chrome.tabs.create not working on Chrome startup

Question

I have a simple Chrome extension, with just this little code inside background.js file:

chrome.tabs.create({}, function (tab) {
    console.log(tab.id);
});

When I install it through developer mode, it creates a new tab and writes its id to console.

But when I exit Chrome and start it again, nothing happens on Chrome startup.. I thought background scripts are loaded on each browser startup?

What is wrong with this and is there any other way to do this on browser startup?

Answer 1

Change your manifest and add background property:

"background": {
    "scripts": ["background.js"]
  },

Chrome will run this script "background.js" on browser startup every time(till your extension enabled). So just add you code to background.js script.

 //background.js content
    chrome.tabs.create({}, function (tab) {
        console.log(tab.id);
    });