fix(desktop): browser snapshots work after relay reconnects#24829

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Problem

Desktop browser snapshots time out after Playwright reconnects to an existing Electron guest, even though raw evaluation still works. Connecting, taking a snapshot, disconnecting, and reconnecting to the same guest reproduces the failure on a minimal heading-and-button page.

Change

Reset the shared debugger's Runtime domain once before each relay connection's first page-level Runtime.enable. Chromium then announces the existing execution contexts to the new Playwright connection. Later enables share that initialization, and child-target commands retain their existing routing.

Scope and approval

Fixes https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/24812 GitCafe: https://git.cafe/pingdotgg/t3code/issues/24812

Triaged bug via the automated issue flow. This restores snapshots after reconnecting an existing desktop preview tab.

Verification

The reconnect regression fails on the test-only baseline because the second connection receives no default execution context.
Final-head relay and desktop-host tests: 14 passed. Targeted lint, formatting, and desktop typecheck passed.
Two independent reviews found no blockers.

Linux x64, Electron 44.9.3, Playwright 1.60.0, Xvfb; a 900 × 600 BrowserWindow containing one heading and button. Both runs use the actual ServerBrowserPage.snapshot with renderScale: "display", one debugger attachment, and the same guest across two Playwright connections.

Proof	Before: 5398be0d44	After: 381080517e
Real Electron reconnect	Runtime transcript: first snapshot passes, second times out; raw evaluation works	Runtime transcript: both snapshots return heading/button refs and a 900 × 573 PNG; raw evaluation works
Regression	Red output: second connection receives no context	Green output: 14/14 relay and desktop-host tests pass

Protocol assertions cover repeated/concurrent enables, reset rejection, child sessions, and existing routing. Proof matrix, full evidence report, build hashes, and all reproduction scripts and evidence are public; no evidence-only files are committed.

Additional implementation checks: native Runtime probe, relay probe, unfixed relay used by that probe, and desktop typecheck output.

No render paths change; the protocol proof matrix is empty. The real Electron runtime transcript supplies the before/after proof. Verification covers the native debugger, relay, Playwright, and server snapshot integration, rather than a packaged desktop app reconnect. Original macOS behavior remains unverified on this Linux VM.

Models: gpt-6.1-sol (Codex harness) and claude-opus-5-5 (Claude Agent harness).

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test(desktop): reproduce issue 24812, relay reconnect gets no execution context23c7858
Merge main into fix/issue-248123810805
fix(desktop): browser snapshots work again after the agent reconnects3a919cb

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Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — The desktop preview relay resets Runtime initialization once per connection so browser snapshots can resume after reconnects. The change is limited to debugger initialization and leaves child-session behavior and product defaults unchanged.

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Walkthrough

The relay disables the main-page Runtime domain once per connection before forwarding its first Runtime.enable command. Tests cover execution-context delivery across reconnects and adjust the release sequence for a pending debugger reply.

Changes: CDP relay reconnect

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Reset Runtime before main-page enable `apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.ts`	Before forwarding the first main-page `Runtime.enable` command on each connection, the relay attempts `Runtime.disable`. It ignores reset failures and does not apply this reset path to child-session commands.
Verify reconnect context delivery `apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.test.ts`	The reconnect test checks that two successive connections each receive the default execution context. The desktop host test releases a pending debugger reply and yields before the following release.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related PRs

pingdotgg/t3code#24804: Both PRs reset the native Runtime domain before the relay’s first main-page Runtime.enable.

Suggested reviewers: maria-rcks, shivamhwp

Merge Risk: External image Low · previous review 6f69b

Snapshots after reconnect may work, but an overlapping enable and disable can leave Runtime in the wrong state. Correct the command ordering and test waits before merging, or accept these bounded risks.

