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56 changes: 55 additions & 1 deletion apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ vi.mock("./ServerBrowserContexts.ts", () => ({
return context as unknown as BrowserContext;
}
async scratchPage() {
return makeContext().page as unknown as Page;
const scratch = makeContext();
scratchContexts.push(scratch);
scratch.page.evaluate.mockImplementation(async () => {
if (scratchResult instanceof Error) throw scratchResult;
return scratchResult as never;
});
return scratch.page as unknown as Page;
}
async connectDesktopPage(endpoint: string) {
const context = makeContext();
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -181,6 +187,8 @@ function makeContext(onClose?: (context: BrowserContext) => void) {
}

const contexts: ReturnType<typeof makeContext>[] = [];
const scratchContexts: ReturnType<typeof makeContext>[] = [];
let scratchResult: unknown = "c21hbGw=";
const contextRequests: Array<{ profileId: string; isolated: boolean }> = [];
let contextGate: PromiseWithResolvers<void> | null = null;
let pageCopy = "";
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -294,6 +302,8 @@ const viewerInput = (tabId: string, canOperate: boolean) => ({

beforeEach(() => {
contexts.length = 0;
scratchContexts.length = 0;
scratchResult = "c21hbGw=";
contextRequests.length = 0;
contextGate = null;
contextFailure = null;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -480,6 +490,50 @@ it.live("enforces provider ownership and explicit targets when a session has mul
).pipe(Effect.provide(layer)),
);

it.live("a snapshot captures at full scale and shrinks the image in a scratch page", () =>
Effect.scoped(
Effect.gen(function* () {
const { broker, tabId } = yield* ready;
const { screenshot } = yield* broker.invoke<PreviewAutomationSnapshot>({
scope,
tabId,
operation: "snapshot",
input: {},
});

const captures = contexts[0]!.sessions
.flatMap((session) => session.send.mock.calls)
.filter(([method]) => method === "Page.captureScreenshot");
expect(captures).toHaveLength(1);
expect(captures[0]![1]).not.toHaveProperty("clip");
expect(screenshot).toEqual({
mimeType: "image/png",
data: "c21hbGw=",
width: 1280,
height: 800,
});
expect(scratchContexts).toHaveLength(1);
expect(scratchContexts[0]!.page.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
}),
).pipe(Effect.provide(layer)),
);

it.live("a snapshot that cannot shrink its image still closes the scratch page", () =>
Effect.scoped(
Effect.gen(function* () {
const { broker, tabId } = yield* ready;
scratchResult = new Error("scratch page crashed");
const failure = yield* broker
.invoke<PreviewAutomationSnapshot>({ scope, tabId, operation: "snapshot", input: {} })
.pipe(Effect.flip);

expect(JSON.stringify(failure)).toContain("scratch page crashed");
expect(scratchContexts.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
for (const scratch of scratchContexts) expect(scratch.page.close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
}),
).pipe(Effect.provide(layer)),
);

it.live("streams to a read-only viewer without allowing takeover, input, or viewport changes", () =>
Effect.scoped(
Effect.gen(function* () {
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26 changes: 19 additions & 7 deletions apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts
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Expand Up @@ -1431,10 +1431,9 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
try {
await encoder.evaluate(ServerBrowserPage.RECORDING_ENCODER_SCRIPT);
// Seed idle pages before returning so an immediate stop has a frame to encode.
const firstFrame = await ServerBrowserPage.captureViewport(tab.page, tab.cdp, {
const firstFrame = await ServerBrowserPage.captureViewport(tab.cdp, {
format: "jpeg",
quality: RECORDING_SCREENCAST.quality,
scale: 1,
});
await encoder.evaluate(
([data, width]) =>
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1486,7 +1485,18 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
return started;
};

