{"id":7895,"date":"2016-08-02T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=7895"},"modified":"2016-08-23T15:58:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T22:58:21","slug":"multi-process-firefox-and-add-ons-a-call-to-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2016\/08\/02\/multi-process-firefox-and-add-ons-a-call-to-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-process Firefox and Add-ons: A Call to Action for Extension Developers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2016\/06\/17\/multi-process-firefox-and-amo\/\" target=\"_blank\">mentioned previously<\/a>, Mozilla will be introducing <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/Firefox\/Multiprocess_Firefox\" target=\"_blank\">multiprocess Firefox<\/a> (e10s) to selected users with the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/RapidRelease\/Calendar\" target=\"_blank\">Firefox 48<\/a>. Installations of Firefox that do not have add-ons installed or accessibility features enabled will have <a href=\"https:\/\/asadotzler.com\/2016\/06\/06\/firefox-48-beta-release-and-e10s\/\" target=\"_blank\">multi-process support enabled<\/a> by default over the next six weeks. We\u2019ll be testing multiprocess Firefox with add-ons in the release channel starting in Firefox 49, with the intent to make it the default for all installations of Firefox in early 2017.<\/p>\n<p>While a number of existing add-ons will work with multiprocess Firefox, some will not work, or will not work well. We\u2019d like add-ons to \u201cjust work\u201d, so users will be able to use all their favorite extensions while experiencing the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2016\/04\/11\/the-why-of-electrolysis\/\" target=\"_blank\">benefits of e10s<\/a> as it\u2019s rolled out to them. To this end, we have an urgent request for developers of add-ons who have not tested their add-ons for e10s compatibility or switched to <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/Add-ons\/WebExtensions\/What_are_WebExtensions_\" target=\"_blank\">WebExtensions<\/a> already:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/Add-ons\/Working_with_multiprocess_Firefox#Checking_whether_you%27re_affected\" target=\"_blank\">Check whether your add-on will likely be affected<\/a> by e10s<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/Add-ons\/SDK\/Guides\/Multiprocess_Firefox_and_the_SDK\" target=\"_blank\">Test your add-on<\/a> with e10s enabled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then, take one of the following paths:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If your add-on <b>works as expected<\/b> with e10s, <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/Add-ons\/Install_Manifests#multiprocessCompatible\" target=\"_blank\">mark it as multi-process compatible<\/a> and upload the new version to AMO and\/or your updateURL<\/li>\n<li>If your add-on <b>doesn\u2019t work as expected<\/b> with e10s, <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/Add-ons\/Working_with_multiprocess_Firefox#Adapting_to_Multiple_Processes\" target=\"_blank\">adapt it to work with e10s<\/a>, mark it as multi-process compatible and upload the new version to AMO and\/or your updateURL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additional information on e10s, add-ons, and WebExtensions are available on a <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Add-ons\/developer\/communication\" target=\"_blank\">Mozilla Wiki<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/Add-ons\" target=\"_blank\">MDN<\/a>, and we\u2019re also <a href=\"http:\/\/atsay.github.io\/e10s_office_hours\/\" target=\"_blank\">here to help<\/a> you make the transition. While it seems far away, 2017 is just a few months away, and we\u2019d ask that you test\u2014and update, if necessary\u2014your add-ons as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2016\/08\/02\/multi-process-firefox-and-add-ons-a-call-to-action\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":287,"featured_media":7684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[388,44,227],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Multi-process Firefox and Add-ons: A Call to Action for Extension Developers - Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2016\/08\/02\/multi-process-firefox-and-add-ons-a-call-to-action\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kev Needham\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2016\/08\/02\/multi-process-firefox-and-add-ons-a-call-to-action\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2016\/08\/02\/multi-process-firefox-and-add-ons-a-call-to-action\/\",\"name\":\"Multi-process Firefox and Add-ons: A Call to Action for Extension Developers - 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