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Changes tab, ObservableMap open error.

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Reproduce the failure by opening an ObservableMap entry from the Changes tab, then inspect backend.js around line 4189 and the postMessage call reported by Chrome. Done means the ObservableMap entry opens without the DOMException about cloning [object Object].

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Description

can't reproduce

I use Changes tab and click to ObservableMap@5{...} +1 -1,
not working.

chrome console error
backend.js:4189 Uncaught DOMException: Failed to execute 'postMessage' on 'Window': [object Object] could not be cloned.

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JavaScript
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