monkeytypegame / monkeytypegame/monkeytype
Custom tests fail with large wordlists (hitting localStorage limit)
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Account name
TurtleMedicine
Account config
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Current Behavior
Test fails to start with different errors based on browser:
- Chrome:
Failed to set customTextSettings in localStorage: Local storage is full. Please clear some space and try again. - Firefox
Failed to set customTextSettings in localStorage: Unknown error occurred
Expected Behavior
the test should start without error
Steps To Reproduce
- Go to custom test mode
- Press "change"
- Press open file
- Upload a looong wordlist (example with about 5 mil characters here)
- Press "ok"
- See error
Environment
- OS: Windows 11 (tested on linux too)
- Browser: Zen/Thorium both tested on both platforms
- Browser Version:
- Zen: 1.12.8b (Firefox 138.0.4) (64-bit)
- Thorium: based on chromium 128.0.6613.189
Anything else?
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