Backend notifies the frontend of Storage API support. Frontend disables e.g. reload-and-profile based on this.

src/backend/agent.js

@@ -127,6 +127,15 @@ export default class Agent extends EventEmitter {
     if (this._isProfiling) {
       bridge.send('profilingStatus', true);
     }
+
+    // Notify the frontend if the backend supports the Storage API (e.g. localStorage).
+    // If not, features like reload-and-profile will not work correctly and must be disabled.
+    let isBackendStorageAPISupported = false;
+    try {
+      localStorage.getItem('test');
+      isBackendStorageAPISupported = true;
+    } catch (error) {}
+    bridge.send('isBackendStorageAPISupported', isBackendStorageAPISupported);
   }
 
   captureScreenshot = ({

src/devtools/store.js

@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ export default class Store extends EventEmitter {
   // The InspectedElementContext also relies on this mutability for its WeakMap usage.
   _idToElement: Map<number, Element> = new Map();
 
+  // Can the backend use the Storage API (e.g. localStorage)?
+  // If not, features like reload-and-profile will not work correctly and must be disabled.
+  _isBackendStorageAPISupported: boolean = false;
+
   // Map of element (id) to the set of elements (ids) it owns.
   // This map enables getOwnersListForElement() to avoid traversing the entire tree.
   _ownersMap: Map<number, Set<number>> = new Map();
@@ -141,6 +145,10 @@ export default class Store extends EventEmitter {
     this._bridge = bridge;
     bridge.addListener('operations', this.onBridgeOperations);
     bridge.addListener('shutdown', this.onBridgeShutdown);
+    bridge.addListener(
+      'isBackendStorageAPISupported',
+      this.onBridgeStorageSupported
+    );
 
     this._profilerStore = new ProfilerStore(bridge, this, isProfiling);
   }
@@ -261,7 +269,10 @@ export default class Store extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   get supportsReloadAndProfile(): boolean {
-    return this._supportsReloadAndProfile;
+    // Does the DevTools shell support reloading and eagerly injecting the renderer interface?
+    // And if so, can the backend use the localStorage API?
+    // Both of these are required for the reload-and-profile feature to work.
+    return this._supportsReloadAndProfile && this._isBackendStorageAPISupported;
   }
 
   containsElement(id: number): boolean {
@@ -904,5 +915,15 @@ export default class Store extends EventEmitter {
 
     this._bridge.removeListener('operations', this.onBridgeOperations);
     this._bridge.removeListener('shutdown', this.onBridgeShutdown);
+    this._bridge.removeListener(
+      'isBackendStorageAPISupported',
+      this.onBridgeStorageSupported
+    );
+  };
+
+  onBridgeStorageSupported = (isBackendStorageAPISupported: boolean) => {
+    this._isBackendStorageAPISupported = isBackendStorageAPISupported;
+
+    this.emit('supportsReloadAndProfile');
   };
 }

src/devtools/views/Profiler/ReloadAndProfileButton.js

@@ -1,19 +1,35 @@
 // @flow
 
-import React, { useCallback, useContext } from 'react';
+import React, { useCallback, useContext, useMemo } from 'react';
 import Button from '../Button';
 import ButtonIcon from '../ButtonIcon';
 import { BridgeContext, StoreContext } from '../context';
+import { useSubscription } from '../hooks';
+import Store from 'src/devtools/store';
 
 export default function ReloadAndProfileButton() {
   const bridge = useContext(BridgeContext);
   const store = useContext(StoreContext);
 
+  const supportsReloadAndProfileSubscription = useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      getCurrentValue: () => store.supportsReloadAndProfile,
+      subscribe: (callback: Function) => {
+        store.addListener('supportsReloadAndProfile', callback);
+        return () => store.removeListener('supportsReloadAndProfile', callback);
+      },
+    }),
+    [store]
+  );
+  const supportsReloadAndProfile = useSubscription<boolean, Store>(
+    supportsReloadAndProfileSubscription
+  );
+
   const reloadAndProfile = useCallback(() => bridge.send('reloadAndProfile'), [
     bridge,
   ]);
 
-  if (!store.supportsReloadAndProfile) {
+  if (!supportsReloadAndProfile) {
     return null;
   }