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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
mobile-dev

Research direction

Reproduce the error from the test app using the shown BackgroundRunner configuration and the runner/background.js entry point. Trace why dispatchEvent reports that the runner is not started, then verify that the fetchTest event can be dispatched successfully with repeat and autoStart enabled.

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Description

Sending plugin error: {"save":false,"callbackId":"36779355","pluginId":"BackgroundRunner","methodName":"dispatchEvent","success":false,"error":{"message":"runner is not started"}}
2024-09-27 19:33:30.774 4876-4876 Capacitor/Console com.capacitorjs.background.testapp E File: https://localhost/assets/index-BaCQXITh.js - Line 118 - Msg: Error fetching background data: Error: runner is not started

BackgroundRunner: {
label: "com.capacitorjs.background.testapp.task",
src: "runner/background.js",
event: "fetchTest",
repeat: true,
interval: 15,
autoStart: true,
},
Screenshot 2024-09-27 at 7 35 45 PM

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