external extensions fail to load in guest view
Reported by
jon.jwil...@gmail.com,
Nov 16 2017
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Issue description
UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:56.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/56.0
Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Configure a machine to always load https everywhere, like so:
sudo sh -c 'cat >/usr/share/chromium/extensions/gcbommkclmclpchllfjekcdonpmejbdp.json' << EOF
{ "external_update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx" }
EOF
2. Start chromium.
chromium
3. https everywhere loads for Person 1. Yay!
4. Change to guest view. https everywhere goes away. Boo! Why?
What is the expected behavior?
I expect the extension to load, even in the guest view.
What went wrong?
It does not load.
WebStore page:
Did this work before? No
Chrome version: 62.0.3202.89 (Developer Build) (64-bit) Channel: stable
OS Version:
Flash Version:
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Nov 16 2017
Unable to reproduce the issue on reported version 62.0.3202.89, latest stable 62.0.3202.94 and latest Canary 64.0.3269.3 using Ubuntu 14.04 by following below mentioned steps
1. Hit the command " sudo sh -c 'cat >/usr/share/chromium/extensions/gcbommkclmclpchllfjekcdonpmejbdp.json' << EOF
{ "external_update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx" }
EOF " in terminal
2. Upon using command, Chromium is not launched automatically
3. Now Launch chromium and check extensions
4. Extension is not seen in person 1 and guest
Could you please find the attached screencast and let us know if we have missed any steps in the process of reproducing the issue from TE-end
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Nov 16 2017
On Ubuntu:
sudo sh -c 'cat >/usr/share/chromium-browser/extensions/gcbommkclmclpchllfjekcdonpmejbdp.json' << EOF
{ "external_update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx" }
EOF
Note that this problem is not specific to Linux. The same thing occurs on Windows and Mac OS X.
Here is a link that describes how to install external extensions on the various platforms:
https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/external_extensions
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Nov 16 2017
Thank you for providing more feedback. Adding requester "divya.padigela@techmahindra.com" to the cc list and removing "Needs-Feedback" label. For more details visit https://www.chromium.org/issue-tracking/autotriage - Your friendly Sheriffbot
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Nov 16 2017
A more accurate title for this bug: external extensions fail to load in guest view
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Nov 16 2017
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Nov 19
Issue has not been modified or commented on in the last 365 days, please re-open or file a new bug if this is still an issue. For more details visit https://www.chromium.org/issue-tracking/autotriage - Your friendly Sheriffbot |
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Comment 1 by nyerramilli@chromium.org
, Nov 16 2017