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Firefox 45.0.2 refuses to install signed addon

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subwiz
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I signed the xpi using jpm tool. But I did not write the auto-update config (the updateURL and updateLink and RDFs--not needed for my usecase). Is this supposed to fail? What is the alternative?

I signed the xpi using jpm tool. But I did not write the auto-update config (the updateURL and updateLink and RDFs--not needed for my usecase). Is this supposed to fail? What is the alternative?

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the-edmeister
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Add-ons need to be signed by Mozilla.

For further information about signing requirements see the Add-ons Support fora. https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/c/add-ons

subwiz
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I am using a signed xpi.

the-edmeister said

Add-ons need to be signed by Mozilla. For further information about signing requirements see the Add-ons Support fora. https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/c/add-ons
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subwiz said

I signed the xpi using jpm tool.

If you signed it, it wasn't signed by Mozilla now was it?

subwiz
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the-edmeister said

subwiz said
I signed the xpi using jpm tool.

If you signed it, it wasn't signed by Mozilla now was it?

Yes, signed using Mozilla: jpm sign --api-key $API_KEY --api-secret $API_SECRET.

the-edmeister
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This is the current developer support article for signing extension XPI files. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/Distribution

These instructions are outdated. For an extension to work in Firefox it must be signed by Mozilla, not by yourself. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Signing_a_XPI

subwiz
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I have been following the latest-documentation correctly. I signed using jpm sign. In my s3 host, I have set the Content-type for .xpi as application/x-xpinstall. When I do a wget download of the .xpi, and do a installation using File>Open, it works without warning. Strange.