Chromium Webstore Update failed

[AshwinKO]

whenever i try to click the extension icon to update my extension it shows checking for updates for a minute and then shows Chromium Webstore Update failed in red dialog box

i am using ungoogled chromimum 113.0.5672.64 (Official Build, ungoogled-chromium) (64-bit)

[Gahwa-Gahwa]

Having the same issue (version: 113.0.5672.64)

[NeverDecaf]

Can't reproduce, which version of the extension are you currently using?

[AshwinKO]

Can't reproduce, which version of the extension are you currently using?

ver 1.5.3.1

[Gahwa-Gahwa]

If I reset all the flags, then set "Handling of extension MIME type requests" and reinstall the "Chromium Web Store" extension it works fine, but I lose all the extension that I installed.

[Gahwa-Gahwa]

I think I have pinpointed the issue.. I have "Disable machine ID" flag enabled. After I disable it and restart, I lose all installed extensions and after installing the CWS extension, it works fine.

[NeverDecaf]

You can check for error output either in chrome://extensions or by right clicking the badge and selecting "inspect popup"

[AshwinKO]

You can check for error output either in chrome://extensions or by right clicking the badge and selecting "inspect popup"

this is the inspect element console showed

[NeverDecaf]

You need to switch to the console tab to check for error output:

If there is none there you can check the card in chrome:extensions for this Errors button:

Similar issues in the past have been the result of some modification done to the browser, perhaps try on a fresh install (you can use the portable version) to see if this is being caused by something in your default browser profile, for example a flag like this:

I think I have pinpointed the issue.. I have "Disable machine ID" flag enabled. After I disable it and restart, I lose all installed extensions and after installing the CWS extension, it works fine.

My assumption is that your browser/pc/router is denying the extension access to the update_url (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NeverDecaf/chromium-web-store/master/updates.xml) for this extension which results in the error, though this is basically a wild guess without the error output.

[AshwinKO]

You need to switch to the console tab to check for error output: If there is none there you can check the card in chrome:extensions for this Errors button: Similar issues in the past have been the result of some modification done to the browser, perhaps try on a fresh install (you can use the portable version) to see if this is being caused by something in your default browser profile, for example a flag like this:

I think I have pinpointed the issue.. I have "Disable machine ID" flag enabled. After I disable it and restart, I lose all installed extensions and after installing the CWS extension, it works fine.

My assumption is that your browser/pc/router is denying the extension access to the update_url (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NeverDecaf/chromium-web-store/master/updates.xml) for this extension which results in the error, though this is basically a wild guess without the error output.

you know what i think the same either my browser or its my network thats blocking something because i tried connecting to a VPN and then tried running the extension for updates and then found no error and without VPN the red box error appears

[NeverDecaf]

If it works in a VPN perhaps it's an issue with your DNS? Maybe try the good old ipconfig /flushdns, though I'm really just spitballing here as I don't know much about this subject.

[Francewhoa]

This is to confirm this challenge. We also see this Chromium Webstore Update failed / La mise à jour de Chromium Web Store a échoué

Steps to reproduce:

1. Use Debian 10 Buster, use the Flatpak Ungoogled-Chromium 116.0.5845.140 (Official Build, ungoogled-chromium) (64 bits), use those steps to install Chromium Web Store 1.5.3.0
2. Use GNOME, open Ungoogled-Chromium
3. Click on Chromium Web Store 1.5.3.0 button
4. This error message is display: Chromium Webstore Update failed
5. Close Ungoogled-Chromium
6. Use Terminal, execute this command to start Ungoogled-Chromium: /usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=/app/bin/chromium --file-forwarding com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium @@u %U @@ --force-dark-mode --enable-features=WebUIDarkMode
7. Using Ungoogled-Chromium, click on Chromium Web Store button. The log output shows those error messages:

Gtk-Message: 12:01:26.888: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
[2:2:0903/120127.016045:ERROR:chrome_browser_cloud_management_controller.cc(163)] Cloud management controller initialization aborted as CBCM is not enabled.
[2:2:0903/120127.095698:ERROR:object_proxy.cc(590)] Failed to call method: org.freedesktop.portal.Settings.Read: object_path= /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop: org.freedesktop.portal.Error.NotFound: Requested setting not found
[2:15:0903/120132.072285:ERROR:ev_root_ca_metadata.cc(161)] Failed to decode OID: 0

[Francewhoa]

To temporary resolve this challenge, we found those steps worked:

1. Using Ungoogled-Chromium, go to chrome://extensions/
2. Temporarily remove Chromium Web Store 1.5.3.0
3. For Debian, use those steps, reinstall Chromium Web Store 1.5.3.1 or whatever the latest stable version
4. Close Ungoogled-Chromium
5. Start Ungoogled-Chromium
6. Chromium Web Store is now successfully updated to 1.5.3.1. The error message is gone.

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Using Ungoogled-Chromium 116.0.5845.140, and Debian 10 Buster

[alreadyconfused]

I had the same issue but it turned out that my pihole was blocking the necessary domain for fetching updates. The domain is clients2.google.com