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Install and use unsigned add-on on enterprise environment (Firefox_setup_68.1.0-esr)

letymar2710
letymar2710

Hi, after many days spent to find out how to get my unsigned add-on to work, I'm able to run it only once after first installation.

Here is what I did: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1273813

Add-on works either in debug mode, loaded from file and installed via policies.json until I close browser. Next time I run FF my add-on is not invoked at all.

manifest.json file contains this directive: 

 "browser_specific_settings": {
   "gecko": {
     "id": "myaddon@domain.local"
   }
 }

Probably I miss something, but I did not find it in documentation. Any help will be appreciated Thanks in advance

I found how to view browser activity during restart, you can view it here: https://pastebin.com/pB2qBpR2 Thanks

Hi, after many days spent to find out how to get my unsigned add-on to work, I'm able to run it only once after first installation. Here is what I did: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1273813 Add-on works either in debug mode, loaded from file and installed via <code>policies.json</code> until I close browser. Next time I run FF my add-on is not invoked at all. manifest.json file contains this directive: <code> "browser_specific_settings": { "gecko": { "id": "myaddon@domain.local" } } </code> Probably I miss something, but I did not find it in documentation. Any help will be appreciated Thanks in advance ---- I found how to view browser activity during restart, you can view it here: https://pastebin.com/pB2qBpR2 Thanks

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Chosen solution

Sorry, there was nothing wrong, it was a bug inside plugin.

In the background script onInstalled and onStartup doesn't work as expected. To fix it, it was enough to put the code out of the methods.

Thanks

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letymar2710
letymar2710 Question owner

Chosen Solution

Sorry, there was nothing wrong, it was a bug inside plugin.

In the background script onInstalled and onStartup doesn't work as expected. To fix it, it was enough to put the code out of the methods.

Thanks