<webview>, <appview> and <extensionoptions> can run in a detached state.

extensions/renderer/resources/guest_view/surface_view.js

Index: extensions/renderer/resources/guest_view/surface_view.js
diff --git a/extensions/renderer/resources/guest_view/surface_view.js b/extensions/renderer/resources/guest_view/surface_view.js
index 421aeaae94170febacc8afb5b4b80b4083132163..137525c4392f1fc0f4142bd7290a9e4c9c401036 100644
--- a/extensions/renderer/resources/guest_view/surface_view.js
+++ b/extensions/renderer/resources/guest_view/surface_view.js
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ SurfaceViewImpl.setupElement = function(proto) {
   GuestViewContainer.forwardApiMethods(proto, apiMethods);
 }
 
+SurfaceViewImpl.prototype.buildContainerParams = function() {
+  return { 'url': this.url };
+};
+
 SurfaceViewImpl.prototype.connect = function(url, callback) {
   if (!this.elementAttached) {
     if (callback) {
@@ -33,13 +37,11 @@ SurfaceViewImpl.prototype.connect = function(url, callback) {
     return;
   }
 
-  this.guest.destroy();
+  this.url = url;
 
-  var createParams = {
-    'url': url
-  };
+  this.guest.destroy();
 
-  this.guest.create(createParams, function() {
+  this.guest.create(this.buildParams(), function() {
     this.attachWindow();
     if (callback) {
       callback(true);