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Pull Request Overview
This PR fixes a critical issue where the performanceTimer.measure method would throw an error if performance marks don't exist, which could cause the entire axe-core run to fail when called from catch blocks. The fix wraps the performance.measure call in a try-catch block to log errors instead of propagating them.
- Added error handling to prevent performance measurement failures from breaking axe runs
- Added comprehensive test coverage for error scenarios in the measure method
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| lib/core/utils/performance-timer.js | Added try-catch wrapper around performance.measure to log errors instead of throwing |
| test/core/utils/performance-timer.js | Added test cases for error handling when performance marks are missing |
| try { | ||
| window.performance.measure(measureName, startMark, endMark); | ||
| } catch (e) { | ||
| this._log(e); |
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Logging the raw error object may not provide useful information to users. Consider logging a more descriptive error message like this._log('Performance measurement failed: ' + e.message); to make the logged error more helpful.
| this._log(e); | |
| this._log('Performance measurement failed: ' + (e && e.message ? e.message : e)); |
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I ran into a problem with this:
axe-core/lib/core/base/rule.js
Lines 297 to 300 in e7dae4e
If the end mark isn't set, performance.measure throws an error. Since we call performance.measure in the catch, it is quite possible that the end mark doesn't exist. And then throwing from a catch completely throws the run. I don't think axe should fail if the performance measure fails, so instead I'm going to have it just log the error and move forward.