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fix(server): remote viewers reach a tab the desktop cannot paint
illumin3dpb-ship-it Oct 30, 2026
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fix(server): a tab keeps its downloads when it moves to headless
illumin3dpb-ship-it Oct 30, 2026
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test(server): wait for a stray delete in the moved download test
illumin3dpb-ship-it Oct 30, 2026
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test(server): use the live clock for the moved download wait
illumin3dpb-ship-it Oct 30, 2026
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fix(server): a failed first capture still gets a viewer to a frame
illumin3dpb-ship-it Oct 30, 2026
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fix(server): a moved tab keeps its URL and moves only once
illumin3dpb-ship-it Oct 30, 2026
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119 changes: 119 additions & 0 deletions apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ function makeSession(
if (method === "Page.getNavigationHistory") return { currentIndex: 0, entries: [{}] };
if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") return { cssVisualViewport: { pageX: 0, pageY: 0 } };
if (method === "Page.captureScreenshot") {
if (desktopPaintsNothing) {
desktopCaptureStarted.resolve();
if (desktopCaptureRejects) throw new Error("capture failed");
return new Promise<never>(() => {});
}
// A snapshot sizes its screenshot from the PNG header; viewers get JPEG frames as-is.
return { data: (input as { format: string }).format === "png" ? PNG_HEADER : "ZnJhbWU=" };
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -287,6 +292,10 @@ let initialNavigation: (() => Promise<void>) | null = null;
let desktopRendersNext = false;
/** Replaces the answer to the desktop page's size reads. */
let desktopSizeAnswer: (() => Promise<Record<string, unknown>>) | null = null;
/** A minimized host: the capture never answers because the guest paints no frame. */
let desktopPaintsNothing = false;
let desktopCaptureRejects = false;
let desktopCaptureStarted = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
const desktopDetaches = new NodeEvents.EventEmitter();
let desktopDetachReady = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
let desktopReleased = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -433,6 +442,9 @@ beforeEach(() => {
desktopTabs.clear();
desktopRendersNext = false;
desktopSizeAnswer = null;
desktopPaintsNothing = false;
desktopCaptureRejects = false;
desktopCaptureStarted = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
desktopDetachReady = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
desktopReleased = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
releasedDesktopTabs.length = 0;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -549,6 +561,113 @@ it.effect("a tab the desktop does not draw is marked headless, so the desktop st
).pipe(Effect.provide(layer)),
);

it.effect("a desktop tab that paints nothing moves to headless and its viewer reconnects", () =>
Effect.scoped(
Effect.gen(function* () {
const browser = yield* ServerBrowser.ServerBrowser;
const manager = yield* Manager.PreviewManager;
yield* ready;
desktopRendersNext = true;
const url = "https://example.com/account";
const { tabId } = yield* manager.open({
threadId: scope.thread.threadId,
runtime: "server",
url,
});
yield* manager.reportStatus({
threadId: scope.thread.threadId,
tabId,
navStatus: { _tag: "Success", url, title: "Account" },
canGoBack: false,
canGoForward: false,
serverControlled: true,
});
const painting = yield* browser.attachViewer(viewerInput(tabId, true));
const fs = yield* FileSystem.FileSystem;
const original = `${yield* fs.makeTempDirectoryScoped()}/chromium-download`;
yield* fs.writeFileString(original, "a,b");
desktopConnections[0]!.context.page.emit("download", {
failure: async () => null,
delete: async () => {},
saveAs: (path: string) => NodeFSP.copyFile(original, path),
suggestedFilename: () => "report.csv",
url: () => "https://example.com/report.csv",
});
let offered = yield* Queue.take(painting.output);
while (offered._tag !== "download") offered = yield* Queue.take(painting.output);
const downloadId = offered.id;
yield* Effect.promise(() => desktopConnections[0]!.context.page.goto(url));
desktopPaintsNothing = true;
const attaching = yield* browser
.attachViewer(viewerInput(tabId, true))
.pipe(Effect.forkScoped);
yield* Effect.promise(() => desktopCaptureStarted.promise);
const secondViewer = yield* browser
.attachViewer(viewerInput(tabId, true))
.pipe(Effect.forkScoped);
// It queues behind the first capture, so its screencast is the milestone.
const desktopSessions = desktopConnections[0]!.context.sessions;
yield* Effect.promise(() =>
vi.waitFor(() => {
expect(desktopSessions.at(-1)!.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
"Page.startScreencast",
expect.anything(),
);
}),
);
yield* TestClock.adjust("5 seconds");
const stalled = yield* Fiber.join(attaching);
yield* Fiber.join(secondViewer);

const items = yield* Queue.clear(stalled.output);
expect(items.map((item) => item._tag)).toContain("reconnect");
const { sessions } = yield* manager.list({ threadId: scope.thread.threadId });
const moved = sessions.find((session) => session.tabId === tabId);
expect(moved?.headless).toBe(true);

desktopPaintsNothing = false;
yield* browser.attachViewer(viewerInput(tabId, true));
expect(contexts.at(-1)!.page.goto).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
url,
expect.objectContaining({ waitUntil: "commit" }),
);
const kept = yield* browser.openDownload({
threadId: scope.thread.threadId,
tabId,
downloadId,
});
// Cleanup is not awaited and has no milestone, so only real time can show it never ran.
yield* TestClock.withLive(Effect.sleep("100 millis"));
expect(yield* fs.readFileString(Option.getOrThrow(kept).path)).toBe("a,b");
}),
).pipe(Effect.provide(layer)),
);

