Tawk.to issue/navigator.plugins undefined

[edde746]

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Describe the bug
navigator.plugins is undefined causing the script not to load

To Reproduce
See repl, check console

Expected behavior
Script should load without error

Partytown version
Latest?

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Additional context
Seems like the issue is that navigator.plugins isn't available in the service worker.

[itxch]

Seems like the issue stems from the fact that navigator is created based on WebWorkerNavigator, not window.navigator.
So it only has these methods: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WorkerNavigator
For other methods - such as navigator.plugins it'd probably need a custom implementation

[vip30]

The same issue happens in chartbeat_video.js

[solamichealolawale]

What's the update on this? Are we suppose to load in the main thread?

[anhle82]

I have similar issue with tawk to as well as another 3rd party script that requires navigator.vendor. Has anyone figured out how to solve this navigator issue for web worker?

[cornedor]

I'm not sure what Tawk is using plugins for, but as a workaround I've added this line to the Tawk snippet:

window.navigator.plugins = window.navigator.pdfViewerEnabled ? ['PDF Viewer'] : [];

This seems to be the only usecase of navigator.plugins: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/plugins

[gioboa]

Closed by #539