philc / philc/vimium

Restore closed tab don't work on arc browser

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Description

Describe the bug
X commands with Vimium 1.67.4 don't work on arc Browser (Chromium-based).

i inspect Vimium's pop and call chrome.sessions.restore(),nothing happened.
but it works fine at chrome with same Chromium version.

Browser and Vimium version
same version at chrome works fine:

Google Chrome 109.0.5414.87 (Official Build) (arm64)

arc version:

Arc 109.0.5414.87 (Official Build) (arm64)
OS macOS Version 13.0 (Build 22A380)
JavaScript V8 10.9.194.9

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Research direction

Start by tracing Vimium's X command and its call to chrome.sessions.restore(), then compare the behavior in Arc and Chrome using the versions listed in the report. Reproduce the failure on Arc and verify that restoring a closed tab works without changing the Chrome behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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