyEllipsis, Overdraw, and quantity issues across 15+ modules. Still in draft — good candidates to batch-review when ready.
✅ Recommended Actions for Maintainers
- Triage
#7725(favicon DoS) — 594k requests in 2 days from real users. A request-dedup or 404 short-circuit should be straightforward and high-value. - Review
#7862(CPM on-device heuristics) — privacy-impacting logic change deserves careful review. - Review
#7870(require explicit featureName on active plugins) — small but enforces API contract consistency at compile time. - Review
#7865(native input keyboard fixes) — follow-up to the Duck.ai native input that shipped Monday. - Check
#7834(StrictMode disk reads at startup) — low-risk, follows the ANR fix pattern from earlier in the week. - Look at bookmark stability — issues
#5928(StackOverflow),#6062(search post-delete), and#5383(disappearing bookmarks) all cluster aroundSavedSitesRepository. A focused bookmarks reliability sprint could close multiple community pain points.
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