Does anyone know if pinned Webextension pages are supposed to be removed when Firefox is restarted? At least with the SDK these persisted through restarting even if I had issues getting them to auto-reload.
Normal pinned sites are still staying pinned so I think it’s a bug with Webextensions.
If pinned tabs via WebExtensions aren’t working like normal pinned tabs, please file a bug for it. Including a minimal test case would be very useful towards fixing the problem.
It’s working fine in 49.0a2. I can’t make a test case for 48.0 since unsigned extensions no longer work and there is no unbranded version…
Where’s the unbranded builds?
The unbranded builds for beta can be found here. It takes some extra clicking (click on the green B) to get to the actual downloads.
As for testing, you can load WebExtensions as temporary add-ons from about:debugging without having to sign them.
I forgot that debugging was available in 48, but actually wouldn’t work in
this instance since I’d need to restart to see the bug. Further testing
trying to make a testcase made the issue go away so whatever I had screwed
up is gone.
Will there be an easier way to get the unbranded builds in the future?
Thanks
Yes, there’s a blog post coming up with more details and better URLs.