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RequestScope: I lost 1k users on my Chrome extension due to bugs. I spent 3 months fixing it and adding API regression tracking
A while back, I built a Chrome extension to fix a few pain points I had with standard browser DevTools. It hit \~1,000 active users at its peak, but I ended up losing most of them due to bugs and a lack of real long-term value.
Instead of scrapping it, I spent the last some time fixing the underlying bugs and rebuilding the tool around a bigger problem: **knowing when an API quietly breaks while you're browsing or testing.**
Dashboard https://preview.redd.it/33o6s3itjcmh1.png?width=650&format=png&auto=webp&s=2afdb2bb65b5c8d62ac85483f7f94b52b057e79d
Dashboard - Request extended https://preview.redd.it/dfkbscxakcmh1.png?width=650&format=png&auto=webp&s=e70be42ea994defa01dcfea0f5575502857bf9b4
Notification https://preview.redd.it/hmujiczxjcmh1.png?width=399&format=png&auto=webp&s=0da372ab11a58dd3ba8ccf697c8f46806f321d37
Network requests https://preview.redd.it/rvjje2hdkcmh1.png?width=650&format=png&auto=webp&s=02f04fddf5fd00737bd211376233914c1d36f662
Report-1 https://preview.redd.it/n5elhy2fkcmh1.png?width=911&format=png&auto=webp&s=901ea1aa3575a53835e0a8ab8d3ed3ab6a14e14f
Report-2 https://preview.redd.it/8tje5y6gkcmh1.png?width=1710&format=png&auto=webp&s=d7838b71137acd0e0c1c7de24098d78b569e4428
The biggest addition in this update is out-of-the-box API regression testing.
**How it works:**
* **Baseline Snapshots:** Add your target domain to an allowlist and save a baseline of your HTTP requests and payloads.
* **Flexible Diffing:** Choose whether to monitor for schema changes (added/removed keys), value shifts, or both.
* **Silent Deviation Alerts:** As you browse, it checks incoming traffic against your baselines and pops a notification if an endpoint deviates or fails—even if your web app handles the error silently or DevTools is closed.
**Other key additions:**
* Mocking API requests and responses directly in-browser
* Performance tracking and side-by-side diffs over time
* Exportable session reporting
* Full background request tracking without keeping the DevTools panel open
You can check out the new version here: RequestScope on Chrome Web Store https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/requestscope/mlggmojfpmflgjohhojhgclbdnipcdce
I'm trying to make this genuinely useful for developers and QA workflows. If you give it a try, I’d love to know: what feels clunky, what's missing, or what breaks? Harsh critiques are welcome.
P.S. This is still work in progress and needs more tuning, bug fixing so looking for genuine feedback
#dev #technology #programming
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A while back, I built a Chrome extension to fix a few pain points I had with standard browser DevTools. It hit \~1,000 active users at its peak, but I ended up losing most of them due to bugs and a lack of real long-term value.
Instead of scrapping it, I spent the last some time fixing the underlying bugs and rebuilding the tool around a bigger problem: **knowing when an API quietly breaks while you're browsing or testing.**
Dashboard https://preview.redd.it/33o6s3itjcmh1.png?width=650&format=png&auto=webp&s=2afdb2bb65b5c8d62ac85483f7f94b52b057e79d
Dashboard - Request extended https://preview.redd.it/dfkbscxakcmh1.png?width=650&format=png&auto=webp&s=e70be42ea994defa01dcfea0f5575502857bf9b4
Notification https://preview.redd.it/hmujiczxjcmh1.png?width=399&format=png&auto=webp&s=0da372ab11a58dd3ba8ccf697c8f46806f321d37
Network requests https://preview.redd.it/rvjje2hdkcmh1.png?width=650&format=png&auto=webp&s=02f04fddf5fd00737bd211376233914c1d36f662
Report-1 https://preview.redd.it/n5elhy2fkcmh1.png?width=911&format=png&auto=webp&s=901ea1aa3575a53835e0a8ab8d3ed3ab6a14e14f
Report-2 https://preview.redd.it/8tje5y6gkcmh1.png?width=1710&format=png&auto=webp&s=d7838b71137acd0e0c1c7de24098d78b569e4428
The biggest addition in this update is out-of-the-box API regression testing.
**How it works:**
* **Baseline Snapshots:** Add your target domain to an allowlist and save a baseline of your HTTP requests and payloads.
* **Flexible Diffing:** Choose whether to monitor for schema changes (added/removed keys), value shifts, or both.
* **Silent Deviation Alerts:** As you browse, it checks incoming traffic against your baselines and pops a notification if an endpoint deviates or fails—even if your web app handles the error silently or DevTools is closed.
**Other key additions:**
* Mocking API requests and responses directly in-browser
* Performance tracking and side-by-side diffs over time
* Exportable session reporting
* Full background request tracking without keeping the DevTools panel open
You can check out the new version here: RequestScope on Chrome Web Store https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/requestscope/mlggmojfpmflgjohhojhgclbdnipcdce
I'm trying to make this genuinely useful for developers and QA workflows. If you give it a try, I’d love to know: what feels clunky, what's missing, or what breaks? Harsh critiques are welcome.
P.S. This is still work in progress and needs more tuning, bug fixing so looking for genuine feedback
#dev #technology #programming
source
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