From f2bd3e38e22410f4360ea9cdfe43dcbdb11b5fdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Meehan <eric@eom.dev>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:12:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] RPC

---
 shared/rpc-client.ts     |  5 ++++-
 tests/rpc-client.test.ts | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/shared/rpc-client.ts b/shared/rpc-client.ts
index 44126ef..428a757 100755
--- a/shared/rpc-client.ts
+++ b/shared/rpc-client.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ export class StateClient {
   private cache: { chainId: string; blocks: TestnetBlock[]; bytes: number } | undefined;
   private inFlight: Promise<TestnetSnapshot> | undefined;
   private readonly fetcher: typeof fetch;
-  constructor(fetcher: typeof fetch = fetch) { this.fetcher = fetcher; }
+  constructor(fetcher: typeof fetch = globalThis.fetch) {
+    // Browser Web APIs require the Window/global receiver, not this StateClient instance.
+    this.fetcher = fetcher.bind(globalThis);
+  }
   async json<T>(path: string, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<T> {
     const response = await this.fetcher(`/api/${path}`, { cache: 'no-store', redirect: 'error', signal });
     if (!/^application\/json(?:\s*;|$)/i.test(response.headers.get('content-type') ?? '') || !response.body) throw new Error('Node must return JSON.');
diff --git a/tests/rpc-client.test.ts b/tests/rpc-client.test.ts
index bfe2631..4789d34 100755
--- a/tests/rpc-client.test.ts
+++ b/tests/rpc-client.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ import { NETWORK, type TestnetBlock } from '../shared/testnet.ts';
 const genesis='0'.repeat(64),chainId='f'.repeat(64);
 const block=(height:number,previousHash:string):TestnetBlock=>({ network:NETWORK,chainId,height,
   hash:height.toString(16).padStart(64,'0'),previousHash,transactions:[] }) as unknown as TestnetBlock;
+test('default browser-style fetch receives the global receiver, not StateClient',async()=>{
+  const original=globalThis.fetch;
+  let calls=0;
+  globalThis.fetch=async function(this:unknown,input:RequestInfo|URL,init?:RequestInit){
+    assert.equal(this,globalThis,'native browser fetch would throw Illegal invocation for another receiver');
+    assert.equal(input,'/api/summary');assert.equal(init?.redirect,'error');calls++;
+    return Response.json({network:NETWORK,chainId,genesis,tip:genesis,height:0,revision:0,
+      cumulativeWork:'0',pendingTransfers:[],peers:0,algorithm:'RandomX',maturity:2});
+  };
+  try{const state=await new StateClient().load();assert.equal(state.tip,genesis);assert.equal(calls,2);}
+  finally{globalThis.fetch=original;}
+});
 function fixture(count:number){
   const blocks:TestnetBlock[]=[];for(let i=0;i<count;i++)blocks.push(block(i+1,blocks.at(-1)?.hash??genesis));
   const calls:string[]=[];