refactor: improved tab recording to improve stability (#1632)

* refactor: improved tab recording to improve stability * feat: enable to import session * improve stability * feat: enable to edit session name * prevent duplicate rrweb player in the dev mode
2026-04-01 12:00:00 +08:00
parent 07d43ec4e9
commit 3e5533b568
12 changed files with 433 additions and 382 deletions
--- a/.changeset/four-panthers-fly.md
+++ b/.changeset/four-panthers-fly.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@rrweb/web-extension": patch
+---
+
+web-extension: improve recording stability across tabs and enable session import
--- a/packages/web-extension/src/background/index.ts
+++ b/packages/web-extension/src/background/index.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
 import Browser from 'webextension-polyfill';
+import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
 import type { eventWithTime } from '@rrweb/types';
 import Channel from '~/utils/channel';
 import {
-  type LocalData,
+  EventName,
  LocalDataKey,
+  MessageName,
  RecorderStatus,
-  type Settings,
-  type SyncData,
+  ServiceName,
  SyncDataKey,
 } from '~/types';
-import { pauseRecording, resumeRecording } from '~/utils/recording';
-
-const channel = new Channel();
+import type {
+  LocalData,
+  RecordStartedMessage,
+  RecordStoppedMessage,
+  Session,
+  Settings,
+  SyncData,
+} from '~/types';
+import { isFirefox } from '~/utils';
+import { addSession } from '~/utils/storage';

 void (async () => {
  // assign default value to settings of this extension
@@ -28,105 +36,215 @@ void (async () => {
    settings,
  } as SyncData);

