Test Pilot

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Test Pilot is a program to allow early adopter users to test experimental new Firefox features. Each Test Pilot feature experiment will iterate and improve over time, so Test Pilot experiments may seem less complete and less polished than other Firefox features.

Feedback from the Test Pilot community will help decide how an experiment should progress and whether a feature should launch in release Firefox.

Installing Test Pilot

Test Pilot is technically a Firefox add-on. It does not require a restart and can only be installed on the Test Pilot home page.

  1. To install Test Pilot, visit https://testpilot.firefox.com/.
  2. A Firefox Account is required to begin installation, so click Get Started with a Firefox Account.
    Started Firefox Acct
  3. Then, sign on to Firefox Accounts or create an account. If you are creating a new account, you must confirm your account after you receive an email confirmation.
    Test Pilot Fx Acct
  4. Next, click button Install Test Pilot.
  5. Firefox may require you to accept the add-on by clicking Allow.
    test pilot allow
  6. Click Install.
    install test pilot addon
  7. Once complete, you will see a Firefox dialog that Test Pilot was successfully installed.
    Test Pilot install confirm

Enabling/Disabling Experiments and Sending Feedback

Current experiments are listed at the bottom of the Test Pilot home page.

  1. Click “Get Started” to reach the experiment’s feature page.
    test pilot feature gallery
  2. At the top of an experiment page, click the “Enable” button to activate an experiment.
    enable activity stream
  3. After activating an experiment, you can click the “Disable” button to leave an experiment.
    disable activity stream

Test Pilot Toolbar Icon

After installing Test Pilot, you will see a spaceship icon on the browser tool. Clicking that icon will allow you to see which experiments are currently active and to return to Test Pilot to view and install more experiments.

test pilot active experiments

User Feedback and Surveys

Test Pilot will periodically prompt users to take surveys to help us make features better. Users can also click the Give Feedback button from an experiment page to send feedback directly to Mozilla.

Locale/Language Support

At launch, Test Pilot is available globally but only available in English.

Leaving Test Pilot

  1. To uninstall Test Pilot and leave all experiments, click the … icon at the top right corner of the Test Pilot home page or any experiment page and then click Leave Test Pilot.
    Test Pilot menu
  2. You will see a confirmation dialog. Click “Proceed” to leave Test Pilot and disable any active experiments.
    leave test pilot confirm

Test Pilot Privacy Policy

You can read the full Test Pilot Privacy Policy to understand what data Test Pilot collects and how it is used.

Each Test Pilot experiment also has its own easy-to-understand Privacy Policy. You can find it in the left hand column of each experiment’s home page. You can also click the Your Privacy link next to the experiment’s Enable button.

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Sample privacy policy:
sample privacy test pilot