Can not obtain main process logs after app.stop()

[salomvary]

Given an application based on the Electron quick-start example plus some console.logs (eg. first line of main.js) and start-stop.js as below:

'use strict'

const { Application } = require('spectron')

new Application({
  args: [ 'main.js' ],
  path: 'node_modules/.bin/electron'
})
.start()
.then(app => app.stop())
.then(app => {
  app.client.getMainProcessLogs().then(function (logs) {
    logs.forEach(function (log) {
      console.log(log)
    })
  })
})

Expected: all logs during application run are printed out. Actual: nothing is printed out.

Use case: debugging events triggered during quitting the application.

Electron 1.4.4 Spectron 3.4.0 Node 6.2.2

[zeke]

Can you revise your code to call getMainProcessLogs just before stopping the app?

[salomvary]

@zeke Do you mean getting logs before stop in addition to getting it after stop?

The whole problem here is getting logs that are potentially created during application quit.

[zeke]

The whole problem here is getting logs that are potentially created during application quit.

Sorry, didn't realize that was your intent. In that case, I'm not sure.