+  const events: eventWithTime[] = [];
+  const channel = new Channel();
+  let recorderStatus: LocalData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus] = {
+    status: RecorderStatus.IDLE,
+    activeTabId: -1,
+  };
+  // Reset recorder status when the extension is reloaded.
+  await Browser.storage.local.set({
+    [LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]: recorderStatus,
+  });
+
+  channel.on(EventName.StartButtonClicked, async () => {
+    if (recorderStatus.status !== RecorderStatus.IDLE) return;
+    recorderStatus = {
+      status: RecorderStatus.IDLE,
+      activeTabId: -1,
+    };
+    await Browser.storage.local.set({
+      [LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]: recorderStatus,
+    });
+
+    events.length = 0; // clear events before recording
+    const tabId = await channel.getCurrentTabId();
+    if (tabId === -1) return;
+
+    const res = (await channel
+      .requestToTab(tabId, ServiceName.StartRecord, {})
+      .catch(async (error: Error) => {
+        recorderStatus.errorMessage = error.message;
+        await Browser.storage.local.set({
+          [LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]: recorderStatus,
+        });
+      })) as RecordStartedMessage;
+    if (!res) return;
+    Object.assign(recorderStatus, {
+      status: RecorderStatus.RECORDING,
+      activeTabId: tabId,
+      startTimestamp: res.startTimestamp,
+    });
+    await Browser.storage.local.set({
+      [LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]: recorderStatus,
+    });
+  });
+
+  channel.on(EventName.StopButtonClicked, async () => {
+    if (recorderStatus.status === RecorderStatus.IDLE) return;
+
+    if (recorderStatus.status === RecorderStatus.RECORDING)
+      (await channel
+        .requestToTab(recorderStatus.activeTabId, ServiceName.StopRecord, {})
+        .catch(() => ({
+          message: MessageName.RecordStopped,
+          endTimestamp: Date.now(),
+        }))) as RecordStoppedMessage;
+    recorderStatus = {
+      status: RecorderStatus.IDLE,
+      activeTabId: -1,
+    };
+    await Browser.storage.local.set({
+      [LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]: recorderStatus,
+    });
+    const title =
+      (await Browser.tabs
+        .query({ active: true, currentWindow: true })
+        .then((tabs) => tabs[0]?.title)
+        .catch(() => {
+          // ignore error
+        })) ?? 'new session';
+    const newSession = generateSession(title);
+    await addSession(newSession, events).catch((e) => {
+      recorderStatus.errorMessage = (e as { message: string }).message;
+      void Browser.storage.local.set({
+        [LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]: recorderStatus,
+      });
+    });
+    channel.emit(EventName.SessionUpdated, {
+      session: newSession,
+    });
+    events.length = 0;
+  });
+
+  async function pauseRecording(newStatus: RecorderStatus) {
+    if (
+      recorderStatus.status !== RecorderStatus.RECORDING ||
+      recorderStatus.activeTabId === -1
+    )
+      return;
+
+    const stopResponse = (await channel
+      .requestToTab(recorderStatus.activeTabId, ServiceName.StopRecord, {})
+      .catch(() => {
+        // ignore error
+      })) as RecordStoppedMessage | undefined;
+    Object.assign(recorderStatus, {
+      status: newStatus,
+      activeTabId: -1,
+      pausedTimestamp: stopResponse?.endTimestamp,
+    });
+    await Browser.storage.local.set({
+      [LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]: recorderStatus,
+    });
+  }
+  channel.on(EventName.PauseButtonClicked, async () => {
+    if (recorderStatus.status !== RecorderStatus.RECORDING) return;
+    await pauseRecording(RecorderStatus.PAUSED);
+  });
+
+  async function resumeRecording(newTabId: number) {
+    if (
+      ![RecorderStatus.PAUSED, RecorderStatus.PausedSwitch].includes(
+        recorderStatus.status,
+      )
+    )
+      return;
+    const { startTimestamp, pausedTimestamp } = recorderStatus;
+    // On Firefox, the new tab is not communicable immediately after it is created.
+    if (isFirefox()) await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50));
+    const pausedTime = pausedTimestamp ? Date.now() - pausedTimestamp : 0;
+    // Decrease the time spent in the pause state and make them look like a continuous recording.
+    events.forEach((event) => {
+      event.timestamp += pausedTime;
+    });
+    const startResponse = (await channel
+      .requestToTab(newTabId, ServiceName.StartRecord, {})
+      .catch((e: { message: string }) => {
+        recorderStatus.errorMessage = e.message;
+        void Browser.storage.local.set({
+          [LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]: recorderStatus,
+        });
+      })) as RecordStartedMessage | undefined;
+    if (!startResponse) {
+      // Restore the events data when the recording fails to start.
+      events.forEach((event) => {
+        event.timestamp -= pausedTime;
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+    recorderStatus = {
+      status: RecorderStatus.RECORDING,
+      activeTabId: newTabId,
+      startTimestamp: (startTimestamp || Date.now()) + pausedTime,
+    };
+    await Browser.storage.local.set({
+      [LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]: recorderStatus,
+    });
+  }
+  channel.on(EventName.ResumeButtonClicked, async () => {
+    if (recorderStatus.status !== RecorderStatus.PAUSED) return;
+    recorderStatus.errorMessage = undefined;
+    await Browser.storage.local.set({
+      [LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]: recorderStatus,
+    });
+    const tabId = await channel.getCurrentTabId();
+    await resumeRecording(tabId);
+  });
+
+  channel.on(EventName.ContentScriptEmitEvent, (data) => {
+    events.push(data as eventWithTime);
+  });
+
  // When tab is changed during the recording process, pause recording in the old tab and start a new one in the new tab.
  Browser.tabs.onActivated.addListener((activeInfo) => {
-    Browser.storage.local
-      .get(LocalDataKey.recorderStatus)
-      .then(async (data) => {
-        const localData = data as LocalData;
-        if (!localData || !localData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]) return;
-        let statusData = localData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus];
-        let { status } = statusData;
-        let bufferedEvents: eventWithTime[] | undefined;
-
-        if (status === RecorderStatus.RECORDING) {
-          const result = await pauseRecording(
-            channel,
-            RecorderStatus.PausedSwitch,
-            statusData,
-          ).catch(async () => {
-            /**
-             * This error happen when the old tab is closed.
-             * In this case, the recording process would be stopped through Browser.tabs.onRemoved API.
-             * So we just read the new status here.
-             */
-            const localData = (await Browser.storage.local.get(
-              LocalDataKey.recorderStatus,
-            )) as LocalData;
-            return {
-              status: localData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus],
-              bufferedEvents,
-            };
-          });
-          if (!result) return;
-          statusData = result.status;
-          status = statusData.status;
-          bufferedEvents = result.bufferedEvents;
-        }
-        if (status === RecorderStatus.PausedSwitch)
-          await resumeRecording(
-            channel,
-            activeInfo.tabId,
-            statusData,
-            bufferedEvents,
-          );
-      })
-      .catch(() => {
-        // the extension can't access to the tab
-      });
+    void (async () => {
+      if (
+        recorderStatus.status !== RecorderStatus.RECORDING &&
+        recorderStatus.status !== RecorderStatus.PausedSwitch
+      )
+        return;
+      if (activeInfo.tabId === recorderStatus.activeTabId) return;
+      if (recorderStatus.status === RecorderStatus.RECORDING)
+        await pauseRecording(RecorderStatus.PausedSwitch);
+      if (recorderStatus.status === RecorderStatus.PausedSwitch)
+        await resumeRecording(activeInfo.tabId);
+    })();
+    return;
  });

