Version 6.3.12
18 June 2025Enhanced Security & CSP Updates
Security-focused update with enhanced Content Security Policy and sandbox restrictions.
What's included:
- Enhanced CSP Sandbox Policy: Removed unsafe-inline and unsafe-eval from sandbox CSP for improved security
- Stricter Content Security Policy: Tightened sandbox restrictions to prevent potential XSS vulnerabilities
- Updated global.css (90KB, expanded from 79KB in previous version)
Host Permissions & Manifest Updates
Added explicit host permissions for enhanced manifest analysis features.
What's included:
- Host Permissions: Added explicit host permissions for https://www.extensionauditor.com/* to enable enhanced manifest analysis features
- Minor improvements to manifest configuration
Privacy Manager & Major Feature Release
Comprehensive release introducing Privacy Manager and advanced privacy protection features.
What's included:
- Privacy Manager: Complete privacy management system with optional permissions
- Privacy Rules via DNR: Declarative Net Request rules for privacy protection
- Client Hints blocking rules and Accept Language header control
- URL tracking parameter removal and advanced privacy protection rules
- Audit Logs Page: New dedicated page for viewing extension activity logs
- Privacy Dashboard: Comprehensive privacy settings interface
- Incognito Support: Added spanning mode for incognito sessions
- Enhanced CSP: Added sandbox content security policy with strict restrictions
- Extension Renamed: "Extension Auditor" → "Extension Auditor Pro"
- Popup Restored: Re-added popup interface alongside other UI components
- Extension Key Added: Added public key for consistent extension ID across installations
Version 5.3.3
24 February 2025Context Menus & Enhanced Localization
Added context menus, notifications, and expanded language support.
What's included:
- Context Menus: Added contextMenus permission for right-click functionality
- Notifications: Added notifications permission for user alerts and updates
- Enhanced Localization: Expanded to 49 locale directories for comprehensive language support
- Minimum Chrome Version: Increased from 114 to 120
- Global CSS updated to 69KB with new features
Version 3.66.10
1 February 2025Library Dependencies Update
Added library dependencies and minor improvements.
What's included:
- Library Dependencies: Added /lib directory for external dependencies
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
- No manifest changes from 3.66.0
Version 3.66.0
30 January 2025Keyboard Shortcuts & Audit System
Major update with keyboard shortcuts, alarms API, and comprehensive audit logging system.
What's included:
- Keyboard Shortcuts: Implemented command shortcuts for quick access
- Ctrl+Shift+K (Mac: Cmd+Shift+K) - Open Sidebar
- Ctrl+Shift+E (Mac: Cmd+Shift+E) - Open Dashboard
- Ctrl+Shift+Y (Mac: Cmd+Shift+Y) - Reload Extension
- Alarms API: Added alarms permission for scheduled tasks and cache management
- Unlimited Storage: Added unlimitedStorage permission for extensive logging
- Audit Logs System: Added /audit-logs directory with logging infrastructure
- Background Worker: Restructured to modular architecture
- Side Panel: Added default title "Extension Auditor"
- Global CSS expanded to 66KB with new features
Version 1.0.0
22 January 2025Side Panel Interface & Major Redesign
Complete redesign with Chrome Side Panel API and comprehensive options page.
What's included:
- Side Panel Interface: Complete redesign with Chrome Side Panel API
- Options Page: Added comprehensive options/settings page
- Short Name: Added abbreviated extension name for better display
- Offline Support: Enabled offline_enabled flag
- Global Theming: Added init-theme.js for consistent theming across pages
- Minimum Chrome Version: Increased from 88 to 107 (required for Side Panel API)
- Global CSS expanded to 55KB with new UI components
- Added extensionauditor.webp branding image
- Removed Popup Interface in favor of Side Panel interface
Version 0.0.0.4
19 January 2025Storage API & Popup Interface
Added data persistence, popup interface, and comprehensive branding.
What's included:
- Storage API: Added storage permission for data persistence
- Popup Interface: Added default popup (popup/index.html)
- Author Information: Added author "Ishan Girdhar"
- Homepage: Added homepage_url pointing to extensionauditor.com
- Global Styling: Added global.css (49KB) for consistent UI
- Theming: Added init-theme.js for theme initialization
- Branding: Added extensionauditor.webp image
- Updated dashboard with new UI components
- Background script expanded to 33KB with additional features
Version 0.0.0.1
9 January 2025Initial Release
First version of Extension Auditor with core security and privacy analysis features.
What's included:
- Core Features: Browser extension security and privacy analysis
- Management API permission for reading installed extensions
- Basic dashboard for viewing extension details
- Manifest V3 architecture with service worker background script
- Multi-language support (i18n)
- Extension icons (16, 32, 48, 128px)
- Minimum Chrome Version: 88
- Content Security Policy: Basic CSP with script-src and object-src restrictions
