Potential bug: usb.requestDevice() not working

itienhoven

Hi,

Since a relatively recent update (I think 6.4) usb.requestDevice() seems to be broken. No window prompting the user to select a device appears. For me, earlier in October it still worked.

I've tried searching through release notes to see if anything has changed, or if any similar issues have been reported but I can't find anything.

Something simple like below works for me in other browsers but not in Vivaldi.

<html>
  <body>
   <button onclick="button()">
     click me
   </button>

   <script>
    function button() {
	navigator.usb.requestDevice({filters:[]})
    }
   </script>
  </body>
</html>

Is anyone else experiencing the same thing?

Thanks in advance!

DoctorG

@itienhoven Yes, i can confirm it.
Thanks for reporting!

Works in Chromium 119 and Edge 119

~~let me check internal bug tracker if this was reported.~~
I reported:
VB-101499 "usb.requestDevice fails to show selection popup for device" - confirmed

itienhoven

Thanks for checking and reporting!
What would be the best way for me to follow the progress on it?

DoctorG

@itienhoven Ask me regularly (but not evry day) if you do not see any news here.

itienhoven

Alright, thanks again!

DoctorG

@itienhoven I tried to contact devs some hours ago. Perhaps i will get a answer the next days.

itienhoven

@DoctorG did you receive an answer from the devs?

DoctorG

@itienhoven Had not got an answer
But a dev was assigned 1 hour ago to check and fix.

mbarton98

I have this issue also with using zsa.io Oryx to save the firmware to my keyboard. Used to work in Vivaldi before and works with Edge. I'm on macos 13.5.2

itienhoven

@DoctorG could you please let me know the latest status again?

DoctorG

@itienhoven No progress for a fix.

itienhoven

@DoctorG could you please check if there was any progress?

DoctorG

VB-101499 "[WebCompat] navigator.usb.requestDevice fails to show selection popup for device" - Dev assigned, No progress

vvsurfr

Any fix in sight?

mib2berlin

@vvsurfr
Hi, we don't get ETA's from the Vivaldi developer.
The report VB-101499 is confirmed and a developer is assigned.

Cheers, mib

boboliu

Any update?

DoctorG

@boboliu No progress for a fix.

DaBaldEagul

Any news?

Drun

I'm sad.

DoctorG

Still not fioxed.