Opera automatically fetches a page when it starts

BestCodes

BestCodes @leocg

@leocg Yes, I know, I was wondering if the same thing is occurring in other chromium based browsers or if it is specific to Opera.

Hi, I'm Best_codes! I'm a full-stack web dev who moderates on the makeblock forum. I have a website, https://bestcodes.dev. I love Opera, so I'm on here occasionally to report bugs and answer some questions.

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer @chennien

@chennien said in Opera automatically fetches a page when it starts:

The issue may be related to a misconfiguration in the startup page URL. To resolve this, kindly check your browser settings or attempt to reset your browser.

In the pic from the OP's comment above, it shows that Opera's startup option at the URL opera://settings/onStartup is set to "Begin with fresh start page". It's not set to "open specific set of pages".

Also, user tried with a whole new Opera profile (which defaults to "retain tabs from previous" session and not "open specific set of pages".

User also tried loading Opera directly in a terminal to skip Opera's shortcut just in case it was messed up.

masaoliu

masaoliu @BestCodes

@bestcodes Brave browser is said to be Chrome based.
It runs quite quietly.

masaoliu

masaoliu @burnout426

@burnout426 hearty doesn't appear in opera://rich-wallpaper/main.js in my box, either.

The command *grep" I sent as a non-root user has been running for more than 2 hours. Here is part of the redacted output:

/home/john/.config/chromium/ZxcvbnData/1/us_tv_and_film.txt:hearty
/home/john/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/iodkpdagapdfkphljnddpjlldadblomo/1.0.2440/list.txt:hearty
/home/john/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/iodkpdagapdfkphljnddpjlldadblomo/1.0.2440/list.txt:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/Default/Preferences:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/Default/Preferences.backup:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/Default/Network Persistent State:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/Default/Network Persistent State:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/Default/.org.chromium.Chromium.aG4N4S:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/Default/.org.chromium.Chromium.aG4N4S:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/Default/.org.chromium.Chromium.emoGnG:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/Default/.org.chromium.Chromium.jY4Dfu:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/Default/.org.chromium.Chromium.TdbbHV:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/Default/.org.chromium.Chromium.TdbbHV:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/Default/Network Persistent State.backup:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/Default/Network Persistent State.backup:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/Default/.org.chromium.Chromium.Fekgka:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/Default/.org.chromium.Chromium.Fekgka:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/Network Persistent State.backup:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/Network Persistent State.backup:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/adblocker_rules.json:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/adblocker_rules.json:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/.org.chromium.Chromium.FKPIk4:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/.org.chromium.Chromium.FKPIk4:hearty
/home/john/.config/opera/.org.chromium.Chromium.p9ZvDT:hearty
/home/john/.mozilla/firefox/m7zvypbi.default/SiteSecurityServiceState.txt:hearty
/home/john/.mozilla/firefox/m7zvypbi.default/SiteSecurityServiceState.txt:hearty
/home/john/Desktop/Old Iceweasel Data/8moyusmh.default-1396798610782/extensions/en-US@dictionaries.addons.mozilla.org/dictionaries/en-US.dic:hearty
/home/john/.xsession-errors:hearty
/home/john/.xsession-errors:hearty
/home/john/.xsession-errors:hearty
/home/john/.xsession-errors:Hearty

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer

A lot of those just look like "hearty" is in some adblocker lists for various browsers. Those look legit and not harmful.

However, I don't know what the .org.chromium.Chromium.XXXXXX folders are in Opera's user data folder. Those seem suspicious and seem like some kind of Chromium policy type definition for an extension or something. Not sure though. Check in those folders to see what's in them.

masaoliu

masaoliu @burnout426

@burnout426 Here are all the files with prefix .org.chromium.Chromium. under ~/.config/opera/

They were created on Nov. 16 and today is Nov. 26.

