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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en. > > > >
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