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Cant' install chrome web store extension in private mode - Fails with access denied after downloading .crx file

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Description

Custom developed extension fails to install if uploaded to chrome web store in private mode
The extension installs as expected in Chrome but fails to install in Brave
When clicking the “Add to Brave” button, the installation fails with the error “An error has occurred -Access denied” after downloading a .crx file (see screenshot below)

Steps to Reproduce

Open Brave
Ask @moritzhaller to whitelist you as test user for the extension
Visit extension website in chrome web store
Click “Add to Brave”
Error should occur

Actual result:

Expected result:

Successfully installed extension

Reproduces how often:

Easily reproduced on two personal laptops (both Macbook pro/Mojave)

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave | 0.70.122 Chromium: 78.0.3904.87 (Official Build) (64-bit) Revision | 20c21f4010010f32462ea8e1d6af30cef66d48c8-refs/branch-heads/3904@{#840} OS | macOS Version 10.14.6 (Build 18G95)

Version/Channel Information:

Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? Yes
Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? Didn’t test
Can you reproduce this issue with the dev channel? Didn’t test
Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? Didn’t test

Other Additional Information:

Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? No
Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? No
Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? No

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 4 years ago
Reactions:5
Comments:9 (1 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

4reactions

jantimoncommented, Jan 14, 2020

I have the same behaviour even if I am not using private mode.

Brave Version 1.2.42 Chromium: 79.0.3945.117 (Official Build) (64-bit)

After allowing third party cookies I was able to install the extension:

1reaction

bscliftoncommented, Jul 15, 2021

@seanbebliss we’d need to implement https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/7167 in order for this issue to be resolved. You might want to follow that one for updates

The issue we’re commenting in covers situation where you get an error trying to access a restricted extension (ex: Google cookie sent to authenticate you are in allow list for extension; however we are not sending this, which causes the problem)

The issue you linked to above (https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/16611) was specifically due to a backend outage we had on our extension update server

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