[Mozilla Enterprise] "ExtensionSettings" in policies.json does not allow users to disable addons

[Oliver Haessler]

Hi everyone,

we are trying to roll out an extension to a few thousand users on Firefox
68.2 ESR (Linux). I would like to use the policies.json way and the option "
ExtensionSettings".

The extension gets installed, but a user is not able to disable it. Every
time firefox is installed, the Addon is enabled again.

$ cat /usr/lib64/firefox/distribution/policies.json
{
"policies": {
  "ExtensionSettings": {
    "ADDONNAME":{
    "installation_mode": "normal_installed",
      "install_url": "URL to xpi"
     }
    }
  }
}

The policy-template page at [0] states:

"The extension is automatically installed but can be disabled by the user.
This option is not valid for the default configuration and requires an
install_url."

Any idea why the Addon is always enabled again?

Thanks
Oliver

[0] https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates#extensionupdate

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