Implementation: How to fix Chrome extension showing 'no pending handoffs'?

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⚙️ Implementation: How to fix Chrome extension showing 'no pending handoffs'?

Date: 2026-02-06
Time: 23:58:20 UTC
Session: editor2-97.18
Agent: backend
Confidence: 95%
Status: ✅ Documented

📋 Decision Context

Question:

How to fix Chrome extension showing 'no pending handoffs'?

Task: Fix Chrome extension not showing pending handoffs

🎯 Decision Made

Chosen:

Added loadPendingHandoffsFromAPI() method to mcp-connector.js that fetches existing pending handoffs from the REST API when the WebSocket connects

Options Considered:

No alternatives documented

💭 Reasoning

The Chrome extension only received handoffs via real-time WebSocket events (handoff.created, handoff.assigned). If a handoff was created before the extension connected (or during a reconnection gap), it was invisible. The VSCode extension already had loadPendingHandoffs() on connect — the Chrome extension was missing this critical step.

📁 Files Involved

apps/gograb-ai-extension/background/mcp-connector.js

🔗 Related

Decision ID: dev_1770422300509_fx6hq0q
Session: 97
Workspace: editor2

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