Added options to allow for overrides to workbox-webpack-plugin

[mymattcarroll]

Closes #5359

Verified by:

1. Running yarn build in create-react-app root and ensuring service worker uses options return by workbox.config.js

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[mymattcarroll]

Still a WIP at the moment, have not verified the changes are working yet. Just looking for some validation on approach right now.

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[mymattcarroll]

@Timer, I not sure what has caused the AppVeyor build to fail?

I can see in the logs that a file is being imported from outside of the ./src directory:

You attempted to import ../sample which falls outside of the project src/ directory. Relative imports outside of src/ are not supported.

However, I can see that same error message in the Travis build and it is passing?

[Nick-t-go]

Been looking for this update... So confused how workbox was added b/c it is deemed the superior way to configure a PWA, but we have no ability to edit the Workbox webpack plugin that is being used, or do we?

[thelastnode]

This is great, this is the final piece (set skipWaiting: true) that would allow us to move from react-scripts-ts to vanilla create-react-app!

Is there anything pending on this PR that I can help with? Would love to have this merged for the next release.

[seanmheff]

Looking forward to this getting merged. I am also looking forward to being able to set the skipWaiting: true option.

[imranismail]

This is the only show stopper for us as well. Looking forward to this merge. Can't stress how important skipWaiting is for UX.

[dstapleton92]

Really looking forward to this change as well! What's the status here? Does it need anymore work? If so, I'd be happy to help pitch in.

Does anyone know why the tests are failing?

[mymattcarroll]

@dstapleton92, I have not had the time to investigate the tests that are failing, other than AppVeyor seems to be failing on master last time I checked. I would appreciate any assistance you can supply 😄.

[dstapleton92]

@mymattcarroll Yeah I see that. Doesn't look like it's from a change you introduced. Anyone have any ideas?

[mymattcarroll]

@dstapleton92 seems a merge with the latest master code has fixed the broken tests. :)

@Timer any chance you could take another look at this?

[assimelha]

What's the status on this ? do you need any help merging this ?

[mymattcarroll]

@RxAssim

What's the status on this ? do you need any help merging this ?

I assume that question was not for me?

[dstapleton92]

@mymattcarroll @Timer @iansu Does this look good to merge? My team would really like to re-enable the service worker for our application, but that's a no-go until we can configure it.

[mymattcarroll]

I don't seem to have access to re-run the tests? Could someone with access try them again?

[johnpangalos]

You could always push a dummy file then remove, that should trigger the tests...

[johnpangalos]

So I've been unfortunately able to reproduce this error, going to see if we can fix it...

[oallouch]

Hi guys,

Sorry to ask you this, but do you have a potential release date ?
It's quite urgent for me and I feel like I'm gonna have to eject and I don't want to leave the comfort of the CRA nest.

Thx a lot in advance,

Olivier

[FezVrasta]

@oallouch in the meantime you may use react-app-rewired + customize-cra, we have a dedicated adjustWorkbox plugin.

[rmoorman]

@FezVrasta reading the source of the named customizer, it looks like this only allows to override constructor arguments for the GenerateSW Plugin.
Given the fact that GenerateSW is not the recommended plugin when it comes to further customization and using other APIs available to service workers (e.g. Web Push), but InjectManifest is, how about allowing for replacing the GenerateSW plugin entirely with InjectManifest?

Now regarding this PR, wouldn't it be better that it would be amended to allow for using the InjectManifest instead of the GenerateSW plugin?

[FezVrasta]

@rmoorman feel free to send a PR to update the customizer! I wasn't aware of InjectManifest

[rmoorman]

@FezVrasta if I can find any time to do so I can give it a try.

Besides that, that was not exactly my point. The problem I see with this, is that this (according to the workbox guys) does not easily allow to add custom logic and use browser apis such as web push as there still will be no way to use something else than GenerateSW out of the box. This PR does only account for passing other options to the GenerateSW plugin. Not for using another plugin altogether such as the recommended plugin allowing for custom logic in the service worker.

It is not useful in my opinion (even though I can totally agree with the desire to keep configurability to a minimum in default CRA) that a whole additional configuration file would be introduced just to set a few options on a plugin which should enable "service workers" in CRA but does not seem to be well suited to really get going with things service workers provide besides caching.

[marlonmleite]

I am sad to see initial solutions to solve problems of several people taking too long to be accepted.
Now I am unable to upgrade from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0 of the CRA, otherwise my react-app-rewired will stop working.
This PR solves problems and is always left out...
Since there are things that are just makeup for the CRA that are accepted faster than that.

@ianschmitz any progress to merge this or need help for this?

This partially meets, but with it it would be simpler to evolve to the solution of using InjectManifest conform @rmoorman :)

[marlonmleite]

@mymattcarroll @iansu @ianschmitz I opened PR #8485 and with it it will be possible to make any type of configuration of the Workbox, I was careful and left it without any break. It will be possible to use the most advanced features of the Workbox using InjectManifest, as GenerateSW is very superficial and limited.

[gerardcastell]

Does anyone know when is this feature going to be released? Thx!

[SoYoung210]

I want to override workbox config too, any update..? 👀

[ketys-from-meiro]

Any update on this? It could probably solve #7700 which causes blank pages in production builds as I described here: GoogleChrome/workbox#2299

Should be high prio, it's affecting clients, I always need to navigate them to wipe browsers cache and service worker. Other solution is to get rid of service worker, but it will not be possible to preserve app update procedure (modal window, update on click) and it can lead to BE/FE inconsistencies then if everyone has different app version due to cache.

[glebmikulko]

@ianschmitz @mrmckeb @petetnt Is there any news on this?

[9jaGuy]

#9205 switch workbox to InjectManifest plugin. The implementation is a bit more flexible, though it will not 100% the need for this but it gets us a step closer.

[jeffposnick]

This should be closed, as it would revert the new, customizable InjectManifest behavior in c-r-a v4.

[mrmckeb]

Agreed, we can look at continuing to improve how we support service workers in the future - but the work that @jeffposnick did enables a lot of customisation.