Extension not loaded in Chromium version 116

[bogobogo]

Bug

web-ext is not loading the extension in Chrome version 116
I suspect this has to do with restricting the use of the --load-extension flag. See the release notes for more details.

What is the current behavior?

Chrome is launched but without the extension

Simply run web-ext run -t chromium --start-url \"https://example.com\" --source-dir ./dist/ where dist is your extension and Chrome's version is 116.

What is the expected or desired behavior?

The extension should load.

Local versions

Chrome: 116.0.5845.96
Node: v16.20.1
npm: 8.19.4
web-ext: 7.6.2

[Rob--W]

Is this a default installation of Chrome, or do you have a special configuration?

What is the output of chrome://policy ?

[Rob--W]

@bogobogo Could you provide the requested information.

[rpl]

Closing as incomplete, feel free to ping us if you can provide the additional details (see #2847 (comment))