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Ahmed Allam b0f5c102f9 chore(container): drop the idle-timeout comment 2026-08-09 23:38:36 +00:00
Ahmed Allam 5d6b5fdbd1 chore: trim the idle-timeout comment; show the named-session pattern once 2026-08-09 23:38:14 +00:00
Ahmed AllamandDevin AI a55245ffcc docs(prompts,skills): tell agents to own a browser session, not share one
A concurrent agent navigating the default session invalidates another
agent's page and refs, so a named session is required for correctness, not
just for separate cookies. Bound the cost with one session per agent, an
explicit close, and the idle timeout.
2026-08-09 23:33:04 +00:00
Ahmed AllamandDevin AI 55e15f89fd fix(container): reclaim abandoned browser sessions
Each agent-browser session is a separate Chromium (~340 MB, ~12 processes)
and nothing owns a browser's lifecycle, so finished, stopped and crashed
agents strand theirs for the life of the sandbox. Enable the daemon's idle
timeout and stop telling agents each of them has its own browser.
2026-08-09 23:33:04 +00:00
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@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ ENV AGENT_BROWSER_EXECUTABLE_PATH=/usr/bin/chromium
ENV AGENT_BROWSER_USER_AGENT="Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/131.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
ENV AGENT_BROWSER_ARGS="--disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled,--no-first-run,--no-default-browser-check,--lang=en-US"
ENV AGENT_BROWSER_SCREENSHOT_DIR=/workspace/.agent-browser-screenshots
ENV AGENT_BROWSER_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS=180000
RUN /home/pentester/.npm-global/bin/agent-browser doctor --offline --quick
RUN set -eux; \
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@@ -263,7 +263,13 @@ Remember: A single well-validated high-impact vulnerability is worth more than d
<multi_agent_system>
AGENT ISOLATION & SANDBOXING:
- All agents run in the same shared Docker container for efficiency
- Each agent has its own: browser sessions, terminal sessions
- Each agent has its own terminal sessions
- Browsers are NOT per-agent by default: `agent-browser` with no `--session` is one
shared browser, so a concurrent agent's navigation invalidates your page and refs.
Pass `--session <your-agent-name>` for any browser work of your own — then it is
yours alone. Each session is a full Chromium (~340 MB) on this shared box, so keep
one, not several, and `agent-browser --session <name> close` when you're done with
the target; an idle browser is reclaimed automatically after 3 minutes
- All agents share the same /workspace directory and proxy history
- Agents can see each other's files and proxy traffic for better collaboration
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@@ -58,6 +58,26 @@ agent-browser screenshot
The browser stays running across commands so these feel like a single
session. Use `agent-browser close` (or `close --all`) when you're done.
The default session is **shared with every other agent in the sandbox** — if
another agent navigates it, your page and your refs are gone from under you. So
claim your own by passing `--session <your-agent-name>` on **every** command:
```bash
agent-browser --session recon-3 open https://example.com
agent-browser --session recon-3 snapshot -i
agent-browser --session recon-3 close # when done with the target
```
The examples in the rest of this skill omit `--session` to keep them readable;
keep passing yours. Each session is a separate Chromium (~340 MB) on a shared
box, so hold one rather than several, and close it when you're finished.
A browser left idle for 3 minutes is reclaimed automatically to free memory for
the other agents; the next command relaunches it, but the page, tabs, refs and
cookies are gone. If you're authenticated and about to go do something else for a
while, save the state first (see
[Persist session across runs](#persist-session-across-runs)).
## Reading a page
```bash
@@ -307,6 +327,16 @@ agent-browser --session b fill @e1 "bob@test.com"
`AGENT_BROWSER_SESSION=myapp` sets the default session for the current
shell.
Use a session named after yourself for your own work — that's what keeps a
concurrent agent from navigating the page out from under you. Every session is a
separate Chromium though, so hold one at a time rather than a collection, and
close each one when its flow is finished:
```bash
agent-browser --session a close
agent-browser --session b close
```
### Mock network requests
```bash
@@ -368,8 +398,11 @@ agent-browser dialog dismiss # cancel
## Readiness & recovery
The first `agent-browser open` in a session launches the headless-Chrome
daemon; later commands reuse it. Distinguish the two failure modes and react
differently — do **not** blindly re-run the same failing command in a loop:
daemon; later commands reuse it. A daemon left idle for 3 minutes shuts itself
down to free memory for the other agents, so an `open` after a long gap is a
fresh browser rather than a resumed one — expect to re-navigate, and re-`state
load` if you were logged in. Distinguish the failure modes and react differently
— do **not** blindly re-run the same failing command in a loop:
- **Daemon / connection failure** (`Failed to connect`, `connection refused`,
socket missing, `browser not running`): the daemon isn't up or has died. Run