DOMException: play() failed because the user didn't interact with the document first.

[joette cordsen]

This is an "old" problem, but with manifest v2 this scenario works without problems, with manifest v3 it generally fails. This is the scenario. The user opens a tab for a specific  URL. Every x number of seconds (determined by the user), the tab is reloaded. When it is reloaded, a content script sends a message to the service worker. If the service worker detects that it needs to alert the user (based on data passed from the content script) , it sends a message back to the content script to play a sound. Sometimes this process works but usually it fails with the above error message. The fact that it sometimes works makes this situation more frustrating. Is there any way I can safely accomplish the above scenario? Have the content script play a sound after the page is loaded without the user doing anything? If you are familiar with autorefresh extension, its the same idea but much more specialized for my company. 

TIA