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fix(preview): restore browser tab recording via display media handler - #8957
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughPreview tab recording now uses ChangesPreview recording
Preview automation errors
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk:🟠 High · up to The capture grant is not currently bound to the tab that requested recording, so another tab could receive the armed tab’s stream and consume its one-time grant. This can produce incorrect recordings and expose tab content, so the binding check should be fixed before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant BrowserRecording
participant DesktopIPC
participant PreviewManager
participant HostWebContents
BrowserRecording->>DesktopIPC: startScreencast(tabId)
DesktopIPC->>PreviewManager: startRecording(tabId)
PreviewManager->>HostWebContents: install setDisplayMediaRequestHandler
PreviewManager->>PreviewManager: arm pending recording target
BrowserRecording->>HostWebContents: getDisplayMedia()
HostWebContents->>PreviewManager: display-media request
PreviewManager-->>HostWebContents: armed tab main frame
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In `@apps/desktop/src/preview/Manager.ts`:
- Around line 3184-3185: Make the shared pendingRecording lifecycle safe for
overlapping operations: globally serialize startRecording or reject a second
start while one is pending so it cannot overwrite the armed target, and have
stopRecording use the same synchronization before clearing it. Ensure
pendingRecording is cleared on every terminal path, including tab close, so an
in-flight start cannot leave a stale target armed.
In `@apps/web/src/components/preview/previewAutomationErrors.ts`:
- Line 238: Define a typed error-detail contract in previewAutomation.ts,
including the cause field emitted by the preview automation error serializer,
and use that shared contract for PreviewAutomationResponse.error.detail instead
of Schema.Unknown. Update the serializer’s detail type to derive from the
contract so producer and consumer shapes remain aligned.
- Line 229: Update the cause-rendering logic in previewAutomationErrors so an
empty rendered summary, including cause.message being empty, returns null
instead of an empty string; preserve the name-prefixed result for non-empty
messages. Add a regression test verifying empty causes are omitted from the
serialized detail.cause output.
- Line 231: Update serializePreviewAutomationHostError and its rendered cause
handling to safely stringify arbitrary causes, including null-prototype objects,
with a fallback representation when String(cause) throws. Preserve the existing
rendering behavior for causes that stringify successfully.
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ApprovabilityVerdict: Not approved Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This replaces the existing browser-recording pipeline with a new cross-process display-media permission and tab-routing mechanism, including new concurrency and expiry semantics. The production desktop, renderer, IPC, and contract changes have a broad runtime impact beyond a narrowly self-contained bug fix. You can add or adjust custom eligibility rules. Learn more. |
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One finding, inline. Everything else in the recording refactor (namespace subpath imports, PreviewRecordingArmConflictError as a Schema.TaggedErrorClass with structural attributes and an attribute-derived message, union registration, void service signature, tabMethod reuse) matches the service conventions.
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3170-3177: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winBind the grant to
request.framebefore consumingpendingRecording.
Session.setDisplayMediaRequestHandlerignores the requester, clearspendingRecording, and grantstarget.mainFrameto any request. Electron provides the requestingWebFrameMainand accepts aWebFrameMainas the video source, so tab B can receive tab A’s stream and consume the arm before tab A requests it. Compare the requester’s top frame withtarget.mainFramebefore clearing and granting. Add a regression test.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@apps/desktop/src/preview/Manager.ts`:
- Around line 3170-3177: Update the display-media request handler to compare
request.frame’s top frame with target.mainFrame before consuming
pendingRecording or granting access; reject mismatches with callback({}) while
preserving the existing destroyed-target handling. Add a regression test
covering a different requester being unable to consume or receive the pending
recording grant.
