Closed Bug 1302990 Opened 8 years ago Closed 8 years ago

Attempting to install a Web Extension via about:debugging with an invalid structure gives only "Extension is invalid", not a detailed message

Categories

(WebExtensions :: General, defect)

Product:
WebExtensions
Component:
General
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1224591

People

(Reporter: standard8, Unassigned)

Details

I was attempting to install a web extension via about:debugging. In the extension manifest, I'd accidentally left in:

    "default_locale": "en",

(I was going to add localisation later).

When attempting to load it via about:debugging, all that Firefox told me was "There was an error during installation: Extension is invalid".

I did some debugging, in xpinstall, there's a proper error raised, it just doesn't get raised to the UI.

Please can it get raised up properly, it would help first time web extension developers a lot.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 8 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Product: Toolkit → WebExtensions
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