How often do Chrome extensions automatically update?

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When I push a new version of a Chrome extension to the Chrome Web Store, how long will it take for the updated version to reach current users?

I pushed an update about six hours ago, but the extension hasn't updated for me yet. The Chrome docs are unclear.

Google Chrome Solutions


Solution 1 - Google Chrome

Currently this defaults to 5 hours (based on the code here).

You can override this by launching chrome with the extensions-update-frequency command-line parameter, which is the frequency in seconds. And you can go to chrome://extensions, tick the Developer mode checkbox at the top right, then press the Update Extensions Now button

Chrome docs doesn't specify this 5 hour value though, so it could change in future versions without notice:

> Every few hours, the browser checks whether any installed extensions > or apps have an update URL. For each one, it makes a request to that > URL looking for an update manifest XML file.

Solution 2 - Google Chrome

Restarting the browser and OS didn't help. Eventually, the extension updated itself, but it took at least 48 hours.

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