Chrome Extension API - Unable to update saved tab groups in Chrome

[Moe Bazzi]

Chrome recently came out with the saved tab groups feature, which is great, however, if you try to call `chrome.tabGroups.update` for a tab group that is saved, it throws an error saying something like "saved tab groups cannot be updated". This completely breaks my extension Tidy Tab Groups when the user has saved tab groups. What is even more ridiculous is that there is no way to know if a tab group is saved, since it is not defined in the chrome extension API. I don't see any reason why saved tab groups can not be updated through the chrome extension API. I hope this is a bug, or just a temporary behavior since other extensions offer features around tab groups as well.

[Jackie Han]

I understand your concern. This issue has been discussed in these places:

• https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/chromium-extensions/c/Pg8333Rnqgs/m/906r16iXAgAJ
• https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/chromium-extensions/c/2RO1vp-8lqE/m/yHE5vsRCAQAJ
• https://issues.chromium.org/issues/323982812
• https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40288048

Unfortunately, this is intentional by the saved group dev team and does break the existing functionality of the related extensions. I hope they can provide a solution as soon as possible. Usually, a solution should be provided before the launch of breaking changes, rather than after the launch.

On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 1:35 AM Moe Bazzi <bazz...@gmail.com> wrote:

Chrome recently came out with the saved tab groups feature, which is great, however, if you try to call `chrome.tabGroups.update` for a tab group that is saved, it throws an error saying something like "saved tab groups cannot be updated". This completely breaks my extension Tidy Tab Groups when the user has saved tab groups. What is even more ridiculous is that there is no way to know if a tab group is saved, since it is not defined in the chrome extension API. I don't see any reason why saved tab groups can not be updated through the chrome extension API. I hope this is a bug, or just a temporary behavior since other extensions offer features around tab groups as well.

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