How to update to v11

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#1

I am on macOS Mojave

I have just downloaded the new v11 release, removed the old ActivityWatch application and dragged the new one from the .dmg to my app folder.

When I click on it, it opens up normally. However, in the webapp I’m getting errors “Cannot read property ‘label’ of undefined”

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And then I noticed new time isn’t being added. So I ran the aw-qt from the CLI and I’m getting many errors

2021-06-16 11:35:04 [ERROR]: Exception thrown while trying to get active window: error compiling jxa script (aw_watcher_window.main:74)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “aw_watcher_window/main.py”, line 71, in heartbeat_loop
File “aw_watcher_window/lib.py”, line 55, in get_current_window
File “aw_watcher_window/lib.py”, line 27, in get_current_window_macos
File “aw_watcher_window/macos_jxa.py”, line 37, in getInfo
File “aw_watcher_window/macos_jxa.py”, line 28, in compileScript

Am I missing something for the upgrade? I tried to delete all my old categories and recreate them because the release notes mentioned “(you need to migrate them if you want to keep any modifications)”

Thanks

#2

Hello, I’m seeing similar errors across the Application. I’m using a Fedora 34 (Linux) system

In the Activity tab:
TypeError: Cannot read property 'label' of undefined. See dev console (F12) and/or server logs for more info.

Console throws this:

vue.runtime.esm.js:1888 TypeError: Cannot read property 'label' of undefined
    at TimelineBarChart.vue:99
    at _baseOrderBy.js:39
    at n (_arrayMap.js:16)
    at _baseOrderBy.js:38
    at _baseMap.js:17
    at _createBaseEach.js:24
    at o (_baseMap.js:16)
    at h (_baseOrderBy.js:37)
    at sortBy.js:45
    at n (_apply.js:15)
ie @ vue.runtime.esm.js:1888
activity.ts:158 Cannot call query_editor as we do not have any editor buckets

In Trends, within the Tools tab:
TypeError: Cannot read property 'map' of undefined. See dev console (F12) and/or server logs for more info.

vue.runtime.esm.js:1888 TypeError: Cannot read property 'map' of undefined
    at o.<anonymous> (aw-client.js:168)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at aw-client.js:7
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at r (aw-client.js:3)
    at o.query (aw-client.js:165)
    at activity.ts:288
    at l (runtime.js:63)
    at Generator._invoke (runtime.js:293)
    at Generator.next (runtime.js:118)
ie @ vue.runtime.esm.js:1888

I understand “Trends” is still experimental, but it’s odd seeing an error in the Activity tab.

#3

Hmm, this is a bit weird. Did resetting your categories to the defaults get rid of the issue?

Trying to hunt this down, but difficult without knowing how the categories seemingly changed…

2021-06-16 11:35:04 [ERROR]: Exception thrown while trying to get active window: error compiling jxa script (aw_watcher_window.main:74)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File “aw_watcher_window/main.py”, line 71, in heartbeat_loop
  File “aw_watcher_window/lib.py”, line 55, in get_current_window
  File “aw_watcher_window/lib.py”, line 27, in get_current_window_macos
  File “aw_watcher_window/macos_jxa.py”, line 37, in getInfo
  File “aw_watcher_window/macos_jxa.py”, line 28, in compileScript

This is a separate issue though. A potential workaround is to modify the aw-watcher-window config to use the old ‘applescript’ strategy for getting the active window. Your aw-watcher-window.toml should look something like this:

[aw-watcher-window]
#exclude_title = false
#poll_time = 1.0
strategy_macos = "applescript"

Note however that when you run aw-qt directly you probably don’t have the appropriate accessibility permissions set, so if data is logged correctly when running from the .app but not from running aw-qt directly, then that’s to be expected.

You may also need to re-add ActivityWatch.app to the accessibility permissions when you upgrade, see: https://docs.activitywatch.net/en/latest/updating.html

#4

In my case, reseting the categories to defaults this problem diaspeared. If I reimported my categories the problem started again. I guess at least now we know that it is a categories issue. I have pasted my categories so you can try to reproduce:

{"categories":[{"name":["Work"],"rule":{"type":null},"id":0},{"name":["Work","Programming"],"rule":{"type":"regex","regex":"GitHub|vim|JupyterLab|ssh|iterm2","ignore_case":true},"id":1},{"name":["Work","ActivityWatch"],"rule":{"type":"regex","regex":"ActivityWatch|aw-","ignore_case":true},"id":2},{"name":["Work","Reading Writing"],"rule":{"type":"regex","regex":"Mendeley|Google Scholar","ignore_case":true},"id":3},{"name":["Work","Visualization"],"rule":{"type":"regex","regex":"vmd|maestro|pymol","ignore_case":true},"id":4},{"name":["Work","Comunication"],"rule":{"type":"regex","regex":"zulip|slack|- [email protected] -|zoom","ignore_case":true},"id":5},{"id":6,"name":["Life"],"rule":{"type":null}},{"name":["Life","Video"],"rule":{"type":"regex","regex":"YouTube|Plex|VLC|Netflix|Prime|movistar","ignore_case":true},"id":7},{"name":["Life","Comms"],"rule":{"type":"regex","regex":" - [email protected] - |whatsapp","ignore_case":true},"id":8},{"name":["Life","Music"],"rule":{"type":"regex","regex":"Spotify|Deezer"},"id":9},{"name":["Work","PR"],"rule":{"type":"regex","regex":"linkedin|orcid|twitter|researchgate","ignore_case":true},"id":10},{"name":["Work","Note Taking"],"rule":{"type":"regex","regex":"notion|Google Keep","ignore_case":true},"id":11},{"name":["Work","Writing"],"rule":{"type":"regex","regex":"Google Docs|overleaf|Microsoft Word|Google Slides|Microsoft Powerpoint","ignore_case":true},"id":12}]}
#5

Actually, the label undefined problem disapeared. The window title error with permissions is still there. The “applescript” suggestion doesn’t seem to work either.

#6

The problem with the window titles seems to disappear after adding AW to the following categories in MacOS “Privacy and Security”:

  • Files and Folders
  • Developer tools
  • Automation
    I am not sure which of them is the one that actually does the trick. I hope I am not generating a security hazard in my computer.