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Webview update breaks background terminal and lsp session persistance #2949
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Webview auto updates to version 153 causing terminal and lsp background disconnections after switching apps for few seconds, lsp fails to reconnect
Uninstalling updates down to v140 resolves the issue, don't know how long that would last until it tries updating again, play store auto update setting was already disabled prior to this
Environment
App version 1.13.5
Android version 16
Webview version 153
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Afam007 commentedon Oct 5, 2026
@bajrangCoder My webview just got updated again , The issue continues
WebView Info:
Package Name: com.google.android.webview
Version: 153.0.8010.36
bajrangCoder commentedon Oct 5, 2026
It seems like the webview version 154 fixed things, so it should be fine now(It was not an acode issue). Try upgrading your webview.
Afam007 commentedon Oct 5, 2026
Version 153 is the highest my webview could be updated to
ajr-uribe commentedon Oct 5, 2026
You can try to install Beta or Dev Android System WebView versions from PlayStore.
Then you have to change the WebView provider from phone's developer options.
Settings > System > Developer Options > WebView Implementation.
Or open the app you installed and it might ask you to change the WebView provider, just confirm.
Afam007 commentedon Oct 5, 2026
I installed Beta 156 ,but the issue still persists,I guess my only option is to continue with resetting updates on stable as I wait for a better webview update
ajr-uribe commentedon Oct 5, 2026
Yeah I installed 157 (dev) and it didn't work, what I did is:
This prevents WebView from updating and you don't keep on fighting it, it just stays in the default version your phone had when it was made (mine has 96)
Afam007 commentedon Oct 7, 2026
I didn't disable chrome but i restricted background data, didn't work, play store still updated webview, checked the data usage for play store, it was measured as foreground data usage rather than background
ajr-uribe commentedon Oct 7, 2026
Chrome forces WebView updates on some phones so I recommend you to disable it, you can use Firefox or Brave as default browser
Afam007 commentedon Oct 9, 2026
Using Webview version 153 with chrome disabled and everything works, the issue was chrome all along
ajr-uribe commentedon Oct 10, 2026
I thought that at first too but when I brought WebView to older version (96) and disabled chrome it fixed.
Note that lack of RAM would shut the whole app, not only the terminal/LSPs, and you would get the app restarted, like when you open it without having it running in background prior to the initialization.
ajr-uribe commentedon Oct 10, 2026
Go to: Phone Settings > Apps > All Apps
There's three dots up-right (
⋮), press it and press "Show System Apps", then look for "Android System WebView", go into its settings and there's another three dots (⋮) up-right, press it and press "Uninstall Updates", it'll restart the app to the version your phone had when it was first made.I also recommend you to disable Chrome because it can force WebView updates
Afam007 commentedon Oct 10, 2026
You sure it's not because of low memory? if it is your app would reload not just terminal and lsp , if it's not, just disable chrome you don't need to uninstall webview updates