How to publish new version of Chrome Extension only to testers
The only way I was able to publish a new version to testers is by doing exactly that, creating a new version specifically for testing.
The way that the dashboard is currently set up you would have to un-publish your current application before you can publish it to the test accounts, and that is something I doubt you want to do.
So in your case, I'd do the following
- Set up a 'testing' version of your application with your current code.
- Publish it to your test group and have them use it for a while untilthey have the data you are concerned about.
- Update the 'testing' version with your changes and see if the datais missing.
Google has recently solved this with a new update.So right now there is a option to publish the new version just to the testers.The extension will be hidden for a while, but when you publish it again to public, it is all done.