Observed arrival · 2026-11-14
Will It Disable? A real-Chrome test for extension updates
A free tool that tests whether a planned Chrome extension update will trigger a permission warning and disable the extension.
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- For
- Chrome extension developers shipping manifest updates
- Worth noticing
- Chrome compares permission warnings, not raw permission names; broader grants can already cover narrower ones.
Field notes
The workflow packages both manifests as CRX3 builds signed with the same key, then performs a normal install followed by an update rather than using unpacked extensions or policy installation. The page says those alternatives skip the permission check. It also explains that warning coverage can make a raw list diff misleading: history may already cover tabs, while <all_urls> can cover individual host permissions.
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