Electron isAccessibilitySupportEnabled broken when running JAWS since v34

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isAccessibilitySupportEnabled broken when running JAWS since v34 路 Issue #45856 路 electron/electron 路 GitHub

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Labels<br>34-x-ybug 馃bug/regression 鈫╋笍A new version of Electron broke somethingA new version of Electron broke somethingcomponent/accessibilityhas-repro-gistIssue can be reproduced with code at https://gist.github.com/Issue can be reproduced with code at https://gist.github.com/platform/windowsstale

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pushkin-<br>opened on Mar 1, 2025

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I have searched the issue tracker for a bug report that matches the one I want to file, without success.

Electron Version

34.0.0

What operating system(s) are you using?

Windows

Operating System Version

Windows 11

What arch are you using?

x64

Last Known Working Electron version

33.4.2

Expected Behavior

I expect that app.isAccessibilitySupportEnabled() will return true when I'm running JAWS

Actual Behavior

It returns true at first, and then starts returning false

Testcase Gist URL

https://gist.github.com/pushkin-/224f9a44d49cbc6629263b42daa8fe34

Additional Information

Doesn't repro with NVDA

run jaws

run gist

notice we log true at first, and then false starts being logged

last working Chromium: 130.0.6723.191

first broken Chromium: 132.0.6834.83

still broken with the latest 36 nightly which uses: 135.0.7040.0

Guessing it's third-party but haven't seen reports on Chromium issue tracker.

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