refactor[react-devtools]: initialize renderer interface early (#30946)

The current state is that `rendererInterface`, which contains all the
backend logic, like generating component stack or attaching errors to
fibers, or traversing the Fiber tree, ..., is only mounted after the
Frontend is created.

For browser extension, this means that we don't patch console or track
errors and warnings before Chrome DevTools is opened.

With these changes, `rendererInterface` is created right after
`renderer` is injected from React via global hook object (e. g.
`__REACT_DEVTOOLS_GLOBAL_HOOK__.inject(...)`.

Because of the current implementation, in case of multiple Reacts on the
page, all of them will patch the console independently. This will be
fixed in one of the next PRs, where I am moving console patching to the
global Hook.

This change of course makes `hook.js` script bigger, but I think it is a
reasonable trade-off for better DevX. We later can add more heuristics
to optimize the performance (if necessary) of `rendererInterface` for
cases when Frontend was connected late and Backend is attempting to
flush out too many recorded operations.

This essentially reverts #26563.

packages/react-devtools-extensions/src/background/dynamicallyInjectContentScripts.js

@@ -25,14 +25,6 @@ const contentScriptsToInject = [
     runAt: 'document_start',
     world: chrome.scripting.ExecutionWorld.MAIN,
   },
-  {
-    id: '@react-devtools/renderer',
-    js: ['build/renderer.js'],
-    matches: ['<all_urls>'],
-    persistAcrossSessions: true,
-    runAt: 'document_start',
-    world: chrome.scripting.ExecutionWorld.MAIN,
-  },
 ];
 
 async function dynamicallyInjectContentScripts() {

packages/react-devtools-extensions/webpack.config.js

@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ module.exports = {
     panel: './src/panel.js',
     proxy: './src/contentScripts/proxy.js',
     prepareInjection: './src/contentScripts/prepareInjection.js',
-    renderer: './src/contentScripts/renderer.js',
     installHook: './src/contentScripts/installHook.js',
   },
   output: {

packages/react-devtools-shared/src/attachRenderer.js

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @flow
+ */
+
+import type {
+  ReactRenderer,
+  RendererInterface,
+  DevToolsHook,
+  RendererID,
+} from 'react-devtools-shared/src/backend/types';
+
+import {attach as attachFlight} from 'react-devtools-shared/src/backend/flight/renderer';
+import {attach as attachFiber} from 'react-devtools-shared/src/backend/fiber/renderer';
+import {attach as attachLegacy} from 'react-devtools-shared/src/backend/legacy/renderer';
+import {hasAssignedBackend} from 'react-devtools-shared/src/backend/utils';
+
+// this is the backend that is compatible with all older React versions
+function isMatchingRender(version: string): boolean {
+  return !hasAssignedBackend(version);
+}
+
+export default function attachRenderer(
+  hook: DevToolsHook,
+  id: RendererID,
+  renderer: ReactRenderer,
+  global: Object,
+): RendererInterface | void {
+  // only attach if the renderer is compatible with the current version of the backend
+  if (!isMatchingRender(renderer.reconcilerVersion || renderer.version)) {
+    return;
+  }
+  let rendererInterface = hook.rendererInterfaces.get(id);
+
+  // Inject any not-yet-injected renderers (if we didn't reload-and-profile)
+  if (rendererInterface == null) {
+    if (typeof renderer.getCurrentComponentInfo === 'function') {
+      // react-flight/client
+      rendererInterface = attachFlight(hook, id, renderer, global);
+    } else if (
+      // v16-19
+      typeof renderer.findFiberByHostInstance === 'function' ||
+      // v16.8+
+      renderer.currentDispatcherRef != null
+    ) {
+      // react-reconciler v16+
+      rendererInterface = attachFiber(hook, id, renderer, global);
+    } else if (renderer.ComponentTree) {
+      // react-dom v15
+      rendererInterface = attachLegacy(hook, id, renderer, global);
+    } else {
+      // Older react-dom or other unsupported renderer version
+    }
+  }
+
+  return rendererInterface;
+}

packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/agent.js

@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ export default class Agent extends EventEmitter<{
   traceUpdates: [Set<HostInstance>],
   drawTraceUpdates: [Array<HostInstance>],
   disableTraceUpdates: [],
+  getIfHasUnsupportedRendererVersion: [],
 }> {
   _bridge: BackendBridge;
   _isProfiling: boolean = false;
@@ -221,6 +222,10 @@ export default class Agent extends EventEmitter<{
     );
     bridge.addListener('updateComponentFilters', this.updateComponentFilters);
     bridge.addListener('getEnvironmentNames', this.getEnvironmentNames);
+    bridge.addListener(
+      'getIfHasUnsupportedRendererVersion',
+      this.getIfHasUnsupportedRendererVersion,
+    );
 
