fix(exporter): prefer WebGL before WebGPU in default/auto modern export mode on Linux - #1024
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…rt mode on Linux The modern (Lightning) exporter tried WebGPU first in default/auto mode even when WebGPU was only nominally present on Linux, then crashed during the first renderFrame (rendererInitMs reported success, frameCount stayed 0). The crash surfaced as an _resourceType fault inside the Pixi WebGPU renderer path. This swap makes WebGL the first attempt in default/auto mode when the browser reports a GPU object, matching the legacy frameRenderer path and the preview renderer. An explicit preferredRenderBackend is still honored, and the fallback to WebGPU still kicks in when WebGL init fails. Add a regression test that exercises the WebGL-first default/auto branch and a second test that exercises the WebGL-failure WebGPU fallback, plus a regression test that continues to the next backend when failed-init cleanup would throw. Fixes the Linux Lightning-export crash. Verified end-to-end by rebuilding the bundled renderer + Linux AppImage (electron-builder --linux), packaging the patched renderer into the asar in release/linux-unpacked/resources/app.asar, and running the smoke harness twice against the rebuilt binary: - default/auto (no forced backend): success, renderBackend=webgl, 2522 frames, 84.038s - explicit smokeRenderBackend=webgl: success, renderBackend=webgl, 2522 frames, 84.038s Co-Authored-By: Hermes Agent (hermes-agent.nousresearch.com)
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughWhen no backend preference is set and WebGPU is available, the renderer now tries WebGL first. Tests cover WebGL success, fallback to WebGPU after WebGL initialization fails, and the unchanged explicit WebGPU preference. ChangesRenderer backend selection
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Change: Bug fix Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to If WebGL fails after acquiring a context, the WebGPU fallback may also fail and prevent the export. Use a fresh canvas for the fallback before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@src/lib/exporter/modernFrameRenderer.ts`:
- Line 632: Update the WebGL-to-WebGPU fallback sequence containing "webgl" and
"webgpu" to create and use a fresh canvas for the WebGPU attempt when WebGL
acquires a context but fails during initialization; do not reuse the canvas
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Use a fresh canvas when WebGL initialization fails before WebGPU fallback.
If WebGL acquires a context and then fails during initialization, the next attempt receives the same canvas. A canvas with a WebGL context cannot acquire a WebGPU context, so the export fails instead of falling back. Destroying the failed application does not change the canvas context mode. Create a fresh canvas for the next attempt. The new tests pass {} as the canvas, so they do not cover this failure. (html.spec.whatwg.org)
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In `@src/lib/exporter/modernFrameRenderer.ts` at line 632, Update the
WebGL-to-WebGPU fallback sequence containing "webgl" and "webgpu" to create and
use a fresh canvas for the WebGPU attempt when WebGL acquires a context but
fails during initialization; do not reuse the canvas whose context mode is
already WebGL.
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fix(exporter): prefer WebGL before WebGPU in default/auto modern export mode on Linux
What broke
On Linux, the modern (Lightning) exporter chose WebGPU first in default/auto
mode even when WebGPU was only nominally present, then crashed during the first
renderFrame. The crash showed up as an
_resourceTypefault inside the PixiWebGPU renderer path:
rendererInitMsreported success withrenderBackend: webgpu, butframeCountstayed 0.Note on the "disabled_off" telemetry: in terminal-launched Chromium instances
Chromium may report webgl/webgpu as
disabled_offwithinProcessGpu: true, butthe modern pipeline still attempts the WebGPU renderer and crashes the same way,
so the code-path ordering — not the GPU feature status line — is what matters.
What the fix does
Swaps the default/auto backend order so WebGL is the first attempt when the
browser reports a GPU object, matching the legacy
frameRendererpath and thepreview renderer. The explicit
preferredRenderBackendis still honored, andthe fallback to WebGPU still kicks in when WebGL init fails.
Before:
default/auto + navigator.gpu present → ["webgpu", "webgl"]preferredRenderBackend: "webgpu" → ["webgpu", "webgl"]After:
default/auto + navigator.gpu present → ["webgl", "webgpu"]preferredRenderBackend: "webgpu" → ["webgpu", "webgl"](unchanged)This is a source-level parity change, not a bundle-only patch: the renderer
bundle (
modernVideoExporter-*.js) ships the samebackendOrderwiring, andthe rebuilt AppImage packages it into
release/linux-unpacked/resources/app.asar.Regression tests added
In
src/lib/exporter/modernFrameRenderer.test.ts:tries WebGL before WebGPU in default/auto mode when both are nominally available— default/auto +navigator.gpupresent resolves backend to"webgl"on the first attempt.falls back to WebGPU when WebGL fails in default/auto mode— when WebGLinit fails first, the second attempt uses WebGPU; the failed WebGL instance is
destroyed and the successful WebGPU instance survives.
continues to the next backend when failed-init cleanup would throw— theexisting test, with an added note that explicit
preferredRenderBackend: "webgpu"still tries WebGPU first (the fix onlychanges the default/auto order).
Verification
Gates on the changed files:
npm run typecheck(tsc --noEmit) — greennpx vitest --run src/lib/exporter/modernFrameRenderer.test.ts— greennpx biome lint src/lib/exporter/modernFrameRenderer.ts src/lib/exporter/modernFrameRenderer.test.ts— greenBuilt and packaged:
node node_modules/typescript/bin/tsc+node node_modules/vite/bin/vite.js build --config vite.config.tsscripts/normalize-electron-main-cjs.mjsandscripts/smoke-electron-main-cjs.mjsnpx electron-builder --linux --config electron-builder.json5→release/Recordly-linux-x64.AppImageEnd-to-end (smoke harness, isolated profile, the supplied
recording-1790221349561.webm, native WebCodecs encode):Run 1 — patched binary, default/auto, no forced render backend:
renderBackend webgl, 2522 frames, 84.038s effective duration
Run 2 — patched binary, explicit
smokeRenderBackend=webgl(the fixedfallback path exercised directly):
renderBackend webgl, 2522 frames, 84.038s effective duration
Both runs produced a real output mp4 and a
*.report.json.Files changed
src/lib/exporter/modernFrameRenderer.ts— backend-order swap indefault/auto mode (WebGL-first when WebGPU is nominally present)
src/lib/exporter/modernFrameRenderer.test.ts— regression tests for theWebGL-first default/auto branch, the WebGL-failure WebGPU fallback, and the
failed-init cleanup path
Co-Authored-By: Hermes Agent (hermes-agent.nousresearch.com)
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