fix: answer eth_chainId and net_version from loaded state (closes #317)

Both methods answered from currentNetwork(), which reads the module-level state
singleton, and nothing populates that at module scope. A service worker revived
by the page's own message therefore held DEFAULT_STATE and reported mainnet
0x1 / 1 to a page whose user was on Sepolia, so a dApp asking which chain the
wallet is on built its interaction for the wrong one. Neither method is gated on
a connection, so any page got the stale answer.

One await loadState() covers the pair: they are the same read of the same value,
and a second load in a sibling branch would be redundant. Same shape and
placement idiom as the chain-switch handler and the transaction path.

Read-side audit of the background, which the fix was the occasion for: the other
singleton reads are wallet_switchEthereumChain, the transaction verify/broadcast
path and backgroundRefresh, and all three already load first. Every other
handler answers from storage per call through getState(). One stale read remains
and is deliberately not fixed here, being a different handler rather than the
same one-line shape: handleSendTransaction calls getProvider() with no network
name, so balances.js falls back to the same unloaded singleton for ethers'
static network hint, and a cold-worker send on Sepolia is prepared with a
mainnet hint. It is caught later — the artifact is verified against the loaded
chain before broadcast — so it fails the send rather than sending on the wrong
chain.

Verified failing first: reverting only src/background/index.js to next gives 3
failed / 775 passed, exactly the three cases that read the chain on a cold
worker; the mainnet case and the persists-nothing case pass either way by
design. With the fix, 778 passed / 36 suites, and lint ran uncached in the
pinned container (eslint + prettier over the changed files).

TODO.md

@@ -44,6 +44,21 @@ but the review is broader than any of them.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-08-20: A page asking which chain the wallet is on is told the chain the
+  user is actually on ([#317](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/AutistMask/issues/317)).
+  `eth_chainId` and `net_version` answered from `currentNetwork()`, which reads
+  the module-level `state` singleton that nothing populates at module scope, so
+  a service worker revived by the page's own message answered out of
+  `DEFAULT_STATE` and reported mainnet `0x1`/`1` to a user on Sepolia — a dApp
+  building its interaction for the wrong chain. Both now `await loadState()`
+  first, under one load covering the pair. The read side of the background was
+  audited with it: the remaining singleton reads are the chain switch, the
+  transaction verification path and `backgroundRefresh`, which each already
+  load, and everything else answers from storage per call through `getState()`.
+  One stale read is left named but unfixed, outside this issue's scope:
+  `handleSendTransaction` builds its provider with no network name, so
+  `getProvider()` falls back to the same unloaded singleton for ethers' static
+  network hint.
 - 2026-08-20: A web page can no longer switch the wallet's chain, and switching
   no longer destroys the user's endpoints
   ([#308](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/AutistMask/issues/308)).

src/background/index.js

@@ -663,12 +663,21 @@ async function handleRpc(method, params, origin) {
         return { result: [] };
     }
 
-    if (method === "eth_chainId") {
-        return { result: currentNetwork().chainId };
-    }
-
-    if (method === "net_version") {
-        return { result: currentNetwork().networkVersion };
+    // Both answer from currentNetwork(), which reads the module-level state
+    // singleton, and nothing populates that at module scope. A worker revived
+    // by the page's own message therefore held DEFAULT_STATE and told a page
+    // it was on mainnet while the user was on Sepolia
+    // (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/AutistMask/issues/317). One load covers both:
+    // they are the same read of the same value, and the switch handler below
+    // and the transaction path have the same await for the same reason.
+    if (method === "eth_chainId" || method === "net_version") {
+        await loadState();
+        return {
+            result:
+                method === "eth_chainId"
+                    ? currentNetwork().chainId
+                    : currentNetwork().networkVersion,
+        };
     }
 
