Validate webextensions.* Chromium versions where non-real values were replaced #25082
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Description
What type of issue is this?
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In November 2024, several Chromium WebExt PRs are replacing both ranges ("≤58") and non-real values (true) with specific versions.
Approach: The version numbers were researched by looking at Chromium commit data and correlating the commit dates with Chrome feature freeze dates.
Limitation: The Chromium version in which the feature landed, is not necessarily the feature in which the feature shipped, because some features are only rolled out to the "dev" channel first (cf. this comment).
In this issue, we track the features where non-real values were replaced with a specific version, in order to validate these separately.
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### Tasks
- [x] webextensions.manifest.optional_permissions.alarms (true → "21")
- [x] webextensions.manifest.optional_permissions.browsingData (true → "19")
- [x] webextensions.manifest.optional_permissions.downloads (true → "22")
- [x] webextensions.manifest.optional_permissions.downloads_open (true → "30")
- [x] webextensions.manifest.optional_permissions.nativeMessaging (true → "27")
- [x] webextensions.manifest.optional_permissions.privacy (true → "19")
- [x] webextensions.manifest.optional_permissions.search (true → "86")
- [x] webextensions.manifest.optional_permissions.sessions (true → "31")
- [x] webextensions.manifest.optional_permissions.storage (true → "19")
- [x] webextensions.manifest.optional_permissions.unlimitedStorage (true → "18")