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35 changes: 28 additions & 7 deletions Services/WebDriver/Client.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -172,9 +172,11 @@ Web::WebDriver::Response Client::navigate_to(Web::WebDriver::Parameters paramete
dbgln_if(WEBDRIVER_DEBUG, "Handling POST /session/<session_id>/url");
auto session = TRY(Session::find_session(parameters[0]));

auto response = TRY(session->perform_async_action([&](auto& connection) {
auto navigate_response = connection.navigate_to(move(payload));
return navigate_response.response();
auto response = TRY(session->perform_async_action([&](auto& connection) -> Web::WebDriver::Response {
auto navigate_response = connection.template send_sync_but_allow_failure<Messages::WebDriverClient::NavigateTo>(move(payload));
if (!navigate_response)
return JsonValue {};
return navigate_response->response();
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  Services/WebDriver/Session.cpp Services/WebDriver/Session.h Services/WebDriver/WebContentConnection.cpp Services/WebDriver/WebContentConnection.h

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Use replacement-aware waits for all failure-tolerant navigation phases.

When WebContent closes, send_sync_but_allow_failure returns nullptr, and the lambda returns {} without invoking on_driver_execution_complete. Because perform_async_action ignores that return value, its default Disallow wait can block indefinitely.

Pass Session::WebContentReplacement::Allow to the navigation-completion action and to both refresh actions.

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  • Services/WebDriver/Client.cpp#L175-L179 (this comment)
  • Services/WebDriver/Client.cpp#L261-L265
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In `@Services/WebDriver/Client.cpp` around lines 175 - 179, Update the
navigation-completion action and both refresh actions in the relevant WebDriver
client methods to pass Session::WebContentReplacement::Allow to
perform_async_action, while preserving their existing failure-tolerant behavior.

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},
Session::WebContentReplacement::Allow));
TRY(session->wait_for_current_window_to_have_web_content_connection());
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -205,7 +207,15 @@ Web::WebDriver::Response Client::back(Web::WebDriver::Parameters parameters, Jso
auto session = TRY(Session::find_session(parameters[0]));

auto response = TRY(session->perform_async_action(
[&](auto& connection) { return connection.back(); },
[&](auto& connection) -> Web::WebDriver::Response {
// A torn-down WebContent process leaves this reply unanswered. Treat the lost reply as an
// empty success, so only this command fails over to the replacement process instead of
// aborting WebDriver; the wait below then adopts the incoming process.
auto reply = connection.template send_sync_but_allow_failure<Messages::WebDriverClient::Back>();
if (!reply)
return JsonValue {};
return reply->take_response();
},
Session::WebContentReplacement::Allow));
TRY(session->wait_for_current_window_to_have_web_content_connection());
response = TRY(session->perform_async_action(
Expand All @@ -223,7 +233,15 @@ Web::WebDriver::Response Client::forward(Web::WebDriver::Parameters parameters,
auto session = TRY(Session::find_session(parameters[0]));

auto response = TRY(session->perform_async_action(
[&](auto& connection) { return connection.forward(); },
[&](auto& connection) -> Web::WebDriver::Response {
// A torn-down WebContent process leaves this reply unanswered. Treat the lost reply as an
// empty success, so only this command fails over to the replacement process instead of
// aborting WebDriver; the wait below then adopts the incoming process.
auto reply = connection.template send_sync_but_allow_failure<Messages::WebDriverClient::Forward>();
if (!reply)
return JsonValue {};
return reply->take_response();
},
Session::WebContentReplacement::Allow));
TRY(session->wait_for_current_window_to_have_web_content_connection());
response = TRY(session->perform_async_action(
Expand All @@ -240,8 +258,11 @@ Web::WebDriver::Response Client::refresh(Web::WebDriver::Parameters parameters,
dbgln_if(WEBDRIVER_DEBUG, "Handling POST /session/<session_id>/refresh");
auto session = TRY(Session::find_session(parameters[0]));

auto response = TRY(session->perform_async_action([&](auto& connection) {
return connection.refresh();
auto response = TRY(session->perform_async_action([&](auto& connection) -> Web::WebDriver::Response {
auto refresh_response = connection.template send_sync_but_allow_failure<Messages::WebDriverClient::Refresh>();
if (!refresh_response)
return JsonValue {};
return refresh_response->response();
}));
if (TRY(session->wait_for_current_window_to_have_web_content_connection()))
response = TRY(session->perform_async_action([&](auto& connection) {
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion Services/WebDriver/WebContentConnection.h
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Expand Up @@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ class WebContentConnection
Web::WebDriver::Response wait_for_navigation_completion()
{
auto response = send_sync_but_allow_failure<Messages::WebDriverClient::WaitForNavigationCompletion>();
VERIFY(response);
if (!response)
return JsonValue {};
return response->response();
}

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