Pre-merge checks: ^Passed 3 · ^Failed 1

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check	Warning	The changes since the previous reviewed head remove unrelated relay behavior. `CdpRelay.ts` loses the CDP payload-size guard and close handling, extra-session owner and detach routing, focus-emulation…	Restore the unrelated payload protection, connection-close behavior, extra-session routing, focus-emulation handling, download policy and event handling, and their tests. Keep only changes required for the Runtime reset and the reconnect re…

^Passed Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: restoring desktop browser snapshots after relay reconnects.
Description check	Passed	The description includes the required Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the failure, fix, linked issue, test results, environment, limitations, and evidence.
Linked Issues check	Passed	Issue [`#24812`] requires snapshots after reconnecting Playwright to the same Electron guest. The current relay implementation retains the per-connection `Runtime.disable` before the first page-level `R…

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Explanation

Issue [#24812] requires snapshots after reconnecting Playwright to the same Electron guest. The current relay implementation retains the per-connection Runtime.disable before the first page-level Runtime.enable. The reconnect test remains in CdpRelay.test.ts. The incremental diff still routes child commands by their child session ID. The reported integration evidence covers both snapshots, heading and button references, and the screenshot.

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Explanation

The changes since the previous reviewed head remove unrelated relay behavior. CdpRelay.ts loses the CDP payload-size guard and close handling, extra-session owner and detach routing, focus-emulation acknowledgement, and download-event and download-policy state. CdpRelay.test.ts removes the payload-budget, download-failure, event-filtering, and focus-emulation tests. These changes do not implement the reconnect snapshot fix and conflict with the stated preservation of existing routing.

Resolution

Restore the unrelated payload protection, connection-close behavior, extra-session routing, focus-emulation handling, download policy and event handling, and their tests. Keep only changes required for the Runtime reset and the reconnect regression test.

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test(desktop): answer the relay's Runtime reset in the throttle test6f69b22

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apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.test.ts: 1

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Wait for the forwarded enable before the second release.
Register debuggee.nextSend() before releasing the pending Runtime.disable, then await that signal before the next release. yield* settle waits for a macrotask, not for Runtime.enable to enter the mock’s pending queue. As per path instructions, “In tests, await the actual milestone.”

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4 Update the test’s synchronization around debuggee.release() to register a debuggee.nextSend() signal before releasing the pending Runtime.disable, then await that signal before the subsequent release. Replace reliance on yield* settle for this ordering, since it does not establish that Runtime.enable has entered the mock’s pending queue.

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7	Review comments at @apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.test.ts:
8	- Around line 384-387: Update the test’s connect helper to await the relay’s
9	attach and enable replies instead of using settle() as a scheduling turn. Track
10	the replies by their message IDs when recording output, then return the
11	execution-context events only after the Runtime.enable reply is observed, so the
12	test also detects a missing event.
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14	Review comments at @apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.ts:
15	- Around line 205-209: Update the Runtime command handling in the relay so
16	Runtime.enable and any subsequent Runtime domain commands are serialized behind
17	the pending enable operation, preserving the client’s command order. Keep the
18	existing reset behavior and ensure Runtime.disable sent before reset completes
19	is forwarded after Runtime.enable.
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23	Nitpick comments:
24	Review comments at @apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.test.ts:
25	- Around line 495-496: Update the test’s synchronization around
26	debuggee.release() to register a debuggee.nextSend() signal before releasing the
27	pending Runtime.disable, then await that signal before the subsequent release.
28	Replace reliance on yield* settle for this ordering, since it does not establish
29	that Runtime.enable has entered the mock’s pending queue.
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35	Restore the unrelated payload protection, connection-close behavior,
36	extra-session routing, focus-emulation handling, download policy and event
37	handling, and their tests. Keep only changes required for the Runtime reset and
38	the reconnect regression test.
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apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.test.tslines 384–387Outdated · 6f69b22Open thread

…	…	@@ -354,3 +358,43 @@ describe("CDP relay payload budget", () => {
	384	+	current.receive(
	385	+	JSON.stringify({ id: 2, method: "Runtime.enable", sessionId: "t3-preview-page" }),
	386	+	);
	387	+	await settle();

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1	rg -n 'settle\|executionContextCreated\|written\|it\\(' apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.test.ts \| tail -85
2	sed -n '1,110p' apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.test.ts
3	sed -n '350,410p' apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.test.ts

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1	rg -n -F -e 'Runtime.enable' -e 'Runtime.disable' -e 'executionContextCreated' -e 'receive(' -e 'event(' -e 'write(' -- apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.ts apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.test.ts
2	cat -n apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.test.ts \| sed -n '1,30p;355,410p'
3	cat -n apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.ts \| sed -n '1,260p'
4	git diff b883156e269de2002873aebdef6019f336b687a7 6f69b22f30149abf7d387fa706d600d072c58260 -- apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.test.ts

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Await the relay replies instead of a scheduling turn.

