bug: ‘Open Session File…’ action only affects the first window; subsequent windows cannot be prefilled

[mateusz-plociennik]

Is this an issue specifically with Appium Inspector?

• [X] I have verified that my issue does not occur with Appium, and should be investigated as an Appium Inspector issue

Is there an existing issue for this?

• [X] I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

• The 'Open Session File...' action works for the first window opened in Appium Inspector.
• For any windows created using 'File' > 'New Window', the 'Open Session File...' action does not prefill the session file. Instead, it seems to apply only to the first window.
• If the first window is closed, leaving only the second window, attempting to use 'Open Session File...' still results in the session file being applied to the now non-existent first window. The second window remains unaffected, meaning session files cannot be loaded after the first window is closed.

Expected Behavior

• The 'Open Session File...' action should function independently in each window, allowing session files to be loaded in any window, whether it's the first, second, or subsequent window.
• If the first window is closed, session files should be applied to the active window, not a non-existent one.

Operating System

Mac

Appium Inspector Version

2024.8.2

Appium Version

2.11.3

Further Information

No response

[eglitise]

I can confirm this is reproducible, though I'm not really sure if the sessions should load independently in each window - rather, they should be applied to all open windows. But I am thinking of updating the session upload implementation to something similar to the current gesture upload implementation. This means it will go through the Inspector GUI rather than the menu bar, and save the session right away - this will likely fix the multi-window problem.