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// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
syntax = "proto2";
option optimize_for = LITE_RUNTIME;
package variations;
// This defines the Protocol Buffer representation of a Chrome Variations study
// as sent to clients of the Variations server.
//
// Next tag: 13
message Study {
// The name of the study. Should not contain spaces or special characters.
// Ex: "my_study"
required string name = 1;
// DEPRECATED: Prefer end_date instead.
// The expiry date of the study in Unix time format. (Seconds since midnight
// January 1, 1970 UTC). See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time
//
// A study that has expired will be disabled, and users will be assigned
// groups based on the default_experiment_name. This will take precedence over
// a corresponding hardcoded field trial in the client.
//
// Ex: 1330893974 (corresponds to 2012-03-04 20:46:14Z)
optional int64 expiry_date = 3;
// Consistency setting for a study.
enum Consistency {
SESSION = 0; // Can't change within a session.
PERMANENT = 1; // Can't change for a given user.
}
// Consistency setting for this study. Optional - defaults to SESSION.
// Ex: PERMANENT
optional Consistency consistency = 7 [default = SESSION];
// Name of the experiment that gets the default experience. This experiment
// must be included in the list below. If not specified, a generic default
// experiment name is used.
// Ex: "default"
optional string default_experiment_name = 8;
// An experiment within the study.
//
// Next tag: 14
message Experiment {
// A named parameter value for this experiment.
//
// Next tag: 3
message Param {
// The name of the parameter.
optional string name = 1;
// The value of the parameter.
optional string value = 2;
}
// The name of the experiment within the study.
// Ex: "bucketA"
required string name = 1;
// The cut of the total probability taken for this experiment (the x in
// x / N, where N is the sum of all x’s). Ex: "50"
required uint32 probability_weight = 2;
// Optional id used to uniquely identify this experiment for Google web
// properties.
optional uint64 google_web_experiment_id = 3;
// Optional id used to allow this experiment to trigger experimental
// behavior on Google web properties.
optional uint64 google_web_trigger_experiment_id = 8;
// Optional id used to uniquely identify this experiment for Chrome Sync.
optional uint64 chrome_sync_experiment_id = 10;
// Specifies the feature association parameters for this experiment group.
//
// Next tag: 5
message FeatureAssociation {
// Optional list of features to enable when this experiment is selected.
// Command-line overrides take precedence over this setting. No feature
// listed here should exist in the |disable_feature| list.
repeated string enable_feature = 1;
// Optional list of features to disable when this experiment is selected.
// Command-line overrides take precedence over this setting. No feature
// listed here should exist in the |enable_feature| list.
repeated string disable_feature = 2;
// Similar to |forcing_flag|, this is an optional name of a feature which
// will cause this experiment to be activated, if that feature is enabled
// from the command-line. Experiment with this set are not eligible for
// selection via a random dice roll.
// Mutually exclusive with |forcing_flag|, |forcing_feature_off| or
// having a non-zero |probability_weight|.
optional string forcing_feature_on = 3;
// Similar to |forcing_flag|, this is an optional name of a feature which
// will cause this experiment to be activated, if that feature is disabled
// from the command-line. Experiment with this set are not eligible for
// selection via a random dice roll.
// Mutually exclusive with |forcing_flag|, |forcing_feature_on| or having
// a non-zero |probability_weight|.
optional string forcing_feature_off = 4;
}
optional FeatureAssociation feature_association = 12;
// Optional name of a Chrome flag that, when present, causes this experiment
// to be forced. If the forcing_flag field is set, users will not be
// assigned to this experiment unless that flag is present in Chrome's
// command line.
// Mutually exclusive with |forcing_feature_on|, |forcing_feature_off| or
// having a non-zero |probability_weight|.
optional string forcing_flag = 5;
// Parameter values for this experiment.
repeated Param param = 6;
enum Type {
// Regular experiment group. This is the default value and can be omitted.
NORMAL = 0;
// Changes to this experiment group are ignored for the purposes of
// kill-switch triggering. Included to allow the flexibility to not
// trigger this logic for specific cases (e.g. a group rename without
// any functionality changes).
