Merge pull request #1580 from input-output-hk/feat/detect-background-script-on-firefox

feat(web-extension): detect bg script when on firefox - LW-11944

Author: mirceahasegan

packages/web-extension/src/messaging/index.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { BackgroundMessenger, createBackgroundMessenger, generalizeBackgroundMessenger } from './BackgroundMessenger';
 import { ChannelName, ConsumeRemoteApiOptions, ExposeApiProps, MessengerDependencies } from './types';
-import { FinalizationRegistryDestructor } from './util';
+import { FinalizationRegistryDestructor, isBackgroundProcess } from './util';
 import { consumeMessengerRemoteApi, exposeMessengerApi } from './remoteApi';
 import { createNonBackgroundMessenger } from './NonBackgroundMessenger';
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export * from './errors';
 
 export type BaseChannel = { baseChannel: ChannelName };
 
-const isInBackgroundProcess = typeof window === 'undefined';
+const isInBackgroundProcess = isBackgroundProcess();
 
 const getBackgroundMessenger = (() => {
   let backgroundMessenger: BackgroundMessenger | null = null;

packages/web-extension/src/messaging/util.ts

@@ -77,3 +77,7 @@ export class FinalizationRegistryDestructor implements Destructor {
     this.#registry.register(obj, objectId);
   }
 }
+
+// Firefox addons use a generated background page to run the background script, so they have a window object
+export const isBackgroundProcess = () =>
+  typeof window === 'undefined' || window.location.href.includes('_generated_background');