wxt-dev / wxt-dev/wxt

`firefox-profile` cannot delete `profileDir`

Open
#2,231 3 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

upstream
Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
10.5k
Forks
564
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

Describe the bug
[firefox-profile] cannot delete profileDir on exit ***\AppData\Local\Temp\firefox-profileln8DEw/ Error: EPERM, Permission denied: \\?\***\AppData\Local\Temp\firefox-profileln8DEw '\\?\***\AppData\Local\Temp\firefox-profileln8DEw'
at Object.rmSync (node:fs:1205:18)
at FirefoxProfile ._ cleanOnExit (***\wxt\node_modules\.pnpm\firefox-profile@4.7.0\node_modules\firefox-profile\lib\firefox_profile. js:289:12)
at process. FirefoxProfile. onExit (***\wxt\node_modules\.pnpm\firefox-profile@4.7.0\node_modules\firefox-profile\lib\firefox_profile. js:172:12)
at process.emit (node:events:520:22)
at process.emit (node: domain: 489:12)
at process.exit (node:internal/process/per_thread:236:15)
at process. FirefoxProfile. onSigInt (***\wxt\node_modules\.pnpm\firefox-profile@4.7.0\node_modules\firefox-profile\lib\firefox_profile.js:177:13)
at process.emit (node: events: 508:20)
at process.emit (node: domain: 489:12)
at Signal. callbackTrampoline (node: internal/async_hooks:131:14) {
  errno: 1,
    code: 'EPERM'
  path: '\\\\?\C:\\Users\\***\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\firefox-profileln8DEw',
    syscall: 'rm'

On *** - was a absolute path from my PC
It's happening on close wxt -b firefox

Reproduction
  1. Clone this repo
  2. Run wxt -b firefox on packages/wxt-demo
Steps to reproduce

No response

System Info
System:
    OS: Windows 11 10.0.26200
    CPU: (12) x64 AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor              
    Memory: 16.52 GB / 31.91 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 25.6.1 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
    npm: 11.9.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
    pnpm: 10.29.2 - C:\Users\***\AppData\Local\pnpm\pnpm.CMD
    bun: 1.3.3 - C:\Users\***\.bun\bin\bun.EXE
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 146.0.7680.178
    Edge: Chromium (140.0.3485.54)
    Firefox: 149.0 - C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
    Internet Explorer: 11.0.26100.7309
  npmPackages:
    wxt: workspace:* => 0.20.20
Used Package Manager

pnpm

Validations

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Reproduce the issue from packages/wxt-demo with wxt -b firefox on Windows 11, then inspect the shutdown path reported in node_modules/firefox-profile/lib/firefox_profile.js, especially cleanup at line 289. Determine how WXT's Firefox launch and exit flow relates to the EPERM failure, and verify that the temporary profile is removed without an error on exit.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
node.js, typescript
Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.