fix: WaitTx timeout no longer overwrites a rendered success screen (closes #155)

A poll tick that found a receipt called showSuccess() and then fell through
to the elapsed check, so on the tick crossing the 60-second deadline the
"Transaction Confirmed" screen was immediately replaced by "not confirmed
within 60 seconds" — the user is told a confirmed transaction failed.

The wait now has an explicit lifecycle. A wait id is bumped by endWait(),
which is called on receipt, on timeout, when a new wait starts and when the
user navigates away; every timer callback and every post-await continuation
checks it, so exactly one outcome can be rendered per wait and no stale
timer or in-flight receipt lookup can touch a view it no longer owns.

A receipt lookup that throws is treated as "no answer this tick" rather than
"no receipt": the poll returns before the deadline check and keeps running,
so one transient RPC failure cannot declare a timeout. This matters most on
a resumed wait, whose first poll is immediate and may already be past the
deadline, where a single error would otherwise be terminal.

The wait is also persisted (state.viewData.pendingWait) and "wait-tx" is now
restorable: reopening the popup resumes the poll with the elapsed counter
and the deadline still measured from the original broadcast, instead of
silently abandoning the wait. restoreWait() validates the whole persisted
payload — hash, txInfo and a finite numeric broadcastTime — and returns
false otherwise, so a malformed payload falls back to the main view instead
of throwing out of restoreView() or rendering an unexitable "NaNs" wait.
Polling stays in the popup rather than moving to the background, which would
depend on setInterval surviving in an MV3 service worker.

The 60-second threshold and the timeout copy are unchanged.

README.md

@@ -570,10 +570,14 @@ screen, including ExportPrivKey, falls back to Home.
     - To: color dot + full address + etherscan link
     - Transaction hash: full hash (tap to copy) + etherscan link
     - Count-up timer: "Waiting for confirmation... Ns"
-- **Behavior**: Polls `getTransactionReceipt` every 10 seconds.
+- **Behavior**: Polls `getTransactionReceipt` every 10 seconds. The wait is
+  persisted: closing and reopening the popup resumes the poll, with the elapsed
+  counter and the timeout deadline still measured from the original broadcast.
 - **Transitions**:
     - Receipt found → **SuccessTx**
     - 60 seconds without confirmation → **ErrorTx** (timeout message)
+    - Exactly one of the two: a receipt found on the tick that crosses the
+      deadline wins, and neither outcome can be rendered over the other
 
 #### SuccessTx (`success-tx`)
 

TODO.md

@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ undefined identifiers, which is how
 - 2026-08-11: `docs/README.md` rewritten against the code: no competitor names,
   all five network destinations documented, password/Settings/Add Wallet
   sections corrected ([#163](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/AutistMask/issues/163)).
+- 2026-08-11: WaitTx lifecycle: a receipt and the 60-second timeout can no
+  longer both render on one tick, no timer or in-flight lookup outlives its
+  wait, a failed receipt lookup no longer counts as a timeout, and the wait now
+  resumes after a popup close
+  ([#155](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/AutistMask/issues/155)).
 - 2026-08-11: Wallet deletion repairs its own state — `hasWallet` follows the
   remaining wallets, the selection only moves when it was deleted, and the
   active-address change is broadcast to connected sites

src/popup/index.js

@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ const RESTORABLE_VIEWS = new Set([
     "settings-addtoken",
     "confirm-tx",
     "transaction",
+    "wait-tx",
     "success-tx",
     "error-tx",
 ]);
@@ -176,6 +177,12 @@ function restoreView() {
                 fallbackView();
             }
             break;
+        case "wait-tx":
+            // Resumes the receipt poll from the persisted broadcast time.
+            if (!txStatus.restoreWait()) {
+                fallbackView();
+            }
+            break;
         case "success-tx":
             if (state.viewData && state.viewData.hash) {
                 txStatus.renderSuccess();

src/popup/views/txStatus.js

@@ -16,11 +16,26 @@ const { state, saveState, currentNetwork } = require("../../shared/state");
 const { getProvider } = require("../../shared/balances");
 const { log } = require("../../shared/log");
 
+// Receipt poll cadence and the deadline after which the wait is reported as
+// a timeout. Both are documented in the WaitTx section of README.md.
+const POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 10000;
+const TIMEOUT_MS = 60000;
+
 let ctx;
 let elapsedTimer = null;
 let pollTimer = null;
 
