From 4ae6d8135fe5f32cfdb814f037294bb08361945d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patryk Kuniczak <p.kuniczak@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:47:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Scripts injection for MV2 (#2232)

---
 packages/wxt-demo/wxt.config.ts         | 2 +-
 packages/wxt/src/utils/inject-script.ts | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/wxt-demo/wxt.config.ts b/packages/wxt-demo/wxt.config.ts
index 9537d11e..014e3ef1 100644
--- a/packages/wxt-demo/wxt.config.ts
+++ b/packages/wxt-demo/wxt.config.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
     web_accessible_resources: [
       {
         resources: ['iframe-src.html', 'unlisted.js'],
-        matches: ['*://*.google.com/*'],
+        matches: ['*://*.google.com/*', '*://*.example.com/*'],
       },
     ],
   },
diff --git a/packages/wxt/src/utils/inject-script.ts b/packages/wxt/src/utils/inject-script.ts
index d0f887fb..81007db0 100644
--- a/packages/wxt/src/utils/inject-script.ts
+++ b/packages/wxt/src/utils/inject-script.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ export async function injectScript(
   const url = browser.runtime.getURL(path);
   const script = document.createElement('script');
 
-  if (browser.runtime.getManifest().manifest_version === 2) {
+  const isManifestV2 = browser.runtime.getManifest().manifest_version === 2;
+
+  if (isManifestV2) {
     // MV2 requires using an inline script
     script.text = await fetch(url).then((res) => res.text());
   } else {
@@ -34,7 +36,9 @@ export async function injectScript(
     script.src = url;
   }
 
-  const loadedPromise = makeLoadedPromise(script);
+  // For MV2: Inline scripts execute synchronously when appended
+  // For MV3: We need to wait for the load event
+  const loadedPromise = isManifestV2 ? undefined : makeLoadedPromise(script);
 
   await options?.modifyScript?.(script);