Sorry for the excessive posting. I have now updated my extension, and haven't noticed any crashes since. My only problem now is that the extension gallery wants to review it before publishing. Yet I don't use any features requiring review. Would someone please take a look at it? I'd very much appreciate it!
Thanks Manticore On Jan 12, 12:28 am, Manticore <mantic...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've submitted first bug report now (maybe the only > one!):http://crbug.com/32017 > > Manticore > > On Jan 11, 9:54 pm, Manticore <mantic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > George, Thanks for your reply! > > > >>Though the previous versions would just ingore such issues, this one > > >> - and thats a good thing since we are forced to make our extensions > > >> stable & valid - will not, resulting in crashes. > > > I'm pretty strict on defining variable etc, but I'm sure I could have > > missed it somewhere. Though, the extensions should not crash if they > > have undefined variables etc - there should be exceptions shown. > > > Thanks for your tips, I'll try it. > > > @Adam Barth > > > >>Would you be willing to file a bug with some test cases? Extensions > > >>shouldn't be able to crash a tab or the browser. (Also, it would be > > >>helpful if you let me know the bug number.) > > > Sure, I'll try that. Not sure I will be able to make it though, as the > > problems usually occurs when it's all connected. > > > Thanks! > > > On Jan 10, 10:24 pm, Adam Barth <aba...@chromium.org> wrote: > > > > Would you be willing to file a bug with some test cases? Extensions > > > shouldn't be able to crash a tab or the browser. (Also, it would be > > > helpful if you let me know the bug number.) > > > > Thanks, > > > Adam > > > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 12:36 PM, George Papadakis > > > > <phaiston...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 288.1 is a way less forgiving version compared to the previous ones. > > > > > Make sure all your variables are defined, and that yout DOM references > > > > are valid. Though the previous versions would just ingore such issues, > > > > this one - and thats a good thing since we are forced to make our > > > > extensions stable & valid - will not, resulting in crashes. > > > > > I spent more than an hour debugging extensions after this release came > > > > out, and I was amazed so many things were not done right, still they > > > > just worked. > > > > > What's frustrating is that there is no kind of pre-logging or any > > > > other way to debug those crashes. > > > > > Still, you can alwaty apply the traditional "alert and return" > > > > methodology. > > > > > Good luck. > > > > > On Jan 10, 8:03 pm, Manticore <mantic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > > > > >> I've been debugging my extension now for hours and haven't been able > > > >> to pinpoint the problem to a certain method or even file, thus making > > > >> it quite hard to describe the problem here. I'll try to describe as > > > >> detailed as I can. > > > > >> The crashings started after the dev updated from version 266 to 288.1. > > > >> The extension was working fully on the 266 version and hasn't been > > > >> changed since. > > > > >> I have tried disabling methods/features one after one to see if it > > > >> helps, and these are things that have helped (but didn't solve > > > >> totally): > > > >> - Removed a method that calls the background page from popup before > > > >> 'load' has fired. > > > >> - Removed 'unload' handler that calls a method in background page. > > > >> - Removed timers from background page. > > > >> - Removing sendRequest calls from bg. > > > > >> It's really hard to know why the extension is crashing as it just > > > >> disappears without any exceptions shown. Is there any log file saved > > > >> somewhere where I can read the exceptions? > > > > >> Are there any major (or minor, for that matter) changes to the > > > >> extension system between 266 to 288.1? > > > > >> Another weird behavior is that sometimes when my extension crashes, > > > >> another (to me random) extension crashes too. > > > > >> The extension I'm talking about > > > >> is:https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/hgjdhckebbdoobhniheihpdog... > > > > >> I realize I'm very diffuse here, but I will appreciate any help I can > > > >> get. > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "Chromium-extensions" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > chromium-extensi...@googlegroups.com. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > chromium-extensions+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > > For more options, visit this group > > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en.
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