1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ext/js/background/backend.js b/ext/js/background/backend.js
index b25b6033..c0f286f8 100644
--- a/ext/js/background/backend.js
+++ b/ext/js/background/backend.js
@@ -1803,6 +1803,8 @@ class Backend {
                 reading
             ));
         } catch (e) {
+            const error = this._getAudioDownloadError(e);
+            if (error !== null) { throw error; }
             // No audio
             return null;
         }
@@ -1894,6 +1896,28 @@ class Backend {
         return {results, errors};
     }
 
+    _getAudioDownloadError(error) {
+        if (isObject(error.data)) {
+            const {errors} = error.data;
+            if (Array.isArray(errors)) {
+                for (const error2 of errors) {
+                    if (!isObject(error2.data)) { continue; }
+                    const {details} = error2.data;
+                    if (!isObject(details)) { continue; }
+                    if (details.error === 'net::ERR_FAILED') {
+                        // This is potentially an error due to the extension not having enough URL privileges.
+                        // The message logged to the console looks like this:
+                        //  Access to fetch at '<URL>' from origin 'chrome-extension://<ID>' has been blocked by CORS policy: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. If an opaque response serves your needs, set the request's mode to 'no-cors' to fetch the resource with CORS disabled.
+                        const result = new Error('Audio download failed due to possible extension permissions error');
+                        result.data = {errors};
+                        return result;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     _generateAnkiNoteMediaFileName(prefix, extension, timestamp, definitionDetails) {
         let fileName = prefix;