Do source maps work for Chrome extensions?

Question

I\'m using the Closure compiler to create a Chrome extension and I\'d like to get source maps to work for debugging. I can get source maps to work just fine by pointing the

Answer 1

In the spirit of providing answers to questions resolved in comments, Chrome previously did not support the use of source maps in extensions but this was rectified as of Chrome 29.

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