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pi-chrome, patched to drive a signed-in browser on another host through a broker, with an MCP server 

Show Chrome connection check state
Tianren Dong tianrendong.dtr@gmail.com
Thu, 14 May 2026 22:23:16 -0400
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1ec189f8f7f137555e8ae90d6753ee226eefa457

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3416a7e78e970af8f76fc1570dfb873c749467b8

5 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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M .gitignore → .gitignore 
@@ -1,1 +1,2 @@
 .DS_Store
+.pi/
M CHANGELOG.md → CHANGELOG.md 
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ # Changelog
 
 All notable user-facing changes to `pi-chrome`.
 
+## 0.15.16 — 2026-05-14
+
+- **Visible `/chrome` loading state.** Bare `/chrome` and `/chrome status` now immediately say “Checking Chrome connection…” before probing the companion extension, so a slow Chrome bridge no longer looks like the command did nothing.
+
 ## 0.15.15 — 2026-05-14
 
 - **Terminal authorization restored.** `/chrome authorize` is back to terminal-based confirmation. Removed the browser-side Chrome consent page and companion-extension consent polling.
M extensions/chrome-profile-bridge/browser-extension/manifest.json → extensions/chrome-profile-bridge/browser-extension/manifest.json 
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "manifest_version": 3,
   "name": "Pi Chrome Connector",
-  "version": "0.15.15",
+  "version": "0.15.16",
   "description": "Lets Pi control tabs in Chrome via a local connector at 127.0.0.1.",
   "permissions": [
     "tabs",
M extensions/chrome-profile-bridge/index.ts → extensions/chrome-profile-bridge/index.ts 
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ return parts.join(" · ");
 	};
 
 	const statusHandler = async (ctx: ExtensionContext) => {
+		ctx.ui.notify("Checking Chrome connection…", "info");
 		ctx.ui.notify(await statusSummary(), "info");
 	};
 

@@ -723,6 +724,7 @@ };
 
 	const openCommandMenu = async (ctx: ExtensionContext): Promise<void> => {
 		while (true) {
+			ctx.ui.notify("Checking Chrome connection…", "info");
 			const choice = await ctx.ui.select(`pi-chrome\n${await statusSummary()}`, [
 				"Authorize Chrome control…",
 				"Lock Chrome control",
M package.json → package.json 
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "pi-chrome",
-	"version": "0.15.15",
+	"version": "0.15.16",
 	"scripts": {
 		"version": "node scripts/sync-manifest-version.js",
 		"prepublishOnly": "node scripts/sync-manifest-version.js"