Electron: Failed to load URL: file:///#

Question

I've got a mysterious error in the build of my electron app.

The following error shows up when running the AppImage, but not in the dev setup:

(node:41260) electron: Failed to load URL: file:///# with error: ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND

There is no additional info or stacktrace.

I tried to set: process.traceProcessWarnings = true but this does not help.

I think the error appears in the main process, because it pops up in my terminal and not the dev tools.

What could be the problem? Or, how to debug this?

Answer 1

Ok, the build AppImage does not like links like <a href="/#">...</a>, but href="javascript:;" is fine.

One more reason to prefer buttons over empty href links...