nodejs
Can't run when there is no NULL service on Windows 10/11
Version
20.9.0
Platform
No response
Subsystem
electron 29.4.1
What steps will reproduce the bug?
- Stop the NULL Service on Windows(Or Remove the NULL Service)
- Run Electron Demo (electron 29.4.1)
- Can't run with some error
How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?
Always when no NULL Service
What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?
Normal start Electron Demo
What do you see instead?
Exit with some error
Additional information
Old Electron Version(v22.0) Demo is OK, but latest is bad
https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/e2242b4e256082e01d8df6a4155ddc80e146c123/src/node.cc#L643C45-L643C47 it stops work in this line
Can you reproduce without electron? Please provide some example code.
If you can't reproduce without electron, this may be an issue with Electron, and not Node.js
Additionally, v20.9.0 is ~~EoL~~ not the latest version of that release line. If you can't reproduce on the latest version of the release line, this has probably already been patched.
Additionally, v20.9.0 is EoL. If you can't reproduce on other versions, this is invalid.
since when 20.9.0 is EoL?
v20.9.0 has been superseded by v20.18.0. If this isn't reproducible in v20.18.0, then it's probably patched.
EoL probably wasn't the best wording, "not the latest version" would've been better
Additionally, v20.9.0 is ~EoL~ not the latest version of that release line. If you can't reproduce on the latest version of the release line, this has probably already been patched.
It can reproduce when it runs with windows application without console, because it want to redirect stdout, stderr to null and it is faileld.
runs with windows application without console
Even then the "nul" special file should still be there, it's built into Windows. How come it's not there?
IMHO this sounds like a system issue. IIUC you are deleting a system file, breakages can be expected in many programs
In any case, "electron demo" isn't a reproducible example, please provide a snippet that can be used for reproduction.
IMHO this sounds like a system issue. IIUC you are deleting a system file, breakages can be expected in many programs
In any case, "electron demo" isn't a reproducible example, please provide a snippet that can be used for reproduction.
did you stop the windows NULL service when reproduce?
runs with windows application without console
Even then the "nul" special file should still be there, it's built into Windows. How come it's not there?
I don't know how to produce this environment, but I found that there is about 0.1% of users have no NULL service started, this is the stats, and there is no problem when you are using electron version 22 without NULL service
and there is no problem when you are using electron version 22 without NULL service
Then maybe this is a problem with Electron, not Node.js?
and there is no problem when you are using electron version 22 without NULL service
Then maybe this is a problem with Electron, not Node.js?
it crashed in nodejs's code, I don't know who is responsible for it, but nodejs is benefit from electron(it makes more user using nodejs), I think nodejs should improve the stability whether who use it.
Following the conclusion from https://github.com/libuv/libuv/issues/4593 I'm going to close this issue too. As it's also previously stated here, this seems like a system issue.
