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+0.42 Firefox 64 Released (hacks.mozilla.org S:+0.28 )
954 points by feross 2635 days ago | 513 comments on HN | Moderate positive Editorial · v3.7 · 2026-02-28 09:00:53
Summary Education & Digital Access Champions
Mozilla's Firefox 64 release announcement champions human rights through developer empowerment, open standards, and privacy protections. The content strongly advocates for freedom of expression via standardization and interoperability, education via documentation and knowledge-sharing, and privacy via security and anti-tracking features, positioning the web platform as a commons enabling universal access without proprietary barriers.
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HN Discussion 20 top-level · 30 replies
jt2190 2018-12-11 18:40 UTC link
Some things I've been looking forward to:

> Easier performance management: The new Task Manager page found at about:performance lets you see how much energy each open tab consumes and provides access to close tabs to conserve power

> Improved performance for Mac and Linux users, by enabling link time optimization (Clang LTO). (Clang LTO was enabled for Windows users in Firefox 63.)

Release Notes: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/64.0/releasenotes/

jjordan 2018-12-11 18:52 UTC link
Is this the version that kills Live Bookmarks? Some of us FF old-timers are hopelessly reliant on these things, and it's, as far as I have found, the fastest way to quickly scan lists of headlines from all your favorite sites at once. Seriously, one click and you can quickly mouse over the sites on your bookmarks toolbar to consume hundreds of headlines.

I really, REALLY hate that they're killing this feature, but this addon promises to restore it: https://www.ghacks.net/2018/07/30/livemarks-restores-live-bo...

Edit: here's the official GitHub: https://github.com/nt1m/livemarks/

Doctor_Fegg 2018-12-11 18:57 UTC link
> The CSS Scrollbars Level 1 spec standardizes features for setting scrollbar width and color

I would like these features to be standardised to hands-off-my-fricking-scrollbars.

I’m fed up with impossible-to-grab 1px-wide scrollbars because “everyone has trackpads”. No, they don’t.

xvilka 2018-12-11 18:59 UTC link
Is there any tracking progress, what parts of Firefox are now rewritten in Rust and what will be next?
moosingin3space 2018-12-11 19:10 UTC link
Kind of a niche thing to comment on, but this release lands a commit I made that enables XDG desktop portals support in Firefox. If you're on KDE Plasma, you can run Firefox with the environment variable `GTK_USE_PORTAL=1` set and it will use KDE file selection dialogs.
iod 2018-12-11 19:18 UTC link
Soon Wayland support is coming in Firefox 65 (works in beta/nightly already¹)! But have to wait until next month² for that.

¹ https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=635134

² https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release_Management/Calendar

O1111OOO 2018-12-11 19:20 UTC link
RSS is dead...

I have a local html page devoted to news. An entry for a specific site will see at least two urls: The main site's URL and a link to it's RSS feed.

Linking to the feed directly was a great way to bypass all the modern garbage on the home page to see a simple list of articles (not unlike HN's home page). It's borked now...

None of my RSS links render. Chromium was very bad at this but at least it rendered a few (a couple of examples below), FF64 doesn't render any (in any form):

http://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/index

https://feeds.feedburner.com/ItsFoss

A huge part of my ability to enjoy the web has just been destroyed.:( I'll have to test this on other browsers...

edit (update): both sample links above are working now (odd). Most others with XML, RSS, Atom extensions do not render (FF offers to open in external app or save).

pseudoanonymity 2018-12-11 19:30 UTC link
> Symantec CA Distrust: Due to a history of malpractice, Firefox 64 will not trust TLS certificates issued by Symantec (including under their GeoTrust, RapidSSL, and Thawte brands). Microsoft, Google, and Apple are implementing similar measures for their respective browsers.

