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showPerformanceOverlay=true in MaterialApp throws UnimplementedError on web with no clear “not supported” message #172405
Description
Use case
Hello!
A small proposal
Enabling the performance overlay in a Flutter web app by setting:
MaterialApp(
showPerformanceOverlay: true,
// …
)results in the following UnimplementedError:
══╡ EXCEPTION CAUGHT BY SCHEDULER LIBRARY ╞═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
The following UnimplementedError was thrown during a scheduler callback:
UnimplementedError
When the exception was thrown, this was the stack:
dart-sdk/lib/_internal/js_dev_runtime/private/ddc_runtime/errors.dart 266:3 throw_
errors.dart:266
dart-sdk/lib/_internal/js_dev_runtime/private/profile.dart 117:39 addPerformanceOverlay
profile.dart:117
package:flutter/src/rendering/layer.dart 1056:12 addToScene
layer.dart:1056
package:flutter/src/rendering/layer.dart 711:5 [_addToSceneWithRetainedRendering]
layer.dart:711
package:flutter/src/rendering/layer.dart 1372:12 addChildrenToScene
layer.dart:1372
package:flutter/src/rendering/layer.dart 2083:5 addToScene
layer.dart:2083
package:flutter/src/rendering/layer.dart 1120:5 buildScene
layer.dart:1120
package:flutter/src/rendering/view.dart 358:30 compositeFrame
view.dart:358
package:flutter/src/rendering/binding.dart 634:19 drawFrame
binding.dart:634
package:flutter/src/widgets/binding.dart 1242:13 drawFrame
binding.dart:1242
package:flutter/src/rendering/binding.dart 495:5 [_handlePersistentFrameCallback]
binding.dart:495
dart-sdk/lib/_internal/js_dev_runtime/private/ddc_runtime/operations.dart 117:77 tear
operations.dart:117
package:flutter/src/scheduler/binding.dart 1438:7 [_invokeFrameCallback]
binding.dart:1438
package:flutter/src/scheduler/binding.dart 1351:9 handleDrawFrame
binding.dart:1351
package:flutter/src/scheduler/binding.dart 1060:9 <fn>
binding.dart:1060
lib/_engine/engine/frame_service.dart 147:9 <fn>
frame_service.dart:147
dart-sdk/lib/_internal/js_dev_runtime/private/isolate_helper.dart 47:11 internalCallback
isolate_helper.dart:47
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Another exception was thrown: UnimplementedErrorThe stack trace doesn't indicate that this flag is simply not supported on the web, which makes it time consuming to find the root cause. I forgot that showPerformanceOverlay was enabled in the project😀
Proposal
When showPerformanceOverlay is enabled on the web platform, the framework should log a clear warning such as:
showPerformanceOverlay is not supported on web
Activity
kevmoo commentedon Jul 21, 2025
I fear this is "by design", although I'd love to see this work on the web, too.
Maybe a good community contribution?
web_ui: avoid crash for showPerformanceOverlay; log 'not supported' o…
web_ui: avoid crash for showPerformanceOverlay; log 'not supported' o…
github-actions commentedon Oct 9, 2025
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flutter doctor -vand a minimal reproduction of the issue.web_ui: avoid crash for showPerformanceOverlay; log 'not supported' o…
web_ui: avoid crash for showPerformanceOverlay; log 'not supported' o…