Add option to disable panic recovery in message processing

v2/internal/app/app_dev.go

@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func CreateApp(appoptions *options.App) (*App, error) {
 
 	eventHandler := runtime.NewEvents(myLogger)
 	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, "events", eventHandler)
-	messageDispatcher := dispatcher.NewDispatcher(ctx, myLogger, appBindings, eventHandler, appoptions.ErrorFormatter)
+	messageDispatcher := dispatcher.NewDispatcher(ctx, myLogger, appBindings, eventHandler, appoptions.ErrorFormatter, appoptions.DisablePanicRecovery)
 
 	// Create the frontends and register to event handler
 	desktopFrontend := desktop.NewFrontend(ctx, appoptions, myLogger, appBindings, messageDispatcher)

v2/internal/app/app_production.go

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func CreateApp(appoptions *options.App) (*App, error) {
 		ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, "buildtype", "production")
 	}
 
-	messageDispatcher := dispatcher.NewDispatcher(ctx, myLogger, appBindings, eventHandler, appoptions.ErrorFormatter)
+	messageDispatcher := dispatcher.NewDispatcher(ctx, myLogger, appBindings, eventHandler, appoptions.ErrorFormatter, appoptions.DisablePanicRecovery)
 	appFrontend := desktop.NewFrontend(ctx, appoptions, myLogger, appBindings, messageDispatcher)
 	eventHandler.AddFrontend(appFrontend)
 

v2/internal/frontend/dispatcher/dispatcher.go

@@ -11,38 +11,42 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Dispatcher struct {
-	log        *logger.Logger
-	bindings   *binding.Bindings
-	events     frontend.Events
-	bindingsDB *binding.DB
-	ctx        context.Context
-	errfmt     options.ErrorFormatter
+	log                  *logger.Logger
+	bindings             *binding.Bindings
+	events               frontend.Events
+	bindingsDB           *binding.DB
+	ctx                  context.Context
+	errfmt               options.ErrorFormatter
+	disablePanicRecovery bool
 }
 
-func NewDispatcher(ctx context.Context, log *logger.Logger, bindings *binding.Bindings, events frontend.Events, errfmt options.ErrorFormatter) *Dispatcher {
+func NewDispatcher(ctx context.Context, log *logger.Logger, bindings *binding.Bindings, events frontend.Events, errfmt options.ErrorFormatter, disablePanicRecovery bool) *Dispatcher {
 	return &Dispatcher{
-		log:        log,
-		bindings:   bindings,
-		events:     events,
-		bindingsDB: bindings.DB(),
-		ctx:        ctx,
-		errfmt:     errfmt,
+		log:                  log,
+		bindings:             bindings,
+		events:               events,
+		bindingsDB:           bindings.DB(),
+		ctx:                  ctx,
+		errfmt:               errfmt,
+		disablePanicRecovery: disablePanicRecovery,
 	}
 }
 
 func (d *Dispatcher) ProcessMessage(message string, sender frontend.Frontend) (_ string, err error) {
-	defer func() {
-		if e := recover(); e != nil {
-			if errPanic, ok := e.(error); ok {
-				err = errPanic
-			} else {
-				err = fmt.Errorf("%v", e)
+	if !d.disablePanicRecovery {
+		defer func() {
+			if e := recover(); e != nil {
+				if errPanic, ok := e.(error); ok {
+					err = errPanic
+				} else {
+					err = fmt.Errorf("%v", e)
+				}
 			}
-		}
-		if err != nil {
-			d.log.Error("process message error: %s -> %s", message, err)
-		}
-	}()
+			if err != nil {
+				d.log.Error("process message error: %s -> %s", message, err)
+			}
+		}()
+	}
 
 	if message == "" {
 		return "", errors.New("No message to process")

v2/pkg/options/options.go

@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ type App struct {
 
 	// DragAndDrop options for drag and drop behavior
 	DragAndDrop *DragAndDrop
+
+	// DisablePanicRecovery disables the panic recovery system in messages processing
+	DisablePanicRecovery bool
 }
 
 type ErrorFormatter func(error) any

website/docs/reference/options.mdx

@@ -487,6 +487,13 @@ services of Apple and Microsoft.
 Name: EnableFraudulentWebsiteDetection<br/>
 Type: `bool`
 
+### DisablePanicRecovery
+
+DisablePanicRecovery disables the automatic recovery from panics in message processing. By default, Wails will recover from panics in message processing and log the error. If you want to handle panics yourself, set this to `true`.
+
+Name: DisablePanicRecovery<br/>
+Type: `bool`
+
 ### Bind
 
 A slice of struct instances defining methods that need to be bound to the frontend.

website/src/pages/changelog.mdx

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 - Added "Branding" section to `wails doctor` to correctly identify Windows 11 [#3891](https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/pull/3891) by [@ronen25](https://github.com/ronen25)
 - Added `-skipembedcreate` flag to build and dev command to improve compile and recompile speed [#4143](https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/pull/4143) by @josStorer
+- Added `DisablePanicRecovery` option to allow handle panics manually [#4136](https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/pull/4136) by [@APshenkin](https://github.com/APshenkin)
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed -m build flag for dev command not working when recompiling in [#4141](https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/pull/4141) by @josStorer