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Mozilla Firefox add-ons gain rollback support for bad extension updates

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Mozilla added a rollback control for Firefox extension updates, letting developers push users back to a previously approved version when a release is buggy or broken. The change matters because it reduces the window in which a bad add-on can keep affecting users and helps limit installs of the problematic version. For extensions with automatic updates, the rollback should reach affected users within 24 hours.

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  1. 22.09.2025 18:53 2 articles · 8mo ago

    Mozilla adds Firefox add-on rollback support

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    Mozilla announced a Firefox add-on rollback feature that lets developers republish a previously approved version of an extension with a new version number, helping users move off a buggy update. For add-ons on addons.mozilla.org with at least two approved versions, developers can roll back to the approved version released before the current one; self-distributed extensions can revert to any approved version. Developers can use the Developer Hub or the Add-on Submission API, and users with automatic updates should receive the rolled-back version within 24 hours.

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