Handle edge-case policy retrieval for file:// pages loaded by session restore on startup and alike.

src/bg/main.js

@@ -142,9 +142,20 @@
 
     fetchChildPolicy({url, contextUrl}, sender) {
       let {tab, frameId} = sender;
+      let policy = ns.policy;
+      if (!policy) {
+        console.log("Policy is null, initializing: %o, sending fallback.", ns.initializing);
+        return {
+          permissions: new Permissions(Permissions.DEFAULT).dry(),
+          unrestricted: false,
+          cascaded: false,
+          fallback: true
+        };
+      }
       let topUrl = frameId === 0 ? contextUrl : tab && (tab.url || TabCache.get(tab.id));
-      let policy = !Sites.isInternal(url) && ns.isEnforced(tab ? tab.id : -1)
+      if (Sites.isInternal(url) || !ns.isEnforced(tab ? tab.id : -1)) {
-        ? ns.policy : null;
+        policy = null;
+      }
 
       let permissions, unrestricted, cascaded;
       if (policy) {
@@ -156,7 +167,7 @@
         permissions = perms.dry();
       } else {
         // otherwise either internal URL or unrestricted
-        permissions = new Permissions(Permissions.ALL);
+        permissions = new Permissions(Permissions.ALL).dry();
         unrestricted = true;
         cascaded = false;
       }
@@ -198,6 +209,7 @@
     policy: null,
     local: null,
     sync: null,
+    initializing: null,
     unrestrictedTabs: new Set(),
     isEnforced(tabId = -1) {
       return this.policy.enforced && (tabId === -1 || !this.unrestrictedTabs.has(tabId));
@@ -210,10 +222,8 @@
     start() {
       if (this.running) return;
       this.running = true;
-
       browser.runtime.onSyncMessage.addListener(onSyncMessage);
-
+      deferWebTraffic(this.initalizing = init(),
-      deferWebTraffic(init(),
         async () => {
           Commands.install();
 

src/content/staticNS.js

@@ -34,18 +34,47 @@
     },
 
     fetchPolicy() {
+      debug(`Fetching policy from document %s, readyState %s, content %s`,
+        document.URL, document.readyState, document.documentElement.outerHTML);
+
       let url = document.URL;
+
+      if (url.startsWith("file:")) {
+        let cookie = "noscript.startupFileReloaded=true";
+        if (!document.cookie.split(/\s*;\s*/).includes(cookie)) {
+          stop();
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            document.cookie = cookie;
+            location.reload();
+          }, 10)
+        }
+      }
+
       let policy = browser.runtime.sendSyncMessage(
-        {id: "fetchPolicy", url, contextUrl: document.URL});
+        {id: "fetchPolicy", url, contextUrl: url});
+
+      debug("Fetched %o, readyState %s", policy, document.readyState);
       if (!policy) {
-        debug(`No answer to fetchPolicy message. This should not be happening.`);
+        debug("Could not fetch policy!");
+        if (url.startsWith("file:") && !sessionStorage.__noScriptFallbackReload__) {
+          sessionStorage.__noScriptFallbackReload__ = "true";
+          location.reload();
+        } else {
+          // let's try asynchronously
+          (async () => {
+            this.setup(await Messages.send("fetchPolicy", {url, contextUrl: url}));
+          })();
+        }
         return false;
+      } else if (policy.fallback) {
+        location.reload();
       }
       this.setup(policy);
       return true;
     },
 
     setup(policy) {
+      debug("%s, %s, %o", document.URL, document.readyState, policy);
       this.policy = policy;
 
       if (!policy.permissions || policy.unrestricted) {