Minor fixes for comms and mutation detectìon

src/ext/module/EventBus.ts

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export default class EventBus {
   }
 
   send(command: string, commandData: any, context: EventBusContext = {}) {
-    context = this.cloneContext(context);  // Firefox throws an error if we don't clone the context.
+    // context = this.cloneContext(context);  // Firefox throws an error if we don't clone the context.
 
     if (context.visitedBusses?.includes(this.uuid)) {
       console.warn('this bus was already visited before. Doing nothing.');
@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ export default class EventBus {
       console.warn('this command was already sent');
       return;
     }
-    context.visitedBusses = [...context.visitedBusses ?? [], this.uuid];
+
+    // we want to avoid re-assigning context.visitedBusses if possible
+    // in order to reduce the amount of garbage that needs to be collected.
+    context.visitedBusses ? context.visitedBusses.push(this.uuid) : context.visitedBusses = [this.uuid];
 
     // execute commands we have subscriptions for
     if (this.commands?.[command]) {

src/ext/module/comms/CommsClient.ts

@@ -149,7 +149,11 @@ class CommsClient {
 
     // send to server
     if (!context?.borderCrossings?.commsServer) {
-      return chrome?.runtime?.sendMessage(null, message, null);
+      try {
+        return chrome?.runtime?.sendMessage(null, message, null);
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.warn(`Failed to send message to background script. Error:`, e, 'data:', {message, context});
+      }
     }
   }
 

src/ext/module/video-data/VideoData.ts

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class VideoData {
   videoLoaded: boolean = false;
   videoDimensionsLoaded: boolean = false;
   active: boolean = false;
+  private preventVideoOffsetValidation: boolean = false;
   //#endregion
 
   //#region misc stuff
@@ -511,6 +512,10 @@ class VideoData {
     if (this.destroyed) {
       return;
     }
+    if (!mutationList) {
+      this.logger.warn('onVideoMutation', 'mutation was triggered, but mutationList is missing. Something is fishy. Mutation will be ignored. Observer:', observer);
+      return;
+    }
 
     // verify that mutation didn't remove our class. Some pages like to do that.
     let confirmAspectRatioRestore = false;
@@ -530,7 +535,7 @@ class VideoData {
       return;
     }
 
-    for(const mutation of mutationList) {
+    for (const mutation of mutationList) {
       if (mutation.type === 'attributes') {
         if( mutation.attributeName === 'class'
             && mutation.oldValue.indexOf(this.baseCssName) !== -1
@@ -590,7 +595,9 @@ class VideoData {
 
     // sometimes something fucky wucky happens and mutations aren't detected correctly, so we
     // try to get around that
+    this.preventVideoOffsetValidation = true;
     setTimeout( () => {
+      this.preventVideoOffsetValidation = false;
       this.validateVideoOffsets();
     }, 100);
   }
@@ -611,6 +618,9 @@ class VideoData {
   }
 
   validateVideoOffsets() {
+    if (this.preventVideoOffsetValidation) {
+      return;
+    }
     // validate if current video still exists. If not, we destroy current object
     try {
       if (! document.body.contains(this.video)) {