Description

The temporary solution is to:

• Prevent two network controller requests by:
  • Patch the network controller so that the lookup on initializeProvidercan be avoided.
  • Call that initializeProvider with the lookup: false argument right after the network controller is constructed
  • Call await this.networkController.lookupNetwork(); at the end of the metamask controller if the onboarding has been completed
  • Call await this.networkController.lookupNetwork(); once the onboarding complete state changes
• Prevent one accounts tracker request by:
  • Moving the blockTracker event listener from the constructor of the controller to the start function

The long term solution will be #23005 (currently blocked by #4004 on core.

Related issues

Fixes: https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-planning/issues/881

Manual testing steps

1. Add await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 10000)); to the top of initialize on the background.js file
2. Build the app
3. Load extension and immediately open the network tab on the background console before the app initializes
4. No requests should happen

Screenshots/Recordings

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