Manifest version causing CCX installation error

Photoshop UXP Plugin API
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I’m posting here to ask if anyone has run across this issue before with manifest version affecting installation of CCX.

The manifest.json file for my UXP plugin in Photoshop has the following:

{
   "id": "foo",
   "name": "bar",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "main": "index.html",
   "manifestVersion": 6,
   "host": {
      "app": "PS",
      "minVersion": "26.3.0",
      "data": {
         "apiVersion": 2
      }
   }
}

Generating the CCX build with the above contents works as intended, and the plugin can be installed successfully simply by double clicking the CCX file. However, when the manifestVersion value is changed to 5, the plugin can no longer be installed due to a manifest parsing error (code -4).

There doesn’t seem to be a manifest version 6 yet, so it’s odd that this is the value that enables successful installation.

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There is a manifest version 6, with additions for a UXP hybrid.

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Is there any documentation on manifest version 6 that you could point me to? Thanks in advance!

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None that I know of, there was one example in the UXP hybrid SDK download in the PS downloads section of developer.adobe.com .

I think it’s better for you to get version 5 going, start from an existing example with more UXP features covered rather than venture into hybrids.

Ah, you can also try @Jarda ‘s uxp validator.

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Ahh this makes a lot of sense. Thank you so much for your insight!