Not assignable to type 'ManifestV3Export' error

[thdoan]

Build tool

Vite

Where do you see the problem?

• In the browser
• In the terminal

Describe the bug

I am seeing this error in VS Code error log:

Type '{ manifest_version: number; minimum_chrome_version: string; name: string; version: string; author: string; default_locale: string; description: string; homepage_url: string; icons: { "16": string; "32": string; "48": string; "128": string; }; ... 5 more ...; web_accessible_resources: { ...; }[]; }' is not assignable to type 'ManifestV3Export'.
  Type '{ manifest_version: number; minimum_chrome_version: string; name: string; version: string; author: string; default_locale: string; description: string; homepage_url: string; icons: { "16": string; "32": string; "48": string; "128": string; }; ... 5 more ...; web_accessible_resources: { ...; }[]; }' is not assignable to type 'ManifestV3'.
    Types of property 'author' are incompatible.
      Type 'string' is not assignable to type '{ email: string; }'.

Can this be ignored, or is it actually a problem?

Reproduction

It's a private repo, so sorry I cannot provide a link, but the manifest.json looks like this:

{
  "manifest_version": 3,
  "minimum_chrome_version": "99.0",
  "name": "...",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "author": "...",
  "default_locale": "en",
  "description": "__MSG_generalDescription__",
  "homepage_url": "...",
  "icons": {
    "16": "src/images/icon16.png",
    "32": "src/images/icon32.png",
    "48": "src/images/icon48.png",
    "128": "src/images/icon128.png"
  },
  "action": {
    "default_popup": "src/popup/popup.html",
    "default_icon": {
      "16": "src/images/icon16.png",
      "24": "src/images/icon24.png",
      "32": "src/images/icon32.png"
    }
  },
  "background": {
    "service_worker": "src/background/background.ts"
  },
  "commands": {
    "_execute_action": {}
  },
  "content_security_policy": {
    "extension_pages": "script-src 'self' 'wasm-unsafe-eval'; object-src 'self';"
  },
  "permissions": [
    "storage"
  ],
  "web_accessible_resources": [
    {
      "matches": ["<all_urls>"],
      "resources": [
        "src/images/*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Logs

No response

System Info

System:
    OS: Windows 10 10.0.19045
    CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
    Memory: 12.36 GB / 31.95 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 18.20.4 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
    npm: 10.7.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
  Browsers:
    Edge: Chromium (127.0.2651.74)
  npmPackages:
    @crxjs/vite-plugin: ^2.0.0-beta.28 => 2.0.0-beta.28
    vite: ^5.4.11 => 5.4.11

Severity

annoyance

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[Toumash]

Why not specify it according to the structure?
https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/manifest/author
crxjs @ beta - works fine

import { crx, defineManifest } from '@crxjs/vite-plugin';
import { ImportMetaEnv } from './src/app/types/vite-env';
import packageJson from './package.json';

const createManifest = (env: ImportMetaEnv) => {
  return defineManifest({
    version: packageJson.version,
    manifest_version: 3,
    name: 'Something',
    author:{
      email:'test' // no errors
    },

Full sample here: https://github.com/Toumash/react-extension-vite-template/blob/master/vite.config.ts

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