Add --profile flag for persistent browser profiles (#68)

* Add --profile flag for persistent browser profiles

Adds support for persistent browser profiles that preserve cookies,
localStorage, and login sessions across browser restarts.

Changes:
- Add --profile <path> CLI flag (flags.rs)
- Add AGENT_BROWSER_PROFILE environment variable support
- Add profile field to LaunchCommand type (types.ts)
- Use launchPersistentContext when profile is specified (browser.ts)
- Update help text and README with documentation

Usage:
  agent-browser --profile ~/.myapp-profile open myapp.com

This enables AI agents to maintain authenticated sessions across
browser restarts without re-authenticating each time.

* Expand tilde in profile path to home directory

* fix: add missing profile field to test Flags struct

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Co-authored-by: Chris Tate <chris@ctate.dev>
This commit is contained in:
Lindsey Simon
2026-01-22 08:05:25 -06:00
committed by GitHub
co-authored by Chris Tate
parent c6a92a1472
commit 36cca10c10
7 changed files with 64 additions and 2 deletions
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@@ -818,11 +818,16 @@ export class BrowserManager {
// Determine CDP endpoint: prefer cdpUrl over cdpPort for flexibility
const cdpEndpoint = options.cdpUrl ?? (options.cdpPort ? String(options.cdpPort) : undefined);
const hasExtensions = !!options.extensions?.length;
const hasProfile = !!options.profile;
if (hasExtensions && cdpEndpoint) {
throw new Error('Extensions cannot be used with CDP connection');
}
if (hasProfile && cdpEndpoint) {
throw new Error('Profile cannot be used with CDP connection');
}
if (this.isLaunched()) {
const needsRelaunch =
(!cdpEndpoint && this.cdpEndpoint !== null) ||
@@ -863,6 +868,7 @@ export class BrowserManager {
let context: BrowserContext;
if (hasExtensions) {
// Extensions require persistent context in a temp directory
const extPaths = options.extensions!.join(',');
const session = process.env.AGENT_BROWSER_SESSION || 'default';
// Combine extension args with custom args
@@ -881,7 +887,19 @@ export class BrowserManager {
}
);
this.isPersistentContext = true;
} else if (hasProfile) {
// Profile uses persistent context for durable cookies/storage
// Expand ~ to home directory since it won't be shell-expanded
const profilePath = options.profile!.replace(/^~\//, os.homedir() + '/');
context = await launcher.launchPersistentContext(profilePath, {
headless: options.headless ?? true,
executablePath: options.executablePath,
viewport,
extraHTTPHeaders: options.headers,
});
this.isPersistentContext = true;
} else {
// Regular ephemeral browser
this.browser = await launcher.launch({
headless: options.headless ?? true,
executablePath: options.executablePath,