     // Temporarily support older standalone front-ends sending commands to newer embedded backends.
     // We do this because React Native embeds the React DevTools backend,
@@ -709,7 +714,7 @@ export default class Agent extends EventEmitter<{
     }
   }
 
-  setRendererInterface(
+  registerRendererInterface(
     rendererID: RendererID,
     rendererInterface: RendererInterface,
   ) {
@@ -940,8 +945,12 @@ export default class Agent extends EventEmitter<{
     }
   };
 
-  onUnsupportedRenderer(rendererID: number) {
-    this._bridge.send('unsupportedRendererVersion', rendererID);
+  getIfHasUnsupportedRendererVersion: () => void = () => {
+    this.emit('getIfHasUnsupportedRendererVersion');
+  };
+
+  onUnsupportedRenderer() {
+    this._bridge.send('unsupportedRendererVersion');
   }
 
   _persistSelectionTimerScheduled: boolean = false;

packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/index.js

@@ -9,18 +9,7 @@
 
 import Agent from './agent';
 
-import {attach as attachFiber} from './fiber/renderer';
-import {attach as attachFlight} from './flight/renderer';
-import {attach as attachLegacy} from './legacy/renderer';
-
-import {hasAssignedBackend} from './utils';
-
-import type {DevToolsHook, ReactRenderer, RendererInterface} from './types';
-
-// this is the backend that is compatible with all older React versions
-function isMatchingRender(version: string): boolean {
-  return !hasAssignedBackend(version);
-}
+import type {DevToolsHook, RendererID, RendererInterface} from './types';
 
 export type InitBackend = typeof initBackend;
 
@@ -34,29 +23,32 @@ export function initBackend(
     return () => {};
   }
 
+  function registerRendererInterface(
+    id: RendererID,
+    rendererInterface: RendererInterface,
+  ) {
+    agent.registerRendererInterface(id, rendererInterface);
+
+    // Now that the Store and the renderer interface are connected,
+    // it's time to flush the pending operation codes to the frontend.
+    rendererInterface.flushInitialOperations();
+  }
+
   const subs = [
     hook.sub(
       'renderer-attached',
       ({
         id,
-        renderer,
         rendererInterface,
       }: {
         id: number,
-        renderer: ReactRenderer,
         rendererInterface: RendererInterface,
-        ...
       }) => {
-        agent.setRendererInterface(id, rendererInterface);
-
-        // Now that the Store and the renderer interface are connected,
-        // it's time to flush the pending operation codes to the frontend.
-        rendererInterface.flushInitialOperations();
+        registerRendererInterface(id, rendererInterface);
       },
     ),
-
-    hook.sub('unsupported-renderer-version', (id: number) => {
-      agent.onUnsupportedRenderer(id);
+    hook.sub('unsupported-renderer-version', () => {
+      agent.onUnsupportedRenderer();
     }),
 
     hook.sub('fastRefreshScheduled', agent.onFastRefreshScheduled),
@@ -66,68 +58,19 @@ export function initBackend(
     // TODO Add additional subscriptions required for profiling mode
   ];
 
-  const attachRenderer = (id: number, renderer: ReactRenderer) => {
-    // only attach if the renderer is compatible with the current version of the backend
-    if (!isMatchingRender(renderer.reconcilerVersion || renderer.version)) {
-      return;
-    }
-    let rendererInterface = hook.rendererInterfaces.get(id);
-
-    // Inject any not-yet-injected renderers (if we didn't reload-and-profile)
-    if (rendererInterface == null) {
-      if (typeof renderer.getCurrentComponentInfo === 'function') {
-        // react-flight/client
-        rendererInterface = attachFlight(hook, id, renderer, global);
-      } else if (
-        // v16-19
-        typeof renderer.findFiberByHostInstance === 'function' ||
-        // v16.8+
-        renderer.currentDispatcherRef != null
-      ) {
-        // react-reconciler v16+
-        rendererInterface = attachFiber(hook, id, renderer, global);
-      } else if (renderer.ComponentTree) {
-        // react-dom v15
-        rendererInterface = attachLegacy(hook, id, renderer, global);
-      } else {
-        // Older react-dom or other unsupported renderer version
-      }
-
-      if (rendererInterface != null) {
-        hook.rendererInterfaces.set(id, rendererInterface);
-      }
+  agent.addListener('getIfHasUnsupportedRendererVersion', () => {
+    if (hook.hasUnsupportedRendererAttached) {
+      agent.onUnsupportedRenderer();
     }
-
-    // Notify the DevTools frontend about new renderers.
-    // This includes any that were attached early (via __REACT_DEVTOOLS_ATTACH__).
-    if (rendererInterface != null) {
-      hook.emit('renderer-attached', {
-        id,
-        renderer,
-        rendererInterface,
-      });
-    } else {
-      hook.emit('unsupported-renderer-version', id);
-    }
-  };
-
-  // Connect renderers that have already injected themselves.
-  hook.renderers.forEach((renderer, id) => {
-    attachRenderer(id, renderer);
   });
 