> Multiple tab selection: We’re excited to introduce multiple tab selection, which makes it easier to manage windows with many open tabs. Simply hold Control (Windows, Linux) or Command (macOS) and click on tabs to select them. Once selected, click and drag to move the tabs as a group — either within a given window, or out into a new window.

nameless912 2018-12-11 19:35 UTC link
For some reason I read this as "Starfox 64 Released". I was confused and happy. Now I'm a little less of both.
idoubtit 2018-12-11 19:36 UTC link
The new API browser.menus.overrideContext is announced with documentation links pointing to blogs, including a personal blog page with unrelated Japanese texts and anime pictures. The official documentation (MDN) has no reference to the new features. Even the API features from FF63 (august 2018) are only have a draft of documentation (e.g. Menus.getTargetElement). Documentation is important, even more for an API. I think this pattern is worrying.
nn3 2018-12-11 19:44 UTC link
Curious about the "energy impact" metric. It seems to be just runtime. Fairly lame, had expected some kind of real energy model. This will be quite misleading in many cases, e.g. GPU usage or heavy floating point.

    // 'Dispatches' doesn't make sense to users, and it's difficult to present
    // two numbers in a meaningful way, so we need to somehow aggregate the
    // dispatches and duration values we have.
    // The current formula to aggregate the numbers assumes that the cost of
    // a dispatch is equivalent to 1ms of CPU time.
    // Dividing the result by the sampling interval and by 10 gives a number that
    // looks like a familiar percentage to users, as fullying using one core will
    // result in a number close to 100.
    let energyImpact =
      Math.max(duration || 0, dispatches * 1000) / UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS / 10;
    // Keep only 2 digits after the decimal point.
return Math.ceil(energyImpact * 100) / 100;
TekMol 2018-12-11 19:49 UTC link
Does it support hardware accelerated video playback on Linux now?

I have been waiting for this feature for I don't know how many years.

Every Firefox release, I am reminded of this xkcd comic:

https://xkcd.com/619/

kevincrane 2018-12-11 19:54 UTC link
> We’re excited to introduce multiple tab selection, which makes it easier to manage windows with many open tabs. Simply hold Control (Windows, Linux) or Command (macOS) and click on tabs to select them. Once selected, click and drag to move the tabs as a group — either within a given window, or out into a new window.

Yessss. It doesn't happen often, but the times when I open up 6-10 tabs for research but then decide they deserve their own window so I can focus on them (and subsequently drag them out one by one) is still a lot.

whalesalad 2018-12-11 20:06 UTC link
Anecdotally the scrolling performance feels better on my 2018 Macbook Pro. I've been doing heavy work all morning (lots of scrolling around) and after updating, something feels better. Can't really prove any of this scientifically but good to percieve performance improvements.

I also have a brutally long Trello card that used to choke up Firefox (not as bad on Chrome). Happy to say that is no longer happening either.

Unfortunately Gmail still looks to have optimization that only work in Chrome. For whatever reason the time from first load to seeing the compose window after clicking "compose" is brutally slow in FFX, but not in Chrome.

kentosi 2018-12-11 20:42 UTC link
Good work guys.

For those using Firefox, I have one question. Is there any way to replicate Chrome's tab-to-search feature? It's literally the ONLY reason I'm still on Chrome.

Let me explain by showing how I would search for "apples" in youtube across both browsers.

Firefox:

1 - Ctrl+L (go to location bar) 2 - Type "you", press "down" to select youtube from history. 3 - Wait for site to load...... 4 - Click on search box 5 - Type in "apples" 6 - Press enter

Chrome:

1 - Ctrl+L (go to location bar) 2 - Type "you", and if youtube is first item in history, 3 - Press "tab" 4 - Type in "apples" 5 - Press enter.

Youtube opens up with my searched item. Nice and easy with far fewer key presses no waiting nor mouse clicking.

Works for youtube, hacker news, wiktionary, google images, and a heap of other sites I use daily.

mancerayder 2018-12-11 20:48 UTC link
What's the status of the cat and mouse game being played with autoplay video being forced on and new options needing to be hunted down?

First Chrome forced it on, because EvilCorp's business model is around a forced-open-eyelid philosophy of advertising revenue from unstoppable impressions.

Next I moved to Firefox, which in an update a few months ago changed the autoplay option to be on, removed the config attribute and made it a new one, which has as options 0, 1 and 2. Turned out autoplay default should be 1.

