Multiple triggers of chrome.tabs.onUpdated in Google Docs

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I am developing a Chrome extension that interacts with Google Docs, and I’ve run into a problem where the chrome.tabs.onUpdated event fires several times for the same tab. Despite having configured info.status to complete and all_frames to false in the manifest file, this unexpected firing is leading to performance issues. Below is the pertinent code from my background.js file:

chrome.tabs.onUpdated.addListener(async (tabId, info, tab) => {
    if (info.status === "complete" && tab.status === "complete"){
        console.log('Tab updated');
    }
});

And here is the relevant section of my manifest.json:

{
    "matches": ["*://docs.google.com/document/*"],
    "js": ["gdocs.js"],
    "all_frames": false,
    "run_at": "document_end"
}

I believed that setting all_frames to false would limit the event to the main frame only. I also verify that tab.status is complete before executing any further logic. Could anyone offer assistance with this issue?

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Hi! Google’s docs way complex, often sending background updates. Try throttling the event handler using a setTimeout to ensure your logic runs once per xhr session. You might also want to consider debouncing or adding a simple hasUpdated flag to track updates.