twitter.com does not work in CEF 85 ("Something went wrong" error)

[hvassbotn]

Hi,

We have recently upgraded from CEF 60 to CEF 85 (to support an app that required minimum CEF 83) - most things work fine now, but have noticed that twitter.com does not work properly. I get an error message saying "Something went wrong" and a refresh button with "Try again".

This is how twitter.com looks like in the minibrowser demo after logging in:

MiniBrowserTwitterFails.png

You can see the same error without logging in by just clicking the Signup button.

In the console I get errors like:

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api.twitter.com/graphql/n_jswaO2MLtvj4GsYghr-Q/DataSaverMode?variables=%7B%22device_id%22%3A%22Windows%2FChrome%22%7D:1 Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED
api.twitter.com/2/timeline/home.json?include_profile_interstitial_type=1&include_blocking=1&include_blocked_by=1&include_followed_by=1&include_want_retweets=1&include_mute_edge=1&include_can_dm=1&include_can_media_tag=1&skip_status=1&cards_platform=Web-12&include_cards=1&include_ext_alt_text=true&include_quote_count=true&include_reply_count=1&tweet_mode=extended&include_entities=true&include_user_entities=true&include_ext_media_color=true&include_ext_media_availability=true&send_error_codes=true&simple_quoted_tweet=true&earned=1&count=20&lca=true&ext=mediaStats%2ChighlightedLabel:1 Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED

I found some references online about the error - but only trial and error type fixes:
https://www.askvg.com/fix-something-wen ... rs-new-ui/

I did try to clear the cookies using the Chrome Debugger, on the Application page (Clear storage, Clear site data button). It required me to login again, but then I had the same issue again. Besides when I started the MiniBrowser app, the cache folder was empty.

The same site works fine in an earlier CEF version corresponding to Chrome 60. I've tried modifying the UserAgent string to pretend we're still at version 60, but the same error occurs.

Are you able to reproduce?

Would you like me to open an issue in the github site?

Best regards
Hallvard Vassbotn

PS: I've been meaning to for a long time to donate a small amount - will make sure that happens soon

[hvassbotn]

A similar issue seems to happen with reddit.com:

MiniBrowserRedditFails.png

Same kind of ERR_FAILED messages

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gql.reddit.com/?request_timestamp=1600944830173:1 Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED
gql.reddit.com/?request_timestamp=1600944830201:1 Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED

[salvadordf]

Hi,

That issue was fixed in the CEF binaries recently :
https://github.com/salvadordf/CEF4Delphi/issues/301

Update CEF4Delphi to the latest version available at GitHub.

[hvassbotn]

Ah, perfect - thank you!

[hvassbotn]

I should have tried the latest and greatest versions before reporting this, of course.

I like the Breaking changes pinned thread you have here:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=739&start=10

Could I suggest that you pin a thread and keep all the "Update to CEF" posts there?

The single posts easily get lost in the "noise" of the other threads in the General group, and it would be nice to have all the delta-updates collected in one thread. Easier to see if it is worth upgrading or not.

[salvadordf]

Thanks! I'll merge those threads and pin them.