diff --git a/apps/browser/src/manifest.json b/apps/browser/src/manifest.json
index 58824c6d4f..6a5b296ffb 100644
--- a/apps/browser/src/manifest.json
+++ b/apps/browser/src/manifest.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     {
       "all_frames": false,
       "js": ["content/ipc-content-script.js"],
-      "matches": ["https://vault.bitwarden.com/*"],
+      "matches": ["https://vault.bitwarden.com/*", "https://localhost:4200/*"],
       "run_at": "document_start"
     }
   ],
diff --git a/apps/browser/src/manifest.v3.json b/apps/browser/src/manifest.v3.json
index b080343764..b89e99cc8a 100644
--- a/apps/browser/src/manifest.v3.json
+++ b/apps/browser/src/manifest.v3.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     {
       "all_frames": false,
       "js": ["content/ipc-content-script.js"],
-      "matches": ["https://vault.bitwarden.com/*"],
+      "matches": ["https://vault.bitwarden.com/*", "https://localhost:4200/*"],
       "run_at": "document_start"
     }
   ],
diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/platform/ipc/web-ipc.service.ts b/apps/web/src/app/platform/ipc/web-ipc.service.ts
index 9204697983..88bc8fd9c7 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/platform/ipc/web-ipc.service.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/platform/ipc/web-ipc.service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import { Observable } from "rxjs";
 
-import { IpcLink, IpcService, isIpcMessage } from "@bitwarden/common/platform/ipc";
+import {
+  IpcLink,
+  IpcService,
+  isIpcMessage,
+  PingMessagePayload,
+  PongMessagePayload,
+} from "@bitwarden/common/platform/ipc";
 
 export class WebIpcService extends IpcService {
   private static LinkToExtensionBackground = new IpcLink(
@@ -25,5 +31,17 @@ export class WebIpcService extends IpcService {
     await super.init();
 
     this.manager.register_link(WebIpcService.LinkToExtensionBackground);
+
+    void this.ping();
+  }
+
+  async ping() {
+    await this.manager.send("BrowserBackground", PingMessagePayload);
+    const message = await this.manager.receive("BrowserBackground");
+
+    if (message[0] === PongMessagePayload[0]) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.log("Connected to extension background");
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/libs/common/src/platform/ipc/index.ts b/libs/common/src/platform/ipc/index.ts
index 5c42d33bad..5126e9c314 100644
--- a/libs/common/src/platform/ipc/index.ts
+++ b/libs/common/src/platform/ipc/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export * from "./ipc-link";
 export * from "./ipc-message";
 export * from "./ipc.service";
+export * from "./ping.message";
diff --git a/libs/common/src/platform/ipc/ping.message.ts b/libs/common/src/platform/ipc/ping.message.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5be064628a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/common/src/platform/ipc/ping.message.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export const PingMessagePayload = new Uint8Array([9001]);
+export const PongMessagePayload = new Uint8Array([9002]);