[Bug]: can't find extension background.js inspect link in chrome://inspect page

[SagaciousLittle]

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Electron Version

29.1.0

What operating system are you using?

macOS

Operating System Version

13.5

What arch are you using?

x64

Last Known Working Electron version

No response

Expected Behavior

find the remote inspect link in chrome://inspect. when i use the extension in browser, it works.

Actual Behavior

i can see the webcontent inspect link, but can't find the background inspect link. this is the extension code extension.zip in browser: in electron:

Testcase Gist URL

No response

Additional Information

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[SagaciousLittle]

this is the main code `const { app, BrowserWindow, session } = require('electron'); const path = require('path');

app.commandLine.appendSwitch('remote-debugging-port', '9223');

async function createWindow() { let win = new BrowserWindow({ width: 800, height: 600, webPreferences: { nodeIntegration: true } });

await session.defaultSession.loadExtension(path.resolve(__dirname, './extension'));

win.loadURL('http://www.google.com'); }

app.whenReady().then(createWindow);

app.on('window-all-closed', () => { if (process.platform !== 'darwin') { app.quit(); } });

app.on('activate', () => { if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) { createWindow(); } }); `

[electron-issue-triage[bot]]

Hello @SagaciousLittle. Thanks for reporting this and helping to make Electron better!

Would it be possible for you to make a standalone testcase with only the code necessary to reproduce the issue? For example, Electron Fiddle is a great tool for making small test cases and makes it easy to publish your test case to a gist that Electron maintainers can use.

Stand-alone test cases make fixing issues go more smoothly: it ensure everyone's looking at the same issue, it removes all unnecessary variables from the equation, and it can also provide the basis for automated regression tests.

Now adding the https://github.com/electron/electron/labels/blocked%2Fneed-repro label for this reason. After you make a test case, please link to it in a followup comment. This issue will be closed in 10 days if the above is not addressed.

[SagaciousLittle]

https://github.com/SagaciousLittle/issue-electron-extension-devtool, this is the replay code.

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