Support for Electron >= 29

[lesn1kk]

Hi,

It looks like the provider does not work with Electron version 29 and above (considering also the workaround proposed in another issue).

Do you plan adding such support in nearest future?
Could you provide me some details how can I debug the hook responsible for decorating and mocking the electron stuff?

Thanks

[Bayheck]

We have not researched the issue yet because we are focused on other tasks.

You can try using VSCode Uncaught Exceptions breakpoints for debugging.

[thomas-jakemeyn]

Hello @Bayheck,

I believe that this issue should be reopened because the problem for Electron 29+ is not the same as for Electron 28. As originally stated by @lesn1kk, applying the fix from #110 does not solve the problem for Electron 29+. So this issue is not a duplicate.

What's the plan regarding the maintenance of this Electron plugin? It has not been made compatible with Electron 28 (2023/12) yet, despite the availability of a documented solution. Will it be deprecated? Thanks in advance for clarifying the situation (and letting us prepare ourselves accordingly).

[thomas-jakemeyn]

I managed to make our TestCafe tests start with Electron 30.0.9 by patching src/injectable/index.js as followed (just replace the entire file content).

module.exports = function (config, testPageUrl) {
	const appEntryPoint = require.resolve(config.appPath);
	config.appEntryPoint = appEntryPoint;
	process.argv.push(appEntryPoint);

	const originalAppCodeLoaded = process.appCodeLoaded;
	process.appCodeLoaded = () => {
		require('./electron-mocks')(config, testPageUrl);
		originalAppCodeLoaded();
	};
};

Note that I got rid of the decorator for Module._load(). This reduces complexity, increases robustness and is a step in the right direction for the compatibility with ESM (I could successfully run my test with a .mjs entrypoint).

[Bayheck]

I will reopen the issue, but we cannot give any estimates of when we will fix it.

[thomas-jakemeyn]

UPDATE: the patch above works fine with Electron 30.0.9. But we just upgraded to 30.1.1 and the tests do not start anymore.