// Scaled captures repaint every screencast; pause them to avoid leaking that frame.
const downscaleScreenshot = async (
png: string,
size: { readonly width: number; readonly height: number },
) => {
const scratch = await contexts.scratchPage();
try {
return await ServerBrowserPage.downscalePng(scratch, png, size);
} finally {
await scratch.close().catch(constVoid);
}
};

const withScreencastsPaused = <A>(tab: ServerTab, capture: () => Promise<A>): Promise<A> =>
withCaptureLock(tab, async () => {
tab.capturing += 1;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1895,7 +1905,11 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
}
case "snapshot": {
return withScreencastsPaused(tab, () =>
ServerBrowserPage.snapshot({ ...tab, renderScale: RENDER_SCALE }),
ServerBrowserPage.snapshot({
...tab,
renderScale: RENDER_SCALE,
downscale: downscaleScreenshot,
}),
);
}
case "click": {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2258,13 +2272,11 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
}
broadcastControl(tab);
pushFileChooser(tab);
// Full scale: a scaled capture would flash in every other viewer.
const pushStill = async () => {
const data = await withCaptureLock(tab, () =>
ServerBrowserPage.captureViewport(tab.page, session, {
ServerBrowserPage.captureViewport(session, {
format: "jpeg",
quality,
scale: 1,
}),
).catch(() => null);
if (data)
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Expand Up @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ describe("server browser element refs", () => {
page,
cdp,
renderScale: 1,
downscale: () => Promise.reject(new Error("a full-scale capture is never shrunk")),
consoleEntries: [],
networkEntries: [],
actionTimeline: [],
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -331,6 +332,75 @@ describe("server browser element refs", () => {
});
});

describe("server browser snapshot screenshot", () => {
let browser: Browser;

beforeAll(async () => {
// The launch flags of ServerBrowserContexts: the capture scale arithmetic assumes them.
browser = await chromium.launch({
headless: true,
args: ["--disable-gpu", "--force-device-scale-factor=2"],
});
});
afterAll(async () => {
await browser?.close();
});

const pixelAt = (scratch: Page, png: string, x: number, y: number) =>
scratch.evaluate(`(async () => {
const bytes = Uint8Array.from(atob(${JSON.stringify(png)}), (char) => char.charCodeAt(0));
const bitmap = await createImageBitmap(new Blob([bytes], { type: "image/png" }));
const canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
canvas.width = bitmap.width;
canvas.height = bitmap.height;
const context = canvas.getContext("2d");
context.drawImage(bitmap, 0, 0);
return Array.from(context.getImageData(${x}, ${y}, 1, 1).data);
})()`) as Promise<[number, number, number, number]>;

it("draws a backdrop-filter once when the viewport is wider than 640 CSS px", async () => {
const context = await browser.newContext({
viewport: { width: 1280, height: 800 },
deviceScaleFactor: 2,
});
const scratchContext = await browser.newContext();
try {
const scratch = await scratchContext.newPage();
const page = await context.newPage();
// Chromium mirrors the top-left quarter of the page into a backdrop it captured shrunk, so
// the red block on the right edge vanishes from behind the overlay.
await page.setContent(`
<style>
body { margin: 0; background: white; }
.red { position: absolute; left: 640px; top: 0; width: 640px; height: 400px; background: #ef4444; }
.overlay { position: fixed; inset: 0; backdrop-filter: blur(4px); }
</style>
<div class="red"></div><div class="overlay"></div>`);
const { screenshot } = await ServerBrowserPage.snapshot({
page,
cdp: await context.newCDPSession(page),
renderScale: 2,
downscale: (png, size) => ServerBrowserPage.downscalePng(scratch, png, size),
consoleEntries: [],
networkEntries: [],
actionTimeline: [],
});

const png = Buffer.from(screenshot.data, "base64");
expect([png.readUInt32BE(16), png.readUInt32BE(20)]).toEqual([
screenshot.width,
screenshot.height,
]);
expect([screenshot.width, screenshot.height]).toEqual([1280, 800]);
const [red, green] = await pixelAt(scratch, screenshot.data, 1100, 200);
expect(red - green).toBeGreaterThan(100);
} finally {
await context.close();
await scratchContext.close();
}
});
});

describe("server browser drag", () => {
it("fails the drag, not the server, when it times out while the cursor is still moving", async () => {
const timedOut = new Error("locator.dragTo: Timeout 30000ms exceeded.");
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70 changes: 47 additions & 23 deletions apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserPage.ts
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Expand Up @@ -373,27 +373,15 @@ const maskTree = (tree: string, dotted: RegExp) =>
})
.join("\n");

