{"id":9260,"date":"2025-09-19T10:18:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=9260"},"modified":"2025-09-19T10:18:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:18:36","slug":"now-you-can-roll-back-to-a-previous-version-of-your-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2025\/09\/19\/now-you-can-roll-back-to-a-previous-version-of-your-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Now you can roll back to a previous version of your extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8750\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/files\/2019\/10\/Fx-Browser-icon-fullColor-252x252.png\" alt=\"Firefox logo\" width=\"252\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/files\/2019\/10\/Fx-Browser-icon-fullColor-252x252.png 252w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/files\/2019\/10\/Fx-Browser-icon-fullColor-160x160.png 160w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/files\/2019\/10\/Fx-Browser-icon-fullColor-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/files\/2019\/10\/Fx-Browser-icon-fullColor-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/files\/2019\/10\/Fx-Browser-icon-fullColor.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/>In response to feedback we\u2019ve heard from the community, AMO (<a href=\"http:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">addons.mozilla.org<\/a>) just introduced a new feature allowing developers the ability to quickly roll back to a previously approved extension version. The most common need for roll-back ability are occasions when developers may release a new version they later discover has critical bugs. Now in such cases, instead of needing to make fast fixes and quickly submit an even newer version, which could be further delayed during a review process, developers are free to revert back to a previously approved version.<\/p>\n<p>For users who may have already installed the buggy version that\u2019s later pulled, the extension will update to the roll-back version when Firefox checks for the next update (which occurs every 24 hours by default, save for users who\u2019ve turned off automatic updates from the Add-ons Manager).<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the new roll-back feature, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/extensionworkshop.allizom.org\/documentation\/publish\/version-rollback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Extension Workshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to feedback we\u2019ve heard from the community, AMO (addons.mozilla.org) just introduced a new feature allowing developers the ability to quickly roll back to a previously approved extension version. &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2025\/09\/19\/now-you-can-roll-back-to-a-previous-version-of-your-extension\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":648,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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