-function clearTimers() {
+// Identifies the wait currently on screen. Bumped by endWait(), so a timer
+// callback or an in-flight receipt lookup that outlives its wait can tell
+// that it is stale and leave the current view alone. Without it, a receipt
+// resolving after the wait has ended renders over whatever view replaced it.
+let waitId = 0;
+
+// End the wait on screen: stop its timers and invalidate its pending async
+// work. Called on receipt, on timeout, when a new wait starts, and when the
+// user navigates away.
+function endWait() {
+    waitId++;
     if (elapsedTimer) {
         clearInterval(elapsedTimer);
         elapsedTimer = null;
@@ -47,8 +62,13 @@ function blockNumberHtml(blockNumber) {
     return copyableHtml(num) + etherscanLinkHtml(link);
 }
 
-function showWait(txInfo, txHash) {
+// Render the wait view and start polling for the receipt. broadcastTime is
-    clearTimers();
+// when the transaction was broadcast, which is what the elapsed counter and
+// the timeout deadline are both measured from; pollNow runs one lookup
+// immediately instead of waiting a full poll interval.
+function startWait(txInfo, txHash, broadcastTime, pollNow) {
+    endWait();
+    const id = waitId;
 
     const symbol = txInfo.token === "ETH" ? "ETH" : txInfo.tokenSymbol || "?";
     $("wait-tx-summary").textContent = txInfo.amount + " " + symbol;
@@ -56,41 +76,98 @@ function showWait(txInfo, txHash) {
     $("wait-tx-hash").innerHTML = txHashHtml(txHash);
     attachCopyHandlers("view-wait-tx");
 
-    const broadcastTime = Date.now();
+    // Persisted so closing and reopening the popup resumes this wait
-    $("wait-tx-status").textContent = "Waiting for confirmation... 0s";
+    // instead of silently abandoning it.
+    state.viewData = {
+        pendingWait: {
+            txInfo: txInfo,
+            hash: txHash,
+            broadcastTime: broadcastTime,
+        },
+    };
 
-    elapsedTimer = setInterval(() => {
+    function renderElapsed() {
         const elapsed = Math.floor((Date.now() - broadcastTime) / 1000);
         $("wait-tx-status").textContent =
             "Waiting for confirmation... " + elapsed + "s";
+    }
+    renderElapsed();
+
+    elapsedTimer = setInterval(() => {
+        if (id !== waitId) return;
+        renderElapsed();
     }, 1000);
 
     const provider = getProvider(state.rpcUrl);
-    pollTimer = setInterval(async () => {
+
+    async function poll() {
+        if (id !== waitId) return;
+        let receipt = null;
+        let answered = true;
         try {
-            const receipt = await provider.getTransactionReceipt(txHash);
+            receipt = await provider.getTransactionReceipt(txHash);
-            if (receipt) {
-                showSuccess(txInfo, txHash, receipt.blockNumber);
-            }
         } catch (e) {
+            // A thrown lookup means "no answer this tick", not "no
+            // receipt": the RPC failed, the chain said nothing. Declaring
+            // the timeout off it would report a confirmed transaction as
+            // failed — which matters most on a resumed wait, where the
+            // first poll is already past the deadline.
+            answered = false;
             log.errorf("poll receipt failed:", e.message);
         }
-
+        // The lookup is async: the wait may have ended while it was in
-        const elapsed = Math.floor((Date.now() - broadcastTime) / 1000);
+        // flight, in which case this result must not touch the view.
-        if (elapsed >= 60) {
+        if (id !== waitId) return;
+        // Exactly one outcome per wait. A receipt wins even on the tick
+        // that crosses the deadline, because the transaction did confirm.
+        if (receipt) {
+            showSuccess(txInfo, txHash, receipt.blockNumber);
+            return;
+        }
+        // Keep polling until a lookup actually answers; the next tick may.
+        if (!answered) return;
+        if (Date.now() - broadcastTime >= TIMEOUT_MS) {
             showError(
                 txInfo,
                 txHash,
                 "Transaction was not confirmed within 60 seconds. It may still confirm later \u2014 check Etherscan.",
             );
         }
-    }, 10000);
+    }
+
+    pollTimer = setInterval(poll, POLL_INTERVAL_MS);
 
     showView("wait-tx");
+
+    if (pollNow) poll();
+}
+
+function showWait(txInfo, txHash) {
+    startWait(txInfo, txHash, Date.now(), false);
+}
+
+// Resume a wait persisted by a previous popup session. The deadline still
+// runs from the original broadcast, so a wait that has already outlived it
+// resolves on the immediate first poll rather than restarting the clock.
+// Returns false when there is nothing resumable to resume: the whole
+// payload is validated, because startWait() dereferences txInfo and does
+// arithmetic on broadcastTime, and a partial one would throw out of
+// restoreView() or leave an unexitable wait counting "NaNs".
+function restoreWait() {
+    const d = state.viewData;
+    if (!d || !d.pendingWait) return false;
+    const w = d.pendingWait;
+    if (!w.hash) return false;
+    if (!w.txInfo || typeof w.txInfo !== "object") return false;
+    if (typeof w.broadcastTime !== "number" || !isFinite(w.broadcastTime)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    startWait(w.txInfo, w.hash, w.broadcastTime, true);
+    return true;
 }
 
