This bug has been reported here too(closed as obsolete):
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=72948
I want to create a new tab in current incognito window . The call to chrome.tabs.create will be made in background page. How can I achieve this? Is there any workaround?
Well guys I made it work after adding permission "incognito":"split" in manifest.json
It is explained in the docs :
https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/manifest/incognito