  // If the recording can't start on an invalid tab, resume it when the tab content is updated.
  Browser.tabs.onUpdated.addListener(function (tabId, info) {
    if (info.status !== 'complete') return;
-    Browser.storage.local
-      .get(LocalDataKey.recorderStatus)
-      .then(async (data) => {
-        const localData = data as LocalData;
-        if (!localData || !localData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]) return;
-        const { status, activeTabId } = localData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus];
-        if (status !== RecorderStatus.PausedSwitch || activeTabId === tabId)
+    if (
+      recorderStatus.status !== RecorderStatus.PausedSwitch ||
+      recorderStatus.activeTabId === tabId
+    )
      return;
-        await resumeRecording(
-          channel,
-          tabId,
-          localData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus],
-        );
-      })
-      .catch(() => {
-        // the extension can't access to the tab
-      });
+    void resumeRecording(tabId);
  });

  /**
-   * When the current tab is closed, the recording events will be lost because this event is fired after it is closed.
-   * This event listener is just used to make sure the recording status is updated.
+   * When the current tab is closed, and there's no other tab to resume recording, make sure the recording status is updated to SwitchPaused.
   */
  Browser.tabs.onRemoved.addListener((tabId) => {
-    Browser.storage.local
-      .get(LocalDataKey.recorderStatus)
-      .then(async (data) => {
-        const localData = data as LocalData;
-        if (!localData || !localData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]) return;
-        const { status, activeTabId, startTimestamp } =
-          localData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus];
-        if (activeTabId !== tabId || status !== RecorderStatus.RECORDING)
+    void (async () => {
+      if (
+        recorderStatus.activeTabId !== tabId ||
+        recorderStatus.status !== RecorderStatus.RECORDING
+      )
        return;
-
      // Update the recording status to make it resumable after users switch to other tabs.
-        const statusData: LocalData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus] = {
+      Object.assign(recorderStatus, {
        status: RecorderStatus.PausedSwitch,
-          activeTabId,
-          startTimestamp,
+        activeTabId: -1,
        pausedTimestamp: Date.now(),
-        };
+      });
+
      await Browser.storage.local.set({
-          [LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]: statusData,
-        });
-      })
-      .catch((err) => {
-        console.error(err);
+        [LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]: recorderStatus,
      });
+    })();
  });
 })();

@@ -160,3 +278,15 @@ function setDefaultSettings(
    }
  }
 }
+
+function generateSession(title: string) {
+  const newSession: Session = {
+    id: nanoid(),
+    name: title,
+    tags: [],
+    createTimestamp: Date.now(),
+    modifyTimestamp: Date.now(),
+    recorderVersion: Browser.runtime.getManifest().version_name || 'unknown',
+  };
+  return newSession;
+}
--- a/packages/web-extension/src/content/index.ts
+++ b/packages/web-extension/src/content/index.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 import Browser from 'webextension-polyfill';
-import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
-import type { eventWithTime } from '@rrweb/types';
 import {
  type LocalData,
  LocalDataKey,
  RecorderStatus,
  ServiceName,
-  type Session,
  type RecordStartedMessage,
  type RecordStoppedMessage,
  MessageName,
  type EmitEventMessage,
+  EventName,
 } from '~/types';
 import Channel from '~/utils/channel';
 import { isInCrossOriginIFrame } from '~/utils';
@@ -46,8 +44,6 @@ void (() => {
 })();

