DioxusLabs/dioxus · error

Failed to resolve pending desktop context

Error message

Failed to resolve pending desktop context

What it means

`PendingDesktopWindow::resolve` awaits `try_resolve` and `expect`s success; this panic fires when the queued webview window fails to be created/resolved (e.g. wry/tao failed to initialize the window). Callers using the async `resolve` treat window creation failure as fatal.

Source

Thrown at packages/desktop/src/desktop_context.rs:428

    pub(crate) cancellation: PendingWindowCancellation,
}

impl PendingDesktopWindow {
    /// The render target associated with the pending window.
    pub fn target_id(&self) -> RenderTargetId {
        self.target_id
    }

    /// Get the cancellation handle for the queued window.
    pub(crate) fn cancellation(&self) -> PendingWindowCancellation {
        self.cancellation.clone()
    }

    /// Resolve the pending context into a [`DesktopContext`].
    pub async fn resolve(self) -> DesktopContext {
        self.try_resolve()
            .await
            .expect("Failed to resolve pending desktop context")
    }

    /// Try to resolve the pending context into a [`DesktopContext`].
    pub async fn try_resolve(self) -> Result<DesktopContext, futures_channel::oneshot::Canceled> {
        self.receiver.await
    }
}

impl IntoFuture for PendingDesktopWindow {
    type Output = DesktopContext;

    type IntoFuture = Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Self::Output>>>;

    fn into_future(self) -> Self::IntoFuture {
        Box::pin(self.resolve())
    }
}

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Solutions

1. Ensure the desktop context is created before it is awaited; this failure means the pending desktop context was dropped or never set, e.g. because the window closed early.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/desktop/src/desktop_context.rs:428 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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