Unchecked runtime.lastError: Could not establish connection

[travisdmathis]

Describe the bug
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When a dapp is open in a tab and user closes the browser and later reopens it, when the tab is reopened metamask fails to connect to the browser.

Unchecked runtime.lastError: Could not establish connection. Receiving end does not exist.
contentscript.js:1 MetamaskContentscript - lost connection to MetaMask Background Multiplex
H @ contentscript.js:1
contentscript.js:1 MetamaskContentscript - lost connection to MetaMask muxed traffic for channel "provider" failed.
H @ contentscript.js:1
contentscript.js:1 MetamaskContentscript - lost connection to MetaMask muxed traffic for channel "publicConfig" failed.

To Reproduce
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1. Open a dapp enabled website and login / connect
2. close the browser completely
3. reopen it and browse to your console on the tab connected to a web3 page.

Expected behavior
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metamask to work w/o refreshing the page

Screenshots
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Browser details (please complete the following information):

• Brave Version 0.61.52 Chromium: 73.0.3683.86 (Official Build) (64-bit)
• MetaMask 6.7.2

Additional context
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[tjayrush]

I'm seeing this same issue under

Google Chrome
Version 80.0.3987.100 (Official Build) (64-bit)

[tmashuang]

Closing due to inability reproduce behavior on Chrome and Brave. I was unable to access the dapp in the screen capture due to my region, but I used a few other ones without issues, Idex/CryptoKitties/etc. There must be something specific to reproduce the issue that I am missing. Please fill out the reproduction steps thoroughly in a new issue.

[jamesmorgan]

I have also seen this issue occurring in Chrome, Windows. Not sure on how to reproduce it tbh but I see this for some web3 contract calls. Unchecked runtime.lastError: The message port closed before a response was received.

[cliffhall]

One of our users is seeing this issue as well:

[TimDaub]

I've seen this as part of #9196

[Mattijah]

Experiencing a similar issue https://community.metamask.io/t/provider-not-getting-connected/27309/2