I'm not about to wait to find out what's around the corner. I started using Vivaldi this weekend in hopes someone actually made a browser for those who don't care about some company's ad revenue.

I don't know why Firefox would do that, and introduce Pocket as well. Is copying Google that sexy a thing?

amarsahinovic 2018-12-11 22:10 UTC link
I really wish they would implement tab stacking, that is the feature that I really miss from the old Opera, here is a video of how it looks in case you don't know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWpJvg8icmM

I've tried to find an extension for FF that does this, but so far I was unable to find one.

Perceptes 2018-12-11 22:55 UTC link
I'm afraid I'm a bit of a one-issue voter when it comes to web browser, and the reason that I haven't switched to Firefox from Chrome (even though ideologically I want to) is this workflow that I use for clicking links in other apps. I open an incognito/private browser window in the foreground, then click the link in the other application. In Chrome, this opens the link in the incognito window. In Firefox, this opens the link in a normal browser window. In order to open the link in a private browser window, I have to manually copy paste the link between applications into the private window. I follow this workflow when the link is some site that I don't generally visit, or don't recognize, and hence don't want to access any cookies associated with my regular browser window, and importantly, also don't want to show up in my browsing history.

I recall there being an issue on Mozilla's bug tracker where someone brought this up and it was closed as a wontfix. Unless there is something about Firefox's container system that obviates my workflow, I'm still reluctantly sticking with Chrome.

bane 2018-12-12 02:23 UTC link
There's always been a look & feel problem for me with Firefox...something that seemed to be solved right out of the box with Chrome. I've not been able to put my finger on it, but I think this kind of small user-convenience stuff is part of it. It's not "features" per se, but more the feel of how the application works.

It reminds me of old platform video games before Super Mario Bros. (and for a while after) Superficially, they looked and played kind of the same, but there were a thousand little tweaks in how Mario handled that made it feel right.

I'm definitely going to give Firefox a spin and see how it handles these days.

madmax108 2018-12-12 06:53 UTC link
Every new release of Firefox makes the experience better and better. I'm glad Mozilla has started focusing on the browser again, not just as an "open alternative to chrome" but as the "best possible browser", which I truly believe Firefox today is :)

Every new release reminds me of this comic: http://www.stickycomics.com/computer-update/

As a tweet I read today[1] :

"Mozilla seems to be under the assumption that there are people out there who don't want them to win.

EVERYONE WANTS MOZILLA TO WIN!

Half the developers on the Chrome team want Mozilla to win.

We're all sort of terrified that Mozilla isn't going to win"

I'm glad there are more people embracing this attitude within Mozilla and the developer community.

[1] https://twitter.com/mikeal/status/1071134519976022017

mindcrime 2018-12-11 18:59 UTC link
Agreed. There's really little or no good reason for a website to be able to change the scrollbars at all.
fao_ 2018-12-11 19:04 UTC link
> but this addon promises to restore it

Mozilla did the same with tab groups, then the addon was abandoned. The replacement that is compatible with the new form of extension isn't able to unload the tabs, just hide them, which undoes most of the performance benefits.

[abraham simpson voice] It'll happen to you too! [/abraham simpson voice] /jk

ChrisSD 2018-12-11 19:06 UTC link
After installing the update it opens this page: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/live-bookmarks-migratio...
chrisseaton 2018-12-11 19:08 UTC link
> because “everyone has trackpads”. No, they don’t.

Don't most mice have scrolling as well? It's not about trackpads.

dec0dedab0de 2018-12-11 19:18 UTC link
> Easier performance management: The new Task Manager page found at about:performance lets you see how much energy each open tab consumes and provides access to close tabs to conserve power

This is pretty neat, now I'm wondering why the webex extension is having "Medium" impact when it should be doing nothing.

