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eureka February 27, 2015 10:21

Firefox 36 : appAPI.message.addListener does not work anymore ("Error: Exposing privileged or cross-origin callable is prohibited")

Hello,

Since I have done an update to (classic version) Firefox 36, an error occured when opening popup, if this one is using appAPI.message.addListener.

This error appeared in Firefox Developer Edition some days ago (probably when upgrading to version 36 or 37, but I have stopped to work with, thinking about a specific "development version" issue).

Error: 
Error: Exposing privileged or cross-origin callable is prohibited


This error closes the popup and the process.

That appears with this code : 

function crossriderMain($) {

    try {

        var lid = appAPI.message.addListener(function (msg) {});

    } catch (e) {

        alert(e);

    }

}


Can be reproduced just by cloning "Button Popup Menu" (done in the "fake" extension ID 72006) and adding a listener (even empty).

Do you reproduce it ? Or maybe you already have seen it ?
If yes, what do you think about ? Do you have an idea of a possible patch and release date, or perhaps a work-around by waiting ?

Thanks in advance
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