Tabs API is usable without tabs permission.

chrome/browser/extensions/api/tabs/tabs_test.cc

Index: chrome/browser/extensions/api/tabs/tabs_test.cc
diff --git a/chrome/browser/extensions/api/tabs/tabs_test.cc b/chrome/browser/extensions/api/tabs/tabs_test.cc
index 1f74f520cbc5dd72ecb4b8b06d699bdd491695ec..cf7088de64fb3173d9d399de1b18315529b8b39e 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/extensions/api/tabs/tabs_test.cc
+++ b/chrome/browser/extensions/api/tabs/tabs_test.cc
@@ -263,11 +263,14 @@ IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(ExtensionTabsTest, UpdateNoPermissions) {
   // Without a callback the function will not generate a result.
   update_tab_function->set_has_callback(true);
 
-  scoped_ptr<base::Value> result(utils::RunFunctionAndReturnSingleResult(
+  scoped_ptr<base::DictionaryValue> result(utils::ToDictionary(
+      utils::RunFunctionAndReturnSingleResult(
           update_tab_function.get(),
-          "[null, {\"url\": \"neutrinos\"}]",
-          browser()));
-  EXPECT_EQ(base::Value::TYPE_NULL, result->GetType());
+          "[null, {\"url\": \"about:blank\", \"pinned\": true}]",
+          browser())));
+  // The url is stripped since the extension does not have tab permissions.
+  EXPECT_EQ(std::string(), utils::GetString(result.get(), "url"));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(utils::GetBoolean(result.get(), "pinned"));
 }
 
 IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(ExtensionTabsTest,
@@ -409,6 +412,7 @@ IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(ExtensionTabsTest, QueryCurrentWindowTabs) {
 
   // Get tabs in the 'current' window called from non-focused browser.
   scoped_refptr<QueryTabsFunction> function = new QueryTabsFunction();
+  function->set_extension(utils::CreateEmptyExtension().get());
   scoped_ptr<base::ListValue> result(utils::ToList(
       utils::RunFunctionAndReturnSingleResult(function.get(),
                                               "[{\"currentWindow\":true}]",
@@ -425,6 +429,7 @@ IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(ExtensionTabsTest, QueryCurrentWindowTabs) {
 
   // Get tabs NOT in the 'current' window called from non-focused browser.
   function = new QueryTabsFunction();
+  function->set_extension(utils::CreateEmptyExtension().get());
   result.reset(utils::ToList(
       utils::RunFunctionAndReturnSingleResult(function.get(),
                                               "[{\"currentWindow\":false}]",
@@ -506,6 +511,7 @@ IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(ExtensionTabsTest, DontCreateTabInClosingPopupWindow) {
   chrome::CloseWindow(popup_browser);
 
   scoped_refptr<CreateTabFunction> create_tab_function(new CreateTabFunction());
+  create_tab_function->set_extension(utils::CreateEmptyExtension().get());
   // Without a callback the function will not generate a result.
   create_tab_function->set_has_callback(true);