Segmentation Fault when retrieving window title

Version Node v17.0.1 nut.js v2.0.1

Short overview Trying to retrieve title of any window results in Seg Fault and no other information, program ends immediately.

Issue occurs on

• Virtual machine
• Docker container
• Dev/Host system

Detailed error description Seg fault is occurring on Big Sur any time I attempt to find a window title, either through getWindows or getActiveWindow.

Steps to reproduce error Run this script:

import { getActiveWindow } from '@nut-tree/nut-js';

(async () => {
    const window = await getActiveWindow();
    const title = await window.title;
    console.log(title);
})();

Expected Result: Terminal

Actual Result: zsh: segmentation fault node index.js

[s1hofmann]

Root cause: Reading the kCGWindowName property requires an application to be given Screen Recording permissions. If this is not the case, it’ll just return nil which caused the segfault.

Fixed in release 2.3.0 that just went live.

[s1hofmann]

Status update:

This issue had me banging my head for several months now. I might have finally tracked down the root cause 💪

Still WIP