Open Bug 1893232 Opened 2 months ago Updated 1 month ago

Consider including origins in update prompt for mv3 extensions

Categories

(WebExtensions :: General, enhancement, P3)

enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: zombie, Unassigned)

References

(Depends on 1 open bug)

Details

(Whiteboard: [design-decision-needed])

Bug 1889402 is introducing origin permissions into install flow for mv3 extensions, but not during updates.

It is not clear that including them would be the the best choice in all situation:

  • Updates are already a pain point, being blocked on user accepting them if there are new permissions,
  • But we already don't consider origin permissions as blocking for mv3 installs, we plan to continue (in certain cases) installing extensions without granting them all requested origin permissions.
  • So presenting an ultimatum of "grant these new origin permissions to update the extension" to the user is appropriate.
  • And I'm really not sure we want to complicate the update flow to include UI for granting/not origin permissions.

So filing this as a followup.

Whiteboard: [design-decision-needed]
See Also: → 1893387
Severity: -- → N/A
Depends on: 1746269
Priority: -- → P3
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