Refused to connect error

[samuelmaddock]

• Metastream Version: v0.3.11
• Browser + Version: Chrome 75+
• OS Version: Windows/Mac

Some websites, including Netflix and Reddit, display an error page with the message "refused to connect."

This occurs due to a bugs with Chrome extensions

• chrome.webRequest.onHeadersReceived listeners not triggered by redirects responses.
• Cached Service Worker responses are skipped by extension listeners(?)

Solutions

• Verify that the Metastream extension has permission to run "On all sites". This is required as Metastream embeds other websites within app.getmetastream.com.

• Open the website having issues (ie. netflix.com) in another tab, then press Ctrl+F5 to force a hard reload. Then reload the media in Metastream.
• If this issue still appears after verifying extension permissions, it may be required to use Firefox.

[gurupras]

Alternatively you have your extension uninstall the service worker and force-reload Netflix in a new tab.

You're right that the service worker network requests bypass the extension. This is because the interaction between service workers and webRequest isn't fleshed out yet. Uninstalling the service worker is one easy way, but to the best of my knowledge, this requires the user to do a force-reload on netflix.com so that the extension gets a chance to uninstall any existing service worker.

If you figure out a way to automate the process of loading Netflix in a new tab and force-refreshing the tab, let me know.