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demon.rider
demon.rider

Reputation: 29

Uploading Chrome Extension - Error: Failed to process your item

When uploading my zip file using the Developer Dashboard, I'm getting the following error:

An error occurred: Failed to process your item.

Can not process the manifest file.,Can not process the message.json file.,Can not process the key.pem file.,Chrome Web Store system error, please try again later.

I've followed 3 different tutorials (2 on extensions, and 1 on uploading to the Developer Dashboard) that I found on creating an extension on Googles' site. None of them say to create a message.json so I didn't create one (not sure why its telling me it can't process it). There is also no key.pem file, as they said do not generate this file and don't include it - as it will be generated when you upload it.

It says try again later, but I've tried several weeks now with no luck.

Currently, I'm exploring if my zip file is generated "funny" from 7-zip. I'd use the built in windows zip once I get that working again - however it seems corrupted.

My manifest file is in the root folder, and and the extension works in developer mode on my chrome. I've quadruple checked that the JSON is valid as well.

The extension works great for me, but fails the upload process.

How do I get past this step of the process?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1021

Answers (2)

demon.rider
demon.rider

Reputation: 29

The answer to this was:

In the 7-Zip settings, I was using the compression method Deflate64, I changed it to Deflate and it the zip file was accepted. Thanks to @wOxxOm

I probably wouldn't have had this problem but my windows built in zip is currently corrupted and used 7zip to make a zip file.

Upvotes: 2

woxxom
woxxom

Reputation: 73616

  1. Make sure manifest.json is in the root of the zip archive (not inside any directory)
  2. Use the standard deflate zipping method in 7-zip, not anything fancy like deflate64

Upvotes: 3

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