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* docs: browser CDP supervisor design (for upcoming PR) Design doc ahead of implementation — dialog + iframe detection/interaction via a persistent CDP supervisor. Covers backend capability matrix (verified live 2026-04-23), architecture, lifecycle, policy, agent surface, PR split, non-goals, and test plan. Supersedes #12550. No code changes in this commit. * feat(browser): add persistent CDP supervisor for dialog + frame detection Single persistent CDP WebSocket per Hermes task_id that subscribes to Page/Runtime/Target events and maintains thread-safe state for pending dialogs, frame tree, and console errors. Supervisor lives in its own daemon thread running an asyncio loop; external callers use sync API (snapshot(), respond_to_dialog()) that bridges onto the loop. Auto-attaches to OOPIF child targets via Target.setAutoAttach{flatten:true} and enables Page+Runtime on each so iframe-origin dialogs surface through the same supervisor. Dialog policies: must_respond (default, 300s safety timeout), auto_dismiss, auto_accept. Frame tree capped at 30 entries + OOPIF depth 2 to keep snapshot payloads bounded on ad-heavy pages. E2E verified against real Chrome via smoke test — detects + responds to main-frame alerts, iframe-contentWindow alerts, preserves frame tree, graceful no-dialog error path, clean shutdown. No agent-facing tool wiring in this commit (comes next). * feat(browser): add browser_dialog tool wired to CDP supervisor Agent-facing response-only tool. Schema: action: 'accept' | 'dismiss' (required) prompt_text: response for prompt() dialogs (optional) dialog_id: disambiguate when multiple dialogs queued (optional) Handler: SUPERVISOR_REGISTRY.get(task_id).respond_to_dialog(...) check_fn shares _browser_cdp_check with browser_cdp so both surface and hide together. When no supervisor is attached (Camofox, default Playwright, or no browser session started yet), tool is hidden; if somehow invoked it returns a clear error pointing the agent to browser_navigate / /browser connect. Registered in _HERMES_CORE_TOOLS and the browser / hermes-acp / hermes-api-server toolsets alongside browser_cdp. * feat(browser): wire CDP supervisor into session lifecycle + browser_snapshot Supervisor lifecycle: * _get_session_info lazy-starts the supervisor after a session row is materialized — covers every backend code path (Browserbase, cdp_url override, /browser connect, future providers) with one hook. * cleanup_browser(task_id) stops the supervisor for that task first (before the backend tears down CDP). * cleanup_all_browsers() calls SUPERVISOR_REGISTRY.stop_all(). * /browser connect eagerly starts the supervisor for task 'default' so the first snapshot already shows pending_dialogs. * /browser disconnect stops the supervisor. CDP URL resolution for the supervisor: 1. BROWSER_CDP_URL / browser.cdp_url override. 2. Fallback: session_info['cdp_url'] from cloud providers (Browserbase). browser_snapshot merges supervisor state (pending_dialogs + frame_tree) into its JSON output when a supervisor is active — the agent reads pending_dialogs from the snapshot it already requests, then calls browser_dialog to respond. No extra tool surface. Config defaults: * browser.dialog_policy: 'must_respond' (new) * browser.dialog_timeout_s: 300 (new) No version bump — new keys deep-merge into existing browser section. Deadlock fix in supervisor event dispatch: * _on_dialog_opening and _on_target_attached used to await CDP calls while the reader was still processing an event — but only the reader can set the response Future, so the call timed out. * Both now fire asyncio.create_task(...) so the reader stays pumping. * auto_dismiss/auto_accept now actually close the dialog immediately. Tests (tests/tools/test_browser_supervisor.py, 11 tests, real Chrome): * supervisor start/snapshot * main-frame alert detection + dismiss * iframe.contentWindow alert * prompt() with prompt_text reply * respond with no pending dialog -> clean error * auto_dismiss clears on event * registry idempotency * registry stop -> snapshot reports inactive * browser_dialog tool no-supervisor error * browser_dialog invalid action * browser_dialog end-to-end via tool handler xdist-safe: chrome_cdp fixture uses a per-worker port. Skipped when google-chrome/chromium isn't installed. * docs(browser): document browser_dialog tool + CDP supervisor - user-guide/features/browser.md: new browser_dialog section with workflow, availability gate, and dialog_policy table - reference/tools-reference.md: row for browser_dialog, tool count bumped 53 -> 54, browser tools count 11 -> 12 - reference/toolsets-reference.md: browser_dialog added to browser toolset row with note on pending_dialogs / frame_tree snapshot fields Full design doc lives at developer-guide/browser-supervisor.md (committed earlier). * fix(browser): reconnect loop + recent_dialogs for Browserbase visibility Found via Browserbase E2E test that revealed two production-critical issues: 1. **Supervisor WebSocket drops when other clients disconnect.** Browserbase's CDP proxy tears down our long-lived WebSocket whenever a short-lived client (e.g. agent-browser CLI's per-command CDP connection) disconnects. Fixed with a reconnecting _run loop that re-attaches with exponential backoff on drops. _page_session_id and _child_sessions are reset on each reconnect; pending_dialogs and frames are preserved across reconnects. 2. **Browserbase auto-dismisses dialogs server-side within ~10ms.** Their Playwright-based CDP proxy dismisses alert/confirm/prompt before our Page.handleJavaScriptDialog call can respond. So pending_dialogs is empty by the time the agent reads a snapshot on Browserbase. Added a recent_dialogs ring buffer (capacity 20) that retains a DialogRecord for every dialog that opened, with a closed_by tag: * 'agent' — agent called browser_dialog * 'auto_policy' — local auto_dismiss/auto_accept fired * 'watchdog' — must_respond timeout auto-dismissed (300s default) * 'remote' — browser/backend closed it on us (Browserbase) Agents on Browserbase now see the dialog history with closed_by='remote' so they at least know a dialog fired, even though they couldn't respond. 3. **Page.javascriptDialogClosed matching bug.** The event doesn't include a 'message' field (CDP spec has only 'result' and 'userInput') but our _on_dialog_closed was matching on message. Fixed to match by session_id + oldest-first, with a safety assumption that only one dialog is in flight per session (the JS thread is blocked while a dialog is up). Docs + tests updated: * browser.md: new availability matrix showing the three backends and which mode (pending / recent / response) each supports * developer-guide/browser-supervisor.md: three-field snapshot schema with closed_by semantics * test_browser_supervisor.py: +test_recent_dialogs_ring_buffer (12/12 passing against real Chrome) E2E verified both backends: * Local Chrome via /browser connect: detect + respond full workflow (smoke_supervisor.py all 7 scenarios pass) * Browserbase: detect via recent_dialogs with closed_by='remote' (smoke_supervisor_browserbase_v2.py passes) Camofox remains out of scope (REST-only, no CDP) — tracked for upstream PR 3. * feat(browser): XHR bridge for dialog response on Browserbase (FIXED) Browserbase's CDP proxy auto-dismisses native JS dialogs within ~10ms, so Page.handleJavaScriptDialog calls lose the race. Solution: bypass native dialogs entirely. The supervisor now injects Page.addScriptToEvaluateOnNewDocument with a JavaScript override for window.alert/confirm/prompt. Those overrides perform a synchronous XMLHttpRequest to a magic host ('hermes-dialog-bridge.invalid'). We intercept those XHRs via Fetch.enable with a requestStage=Request pattern. Flow when a page calls alert('hi'): 1. window.alert override intercepts, builds XHR GET to http://hermes-dialog-bridge.invalid/?kind=alert&message=hi 2. Sync XHR blocks the page's JS thread (mirrors real dialog semantics) 3. Fetch.requestPaused fires on our WebSocket; supervisor surfaces it as a pending dialog with bridge_request_id set 4. Agent reads pending_dialogs from browser_snapshot, calls browser_dialog 5. Supervisor calls Fetch.fulfillRequest with JSON body: {accept: true|false, prompt_text: '...', dialog_id: 'd-N'} 6. The injected script parses the body, returns the appropriate value from the override (undefined for alert, bool for confirm, string|null for prompt) This works identically on Browserbase AND local Chrome — no native dialog ever fires, so Browserbase's auto-dismiss has nothing to race. Dialog policies (must_respond / auto_dismiss / auto_accept) all still work. Bridge is installed on every attached session (main page + OOPIF child sessions) so iframe dialogs are captured too. Native-dialog path kept as a fallback for backends that don't auto-dismiss (so a page that somehow bypasses our override — e.g. iframes that load after Fetch.enable but before the init-script runs — still gets observed via Page.javascriptDialogOpening). E2E VERIFIED: * Local Chrome: 13/13 pytest tests green (12 original + new test_bridge_captures_prompt_and_returns_reply_text that asserts window.__ret === 'AGENT-SUPPLIED-REPLY' after agent responds) * Browserbase: smoke_bb_bridge_v2.py runs 4/4 PASS: - alert('BB-ALERT-MSG') dismiss → page.alert_ret = undefined ✓ - prompt('BB-PROMPT-MSG', 'default-xyz') accept with 'AGENT-REPLY' → page.prompt_ret === 'AGENT-REPLY' ✓ - confirm('BB-CONFIRM-MSG') accept → page.confirm_ret === true ✓ - confirm('BB-CONFIRM-MSG') dismiss → page.confirm_ret === false ✓ Docs updated in browser.md and developer-guide/browser-supervisor.md — availability matrix now shows Browserbase at full parity with local Chrome for both detection and response. * feat(browser): cross-origin iframe interaction via browser_cdp(frame_id=...) Adds iframe interaction to the CDP supervisor PR (was queued as PR 2). Design: browser_cdp gets an optional frame_id parameter. When set, the tool looks up the frame in the supervisor's frame_tree, grabs its child cdp_session_id (OOPIF session), and dispatches the CDP call through the supervisor's already-connected WebSocket via run_coroutine_threadsafe. Why not stateless: on Browserbase, each fresh browser_cdp WebSocket must re-negotiate against a signed connectUrl. The session info carries a specific URL that can expire while the supervisor's long-lived connection stays valid. Routing via the supervisor sidesteps this. Agent workflow: 1. browser_snapshot → frame_tree.children[] shows OOPIFs with is_oopif=true 2. browser_cdp(method='Runtime.evaluate', frame_id=<OOPIF frame_id>, params={'expression': 'document.title', 'returnByValue': True}) 3. Supervisor dispatches the call on the OOPIF's child session Supervisor state fixes needed along the way: * _on_frame_detached now skips reason='swap' (frame migrating processes) * _on_frame_detached also skips when the frame is an OOPIF with a live child session — Browserbase fires spurious remove events when a same-origin iframe gets promoted to OOPIF * _on_target_detached clears cdp_session_id but KEEPS the frame record so the agent still sees the OOPIF in frame_tree during transient session flaps E2E VERIFIED on Browserbase (smoke_bb_iframe_agent_path.py): browser_cdp(method='Runtime.evaluate', params={'expression': 'document.title', 'returnByValue': True}, frame_id=<OOPIF>) → {'success': True, 'result': {'value': 'Example Domain'}} The iframe is <iframe src='https://example.com/'> inside a top-level data: URL page on a real Browserbase session. The agent Runtime.evaluates INSIDE the cross-origin iframe and gets example.com's title back. Tests (tests/tools/test_browser_supervisor.py — 16 pass total): * test_browser_cdp_frame_id_routes_via_supervisor — injects fake OOPIF, verifies routing via supervisor, Runtime.evaluate returns 1+1=2 * test_browser_cdp_frame_id_missing_supervisor — clean error when no supervisor attached * test_browser_cdp_frame_id_not_in_frame_tree — clean error on bad frame_id Docs (browser.md and developer-guide/browser-supervisor.md) updated with the iframe workflow, availability matrix now shows OOPIF eval as shipped for local Chrome + Browserbase. * test(browser): real-OOPIF E2E verified manually + chrome_cdp uses --site-per-process When asked 'did you test the iframe stuff' I had only done a mocked pytest (fake injected OOPIF) plus a Browserbase E2E. Closed the local-Chrome real-OOPIF gap by writing /tmp/dialog-iframe-test/ smoke_local_oopif.py: * 2 http servers on different hostnames (localhost:18905 + 127.0.0.1:18906) * Chrome with --site-per-process so the cross-origin iframe becomes a real OOPIF in its own process * Navigate, find OOPIF in supervisor.frame_tree, call browser_cdp(method='Runtime.evaluate', frame_id=<OOPIF>) which routes through the supervisor's child session * Asserts iframe document.title === 'INNER-FRAME-XYZ' (from the inner page, retrieved via OOPIF eval) PASSED on 2026-04-23. Tried to embed this as a pytest but hit an asyncio version quirk between venv (3.11) and the system python (3.13) — Page.navigate hangs in the pytest harness but works in standalone. Left a self-documenting skip test that points to the smoke script + describes the verification. chrome_cdp fixture now passes --site-per-process so future iframe tests can rely on OOPIF behavior. Result: 16 pass + 1 documented-skip = 17 tests in tests/tools/test_browser_supervisor.py. * docs(browser): add dialog_policy + dialog_timeout_s to configuration.md, fix tool count Pre-merge docs audit revealed two gaps: 1. user-guide/configuration.md browser config example was missing the two new dialog_* knobs. Added with a short table explaining must_respond / auto_dismiss / auto_accept semantics and a link to the feature page for the full workflow. 2. reference/tools-reference.md header said '54 built-in tools' — real count on main is 54, this branch adds browser_dialog so it's 55. Fixed the header. (browser count was already correctly bumped 11 -> 12 in the earlier docs commit.) No code changes. |
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