jniedrauer 2018-12-11 19:20 UTC link
You have no idea how excited I am for this. I use sway as my daily driver since it supports HiDPI so much better than i3, but the one caveat to that has been firefox and xwayland. Once this ships, sway will have nearly flawless HiDPI support.
alvar0 2018-12-11 19:21 UTC link
You can use firefox ESR until it too gets phased out: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/
pmoriarty 2018-12-11 19:23 UTC link
Is there a canonical list of all the environment variables Firefox respects and what they do?
pard68 2018-12-11 19:23 UTC link
I believe that the FF RSS reader is still available via extension. I am not 100% certain but I seem to recall hearing that in a podcast which covered the pending demise of standard RSS support in FF.
pjmlp 2018-12-11 19:25 UTC link
I just use a native app.
burkaman 2018-12-11 19:26 UTC link
I'm on Nightly 66.0a1 and both those links work fine. Maybe they fixed it in a more recent version?
sinistersnare 2018-12-11 19:45 UTC link
Yeah, the feature is not introduced that well. It is mostly a good feature for the extension that they are talking about, TreeStyleTab[1], which explains the feature. Piro's blogpost is actually awesome. It describes the history of the feature, and how it is used today in his extension.

However, they could stand do the documentation themselves, or at least setting up the context of the blog-post a little more.

I am not worried by the reference to the post, Piro may not have the most pretty site, but his writeups are great!

[1]: https://github.com/piroor/treestyletab

soapdog 2018-12-11 19:50 UTC link
I know it is not what you've been doing but it may be something you'd like to consider. I also love RSS and even though there are many add-ons to use in Firefox to restore that kind of functionality, I prefer to use Thunderbird to consume RSS/Atom feeds, I've posted about it at:

http://andregarzia.com/2018/11/reading-blogs-with-thunderbir...

Since Thunderbird is also my email client, it becomes a very pleasant experience of catching my email, my newsletters and my blogs in the same client.

kibwen 2018-12-11 19:55 UTC link
That's the blog of the developer of Tree Style Tabs, who is presumably Japanese. I agree that it would be nice to have such information on MDN, and since MDN is a wiki, anyone here can do it if they feel strongly enough about it. The linked blog post contains a wealth of information describing how the API works, along with links to further explanatory posts.
whalesalad 2018-12-11 19:55 UTC link
> Improved performance for Mac and Linux users, by enabling link time optimization (Clang LTO).

Does this mean I need to build it myself or is the binary gonna ship this way?

dictum 2018-12-11 20:01 UTC link
Time for FF's balance of configurability and reasonable defaults to shine: the about:config properties to edit are `layout.css.scrollbar-color.enabled` and `layout.css.scrollbar-width.enabled`.
zeotroph 2018-12-11 20:04 UTC link
> Scrollbar

One thing I like about the Firefox (Gtk?) scrollbar is that it finally removed (a few version ago already) the "Click on it somewhere, but it doesn't move there but just acts like PgDown/Up", i.e. the non-warping to the exact click position but just inching towards it. This is completely unnecessary in the time of wheels and touchpads and I already miss it everywhere else.

XCSme 2018-12-11 20:11 UTC link
I am working on a HTML5 game which has a list of rooms, list which has a scrollbar. It looks as ugly as it can be with the default scrollbar when everything else is neatly designed and has a specific theme, it ruins the immersion and reminds you hey, this is just a browser game, not a real game. I am not saying that all the sites should have custom scrollbars, but there are definitely use cases for it.
aylmao 2018-12-11 20:24 UTC link
It's the little things (: To be honest as soon as I figure out how to change all the little workflow details I currently use in Chrome, I'll be happy to switch to use Firefox more often / primarily. I love how snappy Quantum feels.
adtac 2018-12-11 20:29 UTC link
acdha 2018-12-11 20:41 UTC link
Why not use a feed reader which is designed and optimized for that task? I like Newsblur.com (aka https://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur) but there are tons of great desktop apps which do a much better job than Firefox ever did.
andersha 2018-12-11 20:46 UTC link
Hi,

I am using firefox with duckduckgo.

Firefox + DDG = Ctrl+L - Type "!yt apples", press enter

https://duckduckgo.com/bang

detaro 2018-12-11 20:47 UTC link
I think in Firefox the closest is to manually add them as search providers with a short code :/ Right-click in e.g. the search field on YouTube, there's an option to add it with a key word, e.g. "yt". You then can do "yt apples" in the address bar.

