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I've published a new version of the extension. It has been marked as 'Pending Review' because the manifest has some permission changes. Now I don't want the new version of the extension to be published. Is there any way to stop it? I just want to let the users continue using the already published version of the extension

(I don't know where else to ask)

Dilip
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    @IvánNokonoko Unpublishing will remove it from the store. I only want to stop the update and let the user install and continue using the existing version of the extension. I've edited the question to make it clear. – Dilip Sep 17 '18 at 12:17
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    If the cancel button is available, then you can select it. But if not, then you need to wait for the review team to finish the review. Usually review process takes up to 1 week base on my experience. – droidBomb Dec 06 '18 at 13:48
  • Do you know what triggers a review? My extension is stuck in this status for 3 days now. I did not change the permissions. – Gergely Szabo Jun 26 '19 at 15:17
  • @GergelySzabo No, it takes about 12-24 hours max with the permission changes. Usually, it doesn't cross 4-5 hours without permission changes. But since this is not documented, I'm not sure why it is under review days for you. – Dilip Jun 27 '19 at 08:54
  • Thanks, few hours was what I was seeing so far for the past 6 months that I have been pushing new versions of my extension. – Gergely Szabo Jun 27 '19 at 12:37
  • @GergelySzabo Coincidentally, my extension is also stuck for 2 days now. – Dilip Jun 29 '19 at 05:33
  • I am day 6. Talked to CWS developer support yesterday and they confirmed that it can take up to seven days but offered no explanation to what triggers a manual review. – Gergely Szabo Jun 29 '19 at 13:13
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    The Pending Review can take up to 2 weeks or even months. This is a really bad state to be in with Google Chrome it seems. – kaleazy Nov 25 '19 at 21:37
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    Our extension stays in pending review ~1 week every time we publish update since Dec 2019. Really annoying. We have to distribute critical fixes in zip files and ask our customer to load extension unpacked. :( – Yury Tolochko Jan 08 '20 at 13:57

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Unfortunately this is still an issue as of today (8/14/2020) and there is no way to cancel a submission for review.

A recent change when submitting an extension for review there is an option to automatically publish the extension after passing the review. This is checked by default in the window prompt. As a practice I would recommend not allowing publication after a review to provide you with the final decision when the extension is published to the Chrome Web Store.

submission modal

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There now is a defer option. Just used it for the first time so hope it works as expected!

Defer publish

Edit: After the deferred item is approved you can select cancel publish from the menu. After canceling you are able to upload an updated package. Would love to just be able to cancel while it is waiting for approval, but this is at least a way!

cancel publish

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Go to the Developer Dashboard for your extension and click on Send Feedback in the lower left-hand corner: enter image description here From there you'll be able to make your request directly to the Chrome Extension Support team.

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