Freeze UUID token in chrome devtools link

[darky]

During developing process very uncomfortable open chrome devtools again and again by new generated link. I want to pass like: --inspect-token=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 or better: --inspect-token=developing and already have the same link, that allow me simple refresh browser tab, when node process will restarted

[ofrobots]

Chrome 57+ comes with a dedicated DevTools for Node.js that gets rid of the need to copy/paste the URL across restarts:

You can access this from chrome://inspect. Can you give this a shot and see if this addresses your use-case?

[darky]

@ofrobots, it not resolved this problem. When node.js process restarted, need to click again on inspect link and open new window with actual process. Old window not working after restart.

[ofrobots]

For me it does seem to work after a restart. @eugeneo: does this behaviour make sense to you?

[darky]

@ofrobots, I don't understand how it works for you, it not logical due to this behaviour

When node.js process restarted, need to click again on inspect link and open new window with actual process. Old window not working after restart.

Also, I think, that this token need for security reasons, but, if chrome://inspect can simply find attached process, why it need?..

[jkrems]

@darky To clarify: There's two links. @ofrobots was talking about this one if I understand him correctly:

If you're using the default port for --inspect, that link should work and keep working without any re-opening of the DevTools.

[jkrems]

I'm afraid this issue isn't actually about node-inspect (the command line debugger) but about the v8 inspector integration itself (node --inspect). Sorry for the confusion.

There are already issues in nodejs/node:

• Node --inspect uuid - Node --inspect uuid  node#11701
• programmatically expose the V8 inspector URL - proposal: programmatically expose the V8 inspector URL node#11496

Feel free to open a new issue in nodejs/node for this feature request! :)

[darky]

@jkrems, thanks for the answer