OBIEE Firefox confusing certification page

Question

Hi,

I opened a SR to confirm Firefox ESR certification with OBIEE 11.1.1.7.

The person from Oracle support answered me that only Firefox 17 to 30 is certified.

It seems that Firefox 31+ is only certified with OBIEE 11.1.1.9+.

I don't understand, because on the certification page, it says Firefox 17+ for 11.1.17, so it should include Firefox 31 also, isn't it?

https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?_afrLoop=203847868674605&parent=SrDetailText&sourceId=3-124696880…

Thanks

Gianni Ceresa · Answer

Well, at least they have an opinion, not really fixed and changing over time but an opinion

At some point they will have to limit the 17+, mainly if there is a major change in FF coming, but good for you it's working with FF 38 (it's anyway time to start thinking at what your upgrade plans are).

Gaétan Francoeur · Answer

Oracle new reply. Finally, it's really 17+, so 38 is supported.

Gianni Ceresa · Answer

Hi,

Maybe because browsers are now released every few weeks and version is incremented and so it is now impossible to identify a browser main version (like let's say IE11 including none or tons of patch but still named IE11).

And I doubt Oracle will update all their certification matrix every single time Firefox or Chrome decide to release a new version.

So it makes sense that the matrix says 17+, they just didn't update it anymore ....