Hyper: Hyper crashes on launch on recent Windows 10 builds

[cerebrate]

• [x] I am on the latest Hyper.app version

• [x] I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate

• OS version and name: Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview, build 16215

• Hyper.app version: 1.3.3
• Link of a Gist with the contents of your .hyper.js: https://gist.github.com/cerebrate/ac9aa51a9dfa641a23fe1881f3be449a
• Relevant information from devtools _(CMD+ALT+I on Mac OS, CTRL+SHIFT+I elsewhere)_: N/A
• The issue is reproducible in vanilla Hyper.app: Yes. Removing plugins has no effect on problem.

Issue

Hyper crashes on launch with the following error:

[Window Title]
Error

[Main Instruction]
A JavaScript error occurred in the main process

[Content]
Uncaught Exception:
Error: EINVAL: invalid argument, lstat 'C:\Users\avatar\OneDrive'
at Error (native)
at fs.lstatSync (fs.js:982:18)
at Object.fs.lstatSync (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:244:16)
at Gaze._addToWatched (C:\Users\avatar\AppData\Local\hyper\app-1.3.3\resources\app\node_modules\gaze\lib\gaze.js:292:14)
at Gaze.add (C:\Users\avatar\AppData\Local\hyper\app-1.3.3\resources\app\node_modules\gaze\lib\gaze.js:190:8)
at new Gaze (C:\Users\avatar\AppData\Local\hyper\app-1.3.3\resources\app\node_modules\gaze\lib\gaze.js:74:10)
at gaze (C:\Users\avatar\AppData\Local\hyper\app-1.3.3\resources\app\node_modules\gaze\lib\gaze.js:86:10)
at watch (C:\Users\avatar\AppData\Local\hyper\app-1.3.3\resources\app\config.js:44:3)
at Object.exports.init (C:\Users\avatar\AppData\Local\hyper\app-1.3.3\resources\app\config.js:130:3)
at Object. (C:\Users\avatar\AppData\Local\hyper\app-1.3.3\resources\app\index.js:62:8)

[OK]

I believe this may relate to the changes to OneDrive in Windows 10 build 16215 and higher, in which placeholders are once again available in place of conventional files, although I don't know why Hyper is attempting to access that folder in the first place.

[cerebrate]

Confirmed : hacking config.js at line 20 to use an arbitrary temporary directory rather than homedir() - parent of the problematic OneDrive directory - makes the problem go away.

[DuIslingr]

I don't experience this issue on Build 16226.

Edit: Nevermind it occurs now. dunno wtf changed. it was working and now its not.... weird

[srimajji]

@cerebrate thanks for the tip! I feel like this might have something to do with the new OneDrive "files on demand" feature that Microsoft recently released with the new insider builds.

Hyper starts up without any issues if i turn off that feature within OneDrive settings.

[UsmanMohammad]

@DuIslingr Did you enable OneDrive files on demand?

[DuIslingr]

@UsmanMohammad I did actually. I'm gonna turn it off and see if that solves it.

Edit: Ok Turning it off solves it. When I turn it back on I am able to start it once. But after that I get the error above.

[cerebrate]

Yeah, the fundamental problem is that node.js lstat() doesn't understand NTFS reparse points, which the OneDrive "folder" is (Edit: to enable the on-demand functionality, that is).

[Florian-R]

@UsmanMohammad Are you thinking it's due to nodejs/node#12737

Edit: Seems that @cerebrate beat me to it.

[ddemaree]

Same bug, same solution (turning off Files on Demand allowed Hyper to launch).

[eamodio]

Same issue, but turning off Files On-Demand didn't resolve the issue. I am on the latest fast-ring Windows 10 version (started happening 2 versions back)

[HotelCalifornia]

I just updated to windows 16725 and started getting this issue.

I looked at my OneDrive settings, and Files On-Demand is not enabled.

[eamodio]

For now I just commented out line 130 in config.js (%userprofile%\AppData\Local\hyper\app-1.3.3\resources\app\config.js)

  // watch();

You will lose the auto-detect of config changes, but at least it works :)

[athosmoreno]

I'm on 16251 build and I'm having this issue. I disabled Files On-Demand and it fixed it for a while but it returned today for some reason. Commenting watch(); on line 130 mentioned by @eamodio made it work here.

[eamodio]

This seems to have been resolved in either the latest Windows fast-ring or the hyper upgrade

[danielsada]

Confirmed #fixed for Build 16278 (Latest slow release) and for Hyper 1.4.3

[chabou]

Great! Thank you!