[Bug]: Receiving error whern uploading ChatGBTbox temporay add-on: Sorry we couldn't load your Webextension

[y-m0]

What happened?

I am attempting to upload a zip file of an extension I have forked and modified for testing. After selecting the zip file and uploading I get the the error after it finishes uploading with the message: Your add-on failed validation with 1 error. Sorry, we couldn't load your WebExtension

What did you expect to happen?

I expected the add-on to upload successfully and allow me to test my modification of the addon

Is there an existing issue for this?

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[y-m0]

[diox]

Could you please upload the zip file as an attachment here, and give us the approximate date & time of the failed submission ?

[y-m0]

I'm limited to 25MB, the zip is 46MB

[y-m0]

chatGPTBox_2.zip Found a way :) - The failed submission was on 24/09/2024 around 15:50 BST

[diox]

Those look like the source, and it doesn't have the manifest.json at the root, are you submitting this as-is as an xpi ? Notably, if your xpi is containing the full node_modules folder... try to avoid that and only submit the built version.