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Forms on older sites are laid out in tables that label a field with the cell before it, not with a <label>:

<tr><th>工種又は業種</th><td><select name="KoujiSyubetu">…</select></td></tr>

Such a control has no accessible name. On a public bid-information site's search form, the session outline showed every select and field as bare [6-697] select = ; options: …, and an element operation refused them:

{"select": {"in": "6-697", "option": "土木一式工事"}}
-> element 6-697 has no name a step could find it by again; act on it with an instruction that describes it

So every field of such a form needed a model call, and the outline did not say which select was which.

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A new pageSnapshot.roots() parses the tree and names each form control the tree leaves unnamed (fields, selects/combo boxes/list boxes, checkboxes/radios/switches, file inputs):

  1. its own accessible name, when it has one;
  2. else the label cell of its table row: the nearest cell before the one holding it that has text and holds no control or button (a cell holding a select is named after the select's value, and one holding a button after the button, so both are skipped). Data tables (row, cell, rowheader, columnheader) and layout tables (LayoutTableRow/LayoutTableCell) both count, and when the nearest row has no label cell, as for a select in a table nested in a cell, the enclosing row is tried;
  3. else its name attribute, or its id. Snapshot reads these for the unnamed controls only, in one evaluation that follows each control's deep XPath into frames of the same origin and into open shadow roots (the runtime writes a shadow root's host as host[1]//).

Controls of one role that one label cell names are numbered in order after it: the two fields of a date range in one cell become textbox "入札予定日範囲 1" and textbox "入札予定日範囲 2", so each has its own name and the act a step writes says which one it means. A control of another role beside them keeps the label alone: an and/or select next to a search field stays select "文字列検索", since its role already tells it apart from textbox "文字列検索".

The outline, element operations (click, type, select by ID), and replay identification (targetOf, used to record and check an action's target) all read the tree through roots(), so they agree on the names. A target recorded with no name, as earlier versions recorded such controls, is compared among the names the tree itself gives, and an element nothing names is recorded the same way, so those recordings still replay; an empty name still does not match a control with a name of its own. The raw tree (describe --tree, and what the model is sent) is unchanged. The CLI reference says how such fields are named.

On the live search form every control is now named: select "年度", select "調達機関", select "工種又は業種", textbox "文字列検索", select "表示件数", select "並び順". select/type by ID on them succeed and are recorded as Select "土木一式工事" in the "工種又は業種" dropdown and so on.

Tests

  • TestOutlineNamesControlsByTheirRow: a tree recorded from Chrome (testdata/outline/rowform.tree) of a frameset holding a data-table form, a layout table, and a select inside a nested table. It covers <th> and <td> labels, two selects in one row, a cell holding a control or a button skipped, two fields of one cell numbered while a select beside a field is not, a checkbox keeping its own label, and a field with no row label named by its name attribute or by its id outside the table. Without attributes, that field stays unnamed.
  • TestSessionActsOnARowNamedElement: select, type, and click by ID on those controls succeed through a session, with the act a step writes naming each (Type 2026/04/30 into the "入札予定日範囲 2" field), and no model request.
  • TestReplayTargetRecordedUnnamed: a select recorded with no name still targets the select now named by its row; a field nothing names is recorded and replayed with no name; an empty name does not match a checkbox with its own name.
  • TestStagehandNamesControlsByTheirRow (real Chrome): on a frameset whose form is in a frame, the outline names the controls by row and attribute, a field after a button's cell by its row, and a field in a shadow root by its own name rather than that of a light-DOM field under its host. Element operations by ID pick the option, type into the fields (the second field of a date range only), and check the checkbox.

Mutation checks: skipping the naming fails all three; dropping the row label fails all three; not reading attributes fails the real-browser test; dropping the numbering fails all three, and numbering across roles fails the outline and real-browser tests; letting a button's cell label fails the outline and real-browser tests; splitting the XPath on / again fails the real-browser test.


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Names form controls on sites that lay out forms in tables, using the label cell before each field. Such controls previously had no accessible name, so the outline showed bare selects and textboxes, and element operations refused them. They are now named by their row's label cell — skipping cells that hold a control or button — or by their name/id attribute as a fallback, read through frames and shadow roots. Controls sharing one label cell are numbered in order. The outline, element operations, and replay checks all use these names; controls with their own accessible name keep it, and the raw tree is unchanged.

