chore(release): 1.5.7 — cf-status Cloudflare clearance preflight

Passing a Cloudflare challenge mints an HttpOnly cf_clearance cookie bound to
IP+UA. 'chrome-use cf-status' (aliases cf/cloudflare-status/clearance) reports
whether the active page is currently a CF challenge and whether a still-valid
cf_clearance exists (read via CDP — HttpOnly is invisible to document.cookie),
plus CF_VERIFIED_DEVICE trust, and a recommendation: proceed (already cleared,
don't re-solve) / solve (challenge up, no clearance) / reissue (clearance present
but page still blocks → IP/UA drifted). Lets an agent avoid re-solving what it
already cleared — the persistence optimization. Pure helpers unit-tested; live
-verified on a real cf_clearance.

cli/Cargo.lock

@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ checksum = "613afe47fcd5fac7ccf1db93babcb082c5994d996f20b8b159f2ad1658eb5724"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "chrome-use"
-version = "1.5.4"
+version = "1.5.7"
 dependencies = [
  "aes",
  "aes-gcm",

cli/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "chrome-use"
-version = "1.5.4"
+version = "1.5.7"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Fast browser automation CLI for AI agents"
 license = "Apache-2.0"

cli/src/commands.rs

@@ -1078,6 +1078,14 @@ fn parse_command_inner(args: &[String], flags: &Flags) -> Result<Value, ParseErr
             Ok(json!({ "id": id, "action": "stealth_status" }))
         }
 
+        // `cf-status` — Cloudflare challenge/clearance preflight: is the page
+        // currently a CF challenge, and is there a still-valid cf_clearance (the
+        // HttpOnly persistence cookie)? Lets an agent SKIP re-solving when already
+        // cleared, and know when it must solve. Persistence optimization.
+        "cf-status" | "cf" | "cloudflare-status" | "clearance" => {
+            Ok(json!({ "id": id, "action": "cf_status" }))
+        }
+
         // === Close ===
         "close" | "quit" | "exit" => {
             // `close <tab>` closes only that tab (and the output says "Tab

cli/src/connect.rs

@@ -449,6 +449,47 @@ pub fn relay_url() -> Option<String> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Append a one-line record of how a CDP connection was established, to
+/// `~/.chrome-use/connect-mode.log`. This is the smoking-gun detector for the
+/// "Allow remote debugging?" consent modal: that modal ONLY appears on a raw
+/// remote-debugging attach / a browser we launched with a debug port — NEVER on
+/// the extension relay. When the modal reappears, this log says which session
+/// took which path and when, so we can tell a code regression (`raw-port` /
+/// `launched` while the relay was up) from Chrome's own extension-debugger
+/// consent UX. Low volume (one line per connection); best-effort, never fails a
+/// connection.
+pub fn log_connect_mode(ws_url: &str, launched: bool, session: &str) {
+    let relay = relay_url();
+    let relay_up = relay.is_some();
+    let mode = if launched {
+        "launched(debug-port)"
+    } else if relay.as_deref() == Some(ws_url) {
+        "relay"
+    } else if ws_url.contains("127.0.0.1") || ws_url.contains("localhost") {
+        "raw-port-attach"
+    } else {
+        "remote-ws"
+    };
+    // A raw-port attach or a self-launch while the relay was available is the
+    // exact thing that pops the consent modal — flag it loudly in the line.
+    let suspect = (mode == "raw-port-attach" || launched) && relay_up;
+    let line = format!(
+        "session={session} mode={mode} relay_up={relay_up}{} ws={ws_url}\n",
+        if suspect { " CONSENT-MODAL-RISK" } else { "" }
+    );
+    if let Some(home) = dirs::home_dir() {
+        let path = home.join(".chrome-use").join("connect-mode.log");
+        use std::io::Write;
+        if let Ok(mut f) = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+            .create(true)
+            .append(true)
+            .open(&path)
+        {
+            let _ = f.write_all(line.as_bytes());
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Sidecar recording the connected extension's version, written by the host when
 /// it receives the extension's `hello` (sibling of `relay-cdp-url`). Lets
 /// `doctor` surface which extension build is live without a CDP round-trip.

