Popup (Child Window) Not Recorded in OpenReplay v16

Issues & Bugs
1

Is popup window recording supported in OpenReplay v16 integrated in react?
Summary:
OpenReplay is not recording activity in a child window (popup). Only the parent window is captured.

Current Behavior:

  • Parent window is recorded when start() is called.

  • Popup window is not recorded at all.

Reason / Analysis:

  • start(true) is executed in the parent window context, so tracking restarts only in the parent, not the popup.

  • The popup runs in a separate JavaScript context and does not initialize its own OpenReplay tracker instance.

  • Attempting to initialize OpenReplay in the popup results in a “one tracker instance has been initialized already” error, suggesting a limitation in OpenReplay v16 regarding multiple tracker instances across windows.

2

Does the popup contain an iFrame? Also can you share your tracker configuration?

3

No, the popup doesn’t contain an iframe. It’s a separate DOM, a child window opened using window.open, while the state and overall logic are managed by the parent application.

4

Is your app publicly accessible so we can try to reproduce it?

5

Unfortunately, it’s not publicly accessible. it’s internal application

6

Theoretically it should show up as a tab in the session replay. Did you disable tab tracking in the tracker constructor/options?

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