Actions recorded before rows named controls still replay: a target recorded with no name is compared by the names the tree itself gives, so such a recording finds a control its row now names. An empty name does not match a control that has a name of its own.

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  • New Features
    • Browser session outlines now use preceding table-row labels to name form controls, falling back to each control’s name or ID when no row label applies.
    • When multiple controls of the same kind share a row label, their names are numbered in order. These controls can be selected, filled, and clicked through browser sessions.
    • Controls without a row label or name/ID remain unnamed. Recorded actions can still match controls whose labels are inferred from their table rows.
  • Documentation
    • Updated browser session guidance to explain control naming and numbering.

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Browser snapshots now name unnamed controls from preceding table-row cells or their name or id attributes. Outline rendering, element actions, and replay targeting use the updated snapshot roots.

Changes: Browser control naming

Layer / File(s) Summary
Collect and assign control names
internal/runtime/builtin/browser/control_names.go, internal/runtime/builtin/browser/engine.go, internal/runtime/builtin/browser/stagehand.go
Snapshots collect name or id values for unnamed controls. Root processing uses eligible preceding row cells when available, then falls back to those attributes.
Use named roots in browser operations
internal/runtime/builtin/browser/outline.go, internal/runtime/builtin/browser/session_element.go, internal/runtime/builtin/browser/replay_target.go, internal/runtime/builtin/browser/upload.go
Outline rendering and element actions use snapshot roots. Replay identification searches named roots and falls back to parsed tree nodes when needed.
Validate row-based control names
internal/runtime/builtin/browser/*_test.go, internal/runtime/builtin/browser/testdata/outline/*, llms.txt, skills/dagu/references/cli.md
Tests and fixtures cover row-based names, attribute fallback, browser operations, and replay matching. Documentation describes the naming behavior.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Stagehand as stagehandEngine
  participant Page
  participant Snapshot as pageSnapshot
  participant Outline as renderOutline
  Stagehand->>Page: Evaluate XPath values for unnamed controls
  Stagehand->>Snapshot: Populate Attributes
  Snapshot->>Snapshot: Assign row-label or attribute names in roots
  Outline->>Snapshot: Read roots
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- Line 14: Add the relevant button role to controlRoles in the control_names.go
declaration so holdsControl recognizes button cells as controls, skips them when
deriving adjacent field labels, and allows unnamed buttons to use their name or
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A form laid out in a table labels its fields with the cell before them,
<th>工種又は業種</th><td><select name=KoujiSyubetu>, which gives the
control no accessible name. The outline showed such a control as a bare
select or textbox, and an element operation refused it as having no name
a step could find it by again, so it took a model call every time.

A control the tree leaves unnamed is now named by the nearest cell
before it in its table row that has text and holds no control, in a
layout table and through a table nested in a cell too, or else by its
name or id attribute, read from the page and its frames of the same
origin. The outline, element operations, and the checks that replay a
recorded action all use these names; a control's own name comes first.
Two fields of a date range in one table cell both took the row's
label, so the outline showed two textboxes of the same name and the
act a step writes could not say which one it meant. Controls of one
role that one label cell names now take their order after it, as
"入札予定日範囲 1" and "入札予定日範囲 2". A control of another role
beside them, such as an and/or select by a search field, keeps the
label alone, since its role already tells it apart.
A field in a row whose cell before it held a button took the button's
text as its label, so a "選択" button beside a 担当課 field named the
field "選択". A cell holding a button is now no label, like a cell
holding a control, and the field takes the row's label cell.
The lookup of an unnamed control's name or id attribute split its
XPath on "/" and dropped the "//" that marks a shadow root's host. A
field in a shadow root then read nothing, or the attribute of a light
DOM field under its host. The lookup now enters the open shadow root
there, as it enters a frame's document, and reads the field's own name.
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Major · Keep replay matching for empty recorded target names on raw names. · replay_target.go:43-45

internal/runtime/builtin/browser/replay_target.go:43-45
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Keep replay matching for empty recorded target names on raw names.

