fix(extension): only look for devframe on a loopback page

[erkamyaman]

Opening the panel probed the inspected page for a connection file before anything checked its host, so visiting any site put requests for /__ng-devtools/__devframe/__connection.json and five more in that site's logs, and told it the extension is installed. The panel only ever connects to localhost or 127.0.0.1, so the result could not be used anyway. Read the origin first and stop there when it is not loopback.

The probes also ran inside the page through eval(), which forced them to be synchronous XMLHttpRequests and blocked the page's main thread. Run them from the panel instead, where fetch can be awaited; the manifest already grants host access to exactly the two loopback hosts.

The host check in loadPanel() stays as it was.

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  • The panel now checks for a connection only on pages hosted at localhost or 127.0.0.1. On other pages, or when the page address cannot be checked, it loads without a connection.
  • Connection checks now move on from unavailable or invalid responses and use the first valid connection found. Outdated detection results are ignored, helping the panel show the current connection state. When available, the panel uses the connection address only for supported local pages.

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The panel bridge checks the inspected page’s origin and probes configured endpoints only for localhost or 127.0.0.1. It uses asynchronous fetch requests and returns the first endpoint with a successful response containing valid JSON. The panel receives an encoded baseURL only for a loopback origin.

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Layer / File(s)	Summary
Origin checks and endpoint discovery extension/panel-bridge.js	The bridge validates the inspected page’s origin before probing. It checks configured paths and filenames in order, skips failed responses and invalid JSON, and passes the first matching path to panel loading. Fetch requests omit credentials, disable caching, reject redirects, and use a 1,500 ms timeout. The panel receives an encoded baseURL only when the origin is loopback.

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Change: Bug fix

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A quick navigation between local apps can briefly leave the DevTools panel showing the previous app’s connection; re-detection should correct it. This is a bounded, non-blocking risk.

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- Line 36: Update the findConnection(origin) flow before loadPanel so discovery
remains tied to the origin it probed. When discovery completes, compare the
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