[Bug]: shell.openPath prevents opening some input silently on Linux

[xmedeko]

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Electron Version

23.0.0

What operating system are you using?

Ubuntu

Operating System Version

Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS

What arch are you using?

x64

Last Known Working Electron version

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Expected Behavior

shell.openPath should return an error if it prevents opening some path input.

Actual Behavior

shell.openPath does nothing for certain input and no error is returned. I have spied how Electron executes xdg-open with openPath on Linux:

shell.openPath('sms:123456') // returns 'The action failed' and execute: xdg-open sms:123456
shell.openPath('svn://server/path') -> returns '' (no error) and xdg-open not executed

See also #28095 (comment)

And see auto-closed #28183

Testcase Gist URL

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Additional Information

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[xmedeko]

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[xmedeko]

Still same issue in Electron 26.0.0.

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[xmedeko]

Still issue in Electron 29.1.1.

Also, when using path svn://server/path Electron prints in the console: Check failed: chdir(current_directory) == 0 and this seems new to me.

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[xmedeko]

Still issue in Electron 31.0.1.