IGNORE_CHANGE = 1;
// This is a kill-switch group that should be killed at "best effort"
// priority, e.g. with a hot dog menu badge. The experiment must have a
// probability_weight of 0.
KILL_BEST_EFFORT = 2;
// This is a kill-switch group that should be killed with "critical"
// priority. Depending on platform this may result in showing a
// non-dismissible restart prompt with a timer. This should only be used
// in very serious emergency circumstances. The experiment must have a
// probability_weight of 0.
KILL_CRITICAL = 3;
}
optional Type type = 7 [default = NORMAL];
// A UI string to override, and the new value to use.
message OverrideUIString {
// The first 32 bits of the MD5 hash digest of the resource name to
// override.
// e.g. Hash("IDS_BOOKMARK_BAR_UNDO")
optional fixed32 name_hash = 1;
// The new value of the string being overridden.
// e.g. "Undo"
optional string value = 2;
}
repeated OverrideUIString override_ui_string = 9;
}
// List of experiments in this study. This list should include the default /
// control experiment.
//
// For example, to specify that 99% of users get the default behavior, while
// 0.5% of users get experience "A" and 0.5% of users get experience "B",
// specify the values below.
// Ex: { "default": 990, "A": 5, "B": 5 }
repeated Experiment experiment = 9;
// Possible Chrome release channels.
// See: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel
enum Channel {
// UNKNOWN value is defined here for the benefit of code using this enum
// type, but is not actually meant to be encoded in the protobuf.
UNKNOWN = -1;
CANARY = 0;
DEV = 1;
BETA = 2;
STABLE = 3;
}
// Possible Chrome operating system platforms.
// These names must match those in tools/variations/fieldtrial_to_struct.py.
enum Platform {
PLATFORM_WINDOWS = 0;
PLATFORM_MAC = 1;
PLATFORM_LINUX = 2;
PLATFORM_CHROMEOS = 3;
PLATFORM_ANDROID = 4;
PLATFORM_IOS = 5;
PLATFORM_ANDROID_WEBVIEW = 6;
PLATFORM_FUCHSIA = 7;
}
// Possible form factors Chrome is running on.
enum FormFactor {
// Chrome Desktop on Windows, Mac, Linux, or Chrome OS.
DESKTOP = 0;
// Phone-based mobile Chrome, e.g. an Android phone or iPhone.
PHONE = 1;
// Tablet-based mobile Chrome, e.g. an Android tablet or iPad.
TABLET = 2;
// Chrome OS running in single-app Kiosk mode.
KIOSK = 3;
}
// Filtering criteria specifying whether this study is applicable to a given
// Chrome instance.
//
// Next tag: 16
message Filter {
// The start date of the study in Unix time format. (Seconds since midnight
// January 1, 1970 UTC). See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time
// Ex: 1330893974 (corresponds to 2012-03-04 20:46:14Z)
optional int64 start_date = 1;
// The end date of the study in Unix time format. (Seconds since midnight
// January 1, 1970 UTC). See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time
// Ex: 1330893974 (corresponds to 2012-03-04 20:46:14Z)
// Mutually exclusive with expiry_date. The difference between end_date and
// expiry_date is that, when end_date is past, the field trial will not be
// created. When expiry_date is past, the trial is still created, but will
// be disabled, causing it to select its default group.
optional int64 end_date = 13;
// The minimum Chrome version for this study, allowing a trailing '*'
// character for pattern matching. Inclusive. (To check for a match, iterate
// over each component checking >= until a * or end of string is reached.)
// Optional - if not specified, there is no minimum version.
// Ex: "17.0.963.46", "17.0.963.*", "17.*"
optional string min_version = 2;
// The maximum Chrome version for this study; same formatting as
// |min_version| above. Inclusive. (To check for a match, iterate over each
// component checking <= until a * or end of string is reached.)
// Optional - if not specified, there is no maximum version.
