Closed Bug 1383984 Opened 7 years ago Closed 7 years ago

Enable HTMLMediaElement debugging APIs from "tabs"-privileged extensions

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(Core :: Audio/Video: Playback, enhancement)

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RESOLVED FIXED
mozilla56
Tracking Status
firefox56 --- fixed

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(Reporter: mozbugz, Assigned: mozbugz)

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Adding the "debugger" privilege may not be so trivial (see bug 1381767), so in the meantime I would like to enable HTMLMediaElement debugging APIs from extensions with the "tabs" API.

Reasons for using "tabs":
- It's quite powerful and can inject scripts, so adding mild debugging-info request APIs does not overstep bounds in a scary way.
- Both the "tabs" privilege, and the APIs, are already used by the Media Panel DevTools, so this change will make this extension Just Work.

If/when "debugger" is introduced, we can easily remove this change while keeping the extension working.
Comment on attachment 8889724 [details]
Bug 1383984 - Enable debugging HTMLMediaElement APIs with 'tabs' permission -

https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/160794/#review166104
Attachment #8889724 - Flags: review?(jyavenard) → review+
Comment on attachment 8889724 [details]
Bug 1383984 - Enable debugging HTMLMediaElement APIs with 'tabs' permission -

https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/160794/#review166106

you need a DOM peer to review those changes...
Comment on attachment 8889724 [details]
Bug 1383984 - Enable debugging HTMLMediaElement APIs with 'tabs' permission -

https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/160794/#review166106

Thank you Jean-Yves.

Olli, you reviewed bug 1339961, would you mind having a look at this follow-up?
This is just changing the name of the enabling test in the webidl, to show the extra WebExtension permission that can enable these Mozilla-specific APIs.
Comment on attachment 8889724 [details]
Bug 1383984 - Enable debugging HTMLMediaElement APIs with 'tabs' permission -

https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/160794/#review166148
Attachment #8889724 - Flags: review?(bugs) → review+
Pushed by gsquelart@mozilla.com:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/67aad6b837d4
Enable debugging HTMLMediaElement APIs with 'tabs' permission - r=jya,smaug
Thank you Olli.

NI:myself to revisit, as Olli pointed out that maybe we should have properly-spec'd extension APIs instead.
Flags: needinfo?(gsquelart)
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/67aad6b837d4
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla56
Flags: needinfo?(gsquelart)
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