{"id":8259,"date":"2017-09-21T11:18:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T18:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=8259"},"modified":"2017-09-21T11:18:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T18:18:07","slug":"review-wait-times-get-shorter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2017\/09\/21\/review-wait-times-get-shorter\/","title":{"rendered":"Extension review wait times are about to get much shorter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One the of the main advantages of the new WebExtensions API is that it is less likely to cause security or stability problems for users. This means we can review these add-ons faster, and we have adapted our review flow accordingly. For the past few months we have reduced review wait times for add-ons written using the WebExtensions API. Today we\u2019re taking another big step in that direction.<\/p>\n<p>Add-ons built on the WebExtensions API will now be automatically reviewed. This means we will publish add-ons shortly after uploading. Human reviewers will look at these pre-approved add-ons, prioritized on various risk factors that are calculated from the add-on&#8217;s codebase and other metadata. This change is now live, and we plan to continue augmenting it in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>These changes give developers a much improved upload and publishing experience, but also comes with more responsibility on their end. Issues that arise during review can still lead to rejection of a version or a whole listing. This will now happen after publication, rather than before. We\u2019re in the process of editing a new <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/Add-ons\/AMO\/Policy\/Reviews\">Review Policy<\/a> that will make the rules, exceptions, and consequences clearer for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One the of the main advantages of the new WebExtensions API is that it is less likely to cause security or stability problems for users. This means we can review &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2017\/09\/21\/review-wait-times-get-shorter\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":8108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,574,278886],"tags":[580,278873,278879,278871],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Extension review wait times are about to get much shorter - 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\/2017\/09\/21\/review-wait-times-get-shorter\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jorge Villalobos\" \/>\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\/2017\/09\/21\/review-wait-times-get-shorter\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2017\/09\/21\/review-wait-times-get-shorter\/\",\"name\":\"Extension review wait times are about to get much shorter - 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