Chrome does not show network traffic of Silverlight RIA services messages after update to version 32.0.1700.76 m

Question

Couple days ago Google Chrome automatically updated from version 31.* to version 32.0.1700.76 m. After that happened it does not show in DevTools network traffic request/responses of "application/msbin1" type anymore. These requests are visible in all other browsers' dev tools (FireFox, IE) and in Fiddler, but not in Chrome. Also Chrome's popup menu in this version is very glitchy. I don't see the way to downgrade Chrome to previous version. Please help I don't want to uninstall Chrome.

Network traffic does not even show resources (XAP file) a page loads. Example: http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/pixel-shader/demo/ This page loads file SilverlightShaderApp.xap, however dev tools of new Chrome's version never shows it in network tab.

I posted the question here, because it's developers question, not just chrome users.

I reported this issue on google chrome forum as well: here.

Answer 1

Possibly related bugs:

• Issue 173844: Developer tools (Network section) don't show response of requests from flash applications
• Issue 335502: XMLHttpRequests from Silverlight is not visible in devtools network tab

To avoid the bug, you could downgrade to Chrome 31. A fully offline installer can be downloaded from http://download.oldapps.com/Chrome/31.0.1650.39_chrome_installer.exe.
If you downgrade Chrome, don't forget to disable auto-update. Also, "star" the relevant issues on Chromium's issue tracker so you'll receive email notifications for progress updates. When the issue is fixed, enable auto-update again.

Often, starting a new version of Chrome renders a profile unusable for older Chrome versions ("Your profile can not be used because it is from a newer version of Google Chrome."). When you see such message on start-up, either delete your old profile (don't forget to make a back-up!) (you can also try to delete some files, according to various users, deleting "Web Data" and "Web Data-journal" is sufficient), or launch Chrome with a new profile directory (--user-data-dir=path\to\profile-dir).
For more information on user profiles, see http://www.chromium.org/user-experience/user-data-directory.