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Here's the Bugzilla link which was closed last month: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2021722

Yup, it's pointing to https://github.com/search

I expect it's the https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Amozilla-firefox%2Ffirefox... link that phoronix used in lieu of linking to an actual github issue.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-153-Downloads

That's not the final release, that's an RC and tech blogs should stop reporting this as final. There were instances in the past where the RC had critical bugs.

An RC justifies the "merges" title (compare "releases")

Yeah but not the Phoronix one ("Firefox 153 Available", "Mozilla has uploaded the Firefox 153.0 release binaries today"). Shame because Phoronix was kinda good in the past.