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[desktop_webview_window] [Flutter 3.22.0] App crashes on windows when webview is closed

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
flutter
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start by reproducing the crash with Flutter 3.22.0 on Windows, then trace the desktop_webview_window close method-channel API path. Done means closing the webview through that API no longer causes the reported access violation.

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Description

App crashes when webview is closed from method channel API

Reproduce Steps

Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1.Update to Flutter version 3.22.0
2. Close from the close API method channel
3. Notice App crashing
4. Message is Exception thrown at 0x00007FFF7DF25CB4 (flutter_windows.dll) in App.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000000000002F0.

Expected behavior

App should not crash

Version (please complete the following information):

  • Flutter Version: 3.22.0
  • OS: Windows
  • plugin: desktop_webview_window
Dominant language
C
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