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Looks like starting from the Google Chrome 63 loading self-signed crx file fails with a message: "This extension may have been corrupted". From the browser logs I see that Chrome is trying to check the verified contents from the store, and, of course, failing.
content_hash_fetcher.cc(252)] Missing verified contents for cfbklnofppkbgcfhppceodfodekoecoa, fetching...
job failed for cfbklnofppkbgcfhppceodfodekoecoa reason:1
VerifyFailed cfbklnofppkbgcfhppceodfodekoecoa reason:1
That's happening for all extensions I can check. Self-signed crx were disabled on reloading Chrome for a while now, but that was mostly OK for basic testing. Now it seems to be not possible at all. Is there a way to install extensions for testing on Chrome 63?
Installing unpacked extensions works (for now), but that's not the same as installing crx. We had some issues which were not happening with unpacked extensions, mostly with init and storages.
UPD: the issue is tracked here https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=794219
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Corruption means that something is modifying your extensions, and this is entirely abnormal and even alarming. The possibilities I can see are: Your computer is infected (seems possible) You have installed a rogue extension (less likely as extensions are sandboxed).
CRX file is most commonly known as the google chrome extension file. CRX Extension file can be installed on the Chrome browser to add more functionality to it. These files are saved in compressed format and contain the executable programs.
Not sure exactly why this is happening, but the "fix" for us was to put a dummy update_url key in the manifest.json for the extension:
"update_url": "https://www.google.com"
Any old URL will do.
Warning: You will need to remove this before deploying to the Chrome Web Store as it might break your users' upgrade process.
Chrome bug this is the chrome bug tracking this issue. Please star it so that it gets some attention https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=794219
Also not sure if this will continue to work in the future.
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