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Instead of evaluating a describer in the page, format Map, Set, function,
DOM node, symbol, bigint and cyclic arguments from the description and
preview that CDP already sends with each console argument. The rules are a
plain-text port of devtools-frontend's RemoteObjectPreviewFormatter, which
only renders Lit templates, so the output matches the DevTools console
(for example `Map(1) {1 => 2}`, `(3) [1, empty, 3]`,
`Promise {<fulfilled>: 5}`). Since nothing runs in the page, these
arguments are also formatted after the page has navigated away.
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src/formatters/ConsoleFormatter.ts, replace thetype RemoteObject = ReturnType<Awaited<ReturnType<ConsoleMessage['args']>>[number]['remoteObject']>alias withProtocol.Runtime.RemoteObject. The derived type is the same type and the alias is hard to read. -
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src/formatters/RemoteObjectFormatter.ts, import{DevTools}from../third_party/index.jsand useDevTools.Platform.StringUtilities, assrc/telemetry/flagUtils.tsdoes, instead ofimport * as DevToolsplusDevTools.DevTools.Platform. The doubled namespace is confusing. -
Add a note in the PR description (and in the file header comment of
src/formatters/RemoteObjectFormatter.ts) that the port follows devtools-frontend'sRemoteObjectPreviewFormatterat a specific revision, and list the intentional differences (plain text, nonodeDescription,MAX_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH = 400). A 259-line port of UI logic needs an anchor for future syncs.
Nit (non-blocking): previews render strings as JS literals ('x') while plain objects still go through jsonValue() and print JSON ({"a":1}). Mixed quoting in one message is acceptable, but worth a sentence in the PR description.
… origin Use Protocol.Runtime.RemoteObject instead of a type derived from ConsoleMessage, import DevTools the way flagUtils.ts does, and note the devtools-frontend revision the RemoteObjectPreviewFormatter port follows together with its intentional differences.
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exportfromformatObjectPreviewinsrc/formatters/RemoteObjectFormatter.ts. It has no caller outside the module, andAGENTS.mddoes not allow public functions that exist only for tests. -
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Datechange as a user-visible behavior change:mainprints"1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"fromjsonValue(), the PR prints the CDP descriptionThu Jan 01 1970 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (...). The title and description claimDatewas printed badly, butmainalready printed a valid ISO string. -
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tests/formatters/ConsoleFormatter.test.ts, add a test wherejsonValue()rejects andremoteObject()has nopreview, and assert the result is<error: Argument 0 is no longer available>. The newcatchhas two branches (previewpresent or absent) and the PR tests only one. -
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tests/formatters/RemoteObjectFormatter.test.ts, change thepreview()helper to take one options object foroverflowandentries. The Map and Set tests pass a positionalfalseplaceholder to reachentries, whichAGENTS.mddisallo
…view helper Make formatObjectPreview module-private, pass overflow and entries to the test preview() helper as one options object, and test that an argument without a preview whose jsonValue() rejects is reported as no longer available.
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list_console_messages/get_console_messageprint console arguments throughjsonValue(). On main a Map, Set or DOM node prints as{}, and a cyclic object shows<error: Argument N is no longer available>. This formats those arguments from the description and preview that CDP already sends with them, so nothing extra is evaluated in the page. Plain objects, arrays and primitives still usejsonValue().User-visible behavior change (Date). Dates now print the CDP description instead of the
jsonValue()ISO string. Main prints1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z, this PR printsThu Jan 01 1970 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time), the same text the DevTools console shows. Main's ISO output was already valid; this is a change in format, not a fix.Port origin.
src/formatters/RemoteObjectFormatter.tsis a plain-text port of devtools-frontend'sfront_end/ui/legacy/components/object_ui/RemoteObjectPreviewFormatter.tsat revisionf7e7785de52d6f5955d6a9c5956c2fe2d520d091(thethird_party/devtools-frontendrevision this branch uses). Intentional differences:renderNodeTitlespans); trusted types print their description instead ofClassName "value".dateandnodeprint their description instead of a property preview.includeNullOrUndefinedoption is dropped.unserializableValue.MAX_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH(same value).Quoting. Values formatted from a preview show nested strings as JS literals (
'x'), while plain objects still go throughjsonValue()and print as JSON ({"a":1}), so one message can mix both quoting styles.Tests (no browser):
tests/formatters/RemoteObjectFormatter.test.ts: Map/Set entries, cyclic objects, arrays with holes and overflow, typed arrays, promise state, and description-only values (Date, DOM node, function, symbol, bigint).tests/formatters/ConsoleFormatter.test.ts: Map and cyclic arguments are formatted from their preview while a plain object keepsjsonValue(); an argument whosejsonValue()rejects and has no preview is reported as<error: Argument 0 is no longer available>.