Bug: react-devtools crash at start

[Jumbostan]

I am trying to debug a React Native app with react-devtools but when I launch it, it shows a blank window for about 2 seconds an closes. It doesn't show any error in the console.
I tried with npx, npm global and yarn

I tried several versions 4.x.x and the result is the same
It work with versions 3.x.x but can't connect with React Native

SO: Ubuntu 22.04.1
node :16.16.0
npm: 8.11.0

[lunaruan]

Hey! What versions of React Native and React DevTools are you using?

[Jumbostan]

Hey! What versions of React Native and React DevTools are you using?

Hi, I'm using react-devtools 4.25.0, RN 0.69.4.
I also tried in a virtual machine with Ubuntu 22.04.1 in a different host and the error is the same... react-devtools crash after a couple of seconds

[Majkipl27]

Use arch btw it will work

[titoasty]

Same issue on Ubuntu 22.04 with:

• react-native: 0.69.6
• react-devtools: 4.26.1

[tom-james-watson]

Also seeing the same issue in Ubuntu 22.04.

[hab12335]

Use arch btw it will work

same issue on arch

inux arch-laptop 6.1.8-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue, 24 Jan 2023 21:07:04 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
node v18.13.0 (npm v8.19.3)

[geeksville]

same on ubuntu 22.10

[geeksville]

Great workaround (recommended by @TrainDoctor) that fixed things for me:

react-devtools --no-sandbox

apparently the electron in react-devtools is old-old.

[JoshDesmond]

I had the same issue on

• Ubuntu 22.04.2
• react-native: 0.70.6
• react-devtools@4.27.2

The fix above of using react-devtools --no-sandbox worked for me. (Thanks!)

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