Steps:
1. load www.google.com
2. press the application chooser icon (looks like a 3x3 grid in the top-right corner)
3. observe log spew on client or engine to see messages being transferred. The messages continue indefinitely.
Logs look something like this:
05-24 11:22:10.702 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE1:blimp_message_pump.cc(59)] Received <BlimpMessage type=COMPOSITOR render_widget_id=1 target_tab_id=0 byte_size=18>
05-24 11:22:10.702 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_demultiplexer.cc(33)] ProcessMessage : <BlimpMessage type=COMPOSITOR render_widget_id=1 target_tab_id=0 byte_size=18>
05-24 11:22:10.703 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_demultiplexer.cc(43)] Routed message <BlimpMessage type=COMPOSITOR render_widget_id=1 target_tab_id=0 byte_size=18>.
05-24 11:22:10.703 8335 8335 V chromium: [VERBOSE1:remote_channel_impl.cc(97)] Received commit request from the engine.
05-24 11:22:10.703 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_pump.cc(75)] OnProcessMessageComplete, result=0
05-24 11:22:10.704 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_pump.cc(42)] ReadNextPacket
05-24 11:22:10.704 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:stream_packet_reader.cc(80)] DoReadLoop (state=HEADER, result=0)
05-24 11:22:10.704 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:stream_packet_reader.cc(80)] DoReadLoop (state=HEADER, result=4)
05-24 11:22:10.704 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:stream_packet_reader.cc(80)] DoReadLoop (state=PAYLOAD, result=0)
05-24 11:22:10.704 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:stream_packet_reader.cc(80)] DoReadLoop (state=PAYLOAD, result=11)
05-24 11:22:10.704 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_pump.cc(53)] OnReadPacketComplete, result=24
05-24 11:22:10.704 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE1:blimp_message_pump.cc(59)] Received <BlimpMessage type=COMPOSITOR render_widget_id=1 target_tab_id=0 byte_size=24>
05-24 11:22:10.704 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_demultiplexer.cc(33)] ProcessMessage : <BlimpMessage type=COMPOSITOR render_widget_id=1 target_tab_id=0 byte_size=24>
05-24 11:22:10.704 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_demultiplexer.cc(43)] Routed message <BlimpMessage type=COMPOSITOR render_widget_id=1 target_tab_id=0 byte_size=24>.
05-24 11:22:10.705 8335 8335 V chromium: [VERBOSE1:remote_channel_impl.cc(140)] Received BeginMainFrameAborted from the engine with reason: CommitEarlyOutReason::FINISHED_NO_UPDATES
05-24 11:22:10.705 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_pump.cc(75)] OnProcessMessageComplete, result=0
05-24 11:22:10.705 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_pump.cc(42)] ReadNextPacket
05-24 11:22:10.705 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:stream_packet_reader.cc(80)] DoReadLoop (state=HEADER, result=0)
05-24 11:22:10.706 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:net_errors_posix.cc(19)] Error 11
05-24 11:22:10.708 8335 8335 V chromium: [VERBOSE1:remote_channel_impl.cc(451)] Sending BeginMainFrame request to the engine.
05-24 11:22:10.709 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_output_buffer.cc(64)] OutputBuffer::ProcessMessage <BlimpMessage type=COMPOSITOR render_widget_id=1 target_tab_id=0 byte_size=81>
05-24 11:22:10.709 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE1:blimp_connection.cc(66)] Sending <BlimpMessage type=COMPOSITOR render_widget_id=1 target_tab_id=0 byte_size=84>
05-24 11:22:10.709 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:stream_packet_writer.cc(83)] DoWriteLoop (state=HEADER, result=0)
05-24 11:22:10.709 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:stream_packet_writer.cc(83)] DoWriteLoop (state=HEADER, result=4)
05-24 11:22:10.709 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:stream_packet_writer.cc(83)] DoWriteLoop (state=PAYLOAD, result=0)
05-24 11:22:10.710 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:stream_packet_writer.cc(83)] DoWriteLoop (state=PAYLOAD, result=25)
05-24 11:22:10.710 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_connection.cc(92)] OnWritePacketComplete, result=0
05-24 11:22:10.710 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_output_buffer.cc(148)] Write complete, result=0
05-24 11:22:10.752 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:stream_packet_reader.cc(80)] DoReadLoop (state=HEADER, result=4)
05-24 11:22:10.752 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:stream_packet_reader.cc(80)] DoReadLoop (state=PAYLOAD, result=0)
05-24 11:22:10.752 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:net_errors_posix.cc(19)] Error 11
05-24 11:22:10.753 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:stream_packet_reader.cc(80)] DoReadLoop (state=PAYLOAD, result=11)
05-24 11:22:10.753 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_pump.cc(53)] OnReadPacketComplete, result=18
05-24 11:22:10.753 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE1:blimp_message_pump.cc(59)] Received <BlimpMessage type=COMPOSITOR render_widget_id=1 target_tab_id=0 byte_size=18>
05-24 11:22:10.753 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_demultiplexer.cc(33)] ProcessMessage : <BlimpMessage type=COMPOSITOR render_widget_id=1 target_tab_id=0 byte_size=18>
05-24 11:22:10.753 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_demultiplexer.cc(43)] Routed message <BlimpMessage type=COMPOSITOR render_widget_id=1 target_tab_id=0 byte_size=18>.
05-24 11:22:10.754 8335 8335 V chromium: [VERBOSE1:remote_channel_impl.cc(97)] Received commit request from the engine.
05-24 11:22:10.754 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_pump.cc(75)] OnProcessMessageComplete, result=0
05-24 11:22:10.754 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_pump.cc(42)] ReadNextPacket
05-24 11:22:10.754 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:stream_packet_reader.cc(80)] DoReadLoop (state=HEADER, result=0)
05-24 11:22:10.755 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:net_errors_posix.cc(19)] Error 11
05-24 11:22:10.755 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:stream_packet_reader.cc(80)] DoReadLoop (state=HEADER, result=4)
05-24 11:22:10.755 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:stream_packet_reader.cc(80)] DoReadLoop (state=PAYLOAD, result=0)
05-24 11:22:10.755 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:stream_packet_reader.cc(80)] DoReadLoop (state=PAYLOAD, result=10)
05-24 11:22:10.755 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_pump.cc(53)] OnReadPacketComplete, result=24
05-24 11:22:10.755 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE1:blimp_message_pump.cc(59)] Received <BlimpMessage type=COMPOSITOR render_widget_id=1 target_tab_id=0 byte_size=24>
05-24 11:22:10.756 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_demultiplexer.cc(33)] ProcessMessage : <BlimpMessage type=COMPOSITOR render_widget_id=1 target_tab_id=0 byte_size=24>
05-24 11:22:10.756 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_demultiplexer.cc(43)] Routed message <BlimpMessage type=COMPOSITOR render_widget_id=1 target_tab_id=0 byte_size=24>.
05-24 11:22:10.756 8335 8335 V chromium: [VERBOSE1:remote_channel_impl.cc(140)] Received BeginMainFrameAborted from the engine with reason: CommitEarlyOutReason::FINISHED_NO_UPDATES
05-24 11:22:10.756 8335 8370 V chromium: [VERBOSE2:blimp_message_pump.cc(75)] OnProcessMessageComplete, result=0
Comment 1 by kmarshall@chromium.org
, May 24 2016