Native: auto-detect sandbox/container environments for Chrome launch (#602)

Fixes #600

Three improvements to `--native` Chrome launching:

- `find_chrome()` now falls back to Playwright's browser cache (`~/.cache/ms-playwright/`) when no system Chrome is found
- Auto-detect containers/VMs (root, Docker, Podman, cgroups) and inject `--no-sandbox`
- Chrome stderr is now captured and included in launch error messages, with a hint when sandbox errors are detected
This commit is contained in:
Chris Tate
2026-03-03 17:45:23 -06:00
committed by GitHub
parent 324a9e4e0c
commit 56260f68b0
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@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ pub fn launch_chrome(options: &LaunchOptions) -> Result<ChromeProcess, String> {
args.extend(options.args.iter().cloned());
if should_disable_sandbox(&args) {
args.push("--no-sandbox".to_string());
}
let mut child = Command::new(&chrome_path)
.args(&args)
.stdin(Stdio::null())
@@ -149,18 +153,81 @@ pub fn launch_chrome(options: &LaunchOptions) -> Result<ChromeProcess, String> {
fn wait_for_ws_url(reader: BufReader<std::process::ChildStderr>) -> Result<String, String> {
let deadline = std::time::Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(30);
let prefix = "DevTools listening on ";
let mut stderr_lines: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
for line in reader.lines() {
if std::time::Instant::now() > deadline {
return Err("Timeout waiting for Chrome DevTools URL".to_string());
return Err(chrome_launch_error(
"Timeout waiting for Chrome DevTools URL",
&stderr_lines,
));
}
let line = line.map_err(|e| format!("Failed to read Chrome stderr: {}", e))?;
if let Some(url) = line.strip_prefix(prefix) {
return Ok(url.trim().to_string());
}
stderr_lines.push(line);
}
Err("Chrome exited before providing DevTools URL".to_string())
Err(chrome_launch_error(
"Chrome exited before providing DevTools URL",
&stderr_lines,
))
}
fn chrome_launch_error(message: &str, stderr_lines: &[String]) -> String {
let relevant: Vec<&String> = stderr_lines
.iter()
.filter(|l| {
let lower = l.to_lowercase();
lower.contains("error")
|| lower.contains("fatal")
|| lower.contains("sandbox")
|| lower.contains("namespace")
|| lower.contains("permission")
|| lower.contains("cannot")
|| lower.contains("failed")
|| lower.contains("abort")
})
.collect();
if relevant.is_empty() {
if stderr_lines.is_empty() {
return format!("{} (no stderr output from Chrome)", message);
}
let last_lines: Vec<&String> = stderr_lines.iter().rev().take(5).collect();
return format!(
"{}\nChrome stderr (last {} lines):\n {}",
message,
last_lines.len(),
last_lines
.into_iter()
.rev()
.map(|s| s.as_str())
.collect::<Vec<_>>()
.join("\n ")
);
}
let hint = if relevant.iter().any(|l| {
let lower = l.to_lowercase();
lower.contains("sandbox") || lower.contains("namespace")
}) {
"\nHint: try --args \"--no-sandbox\" (required in containers, VMs, and some Linux setups)"
} else {
""
};
format!(
"{}\nChrome stderr:\n {}{}",
message,
relevant
.iter()
.map(|s| s.as_str())
.collect::<Vec<_>>()
.join("\n "),
hint
)
}
pub fn find_chrome() -> Option<PathBuf> {
@@ -177,6 +244,10 @@ pub fn find_chrome() -> Option<PathBuf> {
return Some(p);
}
}
if let Some(p) = find_playwright_chromium() {
return Some(p);
}
}
#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
@@ -197,6 +268,10 @@ pub fn find_chrome() -> Option<PathBuf> {
}
}
}
if let Some(p) = find_playwright_chromium() {
return Some(p);
}
}
#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
@@ -369,6 +444,106 @@ fn get_chrome_user_data_dirs() -> Vec<PathBuf> {
dirs
}
/// Returns true if Chrome's sandbox should be disabled because the environment
/// doesn't support it (containers, VMs, running as root).
