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wxt-v0.20.26

vercel/chatbotwxt-v0.20.26May 11, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

This release focuses on enhancing popup actions and content script configuration while fixing critical build and submission issues for Chrome Web Store compatibility. It includes improvements to manifest generation, CLI argument handling, and Safari-specific exclusions.

Key Highlights

  • Added `default_state` option to popup actions
  • Added `noScriptStartedPostMessage` option to content scripts
  • Fixed Chrome Web Store submission issues via `publish-browser-extension` bump
  • Fixed Safari `open_in_tab` exclusion in `options_ui` manifest

New Features

  • Default state option for popup actions
  • No script started post message option for content scripts
  • Improved manifest generation using CLI manifestVersion
  • Support for variadic positional args in commands
  • Better handling of removed files during build

Full Release Notes

[compare changes](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/compare/wxt-v0.20.25...wxt-v0.20.26)

### 🚀 Enhancements

- Add `default_state` option to popup actions ([#2010](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2010))
- Add content script `noScriptStartedPostMessage` option ([#2265](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2265))

### 🩹 Fixes

- Use `manifestVersion` from CLI during manifest generation ([#2306](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2306))
- Modify command to support variadic positional args ([#2317](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2317))
- Bump `publish-browser-extension` to `v4.0.5`, to resolve Chrome Web Store submission issue ([#2331](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2331))
- Avoid errors when files are removed during build ([#2343](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2343))
- **manifest:** Exclude `open_in_tab` from `options_ui` for Safari ([#2311](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2311))

### 📖 Documentation

- **wxt-modules:** Add logging examples/best practices ([57e3748d](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/commit/57e3748d))
- Correct entrypoints icon example code ([#2302](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2302))
- Add types for components ([#2273](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2273))
- Fix JSDoc example formatting ([2a8ec0d7](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/commit/2a8ec0d7))
- Remove unused code ([#2275](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2275))
- Fix horizontal scrollbar displaying on landing page ([#2329](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2329))
- Add Mimik extension to the list of extensions ([#2319](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2319))
- Added modrinth extras and pi-hole in one to showcase ([#2337](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2337))
- Added "QIE Wallet" to showcase ([#2341](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2341))
- Update Safari publishing instructions to match Apple docs ([#2314](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2314))
- Add "Redmine Time Tracking" to extension showcase ([#2312](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2312))

### 🏡 Chore

- More JSDoc fixes ([9b59f38c](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/commit/9b59f38c))
- Move `createFileReloader` into it's own file ([#2307](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2307))
- Remove ts-expect-error that are no longer needed ([#2344](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2344))
- **deps-dev:** Bump typescript from 5.9.3 to 6.0.3 ([#2325](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2325))
- **deps-dev:** Bump oxlint from 1.59.0 to 1.63.0 ([#2356](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2356))
- Use `catalog:` for dev dependencies ([#2357](https://github.com/wxt-dev/wxt/pull/2357))

### ❤️ Contributors

- Jonathan Viney ([@jviney](https://github.com/jviney))
- Rxliuli ([@rxliuli](https://github.com/rxliuli))
- CrawlerCode ([@CrawlerCode](https://github.com/CrawlerCode))
- Thomas Howlett ([@howlettt](https://github.com/howlettt))
- Aaron ([@aklinker1](https://github.com/aklinker1))
- Brian Zhou ([@aiktb](https://github.com/aiktb))
- Soaib Haque ([@SoaibHaque](https://github.com/SoaibHaque))
- Arthur <creeperkatze.dev@gmail.com>
- Luis Ortiz ([@KiryuuLight](https://github.com/KiryuuLight))
- Patryk Kuniczak ([@PatrykKuniczak](https://github.com/PatrykKuniczak))
- Laplace-anon ([@laplace-anon](https://github.com/laplace-anon))
- Kairi ([@kairi003](https://github.com/kairi003))