cli/src/native/actions.rs

@@ -1341,6 +1341,7 @@ pub async fn execute_command(cmd: &Value, state: &mut DaemonState) -> Value {
         "forward" => handle_forward(state).await,
         "reload" => handle_reload(state).await,
         "cookies_get" => handle_cookies_get(cmd, state).await,
+        "cf_status" => handle_cf_status(cmd, state).await,
         "cookies_set" => handle_cookies_set(cmd, state).await,
         "cookies_clear" => handle_cookies_clear(state).await,
         "storage_get" => handle_storage_get(cmd, state).await,
@@ -4122,6 +4123,108 @@ async fn handle_cookies_clear(state: &DaemonState) -> Result<Value, String> {
     Ok(json!({ "cleared": true }))
 }
 
+// Detect whether the active page is *currently* a Cloudflare challenge
+// (the full-page "Just a moment…" / "正在进行安全验证" interstitial), so an agent
+// knows whether it must solve or can proceed. Runs in the top frame main world.
+const CF_CHALLENGE_JS: &str = r#"(function(){
+  var t = document.title || '';
+  var challenged =
+    /just a moment|attention required|checking (your|if)|verify you are human|正在进行安全验证|安全验证|请稍候|请完成|人机验证/i.test(t) ||
+    !!document.querySelector('#challenge-form, #challenge-running, #cf-challenge-running, [id^="cf-chl"], script[src*="/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/"]');
+  var turnstile = !!document.querySelector('.cf-turnstile, [data-sitekey]');
+  return JSON.stringify({ title: t, challenged: challenged, turnstile: turnstile, readyState: document.readyState });
+})()"#;
+
+/// Recommendation for a Cloudflare-gated page, from the current challenge state
+/// and whether a still-valid `cf_clearance` exists. Pure so it's unit-testable.
+/// - not challenged            → "proceed" (the page is cleared/loaded)
+/// - challenged, valid cookie  → "reissue" (clearance present but page still
+///   blocks → it's stale or the IP/UA no longer matches what it was issued for)
+/// - challenged, no cookie     → "solve"
+fn cf_recommendation(challenged: bool, clearance_valid: bool) -> &'static str {
+    if !challenged {
+        "proceed"
+    } else if clearance_valid {
+        "reissue"
+    } else {
+        "solve"
+    }
+}
+
+/// `cf_clearance` validity for a cookie's expiry (epoch seconds; <=0 = session
+/// cookie, treated as non-expiring). Returns (present, expired). Pure.
+fn clearance_state(expires: Option<f64>, now: f64) -> (bool, bool) {
+    match expires {
+        None => (false, false),
+        Some(e) if e <= 0.0 => (true, false), // session cookie: no expiry
+        Some(e) => (true, e < now),
+    }
+}
+
+async fn handle_cf_status(_cmd: &Value, state: &mut DaemonState) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    let mgr = state.browser.as_ref().ok_or("Browser not launched")?;
+    let session_id = mgr.active_session_id()?.to_string();
+    let url = mgr.get_url().await.unwrap_or_default();
+
+    // 1. Is the page a Cloudflare challenge right now?
+    let probe_raw = mgr.evaluate(CF_CHALLENGE_JS, None).await.unwrap_or(Value::Null);
+    let probe = parse_json_string(probe_raw, "cf challenge probe").unwrap_or(Value::Null);
+    let challenged = probe
+        .get("challenged")
+        .and_then(|v| v.as_bool())
+        .unwrap_or(false);
+    let turnstile = probe
+        .get("turnstile")
+        .and_then(|v| v.as_bool())
+        .unwrap_or(false);
+    let title = probe
+        .get("title")
+        .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+        .unwrap_or("")
+        .to_string();
+
+    // 2. Persistence artifacts: cf_clearance (HttpOnly → must read via CDP, not
+    //    document.cookie) + CF_VERIFIED_DEVICE. Scope to the current URL.
+    let urls = if url.is_empty() {
+        None
+    } else {
+        Some(vec![url.clone()])
+    };
+    let cookies = super::cookies::get_cookies(&mgr.client, &session_id, urls)
+        .await
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+    let clearance = cookies.iter().find(|c| c.name == "cf_clearance");
+    let now = std::time::SystemTime::now()
+        .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
+        .map(|d| d.as_secs_f64())
+        .unwrap_or(0.0);
+    let (present, expired) = clearance_state(clearance.map(|c| c.expires), now);
+    let expires_in = clearance
+        .filter(|_| present && !expired)
+        .map(|c| (c.expires - now).max(0.0) as i64);
+    let device_verified = cookies
+        .iter()
+        .any(|c| c.name.starts_with("CF_VERIFIED_DEVICE"));
+
+    let clearance_valid = present && !expired;
+    let recommendation = cf_recommendation(challenged, clearance_valid);
+
+    Ok(json!({
+        "url": url,
+        "title": title,
+        "challenged": challenged,
+        "turnstile": turnstile,
+        "clearance": {
+            "present": present,
+            "expired": expired,
+            "expiresIn": expires_in,
+            "httpOnly": clearance.map(|c| c.http_only).unwrap_or(false),
+        },
+        "deviceVerified": device_verified,
+        "recommendation": recommendation,
+    }))
+}
+
 async fn handle_storage_get(cmd: &Value, state: &DaemonState) -> Result<Value, String> {
     let mgr = state.browser.as_ref().ok_or("Browser not launched")?;
     let session_id = mgr.active_session_id()?.to_string();
@@ -9069,6 +9172,26 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::test_utils::EnvGuard;
     use std::fs;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_cf_recommendation() {
+        assert_eq!(cf_recommendation(false, false), "proceed");
+        assert_eq!(cf_recommendation(false, true), "proceed");
+        assert_eq!(cf_recommendation(true, false), "solve");
+        assert_eq!(cf_recommendation(true, true), "reissue");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_clearance_state() {
+        // no cookie
+        assert_eq!(clearance_state(None, 1000.0), (false, false));
+        // session cookie (expires <= 0) → present, never expired
+        assert_eq!(clearance_state(Some(-1.0), 1000.0), (true, false));
+        // valid: expiry in the future
+        assert_eq!(clearance_state(Some(2000.0), 1000.0), (true, false));
+        // expired: expiry in the past
+        assert_eq!(clearance_state(Some(500.0), 1000.0), (true, true));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_url_glob_to_regex() {
         assert_eq!(url_glob_to_regex("**/dashboard"), "^.*/dashboard$");