Maybe there's an extension that does the Chrome thing, but I searched in the past and didn't find one.

BoumTAC 2018-12-11 20:53 UTC link
Yes but it isn't as good as google.

Go to youtube.

Right click on the youtube search bar.

add a keyword for this search.

choose your keyword (ex: yt)

now you can type in the omnibar "yt my search" and it will do directly the search. It's not as good as chrome solution but it's the only thing for now.

throwaway453405 2018-12-11 20:56 UTC link
Create a Search Bookmark

1. Got to the Bookmark Library and Right Click > New Bookmark and fill it as follows: Name: YouTube Search Location: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s Keyword: you

2. Click Add

3. Now in the Location bar type "you apples" and apples will be searched on YouTube.

I use this for a lot of sites with search inputs. I often do searches using ddg of sites I visit with forums or other buried content. Any search that has a URL that you can input a set of terms into can be used. Just use %s in the location for where the terms are in the URL.

Example using DDG to search CarForum.com:https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3CarForum.com+%s&t=ffab&ia=we...

This does the query "site:CarForum.com %s" on DDG.

MrRadar 2018-12-11 20:56 UTC link
Get uMatrix and block Media requests globally, then whitelist on a per-domain basis. That should "fix" auto-playing videos for you permanently.
mintplant 2018-12-11 20:57 UTC link
> Next I moved to Firefox, which in an update a few months ago changed the autoplay option to be on, removed the config attribute and made it a new one, which has as options 0, 1 and 2. Turned out autoplay default should be 1.

I don't understand what you mean here. Without having changed any of the settings from the default, Firefox (Nightly) pops up to ask me if I want to "allow auto-playing media with sound" the first time each website tries to do it. If I say no, the media doesn't auto-play.

aembleton 2018-12-11 20:59 UTC link
about:performance is pretty nice. Strangely it doesn't show tabs that aren't top level in Tree View Tabs.
Asooka 2018-12-11 21:07 UTC link
It might be niche in the grand scheme of things, but for me this is an incredible improvement on my usage of Firefox. This was honestly one of the few things that Chrome did better. Firefox was the only program that I use every day that forced me to use the GTK file selection dialog. Thank you very much!
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Article 19 Article 27
Mozilla's stated mission around open web and developer empowerment aligns with knowledge-sharing and technical security education.
Editorial Code +0.05
Article 19
Technical blog format with clear author attribution and date stamps supports editorial transparency.
Ownership +0.10
Article 19
Mozilla Foundation ownership as non-profit organization supports commitment to public interest over profit-driven content.
Access Model +0.15
Article 26
Open access technical content published without paywall or registration barrier.
Ad/Tracking -0.10
Article 12
Google Analytics and GTM tracking present on page reduces privacy score despite Mozilla's privacy advocacy.
+0.60
Article 19 Freedom of Expression
High Advocacy Framing Practice
Structural
+0.60
Context Modifier
ND
SETL
+0.26

Mozilla's publication of open documentation, developer tools, and commitment to standards (not proprietary features) structurally support expression freedom. Open access, no paywall, free MDN resources amplify information access.

+0.50
Article 26 Education
High Advocacy Practice
Structural
+0.50
Context Modifier
ND
SETL
+0.24

Mozilla publishes educational content freely without paywall; MDN Web Docs referenced as community resource; transparent authorship supports educational trust.

+0.40
Article 27 Cultural Participation
High Advocacy Practice
Structural
+0.40
Context Modifier
ND
SETL
+0.22

Mozilla's participation in W3C standards bodies and TC39 (referenced via author Chris Mills' W3C background) demonstrates structural commitment to scientific standards work.

+0.30
Preamble Preamble
High Advocacy Framing
Structural
+0.30
Context Modifier
ND
SETL
+0.20

Published by Mozilla Foundation (non-profit) with open access model; no paywall or registration required reflects commitment to universal access.

