{"id":7640,"date":"2016-01-22T14:40:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T22:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=7640"},"modified":"2016-02-17T09:29:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T17:29:08","slug":"add-on-signing-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2016\/01\/22\/add-on-signing-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Add-on Signing Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Firefox 43, we made it a default requirement for add-ons to be signed. This requirement can be disabled by <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Addons\/Extension_Signing#FAQ\">toggling a preference<\/a> that was originally scheduled to be removed in Firefox 44 for release and beta versions (this preference will continue to be available in the Nightly, Developer, and ESR Editions of Firefox for the foreseeable future).<\/p>\n<p>We are delaying the removal of this preference to Firefox 46 for a couple of reasons: We\u2019re adding a feature in Firefox 45 that allows <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2015\/12\/23\/loading-temporary-add-ons\/\">temporarily loading unsigned restartless add-ons<\/a> in release, which will allow developers of those add-ons to use Firefox for testing, and we\u2019d like this option to be available when we remove the preference. We also want to ensure that developers have adequate time to finish the transition to signed add-ons.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Addons\/Extension_Signing#Timeline\">updated timeline<\/a> is available on the signing wiki, and you can look up <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/RapidRelease\/Calendar\">release dates for Firefox versions<\/a> on the releases wiki. Signing will be mandatory in the beta and release versions of Firefox from 46 onwards, at which point unbranded builds based on beta and release will be provided for testing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Firefox 43, we made it a default requirement for add-ons to be signed. 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