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Firefox add-on signing using web-ext takes more than 5 minutes!

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Vaibhav Tripathi
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I am using web-ext to get my extension signed from firefox. Recently, I have noticed that the time it takes to get it signed has increased drastically.

My gradle task is defined as:


task signFirefoxExtension(dependsOn: ['webExtension', 'npmInstall']) { 

   doLast {
       exec {
           // retrieve the node bin path to set the PATH environment
           String nodeBin = file("${project.projectDir}/node").list()[0]
           environment("PATH", "${project.projectDir}/node/$nodeBin/bin:\$PATH")
           commandLine "mkdir", "-p", "$buildDir/browser-extension/firefox/extensions"

           commandLine "${project.projectDir}/node_modules/.bin/web-ext", "sign",
                       "-s", "$buildDir/tmp/webext",
                       "-a", "$buildDir/tmp/webext",
                       "--verbose",
                       "--timeout=300000",
                       "--channel", "unlisted",
                       "--api-key=<KEY>",
                       "--api-secret=<SECRET>"
           standardOutput = new FileOutputStream("${buildDir}/tmp/web-ext.out");
       }
   }

}

I have configured 5 min for the signing timeout but I am seeing frequent timeouts.

Are there others out there facing the same problem? Is there anything that can be done to make this signing faster?

I am using web-ext to get my extension signed from firefox. Recently, I have noticed that the time it takes to get it signed has increased drastically. My gradle task is defined as: task signFirefoxExtension(dependsOn: ['webExtension', 'npmInstall']) { doLast { exec { // retrieve the node bin path to set the PATH environment String nodeBin = file("${project.projectDir}/node").list()[0] environment("PATH", "${project.projectDir}/node/$nodeBin/bin:\$PATH") commandLine "mkdir", "-p", "$buildDir/browser-extension/firefox/extensions" commandLine "${project.projectDir}/node_modules/.bin/web-ext", "sign", "-s", "$buildDir/tmp/webext", "-a", "$buildDir/tmp/webext", "--verbose", "--timeout=300000", "--channel", "unlisted", "--api-key=<KEY>", "--api-secret=<SECRET>" standardOutput = new FileOutputStream("${buildDir}/tmp/web-ext.out"); } } } I have configured 5 min for the signing timeout but I am seeing frequent timeouts. Are there others out there facing the same problem? Is there anything that can be done to make this signing faster?

Modified by Vaibhav Tripathi

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Hello Vaibhav Tripathi,

Would you please take a look at this thread :

https://github.com/mozilla/web-ext/issues/1773

Maybe you could start a new issue ?

Or maybe here :

https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/web-ext-sign-command-is-timing-out/49670

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McCoy
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Hello Vaibhav Tripathi,

Would you please take a look at this thread :

https://github.com/mozilla/web-ext/issues/1773

Maybe you could start a new issue ?

Or maybe here :

https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/web-ext-sign-command-is-timing-out/49670

Vaibhav Tripathi
Vaibhav Tripathi Question owner
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Awesome! Thanks McCoy, it looks like it is an issue with web-ext and not with how Mozilla signs add-ons.

Thanks a lot for the pointers. Cheers!

McCoy
McCoy
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I'm glad I could help  !

jmaurice
jmaurice
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en français ce serait mieux: comment obtenir le code secret pour accéder a la messagerie i phone7