-  // Connect any new renderers that injected themselves.
-  subs.push(
-    hook.sub(
-      'renderer',
-      ({id, renderer}: {id: number, renderer: ReactRenderer, ...}) => {
-        attachRenderer(id, renderer);
-      },
-    ),
-  );
+  hook.rendererInterfaces.forEach((rendererInterface, id) => {
+    registerRendererInterface(id, rendererInterface);
+  });
 
   hook.emit('react-devtools', agent);
   hook.reactDevtoolsAgent = agent;
+
   const onAgentShutdown = () => {
     subs.forEach(fn => fn());
     hook.rendererInterfaces.forEach(rendererInterface => {

packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/types.js

@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ export type DevToolsHook = {
   listeners: {[key: string]: Array<Handler>, ...},
   rendererInterfaces: Map<RendererID, RendererInterface>,
   renderers: Map<RendererID, ReactRenderer>,
+  hasUnsupportedRendererAttached: boolean,
   backends: Map<string, DevToolsBackend>,
 
   emit: (event: string, data: any) => void,

packages/react-devtools-shared/src/bridge.js

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ export type BackendEvents = {
   stopInspectingHost: [boolean],
   syncSelectionFromBuiltinElementsPanel: [],
   syncSelectionToBuiltinElementsPanel: [],
-  unsupportedRendererVersion: [RendererID],
+  unsupportedRendererVersion: [],
 
   // React Native style editor plug-in.
   isNativeStyleEditorSupported: [
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ type FrontendEvents = {
   deletePath: [DeletePath],
   getBackendVersion: [],
   getBridgeProtocol: [],
+  getIfHasUnsupportedRendererVersion: [],
   getOwnersList: [ElementAndRendererID],
   getProfilingData: [{rendererID: RendererID}],
   getProfilingStatus: [],

packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/store.js

@@ -1500,6 +1500,7 @@ export default class Store extends EventEmitter<{
     }
 
     this._bridge.send('getBackendVersion');
+    this._bridge.send('getIfHasUnsupportedRendererVersion');
   };
 
   // The Store should never throw an Error without also emitting an event.

packages/react-devtools-shared/src/hook.js

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   FIREFOX_CONSOLE_DIMMING_COLOR,
   ANSI_STYLE_DIMMING_TEMPLATE,
 } from 'react-devtools-shared/src/constants';
+import attachRenderer from './attachRenderer';
 
 declare var window: any;
 
@@ -358,7 +359,6 @@ export function installHook(target: any): DevToolsHook | null {
   }
 
   let uidCounter = 0;
-
   function inject(renderer: ReactRenderer): number {
     const id = ++uidCounter;
     renderers.set(id, renderer);
@@ -367,20 +367,21 @@ export function installHook(target: any): DevToolsHook | null {
       ? 'deadcode'
       : detectReactBuildType(renderer);
 
-    // If we have just reloaded to profile, we need to inject the renderer interface before the app loads.
-    // Otherwise the renderer won't yet exist and we can skip this step.
-    const attach = target.__REACT_DEVTOOLS_ATTACH__;
-    if (typeof attach === 'function') {
-      const rendererInterface = attach(hook, id, renderer, target);
-      hook.rendererInterfaces.set(id, rendererInterface);
-    }
-
     hook.emit('renderer', {
       id,
       renderer,
       reactBuildType,
     });
 
+    const rendererInterface = attachRenderer(hook, id, renderer, target);
+    if (rendererInterface != null) {
+      hook.rendererInterfaces.set(id, rendererInterface);
+      hook.emit('renderer-attached', {id, rendererInterface});
+    } else {
+      hook.hasUnsupportedRendererAttached = true;
+      hook.emit('unsupported-renderer-version');
+    }
+
     return id;
   }
 
@@ -534,6 +535,7 @@ export function installHook(target: any): DevToolsHook | null {
 
     // Fast Refresh for web relies on this.
     renderers,
+    hasUnsupportedRendererAttached: false,
 
     emit,
     getFiberRoots,