diff --git a/apps/browser/src/background/runtime.background.ts b/apps/browser/src/background/runtime.background.ts
index f457889e963..294346fe9f9 100644
--- a/apps/browser/src/background/runtime.background.ts
+++ b/apps/browser/src/background/runtime.background.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { SystemService } from "@bitwarden/common/platform/abstractions/system.se
 import { Utils } from "@bitwarden/common/platform/misc/utils";
 import { CipherType } from "@bitwarden/common/vault/enums";
 
-import { MessageListener } from "../../../../libs/common/src/platform/messaging";
+import { MessageListener, isExternalMessage } from "../../../../libs/common/src/platform/messaging";
 import {
   closeUnlockPopout,
   openSsoAuthResultPopout,
@@ -266,7 +266,9 @@ export default class RuntimeBackground {
         break;
       }
       case "reloadPopup":
-        this.messagingService.send("reloadPopup");
+        if (isExternalMessage(msg)) {
+          this.messagingService.send("reloadPopup");
+        }
         break;
       case "emailVerificationRequired":
         this.messagingService.send("showDialog", {
diff --git a/apps/browser/src/platform/services/local-backed-session-storage.service.ts b/apps/browser/src/platform/services/local-backed-session-storage.service.ts
index 5432e8d918b..0fa359181dc 100644
--- a/apps/browser/src/platform/services/local-backed-session-storage.service.ts
+++ b/apps/browser/src/platform/services/local-backed-session-storage.service.ts
@@ -92,9 +92,16 @@ export class LocalBackedSessionStorageService
     // This is for observation purposes only. At some point, we don't want to write to local session storage if the value is the same.
     if (this.platformUtilsService.isDev()) {
       const existingValue = this.cache[key] as T;
-      if (this.compareValues<T>(existingValue, obj)) {
-        this.logService.warning(`Possible unnecessary write to local session storage. Key: ${key}`);
-        this.logService.warning(obj as any);
+      try {
+        if (this.compareValues<T>(existingValue, obj)) {
+          this.logService.warning(
+            `Possible unnecessary write to local session storage. Key: ${key}`,
+          );
+          this.logService.warning(obj as any);
+        }
+      } catch (err) {
+        this.logService.warning(`Error while comparing values for key: ${key}`);
+        this.logService.warning(err);
       }
     }