philc / philc/vimium

vomnibar crashes on random tabs in brave browser

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Description

Describe the bug
While opening the browser after not interacting with it for a while, pressing o or any key that opens the vomnibar causes the thing shown in the screenshot to popup. It doesn't get cleared with any key on the keyboard and can only be cleared with a mouse click. The issue goes away once i reload the tab.

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To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. open a tab on brave leave it there for a while
  2. come back to brave browser and hit o on the tab that you opened

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Browser and Vimium version
I'm using brave version: 1.78.102 on macOs version: 15.3.1
vimium version: 2.2.1

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Research direction

Start at the vomnibar behavior and reproduce the crash in Brave 1.78.102 on macOS 15.3.1 after leaving a tab idle, then pressing o. Compare the broken state with a reloaded tab; done means the vomnibar no longer shows the reported popup and can be cleared using keyboard input.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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