The fake emits the context event before the Runtime.enable reply. Await that reply so the assertion can also fail when the event is missing.

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1	--- "a/apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.test.ts"
2	+++ "b/apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.test.ts"
3	@@ -376,16 +376,25 @@
4	}
5	return {};
6	});
7	const connect = async () => {
8	const written: Array<Record<string, unknown>> = [];
9	- current = makeRelay(makeTarget(send), (raw) => written.push(JSON.parse(raw)));
10	+ let resolveAttach!: () => void;
11	+ let resolveEnable!: () => void;
12	+ const attached = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { resolveAttach = resolve; });
13	+ const enabled = new Promise<void>((resolve) => { resolveEnable = resolve; });
14	+ current = makeRelay(makeTarget(send), (raw) => {
15	+ const message = JSON.parse(raw);
16	+ written.push(message);
17	+ if (message["id"] === 1) resolveAttach();
18	+ if (message["id"] === 2) resolveEnable();
19	+ });
20	current.receive(JSON.stringify({ id: 1, method: "Target.setAutoAttach", params: {} }));
21	- await settle();
22	+ await attached;
23	current.receive(
24	JSON.stringify({ id: 2, method: "Runtime.enable", sessionId: "t3-preview-page" }),
25	);
26	- await settle();
27	+ await enabled;
28	return written.filter((m) => m["method"] === "Runtime.executionContextCreated");
29	};
30	const expected = [
31	{

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4	Update the test’s connect helper to await the relay’s attach and enable replies instead of using settle() as a scheduling turn. Track the replies by their message IDs when recording output, then return the execution-context events only after the Runtime.enable reply is observed, so the test also detects a missing event.
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apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.tslines 205–209Outdated · 6f69b22Open thread

…	…	@@ -198,6 +200,14 @@ export function createCdpRelayConnection(
	206	+	runtimeReset ??= target.send("Runtime.disable", {}, undefined, owner).catch(() => undefined);
	207	+	return runtimeReset.then(() =>
	208	+	target.send(command.method, command.params ?? {}, undefined, owner),
	209	+	);

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Preserve the order of Runtime domain commands.

If a client sends Runtime.enable and then Runtime.disable before the reset completes, the relay forwards the second command immediately. It forwards the first enable afterward. The debugger can therefore remain enabled after the client disabled Runtime. Serialize subsequent Runtime domain commands behind the pending enable, not only behind the reset. (chromedevtools.github.io)

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4	Update the Runtime command handling in the relay so Runtime.enable and any subsequent Runtime domain commands are serialized behind the pending enable operation, preserving the client’s command order. Keep the existing reset behavior and ensure Runtime.disable sent before reset completes is forwarded after Runtime.enable.
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Evidence

Real Linux Electron app on both commits, fresh synthetic state, light theme, 1800×1000 window and 539×920 browser guest. Open the heading/button fixture, snapshot it, reconnect its relay while retaining the guest/debugger, snapshot the same tab again, then evaluate document.title. The reconnect was injected through an identical temporary DesktopBrowserHost detach/attach hook on both builds. Both preserved webContents ID 2 and debuggerAttached=true.

Before	After
b883156e26	6f69b22f30
After reconnect: snapshot times out after 15000ms.	After reconnect: snapshot returns page text, element references and an image.
Before: snapshot timeout	After: successful snapshot
Before recording	After recording

Initial snapshots succeeded on both commits; document.title also evaluated successfully on both after reconnect.

Driver, fixture, reconnect hook and result transcripts.

AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above. No tests were used as evidence.

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A naturally occurring transport interruption or packaged-app reconnect was not reproduced; the real desktop app used an injected DesktopBrowserHost detach/attach trigger while retaining its native guest and debugger.

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Merge branch 'main' into fix/issue-2481213b4260