fn should_disable_sandbox(existing_args: &[String]) -> bool {
if existing_args.iter().any(|a| a == "--no-sandbox") {
return false; // already set by user
}
#[cfg(unix)]
{
// Root user -- standard container default, Chrome sandbox requires non-root
if unsafe { libc::geteuid() } == 0 {
return true;
}
// Docker container
if Path::new("/.dockerenv").exists() {
return true;
}
// Podman container
if Path::new("/run/.containerenv").exists() {
return true;
}
// Generic container detection: cgroup contains docker/kubepods/lxc
if let Ok(cgroup) = std::fs::read_to_string("/proc/1/cgroup") {
if cgroup.contains("docker")
|| cgroup.contains("kubepods")
|| cgroup.contains("lxc")
{
return true;
}
}
}
false
}
/// Search Playwright's browser cache for a Chromium binary.
/// This is where `agent-browser install` (via `npx playwright install chromium`) puts it.
fn find_playwright_chromium() -> Option<PathBuf> {
let mut search_dirs = Vec::new();
if let Ok(custom) = std::env::var("PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH") {
search_dirs.push(PathBuf::from(custom));
}
if let Some(home) = dirs::home_dir() {
search_dirs.push(home.join(".cache/ms-playwright"));
}
for dir in &search_dirs {
if !dir.is_dir() {
continue;
}
if let Ok(entries) = std::fs::read_dir(dir) {
let mut matches: Vec<PathBuf> = entries
.filter_map(|e| e.ok())
.filter(|e| {
e.file_name()
.to_str()
.map(|n| n.starts_with("chromium-"))
.unwrap_or(false)
})
.filter_map(|e| {
let candidate = build_playwright_binary_path(&e.path());
if candidate.exists() {
Some(candidate)
} else {
None
}
})
.collect();
// Sort descending so the newest version wins
matches.sort();
matches.reverse();
if let Some(p) = matches.into_iter().next() {
return Some(p);
}
}
}
None
}
#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
fn build_playwright_binary_path(chromium_dir: &Path) -> PathBuf {
chromium_dir.join("chrome-linux64/chrome")
}
#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
fn build_playwright_binary_path(chromium_dir: &Path) -> PathBuf {
chromium_dir.join("chrome-mac/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium")
}
#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
fn build_playwright_binary_path(chromium_dir: &Path) -> PathBuf {
chromium_dir.join("chrome-win/chrome.exe")
}
fn expand_tilde(path: &str) -> String {
if let Some(rest) = path.strip_prefix('~') {
if let Some(home) = dirs::home_dir() {
@@ -414,4 +589,47 @@ mod tests {
let result = read_devtools_active_port(Path::new("/nonexistent"));
assert!(result.is_none());
}
#[test]
fn test_should_disable_sandbox_skips_if_already_set() {
let args = vec!["--headless=new".to_string(), "--no-sandbox".to_string()];
assert!(!should_disable_sandbox(&args));
}
#[test]
fn test_chrome_launch_error_no_stderr() {
let msg = chrome_launch_error("Chrome exited", &[]);
assert!(msg.contains("no stderr output"));
}
#[test]
fn test_chrome_launch_error_with_sandbox_hint() {
let lines = vec![
"some log line".to_string(),
"Failed to move to new namespace: sandbox error".to_string(),
];
let msg = chrome_launch_error("Chrome exited", &lines);
assert!(msg.contains("sandbox error"));
assert!(msg.contains("Hint:"));
assert!(msg.contains("--no-sandbox"));
}
#[test]
fn test_chrome_launch_error_generic() {
let lines = vec![
"info line".to_string(),
"another info line".to_string(),
];
let msg = chrome_launch_error("Chrome exited", &lines);
assert!(msg.contains("last 2 lines"));
}
#[test]
fn test_find_playwright_chromium_nonexistent() {
// With no Playwright cache, should return None
std::env::set_var("PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH", "/nonexistent/path");
let result = find_playwright_chromium();
std::env::remove_var("PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH");
assert!(result.is_none());
}
}