Fenix creates and tries to send a "baseline" ping when the app goes to the background. This baseline ping is defined by the [Glean](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/tree/master/components/service/glean) component and [documented in the Android Components repository](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/blob/master/components/service/glean/docs/pings/baseline.md).
## Metrics ping
Fenix creates and tries to send a "baseline" ping. It is defined inside the [`metrics.yaml`](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/blob/master/app/metrics.yaml) file. This ping includes things like wether or not Fenix is currently the default browser.
Fenix sends event pings that allows us to measure feature performance. These are defined inside the [`metrics.yaml`](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/blob/master/app/metrics.yaml) file.