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Issue using webUSB/serial in chrome 75 Mac

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
32/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript

Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by reproducing the connection in Chrome 75 on macOS with a micro:bit running firmware 0249 or 0254, then inspect the browser console and WebUSB/serial connection path. Done means clicking Serial opens the REPL and flashing completes without the reported bad-response error.

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Description

bug WebUSB

Clicking on Serial should open the REPL, this doesn't appear to be the case, though the micro:bit does say it's connected.
Recording of trying to connect
Screen Recording 2019-07-02 at 02 19 pm

If I try to flash the device I get
"Error: Bad response for 17 -> 131 Please restart your micro:bit and try again"
Screenshot 2019-07-02 at 18 07 09

Here is the console output
Screenshot 2019-07-02 at 18 04 48
Screenshot 2019-07-02 at 18 04 33

Have tested this with a micro:bit running 0249 and 0254 on Chrome 75 Mac

DETAILS TXT:

DAPLink Firmware - see https://mbed.com/daplink

Unique ID: 9900000031634e45006e40020000005e0000000097969901
HIC ID: 97969901
Auto Reset: 1
Automation allowed: 0
Overflow detection: 0
Daplink Mode: Interface
Interface Version: 0249
Git SHA: 9c5fd81e6545d00b7f7c21ca9d8577dbd6a5fed2
Local Mods: 0
USB Interfaces: MSD, CDC, HID, WebUSB
Interface CRC: 0xcdb7b2a3
Remount count: 0
URL: https://microbit.org/device/?id=9900&v=0249

cc @microbit-carlos

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