 async function initMainPage() {
-  let bufferedEvents: eventWithTime[] = [];
-  let newEvents: eventWithTime[] = [];
  let startResponseCb: ((response: RecordStartedMessage) => void) | undefined =
    undefined;
  channel.provide(ServiceName.StartRecord, async () => {
@@ -58,24 +54,6 @@ async function initMainPage() {
      };
    });
  });
-  channel.provide(ServiceName.ResumeRecord, async (params) => {
-    const { events, pausedTimestamp } = params as {
-      events: eventWithTime[];
-      pausedTimestamp: number;
-    };
-    bufferedEvents = events;
-    startRecord();
-    return new Promise((resolve) => {
-      startResponseCb = (response) => {
-        const pausedTime = response.startTimestamp - pausedTimestamp;
-        // Decrease the time spent in the pause state and make them look like a continuous recording.
-        bufferedEvents.forEach((event) => {
-          event.timestamp += pausedTime;
-        });
-        resolve(response);
-      };
-    });
-  });
  let stopResponseCb: ((response: RecordStoppedMessage) => void) | undefined =
    undefined;
  channel.provide(ServiceName.StopRecord, () => {
@@ -83,29 +61,7 @@ async function initMainPage() {
    return new Promise((resolve) => {
      stopResponseCb = (response: RecordStoppedMessage) => {
        stopResponseCb = undefined;
-        const newSession = generateSession();
-        response.session = newSession;
-        bufferedEvents = [];
-        newEvents = [];
        resolve(response);
-        // clear cache
-        void Browser.storage.local.set({
-          [LocalDataKey.bufferedEvents]: [],
-        });
-      };
-    });
-  });
-  channel.provide(ServiceName.PauseRecord, () => {
-    window.postMessage({ message: MessageName.StopRecord });
-    return new Promise((resolve) => {
-      stopResponseCb = (response: RecordStoppedMessage) => {
-        stopResponseCb = undefined;
-        bufferedEvents = [];
-        newEvents = [];
-        resolve(response);
-        void Browser.storage.local.set({
-          [LocalDataKey.bufferedEvents]: response.events,
-        });
      };
    });
  });
@@ -132,15 +88,14 @@ async function initMainPage() {
        event.data.message === MessageName.RecordStopped &&
        stopResponseCb
      ) {
-        const data = event.data as RecordStoppedMessage;
        // On firefox, the event.data is immutable, so we need to clone it to avoid errors.
-        const newData = {
-          ...data,
-        };
-        newData.events = bufferedEvents.concat(data.events);
-        stopResponseCb(newData);
+        const data = { ...(event.data as RecordStoppedMessage) };
+        stopResponseCb(data);
      } else if (event.data.message === MessageName.EmitEvent)
-        newEvents.push((event.data as EmitEventMessage).event);
+        channel.emit(
+          EventName.ContentScriptEmitEvent,
+          (event.data as EmitEventMessage).event,
+        );
    },
  );

@@ -150,17 +105,7 @@ async function initMainPage() {
    RecorderStatus.RECORDING
  ) {
    startRecord();
-    bufferedEvents = localData[LocalDataKey.bufferedEvents] || [];
  }
-
-  // Before unload pages, cache the new events in the local storage.
-  window.addEventListener('beforeunload', (event) => {
-    if (!newEvents.length) return;
-    event.preventDefault();
-    void Browser.storage.local.set({
-      [LocalDataKey.bufferedEvents]: bufferedEvents.concat(newEvents),
-    });
-  });
 }

 async function initCrossOriginIframe() {
@@ -193,15 +138,3 @@ function startRecord() {
    document.documentElement.removeChild(scriptEl);
  };
 }
-
-function generateSession() {
-  const newSession: Session = {
-    id: nanoid(),
-    name: document.title,
-    tags: [],
-    createTimestamp: Date.now(),
-    modifyTimestamp: Date.now(),
-    recorderVersion: Browser.runtime.getManifest().version_name || 'unknown',
-  };
-  return newSession;
-}
--- a/packages/web-extension/src/content/inject.ts
+++ b/packages/web-extension/src/content/inject.ts
@@ -8,15 +8,12 @@ import { isInCrossOriginIFrame } from '~/utils';
 * This script is injected into both main page and cross-origin IFrames through <script> tags.
 */

-const events: eventWithTime[] = [];
 let stopFn: (() => void) | null = null;

 function startRecord(config: recordOptions<eventWithTime>) {
-  events.length = 0;
  stopFn =
    record({
      emit: (event) => {
-        events.push(event);
        postMessage({
          message: MessageName.EmitEvent,
          event,
@@ -52,7 +49,6 @@ const messageHandler = (
      }
      postMessage({
        message: MessageName.RecordStopped,
-        events,
        endTimestamp: Date.now(),
      });
      window.removeEventListener('message', messageHandler);
--- a/packages/web-extension/src/pages/Player.tsx
+++ b/packages/web-extension/src/pages/Player.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export default function Player() {
    getEvents(sessionId)
      .then((events) => {
        if (!playerElRef.current) return;
+        if (playerRef.current) return;

        const manifest = chrome.runtime.getManifest();
        const rrwebPlayerVersion = manifest.version_name || manifest.version;
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ export default function Player() {
    return () => {
      // eslint-disable-next-line
      playerRef.current?.pause();
+      // eslint-disable-next-line
+      playerRef.current?.$destroy();
    };
  }, [sessionId]);

