Native binary for Apple M1

[inferpse]

Hi,

Current version of TestCafe (1.11.0) doesn't work on Apple M1 macs without Rosetta installed. I have native build of Node.js (v15) and TestCafe fails with following message:

ERROR NativeBinaryHasFailedError: The find-window process failed with the 1 exit code.
Process output:
The application /Users/.../node_modules/testcafe-browser-tools/bin/mac/TestCafe Browser Tools.app/Contents/MacOS/testcafe-browser-tools cannot be opened for an unexpected reason, error=Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-10669 "(null)" UserInfo={_LSLine=3665, _LSFunction=_LSOpenStuffCallLocal}
    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/Users/.../node_modules/testcafe-browser-tools/src/utils/exec.js:73:24)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:376:20)
    at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (node:domain:470:12)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:284:12)
    at Process.callbackTrampoline (node:internal/async_hooks:131:14)

I was able to overcome this issue by cloning this repo and building it with gulp buildMac. It was able to compile flawlessly without any errors:

[12:43:04] Using gulpfile ~/git/testcafe-browser-tools/gulpfile.js
[12:43:04] Starting 'buildMac'...
[12:43:04] Starting 'lint'...
[12:43:04] Starting 'cleanMacNatives'...
[12:43:04] Starting 'cleanLib'...
[12:43:04] Finished 'cleanMacNatives' after 148 ms
[12:43:04] Starting 'buildMacExecutables'...
[12:43:04] Finished 'cleanLib' after 153 ms
[12:43:04] Starting 'transpileLib'...
[12:43:04] Finished 'lint' after 515 ms
[12:43:06] Finished 'transpileLib' after 1.69 s
[12:43:07] Finished 'buildMacExecutables' after 3.23 s
[12:43:07] Starting 'buildMacApp'...
[12:43:08] Finished 'buildMacApp' after 360 ms
[12:43:08] Finished 'buildMac' after 3.73 s

After replacing the testcafe-browser-tools binary in node_modules testcafe started to work properly on M1. Could you please update this package on npm so that it will contain universal binary for both Intel and ARM based Macs?

[miherlosev]

Hi @inferpse

Thank you for pointing out that. We will add native binaries for ARM-based Mac into the testcafe-browser-tools module.

[inferpse]

Thanks! 👍 I can help with testing if needed.

[inferpse]

@miherlosev this issue is not really of TYPE: enhancement : TestCafe just doesn't work at all on M1 macs without Rosetta installed.

And I had to compile testcafe-browser-tools again after I've updated my node_modules dependencies... Hope this will be resolved any time soon.

[VasilyStrelyaev]

Thank you for your inquiry. We marked this issue as an enhancement, because it was a request to support a newly emerged platform (at that time), whereas the lack of support for new platforms (as well as, for instance, browsers) is not something we would normally consider a bug. However, as time goes and new things become standard, the lack of support may be considered an issue. That said, we will discuss if we should re-classify or reprioritize this task.

In the meantime, could you please elaborate on your scenario? In particular, why are you unable to use Rosetta?

[inferpse]

Hi Vasily, I don't have any software that requires Rosetta... And it feels like an overkill to install Rosetta just to run 155 KB binary from this repo 🤷‍♂️

TestCafe is amazing and I believe that lack of M1 support might prevent some mac users from using your product. And I feel that adding M1 support is a low-hanging fruit because gulp buildMac produces the binary without any issues on both Big Sur/Monterey running on M1 chip.

[AlexSkorkin]

Thank you for the clarification. We will look into this.

[GrahamLea]

For anyone having trouble getting TestCafe running on an M1 Mac, here's all the steps I just took to get it working. (It's likely some of them aren't necessary, but I can't tell you which ones are and aren't, so this is just everything I did before I got success.)

1. Install Rosetta from a terminal: softwareupdate --install-rosetta
2. Upgrade to the latest TestCafe (1.17.1 as of Dec 5, 2021)
3. npm install
4. Close and re-open terminal session
5. Close and re-open Safari

[AndreyBelym]

Fixed in a8a013d713fd915ba1b02b6eb105783ee8af6cbb.