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How to set private window permission?
MDN URL
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/proxy/settings
What specific section or headline is this issue about?
Note
What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?
Note: The ability to change proxy settings requires private window access because proxy settings affect both private and non-private windows. Therefore, if an extension has not been granted private window permission, calls to
proxy.settings.set()will throw an exception.
The information is not complete. It's missing how to set the private window permission.
What did you expect to see?
It should contain information how to set the permission.
Searchfox: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/108c7843696fdf951083889d6fb858953139be96/toolkit/components/extensions/parent/ext-proxy.js#217
Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?
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Do you have anything more you want to share?
I looked at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/manifest.json/permissions but failed to find "private window".
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en-us/mozilla/add-ons/webextensions/api/proxy/settings - MDN URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/proxy/settings
- GitHub URL: https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/mozilla/add-ons/webextensions/api/proxy/settings/index.md
- Last commit: https://github.com/mdn/content/commit/c87ca062c8d120223f4919b8c45441eec26e9e59
- Document last modified: 2022-07-06T10:18:57.000Z
I just noticed this in about:addons
Having browser.proxy affect both contexts extremely degrades DX.
@szmarczak while we do need to clarify the issue you've identified, I wanted to let you know that we have recently added a clarification to the incognito manifest key to explain that permission for an extension to access private windows is under user control.
