Can't connect: CORS error on jsonrpc request

[smcphill]

I'm unsure if this is an issue with this extension, or my kodi configuration.

Operating environment

• Chrome browser: Version 72.0.3626.119 (Official Build) (64-bit)
• Extension version: 191
• Kodi version: Kodi (17.6). Platform: Linux ARM (Thumb) 32-bit for Raspberry Pi
• Additional Kodi plugins: I'm running Chronus for HTTP remote control, which might be of interest

Steps to reproduce:

• enter kodi HTTP details (url and port; I don't have a username/password)
• save

Expected

• extension connects to kodi

Actual

• extension doesn't connect to kodi. Console log has a CORS error against the request for the jsonrpc resource:

Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'http://anonymous@192.168.1.4/jsonrpc' from origin 'chrome-extension://fncjhcjfnnooidlkijollckpakkebden' has been blocked by CORS policy: Response to preflight request doesn't pass access control check: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource.

[smcphill]

this is odd. I just tried loading the extension from source (I want to submit a PR so was getting a local dev environment setup), and I can't reproduce the error with the unpacked version.

Although it looks like v1.9.1 is the head of master... 🤷‍♀️

edit: I get this error sporadically when loading my unpacked changes in dev mode...