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Added a draft proposal for an optional per-window setting to control whether a window continues running while hidden.
The proposal outlines different behavior and platform requirements for macOS and Windows, compatibility considerations, limitations, and proposed tests.
Added a macOS measurement utility to compare callback activity across window visibility states and scheduling policies.
This draft proposal describes opt-in, per-window settings for hidden WebViews on macOS and Windows. It specifies platform behavior and constraints, and adds a macOS command-line probe that measures callback activity across window states.
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Keep Running When Hidden
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Platform options and behavior v3/wep/proposals/keep-running-when-hidden/proposal.md
Proposes a macOS optional.Bool that selects WebKit scheduling behavior and a Windows bool that can skip the final hide after first navigation for a logically hidden window. Documents platform scope and usage.
Adds a command-line probe that configures an optional WebKit scheduling policy, varies window visibility or miniaturization, and counts page or worker callbacks.
Compatibility and validation v3/wep/proposals/keep-running-when-hidden/proposal.md
Documents scheduling limits, compatibility considerations, platform tradeoffs, test plans, implementation references, and proposal conclusions.
wailsapp/wails#6088: The proposal documents the WebView2 composition input dead zone for transparent overlay windows.
Possibly related PRs
wailsapp/wails#5960: This PR implements the macOS scheduling policy and Windows navigation-completion behavior described in the proposal.
Suggested reviewers: leaanthony
Merge Risk: Moderate · up to b6267
This is a draft proposal. Its Windows condition would, in some cases, restore an invisible input surface on a window that was shown and then hidden, which contradicts its own scope. Resolve the scope wording or the condition before this design is accepted for implementation.
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A rabbit checks the hidden pane, And counts each timer’s steady grain. On macOS, the callbacks flow, While window states shift to and fro. Windows keeps its stated rule, Linux stays outside this tool.
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Expand the acceptance tests to cover the full visibility state machine.
Add tests for:
macOS true, false, and unset values.
A WebView attached to a hidden or miniaturized NSWindow.
macOS versions older than 14.
Windows windows hidden before first display.
Windows windows shown, then hidden or minimized, then restored.
Default behavior with the option disabled.
Public-option to native-bridge propagation.
The optional example can supplement these tests, but it cannot replace regression coverage.
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In `@v3/wep/proposals/keep-running-when-hidden/proposal.md` around lines 162 -
171, Expand the proposal’s Test Plan to require regression coverage for the
complete visibility state machine: macOS true, false, and unset options;
WebViews in hidden or miniaturized NSWindows; macOS versions before 14; Windows
windows hidden before first display; windows shown, then hidden or minimized,
and restored; disabled-option defaults; and propagation from the public option
through the native bridge. Treat the v3 example as optional supplementary
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In `@v3/wep/proposals/keep-running-when-hidden/proposal.md`:
- Around line 15-18: Update the macOS proposal contract to use
WKInactiveSchedulingPolicySuspend instead of “OS default (automatic)”, and
describe KeepRunningWhenHidden as assigned while constructing
WKWebViewConfiguration before allocation rather than “at navigation time”.
Verify that the none policy actually prevents throttling for hidden NSWindow
content before exposing the option; otherwise revise or remove the macOS
exposure.
- Around line 26-27: Align the Windows preference wording with its
implementation: either update the hidden-window behavior to keep the WebView2
controller visible across later hide, minimize, and restore transitions, or
explicitly scope the option to windows that are hidden and have never been
shown. Update the Windows option description in the proposal so it matches the
chosen contract.
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In `@v3/wep/proposals/keep-running-when-hidden/proposal.md`:
- Around line 162-171: Expand the proposal’s Test Plan to require regression
coverage for the complete visibility state machine: macOS true, false, and unset
options; WebViews in hidden or miniaturized NSWindows; macOS versions before 14;
Windows windows hidden before first display; windows shown, then hidden or
minimized, and restored; disabled-option defaults; and propagation from the
public option through the native bridge. Treat the v3 example as optional
supplementary coverage, not a substitute for these tests.
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Revised so the WEP matches its reference implementation (now linked: juggler-ai/wails@467d54057 macOS, @782c4e283 Windows):
macOS: the default is WKInactiveSchedulingPolicySuspend, not "automatic". false selects the milder Throttle. The policy is set on the configuration before allocation, not "at navigation time".
Test Plan expanded per CodeRabbit (option states, macOS older than 14, visibility transitions, propagation). No API change. Happy to wait for the post-GA review.
