posit-dev / posit-dev/shinylive
Show a reasonable error in the HTML when the Shinylive JS Service Worker fails to load
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
In at least some situations the above simply causes a white blank screen. We should detect and throw a visible error when:
- Shinylive is not running under a web server, and so...
- The Service Worker fails to load.
With some reasonable text to explain what has happened.
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Research direction
Reproduce the blank screen when Shinylive runs outside a web server, then inspect the HTML entry point and Service Worker loading path. Done means a failed Service Worker load produces a visible, reasonable explanation instead of a blank screen, including when Shinylive is not running under a web server.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100