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Tell HN: Chrome Extension Store is delaying publishing new versions for days

2 points by vdfs 7y ago

Hi HN, Chrome Extension Store in the last 2 months is delaying publishing new uploaded extension versions for days or weeks, with no specific reason. This is a nightmare for apps relying on extensions to work, imaging a time-to-release of at least 7 days. The mailing list is full of daily inquiries about "Pending Review" status https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!searchin/chromium-extensions/Pending$20Review%7Csort:date Is there any way around this? other than targeting other browsers like Firefox or Edge?

actionowl 7y ago
I've noticed the same thing [1] it's totally unsustainable. If you think that is bad, my Opera extension have been pending for almost a month! [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22155593 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22155593
- vdfs 7y ago
  That really sucks, are you using the "broad permssions" like <all_urls>?
  - actionowl 7y ago
    No, but I did need tabs. The really odd thing is I updated _the description_ of the extension and even that took a few days.
alexanderby 7y ago
I have to publish a bug fix for a version, that is Pending Review, and it is not possible to submit the new update before the previous one was removed.
- vdfs 7y ago
  Right, if you unpublish it when it's in review, it won't be accessible until it's reviewed, you have to wait again to publish it