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feat(desktop): one browser session and extension system for every pane
Kitenite Nov 8, 2026
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fix(desktop): scope pane listing, let agents sign in with the passwor…
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fix(desktop): agents cannot read or write cookies over CDP
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refactor(desktop): browser panes act the same no matter who opened them
Kitenite Nov 8, 2026
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fix(desktop): extension popups act on the pane whose button was clicked
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fix(desktop): an extension's new tab never claims a pane a browser op…
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9 changes: 5 additions & 4 deletions apps/desktop/src/lib/trpc/routers/browser/browser.ts
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Expand Up @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
} from "main/lib/browser/browser-manager";
import { clearPaneData } from "main/lib/browser/clear-pane-data";
import { screenshotManager } from "main/lib/screenshot-manager";
import { BROWSER_PARTITION, PANE_PARTITIONS } from "shared/constants";
import { BROWSER_PARTITION } from "shared/constants";
import type { ForwardedKey } from "shared/hotkey-chord";
import { z } from "zod";
import { publicProcedure, router } from "../..";
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -379,9 +379,10 @@ export const createBrowserRouter = () => {
}),
)
.mutation(async ({ input }) => {
for (const partition of PANE_PARTITIONS) {
await clearPaneData(session.fromPartition(partition), input.type);
}
await clearPaneData(
session.fromPartition(BROWSER_PARTITION),
input.type,
);
return { success: true };
}),

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107 changes: 53 additions & 54 deletions apps/desktop/src/main/lib/browser/browser-bridge.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
import { join } from "node:path";
import type { PaneLayoutSnapshot } from "@superset/shared/pane-layout-ops";
import { dialog, session, webContents } from "electron";
import { AGENT_BROWSER_PARTITION, BROWSER_PARTITION } from "shared/constants";
import { BROWSER_PARTITION } from "shared/constants";
import {
type PaneLayoutRendererRequest,
paneLayoutRequests,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -92,22 +92,22 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
});
fromIdMock.mockImplementation((id: number) => panes.get(id) ?? null);
fakePane(901, BROWSER_PARTITION);
fakePane(902, AGENT_BROWSER_PARTITION);
browserManager.register("user-pane", 901, "ws-bridge");
browserManager.register("agent-pane", 902, "ws-bridge");
fakePane(902, BROWSER_PARTITION);
browserManager.register("pane-b", 901, "ws-bridge");
browserManager.register("pane-a", 902, "ws-bridge");
await startBrowserBridge({ homeDir: home, extensions, answerDeadlineMs: 50 });
});

afterAll(async () => {
await stopBrowserBridge();
rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
browserManager.unregister("user-pane");
browserManager.unregister("agent-pane");
browserManager.unregister("pane-b");
browserManager.unregister("pane-a");
fromIdMock.mockImplementation(preloadFromId ?? (() => null));
fromPartitionMock.mockImplementation(preloadFromPartition ?? (() => ({})));
});

test("agents reach only the panes they opened, never the user's own browser", async () => {
test("agents reach every browser pane", async () => {
const bridge = getBrowserBridgeInfo();
if (!bridge) throw new Error("the bridge did not start");
const call = (path: string, init?: RequestInit) =>
Expand All @@ -118,37 +118,29 @@ test("agents reach only the panes they opened, never the user's own browser", as
"content-type": "application/json",
},
});
const evaluate = (paneId: string) =>
call(`/panes/${paneId}/eval`, {
method: "POST",
body: JSON.stringify({
workspaceId: "ws-bridge",
code: "document.title",
}),
});
const cdpClose = (paneId: string) =>
new Promise<number>((resolve) => {
const url = new URL(`/panes/${paneId}/cdp`, bridge.endpoint);
url.protocol = "ws:";
url.searchParams.set("workspaceId", "ws-bridge");
url.searchParams.set("token", bridge.secret);
const socket = new WebSocket(url);
socket.onclose = (event) => resolve(event.code);
});

const listed = await (await call("/panes?workspaceId=ws-bridge")).json();
expect(listed.panes.map((pane: { paneId: string }) => pane.paneId)).toEqual([
"agent-pane",
]);
expect(
listed.panes.map((pane: { paneId: string }) => pane.paneId).sort(),
).toEqual(["pane-a", "pane-b"]);

const userEval = await evaluate("user-pane");
expect(userEval.status).toBe(403);
expect(await userEval.text()).not.toContain("page data");
expect(await (await evaluate("agent-pane")).json()).toEqual({
result: "page data",
const userEval = await call("/panes/pane-b/eval", {
method: "POST",
body: JSON.stringify({ workspaceId: "ws-bridge", code: "document.title" }),
});
expect(await userEval.json()).toEqual({ result: "page data" });

const cdpClose = await new Promise<number>((resolve) => {
const url = new URL("/panes/pane-b/cdp", bridge.endpoint);
url.protocol = "ws:";
url.searchParams.set("workspaceId", "ws-bridge");
url.searchParams.set("token", bridge.secret);
const socket = new WebSocket(url);
socket.onclose = (event) => resolve(event.code);
});
expect(cdpClose).not.toBe(1008);

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Low value

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nl -ba apps/desktop/src/main/lib/browser/browser-bridge.test.ts | sed -n '1,180p'
rg -n -F -e 'cdp' -e '1011' -e '1008' -e 'handleUpgrade' -- apps/desktop/src/main/lib/browser/browser-bridge.ts apps/desktop/src/main/lib/browser/browser-bridge.test.ts

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rg -n -F -e 'attachCdp(' -e 'class CdpBusyError' -- apps/desktop/src/main/lib/browser
ast-grep outline apps/desktop/src/main/lib/browser/browser-manager.ts --view expanded
rg -n -F -e 'debugger' -e 'sendCommand' -e 'attachCdp' -- apps/desktop/src/main/lib/browser/browser-manager.ts apps/desktop/src/main/lib/browser/browser-bridge.test.ts
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Verify a successful CDP exchange.

