Tell HN: Chrome Extension Store is delaying publishing new versions for days

[vdfs]

Hi HN,

Chrome Extension Store in the last 2 months is delaying publishing new uploaded extension versions for days or weeks, with no specific reason.

This is a nightmare for apps relying on extensions to work, imaging a time-to-release of at least 7 days.

The mailing list is full of daily inquiries about "Pending Review" status

https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!searchin/chromium-extensions/Pending$20Review%7Csort:date

Is there any way around this? other than targeting other browsers like Firefox or Edge?

[actionowl]

I've noticed the same thing [1] it's totally unsustainable.

If you think that is bad, my Opera extension have been pending for almost a month!

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22155593

[vdfs]

That really sucks, are you using the "broad permssions" like <all_urls>?

[alexanderby]

I have to publish a bug fix for a version, that is Pending Review, and it is not possible to submit the new update before the previous one was removed.

[vdfs]

Right, if you unpublish it when it's in review, it won't be accessible until it's reviewed, you have to wait again to publish it