`data_collection_permissions` + `strict_min_version` contradictions
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### MDN URL
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/manifest.json/browser_specific_settings
### What specific section or headline is this issue about?
First example on `browser_specific_settings`, just before the headline `Description`
### What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?
The example on the MDN page quoted above features a combination of `data_collection_permissions` and `"strict_min_version": "58.0"`.
However, as of filing this:
- Even Firefox 78 (which was the strict min version for my add-on) would not install an add-on that declares `data_collection_permissions`, so I doubt that FF 58 would do.
- After bumping `strict_min_version` of my add-on to 115.0, AMO moans when uploading the add-on with two warnings:
+ `Manifest key not supported by the specified minimum Firefox version`
+ `Manifest key not supported by the specified minimum Firefox for Android version`
### What did you expect to see?
Maybe the example should bump the `strict_min_version` value to a more recent value?
### Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?
For completeness here is the complete example I refer to above:
```
"browser_specific_settings": {
"gecko": {
"id": "@addon-example",
"data_collection_permissions": {
"required": [
"none"
]
},
"strict_min_version": "58.0"
}
}
```
### Do you have anything more you want to share?
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### MDN metadata
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* Folder: `en-us/mozilla/add-ons/webextensions/manifest.json/browser_specific_settings`
* MDN URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/manifest.json/browser_specific_settings
* GitHub URL: https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/mozilla/add-ons/webextensions/manifest.json/browser_specific_settings/index.md
* Last commit: https://github.com/mdn/content/commit/c27b843b70ca03c9dc2f46805cae2c0017d8bce6
* Document last modified: 2026-04-20T08:50:53.000Z
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