cli/src/native/browser.rs

@@ -166,6 +166,27 @@ fn resolve_active_index(
     active_page_index
 }
 
+/// Target ids to prune after a `Target.getTargets` resync: tracked pages whose
+/// target is no longer in the live set — EXCEPT the explicitly-pinned active
+/// target, which is protected. The relay against a busy real Chrome occasionally
+/// returns a different window's tabs for a single `getTargets` call ("tab list
+/// hops windows", issue #31); pruning on that transient snapshot would drop the
+/// agent's adopted tab and drift subsequent eval/click onto a foreign tab. A
+/// genuine close still arrives as `Target.targetDestroyed` (handled in the event
+/// drain), which removes the pin properly — so protecting it here only guards
+/// against flaky snapshots, not real closures.
+fn prunable_target_ids(
+    pages: &[PageInfo],
+    live_ids: &HashSet<String>,
+    pinned: Option<&str>,
+) -> Vec<String> {
+    pages
+        .iter()
+        .map(|p| p.target_id.clone())
+        .filter(|tid| !live_ids.contains(tid) && pinned != Some(tid.as_str()))
+        .collect()
+}
+
 /// Whether the resolved active page is a tab the session created (its target_id
 /// is in `created_targets`). Pure core of [`BrowserManager::active_is_session_owned`]
 /// so the relay no-hijack rule is unit-testable without a live browser.
@@ -490,6 +511,13 @@ impl BrowserManager {
             }
         };
 
