815813 - Fetch the most recent blocklist file as part of add-on incompatibility check process

Status: RESOLVED INACTIVE

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #815809 +++

Currently, we ship the version of the blocklist file that was current at the time that version of the application was built. Then sometime after Firefox has been running for awhile, the most recent blocklist file is fetched by the blocklist service. For that period in between, the blocklist can be upto 6 weeks old - much more if an out-of-date version of Firefox is being installed (for whatever reason), or an ESR release.

To address that, the add-ons manager incompatibility check could fetch the most recent blocklist file as part of its process which happens before add-ons are loaded, and put it in the profile directory.

Comment 1

[BMO Automation]

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