Articles tagged "manifest-v2"

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A checked path from an old outlined extension tile to an orange replacement

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Manifest V2 extensions are delisted: how to replace yours without installing a clone

Manifest V2 extensions have left the Chrome Web Store. Check your extension ID, find the original developer and vet a safe replacement before you install it.

Maxim Kosterin

September 14, 2026

10 min read

Two overlapping hairline circles with orange watercolor only in the intersection — Edge and Firefox catching up.

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Extension Pulse, week of August 17: Edge starts killing MV2, Firefox goes fortnightly

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

Maxim Kosterin

August 17, 2026

4 min read

Three empty hairline toggles and a fading orange blot where a fourth would be — the last Manifest V2 flags leaving Chrome.

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Extension Pulse, week of July 27: Chrome 151 deletes the last MV2 flags. There is no bypass.

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

Maxim Kosterin

July 27, 2026

4 min read

A hairline rounded square whose orange watercolor fill drains off the bottom — a Manifest V2 listing leaving the store.

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Extension Pulse, week of July 13: August 31 is the Chrome Web Store's MV2 funeral

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.

Maxim Kosterin

July 13, 2026

4 min read

Small hairline squares dissolving into faint orange watercolor stains while one larger square stands intact and untouched.

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We counted what Chrome's Manifest V2 sunset actually removed — and it wasn't the ad blockers

Everyone said Chrome's Manifest V2 deadline would kill ad blockers. Here's what the sunset actually stranded — and why Firefox is now the MV2 refuge.

Maxim Kosterin

June 18, 2026

6 min read