// Scaled captures repaint live screencasts, so callers pause them. Clips use document offsets.
// Never pass a clip scale below 1: Chromium mirrors the top-left of the page into a
// `backdrop-filter` in any capture it shrinks. Shrink the finished image instead.
export const captureViewport = async (
page: Page,
cdp: CDPSession,
options: { readonly format: "png" | "jpeg"; readonly quality?: number; readonly scale: number },
options: { readonly format: "png" | "jpeg"; readonly quality?: number },
) => {
let clip;
if (options.scale < 1) {
const viewport = page.viewportSize() ?? { width: 1280, height: 800 };
const { cssVisualViewport } = await cdp.send("Page.getLayoutMetrics");
clip = {
x: cssVisualViewport.pageX,
y: cssVisualViewport.pageY,
...viewport,
scale: options.scale,
};
}
const { data } = await cdp.send("Page.captureScreenshot", {
format: options.format,
...(options.quality === undefined ? {} : { quality: options.quality }),
...(clip ? { clip } : {}),
});
return data;
};
Expand All @@ -402,6 +390,10 @@ type SnapshotInput = {
readonly page: Page;
readonly cdp: CDPSession;
readonly renderScale: number;
readonly downscale: (
png: string,
size: { readonly width: number; readonly height: number },
) => Promise<string>;
readonly consoleEntries: ReadonlyArray<PreviewAutomationConsoleEntry>;
readonly networkEntries: ReadonlyArray<PreviewAutomationNetworkEntry>;
readonly actionTimeline: PreviewAutomationSnapshot["actionTimeline"];
Expand All @@ -427,7 +419,7 @@ const capture = async (
"url" | "title" | "loading" | "visibleText" | "interactiveElements"
>
>,
captureViewport(input.page, input.cdp, { format: "png", scale }),
captureViewport(input.cdp, { format: "png" }),
]);
void pageAndScreenshot.catch(constVoid);
// Leaves time for the second read; a frame that never loads holds the tree until then.
Expand All @@ -452,7 +444,13 @@ const capture = async (
void iframe.dispose().catch(constVoid);
if (frame && unread.includes(frame)) throw tooBusy();
}
const [page, data] = await pageAndScreenshot;
const [page, screenshot] = await pageAndScreenshot;
const size = {
width: Math.round(viewport.width * input.renderScale * scale),
height: Math.round(viewport.height * input.renderScale * scale),
};
// Before the generation check, which guards the synchronous ref registration below.
const data = scale < 1 ? await input.downscale(screenshot, size) : screenshot;
if (state.generation !== generation) throw pageChanged();
const mask = (text: string) => (dotted ? text.replace(dotted, MASKED_VALUE) : text);
const accessibilityTree = (dotted ? maskTree(tree, dotted) : tree)
Expand All @@ -471,12 +469,7 @@ const capture = async (
consoleEntries: [...input.consoleEntries],
networkEntries: [...input.networkEntries],
actionTimeline: [...input.actionTimeline],
screenshot: {
mimeType: "image/png",
data,
width: Math.round(viewport.width * input.renderScale * scale),
height: Math.round(viewport.height * input.renderScale * scale),
},
screenshot: { mimeType: "image/png", data, ...size },
};
};

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -793,6 +786,37 @@ export const parseNetError = (errorText: string) => {
return { description, code: NET_ERROR_CODES[description] ?? -2 };
};

const DOWNSCALE_SCRIPT = `window.__t3Downscale = async (base64, width, height) => {
const bytes = Uint8Array.from(atob(base64), (char) => char.charCodeAt(0));
const bitmap = await createImageBitmap(new Blob([bytes], { type: "image/png" }));