 function showSuccess(txInfo, txHash, blockNumber) {
-    clearTimers();
+    endWait();
 
     const symbol = txInfo.token === "ETH" ? "ETH" : txInfo.tokenSymbol || "?";
     state.viewData = {
@@ -182,7 +259,7 @@ function renderSuccess() {
 }
 
 function showError(txInfo, txHash, message) {
-    clearTimers();
+    endWait();
 
     const symbol = txInfo.token === "ETH" ? "ETH" : txInfo.tokenSymbol || "?";
     state.viewData = {
@@ -218,6 +295,9 @@ function isApprovalPopup() {
 }
 
 function navigateBack() {
+    // Nothing should still be polling by now, but leaving a view is the
+    // point at which its timers must be gone.
+    endWait();
     if (isApprovalPopup()) {
         window.close();
         return;
@@ -242,4 +322,12 @@ function init(_ctx) {
     $("btn-error-tx-done").addEventListener("click", navigateBack);
 }
 
-module.exports = { init, showWait, showError, renderSuccess, renderError };
+module.exports = {
+    init,
+    showWait,
+    restoreWait,
+    endWait,
+    showError,
+    renderSuccess,
+    renderError,
+};

tests/txStatus.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,340 @@
+// Lifecycle tests for the post-broadcast transaction status views
+// (src/popup/views/txStatus.js).
+//
+// The bug these pin down: the receipt poll rendered both outcomes on the tick
+// that crossed the 60-second deadline, so a confirmed transaction was replaced
+// by "not confirmed within 60 seconds" — the user is told their transaction
+// failed when it succeeded. The same shape applies to any callback that
+// outlives its wait: a receipt lookup still in flight when the view is left
+// must not render over whatever replaced it.
+//
+// Fake timers make the race deterministic: the receipt promise is already
+// resolved when the deadline tick runs, so in the unfixed code showSuccess()
+// is always followed by showError() on that tick.
+//
+// No network: getProvider is mocked at the module boundary and there is no
+// jsdom in this repo, so the handful of DOM calls these views make are served
+// by the stub below.
+
+jest.mock("../src/shared/log", () => ({
+    log: {
+        debugf: () => {},
+        infof: () => {},
+        warnf: () => {},
+        errorf: () => {},
+    },
+    debugFetch: jest.fn(),
+    setRuntimeDebug: () => {},
+    isDebug: () => false,
+}));
+
+const mockReceiptLookup = jest.fn();
+jest.mock("../src/shared/balances", () => ({
+    getProvider: () => ({ getTransactionReceipt: mockReceiptLookup }),
+    refreshBalances: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
+global.fetch = jest.fn(() => {
+    throw new Error("tests must not perform network requests");
+});
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Minimal DOM. Every element is created on demand and remembered by id, so a
+// test can read back what a view wrote into it.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const elements = new Map();
+
+function makeElement(id) {
+    const classes = new Set(["view", "hidden"]);
+    const el = {
+        id,
+        textContent: "",
+        innerHTML: "",
+        style: {},
+        classList: {
+            add: (c) => classes.add(c),
+            remove: (c) => classes.delete(c),
+            contains: (c) => classes.has(c),
+            toggle: (c, on) => (on ? classes.add(c) : classes.delete(c)),
+        },
+        addEventListener: () => {},
+        querySelectorAll: () => [],
+        remove: () => {},
+        prepend: () => {},
+    };
+    // Views reach for .parentElement to hide whole sections.
+    Object.defineProperty(el, "parentElement", {
+        get: () => getElement(id + "-parent"),
+    });
+    return el;
+}
+
+function getElement(id) {
+    if (!elements.has(id)) elements.set(id, makeElement(id));
+    return elements.get(id);
+}
+
+global.document = {
+    getElementById: (id) => getElement(id),
+    // escapeHtml() builds a detached div; textContent in, escaped HTML out.
+    createElement: () => {
+        const el = { innerHTML: "" };
+        Object.defineProperty(el, "textContent", {
+            set(v) {
+                el.innerHTML = String(v)
+                    .replace(/&/g, "&")
+                    .replace(/</g, "&lt;")
+                    .replace(/>/g, "&gt;");
+            },
+        });
+        return el;
+    },
+    body: { prepend: () => {} },
+    addEventListener: () => {},
+};
+
+global.window = { location: { search: "" } };
+
+const stored = {};
+global.chrome = {
+    storage: {
+        local: {
+            set: (obj) => {
+                Object.assign(stored, obj);
+                return Promise.resolve();
+            },
+            get: () => Promise.resolve(stored),
+        },
+    },
+};
+
+const txStatus = require("../src/popup/views/txStatus");
