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Stirling-PDF/frontend
posthog-eu[bot]andGitHub a835e68ac2 Recover from PDF engine load failures instead of spinning forever
The viewer gated on `isLoading || !engine || !pdfUrl` and only rendered an
error when the `usePdfiumEngine` hook rejected. When the WASM engine load
hung (never resolving or rejecting), the center pane stayed on
"Loading PDF Engine..." indefinitely with no error and no way to recover, so
no selected/dropped PDF ever rendered for the whole session.

- Add `PdfEngineBoundary`, which owns the engine load, times it out, and
  surfaces an error state with a Retry button (nudging the user to update the
  app) instead of an infinite spinner. Retry remounts the boundary so the
  load re-runs from scratch.
- Harden `wasmPrecompiler` to fall back to fetch + `arrayBuffer()` +
  `WebAssembly.compile` when `compileStreaming` is unavailable or fails
  (e.g. wrong MIME type / content-encoding under the `tauri://` protocol).
- Add component tests reproducing the hang → error + retry transition.

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Task-Id: 3aa5a9d0-e661-4860-8e51-4610b2599780
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Frontend

All frontend commands are run from the repository root using Task:

  • task frontend:dev — start Vite dev server (localhost:5173)
  • task frontend:build — production build
  • task frontend:test — run tests
  • task frontend:test:watch — run tests in watch mode
  • task frontend:lint — run ESLint + cycle detection
  • task frontend:typecheck — run TypeScript type checking
  • task frontend:check — run typecheck + lint + test
  • task frontend:install — install npm dependencies

For desktop app development, see the Tauri section below.

Layout

frontend/ is a workspace containing one or more apps. Today it holds the PDF editor under frontend/editor/; new apps (the developer portal, etc.) will sit alongside it as siblings. Shared tooling — package.json, node_modules, .storybook/, ESLint, Prettier — lives at frontend/ so every app installs once and lints with the same config.

Environment Variables

The editor's environment variables live in committed .env files at frontend/editor/:

  • .env — used by all builds (core, proprietary, and as the base for desktop/SaaS)
  • .env.desktop — additional vars loaded in desktop (Tauri) mode
  • .env.saas — additional vars loaded in SaaS mode

These files contain non-secret defaults and are checked into Git, so most dev work needs no further setup.

To override values locally (API keys, machine-specific settings), create an uncommitted sibling editor/.env.local / editor/.env.desktop.local / editor/.env.saas.local. Vite automatically layers these on top of the committed files.

Docker Setup

For Docker deployments and configuration, see the Docker README.

Tauri

All desktop tasks are available via Task. From the root of the repo:

Dev

task desktop:dev

This ensures the JLink runtime and backend JAR exist (skipping if already built), then starts Tauri in dev mode.

Build

task desktop:build

This does a full clean rebuild of the backend JAR and JLink runtime, then builds the Tauri app for production.

Platform-specific dev builds are also available:

task desktop:build:dev           # No bundling
task desktop:build:dev:mac       # macOS .app bundle
task desktop:build:dev:windows   # Windows NSIS installer
task desktop:build:dev:linux     # Linux AppImage

You can also run JLink steps individually:

task desktop:jlink          # Build JAR + create JLink runtime
task desktop:jlink:jar      # Build backend JAR only
task desktop:jlink:runtime  # Create JLink custom JRE only
task desktop:jlink:clean    # Remove JLink artifacts

Clean

task desktop:clean

Removes all desktop build artifacts including JLink runtime, bundled JARs, Cargo build, and dist/build directories.