+        // A launched browser carries a debug port → it's the other path that can
+        // pop Chrome's consent modal; record it for #31 diagnosis.
+        crate::connect::log_connect_mode(
+            &ws_url,
+            true,
+            DAEMON_SESSION.get().map(String::as_str).unwrap_or("default"),
+        );
         let manager = if engine == "lightpanda" {
             initialize_lightpanda_manager(ws_url, process).await?
         } else {
@@ -585,6 +613,13 @@ impl BrowserManager {
         headers: Option<Vec<(String, String)>>,
     ) -> Result<Self, String> {
         let ws_url = resolve_cdp_url(url).await?;
+        // Record the transport so a reappearing "Allow remote debugging?" modal
+        // can be traced to a raw-port attach vs the consent-free relay (#31).
+        crate::connect::log_connect_mode(
+            &ws_url,
+            false,
+            DAEMON_SESSION.get().map(String::as_str).unwrap_or("default"),
+        );
         let client = Arc::new(CdpClient::connect_with_headers(&ws_url, headers).await?);
         let mut manager = Self {
             client,
@@ -1411,13 +1446,10 @@ impl BrowserManager {
             let _ = self.enable_domains(&attach_result.session_id).await;
         }
 
-        // Drop tabs that no longer exist so `tab list` doesn't show phantom rows.
+        // Drop tabs that no longer exist so `tab list` doesn't show phantom rows —
-        let gone: Vec<String> = self
+        // but never prune the explicitly-pinned active target on a transient
-            .pages
+        // getTargets snapshot (issue #31; see `prunable_target_ids`).
-            .iter()
+        let gone = prunable_target_ids(&self.pages, &live_ids, self.active_target_id.as_deref());
-            .map(|p| p.target_id.clone())
-            .filter(|tid| !live_ids.contains(tid))
-            .collect();
         for tid in gone {
             self.remove_page_by_target_id(&tid);
         }
@@ -2582,6 +2614,25 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!active_index_is_owned(&[], None, 0, &created));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn prune_protects_pinned_target_on_transient_snapshot() {
+        // The relay returned a getTargets snapshot missing the pinned tab "A"
+        // (it hopped to another window). "B" is also absent. Without protection
+        // both would be pruned and the next command would drift; with the pin
+        // protected, only the genuinely-unpinned "B" is dropped (issue #31).
+        let pages = vec![page("A"), page("B")];
+        let live: HashSet<String> = HashSet::new(); // snapshot returned neither
+        let gone = prunable_target_ids(&pages, &live, Some("A"));
+        assert_eq!(gone, vec!["B".to_string()]);
+        // With no pin, both are prunable (unchanged behavior).
+        let gone_unpinned = prunable_target_ids(&pages, &live, None);
+        assert_eq!(gone_unpinned.len(), 2);
+        // A pinned target that IS in the live set is simply not prunable anyway.
+        let mut live2 = HashSet::new();
+        live2.insert("A".to_string());
+        assert_eq!(prunable_target_ids(&pages, &live2, Some("A")), vec!["B".to_string()]);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn resolve_active_index_pin_survives_passive_background_tab() {
         // A foreign tab ("Z") gets appended by passive discovery after we pinned

cli/src/output.rs

@@ -224,6 +224,40 @@ pub fn print_response_with_opts(resp: &Response, action: Option<&str>, opts: &Ou
             return;
         }
 
