`ReferenceError: EventSource is not defined` in Pale Moon

[u3shit]

Description

After updating to 1.17.0 with javascript enabled this time, after logging in I start getting errors about EventSource (see screenshot). (It doesn't happen when I'm logged out)

Developer console:

18:25:45.836 error { target: SharedWorker, isTrusted: true, message: "ReferenceError: EventSource is not defined", filename: "http://localhost:3000/assets/js/eventsource.sharedworker.js", lineno: 1, colno: 85, srcElement: SharedWorker, eventPhase: 0, bubbles: false, cancelable: true, defaultPrevented: false }  
index.js:58:1724
    ev/< http://localhost:3000/assets/js/index.js:58:1724
18:25:45.836 error { target: SharedWorker, isTrusted: true, message: "ReferenceError: EventSource is not defined", filename: "http://localhost:3000/assets/js/eventsource.sharedworker.js", lineno: 1, colno: 85, srcElement: SharedWorker, eventPhase: 0, bubbles: false, cancelable: true, defaultPrevented: false }  
index.js:37:15714
18:25:45.836 error { target: SharedWorker, isTrusted: true, message: "ReferenceError: EventSource is not defined", filename: "http://localhost:3000/assets/js/eventsource.sharedworker.js", lineno: 1, colno: 85, srcElement: SharedWorker, eventPhase: 0, bubbles: false, cancelable: true, defaultPrevented: false }  
index.js:58:1724
18:25:45.837 error { target: SharedWorker, isTrusted: true, message: "ReferenceError: EventSource is not defined", filename: "http://localhost:3000/assets/js/eventsource.sharedworker.js", lineno: 1, colno: 85, srcElement: SharedWorker, eventPhase: 0, bubbles: false, cancelable: true, defaultPrevented: false }  
index.js:37:15714

Actually, downgrading to 1.16.9 I still have the error, but only in the developer console not in the UI. As a workaround, I can add

[ui.notification]
EVENT_SOURCE_UPDATE_TIME = -1

to my app.ini, but EVENT_SOURCE_UPDATE_TIME's documentation seems to suggest that the feature availability is auto-detected. (If I type EventSource into devconsole, I get back that it's a function, I don't know what gitea does to get it undefined...)

Screenshots

This is running gitea locally, but I get the same result on try.gitea.org.

Gitea Version

1.17.0

Can you reproduce the bug on the Gitea demo site?

Yes

Operating System

Linux

Browser Version

Pale Moon 31.1.1

[6543]

did you clean browser cache?

[u3shit]

I tried it in a new clean profile, same result.

[zeripath]

Looks like the PaleMoon browser doesn't have the EventSource in its SharedWorker although it does have it in the non-sharedworker state.

There are a few places we would need to look at to get this working:

https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/589677fafb4b77112b7220a1c6089cec71d6db94/web_src/js/features/notification.js#L52-L53

This would need to detect somehow that EventSource is not available in the SharedWorker, or better we would need to protect the constructor here to test if the source is extant:

https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/589677fafb4b77112b7220a1c6089cec71d6db94/web_src/js/features/eventsource.sharedworker.js#L7

and then the sharedworker dropped.

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Now, I don't think we explicitly support Palemoon.

[lunny]

Before 1.17, your javascript error will be hidden by webbrowser. In 1.17, they will be displayed on the top of the page.

[veita]

Before 1.17, your javascript error will be hidden by webbrowser. In 1.17, they will be displayed on the top of the page.

What is the rationale behind this? The update renders the page quite useless.

[delvh]

This issue is a prime example as to why: Previously, these errors existed as well, but they were silently ignored. Now, they are reported. Hence, they can be fixed. Also, there is a second benefit: Users can see why something failed and don't have to think "What a stupid site, nothing is happening?"

The update renders the page quite useless

Why that? You can still scroll, right?

[wxiaoguang]

FYI, some questions can be answered from #18971 and (https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/18971#issuecomment-1158973862)

• 18971

There are some FAQs like "What if some users do not want to see these errors?" and "What if I see JavaScript error", and it's always open to propose better solutions.

[wxiaoguang]

Please have a try on try.gitea.io

If the problem is fixed, I will send a backport to 1.17.1

[u3shit]

Checked, no errors reported (neither on the page, nor in javasscript console)

[wxiaoguang]

Thank you for the confirmation. The backport for 1.17 is in https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/20663

• https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/20663

[wolfbeast]

Unfortunately 1.17.1 doesn't seem to fix this error. I just upgraded our Pale Moon Gitea instance to it and it still throws.

22:23:58.501 worker error error { target: SharedWorker, isTrusted: true, message: "ReferenceError: EventSource is not defined", filename: "https://repo.palemoon.org/assets/js/eventsource.sharedworker.js", lineno: 1, colno: 85, srcElement: SharedWorker, eventPhase: 0, bubbles: false, cancelable: true, defaultPrevented: false } 1 index.js:37:15854 Gg/< https://repo.palemoon.org/assets/js/index.js:37:15854

[zeripath]

Works for me on try.gitea.io.

Have you cleared your cache after starting 1.17.1?

[wolfbeast]

🤦 OK, silly me. Caching issue. Sorry for the noise!