diff --git a/platform/chromium/vapi-background.js b/platform/chromium/vapi-background.js
index 5c316f867..e5ff19456 100644
--- a/platform/chromium/vapi-background.js
+++ b/platform/chromium/vapi-background.js
@@ -134,28 +134,44 @@ vAPI.tabs.registerListeners = function() {
         }
     };
 
+    // The chrome.webRequest.onBeforeRequest() won't be called for everything
+    // else than `http`/`https`. Thus, in such case, we will bind the tab as
+    // early as possible in order to increase the likelihood of a context
+    // properly setup if network requests are fired from within the tab.
+    // Example: Chromium + case #6 at
+    //          http://raymondhill.net/ublock/popup.html
+    var reGoodForWebRequestAPI = /^https?:\/\//;
+
     var onCreatedNavigationTarget = function(details) {
-        //console.debug('onCreatedNavigationTarget: popup candidate', details.tabId);
+        //console.debug('onCreatedNavigationTarget: popup candidate tab id %d = "%s"', details.tabId, details.url);
+        if ( reGoodForWebRequestAPI.test(details.url) === false ) {
+            details.frameId = 0;
+            onNavigationClient(details);
+        }
         popupCandidateCreate(details);
-        popupCandidateTest(details);
+        if ( popupCandidateTest(details) === true ) {
+            return;
+        }
     };
 
     var onBeforeNavigate = function(details) {
-        if ( details.frameId === 0 ) {
-            //console.debug('onBeforeNavigate: popup candidate', details.tabId);
-            popupCandidateTest(details);
+        if ( details.frameId !== 0 ) {
+            return;
         }
+        //console.debug('onBeforeNavigate: popup candidate tab id %d = "%s"', details.tabId, details.url);
+        popupCandidateTest(details);
     };
 
     var onCommitted = function(details) {
-        if ( details.frameId === 0 ) {
-            //console.debug('onCommitted: popup candidate', details.tabId);
-            if ( popupCandidateTest(details) === true ) {
-                return;
-            }
-            popupCandidateDestroy(details);
+        if ( details.frameId !== 0 ) {
+            return;
         }
         onNavigationClient(details);
+        //console.debug('onCommitted: popup candidate tab id %d = "%s"', details.tabId, details.url);
+        if ( popupCandidateTest(details) === true ) {
+            return;
+        }
+        popupCandidateDestroy(details);
     };
 
     chrome.webNavigation.onCreatedNavigationTarget.addListener(onCreatedNavigationTarget);
diff --git a/src/js/pagestore.js b/src/js/pagestore.js
index 86dabacd3..ced62ce1a 100644
--- a/src/js/pagestore.js
+++ b/src/js/pagestore.js
@@ -508,6 +508,12 @@ PageStore.prototype.init = function(tabId, pageURL) {
 /******************************************************************************/
 
 PageStore.prototype.reuse = function(pageURL, context) {
+    // This can very well happen under normal circumstances. Leave the context
+    // unchanged when this happens.
+    if ( pageURL === this.pageURL ) {
+        return this;
+    }
+
     // If URL changes without a page reload (more and more common), then we
     // need to keep all that we collected for reuse. In particular, not
     // doing so was causing a problem in `videos.foxnews.com`: clicking a
diff --git a/src/js/traffic.js b/src/js/traffic.js
index e8ab570bf..501492fe8 100644
--- a/src/js/traffic.js
+++ b/src/js/traffic.js
@@ -65,26 +65,30 @@ var onBeforeRequest = function(details) {
     var µb = µBlock;
     var pageStore = µb.pageStoreFromTabId(tabId);
     if ( !pageStore ) {
-        if ( mostRecentRootDocURL === '' ) {
-            return;
-        }
         // https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1025
         // Google Hangout popup opens without a root frame. So for now we will
         // just discard that best-guess root frame if it is too far in the
         // future, at which point it ceases to be a "best guess".
         if ( (Date.now() - mostRecentRootDocURLTimestamp) >= 500 ) {
             mostRecentRootDocURL = '';
-            return;
         }
         // https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1001
         // Not a behind-the-scene request, yet no page store found for the
         // tab id: we will thus bind the last-seen root document to the
         // unbound tab. It's a guess, but better than ending up filtering
         // nothing at all.
-        vAPI.tabs.onNavigation({ tabId: tabId, frameId: 0, url: mostRecentRootDocURL });
-        pageStore = µb.pageStoreFromTabId(tabId);
+        if ( mostRecentRootDocURL !== '' ) {
+            vAPI.tabs.onNavigation({ tabId: tabId, frameId: 0, url: mostRecentRootDocURL });
+            pageStore = µb.pageStoreFromTabId(tabId);
+        }
+        // If all else fail at finding a page store, re-categorize the
+        // request as behind-the-scene. At least this ensures that ultimately
+        // the user can still inspect/filter those net requests which were
+        // about to fall through the cracks.
+        // Example: Chromium + case #12 at
+        //          http://raymondhill.net/ublock/popup.html
         if ( !pageStore ) {
-            return;
+            return onBeforeBehindTheSceneRequest(details);
         }
     }