Unpacked Extensions and V3

[vijaya babu]

Hi,

We have an extension that we use internal to our organization. It is V2.

Are the V2 sunset timelines applicable to this also? 

Can someone please clarify?

Thanks,

Vijay

[Stefan Van Damme]

Hi Vijay,

|| Are the V2 sunset timelines applicable to this also? 

Yes. If you use Chrome Enterprise Policy, it will stop working in all Chrome web browsers in January 2024.
Source: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv3/mv2-sunset/#:~:text=Chrome%20Web%20Store%20stops%20accepting%20updates%20to%20existing%20Manifest%20V2%20extensions

Thanks,

Stefan vd

[Vijay Babu]

Hi Stefa,

Thank you very much for the quick response and for the clarification. 

One last question on this.

Does this mean that we will have time till 2024 Jan , until we port it to V3? 

[Stefan Van Damme]

Hi Vijay,

It is best to start converting your Chrome extension to Manifest V3 now. Because it may take some time to convert from Manifest V2 to Manifest V3. And you may experience an issue that some techniques do not work in the new Manifest V3. Such as no DOM access on the background event page.
The installed Chrome extensions with Enterprise Policy will be still working until that date => January 2024 - Manifest V2 enterprise policy expires.

Thanks,
Stefan vd

[glr...@gmail.com]

Hi Vijay,

I agree with Stefan, migrating to MV3 (ASAP) is the best course of action.

I just recently migrated our MV2 extension into an MV3 one. 

It was not as complicated as I initially thought.

Good luck,

GovZ

[Cuyler Stuwe]

The best answer to this isn't actually clear.

It depends on a number of things, including what your extension does and whether any MV3 bugs or missing features disproportionately impact your use.

[Vijay Babu]

Thanks a lot Stefan for taking time to provide further details on the same. 

have a good day and best regards,

Vijay

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 -Vijay

[Vijay Babu]

Thanks GovZ, good to know that it didnt take too long. I hope our extension also wont take time to port out

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 -Vijay

[Vijay Babu]

Hi Cuyler,

We customized the selenium IDE extension. We are fine with not adapting to the new features or so, but having our extension work for some more time (with or without enterprise policy) is fine for us, until we migrate

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 -Vijay