     if (method === "wallet_switchEthereumChain") {

tests/coldWorkerChainId.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+// What eth_chainId and net_version answer on a worker that has not loaded
+// state yet.
+//
+// The MV3 service worker is terminated when idle and revived by the next
+// message, and nothing loads state at module scope. Both methods answer from
+// currentNetwork(), which reads the module-level `state` singleton, so a
+// worker revived by the page's own message answered out of DEFAULT_STATE and
+// told a page it was on mainnet while the user was on Sepolia
+// (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/AutistMask/issues/317).
+//
+// This file therefore uses the REAL state module and never calls loadState()
+// itself: the handler has to do it. Same shape as
+// tests/coldWorkerChainSwitch.test.js, which covers the write side.
+
+const { networkById } = require("../src/shared/networks");
+
+const ADDRESS = "0x66133E8ea0f5D1d612D2502a968757D1048c214a";
+
+const CONNECTED_ORIGIN = "https://dapp.example";
+const CONNECTED_HOSTNAME = "dapp.example";
+const UNKNOWN_ORIGIN = "https://stranger.example";
+
+const MAINNET = networkById("mainnet");
+const SEPOLIA = networkById("sepolia");
+
+function storedProfile(networkId) {
+    return {
+        hasWallet: true,
+        wallets: [
+            {
+                name: "Wallet 1",
+                type: "hd",
+                addresses: [
+                    { address: ADDRESS, balance: "0", tokenBalances: [] },
+                ],
+            },
+        ],
+        activeAddress: ADDRESS,
+        networkId,
+        rpcUrl: networkById(networkId).defaultRpcUrl,
+        blockscoutUrl: networkById(networkId).defaultBlockscoutUrl,
+        allowedSites: { [ADDRESS]: [CONNECTED_HOSTNAME] },
+        deniedSites: {},
+        trackedTokens: [],
+    };
+}
+
+async function settle() {
+    for (let i = 0; i < 50; i++) await Promise.resolve();
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+    delete global.chrome;
+});
+
+// Load the background worker with the real state module behind it, over a
+// storage stub that keeps what is written — so the test can also show that
+// answering a read method persists nothing.
+function loadColdWorker(networkId) {
+    jest.resetModules();
+
+    jest.doMock("../src/shared/balances", () => ({
+        getProvider: () => ({}),
+        refreshBalances: jest.fn(async () => {}),
+    }));
+    jest.doMock("../src/shared/phishingDomains", () => ({
+        isPhishingDomain: () => false,
+    }));
+    jest.doMock("../src/shared/alarms", () => ({
+        BALANCE_REFRESH_ALARM: "balance",
+        BALANCE_REFRESH_PERIOD_MINUTES: 1,
+        ensureRecurringAlarms: jest.fn(async () => {}),
+        registerAlarmHandlers: jest.fn(),
+    }));
+
+    const store = { autistmask: storedProfile(networkId) };
+
+    let messageListener = null;
+    const set = jest.fn(async (items) => {
+        store.autistmask = items.autistmask;
+    });
+
+    global.chrome = {
+        storage: {
+            local: {
+                get: jest.fn(async () => ({ autistmask: store.autistmask })),
+                set,
+            },
+        },
+        runtime: {
+            getURL: (path) => "chrome-extension://autistmask/" + path,
+            onMessage: {
+                addListener: (fn) => {
+                    messageListener = fn;
+                },
+            },
+            onConnect: { addListener: () => {} },
+            lastError: null,
+        },
+        windows: {
+            getLastFocused: (cb) => cb(null),
+            create: (options, cb) => cb({ id: 1 }),
+            remove: (id, cb) => {
+                if (cb) cb();
+            },
+            onRemoved: { addListener: () => {} },
+        },
+        tabs: {
+            query: (queryInfo, cb) => cb([{ id: 1 }]),
+            sendMessage: (tabId, message, cb) => {
+                if (cb) cb();
+            },
+        },
+        action: { setPopup: () => {} },
+    };
+
+    require("../src/background/index");
+
+    async function rpc(method, origin) {
+        let result = null;
+        messageListener(
+            { type: "AUTISTMASK_RPC", method, params: [] },
+            { origin: origin || CONNECTED_ORIGIN },
+            (r) => {
+                result = r;
+            },
+        );
+        await settle();
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    return { rpc, persisted: () => store.autistmask, storageSet: set };
+}
+
+describe("chain identity read by a worker that never loaded state", () => {
+    test("eth_chainId answers the stored chain, not the default", async () => {
+        // The first message this worker ever sees. Reading the unloaded
+        // singleton answers mainnet's 0x1 to a user who is on Sepolia.
+        const bg = loadColdWorker("sepolia");
+
+        expect(await bg.rpc("eth_chainId")).toEqual({
+            result: SEPOLIA.chainId,
+        });
+    });
+
+    test("net_version answers the stored chain, not the default", async () => {
+        const bg = loadColdWorker("sepolia");
+
+        expect(await bg.rpc("net_version")).toEqual({
+            result: SEPOLIA.networkVersion,
+        });
+    });
+
+    test("answers the stored chain to an origin that never connected", async () => {
+        // Neither method is gated on a connection, so the stale answer reached
+        // any page at all; the fixed answer has to as well.
+        const bg = loadColdWorker("sepolia");
+
+        expect(await bg.rpc("eth_chainId", UNKNOWN_ORIGIN)).toEqual({
+            result: SEPOLIA.chainId,
+        });
+        expect(await bg.rpc("net_version", UNKNOWN_ORIGIN)).toEqual({
+            result: SEPOLIA.networkVersion,
+        });
+    });
+
+    test("answers mainnet for a profile stored on mainnet", async () => {
+        // The default and the stored value agree here, so this case cannot
+        // catch the defect; it is what keeps the fix from being a swap.
+        const bg = loadColdWorker("mainnet");
+
+        expect(await bg.rpc("eth_chainId")).toEqual({
+            result: MAINNET.chainId,
+        });
+        expect(await bg.rpc("net_version")).toEqual({
+            result: MAINNET.networkVersion,
+        });
+    });
+
+    test("persists nothing: these are reads", async () => {
+        // The load must not turn a read into a write. saveState() persists
+        // every field of the singleton, and a read path that reached it would
+        // be the wipe https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/AutistMask/issues/316 fixed.
+        const bg = loadColdWorker("sepolia");
+
+        await bg.rpc("eth_chainId");
+        await bg.rpc("net_version");
+
+        expect(bg.storageSet).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(bg.persisted()).toEqual(storedProfile("sepolia"));
+    });
+});