Can I downgrade Chrome Browser?

[kagashe]

Some videos are not playing after upgrading to Chrome version 80.0.3987.116
Is there any way to downgrade the Chrome version?

Kamalakar

[egrath]

Search for the desired commit

flatpak remote-info --log eos-apps com.google.Chrome

Switch to the desired commit

sudo flatpak update -y --commit=23070672a5a6a05bc2504359d1fc2594fb908cadd4a3c5520fc71db60f29906c com.google.Chrome
sudo flatpak mask com.google.Chrome

… will for example downgrade to Google Chrome 79.0.3945.79 and pin it, so that it won’t get updated automatically.

PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT THIS WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO SECURITY ISSUES.

Switch back to the latest one

sudo flatpak mask --remove com.google.Chrome
flatpak update --appstream -y; flatpak update -y

/edit:

Search for a specific version in the Commit History

To search for a specific version, use the following script:

#!/bin/bash
flatpak remote-info --log eos-apps com.google.Chrome | grep Commit | awk -F ':' '{print $2}' | while read line
do
	COMMIT=${line}
	VERSION=$(flatpak remote-info --commit=${COMMIT}  --show-metadata eos-apps com.google.Chrome | grep uri | awk -F '_' '{print $2}')

	printf '%s\t\t[%s]\n' ${VERSION} ${COMMIT}
done

This script works only for Chrome no other package. Currently, there are the following versions in the repository:

80.0.3987.116-1		[f6129a1e32ac57c5b01390fb9d924b76426c63290f708a69f9911c4ae6867762]
80.0.3987.106-1		[6e74f11ec7b71d6065d09ddfa7a42478f4a8cb60a9e358bca8fe3d942fdb82b6]
80.0.3987.87-1		[49486b95c363f6759a875499235b208dfc501aa2f688ab090d5a39863898fb7f]
79.0.3945.130-1		[270d047b52e30743f1e01d84643a73918d053f44df4d5476f3655d74677ae803]
79.0.3945.117-1		[d6af78f74e28d8eb39edd47193e34b3ad11de5513fd2c2df054d9a60e093b95c]
79.0.3945.88-1		[e9e79a2661deea003e1b7ad00e1e8667ce5cc6c78337e196795c8d9271ac1bbc]
79.0.3945.79-1		[23070672a5a6a05bc2504359d1fc2594fb908cadd4a3c5520fc71db60f29906c]
78.0.3904.108-1		[55ef92ec117f43518a4b3d33b4f619cc1b139a973dbcea11dfb9138dd2d0f238]
78.0.3904.97-1		[4088554733b1e29e4c6659331841497bb8286407cfd9bf12faba6cfccead0990]
78.0.3904.87-1		[80a137a6249cd532978f2e002027d448229bc1b3fd52e0f0c277b2477a07cbab]
78.0.3904.70-1		[55e5a30bdd7bf09cec5d329801f9a0d8cd335009cb575719404a2f816acda22f]
77.0.3865.120-1		[332d312f9851789a287ad8b2d283f48c326a56ad51a59604803da28a3c258488]
77.0.3865.90-1		[e9c9dd73f8920c376031138fd571893eff0416f02878a90f907c09ea4fabbb86]
77.0.3865.75-1		[fec870b8518a4fc463ee811a645e55b3b363f2755c470c4ff99b1f08401810ce]
76.0.3809.132-1		[eaf2f8f2b1eae1c9667d75b7c5f107be51e32ea72696e1d1e79370e6c627e013]
76.0.3809.100-1		[936557efe40f2a8d425350f2bf848e775df5eaefd2759ce56e0d931ece9f0eab]
75.0.3770.142-1		[8bddd4e97a30fbdc16482709bd297cadd58adddbd3e0beeb22622d7dce1b0cae]
75.0.3770.100-1		[2a073d697b5142e095e7cb6d4e88fe1abbefea38259bc4abeb66e76ae5564ae2]
75.0.3770.90-1		[22f2cbb2b16f912fb9c86579e1c604a96ccdfeeb3958ec5decff217a0f899e53]
74.0.3729.157-1		[ba53548a91904a4b1c6f0a5354969f0d932f447c88f89304706c92bc27e49bb9]
74.0.3729.131-1		[05da43b1e941b56bd97386b5652284eedbbda69a2f087c279f0521c8e4cd258d]
73.0.3683.103-1		[c8f64f28d46e7606359d7a81a73b4684813b5113b874dadd04431c2df3ab5a55]
73.0.3683.86-1		[f53babaa6370c5bf3541b9f51990fd068c199a88e3db08c1634cbf911924465c]
73.0.3683.75-1		[fc0e34d49de0032f98a5c6c228040f1db52ab05cf318648c833086c16cc8cd24]
72.0.3626.121-1		[18115a14562a56fdde0a1a7c5e87601a6e089ef33600acba59909c9c29c3b6ee]
72.0.3626.119-1		[a44a445863c27e698effa6d4a229bacaa67c475248fcfd039c652a5277313dd0]
72.0.3626.109-1		[35daf76e6399947b06d7f59623d8fc917cfe48c32d4b64441676ce47bfb1ead6]
72.0.3626.81-1		[0ffb9142dd4ab7703e0e506fe0484308c53b7dd30646a0a5e7096299cfeeab93]
71.0.3578.98-1		[0c42719c63e25713ebfa3c0d2f4b1cab3366a17cae26890c103ad524ebdf6037]
70.0.3538.77-1		[f05f301c65d118b5bae572245871d1aac5b6695cbb6c27dfa715f8473f56345c]
69.0.3497.100-1		[0d549c6ef382d123bd1040024ffa812d8893773ffa58a66bc9a18c69394a7734]
69.0.3497.81-1		[37ff669b2cf43b4ac168cd0b65191839a6d1be823f936f511b83a99eadfb551e]
68.0.3440.84-1		[faa4f146220fb00869d37b1502c9f69d08e4c75638c0646b345ffb2faa223d0b]
67.0.3396.99-1		[3efe49f2e338088a96f52f31e7a397eec451b4050465c0163c39743b698e81c1]
67.0.3396.87-1		[cf4140de29bdaf48a9a960b35a290e9a247dfaf4f46128e4f4ff40b8a78be6ee]
67.0.3396.62-1		[ec00ca4b42b4497243188202f4ccff2a34c5297452ea08e6f612c08841cc1986]
66.0.3359.181-1		[18976a6e7aaa5d166ad1586d4577720d82feb83285cd0f28a0d42144bee1399b]
66.0.3359.139-1		[049d47de7ab8c32f30b824cee62c8189c082f03875760790806d2f6b1357575f]
65.0.3325.181-1		[bbeb929aa73af3502261f23df596d53ccd7dc38c9d24cf8987b46c35e2a5b254]
65.0.3325.162-1		[287bac9852b47b1eac71c9aadad67d73a6ce95b9409fadd0e5b6e561e7a84019]