electron: [Bug]: Blank page on location change / reload if a filesystem asynchronous call was pending

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• I agree to follow the Code of Conduct that this project adheres to.
• I have searched the issue tracker for a bug report that matches the one I want to file, without success.

Electron Version

17.1.1

What operating system are you using?

Windows

Operating System Version

Windows 10 21H2

What arch are you using?

x64

Last Known Working Electron version

13.6.9

Expected Behavior

Assuming a BrowserWindow like this:

const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
    ...
    webPreferences: {
        nodeIntegration: true,
        contextIsolation: false,
    }
})

And an asynchronous filesystem call on fs.promises API

// renderer.js
const fs = require('fs');
async function asyncStuff() {
    let output = await fs.promises.readFile("datafile");
}

Then trying to reload the page when the fs asynchronous call is not finished yet will make the page fail (blank page).

// renderer.js
async function testCrash() {
    asyncStuff() // No await here
    window.location.reload() // Here the renderer will crash
})

I expect that the page reloads correctly.

Actual Behavior

The page is blank, and DevTools are disconnected.

Testcase Gist URL

No response

Additional Information

Notes:

• Replace the fs.promises.readFile() by fs.readFileSync() and the page will reload fine
• Replace the fs.promises.readFile() by fs.readFile() with callback and the page will reload fine
• The bug is here also with a window.location.href
• I tried with other async api and the page works fine (like https.get(), timers.promises.setTimeout(), or fetch())

I created a repo to reproduce the bug: https://github.com/remss/electron-issue-reload Just run npm i && npm start then click on reloadMeWithAsyncStuff button to see the blank page.