Contributor's Guide to Troubleshooting Firefox Hello

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Currently there is a place to leave feedback for the experience with the product, but there are some potential troubleshooting features that are hidden.

Let's start with these basic tips:

Microphone and Video Permissions

If you right click on the url of the page and click on Page Info, then click on the Permissions tab of the window that pops up, do you see the microphone and camera listed as shared for this website?

Are there permissions set for viewing video on the receiver's end? Do they have a Firewall or Antivirus that blocks calls?

WebRTC Internals Tool

  1. Open up about:webrtc in the url,
  2. start a conversation with a new link.
  3. Click on "start debug mode" and "start AEC logging" try to connect in the url,

See Also: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Media/WebRTC/Logging

Known issues:

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Media/WebRTC#

Contacts for CCing bugs:

Tagging Hello topics

  • #Hello
  • #webrtc

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Loop/wiki