Merge pull request #2139 from github/robertbrignull/webview_error_telemetry

Add listeners for unhandled errors to web views

extensions/ql-vscode/src/compare/compare-view.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import { assertNever, getErrorMessage } from "../pure/helpers-pure";
 import { HistoryItemLabelProvider } from "../query-history/history-item-label-provider";
 import { AbstractWebview, WebviewPanelConfig } from "../abstract-webview";
 import { telemetryListener } from "../telemetry";
+import { redactableError } from "../pure/errors";
+import { showAndLogExceptionWithTelemetry } from "../helpers";
 
 interface ComparePair {
   from: CompletedLocalQueryInfo;
@@ -139,6 +141,14 @@ export class CompareView extends AbstractWebview<
         telemetryListener?.sendUIInteraction(msg.action);
         break;
 
+      case "unhandledError":
+        void showAndLogExceptionWithTelemetry(
+          redactableError(
+            msg.error,
+          )`Unhandled error in result comparison view: ${msg.error.message}`,
+        );
+        break;
+
       default:
         assertNever(msg);
     }

extensions/ql-vscode/src/interface.ts

@@ -295,6 +295,13 @@ export class ResultsView extends AbstractWebview<
         case "telemetry":
           telemetryListener?.sendUIInteraction(msg.action);
           break;
+        case "unhandledError":
+          void showAndLogExceptionWithTelemetry(
+            redactableError(
+              msg.error,
+            )`Unhandled error in results view: ${msg.error.message}`,
+          );
+          break;
         default:
           assertNever(msg);
       }

extensions/ql-vscode/src/pure/errors.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export class RedactableError extends Error {
   constructor(
-    cause: Error | undefined,
+    cause: ErrorLike | undefined,
     private readonly strings: TemplateStringsArray,
     private readonly values: unknown[],
   ) {
@@ -54,19 +54,34 @@ export function redactableError(
   ...values: unknown[]
 ): RedactableError;
 export function redactableError(
-  error: Error,
+  error: ErrorLike,
 ): (strings: TemplateStringsArray, ...values: unknown[]) => RedactableError;
 
 export function redactableError(
-  errorOrStrings: Error | TemplateStringsArray,
+  errorOrStrings: ErrorLike | TemplateStringsArray,
   ...values: unknown[]
 ):
   | ((strings: TemplateStringsArray, ...values: unknown[]) => RedactableError)
   | RedactableError {
-  if (errorOrStrings instanceof Error) {
+  if (isErrorLike(errorOrStrings)) {
     return (strings: TemplateStringsArray, ...values: unknown[]) =>
       new RedactableError(errorOrStrings, strings, values);
   } else {
     return new RedactableError(undefined, errorOrStrings, values);
   }
 }
+
+export interface ErrorLike {
+  message: string;
+  stack?: string;
+}
+
+function isErrorLike(error: any): error is ErrorLike {
+  if (
+    typeof error.message === "string" &&
+    (error.stack === undefined || typeof error.stack === "string")
+  ) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}

extensions/ql-vscode/src/pure/interface-types.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   VariantAnalysisScannedRepositoryState,
 } from "../variant-analysis/shared/variant-analysis";
 import { RepositoriesFilterSortStateWithIds } from "./variant-analysis-filter-sort";
+import { ErrorLike } from "./errors";
 
 /**
  * This module contains types and code that are shared between
@@ -182,14 +183,13 @@ export type IntoResultsViewMsg =
  * A message sent from the results view.
  */
 export type FromResultsViewMsg =
+  | CommonFromViewMessages
   | ViewSourceFileMsg
   | ToggleDiagnostics
   | ChangeRawResultsSortMsg
   | ChangeInterpretedResultsSortMsg
-  | ViewLoadedMsg
   | ChangePage
-  | OpenFileMsg
-  | TelemetryMessage;
+  | OpenFileMsg;
 
 /**
  * Message from the results view to open a database source
@@ -231,6 +231,21 @@ interface ViewLoadedMsg {
   viewName: string;
 }
 
+interface TelemetryMessage {
+  t: "telemetry";
+  action: string;
+}
+
+interface UnhandledErrorMessage {
+  t: "unhandledError";
+  error: ErrorLike;
+}
+
+type CommonFromViewMessages =
+  | ViewLoadedMsg
+  | TelemetryMessage
+  | UnhandledErrorMessage;
+
 /**
  * Message from the results view to signal a request to change the
  * page.
@@ -287,11 +302,10 @@ interface ChangeInterpretedResultsSortMsg {
  * Message from the compare view to the extension.
  */
 export type FromCompareViewMessage =
-  | ViewLoadedMsg
+  | CommonFromViewMessages
   | ChangeCompareMessage
   | ViewSourceFileMsg
-  | OpenQueryMessage
-  | TelemetryMessage;
+  | OpenQueryMessage;
 