The fake pane has no debugger, so attachment fails with code 1011, which this assertion accepts. Add a debugger mock and assert a CDP response before closing the socket. A successful connection otherwise leaves this test waiting for a close event.

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Review comment at @apps/desktop/src/main/lib/browser/browser-bridge.test.ts at
line 141:
Update the test around cdpClose to mock the fake pane’s debugger, complete a CDP
request, and assert the response before closing the socket. Explicitly close the
socket after the successful exchange so the test does not wait indefinitely for
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expect(await cdpClose("user-pane")).toBe(1008);
expect((await call("/panes")).status).toBe(400);
});

test("an agent copies the user's Chrome logins only after the user allows it", async () => {
Expand All @@ -158,7 +150,7 @@ test("an agent copies the user's Chrome logins only after the user allows it", a
typeof mock
>;
const importLogins = () =>
fetch(`${bridge.endpoint}/panes/agent-pane/import-cookies`, {
fetch(`${bridge.endpoint}/panes/pane-a/import-cookies`, {
method: "POST",
headers: {
authorization: `Bearer ${bridge.secret}`,
Expand All @@ -183,8 +175,8 @@ test("an agent copies the user's Chrome logins only after the user allows it", a
test("an open answers with the pane made for it, even when an unloaded pane is rebuilt first", async () => {
const bridge = getBrowserBridgeInfo();
if (!bridge) throw new Error("the bridge did not start");
fakePane(903, AGENT_BROWSER_PARTITION);
fakePane(904, AGENT_BROWSER_PARTITION);
fakePane(903, BROWSER_PARTITION);
fakePane(904, BROWSER_PARTITION);
browserManager.once("open-request", (request: { requestId: string }) => {
// Showing the workspace rebuilds its unloaded tab before the new one exists.
browserManager.register("rebuilt-pane", 903, "ws-bridge");
Expand All @@ -211,17 +203,17 @@ test("an open answers with the pane made for it, even when an unloaded pane is r
}
});

test("an agent lists and uses its panes after hidden-pane eviction unloaded them", async () => {
test("an agent lists and uses panes after hidden-pane eviction unloaded them", async () => {
const bridge = getBrowserBridgeInfo();
if (!bridge) throw new Error("the bridge did not start");
const RENDERER = 990;
const layoutPane = (id: string, agent: boolean) => ({
const layoutPane = (id: string) => ({
id,
kind: "browser",
title: id,
terminalId: null,
active: false,
browser: { url: `https://example.com/${id}`, agent },
browser: { url: `https://example.com/${id}` },
});
const layout: PaneLayoutSnapshot = {
activeTabId: "tab",
Expand All @@ -230,19 +222,22 @@ test("an agent lists and uses its panes after hidden-pane eviction unloaded them
id: "tab",
title: null,
active: true,
activePaneId: "agent-pane",
layout: { type: "pane", paneId: "agent-pane" },
activePaneId: "pane-a",
layout: { type: "pane", paneId: "pane-a" },
panes: [
layoutPane("agent-pane", true),
layoutPane("unloaded-agent-pane", true),
layoutPane("unloaded-user-pane", false),
layoutPane("pane-a"),
layoutPane("unloaded-pane-a"),
layoutPane("unloaded-pane-b"),
],
},
],
};
const renderer = (request: PaneLayoutRendererRequest) => {
if (request.op.type === "wakeBrowser") {
if (request.op.paneId !== "unloaded-agent-pane") {
const woken = { "unloaded-pane-a": 905, "unloaded-pane-b": 906 }[
request.op.paneId
];
if (!woken) {
paneLayoutRequests.respond(
{
requestId: request.requestId,
Expand All @@ -252,8 +247,8 @@ test("an agent lists and uses its panes after hidden-pane eviction unloaded them
);
return;
}
fakePane(905, AGENT_BROWSER_PARTITION);
browserManager.register("unloaded-agent-pane", 905, "ws-bridge");
fakePane(woken, BROWSER_PARTITION);
browserManager.register(request.op.paneId, woken, "ws-bridge");
}
paneLayoutRequests.respond(
{
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -289,17 +284,21 @@ test("an agent lists and uses its panes after hidden-pane eviction unloaded them
pane.loaded,
]),
).toEqual([
["agent-pane", true],
["unloaded-agent-pane", false],
["pane-a", true],
["unloaded-pane-a", false],
["unloaded-pane-b", false],
["pane-b", true],
]);
expect(await (await evaluate("unloaded-agent-pane")).json()).toEqual({
result: "page data",
});
expect((await evaluate("unloaded-user-pane")).status).toBe(404);
for (const paneId of ["unloaded-pane-a", "unloaded-pane-b"]) {
expect(await (await evaluate(paneId)).json()).toEqual({
result: "page data",
});
}
} finally {
paneLayoutRequests.off("request", renderer);
paneLayoutRequests.removeSubscriber(RENDERER);
browserManager.unregister("unloaded-agent-pane");
browserManager.unregister("unloaded-pane-a");
browserManager.unregister("unloaded-pane-b");
}
});

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