incr: circumv window reload issue

main.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import registerAutoUpdaterListeners from './main/registerAutoUpdaterListeners';
 import registerIpcMainActionListeners from './main/registerIpcMainActionListeners';
 import registerIpcMainMessageListeners from './main/registerIpcMainMessageListeners';
 import registerProcessListeners from './main/registerProcessListeners';
-import { IPC_CHANNELS } from './utils/messages';
 
 export class Main {
   title: string = 'Frappe Books';
@@ -54,6 +53,10 @@ export class Main {
     return process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production';
   }
 
+  get isTest() {
+    return !!process.env.IS_TEST;
+  }
+
   get isMac() {
     return process.platform === 'darwin';
   }
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ export class Main {
     this.winURL = process.env.WEBPACK_DEV_SERVER_URL as string;
     this.mainWindow!.loadURL(this.winURL);
 
-    if (!process.env.IS_TEST) {
+    if (this.isDevelopment && !this.isTest) {
       this.mainWindow!.webContents.openDevTools();
     }
   }
@@ -139,6 +142,10 @@ export class Main {
     this.mainWindow.on('closed', () => {
       this.mainWindow = null;
     });
+
+    this.mainWindow.webContents.on('did-fail-load', () => {
+      this.mainWindow!.loadURL(this.winURL);
+    });
   }
 }
 

main/helpers.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { constants } from 'fs';
 import fs from 'fs/promises';
 import { ConfigFile, ConfigKeys } from 'fyo/core/types';
+import { Main } from 'main';
 import config from 'utils/config';
 import { DatabaseResponse } from 'utils/ipc/types';
+import { IPC_CHANNELS } from 'utils/messages';
 
 interface ConfigFilesWithModified extends ConfigFile {
   modified: string;
@@ -66,3 +68,7 @@ export async function getErrorHandledReponse(func: () => Promise<unknown>) {
 
   return response;
 }
+
+export function rendererLog(main: Main, ...args: unknown[]) {
+  main.mainWindow?.webContents.send(IPC_CHANNELS.CONSOLE_LOG, ...args);
+}

main/registerAppLifecycleListeners.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { app } from 'electron';
 import installExtension, { VUEJS3_DEVTOOLS } from 'electron-devtools-installer';
 import { Main } from '../main';
+import { rendererLog } from './helpers';
 
 export default function registerAppLifecycleListeners(main: Main) {
   app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
@@ -16,17 +17,18 @@ export default function registerAppLifecycleListeners(main: Main) {
   });
 
   app.on('ready', async () => {
-    if (main.isDevelopment && !process.env.IS_TEST) {
-      try {
-        await installExtension(VUEJS3_DEVTOOLS);
-      } catch (e) {
-        console.error(
-          'Vue Devtools failed to install:',
-          (e as Error).toString()
-        );
-      }
+    if (main.isDevelopment && !main.isTest) {
+      await installDevTools(main);
     }
 
     main.createWindow();
   });
 }
+
+async function installDevTools(main: Main) {
+  try {
+    await installExtension(VUEJS3_DEVTOOLS);
+  } catch (e) {
+    rendererLog(main, 'Vue Devtools failed to install', e);
+  }
+}

src/renderer/registerIpcRendererListeners.ts

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ export default function registerIpcRendererListeners() {
     await handleError(true, error as Error);
   });
 
+  ipcRenderer.on(IPC_CHANNELS.CONSOLE_LOG, console.log);
+
   document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', function () {
     const { visibilityState } = document;
     if (visibilityState === 'visible' && !fyo.telemetry.started) {

utils/messages.ts

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export enum IPC_CHANNELS {
   UPDATE_DOWNLOADED = 'update-downloaded',
   UPDATE_ERROR = 'update-error',
   MAIN_PROCESS_ERROR = 'main-process-error',
+  CONSOLE_LOG = 'console-log',
 }
 
 export enum DB_CONN_FAILURE {