.org.chromium.Chromium.1RO1LL
.org.chromium.Chromium.aG4N4S
.org.chromium.Chromium.emoGnG
.org.chromium.Chromium.Fekgka
.org.chromium.Chromium.jY4Dfu
.org.chromium.Chromium.L3S6HU
.org.chromium.Chromium.NnVb2d
.org.chromium.Chromium.NswJjv
.org.chromium.Chromium.oB1yys
.org.chromium.Chromium.SPY8w9
.org.chromium.Chromium.TdbbHV
.org.chromium.Chromium.w9S8cd
.org.chromium.Chromium.wztya0

Excerpt of .org.chromium.Chromium.1RO1LL, which is JSON I believe, follows:

{"SDCH":{"dictionaries":{},"version":2},"net":{"http_server_properties":{"broken_alternative_services":[{"anonymization":[],"broken_count":1,"host":"facebook.com","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"},{"anonymization":[],"broken_count":19,"host":"www.leecheen.com","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"},{"anonymization":[],"broken_count":12,"host":"pic.pimg.tw","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"},{"anonymization":[],"broken_count":6,"host":"www.startpage.com","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"},{"anonymization":[],"broken_count":7,"host":"news.ourhappybirthday.com","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"},{"anonymization":[],"broken_count":38,"host":"www.bigfang.tw","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"},{"anonymization":["HAAAABUAAABodHRwczovL2NhbWJyaWRnZS5vcmcAAAA=",true],"broken_count":1,"host":"u.ipw.metadsp.co.uk","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"},{"anonymization":["GAAAABEAAABodHRwczovL2hpbmV0Lm5ldAAAAA==",true],"broken_count":13,"host":"www.bigfang.tw","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"},{"anonymization":["GAAAABEAAABodHRwczovL2hpbmV0Lm5ldAAAAA==",true],"broken_count":1,"host":"tags.creativecdn.com","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"},{"anonymization":["GAAAABEAAABodHRwczovL2hpbmV0Lm5ldAAAAA==",true],"broken_count":6,"host":"statics.creativecdn.com","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"},{"anonymization":["GAAAABEAAABodHRwczovL3lhaG9vLmNvbQAAAA==",true],"broken_count":1,"host":"a.sportradarserving.com","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"},{"anonymization":["GAAAABEAAABodHRwczovL3lhaG9vLmNvbQAAAA==",true],"broken_count":2,"host":"trace.popin.cc","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"},{"anonymization":["HAAAABUAAABodHRwczovL3N0YXJ0cGFnZS5jb20AAAA=",false],"broken_count":61,"host":"www.startpage.com","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"},{"anonymization":["GAAAABQAAABodHRwczovL2ZhY2Vib29rLmNvbQ==",false],"broken_count":1,"host":"scontent.ftpe7-4.fna.fbcdn.net","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"},{"anonymization":["GAAAABQAAABodHRwczovL2xpbmtlZGluLmNvbQ==",true],"broken_count":1,"host":"radar.cedexis.com","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"}],"servers":[{"anonymization":["GAAAABEAAABodHRwczovL2hpbmV0Lm5ldAAAAA==",false],"server":"https://info.cloudflare.com","supports_spdy":true},{"alternative_service":[{"advertised_alpns":["h3"],"expiration":"13346939393370659","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"}],"anonymization":["GAAAABEAAABodHRwczovL2hpbmV0Lm5ldAAAAA==",true],"server":"https://dc2694e3dcaab805a098c611d07b5ffe.safeframe.googlesyndication.com"}

...

,"server":"https://www.googleapis.com","supports_spdy":true},{"anonymization":["OAAAADMAAABjaHJvbWUtZXh0ZW5zaW9uOi8vb2JoYWlncG5oY2lvYW5uaWlhZXBjZ2tkaWxvcGZsYmIA",false],"server":"https://go.hearty.me","supports_spdy":true},{"alternative_service":[{"advertised_alpns":["h3"],"expiration":"13347193163761059","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"}],"anonymization":["OAAAADMAAABjaHJvbWUtZXh0ZW5zaW9uOi8vb2JoYWlncG5oY2lvYW5uaWlhZXBjZ2tkaWxvcGZsYmIA",false],"network_stats":{"srtt":17211},"server":"https://a.nel.cloudflare.com","supports_spdy":true},{"alternative_service":[{"advertised_alpns":["h3"],"expiration":"13344687563384956","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"}],"anonymization":["OAAAADMAAABjaHJvbWUtZXh0ZW5zaW9uOi8vb2JoYWlncG5oY2lvYW5uaWlhZXBjZ2tkaWxvcGZsYmIA",false],"network_stats":{"srtt":156443},"server":"https://hearty.me","supports_spdy":true},{"alternative_service":[{"advertised_alpns":["h3"],"expiration":"13347193816639865","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"}],"anonymization":["HAAAABUAAABodHRwczovL2NhbWJyaWRnZS5vcmcAAAA=",false],"network_stats":{"srtt":25122},"server":"https://analytics.google.com","supports_spdy":true},{"alternative_service":[{"advertised_alpns":["h3"],"expiration":"13347193816762868","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"}],"anonymization":["HAAAABUAAABodHRwczovL2NhbWJyaWRnZS5vcmcAAAA=",false],"network_stats":{"srtt":22274},"server":"https://stats.g.doubleclick.net","supports_spdy":true},{"alternative_service":[{"advertised_alpns":["h3"],"expiration":"13347193816769886","port":443,"protocol_str":"quic"}],"anonymization":["HAAAABUAAABodHRwczovL2NhbWJyaWRnZS5vcmcAAAA=",false],"network_stats":{"srtt":16692},"server":"https://www.google.com.tw","supports_spdy":true}],"supports_quic":{"address":"2001:b011:2003:349b:7285:c2ff:fe45:3eb0","used_quic":true},"version":5},"network_qualities":{"CAESABiAgICA+P////8B":"4G","CAYSABiAgICA+P////8B":"Offline"}}}

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer @masaoliu

@masaoliu Those look like SDCH settings for various sites. I don't think they're the cause.

BestCodes

BestCodes @masaoliu

@masaoliu Check out this Opera page and see if hearty diary is in the running internals anywhere:

opera://serviceworker-internals/

Hi, I'm Best_codes! I'm a full-stack web dev who moderates on the makeblock forum. I have a website, https://bestcodes.dev. I love Opera, so I'm on here occasionally to report bugs and answer some questions.

chennien

chennien

As mentioned earlier, the fetched page wasn't the typical Hearty
Journal page but rather the Cloudflare challenge page, implemented to
deter automated bot access. Typically, users encounter these pages in
unusual situations, such as error 403, 404, 500 and 503. If possible,
could you provide the exact URL that Opera fetched?

If you continue to face difficulties resolving the misconfiguration,
please consider resetting or reinstalling the browser. Once again, I
apologize for any inconvenience caused. Thank you for your
consideration.

masaoliu

masaoliu @BestCodes

@bestcodes said in Opera automatically fetches a page when it starts:

opera://serviceworker-internals/

These are all the displayed entries:

Registrations in: /home/john/.config/opera/Default (6)

Scope: https://community.cloudflare.com/
Storage key:
Ancestor chain bit: SameSite
Registration ID: 3
Navigation preload enabled: false
Navigation preload header length: 4
Active worker:
Installation Status: ACTIVATED
Running Status: STOPPED
Fetch handler existence: EXISTS
Fetch handler type: NOT_SKIPPABLE
Script: https://community.cloudflare.com/service-worker.js
Version ID: 4
Renderer process ID: 0
Renderer thread ID: -1
DevTools agent route ID: -2

Scope: https://forums.opera.com/
Storage key:
Ancestor chain bit: SameSite
Registration ID: 5
Navigation preload enabled: false
Navigation preload header length: 4
Active worker:
Installation Status: ACTIVATED
Running Status: STOPPED
Fetch handler existence: EXISTS
Fetch handler type: NOT_SKIPPABLE
Script: https://forums.opera.com/service-worker.js
Version ID: 13
Renderer process ID: 0
Renderer thread ID: -1
DevTools agent route ID: -2
Client:
ID: 168569c4-b57d-4e1b-850c-cbdf71edd3a6
URL: https://forums.opera.com/topic/67900/opera-automatically-fetches-a-page-when-it-starts/28

Scope: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/
Storage key:
Ancestor chain bit: SameSite
Registration ID: 2
Navigation preload enabled: false
Navigation preload header length: 4
Active worker:
Installation Status: ACTIVATED
Running Status: STOPPED
Fetch handler existence: EXISTS
Fetch handler type: NOT_SKIPPABLE
Script: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/sw.js?offline_allowed=1
Version ID: 12
Renderer process ID: 0
Renderer thread ID: -1
DevTools agent route ID: -2

Scope: https://twitter.com/
Storage key:
Ancestor chain bit: SameSite
Registration ID: 1
Navigation preload enabled: false
Navigation preload header length: 4
Active worker:
Installation Status: ACTIVATED
Running Status: STOPPED
Fetch handler existence: EXISTS
Fetch handler type: NOT_SKIPPABLE
Script: https://twitter.com/sw.js
Version ID: 15
Renderer process ID: 0
Renderer thread ID: -1
DevTools agent route ID: -2