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The host window renderer calls The separate preview session partition and exclusive arm slot prevent the cross-tab grant scenario that the comment assumed. 🐇 You are interacting with an AI system. |
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Sep 1, 2026
Closing because #9001 merged the display-media recording fix, including the one-shot recording grant, stale-arm cleanup, and Retina-safe capture constraints. Thanks for the detailed report and implementation. |
browser tab recording has been failing to start since the electron 43 bump: the renderer acquired the stream with the legacy
getUserMedia+chromeMediaSource: "tab"+wc.getMediaSourceId(...)path, which chromium removed upstream (electron/electron#44618) and which now always rejects withNotAllowedError: Permission denied. on retina displays the exactmin == maxcss-pixel constraints were additionally unsatisfiable against device-pixel frames.this switches capture to electron's supported path:
startRecordingin the main process arms the target tab and installs a per-sessionsetDisplayMediaRequestHandlerthat answers the renderer'sgetDisplayMedia()with that tab'sWebFrameMain, one grant per arm, denying anything unarmed so preview pages cannot capture on their own. the renderer now requests onlyframeRate: { max }— the handler already picks the exact tab, so the stream arrives at native device-pixel size and theDesktopPreviewRecordingSourcesourceId/width/height plumbing is deleted (the viewport measurement stays as a readiness probe).concurrent starts on different tabs cannot cross-capture: a second tab arming while another arm is outstanding fails fast with a tagged conflict error, an unredeemed arm is actively expired after a short grace (a scoped fiber clears the slot, so a stale grant can never be redeemed by a later request), and an arm whose webview was destroyed is reclaimed immediately. covered by real-clock race, stale-expiry, and destroyed-webview tests.
verified live in the dev desktop app on a retina mac (dpr 2): record from the preview toolbar and from the gesture-less bridge path both produce av1 webm artifacts at full native resolution (966x1376 for a 483x688 panel) with the "Recording saved" toast; before the change both paths failed instantly. focused tests and typechecks for contracts, desktop, and web pass.
sample artifact recorded by the fixed pipeline: demo-recording.webm
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Medium Risk
Changes desktop capture permissions, concurrent recording semantics, and a cross-process IPC contract; mistakes could deny capture, mis-route streams, or leave stale arms blocking recording.
Overview
Restores broken preview tab recording after Chromium removed the legacy
getUserMedia+chromeMediaSource: "tab"+getMediaSourceIdpath. Capture now uses Electron’ssetDisplayMediaRequestHandler:startRecordingarms one tab, the renderer callsgetDisplayMedia()with only a max frame rate, and the main process grants that tab’smainFrameonce per arm.API and behavior changes:
DesktopPreviewRecordingSourceand thestartScreencast/ IPC return payload are removed; arming isvoid. A single exclusive arm slot per window session rejects overlapping starts withPreviewRecordingArmConflictError, expires unredeemed arms after 10s, and clears on stop, tab close, or destroyed webview. Viewport measurement remains as a readiness probe only.Web and contracts drop chrome tab constraints and dimension locking (which broke on retina). Tests cover display-media grants, races (including real-clock), stale arms, and automation error serialization without leaking causes.
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Restore browser tab recording via
getDisplayMediahandler inPreviewManagergetMediaSourceIdflow with a display-media arming model:startRecordinginstalls a sessionsetDisplayMediaRequestHandlerand exclusively arms the requested tab to answer onegetDisplayMediacall, instead of returning aDesktopPreviewRecordingSource.RECORDING_ARM_GRACE_MS) so an unredeemed or destroyed arm auto-expires; a second arm within that window fails fast withPreviewRecordingArmConflictError.getUserMediawith chrome-specific constraints tonavigator.mediaDevices.getDisplayMediawith only a maxframeRateconstraint.DesktopPreviewRecordingSourcefrom contracts, IPC, and all consumers;startScreencastnow returnsPromise<void>.startRecordingsignature changed fromEffect<DesktopPreviewRecordingSource, ...>toEffect<void, PreviewManagerError>andPreviewRecordingArmConflictErroris added to the error union — any out-of-tree consumer expecting a source descriptor or unaware of the conflict error will break.Macroscope summarized 2b4a2c4.
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