DevTools Error: Unable to load the page: timeout reached (about:blank)

[nimisis]

Initial URL: about:blank
Chrome Version: 60.0.3110.0
Error Message: Unable to load the page: timeout reached
Stack Trace:

Error: Unable to load the page: timeout reached
    at Function.assertPageLoaded (https://chrome-devtools-frontend.appspot.com/serve_file/@0d764046b1e7ea6eb145e2aa39a88a6d0ac3e714/audits2_worker/audits2_worker_module.js:640:332)
    at pass.then._ (https://chrome-devtools-frontend.appspot.com/serve_file/@0d764046b1e7ea6eb145e2aa39a88a6d0ac3e714/audits2_worker/audits2_worker_module.js:644:224)
    at <anonymous>

[brendankenny]

We should probably just disable testing about:blank

[evenstensberg]

I can work on this if you want to

[RockoDev]

I got the same error, but another URL and Chrome version (Canary). Just after trying to audit a site.

Initial URL: about:srcdoc
Chrome Version: 61.0.3119.0
Error Message: Unable to load the page: timeout reached
Stack Trace:

Error: Unable to load the page: timeout reached
    at Function.assertPageLoaded (https://chrome-devtools-frontend.appspot.com/serve_file/@177b9b934d8398dfb0d17b88fd9ff00f3291cca5/audits2_worker/audits2_worker_module.js:640:332)
    at pass.then._ (https://chrome-devtools-frontend.appspot.com/serve_file/@177b9b934d8398dfb0d17b88fd9ff00f3291cca5/audits2_worker/audits2_worker_module.js:644:224)
    at <anonymous>

[patrickhulce]

Fix in progress https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/527430/

[patrickhulce]

fixed in https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/897b0f0e6b6054f5cf2419bf8891477a8eac1b20

[brendankenny]

do we want to block about:blank outside of devtools as well? The run ends with a timeout and the same error message in the CLI and extension.