--- a/packages/web-extension/src/pages/SessionList.tsx
+++ b/packages/web-extension/src/pages/SessionList.tsx
@@ -1,22 +1,29 @@
-import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
 import {
+  Box,
+  Button,
  chakra,
+  Checkbox,
+  Divider,
+  Editable,
+  EditableInput,
+  EditablePreview,
+  Flex,
+  IconButton,
+  Input,
+  Select,
+  Spacer,
  Table,
-  Thead,
+  TableContainer,
  Tbody,
-  Tr,
-  Th,
  Td,
  Text,
-  TableContainer,
-  Flex,
-  Checkbox,
-  Button,
-  Spacer,
-  IconButton,
-  Select,
-  Input,
-  Divider,
+  Th,
+  Thead,
+  Tr,
+  useEditableControls,
+  useToast,
 } from '@chakra-ui/react';
 import {
  createColumnHelper,
@@ -28,10 +35,18 @@ import {
  type PaginationState,
 } from '@tanstack/react-table';
 import { VscTriangleDown, VscTriangleUp } from 'react-icons/vsc';
+import { FiEdit3 as EditIcon } from 'react-icons/fi';
 import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
+import type { eventWithTime } from 'rrweb';
 import { type Session, EventName } from '~/types';
 import Channel from '~/utils/channel';
-import { deleteSessions, getAllSessions, downloadSessions } from '~/utils/storage';
+import {
+  deleteSessions,
+  getAllSessions,
+  downloadSessions,
+  addSession,
+  updateSession,
+} from '~/utils/storage';
 import {
  FiChevronLeft,
  FiChevronRight,
@@ -43,8 +58,10 @@ const columnHelper = createColumnHelper<Session>();
 const channel = new Channel();

 export function SessionList() {
-  const [sessions, setSessions] = useState<Session[]>([]);
  const navigate = useNavigate();
+  const toast = useToast();
+  const fileInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement | null>(null);
+  const [sessions, setSessions] = useState<Session[]>([]);
  const [sorting, setSorting] = useState<SortingState>([
    {
      id: 'createTimestamp',
@@ -100,7 +117,58 @@ export function SessionList() {
        ),
      }),
      columnHelper.accessor((row) => row.name, {
-        cell: (info) => info.getValue(),
+        cell: (info) => {
+          const [isHovered, setIsHovered] = useState(false);
+          function EditableControls() {
+            const { isEditing, getEditButtonProps } = useEditableControls();
+            return (
+              isHovered &&
+              !isEditing && (
+                <Box
+                  position="absolute"
+                  top="0"
+                  right="0"
+                  onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+                >
+                  <IconButton
+                    aria-label="edit name"
+                    size="sm"
+                    icon={<EditIcon />}
+                    variant="ghost"
+                    {...getEditButtonProps()}
+                  />
+                </Box>
+              )
+            );
+          }
+
+          return (
+            <Flex
+              onMouseEnter={() => setIsHovered(true)}
+              onMouseLeave={() => setIsHovered(false)}
+              alignItems="center"
+              position="relative"
+            >
+              <Editable
+                defaultValue={info.getValue()}
+                isPreviewFocusable={false}
+                onSubmit={(nextValue) => {
+                  const newSession = { ...info.row.original, name: nextValue };
+                  setSessions(
+                    sessions.map((s) =>
+                      s.id === newSession.id ? newSession : s,
+                    ),
+                  );
+                  void updateSession(newSession);
+                }}
+              >
+                <EditablePreview cursor="pointer" />
+                <EditableControls />
+                <EditableInput onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()} />
+              </Editable>
+            </Flex>
+          );
+        },
        header: 'Name',
      }),
      columnHelper.accessor((row) => row.createTimestamp, {
@@ -114,7 +182,7 @@ export function SessionList() {
        header: 'RRWEB Version',
      }),
    ],
-    [],
+    [sessions],
  );
  const table = useReactTable<Session>({
    columns,
@@ -145,8 +213,63 @@ export function SessionList() {
    });
  }, []);

