Workaround for Chrome not specifying which request is main_frame under some circumstances

webrequest.js

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 });
 
 var frames = {};
 
 function onBeforeRequest(details)
 {
   if (details.tabId == -1)
     return {};
 
   var type = details.type;
+  
+  // Workaround: Under some circumstances Chrome 29+ gives top frame the
+  // type "object" instead of "main_frame". We work around that by assuming
+  // that the first request belongs to the top frame.
+  if (!(details.tabId in frames))
+    type = "main_frame";

[Wladimir Palant, 2013/08/29 05:57:40]

There are two assumption here which both seem to be wrong:

1) This issue will always manifest itself as an unknown tab ID. I doubt that
this is the case - if the user navigates to that YouTube URL in an existing tab
then the tab will be known.

2) A request initiated from an unknown tab is always this issue. However, we
will only get the top request if it comes from HTTP or HTTPS. A local file
making requests to remote resources will show up as an unknown tab. Also, some
requests (like requests made by extensions) aren't associated with tabs - tabId
will be -1 then.

+  
   if (type == "main_frame" || type == "sub_frame")
     recordFrame(details.tabId, details.frameId, details.parentFrameId, details.url);
 
   if (type == "main_frame")
     return {};
 
   // Type names match Mozilla's with main_frame and sub_frame being the only exceptions.
   if (type == "sub_frame")
     type = "SUBDOCUMENT";
   else
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     parent = frameData.parent;
     parentData = getFrameData(tabId, parent);
 
     var frameUrl = frameData.url;
     var parentUrl = (parentData ? parentData.url : frameUrl);
     if ("keyException" in frameData || isWhitelisted(frameUrl, parentUrl, type))
       return true;
   }
   return false;
 }