feat(cleanup): default idle-shutdown + keep — stop leaving scratch tabs/groups behind

Agents finish a task and just stop (never calling `close`), so daemons used to
run forever, leaving their per-session scratch tabs + tab group in the user's
Chrome. Two cases now handled:

- Default idle timeout (10 min; AGENT_BROWSER_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS overrides, 0
  disables). On idle the daemon close()s the tabs IT created → the empty tab
  group is auto-removed by Chrome. Timer resets on every command, so active
  sessions are untouched. Adopted user tabs are never owned, so never closed.
- `keep` — leave the ACTIVE tab for the user: unown it (exempt from
  close/idle) + ask the extension to ungroup it (ABExt.ungroupTab → 0.4.12) so
  it becomes a normal tab. Scratch gets cleaned, deliverable tabs stay.

Also fix two clippy violations in the concurrently-landed #47 viewport code
(manual char comparison + iter().any→contains) that were failing main's CI.

ext 0.4.12: handle ABExt.ungroupTab (chrome.tabs.ungroup). 870 tests pass.

cli/Cargo.lock

@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ checksum = "613afe47fcd5fac7ccf1db93babcb082c5994d996f20b8b159f2ad1658eb5724"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "chrome-use"
-version = "1.5.24"
+version = "1.5.25"
 dependencies = [
  "aes",
  "aes-gcm",

cli/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "chrome-use"
-version = "1.5.24"
+version = "1.5.25"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Fast browser automation CLI for AI agents"
 license = "Apache-2.0"

cli/src/commands.rs

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ const KNOWN_COMMANDS: &[&str] = &[
     "canvas",
     "viewport",
     "resize",
+    "keep",
 ];
 
 /// Levenshtein distance, capped — small inputs only (command names).
@@ -1375,6 +1376,10 @@ fn parse_command_inner(args: &[String], flags: &Flags) -> Result<Value, ParseErr
         // `url` read so the response confirms which tab got adopted.
         "adopt" => Ok(json!({ "id": id, "action": "url" })),
 
+        // `keep`: leave the active tab for the user — exempt it from the daemon's
+        // auto-close/idle cleanup and remove it from the session's tab group.
+        "keep" => Ok(json!({ "id": id, "action": "keep" })),
+
         // === Stealth self-check ===
         "stealth" => {
             // `stealth [status]` — local stealth self-check: mode, live probes
@@ -3180,7 +3185,7 @@ fn parse_viewport(rest: &[&str], id: &str) -> Result<Value, ParseError> {
 
     let (w, h, scale_tok): (i32, i32, Option<&str>) = match positionals.first() {
         Some(first) if first.contains('x') || first.contains('X') => {
-            let mut parts = first.split(|c| c == 'x' || c == 'X');
+            let mut parts = first.split(['x', 'X']);
             let w = parts.next().and_then(|s| s.parse::<i32>().ok());
             let h = parts.next().and_then(|s| s.parse::<i32>().ok());
             match (w, h) {
@@ -3238,7 +3243,7 @@ fn parse_viewport(rest: &[&str], id: &str) -> Result<Value, ParseError> {
     if let Some(s) = scale {
         cmd["deviceScaleFactor"] = json!(s);
     }
-    if rest.iter().any(|a| *a == "--mobile") {
+    if rest.contains(&"--mobile") {
         cmd["mobile"] = json!(true);
     }
     Ok(cmd)

cli/src/native/actions.rs

@@ -1317,6 +1317,7 @@ pub async fn execute_command(cmd: &Value, state: &mut DaemonState) -> Value {
         "evaluate" => handle_evaluate(cmd, state).await,
         "site" => handle_site(cmd, state).await,
         "close" => handle_close(state).await,
+        "keep" => handle_keep(state).await,
         "stealth_status" => handle_stealth_status(state).await,
         "snapshot" => handle_snapshot(cmd, state).await,
         "screenshot" => handle_screenshot(cmd, state).await,
@@ -2855,6 +2856,34 @@ async fn handle_stealth_status(state: &DaemonState) -> Result<Value, String> {
     }))
 }
 
+/// `keep` — leave the ACTIVE tab for the user: stop owning it (so the daemon's
+/// `close()`/idle-shutdown won't close it) and best-effort remove it from this
+/// session's tab group so it looks like a normal user tab. The "leave for the
+/// user" half of the auto-close-on-idle cleanup: scratch tabs get closed, tabs
+/// the agent explicitly `keep`s stay. (Adopted user tabs are never owned, so
+/// they're already safe.)
+async fn handle_keep(state: &mut DaemonState) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    let mgr = state.browser.as_mut().ok_or("Browser not launched")?;
+    let target_id = mgr.active_target_id()?.to_string();
+    let session_id = mgr.active_session_id()?.to_string();
+    let was_owned = mgr.unown_target(&target_id);
+    // Best-effort: ask the extension to ungroup the tab (relay only; no-ops on a
+    // launched browser or an older extension that doesn't know ABExt.ungroupTab).
+    let _ = mgr
+        .client
+        .send_command_typed::<_, Value>(
+            "ABExt.ungroupTab",
+            &json!({ "sessionId": session_id, "targetId": target_id }),
+            None,
+        )
+        .await;
+    Ok(json!({
+        "kept": target_id,
+        "wasOwned": was_owned,
+        "note": "tab left for the user — exempt from auto-close, removed from the session tab group",
+    }))
+}
+
 async fn handle_close(state: &mut DaemonState) -> Result<Value, String> {
     if let Some(ref mgr) = state.browser {
         if let Some(ref session_name) = state.session_name {

cli/src/native/browser.rs

@@ -1546,6 +1546,13 @@ impl BrowserManager {
             .ok_or_else(|| "No active page".to_string())
     }
 
