Only call createTabRequested if window is ready

app/browser/api/ledger.js

@@ -2161,12 +2161,15 @@ const onReferralRead = (state, body, activeWindowId) => {
   if (body.has('offer_page_url')) {
     const url = body.get('offer_page_url')
     if (urlutil.isURL(url)) {
-      if (activeWindowId === windowState.WINDOW_ID_NONE) {
+      if (activeWindowId === windowState.WINDOW_ID_NONE || !state.get('windowReady')) {
+        // write referralPage to state if initial window is not created/visible yet
         state = updateState.setUpdateProp(state, 'referralPage', url)
       } else {
+        // initial window exists and should be ready; create tab directly
         appActions.createTabRequested({
           url,
-          windowId: activeWindowId
+          windowId: activeWindowId,
+          active: true
         })
         state = updateState.setUpdateProp(state, 'referralPage', null)
       }

app/browser/reducers/tabsReducer.js

@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ const tabsReducer = (state, action, immutableAction) => {
           state = updateState.setUpdateProp(state, 'referralPage', null)
         }
       }
+      state = state.set('windowReady', true)
       break
     }
     case appConstants.APP_ENABLE_PEPPER_MENU: {

app/sessionStore.js

@@ -451,6 +451,11 @@ module.exports.cleanAppData = (immutableData, isShutdown) => {
     console.error('cleanAppData: error cleaning up data: urls', e)
   }
 
+  // delete the window ready state (gets set again on program start)
+  if (immutableData.has('windowReady')) {
+    immutableData = immutableData.delete('windowReady')
+  }
+
   return immutableData
 }
 
@@ -1162,7 +1167,8 @@ module.exports.defaultAppState = () => {
         publishers: {}
       },
       promotion: {}
-    }
+    },
+    windowReady: false
   }
 }
 

docs/state.md

@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ AppStore
     autocompleteURL: string, // ditto re: {searchTerms}
     searchURL: string // with replacement var in string: {searchTerms}
   },
+  windowReady: boolean // set to false on start; set to true when first window is ready
 }
 ```
 

test/unit/app/browser/api/ledgerTest.js

@@ -3231,15 +3231,17 @@ describe('ledger api unit tests', function () {
       })
 
       it('window is ready', function () {
-        ledgerApi.onReferralRead(defaultAppState, Immutable.fromJS({
+        const windowReadyState = defaultAppState.set('windowReady', true)
+        ledgerApi.onReferralRead(windowReadyState, Immutable.fromJS({
           download_id: 1,
           referral_code: 'code',
           offer_page_url: url
         }), 1)
         assert(setUpdatePropSpy.withArgs(sinon.match.any, 'referralPage', null).calledOnce)
         assert(createTabRequestedSpy.withArgs({
           url,
-          windowId: 1
+          windowId: 1,
+          active: true
         }).calledOnce)
       })
     })