Recordings saved before this change can store a target with Name: "". Replay now names an unnamed control from its row label. matches then compares that inferred name with "", so the recording no longer matches. Under ai: never, this produces a replay miss, and the existing recording cannot be repaired without a model.

Do not treat an empty recorded name as a wildcard. A named control with the same role and XPath would then match. The name check must instead compare the raw accessible name. The raw name is lost in nameControls, which overwrites n.name in place. The minimal way to keep it is a rawName field on outlineNode, set in parseSnapshotTree before nameControls runs. targetOf and roots can then carry it without a signature change.

The lookalike count must use the same raw-name rule for empty names. The recording format has no version marker, so pre-change and new empty-name recordings cannot be told apart. Both identified and matches must therefore apply the raw rule to empty names. Named targets should keep the inferred-name count. This is a moderate change that also affects how new empty-name recordings are counted, so it needs tests for both recording generations.

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Preserve each control’s raw accessible name in outlineNode before nameControls
replaces it with an inferred name, and carry it through parseSnapshotTree,
targetOf, and roots. Update matches and identified to use the raw name when the
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- Around line 24-39: Update the controlAttributesExpression evaluation flow so
XPaths entering cross-origin frames are evaluated in the owning frame rather
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An act's recording identifies its element by role and name. A control
a form names only by its table row had no name before roots named it,
so its recordings carry an empty name, and on a page that now names
the control by its row they no longer matched: a step with ai: never
failed, and on_miss asked the model again.

A target recorded with no name is now compared among the names the
tree itself gives, and an element nothing names is recorded the same
way, so recordings of either age replay. An empty name still does not
match a control that has a name of its own.
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@coderabbitai On the outside-diff finding "Keep replay matching for empty recorded target names on raw names" (replay_target.go 43-45): fixed in 4f7e567, more simply than a rawName field.

  • targetOf takes named. stillTargets passes named false when the recorded target's name is empty, so the role/name check and the lookalike count use the names the tree gives, as before this PR.
  • identifyingTarget, used by identifyOn and the upload identification, records an element left unnamed among the tree's names in the same way. A new empty-name recording therefore counts its lookalikes as an old one does, and both generations are checked alike.
  • A named target keeps the inferred name and its counting.
  • An empty name is no wildcard. It is compared with the tree's own name, so a control with an accessible name of its own at that XPath does not match.

TestReplayTargetRecordedUnnamed (on the rowform fixture) covers all three cases:

  • A select identified on the tree without row names (Name: "", as an earlier version recorded it) still targets the select the outline now names 工種又は業種. It failed before the fix.
  • A field nothing names is recorded by identifyOn with an empty name and replays.
  • A recording {Role: checkbox, Name: ""} at the XPath of the checkbox named 一般競争 does not match.

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@yohamta0 The inspected code addresses the finding without a rawName field.

  • When the recorded name is empty, stillTargets uses raw tree names for both matching and lookalike counting.
  • identifyingTarget uses the same raw-name basis for new unnamed recordings. Both identifyOn and upload identification use this helper.
  • Named targets retain inferred names. An empty recorded name still rejects a control with its own accessible name.

TestReplayTargetRecordedUnnamed covers the three cases you listed. I inspected the test but did not run it.


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Timestamp: 2026-10-30T10:37:21.552Z
Learning: Within repository "dagucloud/dagu", only for files matching one of ["internal/runtime/builtin/browser/replay_target.go"]: When reviewing browser target recording or replay in internal/runtime/builtin/browser/replay_target.go, verify that targets recorded with an empty name use raw snapshot-tree names for both role/name matching and lookalike counting, including new recordings of controls that remain unnamed. Legacy empty-name recordings must remain compatible when a control gains an inferred row name, but an empty recorded name must not match a control with its own accessible name. Targets recorded with a nonempty name must retain inferred-name matching and counting.

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Learning: In dagucloud/dagu, the Go browser replay logic in internal/runtime/builtin/browser/replay_target.go records the count of elements with the same role and name. When no row context is recorded, replay must miss if that count increases. This protects initially unique targets, including targets outside rows, without requiring enclosing-row context for side-by-side unnamed controls that share a parent and retain a stable count, such as the price selects in issue #3081.

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