From c2f29fdd54c629ec898a30cb42faa735e3f596bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tomholub <6306961+tomholub@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 20:39:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added comment

---
 .../webmail/generic/setup-webmail-content-script.ts       | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/extension/js/content_scripts/webmail/generic/setup-webmail-content-script.ts b/extension/js/content_scripts/webmail/generic/setup-webmail-content-script.ts
index 154030b6b22..2a8c130b277 100644
--- a/extension/js/content_scripts/webmail/generic/setup-webmail-content-script.ts
+++ b/extension/js/content_scripts/webmail/generic/setup-webmail-content-script.ts
@@ -504,6 +504,14 @@ export const contentScriptSetupIfVacant = async (webmailSpecific: WebmailSpecifi
   }
 };
 
+/**
+ * This happens when Firefox (or possibly Thunderbird) just updated FlowCrypt.
+ *
+ * Previous (meaning this currently running) instance of FlowCrypt will no longer
+ *   have access to its various classes or global variables, and is left in a
+ *   semi-functioning state. The best we can do is to ask the user to reload
+ *   the tab, which will load the newly updated version of the extension cleanly.
+ */
 export const notifyMurdered = () => {
   const notifEl = document.getElementsByClassName('webmail_notifications')[0];
   const div = document.createElement('div');