WebExtensions - browser action with popup not working

CustomizableUI does not build the toolbar button, gives the message:
[CustomizableUI] Custom widget with id … does not return a valid node

Problem appears to be: ext-browserAction.js:143, undeclared reference XUL_NS

Tested in both Aurora and Nightly.

Adding @billm.

Show code please.
I used CUI.jsm recently and it worked out fine here:

Just trying the example “beastify” from

Note it is missing the “applications” property in the manifest. Maybe I’m doing something wrong.

No, you’re right. This is a known bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1199842

Ahh thanks, I had searched Bugzilla for WebExtensions and came up with nothing.

This should be fixed now.