can nightmare load NPAPI plugins?

Description

Contributor guide

Tech stack

javascriptelectron

Domain

testing

Issue type

bug

DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.

4

Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.

3-5 days

Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.

stale

ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.

unclear

Prerequisites

Electron basicsNPAPI understanding

Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.

15

Research direction

This issue reports that Nightmare does not load NPAPI plugins, which are needed for some login flows. NPAPI is a deprecated plugin architecture, and modern browsers including Electron/Chromium have dropped support. The repository is archived (segment boneyard), so the issue may be irrelevant. To proceed, a contributor should first confirm if the repo is still maintained, then check if NPAPI was ever supported in Electron. Look at the codebase for plugin loading in lib/nightmare.js or similar. Since there is no detailed reproduction, the contributor should attempt to create a minimal test case using a known NPAPI plugin. However, given the deprecation, this is likely not a feasible fix.