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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • Beginning with Firefox 127, users will be prompted to grant MV3 host permissions as part of the install flow (similar to MV2 extensions).

    Hooray! Previously Firefox MV3 extensions had to include a custom button in the UI to prompt the user for host permissions at runtime. It generally made more sense to stay on MV2 than switch from a 2-click to a 6-click install procedure.



















  • On Chrome, I only ever recall seeing the dialog when I install an extension, or if an extension is updated to use additional permissions.

    Firefox MV3 is different, in that the all_urls permission cannot be granted on install. If an extension requests all_urls, it installs with the permission disabled. The user has to manually enable it for one site or all.

    IPvFoo is mostly useless without all_urls, which is why I made it show that button until the permission is granted.