+        // Cloudflare challenge/clearance preflight (`cf-status`). Checked early
+        // because its response carries `url`/`title`, which later generic
+        // renderers would otherwise swallow.
+        if action == Some("cf_status") {
+            let challenged = data.get("challenged").and_then(|v| v.as_bool()).unwrap_or(false);
+            let rec = data.get("recommendation").and_then(|v| v.as_str()).unwrap_or("?");
+            let cl = data.get("clearance");
+            let present = cl.and_then(|c| c.get("present")).and_then(|v| v.as_bool()).unwrap_or(false);
+            let expired = cl.and_then(|c| c.get("expired")).and_then(|v| v.as_bool()).unwrap_or(false);
+            let expires_in = cl.and_then(|c| c.get("expiresIn")).and_then(|v| v.as_i64());
+            let device = data.get("deviceVerified").and_then(|v| v.as_bool()).unwrap_or(false);
+
+            let (icon, headline) = match rec {
+                "proceed" => (color::success_indicator().to_string(), "cleared — no challenge, proceed"),
+                "solve" => (color::warning_indicator().to_string(), "Cloudflare challenge active, no valid clearance — solve it"),
+                "reissue" => (color::warning_indicator().to_string(), "challenge active but a clearance cookie exists — stale (IP/UA changed?), re-solve"),
+                _ => (color::cyan("•").to_string(), "unknown"),
+            };
+            println!("{} {}", icon, headline);
+            println!("  challenged:     {}", if challenged { "yes" } else { "no" });
+            let cl_desc = if !present {
+                "absent".to_string()
+            } else if expired {
+                "present but EXPIRED".to_string()
+            } else if let Some(s) = expires_in {
+                format!("valid, expires in {}m {}s", s / 60, s % 60)
+            } else {
+                "present (session)".to_string()
+            };
+            println!("  cf_clearance:   {}", cl_desc);
+            println!("  device trusted: {}", if device { "yes (CF_VERIFIED_DEVICE)" } else { "no" });
+            return;
+        }
+
         // Dialog status response
         if action == Some("dialog") {
             if let Some(has_dialog) = data.get("hasDialog").and_then(|v| v.as_bool()) {
@@ -3195,6 +3229,10 @@ Get Info:  chrome-use get <what> [selector]
 Check State:  chrome-use is <what> <selector>
   visible, enabled, checked
 
+Anti-bot:  chrome-use stealth | cf-status
+  stealth         stealth self-check (webdriver/UA/plugins + overrides)
+  cf-status       Cloudflare challenge + cf_clearance preflight (skip re-solving)
+
 Find Elements:  chrome-use find <locator> <value> <action> [text]
   role, text, label, placeholder, alt, title, testid, first, last, nth
 

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "chrome-use",
-  "version": "1.5.4",
+  "version": "1.5.7",
   "description": "chrome-use — drive your real, logged-in Chrome from any AI agent, stealth by default",
   "type": "module",
   "packageManager": "pnpm@11.1.3",

skill-data/core/SKILL.md

@@ -127,6 +127,19 @@ cadence, and scroll/drag ease. Default `off`; a per-navigation detector
 auto-escalates pages guarded by Akamai/PerimeterX/DataDome to `human`. Leave it
 on auto; force `human` only when you already know the target scores behaviour.
 
+**Cloudflare clearance — solve once, reuse.** Passing a Cloudflare challenge
+mints a `cf_clearance` cookie (HttpOnly — invisible to `eval`/`document.cookie`;
+read it via `chrome-use cookies`). It's bound to your **IP + User-Agent**: reuse
+the same exit IP and UA and you skip the challenge until it expires. Driving the
+user's real Chrome (relay) persists it natively; for isolated sessions,
+`--session-name <name>` save/restores it. Before spending effort solving, run
+`chrome-use cf-status` (aliases `cf`, `clearance`): it reports whether the page
+is *currently* a Cloudflare challenge and whether a still-valid `cf_clearance`
+exists, with a recommendation — `proceed` (already cleared, don't re-solve),
+`solve` (challenge up, no clearance), or `reissue` (clearance present but page
+still blocks → IP/UA drifted, re-solve). Use it as a preflight to avoid
+re-solving what you already cleared.
+
 ## Two ways to drive a page — and when to drop to `eval`
 
 You have a **real Chrome with the user's DOM**. Two layers, mix them freely: