From 9f0c55fccb73aa05e328ffbbbfe7891d935ddcb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hill <gorhill@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:31:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [mv3] Minor change for when side-loaded

---
 platform/mv3/extension/js/background.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/platform/mv3/extension/js/background.js b/platform/mv3/extension/js/background.js
index e139a1f62..d266cccdd 100644
--- a/platform/mv3/extension/js/background.js
+++ b/platform/mv3/extension/js/background.js
@@ -677,7 +677,9 @@ async function startSession() {
     // Permissions may have been removed while the extension was disabled
     const permissionsUpdated = await syncWithBrowserPermissions();
 
-    if ( isNewVersion || permissionsUpdated || isSideloaded ) {
+    const shouldInject = isNewVersion || permissionsUpdated ||
+        isSideloaded && rulesetConfig.developerMode;
+    if ( shouldInject ) {
         registerInjectables();
     }