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= Overview =
= Overview =
In 57, Firefox Desktop Release will only support installation of Webextensions. All legacy extensions will fail to install on all channels except for Nightly.  
In 57, Firefox Desktop Release will only support installation of Webextensions. All legacy extensions will fail to install on all channels except for Nightly. Complete themes support will also cease after 57.


This feature will be implemented in two stages :
This feature will be implemented in two stages :
Stage 1: All non-mpc add-ons will be disabled on Nightly by default. This is being tracked at [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1352204 Bug 1352204]. This feature will land in 55. Users will be able to enable these disabled add-ons by going to about:config and toggling the pref extensions.allow-non-mpc-extensions to set it to "true"
== Stage 1:==
 
All non-mpc add-ons will be disabled on Nightly by default. This is being tracked at [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1352204 Bug 1352204]. Users will be able to enable these disabled add-ons by going to about:config and toggling the pref extensions.allow-non-mpc-extensions to set it to "true"
 
==Stage 2: ==
This feature will land in 57 and will disable all legacy add-ons on firefox desktop release channel. Users will still be able to install legacy add-ons on Nightly after toggling a pref. Android will be unaffected and will continue to allow install of legacy extensions. Dictionaries and Language Packs should still work as always. Support for Complete Themes will fully cease in 57.




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===what's in scope?===
===what's in scope?===
== Compat. Table ==
== Compat. Table ==


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