fregante/webext-msg

Remove Chrome callback workaround

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#1 opened on Apr 11, 2026

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Description

This was reportedly fixed:

So the code related to sendResponse should be dropped:

https://github.com/fregante/webext-msg/blob/e8796cb1ecf5c81c3e07b9263a8223487df86760/index.ts#L22-L23

Removing the code is easy; the important part for this issue is to verify that the bug was actually fixed in Chrome

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Check the referenced Chrome bug report and test the extension without the workaround to confirm it's no longer needed.
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