WebExtensions/Testing-out-of-process
From MozillaWiki
To test out of process extensions, go to about:config and set extensions.webextensions.remote to true. Note: after flipping this pref it shouldn't require a restart, but it might not run reliably without one, so just restart Firefox ok?
APIs that are particularly affected by out of process:
- context Menus
- devtools
- omnibox
- tabs
- permissions
- webRequest
For more information see this etherpad