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miherlosev opened this issue Sep 13, 2018 · 2 comments
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Replace exec to spawn for running tested app #2857

miherlosev opened this issue Sep 13, 2018 · 2 comments
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miherlosev commented Sep 13, 2018 •
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When a tested app command (provided via the --app parameter) outputs a large number of log messages to stdout or stderr, it can overflow child process buffers used by the child_process.exec function. We should use child_process.spawn that doesn't have this limitation.
@miherlosev miherlosev added TYPE: enhancement The accepted proposal for future implementation. AREA: server labels Sep 13, 2018
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Workarounds:

macOS/Linux
testcafe --app "yarn start >/dev/null 2>&1"
Windows
testcafe --app "yarn start >NUL"

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