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Replaces #2610, which GitHub closed when I deleted my fork by accident. The first commit is that change, rebased onto current main; the second replaces catching the error with running reloads in order.

Overview

In MV3 dev, reloadManifestContentScriptMv3 registers a content script with a check-then-act sequence: getRegisteredContentScripts(), then registerContentScripts() if the id is absent. When two wxt:reload-content-script events for the same entrypoint arrive close together, both read an empty registration and both register; the loser throws Duplicate script ID 'wxt:content-scripts/<name>.js'.

Nothing catches it. reloadContentScript calls void reloadContentScriptMv3(payload), and the WebSocket listener does not await it, so the rejection lands as an unhandled promise rejection in the service worker.

This PR runs reloads of the same content script one after another, keyed by script id, so the check-then-register sequence can no longer interleave. The second reload then sees the first one's registration and updates it, so the later payload is the one that ends up applied. The "Duplicate script ID" rejection can't occur, so nothing catches it.

Manual Testing

The race is timing-dependent, so it does not reproduce on demand. It shows up on an MV3 project in wxt dev where several content script entrypoints share source, so one save emits multiple reload events in quick succession.

I have been running this change as a local patch against wxt@0.21.4 in a project whose Playwright suite records service-worker unhandled rejections and fails any test that sees one. Before the change, Duplicate script ID fired roughly twice per 23-spec run. After it, three consecutive runs recorded no Duplicate script ID, no not fully registered, and no other rejection; all 23 specs passed each time.

The measurements above were taken with the earlier approach, which caught the duplicate error. I have not re-run the Playwright suite against this version. A new unit test covers overlapping reloads with different matches: it failed on the earlier approach and passes now.

Related Issue

This PR closes #2609

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The MV3 content script reload path now handles duplicate registration errors. It logs the error and returns without reloading tabs. Other registration errors are rethrown.

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MV3 content script reload

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Handle duplicate registration errors
packages/wxt/src/virtual/utils/reload-content-scripts.ts
The registration call catches errors. If the error message contains Duplicate script ID, the code logs the error and returns before reloading tabs. It rethrows other errors.

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A later dev change can remain unapplied until another reload event. Preserve the later payload before merging.

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Linked Issues check Passed Issue #2609 requires handling the MV3 duplicate-registration race so it does not produce an unhandled service-worker rejection. reloadManifestContentScriptMv3 now catches registration errors, rethro…
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`message` and currently returns so it waits for the winning registration to
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Two overlapping reloads of the same entrypoint could both register, and the
loser dropped its payload, so a later change to matches or css went unapplied.
Reloads of one script now run in order, so the later payload updates the
registration. Adds a unit test with a fake scripting API that rejects a
duplicate or early update the way Chrome does.
@bompus bompus changed the title fix(wxt): tolerate the content script reload race in MV3 dev fix(wxt): run MV3 dev content script reloads one at a time Oct 11, 2026

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There's a lack of test for failure case, where running condition happened.

Comment on lines +102 to +110
await Promise.all([
reloadManifestContentScriptMv3(contentScript(['https://a.example/*'])),
reloadManifestContentScriptMv3(contentScript(['https://b.example/*'])),
]);

expect(
fake.registered.get('wxt:content-scripts/content.js')?.matches,
).toEqual(['https://b.example/*']);
expect(fake.reloadedTabs).toContain(2);

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No, wait.

It seems like failure test.

But wait, what 2 different match urls?

I thought that was an issue with 1 reload runs after another for the same url.

...

But now i'm understand, that's a case where the same content script run for different tab(url).

But what happened when second script end it's reload?
First one will be cancelled but HMR will fire for this tab after all?

I mean, steps:

  1. First go
  2. Second go
  3. First ended
  4. First reloaded
  5. Second Cancelled(It will be reloaded with new content(From first) for this url also, after all?)

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Duplicate script ID: content script reload races itself in MV3 dev, rejects unhandled

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