Define the Linux exclusion in terms of JavaScript scheduling.
Wails v3 supports GTK4/WebKitGTK 6.0 and legacy GTK3/WebKit2GTK 4.1. The cited WebKitGTK documentation describes rendering suspension, but it does not establish JavaScript timer behavior for hidden views. Add version-specific timer evidence, or qualify this rationale as unestablished for Linux.
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Review comment at @v3/wep/proposals/keep-running-when-hidden/proposal.md around
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Update the Linux exclusion in the proposal to clarify that JavaScript timer
behavior for hidden views is not established by the cited rendering-suspension
documentation; alternatively, provide version-specific timer evidence for
GTK4/WebKitGTK 6.0 and GTK3/WebKit2GTK 4.1 before asserting the behavior.
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Review comments at @v3/wep/proposals/keep-running-when-hidden/proposal.md:
- Around line 17-18: Update the compatibility claim in the proposal to say the
change is behaviorally backwards compatible but adds a source-level API change,
noting that downstream unkeyed struct literals may fail to compile when the
exported fields are added; preserve the explanation that their zero values
retain existing behavior.
- Line 105: Update all dead-zone references in the proposal to cover both
Windows visual-hosting options: application-wide WindowsOptions.UseVisualHosting
and per-window WindowsWindow.WebView2CompositionHosting. Describe each option’s
scope accurately, and ensure the cost, hidden-window behavior, and validation
guidance address both options independently.
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Review comments at @v3/wep/proposals/keep-running-when-hidden/proposal.md:
- Around line 154-156: Update the Linux exclusion in the proposal to clarify
that JavaScript timer behavior for hidden views is not established by the cited
rendering-suspension documentation; alternatively, provide version-specific
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Revised after measuring the macOS behaviour, which turned out narrower than the earlier draft claimed. On macOS 27, the scheduling policy only matters for a window that has never been shown: the default suspends it, and the option keeps it running. Ordinary hidden-page throttling still applies under every policy. The Measured behaviour section has the numbers and measure.m reproduces them. With that, both platforms cover the same case, windows that are never shown.
Also in this revision: the backwards-compatibility wording is qualified, both Windows visual-hosting options are named, and the Linux rationale is marked as unestablished, not asserted. The reference implementation is now feat/keep-running-when-hidden, two commits on current master.
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- Around line 131-135: Update the Windows proposal’s re-hide condition to
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set -o pipefail
printf'%s\n''--- Windows lifecycle: show/hide ---'
nl -ba v3/pkg/application/webview_window_windows.go | sed -n '1370,1435p'printf'%s\n''--- Windows lifecycle: SetURL/navigationCompleted ---'
nl -ba v3/pkg/application/webview_window_windows.go | sed -n '2785,2930p'printf'%s\n''--- Windows lifecycle: other navigation reset ---'
nl -ba v3/pkg/application/webview_window_windows.go | sed -n '3325,3355p'printf'%s\n''--- Proposal: Windows detailed design ---'
nl -ba v3/wep/proposals/keep-running-when-hidden/proposal.md | sed -n '110,165p'printf'%s\n''--- Proposal: scope, tests, and compatibility ---'
nl -ba v3/wep/proposals/keep-running-when-hidden/proposal.md | sed -n '215,335p'
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Align the Windows scope with the re-hide condition.
The proposal is internally inconsistent. It explicitly includes a window “hidden before that navigation completed,” which covers a window shown and then hidden before first navigation. It also states that showing and then hiding is out of scope and requires hide() to keep the controller hidden.
The current flags do not distinguish these cases. hide() clears windowShown and showRequested, so the first-paint Show() is followed by a skipped final Hide() when the option is enabled. If shown-then-hidden windows are out of scope, track whether the window was previously shown and keep the controller hidden for that case. Update the Windows tests to cover the intended behavior.
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Review comment at @v3/wep/proposals/keep-running-when-hidden/proposal.md around
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Update the Windows proposal’s re-hide condition to distinguish a window that has
never been shown from one shown and then hidden before navigation completes.
Track prior visibility so `navigationCompleted` leaves the controller hidden in
the latter case, and update the Windows tests to cover this behavior.
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Add an opt-in per-window preference that stops the platform WebView from throttling JavaScript while the window is hidden
FYI, here's my reference implementation:
https://github.com/juggler-ai/wails/tree/feat/mac-dock-bounce-on-flash
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