
Extension Pulse, week of August 24: CWS API V1 dies October 15, and Chrome is giving you the Public Suffix List
CWS API V1 dies October 15. Chrome 154 adds chrome.publicSuffix. Edge MV2 and Firefox's two-week train are background.
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CWS API V1 dies October 15. Chrome 154 adds chrome.publicSuffix. Edge MV2 and Firefox's two-week train are background.

Edge starts phasing out MV2. Firefox 155 goes fortnightly. Chrome 153 binds protocol handlers to the extension lifetime.

Firefox 154 ships the sandbox manifest key. Chrome 153 blocks user scripts from privileged renderers and asks you to reload after site-access changes.

AMO now builds Firefox add-ons from source. Chrome 152 beta brings a badge cap and a tighter browser namespace.

Chrome 151 deletes every remaining MV2 flag. Messaging gets structured clone. setBadgeText is capped at 100 bytes.

CWS data-minimisation rules enforce August 1. Firefox 153 ships tomorrow. Firefox and Safari just lined up behind COOP/COEP for extension pages.

Chrome Web Store yanks remaining MV2 listings on August 31. AI-agent permissions landed at W3C. The MV2 preference storage is already deleted in Chromium.

Chrome Web Store opens to 120+ countries, Firefox 153 ESR is two weeks out, and W3C still can't agree a cap on unlimitedStorage. Here's what actually matters.