From af2b4b79a9dc1e7d3b7c1fd9b8bd4c3f60e110d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Kingston <jonathan@jooped.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 17:46:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Remove about: paths from showTabs as it prevents the tabs
 being created. Fixes #773

---
 webextension/js/background/backgroundLogic.js | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/webextension/js/background/backgroundLogic.js b/webextension/js/background/backgroundLogic.js
index 2fd5c5c..a928d53 100644
--- a/webextension/js/background/backgroundLogic.js
+++ b/webextension/js/background/backgroundLogic.js
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ const backgroundLogic = {
       url = undefined;
     }
 
+    // We can't open these we just have to throw them away
+    if (new URL(url).protocol === "about:") {
+      return;
+    }
+
     return browser.tabs.create({
       url,
       active,