Public bug reported:

The request is to add the new webextensions portal which is up for
review upstream on https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-
portal/pull/705

The patch to add to the package would be https://patch-
diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/pull/705.patch

The code has been written by James from the Desktop Team and reviewed by
Olivier from Desktop and got a security review from Alex.

The regression potential is null since that's a new feature

The code is needed for the firefox messaging protocol to keep working
which is seen as an important feature that would regress in the deb to
snap transition otherwise.

The feature has been discussed on https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/native-
messaging-support-in-strictly-confined-browser-snaps

Olivier is working on getting the firefox side of the changes ready but
those aren't part of this FFe since they will be integrated as the
firefox snap gets updated

** Affects: xdg-desktop-portal (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: New

** Changed in: xdg-desktop-portal (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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Title:
   [FFe] include a new webextensions portal to be used by firefox and
  other confined browsers

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