From 447e6ece0beca7f90c49d475b5b20c7063f6cb75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: elsigh <elsigh@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:01:39 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Expand tilde in profile path to home directory

---
 src/browser.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/browser.ts b/src/browser.ts
index e0c20de..b861586 100644
--- a/src/browser.ts
+++ b/src/browser.ts
@@ -661,7 +661,9 @@ export class BrowserManager {
       this.isPersistentContext = true;
     } else if (hasProfile) {
       // Profile uses persistent context for durable cookies/storage
-      context = await launcher.launchPersistentContext(options.profile!, {
+      // 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,