// Ex: "19.*"
optional string max_version = 3;
// List of channels that will receive this study. If omitted, the study
// applies to all channels.
// Ex: [BETA, STABLE]
repeated Channel channel = 4;
// List of platforms that will receive this study. If omitted, the study
// applies to all platforms.
// Ex: [PLATFORM_WINDOWS, PLATFORM_MAC]
repeated Platform platform = 5;
// List of locales that will receive this study. If omitted, the study
// applies to all locales, unless |exclude_locale| is specified. Mutually
// exclusive with |exclude_locale|.
// Ex: ["en-US", "en-CA"]
repeated string locale = 6;
// List of locales that will be excluded from this study. If omitted, the
// study applies to all locales unless |locale| is specified. Mutually
// exclusive with |locale|.
// Ex: ["en-US", "en-CA"]
repeated string exclude_locale = 12;
// List of form factors that will receive this study. If omitted, the study
// applies to all form factors, unless |exclude_form_factor| is specified.
// Mutually exclusive with |exclude_form_factor|.
// Ex: [PHONE, TABLET]
repeated FormFactor form_factor = 7;
// List of form factors that will be excluded from this study. If omitted,
// the study applies to all form factors unless |form_factor| is specified.
// Mutually exclusive with |form_factor|.
// Takes the same range of values as form_factor, e.g. [PHONE, TABLET].
repeated FormFactor exclude_form_factor = 14;
// List of Chrome OS hardware classes that will receive this study.
//
// Starting with Chrome M67, this does a case insensitive match on the same
// hardware class field that is reported to UMA in the SystemProfileProto's
// |hardware.hardware_class| field.
//
// Older versions did a case sensitive substring comparison, which was
// problematic for short hardware classes like "eve" that existed as
// substrings of other longer ones.
//
// If omitted, the study applies to all hardware classes unless
// |exclude_hardware_class| is specified. Mutually exclusive with
// |exclude_hardware_class|.
// Ex: ["veyron_minnie", "daisy"]
repeated string hardware_class = 8;
// List of Chrome OS hardware classes that will be excluded in this study.
//
// Starting with Chrome M67, this does a case insensitive match on the same
// hardware class field that is reported to UMA in the SystemProfileProto's
// |hardware.hardware_class| field.
//
// Older versions did a case sensitive substring comparison, which was
// problematic for short hardware classes like "eve" that existed as
// substrings of other longer ones.
//
// If omitted, the study applies to all hardware classes unless
// |hardware_class| is specified. Mutually exclusive with |hardware_class|.
// Ex: ["veyron_minnie", "daisy"]
repeated string exclude_hardware_class = 9;
// List of lowercase ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes that will receive this
// study. If omitted, the study applies to all countries unless
// |exclude_country| is specified. Mutually exclusive with
// |exclude_country|.
// Ex: ["in", "us"]
repeated string country = 10;
// List of lowercase ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes that will be excluded
// from this study. If omitted, the study applies to all countries unless
// |country| is specified. Mutually exclusive with |country|.
// Ex: ["in", "us"]
repeated string exclude_country = 11;
// Specifies whether the config should apply to low-end devices only. This
// is currently only supported on Android.
optional bool is_low_end_device = 15;
}
// Filtering criteria for this study. A study that is filtered out for a given
// client is equivalent to that study not being sent at all.
optional Filter filter = 10;
// Randomization seed to be used when |consistency| is set to PERMANENT. If
// not specified, randomization will be done using the trial name.
optional uint32 randomization_seed = 11;
// Specifies whether the study starts as active initially, or whether it
// requires the client to query its state before it is marked as active.
enum ActivationType {
// The study will be activated when its state is queried by the client.
// This is recommended for most studies that include client code.
ACTIVATION_EXPLICIT = 0;
// The study will be automatically activated when it is created. This
// is recommended for studies that do not have any client logic.
ACTIVATION_AUTO = 1;
}
// Activation type for this study. Defaults to ACTIVATION_EXPLICIT if omitted.
optional ActivationType activation_type = 12;
}