Zero Hour Changelog: Version History

Updates to Zero Hour. The extension auto-updates via the Chrome Web Store.

v1.0.7: Full eBay regional coverage

Released 20 May 2026.

Added 10 new eBay regional marketplaces: ebay.at (Austria), ebay.ch (Switzerland), ebay.ie (Ireland), ebay.nl (Netherlands), ebay.pl (Poland), ebay.be (Belgium, both French and Dutch subdomains), ebay.com.hk (Hong Kong), ebay.com.my (Malaysia), ebay.com.sg (Singapore), and ebay.ph (Philippines).
Existing regions continue to work as before: ebay.com, ebay.co.uk, ebay.com.au, ebay.de, ebay.fr, ebay.ca, ebay.it, ebay.es.
All bid-flow logic in the service worker was already TLD-agnostic and required no changes. The expansion is purely a manifest host_permissions / content_scripts widening so the snipe button injects on listings from every region eBay operates in.
Existing v1.0.6 installs will see a one-time "new permissions requested" prompt on update because the host pattern set grew. Click Re-enable to accept. The four declared permissions (alarms, storage, notifications, activeTab) are unchanged.

Released 20 May 2026.

Removed the tabs permission. Chrome no longer shows "Read your browsing history" on the install card. The tab-reuse logic that warms an eBay item page before fire-time still works because every URL involved is already covered by the eBay host permissions. See why these permissions for the architecture note.
Won snipe cards now show the actual settled price, not your max. Until now the highest-bidder path reported your ceiling because eBay's confirm response doesn't include the final settled amount. The post-auction resolver now reads the real winning price from the item page's structured data (or the visible "Winning bid" label as a fallback) and overwrites the placeholder.
Fixed the max-bid display rounding: a $2.50 max no longer renders as ($3 max). JavaScript's Math.round(2.5) returns 3, which leaked into the card. Now shown to 2 decimal places.
Tightened the lead-time helper copy to be honest about why lower values are riskier: it's the four sequential round-trips to eBay's bid endpoints, not local processing.
Small visual fix: the Item 12345 Now $1.00 meta row on the Add Snipe sheet now has proper spacing between the two values.
Hardened both content scripts against extension-reload churn. Orphaned scripts no longer throw Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'local') into the extensions error log; they log a quiet warning and prompt you to refresh the page.

Released 20 May 2026.

After you create your first snipe, the popup now shows a friendly reminder to set your computer to stay awake at auction end, with a one-click link to the setup guide. Dismisses persistently once you've got it.

Released 19 May 2026.

Completed snipe cards now show your max bid alongside the final price: WON $34.00 ($48 max). Easier to see at a glance whether you got it under your ceiling.

Released 19 May 2026.

Published to the Chrome Web Store. Auto-updates from this version onward.
Hardening pass from the 19 May internal security audit: diagnostic-capture size cap, TTL, sensitive-substring redaction, and thumbnail-host allowlist.

Released 18 May 2026.

Beta build, side-loaded via developer mode during Chrome Web Store review.

Chrome Manifest V3 extension. Chrome 120+.
Active/Completed snipe tabs with live countdown rings.
"Snipe this auction" button inserted on every eBay listing page.
Add Snipe sheet with paste-URL flow and auto-detect for currently viewed listings.
Lead-time input 4 to 15 seconds (default 6).
Multi-region support: ebay.com, ebay.co.uk, ebay.com.au, ebay.de, ebay.fr, ebay.ca, ebay.it, ebay.es.
Chrome system notifications on win, loss, and failure.
Free tier: 1 active snipe, unlimited wins. Pro Monthly: $2.95/mo. Pro Lifetime: $49 once.
Stripe Checkout integration with Customer Portal.
Unminified production build. Inspectable via Chrome DevTools.
Marketing site with privacy-architecture walkthrough and full alternative-page lineup.