LocalStorage reload failure

[jssuttles]

Issue Type

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Current/Missing Behavior

When restarting using window.chrome.runtime.reload(), for applications under load, global.localStorage and global.window.localStorage are undefined and cannot be set. If you do a full stop and start of the application, then it works again. I use const store = require('store'); This behavior did not seem to happen in 0.91.0.

Expected/Proposed Behavior

When restarting the application using window.chrome.runtime.reload(), global.localStorage and global.window.localStorage should be defined.

Additional Info

• Operating System: Windows
• NW.js Version: 0.93.0

[ayushmanchhabra]

@rogerwang Is this a bug or intended behaviour?

[rogerwang]

@jssuttles could you provide a sample to reproduce?

[jssuttles]

https://github.com/jssuttles/nw-8243 Here's a repo. I tried it without the devtools, and it didn't happen, but after I turned on the devtools it seems to have broken.

Ran this on: Windows 11 Pro - Version 10.0.26100 Build 26100 NW.js Version: 0.99.1 - sdk

[ssnangua]

It seems that this issue also affects the loaded extensions:

// package.json
{
  "name": "test",
  "main": "index.html",
  "chromium-args": "--load-extension='path/to/someExtension'"
}

// index.html
chrome.management.getAll((extensions) => {
  const someExtension = extensions.find((extension) => extension.name === "someExtensionName");
  if (someExtension) {
    nw.Window.open(someExtension.optionsUrl, { new_instance: true });
  }
});

In the extension's options window, the localStorage is null, this will affect some extensions.

Opening the options window through chrome://extensions/?id=someExtensionId will have the same result.

@rogerwang