Add-ons disabled or failing to install in Firefox
Incident summary Updates – Last updated 14:35 PST May 14, 2019. We expect this to be our final update. If you are running Firefox versions 61 – 65 and 1) … Read more
Kev Needham
Preventing Add-ons & Third-party Software From Loading DLLs Into Firefox
Updated 2017-01-25: Thanks for the feedback given on this post. To lessen the impact of this change on developers, we’ve clarified our policy and updated this post such that it … Read more
Migrating to WebExtensions: port your stored data
WebExtensions are the new standard for add-on development in Firefox, and will be the only supported type of extension in release versions of Firefox later this year. Starting in Firefox … Read more
Add-ons in 2017
A little more than a year ago we started talking about where add-ons were headed, and what the future would look like. It’s been busy, and we wanted to give … Read more
Multi-process Firefox and Add-ons: A Call to Action for Extension Developers
As we mentioned previously, Mozilla will be introducing multiprocess Firefox (e10s) to selected users with the release of Firefox 48. Installations of Firefox that do not have add-ons installed or … Read more
Extension Signing: Availability of Unbranded Builds
With the release of Firefox 48, extension signing can no longer be disabled in the release and beta channel builds by using a preference. As outlined when extension signing was … Read more
Add-on Signing Enforcement In Firefox 46 for Android
As part of the Extension Signing initiative, signing enforcement will be enabled by default on Firefox 46 for Android. All Firefox for Android extensions on addons.mozilla.org have been signed, and … Read more
Add-on Signing Update
In Firefox 43, we made it a default requirement for add-ons to be signed. This requirement can be disabled by toggling a preference that was originally scheduled to be removed … Read more
De-coupling Reviews from Signing Unlisted Add-ons
tl;dr – By the end of this week (December 4th), we plan to completely automate the signing of unlisted add-ons and remove the trigger for manual reviews. Over the past … Read more