Scope: https://www.reddit.com/
Storage key:
Ancestor chain bit: SameSite
Registration ID: 0
Navigation preload enabled: false
Navigation preload header length: 4
Active worker:
Installation Status: ACTIVATED
Running Status: STOPPED
Fetch handler existence: EXISTS
Fetch handler type: EMPTY_FETCH_HANDLER
Script: https://www.reddit.com/sw.1ab8087c79dd3679b0bd38e1c9ebc5de.js
Version ID: 0
Renderer process ID: 0
Renderer thread ID: -1
DevTools agent route ID: -2

Scope: https://www.youtube.com/
Storage key:
Ancestor chain bit: SameSite
Registration ID: 4
Navigation preload enabled: true
Navigation preload header length: 4
Active worker:
Installation Status: ACTIVATED
Running Status: STOPPED
Fetch handler existence: EXISTS
Fetch handler type: NOT_SKIPPABLE
Script: https://www.youtube.com/sw.js
Version ID: 16
Renderer process ID: 0
Renderer thread ID: -1
DevTools agent route ID: -2

masaoliu

masaoliu @chennien

@chennien Thank you for the help.

I can't get the URL because the message that shows up doesn't give me any clue about the URL Opera follows.

All I do to get this message is typing opera & in Linux command prompt.

Somehow, Opera used to repeatedly fetch this content.
This time it seems to have fetched the content only once, immediatly after Opera is launched from command line.

If Opera doesn't repeatedly fetch this big content, I consider to leave it as it is.

masaoliu

masaoliu @masaoliu

@masaoliu
Ah! Opera, and only Opera, repeatedly and automatically fetches this content, when only one this web page and Opera tab is opened.

chennien

chennien

Hi @masaoliu,

In the last line of the image you posted: "source: chrome-extension://obhaigpnhcioanniiaepcgkdilopflbb/background_worker.html (0) ", the code doesn't belong to any of our pages. It seemed to be appended by the browser. Could you please check the info of the extension?

masaoliu

masaoliu @chennien

@chennien I have only two extensions, both are disabled.

I will be removing all of them after I have made this comment. I will come back to comment if the auto fetches completely stops.

==Edit==
I can't find a way to remove these extensions. They seem to be mandatory.

BestCodes

BestCodes

@masaoliu I visited hearty.me and the issue began on my device. To resolve it, I went to
opera://serviceworker-internals/ opera://serviceworker-internals/. Then, I pressed CTRL + F and searched for “hearty” and related terms (“.me”, etc.). I found this:

Scope: https://hearty.me/
Storage key:
Ancestor chain bit: SameSite
Registration ID: 93
Navigation preload enabled: false
Navigation preload header length: 4
Active worker:
Installation Status: ACTIVATED
Running Status: STOPPED
Fetch handler existence: DOES_NOT_EXIST
Fetch handler type: NO_HANDLER
Script: https://hearty.me/sw.js
Version ID: 108
Renderer process ID: 0
Renderer thread ID: -1
DevTools agent route ID: -2
Log:

So I unregistered the process, restarted Opera, and the issue was gone.

Let me know if that works for you. It did for me. Best of luck!

Hi, I'm Best_codes! I'm a full-stack web dev who moderates on the makeblock forum. I have a website, https://bestcodes.dev. I love Opera, so I'm on here occasionally to report bugs and answer some questions.

chennien

chennien @BestCodes

@bestcodes said in Opera automatically fetches a page when it starts:

BestCodes

It seems that the outdated service worker (https://hearty.me/sw.js) handling installed PWAs was causing unexpected fetching behaviors. I've now updated the code and unregistered the worker. Please let me know whether the issue is resolved. I apologize once more for any inconvenience.

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer @BestCodes

@bestcodes Nice!

masaoliu

masaoliu @BestCodes

@bestcodes Thank you very much!
I can't find the entry *hearty" in opera://serviceworker-internals/.

I renamed directory /home/john/.config/opera/ to /home/john/.config/opera-bak again, and this issue is gone.

I suspect some files in /home/john/.config/opera/ are broken.

I will try to manually migrate bookmarks and saved passwords, etc. from /home/john/.config/opera-bak/ to /home/john/.config/opera/.

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer @masaoliu

@masaoliu said in Opera automatically fetches a page when it starts:

I renamed directory /home/john/.config/opera/ to /home/john/.config/opera-bak again, and this issue is gone.

Strange that didn't work before, but glad it's gone doing it this time.

masaoliu

masaoliu @masaoliu

@masaoliu
Solved with ~/.config/opera removed.

Thank you all for the helps!