+  const handleFileUpload = (event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+    const file = event.target.files?.[0];
+    if (!file) return;
+
+    const reader = new FileReader();
+    reader.onload = async (e) => {
+      try {
+        const content = e.target?.result as string;
+        const data = JSON.parse(content) as {
+          session: Session;
+          events: eventWithTime[];
+        };
+        const id = nanoid();
+        data.session.id = id;
+        await addSession(data.session, data.events);
+        toast({
+          title: 'Session imported',
+          description: 'The session was successfully imported.',
+          status: 'success',
+          duration: 3000,
+          isClosable: true,
+        });
+        await updateSessions();
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error('Error uploading file:', error);
+        toast({
+          title: 'Error importing session',
+          description: (error as Error).message,
+          status: 'error',
+          duration: 3000,
+          isClosable: true,
+        });
+      }
+    };
+    reader.readAsText(file);
+  };
+
  return (
    <>
+      <Flex justify="flex-end" mb={4}>
+        <Button
+          onClick={() => {
+            fileInputRef.current?.click();
+          }}
+          size="sm"
+          m={4}
+        >
+          Import Session
+        </Button>
+        <input
+          type="file"
+          accept="application/json"
+          ref={fileInputRef}
+          style={{ display: 'none' }}
+          onChange={handleFileUpload}
+        />
+      </Flex>
      <TableContainer fontSize="md">
        <Table variant="simple">
          <Thead>
@@ -318,7 +441,9 @@ export function SessionList() {
                onClick={() => {
                  const selectedRows = table.getSelectedRowModel().flatRows;
                  if (selectedRows.length === 0) return;
-                  void downloadSessions(selectedRows.map((row) => row.original.id));
+                  void downloadSessions(
+                    selectedRows.map((row) => row.original.id),
+                  );
                }}
              >
                Download
--- a/packages/web-extension/src/popup/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/web-extension/src/popup/App.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import Browser from 'webextension-polyfill';
 import {
  Box,
  Flex,
@@ -10,18 +11,11 @@ import {
 } from '@chakra-ui/react';
 import { FiSettings, FiList, FiPause, FiPlay } from 'react-icons/fi';
 import Channel from '~/utils/channel';
-import type {
-  LocalData,
-  RecordStartedMessage,
-  RecordStoppedMessage,
-  Session,
-} from '~/types';
-import { LocalDataKey, RecorderStatus, ServiceName, EventName } from '~/types';
-import Browser from 'webextension-polyfill';
+import { LocalDataKey, RecorderStatus, EventName } from '~/types';
+import type { LocalData, Session } from '~/types';
+
 import { CircleButton } from '~/components/CircleButton';
 import { Timer } from './Timer';
-import { pauseRecording, resumeRecording } from '~/utils/recording';
-import { saveSession } from '~/utils/storage';
 const RECORD_BUTTON_SIZE = 3;

 const channel = new Channel();
@@ -33,15 +27,26 @@ export function App() {
  const [newSession, setNewSession] = useState<Session | null>(null);

  useEffect(() => {
-    void Browser.storage.local.get(LocalDataKey.recorderStatus).then((data) => {
-      const localData = data as LocalData;
-      if (!localData || !localData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]) return;
-      const { status, startTimestamp, pausedTimestamp } =
-        localData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus];
+    const parseStatusData = (data: LocalData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]) => {
+      const { status, startTimestamp, pausedTimestamp } = data;
      setStatus(status);
      if (startTimestamp && pausedTimestamp)
-        setStartTime(Date.now() - pausedTimestamp + startTimestamp || 0);
+        setStartTime(Date.now() - pausedTimestamp + startTimestamp);
      else if (startTimestamp) setStartTime(startTimestamp);
+    };
+    void Browser.storage.local.get(LocalDataKey.recorderStatus).then((data) => {
+      if (!data || !data[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]) return;
+      parseStatusData((data as LocalData)[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]);
+    });
+    void Browser.storage.local.onChanged.addListener((changes) => {
+      if (!changes[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]) return;
+      const data = changes[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]
+        .newValue as LocalData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus];
+      parseStatusData(data);
+      if (data.errorMessage) setErrorMessage(data.errorMessage);
+    });
+    channel.on(EventName.SessionUpdated, (data) => {
+      setNewSession((data as { session: Session }).session);
    });
  }, []);

