From 1dea186a6ee888dcaed12e00a14b5c0f66e60376 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Rieseberg <felix@felixrieseberg.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 00:50:53 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] :thinking_face: What if you could return an Error?

---
 lib/renderer/init.js | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/renderer/init.js b/lib/renderer/init.js
index b7fc3877ab..ae694423d3 100644
--- a/lib/renderer/init.js
+++ b/lib/renderer/init.js
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ electron.ipcRenderer.on('ELECTRON_INTERNAL_RENDERER_ASYNC_WEB_FRAME_METHOD', (ev
         event.sender.send(`ELECTRON_INTERNAL_BROWSER_ASYNC_WEB_FRAME_RESPONSE_${requestId}`, null, resolvedResult)
       })
       .catch((resolvedError) => {
+        if (resolvedError instanceof Error) {
+          // Errors get lost, because: JSON.stringify(new Error('Message')) === {}
+          // Take the serializable properties and construct a generic object
+          resolvedError = {
+            message: resolvedError.message,
+            stack: resolvedError.stack,
+            name: resolvedError.name,
+            __ELECTRON_SERIALIZED_ERROR__: true
+          }
+        }
+
         event.sender.send(`ELECTRON_INTERNAL_BROWSER_ASYNC_WEB_FRAME_RESPONSE_${requestId}`, resolvedError)
       })
   }