Troubleshooting Missing WebView2

Table of contents

• Affected features
• Symptoms
• Install WebView2
• Set Edge as the web engine

Some DBeaver features depend on an embedded browser component called Microsoft Edge WebView2. On Windows 10 and 11, it comes pre-installed. On Windows Server, it's not included by default and must be installed manually.

Affected features

Without WebView2, the following features won't work:

• AI chat
• GIS viewer
• Execution plan diagram
• Other views that use embedded browser rendering

Symptoms

If WebView2 is missing, you may see:

• AI chat displaying N/A instead of responses
• unhandled event loop exceptions in the error log

Install WebView2

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=2124703" -OutFile "C:\Windows\Temp\MicrosoftEdgeWebview2Setup.exe"
Start-Process "C:\Windows\Temp\MicrosoftEdgeWebview2Setup.exe" -ArgumentList "/silent /install" -Wait

Or download and run the installer from the Microsoft Edge WebView2 page.

After installation, reboot the machine.

Set Edge as the web engine

After installing WebView2, make sure DBeaver is using it:

1. Open Window -> Preferences -> General -> User Interface.
2. Set the web engine to Edge.
3. Restart DBeaver.