Service-worker.js not available in the for debugging in the chrome dev tools

Issue

I understand service-worker runs as a separate thread parallel to the main thread. I have an android app that runs Webview. My app is in react and i use workbox strategies for caching. Service worker updates everytime I do a new build. However the source file of service-worker.js is not available in the chrome dev tools for me to debug. Any idea how i can get the file there so that i can put breakpoints and debug ?

PS: just few days before i could get the file for debugging the dev tools. I am not sure what has changed. I havent changed any settings the the browser.

Solution

I'm having the exact same problem with the same symptoms and timeframe. I tried everything I can think of and can no longer get remote debugging of a service worker running in an Android WebView to work.

Like you I am sure it was working in mid-February and stopped working in the last few weeks.

I submitted a bug to Google which you can find here.

I think we can only hope it will be fixed in an upcoming release of Chrome.

Answered By - Steve Langley