diff --git a/src/background/messages/passwordRecovery.ts b/src/background/messages/passwordRecovery.ts
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+import type { PlasmoMessaging } from "@plasmohq/messaging"
+
+interface SuccessResponse {
+  ok: boolean
+}
+
+interface ErrorDetail {
+  path: string[]
+  message: string
+  name: string
+}
+
+interface ErrorDetails {
+  errors: ErrorDetail[]
+}
+
+interface ErrorObject {
+  status: number
+  name: string
+  message: string
+  details: ErrorDetails
+}
+
+interface ErrorResponse {
+  data: null
+  error: ErrorObject
+}
+
+function isErrorResponse(
+  response: SuccessResponse | ErrorResponse
+): response is ErrorResponse {
+  return "error" in response
+}
+
+const handler: PlasmoMessaging.MessageHandler = async (req, res) => {
+  const response = await fetch(
+    `${process.env.PLASMO_PUBLIC_API_URL}/api/auth/forgot-password`,
+    {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: {
+        "Content-Type": "application/json"
+      },
+      body: req.body
+    }
+  )
+
+  const returnedData: SuccessResponse | ErrorResponse =
+    await response.json()
+
+  if (isErrorResponse(returnedData)) {
+    console.error(returnedData.error.message)
+    res.send({ error: returnedData.error.message })
+    return
+  }
+
+  res.send(returnedData)
+}
+
+export default handler