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Error: Could not establish connection. Receiving end does not exist.
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Description
Sentry Issue: [METAMASK-X99M](https://metamask.sentry.io/issues/5093341752/?referrer=github_integration)
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Error: Could not establish connection. Receiving end does not exist.
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This issue has a high volume (~40K errors/day) and often triggers the "+100% raise of old Sentry issues over the past 24h " alert in [#metamask-extension-release-monitoring](https://consensys.slack.com/archives/C075AL3Q07J/p1726094415434469?thread_ts=1723161064.914319&cid=C075AL3Q07J) Slack channel. We shall treat it as a sev2.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the linked Sentry issue METAMASK-X99M and review the related discussion in #metamask-extension-release-monitoring. Trace the high-volume connection error to its source, then verify that the resulting change addresses the reported errors and does not trigger the sev2 alert.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100