Browser extension Release - AdGuard VPN versions

The developers say this is a “technical release”. What are content creators supposed to do with this information? Well, to make it exciting, here's a little known fact about the app: if you have a subscription to AdGuard VPN, you will get a Personal subscription to AdGuard DNS for free. And if the number of requests, servers, or devices included in the Personal subscription will not be enough, you can choose another one on the purchase page.

The extension now runs more smoothly thanks to this minor update, which fixes a number of bugs.

Yes, there are small changes again. But as Winston Churchill said, “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”

What does a content manager do when developers once again ask to cover another release with minor fixes? Checks the daily horoscope. Today it reads: be willing to explore something new. So update your app and enjoy flawless performance!

If we were to give aliases to our updates, it would be One-Punch Release. Because it will blow you away with just one new feature, the location ping update button. Bam! Try the new version of AdGuard VPN Browser Extension.

Good news just in time for the holiday season! Today we are releasing a new version of AdGuard VPN Browser Extension with a small yet nice enhancement. Now, if all locations are unavailable, you can click Search again and retry the connection. We hope that this new feature will make it more convenient to use our extension.

The extension now runs more smoothly thanks to this minor update, which fixes a number of bugs.

With this release, AdGuard VPN Browser Extension for Firefox has made a seamless transition to Manifest V3, so you can keep enjoying private browsing in your favorite browser. The migration to MV3 was a smoother journey here than with our Chrome extension, yet it wasn’t without its challenges. Should you encounter any hiccups, we encourage you to report them on GitHub.

No tricks, just treats and good news! This release brings an important improvement: now AdGuard VPN Browser Extension will not shut down in Chrome with Manifest V3 when connected to the endpoint.

Previously, a service worker could become inactive despite an active WebSocket connection if no other extension events occurred for 30 seconds. Starting with Chrome 116, it became possible to send messages to the server every 29 seconds and keep a service worker alive. And we took advantage of this feature!

As a result, the extension will not miss messages about updating access keys to the backend server, will timely handle error messages about reaching traffic limits, connected device limits, and non-routable domains.

Other than that, we fixed a few minor issues and fixed some UI bugs.

In AdGuard VPN Browser Extension v2.0.49 we've fixed some bugs to make the extension run more smoothly.

Some releases are small and contain mostly bug fixes — this is the case. In the version 2.0.39, we’ve made a few improvements and fixed a bug with the Rate us popup reappearing.

As always, please let us know if you encounter any issues or have any feedback. Thanks for using our extension!

When migrating AdGuard VPN Browser Extension to Manifest V3, we added a new Alarm API to the code to avoid some errors caused by the service worker falling asleep. Today we're rolling out the new version of the extension to remove this API for a while – until Chrome fixes the bug on its side. We've also solved a few other issues so you can enjoy even faster and better performance of the extension.

The size of the logs in the storage was too large, which could cause Chrome browser to freeze and crash. In this hotfix we have limited the size of logs to 1 MB to fix the problem.

This version of AdGuard VPN Browser Extension has a few useful changes. In the previous version, login window appeared when changing locations— this issue was solved. We also fixed a bug when setting a custom DNS server after reloading the extension and improved the tutorials displayed in the popup. Also, you can export logs again by right-clicking the extension icon.

With the release of v2.0.16, AdGuard VPN Browser Extension became one of the first VPN extensions to migrate to Manifest V3! The new Chrome API version has become a stumbling block for many developers. It makes significant changes to the rules that browser extensions must follow.

Moving to this new API presented some challenges. The main one was related to the appearance of the service worker which replaced the background page.

The peculiarity of the latter is that it periodically falls asleep. More specifically, when the extension is not in use and there are no events or API calls to extend the service worker's life, the browser suspends service worker’s operation.

This behavior is intended to significantly reduce system power consumption. However, for the AdGuard VPN Browser Extension, designed to assist users continuously, the regular deactivation of the service worker caused numerous problems and delays.

To manage the service worker lifecycle, we:

There were two more issues related with service worker:

The service worker lacks window access, complicating implementation of NetworkConnectionObserver. A possible solution – using an offscreen document – may run into problems in the future, as Google plans to put the offscreen document to sleep after inactivity, as well as the service worker. The current workaround involves checking navigator.online state every half second and calling callback if it transitions from offline to online.