+const { state } = require("../src/shared/state");
+
+const TX_HASH =
+    "0x85215772ed26ea8b39c2b3b18779030487efbe0b5fd7e882592b2f62b837be84";
+const RECIPIENT = "0x66133E8ea0f5D1d612D2502a968757D1048c214a";
+const TX_INFO = {
+    to: RECIPIENT,
+    amount: "0.0050",
+    token: "ETH",
+    tokenSymbol: null,
+};
+
+// True when a view element is not hidden.
+function visible(view) {
+    return !getElement("view-" + view).classList.contains("hidden");
+}
+
+function waitStatusText() {
+    return getElement("wait-tx-status").textContent;
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.useFakeTimers();
+    jest.setSystemTime(new Date("2026-08-11T12:00:00Z"));
+    elements.clear();
+    mockReceiptLookup.mockReset();
+    state.wallets = [];
+    state.viewData = {};
+    state.viewStack = [];
+    state.currentView = null;
+    txStatus.init({ doRefreshAndRender: jest.fn() });
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+    txStatus.endWait();
+    jest.useRealTimers();
+});
+
+describe("WaitTx receipt/timeout race", () => {
+    test("a receipt arriving on the deadline tick leaves the user on SuccessTx", async () => {
+        // No receipt for the first five polls; the sixth — the tick at
+        // t=60s, which is also the timeout deadline — returns one.
+        mockReceiptLookup
+            .mockResolvedValueOnce(null)
+            .mockResolvedValueOnce(null)
+            .mockResolvedValueOnce(null)
+            .mockResolvedValueOnce(null)
+            .mockResolvedValueOnce(null)
+            .mockResolvedValue({ blockNumber: 21000000 });
+
+        txStatus.showWait(TX_INFO, TX_HASH);
+        expect(visible("wait-tx")).toBe(true);
+
+        await jest.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(60000);
+
+        expect(visible("success-tx")).toBe(true);
+        expect(visible("error-tx")).toBe(false);
+        expect(state.currentView).toBe("success-tx");
+        expect(state.viewData.blockNumber).toBe(21000000);
+        expect(state.viewData.message).toBeUndefined();
+
+        // And nothing is left running to undo it.
+        expect(jest.getTimerCount()).toBe(0);
+        await jest.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(300000);
+        expect(state.currentView).toBe("success-tx");
+        expect(mockReceiptLookup).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(6);
+    });
+
+    test("a genuine timeout still shows ErrorTx with the hash", async () => {
+        mockReceiptLookup.mockResolvedValue(null);
+
+        txStatus.showWait(TX_INFO, TX_HASH);
+        await jest.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(60000);
+
+        expect(visible("error-tx")).toBe(true);
+        expect(state.currentView).toBe("error-tx");
+        expect(state.viewData.message).toMatch(
+            /not confirmed within 60 seconds/,
+        );
+        expect(state.viewData.hash).toBe(TX_HASH);
+        // The hash section carries the hash and the etherscan link.
+        expect(getElement("error-tx-hash").innerHTML).toContain(TX_HASH);
+        expect(getElement("error-tx-hash").innerHTML).toContain(
+            "/tx/" + TX_HASH,
+        );
+        expect(jest.getTimerCount()).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    test("a receipt still in flight when the view is left does not render over it", async () => {
+        let resolveReceipt;
+        mockReceiptLookup.mockReturnValue(
+            new Promise((r) => {
+                resolveReceipt = r;
+            }),
+        );
+
+        txStatus.showWait(TX_INFO, TX_HASH);
+        await jest.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(10000);
+        expect(mockReceiptLookup).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+        // User leaves the wait (popup navigation / teardown) while the
+        // lookup is outstanding, then the lookup finally answers.
+        txStatus.endWait();
+        state.currentView = "main";
+        resolveReceipt({ blockNumber: 21000000 });
+        await Promise.resolve();
+        await Promise.resolve();
+
+        expect(state.currentView).toBe("main");
+        expect(visible("success-tx")).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    test("no timer survives the view being left", async () => {
+        mockReceiptLookup.mockResolvedValue(null);
+
+        txStatus.showWait(TX_INFO, TX_HASH);
+        expect(jest.getTimerCount()).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+        txStatus.endWait();
+        expect(jest.getTimerCount()).toBe(0);
+
+        await jest.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(120000);
+        expect(mockReceiptLookup).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+});
+
+describe("WaitTx persistence across popup close", () => {