@@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ export function App() {
        />
      )}
      <Flex justify="center" gap="10" mt="5" mb="5">
-        {[RecorderStatus.IDLE, RecorderStatus.RECORDING].includes(status) && (
+        {
          <CircleButton
            diameter={RECORD_BUTTON_SIZE}
            title={
@@ -89,63 +94,9 @@ export function App() {
                : 'Stop Recording'
            }
            onClick={() => {
-              if (status === RecorderStatus.RECORDING) {
-                // stop recording
-                setErrorMessage('');
-                void channel.getCurrentTabId().then((tabId) => {
-                  if (tabId === -1) return;
-                  void channel
-                    .requestToTab(tabId, ServiceName.StopRecord, {})
-                    .then(async (res: RecordStoppedMessage) => {
-                      if (!res) return;
-
-                      setStatus(RecorderStatus.IDLE);
-                      const status: LocalData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus] = {
-                        status: RecorderStatus.IDLE,
-                        activeTabId: tabId,
-                      };
-                      await Browser.storage.local.set({
-                        [LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]: status,
-                      });
-                      if (res.session) {
-                        setNewSession(res.session);
-                        await saveSession(res.session, res.events).catch(
-                          (e) => {
-                            setErrorMessage((e as { message: string }).message);
-                          },
-                        );
-                        channel.emit(EventName.SessionUpdated, {});
-                      }
-                    })
-                    .catch((error: Error) => {
-                      setErrorMessage(error.message);
-                    });
-                });
-              } else {
-                // start recording
-                void channel.getCurrentTabId().then((tabId) => {
-                  if (tabId === -1) return;
-                  void channel
-                    .requestToTab(tabId, ServiceName.StartRecord, {})
-                    .then(async (res: RecordStartedMessage | undefined) => {
-                      if (res) {
-                        setStatus(RecorderStatus.RECORDING);
-                        setStartTime(res.startTimestamp);
-                        const status: LocalData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus] = {
-                          status: RecorderStatus.RECORDING,
-                          activeTabId: tabId,
-                          startTimestamp: res.startTimestamp,
-                        };
-                        await Browser.storage.local.set({
-                          [LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]: status,
-                        });
-                      }
-                    })
-                    .catch((error: Error) => {
-                      setErrorMessage(error.message);
-                    });
-                });
-              }
+              if (status === RecorderStatus.IDLE)
+                void channel.emit(EventName.StartButtonClicked, {});
+              else void channel.emit(EventName.StopButtonClicked, {});
            }}
          >
            <Box
@@ -156,7 +107,7 @@ export function App() {
              bgColor="red.500"
            />
          </CircleButton>
-        )}
+        }
        {status !== RecorderStatus.IDLE && (
          <CircleButton
            diameter={RECORD_BUTTON_SIZE}
@@ -167,26 +118,9 @@ export function App() {
            }
            onClick={() => {
              if (status === RecorderStatus.RECORDING) {
-                void pauseRecording(channel, RecorderStatus.PAUSED).then(
-                  (result) => {
-                    if (!result) return;
-                    setStatus(result?.status.status);
-                  },
-                );
+                void channel.emit(EventName.PauseButtonClicked, {});
              } else {
-                void channel.getCurrentTabId().then((tabId) => {
-                  if (tabId === -1) return;
-                  resumeRecording(channel, tabId)
-                    .then((statusData) => {
-                      if (!statusData) return;
-                      setStatus(statusData.status);
-                      if (statusData.startTimestamp)
-                        setStartTime(statusData.startTimestamp);
-                    })
-                    .catch((error: Error) => {
-                      setErrorMessage(error.message);
-                    });
-                });
+                void channel.emit(EventName.ResumeButtonClicked, {});
              }
            }}
          >
--- a/packages/web-extension/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/web-extension/src/types.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ export type Settings = {

 export enum LocalDataKey {
  recorderStatus = 'recorder_status',
-  bufferedEvents = 'buffered_events',
 }

 export type LocalData = {
@@ -24,8 +23,8 @@ export type LocalData = {
    startTimestamp?: number;
    // the timestamp when the recording is paused
    pausedTimestamp?: number;
+    errorMessage?: string; // error message when recording failed
  };
-  [LocalDataKey.bufferedEvents]: eventWithTime[];
 };

 export enum RecorderStatus {
@@ -49,13 +48,16 @@ export type Session = {
 export enum ServiceName {
  StartRecord = 'start-record',
  StopRecord = 'stop-record',
-  PauseRecord = 'pause-record',
-  ResumeRecord = 'resume-record',
 }

 // all event names for channel
 export enum EventName {
  SessionUpdated = 'session-updated',
+  ContentScriptEmitEvent = 'content-script-emit-event',
+  StartButtonClicked = 'start-recording-button-clicked',
+  StopButtonClicked = 'stop-recording-button-clicked',
+  PauseButtonClicked = 'pause-recording-button-clicked',
+  ResumeButtonClicked = 'resume-recording-button-clicked',
 }

 // all message names for postMessage API
@@ -75,9 +77,7 @@ export type RecordStartedMessage = {

 export type RecordStoppedMessage = {
  message: MessageName.RecordStopped;
-  events: eventWithTime[];
  endTimestamp: number;
-  session?: Session;
 };

 export type EmitEventMessage = {
--- a/packages/web-extension/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/web-extension/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 export function isFirefox(): boolean {
-  return window.navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('firefox') > -1;
+  return (
+    (typeof window !== 'undefined' &&
+      window.navigator?.userAgent.toLowerCase().includes('firefox')) ||
+    false
+  );
 }

