How to prevent redirecting to HTTPS when fetching local address from a background script?

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As the title says. It works as expected in Chrome.
When executed from a background script like await fetch(“http://192.168.x.x:xxxx/xxxx”), it automatically redirects to HTTPS and fails to load the page correctly, which is extremely annoying.

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Does this fix the problem?

Cannot fetch http only url in manifest v3 extension

In manifest v3 extension, any http only url cannot be fetched. manifest.json { "manifest_version": 3, "version": "0.0.0", "name": "test", "background":{ "scripts": ["background.js"] }, "host_permissions": ["<all_urls>"] } background.js const init = () => { fetch("http://http.rip") .then((res) => res.text()) .then((text) => { console.log(text); }) .catch((err) => { console.error(err); }); }; browser.runtime.onStartup.addListen…

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It worked!

Thank you so much!!!