+    /// Stop owning a tab — drop it from `created_targets` so it survives `close()`
+    /// and idle-shutdown (the agent is leaving it for the user). Returns true if it
+    /// was owned. Used by `keep`.
+    pub fn unown_target(&mut self, target_id: &str) -> bool {
+        self.created_targets.remove(target_id)
+    }
+
     /// Returns true if this manager was connected via CDP (as opposed to local launch).
     pub fn is_cdp_connection(&self) -> bool {
         self.browser_process.is_none()

cli/src/native/daemon.rs

@@ -130,12 +130,21 @@ pub async fn run_daemon(session: &str) {
         }
     }
 
-    // Auto-shutdown the daemon after this many ms of inactivity (no commands received).
+    // Auto-shutdown the daemon after this many ms of inactivity (no commands
-    // Disabled when unset or 0.
+    // received). On shutdown the daemon closes the tabs IT created (its per-session
-    let idle_timeout_ms = env::var("AGENT_BROWSER_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS")
+    // tab group), so an agent that finishes a task and just stops — without ever
-        .ok()
+    // calling `close` — no longer leaves a pile of scratch tabs and a lingering
-        .and_then(|s| s.parse::<u64>().ok())
+    // tab group in the user's Chrome. The timer resets on every command, so active
-        .filter(|&ms| ms > 0);
+    // sessions are never interrupted; only genuinely-idle ones clean up.
+    //
+    // Defaults to 10 minutes. Set AGENT_BROWSER_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS to override, or 0
+    // to disable (keep the daemon alive forever — the old behaviour). Adopted
+    // tabs (the user's own, via `adopt`) are never closed: only `created_targets`.
+    const DEFAULT_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS: u64 = 600_000;
+    let idle_timeout_ms = match env::var("AGENT_BROWSER_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS") {
+        Ok(s) => s.trim().parse::<u64>().ok().filter(|&ms| ms > 0),
+        Err(_) => Some(DEFAULT_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS),
+    };
 
     let result = run_socket_server(
         &socket_path,

cli/src/output.rs

@@ -3326,6 +3326,9 @@ Core Commands:
   snapshot                   Accessibility tree with refs (for AI)
   eval <js>                  Run JavaScript
   connect <port|url>         Connect to browser via CDP
+  keep                       Leave the active tab for the user — exempt it from
+                             auto-close/idle cleanup + remove it from the session
+                             tab group (so scratch tabs get cleaned, this one stays)
   close [--all]              Close browser (--all closes every session)
 
 Navigation:

extensions/ab-connect/background.js

@@ -288,6 +288,19 @@ async function handleForwardCdpCommand(msg) {
   const params = msg?.params?.params || undefined
   const sessionId = typeof msg?.params?.sessionId === 'string' ? msg.params.sessionId : undefined
 
+  // Non-CDP extension commands (ABExt.*) the daemon sends. `ungroupTab` removes a
+  // tab from its per-session tab group so a `keep`-marked tab is left for the user
+  // as a normal, ungrouped tab (the group can then be cleaned up). Best-effort.
+  if (method === 'ABExt.ungroupTab') {
+    const tabId = tabIdFromSession(sessionId) ?? tabForSession(sessionId)
+    if (tabId != null && chrome.tabs.ungroup) {
+      try {
+        await chrome.tabs.ungroup(tabId)
+      } catch {}
+    }
+    return { ungrouped: tabId ?? null }
+  }
+
   // Browser-level Target methods that map onto chrome.tabs.
   if (method === 'Target.createTarget') {
     const url = typeof params?.url === 'string' && params.url ? params.url : 'about:blank'

extensions/ab-connect/manifest.json

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "manifest_version": 3,
   "name": "chrome-use",
-  "version": "0.4.11",
+  "version": "0.4.12",
-  "description": "Let chrome-use drive your logged-in Chrome \u2014 install once, no token, no per-use confirmation.",
+  "description": "Let chrome-use drive your logged-in Chrome — install once, no token, no per-use confirmation.",
   "key": "MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA6vQIyscGIPYPZdSpPwPL0+0gxUROyRgCpmvCSDoc8XUm4qm97VbKnD9Ijc1lV22lNWZtE78gaRjt6BeSfuMgnBymnhLKjN1gU6AI5QUU0mrJyeHdWKvrKQR5FmsM2A7Xr1ykE2SiiS8zNUS3Y/6O5l+Nva7wrVy6E4a2dkBVQkOsu+DV+nEZvhIyuDY5D5SPXqNwUTWTaglwj5mjvHz36xSwCWlPmrtJ+ED0AUyrb2z4GIOmvk4kqtBVrh/UD058klLo4CkYOnIybB5aV6WYuwarfPY4bF/dLggPem+ewLNTUNBuwrxj/A4nUv0LJTuRO8rR7f8WR9qnRCY0Ic5saQIDAQAB",
   "icons": {
     "16": "icons/icon16.png",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "chrome-use",
-  "version": "1.5.24",
+  "version": "1.5.25",
   "description": "chrome-use — drive your real, logged-in Chrome from any AI agent, stealth by default",
   "type": "module",
   "packageManager": "pnpm@11.1.3",