Bugzilla issues affecting uBlock Origin webext

[gorhill]

A placeholder issue to track all open issues on bugzilla.mozilla.org affecting the webext version of uBlock Origin:

• ~1367494: [BrowserAction] properties supported on desktop but not android should warn rather than prevent installation~~
  • This is what is preventing uBO/webext from being installed on Firefox for Android.
  • uBO/webext can't be released on the stable channel of AMO as long as the fix is not in a stable release of Firefox for Android.
  • Update: fixed with https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1367494, so not a showstopper anymore.
• 1360285: URL values not normalized to ASCII in WebExtensions API
  • I will add workaround code in uBO until issue is fixed.
  • Test page: uBO does not list all hostnames on that page without the workaround code.
  • Update: workaround code works just fine, not a blocking issue.
• 1313401: Background Page LocalStorage is cleared along with site storage
  • This prevents uBO from remembering some UI preferences, but especially this breaks "Advanced settings".
  • Update: I do not consider this issue to be a showstopper for publishing webext-legacy on stable channel on August 22nd.

[uniquePWD]

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=945240 landed which apparently negates the need for https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1360285

[streetwolf]

How about: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1379148

[leplatrem]

Even if it's well documented in your wiki, I just opened 1386988: Confusing Legacy label for Embedded WebExtensions addons

[chetgurevitch]

1367494 is fixed for firefox 55.

[gorhill]

@leplatrem Not sure they can do anything about this. An embedded webext can be complete or partial.

uBO is a complete webext except for the data migration legacy code executed once at first install.

On the other hand I do know that ABP 2.9.1 is declaring hasEmbeddedWebExtension but the only webext API used is browser.storage.local, so it's still mostly a legacy extension

[lizzard]

We are seeing a very high volume crash on Firefox for Android 55, the current release, with the 1.14.4 version of uBlock: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1347984#c30

[Luke-Baker]

1271354 is fixed in Firefox 56. Wiki - Firefox WebExtensions says it's the reason it's no longer possible to block requests from other extensions.

[gorhill]

Actually I will close this issue since uBO/webext version has been release since early September. Any remaining issues will be documented in the wiki.