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- diff ---'
git diff --no-ext-diff --unified=80 133f57a8321767d51610c50a16edb8b7181ededf aaea59fd9240751a4a5ee354f8b8cf758987574a -- apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserPage.ts apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant definitions and callers ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'downscalePng' -e 'captureViewport' -e 'preview_snapshot' -e 'SnapshotInput' apps/server/src apps/server/test || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- page file excerpt ---'
nl -ba apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserPage.ts | sed -n '680,840p'
printf '%s\n' '--- browser file excerpt ---'
nl -ba apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts | sed -n '1,260p'

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printf '%s\n' '--- render scale and viewport/context setup ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'RENDER_SCALE' -e 'MAX_SCREENSHOT_WIDTH' -e 'deviceScaleFactor' -e 'viewport:' -e 'newContext' -e 'newPage' apps/server/src/preview apps/server/src | head -200
printf '%s\n' '--- tab and operation scheduling definitions ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'maxTabs' -e 'MAX_TABS' -e 'captureLock' -e 'runOperation' -e 'contexts.scratchPage' apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts
nl -ba apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts | sed -n '80,180p;400,560p;1450,1510p;1740,1850p'

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Length of output: 40582

Bound concurrent PNG downscaling memory.

captureViewport captures the full device-scale image before downscalePng applies the 1280-pixel output limit. At a 3840×2160 viewport and device scale 2, createImageBitmap decodes a 7680×4320 RGBA bitmap, which is about 127 MiB. Eight overlapping snapshots can therefore require about 1 GiB for decoded bitmaps alone, and may exhaust a memory-constrained browser.

Limit concurrent downscales or enforce a capture-memory budget before decoding each full-resolution PNG.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserPage.ts at line 791:
Bound memory use in the captureViewport/downscalePng flow by limiting concurrent
PNG downscales or enforcing a capture-memory budget before createImageBitmap
decodes a full-resolution image. Ensure overlapping snapshots cannot create
unbounded decoded bitmaps while preserving the 1280-pixel output limit.

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Claude Opus 5.5 in Cursor, responding on behalf of @watashiwaaniket.

Thanks. The arithmetic is right (7680×4320 RGBA ≈ 127 MiB at the 3840×2160 viewport cap from PREVIEW_VIEWPORT_MAX_AREA), but the overlap scenario doesn't hold in practice, so I'm leaving this as is:

  • Snapshots are serialized per tab (withScreencastsPaused → withCaptureLock(tab)), so overlap needs that many separate tabs at a 4K viewport snapshotting in the same instant.
  • Each decode lives in its own short-lived scratch page, is released with bitmap.close() right after drawing, and the page closes after ~60 ms.
  • Recording already decodes full-scale frames via createImageBitmap in a scratch page continuously with no concurrency cap, and a 4K tab at 2× already holds a comparable surface to render the page.
  • A global queue would also couple tabs: a stuck downscale would block snapshots in every tab, and a queued snapshot holds its own tab's capture lock (delaying recording start and live-viewer stills) while it waits. Today each tab's snapshot is isolated.

Happy to add one-at-a-time serialization if maintainers prefer a hard bound.

const canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
canvas.width = width;
canvas.height = height;
const context = canvas.getContext("2d");
context.imageSmoothingQuality = "high";
context.drawImage(bitmap, 0, 0, width, height);
bitmap.close();
return canvas.toDataURL("image/png").slice("data:image/png;base64,".length);
};`;

interface DownscaleWindow {
__t3Downscale(base64: string, width: number, height: number): Promise<string>;
}

/** The server has no image library, so a scratch page's canvas does the resize. */
export const downscalePng = async (
scratch: Page,
png: string,
size: { readonly width: number; readonly height: number },
) => {
await scratch.evaluate(DOWNSCALE_SCRIPT);
return scratch.evaluate(
([data, width, height]) =>
(globalThis as unknown as DownscaleWindow).__t3Downscale(data, width, height),
[png, size.width, size.height] as const,
);
};

export const RECORDING_ENCODER_SCRIPT = `(() => {
const canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
const context = canvas.getContext("2d");
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