Flash Builder 4.5 debugger terminates | Safari

Question

So it seems all the major browser vendors are sandboxing the flash plugin, and terminating it after a certain amount of inactivity. This is problematic for developers who connect the Flash Builder Debugger to the browser. If you stand on a breakpoint for more than 45 seconds, it terminates your session.

I've found a config param to change on firefox that disabled this functionality, but i havent found a similar command for Safari/ Webkit / Chrome.

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/899/cpsid_89943.html

"To prevent Firefox from terminating plug-ins that it considers unresponsive, set dom.ipc.plugins.timeoutSecs to -1 in about:config. For more information, see Plugin hang detector."

Answer 1

Inactivity resets by browser:

• Chrome
  Pass --disable-hang-monitor on the command line.

• Firefox
  Type about:config in the adress bar. Find dom.ipc.plugins.timeoutSecs and set its value to -1.

• Safari
  No configuration switches, use SafariNoTimeout.

Answer 2

I switched to Firefox when I encountered this problem. But I just found this if you dont want to switch browser:

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11457/safarinotimeout/

"SafariNoTimeout is an essential tool for any web developer or a user who has ever experienced an annoying 60 seconds timeout while waiting for a web page. "

Answer 3

If you're running a nightly build of webkit you can enter the following in your command line, then debug in Webkit

defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitDisablePluginProcessMessageTimeout YES

Now when you launch your debugger pointed to WebKit, it wont terminate the plugin.

Note: You can target Webkit in you Pref - Web Browser - Add New

Name: Webkit
Location: /Applications/WebKit.app/Contents/MacOS/WebKit

Answer 4

Chrome has an option to --disable-hang-monitor: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/831/cpsid_83111.html

Answer 5

ok, so I saw this reference Jack Murphy about Webkit nightly build and how to turn that timeout off. So, I thought... hmmm Safari... Webkit.. and I tried the same method. Didn't work. So time goes by ... not answers... talk to people about this... and unsanity says nada... so on a whim I tried it again.

I'm on Mac OSX 10.8.2 and Safari 6.0.2 and this it works for me

Open console and type:

defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitDisablePluginProcessMessageTimeout YES