Previously __import__ was a plain closure whose __globals__ contained
this module's real __builtins__, so sandboxed code could escape via
__import__.__globals__['__builtins__']['__import__']('os').
Wrap _safe_import in _SafeBuiltin (same hardening as other builtins) so
its __globals__ attribute is not reachable from user code. Also resolve
_real_import at wrap-time rather than closing over __builtins__ to keep
the closure minimal.
Replace closure wrapper with a callable class (_SafeBuiltin) built in an
isolated exec namespace. Closures leak this module's globals via
wrapper.__globals__ (print.__globals__['io'], print.__globals__['Path']).
The callable class has no __globals__ attribute at instance level, and
the class methods' __globals__ is the isolated namespace instead of this
module.
Also block pathlib and asyncio imports — both modules import os directly,
so Path.cwd.__globals__['os'] and asyncio.subprocess were escape routes.
Remove os from the default namespace and restrict __builtins__ to a
curated safe set (no open/exec/eval/compile). Add an import guard that
blocks os, subprocess, shutil, sys, builtins, and other system-access
modules. Preserve __build_class__ so class definitions still work.
Wrap builtin functions to prevent __self__ leaking the builtins module.
Remove Path and asyncio from pre-loaded namespace to close
Path.cwd.__globals__ and asyncio.sys.modules escape routes.
When `browser-use connect` fails to discover a running Chrome, the error
now points to the correct `chrome://inspect/#remote-debugging` URL. The
SKILL.md also guides agents to prompt users with two options: enable
remote debugging or use managed Chromium with a Chrome profile.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add UTM params to all cloud-bound links across README, CLI, and error messages
- Rewrite README Open Source vs Cloud section: position cloud browsers as
recommended pairing for OSS users, remove separate Use Both section
- Rewrite error messages for use_cloud=True and ChatBrowserUse() to clearly
state what is wrong and what to do next
- Add missing URLs: invalid API key now links to key page, insufficient
credits now links to billing page
- Add cloud browser nudge on captcha detection (logger.warning)
- Add cloud browser nudge on local browser launch failure
- Use os.open() with mode 0o600 instead of write-then-chmod to eliminate
the permission race window where the temp file is briefly world-readable.
- Raise instead of warn when token file write fails: a daemon that cannot
persist its auth token is permanently unauthorized for all clients, so
failing fast is correct (identified by cubic).
Generate a secrets.token_hex(32) on daemon startup, write it atomically
to ~/.browser-use/{session}.token (chmod 0o600), and validate it on every
incoming request via hmac.compare_digest. The client reads the token file
and includes it in each send_command() call.
This closes the arbitrary-code-execution vector where any local process
could connect to the deterministic Windows TCP port (or a world-readable
Unix socket) and dispatch the 'python' action to run eval()/exec() as the
daemon owner.
Bumps aiohttp from 3.13.3 to 3.13.4 in requirements-cli.txt.
Fixes uncapped memory usage from insufficient trailer header restrictions
(aio-libs/aiohttp@0c2e9da).
- cloud.py: remove BROWSER_USE_API_KEY env var fallback (violates CLI
policy of config.json as single source of truth); instead detect the
env var in the error path and print a targeted migration hint
- setup.py: replace Path.rename() with shutil.move() so the temp file
can be moved across filesystems (e.g. /tmp -> /usr/local/bin)
A SIGKILL mid-write truncates config.json; read_config() catches
json.JSONDecodeError and returns {}, silently wiping the API key and
all other settings. Mirror the pattern already used by _write_state():
write to a sibling temp file, fsync, chmod 600, then os.replace() into
place — which is atomic on POSIX and effectively atomic on Windows.
Downloads to a temp file, fetches the .sha256sum file Cloudflare publishes
alongside each release, and verifies before moving to the install destination.
Protects against MITM/CDN tampering. Temp file is cleaned up on failure.
The CLI previously accepted the env var as a fallback; this PR dropped it
without a migration path, breaking CI/CD pipelines that set it as a secret.
Restore backwards-compat by checking the env var after config.json and
printing a deprecation warning with the migration command.
- Remove BROWSER_USE_API_KEY env var as a read source from CLI code; config.json is the only source of truth
- Split _create_cloud_profile into daemon-safe _inner (raises) and CLI wrapper (sys.exit)
- Daemon auto-heal no longer kills process on profile creation API errors
_get_or_create_cloud_profile reads config instantly instead of
validating via GET /profiles/{id} on every connect. If the profile
is invalid, _provision_cloud_browser auto-heals by creating a new
one and retrying. Saves ~500ms-1s on every cloud connect.
Library keeps recording off by default. CLI reads cloud_connect_recording
from config (defaults True). Users can disable with:
browser-use config set cloud_connect_recording false
Page.enable fails on browser-level CDP targets. Wrap in try/except
like the library's PopupsWatchdog does. Dialog handler still
registers regardless — events may fire on some CDP implementations.
On slow CI machines, _get_pending_network_requests() can hang for 15s+
when Chrome is busy loading/rendering after a navigation. This silently
eats into the 30s BrowserStateRequestEvent budget, leaving insufficient
time for the actual DOM capture — causing 5 consecutive timeouts and
agent termination.
Observed on eBay search results in eval runs: DOMWatchdog started but
produced zero log output for 15 seconds before the timeout killed it.
The pending network check was the first await after the URL log.
- type: ignore on each param line in sessions.py (pyright per-line)
- Remove ActionHandler assert in browser.py (breaks pre-existing tests)
- Ruff format
Fixes type errors in test_cli_upload and test_cli_coordinate_click
which pass BrowserSession. CLIBrowserSession inherits from it so
the runtime behavior is unchanged.
- Ruff format all skill_cli and test files
- Fix type: get_config_value returns str|int|None, callers cast properly
- Fix type: BrowserWrapper.actions is non-optional (always provided)
- Fix type: config comparison uses 'is' not '=='
- Rewrite test_setup_command for new setup.handle(yes=True) API
- Add None guard in test_cli_lifecycle for state file
Saurav Panda