Very long extension moderation process

[A Former User]

A Former User @tprockow last edited by

@tprockow That's very good to know.

I went ahead and tried going through the upload process but always got into the queue. I went as far as deleting my extension entry and trying with a new one (since it was never published in the first place, anyway).

An annoyance: the displayed warnings are really off the mark and can easily be bypassed.

• As in, just because I have an svg in my extension, it complained about http://www.w3.org/2000/svg not being in the manifest.

• Because I'm using Rollup as a bundler and support other browsers, I don't have chrome.notifications directly in the bundle — it shows up as const t = (chrome || browser); t.notifications.create(...), so Opera complains that I'm not using any of the requested permissions. Adding a chrome.notifications.get || chrome.storage.local.get; anywhere is enough to suppress it.

• I had https://*.domain.com/, so it complained that https://specific.domain.com/ wasn't in the manifest.

• I added https://specific.domain.com/, so it complained that https://specific.domain.com wasn't in the manifest (and this url was never hit anyway! it was just in the code to create links!).

I'm really only going through these because some users have been dying to have my extension on Opera, but, as a completely free extension with zero upsides for me, there's just no justification for trying to get into this browser if this process isn't improved.

[phaistonian]

phaistonian @tprockow last edited by

@tprockow Is there an ETA you can share on the automatic moderation process?

ps: Waiting for an extension to be published for 3+ weeks.

[devartstaff]

devartstaff last edited by

Another two months without moderation - https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/tmetric-extension/

[sitenkov]

sitenkov last edited by

Please review the last version of add-on (2+ month without moderation)
https://addons.opera.com/ru/extensions/details/alibonus-vozvrashchai-10-s-aliexpress

[oinkandstuff]

oinkandstuff last edited by

This is a joke. Since 1 year ago all extensions are stopped in Opera.
Neither updates or new extensions.
It's impossible to work to Opera this way...
I have extensions with over 1 year of waiting. Will the users wait that amount of time for an update? No, they will just switch to Chrome or Firefox where the approval is in 1 hour.
This way I must conclude that Opera is close to decease...
Please do something

Greetings.

[eliastik]

eliastik last edited by

Same problem, the latest version of my extension - 2.6 - (https://addons.opera.com/fr/extensions/details/page-shadow/) is awaiting moderation since the 31 october of 2018. The previous versions I have sent (2.3, 2.4 and 2.5) haven't been published (I sent the 2.3 version on 1 december of 2017 !).

Please do something !

[kurtq]

kurtq last edited by

What about moderation guys? Added more extension Dec 3, 2018. Nothing happens

[tautvydas]

tautvydas last edited by

Why not close opera add-ons and just allow users to install Chrome extensions by default, same as Vivaldi does? This is not respectful both towards creators and users. Lack of comments and replies to this topic by Opera representing people is not acceptable.

[snake223]

snake223 last edited by

Hi, Ii'm waiting more than week for moderation to publish extention update.
How much time does it usually take?
Extention https://addons.opera.com/developer/package/222495/

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @snake223 last edited by

Some people has been waiting for months.

[snake223]

snake223 @leocg last edited by

@leocg oh, what the problem why so long?

[gustavwiz]

gustavwiz last edited by

I don't think ranting here will improve the situation. As you can see, tprockow wrote a couple of posts back Opera are working on auto moderation, which indicates they are aware of the problem.

[kurtq]

kurtq @leocg last edited by

@leocg
I read the forum, some people are waiting for years, some are not waiting ...

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

My name is Dux and i'm an awaitoholic

[kurtq]

kurtq last edited by

Hello!
Added his extension MoneyBack.biz Browser Extension Dec 3, 2018, the status for today is not moderated.
The new version was released Feb 15, 2019, not moderated. After several months of waiting, he put a mark on "I want my extension to be available for auto-publishing". Nothing has changed.

Please make the application moderation. thank

[kurtq]

kurtq last edited by

Last week, changes with the "automatic" moderation did not happen. Please upgrade even manually, maybe it will be faster

[nradiowave]

nradiowave last edited by

Hm...seems system is really random. That suddenly started at november 3 and continue until now. (I already upload some versions of the extension before and they was published after from few days to 1 month, but not a almost half of year without any feedback or notifications)

[kurtq]

kurtq @nradiowave last edited by

@nradiowave Lucky for you however

[kurtq]

kurtq last edited by

Please answer, how long will this nightmare last for moderation? When (at least an approximate time frame) is it worth waiting for improvements? thank

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @kurtq last edited by

See https://forums.opera.com/topic/16609/very-long-extension-moderation-process/184