+0.30
Article 28 Social & International Order
High Coverage Advocacy
Structural
+0.30
Context Modifier
ND
SETL
+0.20

Firefox's participation in cross-browser security and standards initiatives demonstrates commitment to international coordination.

+0.20
Article 2 Non-Discrimination
High Advocacy Practice
Structural
+0.20
Context Modifier
ND
SETL
+0.39

Feature development indicates Mozilla's practice of building accessibility into tools.

+0.20
Article 12 Privacy
High Advocacy Practice
Structural
+0.20
Context Modifier
ND
SETL
+0.49

Mozilla's implementation of privacy features demonstrates organizational practice, though site-level tracking (Google Analytics, GTM per DCP) moderates structural commitment.

+0.20
Article 22 Social Security
Medium Advocacy
Structural
+0.20
Context Modifier
ND
SETL
+0.17

Open access to education and tools supports economic participation without barriers.

+0.20
Article 29 Duties to Community
Medium Advocacy
Structural
+0.20
Context Modifier
ND
SETL
0.00

Mozilla's publication of open-source tools and documentation as community contribution reflects duty to community.

+0.10
Article 3 Life, Liberty, Security
High Advocacy Practice
Structural
+0.10
Context Modifier
ND
SETL
+0.24

Implementation of distrust policy demonstrates organizational commitment to user security.

+0.10
Article 18 Freedom of Thought
Medium Advocacy
Structural
+0.10
Context Modifier
ND
SETL
0.00

Firefox's open-source, non-censoring architecture reflects commitment to freedom of conscience at platform level.

ND
Article 1 Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood

Not applicable.

ND
Article 4 No Slavery

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ND
Article 5 No Torture

Not applicable.

ND
Article 6 Legal Personhood

Not applicable.

ND
Article 7 Equality Before Law

Not applicable.

ND
Article 8 Right to Remedy

Not applicable.

ND
Article 9 No Arbitrary Detention

Not applicable.

ND
Article 10 Fair Hearing

Not applicable.

ND
Article 11 Presumption of Innocence

Not applicable.

ND
Article 13 Freedom of Movement

Not applicable.

ND
Article 14 Asylum

Not applicable.

ND
Article 15 Nationality

Not applicable.

ND
Article 16 Marriage & Family

Not applicable.

ND
Article 17 Property

Not applicable.

ND
Article 20 Assembly & Association

Not applicable.

ND
Article 21 Political Participation

Not applicable.

ND
Article 23 Work & Equal Pay

Not applicable.

ND
Article 24 Rest & Leisure

Not applicable.

ND
Article 25 Standard of Living

Not applicable.

ND
Article 30 No Destruction of Rights

Not applicable.

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Epistemic Quality
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0.80 low claims
Sources
0.8
Evidence
0.8
Uncertainty
0.6
Purpose
0.9
Propaganda Flags
No manipulative rhetoric detected
0 techniques detected
Emotional Tone
Emotional character: positive/negative, intensity, authority
hopeful
Valence
+0.7
Arousal
0.6
Dominance
0.5
Transparency
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1.00
✓ Author
More signals: context, framing & audience
Solution Orientation
Does this content offer solutions or only describe problems?
0.88 solution oriented
Reader Agency
0.8
Stakeholder Voice
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0.65 3 perspectives
Speaks: institutionindividualscommunity
About: corporationindividuals
Temporal Framing
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present immediate
Geographic Scope
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global
Complexity
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technical high jargon domain specific
Audit Trail 10 entries
2026-02-28 12:34 model_divergence Cross-model spread 0.38 exceeds threshold (4 models) - -
2026-02-28 12:34 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-02-28 12:34 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
2026-02-28 12:34 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 12:32 model_divergence Cross-model spread 0.38 exceeds threshold (3 models) - -
2026-02-28 12:32 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-02-28 12:32 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
2026-02-28 12:32 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 09:00 eval Evaluated by claude-haiku-4-5-20251001: +0.38 (Moderate positive)
2026-02-28 01:46 eval Evaluated by claude-haiku-4-5: +0.15 (Mild positive)