 /**
  * Message from the compare view to request opening a query.
@@ -434,23 +448,17 @@ export interface CancelVariantAnalysisMessage {
   t: "cancelVariantAnalysis";
 }
 
-export interface TelemetryMessage {
-  t: "telemetry";
-  action: string;
-}
-
 export type ToVariantAnalysisMessage =
   | SetVariantAnalysisMessage
   | SetRepoResultsMessage
   | SetRepoStatesMessage;
 
 export type FromVariantAnalysisMessage =
-  | ViewLoadedMsg
+  | CommonFromViewMessages
   | RequestRepositoryResultsMessage
   | OpenQueryFileMessage
   | OpenQueryTextMessage
   | CopyRepositoryListMessage
   | ExportResultsMessage
   | OpenLogsMessage
-  | CancelVariantAnalysisMessage
-  | TelemetryMessage;
+  | CancelVariantAnalysisMessage;

extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/variant-analysis-view.ts

@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ import {
   VariantAnalysisViewInterface,
   VariantAnalysisViewManager,
 } from "./variant-analysis-view-manager";
-import { showAndLogWarningMessage } from "../helpers";
+import {
+  showAndLogExceptionWithTelemetry,
+  showAndLogWarningMessage,
+} from "../helpers";
 import { telemetryListener } from "../telemetry";
+import { redactableError } from "../pure/errors";
 
 export class VariantAnalysisView
   extends AbstractWebview<ToVariantAnalysisMessage, FromVariantAnalysisMessage>
@@ -153,6 +157,13 @@ export class VariantAnalysisView
       case "telemetry":
         telemetryListener?.sendUIInteraction(msg.action);
         break;
+      case "unhandledError":
+        void showAndLogExceptionWithTelemetry(
+          redactableError(
+            msg.error,
+          )`Unhandled error in variant analysis results view: ${msg.error.message}`,
+        );
+        break;
       default:
         assertNever(msg);
     }

extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/common/errors.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { getErrorMessage, getErrorStack } from "../../pure/helpers-pure";
+import { vscode } from "../vscode-api";
+
+// Keep track of previous errors that have happened.
+// The listeners for uncaught errors and rejections can get triggered
+// twice for each error. This is believed to be an effect caused
+// by React's error boundaries. Adding an error boundary stops
+// this duplicate reporting for errors that happen during component
+// rendering, but unfortunately errors from event handlers and
+// timeouts are still duplicated and there does not appear to be
+// a way around this.
+const previousErrors: Set<Error> = new Set();
+
+function shouldReportError(error: Error): boolean {
+  const seenBefore = previousErrors.has(error);
+  previousErrors.add(error);
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    previousErrors.delete(error);
+  }, 1000);
+  return !seenBefore;
+}
+
+const unhandledErrorListener = (event: ErrorEvent) => {
+  if (shouldReportError(event.error)) {
+    vscode.postMessage({
+      t: "unhandledError",
+      error: {
+        message: getErrorMessage(event.error),
+        stack: getErrorStack(event.error),
+      },
+    });
+  }
+};
+
+const unhandledRejectionListener = (event: PromiseRejectionEvent) => {
+  if (shouldReportError(event.reason)) {
+    vscode.postMessage({
+      t: "unhandledError",
+      error: {
+        message: getErrorMessage(event.reason),
+        stack: getErrorStack(event.reason),
+      },
+    });
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Adds listeners for unhandled errors / rejected promises.
+ * When an error is detected a "unhandledError" message is posted to the view.
+ */
+export function registerUnhandledErrorListener() {
+  window.addEventListener("error", unhandledErrorListener);
+  window.addEventListener("unhandledrejection", unhandledRejectionListener);
+}

extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/webview.tsx

@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ import { WebviewDefinition } from "./webview-definition";
 
 // Allow all views to use Codicons
 import "@vscode/codicons/dist/codicon.css";
+import { registerUnhandledErrorListener } from "./common/errors";
 
 const render = () => {
+  registerUnhandledErrorListener();
+
   const element = document.getElementById("root");
 
   if (!element) {