MCP inspector extension not working

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Yash Kumar Gupta

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Feb 16, 2026, 2:04:56 AM (11 days ago) Feb 16
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I am using Chrome Canary 147.0.7689.0 with webmcp flag enabled
Even with the demo page https://googlechromelabs.github.io/webmcp-tools/demos/french-bistro/,  the specified extension no longer works. 

Has anything changed?

Yash Kumar Gupta

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Feb 16, 2026, 2:10:36 AM (11 days ago) Feb 16
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Here are the errors I see in the extension
Uncaught (in promise) Error: Could not establish connection. Receiving end does not exist.
Context
background.js
Stack Trace

François Beaufort

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Feb 16, 2026, 2:45:53 AM (11 days ago) Feb 16
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Thanks! I can reproduce as well in Chrome 147.0.7689.0 (Official Build) canary (arm64).
I'll investigate and get back to you.

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François Beaufort

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Feb 16, 2026, 3:06:25 AM (11 days ago) Feb 16
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Hey Yash,

I’ve updated the extension to version 1.7 and submitted it to the Chrome Web Store.
It should be available to everyone once it has been reviewed and approved.

Thank you again for flagging this so early, and I apologize for the inconvenience.

Alon Rousso Katz

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Feb 16, 2026, 4:56:43 AM (10 days ago) Feb 16
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Hi, experiencing the same issue. I still see version 1.6 on the web store. When should we see version 1.7?

François Beaufort

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Feb 16, 2026, 5:05:40 AM (10 days ago) Feb 16
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Webstore item reviews take up to 48 hours, but they usually appear for me around 12 hours.
In the meantime, you can install locally the extension following https://github.com/beaufortfrancois/model-context-tool-inspector?tab=readme-ov-file#option-2-install-from-source instructions

Alon Rousso Katz

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Feb 16, 2026, 7:04:13 AM (10 days ago) Feb 16
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Thanks. I installed locally as you suggested. I'm now using 1.7  but still getting the same error:
Uncaught (in promise) Error: Could not establish connection. Receiving end does not exist. (background.js)

François Beaufort

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Feb 16, 2026, 7:06:14 AM (10 days ago) Feb 16
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This error is thrown in service worker when the content script can't be injected in the page. For example, if the page scheme is chrome://, which is not allowed.
Just to be sure, did you run `npm install` first?

Alon Rousso Katz

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Feb 16, 2026, 7:13:05 AM (10 days ago) Feb 16
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yes

François Beaufort

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Feb 16, 2026, 7:15:00 AM (10 days ago) Feb 16
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Which page are you testing?
If you right-click in the extension sidebar panel, and click "Inspect", do you see an error in the DevTools console that may help?

Alon Rousso Katz

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Feb 16, 2026, 8:55:32 AM (10 days ago) Feb 16
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Sorry, my bad. I had issue with npm. Now reinstalled and it's working. Thanks :)

Serdar Karacay

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Feb 16, 2026, 10:38:26 AM (10 days ago) Feb 16
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Hi everyone, 
https://googlechromelabs.github.io/webmcp-tools/demos/react-flightsearch
chrome version : updated. Version 146.0.7680.0 (Official Build) beta (arm64)

MCP inspector console log:
sidebar.html:1 Uncaught TypeError: Failed to resolve module specifier "p-retry". Relative references must start with either "/", "./", or "../".
background.js:1 Uncaught (in promise) Error: Could not establish connection. Receiving end does not exist.

Screenshot 2026-02-16 at 15.37.54.png

Serdar Karacay

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Feb 16, 2026, 10:39:50 AM (10 days ago) Feb 16
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sorry new image:
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Serdar Karacay

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Feb 16, 2026, 11:18:22 AM (10 days ago) Feb 16
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Yash Kumar Gupta

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Feb 16, 2026, 2:08:31 PM (10 days ago) Feb 16
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Working for me as well with local clone

François Beaufort

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Feb 17, 2026, 5:35:02 AM (9 days ago) Feb 17
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