electron: [Bug]: Electron sandbox_bundle.js script failed to run

For me the message only appears when I install the REACT_DEVELOPER_TOOLS extension with electron-devtools-installer and try to open the devtools.

Hello from 2023 with electron@23.0.0 👋

I’ve just upgraded electron from version 11 to version 17 and now have this same error.

[1] [26800:0202/155118.507:ERROR:CONSOLE(160)] "Electron sandbox_bundle.js script failed to run", source: node:electron/js2c/sandbox_bundle (160) [1] [26800:0202/155118.507:ERROR:CONSOLE(160)] "TypeError: object null is not iterable (cannot read property Symbol(Symbol.iterator))", source: node:electron/js2c/sandbox_bundle (160)

For me the message only appears when I install the REACT_DEVELOPER_TOOLS extension with electron-devtools-installer and try to open the devtools.

Same for me, testing it on electron 18.2.0 this error only shows up when electron-devtools-installer is used.

Hello from electron 25.0.1 ! any updates ?

Im using electron 18.2.0 without electron-devtools-installer and I still get this error.

This is how Im loading the extension:

app.whenReady().then(async () => { createWindow() await session.defaultSession.loadExtension(reactDevToolsPath)

})

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I’m facing the same error but when trying to install VUEJS3_DEVTOOLS.

if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
    app.whenReady()
        .then(() => import('electron-devtools-installer'))

        // !!!!
        // If I comment the following .then, error doesn't show up
        // !!!!

        .then(({ default: installExtension, VUEJS3_DEVTOOLS }) =>
            installExtension(VUEJS3_DEVTOOLS, {
                loadExtensionOptions: {
                    allowFileAccess: true,
                },
            })
        )
        .catch((e) => console.error('Failed install extension:', e));
}

Then if I try to access VueJS dev tools in the browser window, it freezes and won’t let me do anything.

It’s funny, when I’m using version 17.2.0, I will get such warning. But this warning gone when I use 17.1.0 instead, without any other change. I have confirmed several times that the difference is caused by version. @akaushal123 Could you give 17.1.0 a try?

I can confirm that I don’t get the error on 17.1.0 but do on other versions, including the latest (18.0.1)

Confirm: Electron 18.0.1 also show those warning

In my case, i found it is the plugin electron-devtools-installer cause the error.

Those codes runs before new BrowserWindow(xxxx)

await installExtensions();

const installExtensions = async () => {
  const installer = require('electron-devtools-installer');
  const forceDownload = !!process.env.UPGRADE_EXTENSIONS;
  const extensions = ['REACT_DEVELOPER_TOOLS'];

  return installer
    .default(
      extensions.map((name) => installer[name]),
      forceDownload
    )
    .catch(console.log);
};

bump, same issue with last version of electron

Indeed, still present in Electron 22.x

I get the same in 18.0.4 on macOS, however this appears in the console only after opening the DevTools. With DevTools closed, the “error” does not appear.

However, it’s just a message in the console for me. Everything works otherwise.

I’m not using webPrefences.sandbox but I am still getting the same error. I am using electron v17

[4616:0206/230146.903:ERROR:CONSOLE(160)] "Electron sandbox_bundle.js script failed to run", source: node:electron/js2c/sandbox_bundle (160) [4616:0206/230146.914:ERROR:CONSOLE(160)] "TypeError: object null is not iterable (cannot read property Symbol(Symbol.iterator))", source: node:electron/js2c/sandbox_bundle (160) [20996:0206/230338.183:ERROR:gpu_init.cc(454)] Passthrough is not supported, GL is disabled, ANGLE is

@7086cmd I am getting the same issue with contextIsolation: true.

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It’s funny, when I’m using version 17.2.0, I will get such warning. But this warning gone when I use 17.1.0 instead, without any other change. I have confirmed several times that the difference is caused by version.

@akaushal123 Could you give 17.1.0 a try?

I can confirm that I don’t get the error on 17.1.0 but do on other versions, including the latest (18.0.1)

It’s funny, when I’m using version 17.2.0, I will get such warning. But this warning gone when I use 17.1.0 instead, without any other change. I have confirmed several times that the difference is caused by version.

@akaushal123 Could you give 17.1.0 a try?

front end is no use for solving this problem(((

I’ve just upgraded npm as I noticed your version is newer but it made no difference.

MINGW64 /c/git/electron-sandbox-error-repo (master) $ npm start

electron-sandbox-error@1.0.8 start concurrently “cross-env BROWSER=none yarn react-start” “wait-on http://localhost:3000 && electron .” -k

[0] yarn run v1.22.17 [0] $ react-scripts start [0] (node:8552) [DEP_WEBPACK_DEV_SERVER_ON_AFTER_SETUP_MIDDLEWARE] DeprecationWarning: ‘onAfterSetupMiddleware’ option is deprecated. Please use the ‘setupMiddlewares’ option. [0] (Use node --trace-deprecation ... to show where the warning was created) [0] (node:8552) [DEP_WEBPACK_DEV_SERVER_ON_BEFORE_SETUP_MIDDLEWARE] DeprecationWarning: ‘onBeforeSetupMiddleware’ option is deprecated. Please use the ‘setupMiddlewares’ option. [0] Starting the development server… [0] [0] Compiled successfully! [0] [0] You can now view electron-sandbox-error in the browser. [0] [0] Local: http://localhost:3000 [0] On Your Network: http://192.168.10.47:3000 [0] [0] Note that the development build is not optimized. [0] To create a production build, use npm run build. [0] [0] asset static/js/bundle.js 1.43 MiB [emitted] (name: main) 1 related asset [0] asset index.html 2.18 KiB [emitted] [0] asset asset-manifest.json 190 bytes [emitted] [0] runtime modules 28.2 KiB 13 modules [0] modules by path ./node_modules/ 1.33 MiB [0] modules by path ./node_modules/core-js-pure/ 24.8 KiB 53 modules [0] modules by path ./node_modules/webpack-dev-server/client/ 62.1 KiB 12 modules [0] modules by path ./node_modules/webpack/hot/.js 4.4 KiB 4 modules [0] modules by path ./node_modules/react/ 119 KiB 4 modules [0] modules by path ./node_modules/html-entities/lib/.js 115 KiB 4 modules [0] modules by path ./node_modules/scheduler/ 29.4 KiB 4 modules [0] modules by path ./node_modules/@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin/ 9.01 KiB 2 modules [0] modules by path ./node_modules/react-refresh/ 24.1 KiB 2 modules [0] modules by path ./node_modules/react-dom/ 959 KiB 2 modules [0] + 3 modules [0] modules by path ./src/ 3.87 KiB [0] ./src/index.js 1.36 KiB [built] [code generated] [0] ./src/components/App.js 2.51 KiB [built] [code generated] [0] webpack 5.68.0 compiled successfully in 5313 ms [1] [1] app.whenReady [1] [13904:0204/085311.165:ERROR:CONSOLE(160)] “Electron sandbox_bundle.js script failed to run”, source: node:electron/js2c/sandbox_bundle (160) [1] [13904:0204/085311.165:ERROR:CONSOLE(160)] “TypeError: object null is not iterable (cannot read property Symbol(Symbol.iterator))”, source: node:electron/js2c/sandbox_bundle (160)

I’ve also updated react-scripts.

Btw, contextIsolation is true by default.