 export function isInCrossOriginIFrame(): boolean {
--- a/packages/web-extension/src/utils/recording.ts
+++ b/packages/web-extension/src/utils/recording.ts
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-import Browser from 'webextension-polyfill';
-import type { eventWithTime } from '@rrweb/types';
-
-import {
-  type LocalData,
-  LocalDataKey,
-  RecorderStatus,
-  type RecordStartedMessage,
-  type RecordStoppedMessage,
-  ServiceName,
-} from '~/types';
-import type Channel from './channel';
-import { isFirefox } from '.';
-
-/**
- * Some commonly used functions for session recording.
- */
-
-// Pause recording.
-export async function pauseRecording(
-  channel: Channel,
-  newStatus: RecorderStatus,
-  status?: LocalData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus],
-) {
-  if (!status)
-    status = (await Browser.storage.local.get(LocalDataKey.recorderStatus))[
-      LocalDataKey.recorderStatus
-    ] as LocalData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus];
-  const { startTimestamp, activeTabId } = status;
-  const stopResponse = (await channel.requestToTab(
-    activeTabId,
-    ServiceName.PauseRecord,
-    {},
-  )) as RecordStoppedMessage;
-  if (!stopResponse) return;
-  const statusData: LocalData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus] = {
-    status: newStatus,
-    activeTabId,
-    startTimestamp,
-    pausedTimestamp: stopResponse.endTimestamp,
-  };
-  await Browser.storage.local.set({
-    [LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]: statusData,
-  });
-  return {
-    status: statusData,
-    bufferedEvents: stopResponse.events,
-  };
-}
-
-// Resume recording after change to a new tab.
-export async function resumeRecording(
-  channel: Channel,
-  newTabId: number,
-  status?: LocalData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus],
-  bufferedEvents?: eventWithTime[],
-) {
-  if (!status)
-    status = (await Browser.storage.local.get(LocalDataKey.recorderStatus))[
-      LocalDataKey.recorderStatus
-    ] as LocalData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus];
-  if (!bufferedEvents)
-    bufferedEvents = (
-      (await Browser.storage.local.get(
-        LocalDataKey.bufferedEvents,
-      )) as LocalData
-    )[LocalDataKey.bufferedEvents];
-  const { startTimestamp, pausedTimestamp } = status;
-  // On Firefox, the new tab is not communicable immediately after it is created.
-  if (isFirefox()) await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50));
-  const startResponse = (await channel.requestToTab(
-    newTabId,
-    ServiceName.ResumeRecord,
-    { events: bufferedEvents, pausedTimestamp },
-  )) as RecordStartedMessage;
-  if (!startResponse) return;
-  const pausedTime = pausedTimestamp
-    ? startResponse.startTimestamp - pausedTimestamp
-    : 0;
-  const statusData: LocalData[LocalDataKey.recorderStatus] = {
-    status: RecorderStatus.RECORDING,
-    activeTabId: newTabId,
-    startTimestamp:
-      (startTimestamp || bufferedEvents[0].timestamp) + pausedTime,
-  };
-  await Browser.storage.local.set({
-    [LocalDataKey.recorderStatus]: statusData,
-  });
-  return statusData;
-}
--- a/packages/web-extension/src/utils/storage.ts
+++ b/packages/web-extension/src/utils/storage.ts
@@ -44,13 +44,25 @@ export async function getSessionStore() {
  });
 }

-export async function saveSession(session: Session, events: eventWithTime[]) {
+export async function addSession(session: Session, events: eventWithTime[]) {
  const eventStore = await getEventStore();
  await eventStore.put(EventStoreName, { id: session.id, events });
  const store = await getSessionStore();
  await store.add(SessionStoreName, session);
 }

+export async function updateSession(
+  session: Session,
+  events?: eventWithTime[],
+) {
+  const eventStore = await getEventStore();
+  if (events) {
+    await eventStore.put(EventStoreName, { id: session.id, events });
+  }
+  const store = await getSessionStore();
+  await store.put(SessionStoreName, session);
+}
+
 export async function getSession(id: string) {
  const store = await getSessionStore();
  return store.get(SessionStoreName, id) as Promise<Session>;
--- a/packages/web-extension/vite.config.ts
+++ b/packages/web-extension/vite.config.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
      // A function to generate manifest file dynamically.
      manifest: () => {
        const packageJson = readJsonFile('package.json') as PackageJson;
-        const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
        type ManifestBase = {
          common: Record<string, unknown>;
          chrome: Record<string, unknown>;
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
          v3: ManifestBase;
        };
        const ManifestVersion =
-          process.env.TARGET_BROWSER === 'chrome' && isProduction ? 'v3' : 'v2';
+          process.env.TARGET_BROWSER === 'chrome' ? 'v3' : 'v2';
        const BrowserName =
          process.env.TARGET_BROWSER === 'chrome' ? 'chrome' : 'firefox';
        const commonManifest = originalManifest.common;