Chrome Extension Disable for new Version

[Persivia inc]

Hi, 

I have a chrome extension that I published on chrome webstore. Whenever we releases its new version, chrome browser automatically updates it but also disabled it in end user browser. And users have to enable it manually. 
We don't want this behavior we would like to auto update and extension should also remain enabled.

One more question we have published version 3.0 and 3.1 now we want to downgrade it to 2.0. When we tried to publish it was not allowing with 2.0. Is there any way we can do that.

Please let me know how we can fix that issue.

Thanks,
Shehraz Khan

[Robbi]

Normally, an extension is disabled when a new version add (or modify) some "permissions" or "host_permissions" in manifest file.

So compare old manifest.json with new manifest.json.

2^Q: It's not possible to downgrade. You can revert to an older version but the version number must always be incremented.

[Stefan Van Damme]

Hi Shehraz,

Currently, you cannot revert to a previous version. However, the Google Chrome team said before adding a Chrome extension version rollback option in the near future.
To restore your previous Chrome extension, you will need to re-upload that Chrome extension with a new higher version number.

Source: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/webstore/update/#upgrade-your-item:~:text=Make%20sure%20you%20increment%20the%20version%20number.%20Each%20new%20version%20must%20have%20a%20larger%20version%20number%20than%20the%20previous%20version.

Thanks,

Stefan vd