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Search by Image has a new update- notifications say a new permission is required

KatWomanUSA
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New image search. A notification keeps coming up to say it needs permissions. I have allowed all permissions in settings on the browser and in my apps settings. I downloaded the add-on 3 times & not sure what to do with the api file. It does work to search images anyway. If I go to Add-ons in the menu & tap a picture, it does search. Should I set it to URL or clipboard?

New image search. A notification keeps coming up to say it needs permissions. I have allowed all permissions in settings on the browser and in my apps settings. I downloaded the add-on 3 times & not sure what to do with the api file. It does work to search images anyway. If I go to Add-ons in the menu & tap a picture, it does search. Should I set it to URL or clipboard?
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Thanks for the link. No request comes up to accept the changes of the update. From that discussion I found 2 github discussions. It seems it's an error in the update that many are experiencing. Anyway the add-on does work so I will just live with the endless notification dots until they fix it.

https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/24546 https://github.com/dessant/search-by-image/issues/114

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Paul
Paul
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Hi

Which add-on are you trying to use?

KatWomanUSA
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Search By Image

TyDraniu
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This permission is mentioned in recent release notes, you can accept it by clicking the notification. Or turn off that addon, if you don't need it.

Modified by TyDraniu

KatWomanUSA
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Thanks for the link. No request comes up to accept the changes of the update. From that discussion I found 2 github discussions. It seems it's an error in the update that many are experiencing. Anyway the add-on does work so I will just live with the endless notification dots until they fix it.

https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/24546 https://github.com/dessant/search-by-image/issues/114

TyDraniu
TyDraniu
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Try to turn that addon off and on.

KatWomanUSA
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I had already tried that. I uninstalled it and re-installed it. No permission request came up. But, GOOD NEWS, the notifications seem to have stopped.

Thanks for your time