We’ve also fixed an issue with a browser popup requesting proxy authorization. This used to happen when the session storage wasn't able to load the credentials before the onAuthRequired event handler fired at the service worker wakeup. To fix this, we've added an asynchronous callback for the onAuthRequired handler. It is now set to wait until the session storage has loaded the credentials and entered them.

We don't have much to share in this update, so we thought we'd just remind you of one of the coolest things about AdGuard VPN: you can connect to VPN from up to ten devices simultaneously. For users of our free version, the limit is two devices.

We've done a thorough spring cleaning to refresh your AdGuard VPN experience.

We’ve fixed a couple of annoying bugs: for instance, switching from “everywhere” to “selectively” in Exclusions caused a pesky error message to appear for half a second, even if your list wasn't empty. Not anymore.

Plus, while scrolling through the location list, the scrollbar disappeared and some locations were hidden. We've made it look beautiful again.

This version is such a beauty: we’ve changed the appearance of the Main and Locations screens and added new menu items. And in Settings you can now specify to which location AdGuard VPN will connect by default — the last used or the fastest one.

This version is rather minimalistic: it brings one fix and features the Export logs button in the context menu. Now you only need to right-click the extension icon to collect logs. And you can use this option even without logging into your account.

We've changed the proxy authorization mechanism to onAuthRequire — now in Incognito mode the first page will be loaded through the proxy server. Also we've added some animation and enhanced UI a bit — the VPN extension has become even more beautiful and user-friendly.

AdGuard VPN Browser extension is bringing new updates: design improvements, gifts, and more privacy. We hope that now it’ll be even easier for new users to use Exclusions, free users will be able to get more VPN traffic, and those who use their own DNS server will be able to add it to the extension.

Now you can get additional GB of free VPN traffic for easy steps: confirm your email, invite friends, and download AdGuard VPN to another device.

We’ve implemented an option to add custom DNS servers to your AdGuard VPN extension. The extension now supports plain and DNS-over-TLS servers. If you’re a user of Private AdGuard DNS, now you can control your DNS requests even when you’re connected to a VPN.

We've also improved the dark and light theme, reworked Exclusions, and redesigned onboarding. Upgrade the extension and try it yourself!

Meet AdGuard VPN Browser extension v1.2.19. It contains minor improvements and bug fixes — we try to get better for you with each release, even if it’s just small steps.

This is a technical update with a few minor improvements and bug fixes.

In this version, we worked a lot on the design and improved the user experience: we made the login and registration process easier and smoother, updated the onboarding screens, and added the subscription information to the "Account" section — now it should be easier to see when the next payment is due. We also fixed a few minor bugs — you can read more about them in the Changelog.

This release v1.1.8 is another minor update of AdGuard VPN Browser Extension. But it's still better with it than without it!

The main highlight of AdGuard VPN Browser extension v1.1.7 is the referral program, which allows you and your friends to get gigabytes of free traffic. How does it work? Let us tell you!

In a nutshell, the essence of the AdGuard VPN referral program is that you send your friend a link, following which they create an AdGuard account. Then, your friend installs AdGuard VPN and logs into the app using AdGuard account credentials. At that moment you both get 1 GB of free traffic!

Now let's elaborate on each step:

Please note that this program has some limitations: it is available for free users only, and allows you to invite up to 5 friends and to get up to 5 GB in total.

In this minor update we've fixed broken markup and made some small UI fixes so that the extension looks better.

We seem to be perfectionists: we don’t want to leave even small flaws in AdGuard VPN Browser extension. This time, we’ve improved the user interface elements a little bit to make it more convenient for you to use our product.

Meet AdGuard VPN Browser extension v1.0.29! In a nutshell, the extension has been redesigned and the exclusions feature has been enhanced. No bug fixes, only improvements.

This is definitely a killer feature of this release. The feature itself is not new but the approach to managing exclusions has changed. Now you can not only add websites to exclusions but also choose among the lists of popular services. The lists are divided into eight categories: Social networks, Messengers, Video and Music streaming services, Games, Shopping, Search engines, and Work communication tools. Any of these services can be added to exclusions in one click! It’s especially convenient if you use Selective mode where AdGuard VPN is on only for the domains added to exclusions.

AdGuard VPN Browser extension has changed its appearance. If you used the previous version of the extension, it’s very likely that you’ll be able to tell the difference: a popup now features a fancier ninja and the settings are displayed differently.