fix(firefox): stop extension unloading, fix #1974

[dmke]

Description

Firefox starting with version 106 introduced a change which apparently broke background pages. For the Vuejs devtools, this surfaced as extension unloading when the browser reached an "idle" state. User having the extension open noticed it as a unloading/reloading of the devtools tab.

By setting background.persisted to true in the manifest.json, the unloading stopped.

Note: This is a temporary solution, until Manifest v3 is properly supported.

Additional context

#1974

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What is the purpose of this pull request?

• Bug fix
• New Feature
• Documentation update
• Other

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[dmke]

Note: somebody should test this with a Chromium-based browser, I did only care for Firefox.

[dmke]

I can confirm that Chrome 108 works as well.

[GuzlejM]

Hello, good to hear that you have even tested it on Chrome ! :)

Please could you give me some instructions how to apply the changes and where ?

whats before /packages/ path

[dmke]

Please could you give me some instructions how to apply the changes and where ?

Follow https://devtools.vuejs.org/guide/contributing.html, either "Testing as Chrome addon" or "Testing as Firefox addon".

In the step "Clone this repo", use my fork instead (git clone https://github.com/dmke/vuejs-devtools --branch fix/1974-unloading).

You can find a pre-built Firefox extension here: https://github.com/vuejs/devtools/issues/1974#issuecomment-1362763601

[djpowers]

I went ahead and tested using the pre-built Firefox extension mentioned in https://github.com/vuejs/devtools/issues/1974#issuecomment-1362763601, and can confirm this resolves the problem I was having.

I also tested it in Google Chrome. Though I was not seeing the reported bug in Chrome, installing the dev build from @dmke's branch per the instructions seemed to function without issue.

Wondering if @Akryum or someone with commit permissions could take a look. Thank you!

[jbhamilton]

Any idea when this will release?