typescript - Angular 2 doesn't update view after exception is thrown

Question

When an exception is caught by Angular 2's exception handler, the UI no longer 'updates'.

I have a very simple example here:

import { Component, ExceptionHandler, Injectable, OnInit, provide } from '@angular/core';
import { bootstrap } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { Subject } from 'rxjs/Subject'

export interface Alert {
  message: string;
}

@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  template : `
  <h3>Parent</h3>
  {{aValue}}
  <br/>
  <br/>
  <button (click)='doIt()'>do it</button>
  <br/>
  <br/>
  <button (click)='breakIt()'>break it</button>
  `
})

export class App implements OnInit {
  private aValue: boolean = true
  constructor() { }
  
  alerts: Alert[] = [];
  
  doIt(){
    console.log('Doing It')
    this.aValue = !this.aValue
  }
  
  breakIt(){
    console.log('Breaking It')
    throw new Error('some error')
  }
}

bootstrap(App).catch(err => console.error(err));

Answer 1

Since angular 4.1.1 (2017-05-04) https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/07cef36

fix(core): don’t stop change detection because of errors

• prevents unsubscribing from the zone on error
• prevents unsubscribing from directive EventEmitters on error
• prevents detaching views in dev mode if there on error
• ensures that ngOnInit is only called 1x (also in prod mode)

it should work without additional code

@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  template : `
    {{aValue}}
    <button (click)='doIt()'>do it</button>
    <button (click)='breakIt()'>break it</button>
  `
})

export class App implements OnInit {
  private aValue: boolean = true

  doIt(){
    console.log('Doing It')
    this.aValue = !this.aValue
  }

  breakIt(){
    console.log('Breaking It')
    throw new Error('some error')
  }
}

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