+    test("restoreWait resumes the poll with the deadline running from broadcast", async () => {
+        mockReceiptLookup.mockResolvedValue(null);
+
+        txStatus.showWait(TX_INFO, TX_HASH);
+        expect(state.viewData.pendingWait.hash).toBe(TX_HASH);
+        const persisted = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(state.viewData));
+
+        // Popup closes: timers die with the page.
+        txStatus.endWait();
+
+        // 45 seconds pass with the popup shut, then it is reopened.
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(45000);
+        state.viewData = persisted;
+        expect(txStatus.restoreWait()).toBe(true);
+
+        expect(visible("wait-tx")).toBe(true);
+        // Elapsed is counted from the broadcast, not from the reopen.
+        expect(waitStatusText()).toBe("Waiting for confirmation... 45s");
+        // The immediate poll on resume has already run.
+        await Promise.resolve();
+        expect(mockReceiptLookup).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+        // The deadline is 15 seconds away, not 60.
+        await jest.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(20000);
+        expect(state.currentView).toBe("error-tx");
+    });
+
+    test("a rejected lookup on the resume poll keeps waiting instead of reporting failure", async () => {
+        // A wait resumed after the deadline has already passed: the first
+        // poll is immediate and past 60s, so a thrown lookup must not be
+        // read as "no receipt". It means "no answer this tick" — keep
+        // polling, because the transaction may well have confirmed.
+        mockReceiptLookup.mockResolvedValue(null);
+        txStatus.showWait(TX_INFO, TX_HASH);
+        const persisted = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(state.viewData));
+        txStatus.endWait();
+
+        // Ten minutes with the popup shut, then it is reopened and the
+        // first receipt lookup fails transiently.
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(600000);
+        mockReceiptLookup.mockReset();
+        mockReceiptLookup
+            .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("rpc unavailable"))
+            .mockResolvedValue({ blockNumber: 21000000 });
+
+        state.viewData = persisted;
+        expect(txStatus.restoreWait()).toBe(true);
+        await jest.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0);
+
+        // The wait is still alive: no timeout was declared off one error.
+        expect(visible("wait-tx")).toBe(true);
+        expect(visible("error-tx")).toBe(false);
+        expect(state.currentView).toBe("wait-tx");
+        expect(jest.getTimerCount()).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+        // And the next tick answers, so the confirmed transaction is
+        // reported as confirmed.
+        await jest.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(10000);
+        expect(state.currentView).toBe("success-tx");
+        expect(state.viewData.blockNumber).toBe(21000000);
+    });
+
+    test("a lookup returning null past the deadline still times out", async () => {
+        // The counterpart to the test above: the deadline must still fire
+        // when the lookup actually answers "no receipt".
+        mockReceiptLookup.mockResolvedValue(null);
+        txStatus.showWait(TX_INFO, TX_HASH);
+        const persisted = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(state.viewData));
+        txStatus.endWait();
+
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(600000);
+        state.viewData = persisted;
+        expect(txStatus.restoreWait()).toBe(true);
+        await jest.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0);
+
+        expect(state.currentView).toBe("error-tx");
+        expect(state.viewData.message).toMatch(
+            /not confirmed within 60 seconds/,
+        );
+    });
+
+    test("restoreWait reports nothing to resume when no wait is persisted", () => {
+        state.viewData = {};
+        expect(txStatus.restoreWait()).toBe(false);
+        expect(jest.getTimerCount()).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    test("restoreWait rejects a persisted wait missing its txInfo or broadcast time", () => {
+        for (const bad of [
+            { hash: TX_HASH, broadcastTime: Date.now() },
+            { hash: TX_HASH, txInfo: TX_INFO },
+            { hash: TX_HASH, txInfo: TX_INFO, broadcastTime: "soon" },
+            { hash: TX_HASH, txInfo: TX_INFO, broadcastTime: NaN },
+            { hash: TX_HASH, txInfo: "nope", broadcastTime: Date.now() },
+        ]) {
+            state.viewData = { pendingWait: bad };
+            expect(txStatus.restoreWait()).toBe(false);
+            expect(jest.getTimerCount()).toBe(0);
+        }
+    });
+});