Frontend initialization of electron app fails on Windows when runing the exe via UNC path.

[aghayanlena]

The initialization of my theia custom electron application fails on Windows when running theia via UNC path. ( --no-sandbox option is presented)
From the Network tab of DevTools the following request is refused:
Request URL: http://<server_name_of_UNC_paht>/socket.io/?EIO=4&transport=polling&t=OvSpqm9

Although, from the logs, it is listening to http://127.0.0.1:<port_number> . and the response of the same request to localhost is
$ curl http://127.0.0.1:<port_number>/socket.io/?EIO=4&transport=polling
0{"sid":"cx7PqAU7lTT64JufAAAB","upgrades":["websocket"],"pingInterval":30000,"pingTimeout":60000,"maxPayload":100000000}

is this behavior expected? is there any configuration that I should apply when running the electron app via the UNC path?

Note: I don't see any issue on Windows when running theia with a local path.

[msujew]

Hey @aghayanlena,

This is a known issue: #11997. Theia currently does not support opening workspaces from network drives.

[msujew]

Oh, I see. I misread your original post. I assume that's a bug in our messaging layer that messes up when trying to build the server URL. Please create a new bug report for this.

[aghayanlena]

Created new Bug report: #13512

[aghayanlena]

Hi @msujew ,

My project has a dependency on the #13512 issue, and currently, I don't have a workaround for it. Are there any plans for this issue?

Thanks,
Lena

[msujew]

@aghayanlena I've just labeled the issue to make it clear that anyone can pick it up. I don't think that any active contributor party has this on their roadmap. Feel free to contribute something (and you can likely expect a timely review), but don't expect someone else to fix this on their own time/cost.

[aghayanlena]

Ok. We will consider fixing this from our side.

Thanks @msujew !