FAQ relevant for: all Academy versions
Hi all,
Support for Manifest V2 has officially been disabled in Google Chrome, which means the Elasticsearch Head Chrome extension is no longer functioning properly on the VDIs.
When you try to add the Elasticsearch Head Chrome extension you may see the following error:
Error Message: This extension was turned off because it is no longer supported"This extension was turned off because it is no longer supported"
or this error:
Error message: Cannot install extension because it uses an unsupported manifest version. Could not load manifest."Cannot install extension because it uses an unsupported manifest version. Could not load manifest."
We are looking into ways we can resolve this issue, however for now we have a workaround to get the extension working.
Error Workaround
Here are the steps you can follow to work around this error:
Step 1: Navigate to chrome://flags/ in the Chrome browser:
Step 2: Disable the following settings:
-
Extension Manifest V2 Deprecation Warning Stage
-
Extension Manifest V2 Deprecation Disabled Stage
-
Extension Manifest V2 Deprecation Unsupported Stage
Alternatively on some versions the setting may appear as the following:
- Allow legacy extension manifest versions
In this case you will need to enable the setting as seen above.
Step 3: Restart Chrome.
Step 4: Re-add the Elasticsearch Head Chrome extension. This comment details how to add the extension to Chrome.
You should now be able to use the Elasticsearch Head Chrome extension as normal!
Apologies for the inconvenience, I hope this helps!
Quantexa Team