it.effect("a desktop tab whose first capture fails moves to headless without a frame", () =>
Effect.scoped(
Effect.gen(function* () {
const browser = yield* ServerBrowser.ServerBrowser;
const manager = yield* Manager.PreviewManager;
yield* ready;
desktopRendersNext = true;
const { tabId } = yield* manager.open({ threadId: scope.thread.threadId, runtime: "server" });
desktopPaintsNothing = true;
desktopCaptureRejects = true;
const attaching = yield* browser
.attachViewer(viewerInput(tabId, true))
.pipe(Effect.forkScoped);
yield* Effect.promise(() => desktopCaptureStarted.promise);
yield* TestClock.adjust("5 seconds");
const viewer = yield* Fiber.join(attaching);

const items = yield* Queue.clear(viewer.output);
expect(items.map((item) => item._tag)).toContain("reconnect");
const { sessions } = yield* manager.list({ threadId: scope.thread.threadId });
expect(sessions.find((session) => session.tabId === tabId)?.headless).toBe(true);
}),
).pipe(Effect.provide(layer)),
);

it.live.each([
{ method: "goto" as const, message: { type: "navigate", url: "http://10.255.255.1/" } },
{ method: "goBack" as const, message: { type: "history", delta: -1 } },
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62 changes: 50 additions & 12 deletions apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts
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Expand Up @@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ const SCREENCAST_MOTION_WINDOW_MS = 300;
const SCREENCAST_MOTION_QUALITY = 50;
const HOST_RECONNECT_DELAY = "1 second";
const DESKTOP_ATTACH_TIMEOUT = "10 seconds";
const DESKTOP_FIRST_FRAME_TIMEOUT = "5 seconds";
const VIEWER_OUTPUT_LIMIT = 64;
const RECORDING_SCREENCAST = { format: "jpeg", quality: 90, everyNthFrame: 1 } as const;
const decodeViewportSetting = Schema.decodeUnknownSync(PreviewViewportSettingSchema);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -476,6 +477,11 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {

const closedPendingTabs = new Set<string>();
const adoptedPages = new Map<string, { readonly page: Page; readonly openerTabId: string }>();
/** What a tab keeps while it moves to a new headless page. */
const movedTabs = new Map<
string,
{ readonly url: string; readonly downloads: Array<ServerDownload> }
>();
const closedSessions = new Set<string>();
let hostConnectionId: string | null = null;
let viewerResizeOrder = 0;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -729,13 +735,29 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
else void tab.page.close().catch(constVoid);
if (tab.isolatedContext) void tab.page.context().close().catch(constVoid);
void tab.recording?.encoder.close().catch(constVoid);
void NodeFSP.rm(downloadDir(tab), { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(constVoid);
if (!movedTabs.has(key)) {
void NodeFSP.rm(downloadDir(tab), { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(constVoid);
}
reportLiveTabs();
if (closeSession) {
runFork(manager.close({ threadId: tab.threadId, tabId: tab.tabId }).pipe(Effect.ignore));
}
};

const moveTabToHeadless = Effect.fnUntraced(function* (tab: ServerTab) {
const key = tabKey(tab.threadId, tab.tabId);
yield* manager.markHeadless({ threadId: tab.threadId, tabId: tab.tabId }).pipe(Effect.ignore);
// Another viewer that timed out on this tab may have moved it already.
if (tabs.get(key) !== tab) return;
movedTabs.set(key, { url: tab.page.url(), downloads: tab.downloads });
dropTab(tab, false);
yield* findTab(tab.threadId, tab.tabId).pipe(Effect.ignore);

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Major · Stability & Availability · Heavy lift

Deliver reconnect before waiting for browser startup.

attachViewer cannot return its queued reconnect until findTab finishes. On a first headless launch, PreviewBrowser can wait up to 45 seconds for installation, so the viewer remains connecting well beyond the five-second deadline. Start replacement creation independently and return the reconnect promptly. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts at line 751:
Update attachViewer so the findTab operation for tab.threadId and tab.tabId runs
independently rather than delaying the queued reconnect; return the reconnect
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// The session closed before the new page opened, so nothing owns the files.
if (movedTabs.delete(key)) {
void NodeFSP.rm(downloadDir(tab), { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(constVoid);
}
});

const desktopRenders = (snapshot: PreviewSessionSnapshot) =>
desktopChannel.available && !snapshot.headless
? runPromise(
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -771,6 +793,8 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
const createTab = async (snapshot: PreviewSessionSnapshot): Promise<ServerTab> => {
const adopted = adoptedPages.get(tabKey(snapshot.threadId, snapshot.tabId));
adoptedPages.delete(tabKey(snapshot.threadId, snapshot.tabId));
const moved = movedTabs.get(tabKey(snapshot.threadId, snapshot.tabId));
movedTabs.delete(tabKey(snapshot.threadId, snapshot.tabId));
const desktop =
adopted === undefined && (await desktopRenders(snapshot))
? await connectDesktop(snapshot)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -829,7 +853,7 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
desktop: desktop === null ? null : { close: desktop.close },
profileId: snapshot.profileId,
openerTabId: adopted?.openerTabId,
downloads: [],
downloads: moved?.downloads ?? [],
fileChooser: null,
dialog: null,
setting: snapshot.viewport ?? FILL_PREVIEW_VIEWPORT,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -970,15 +994,14 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
tabs.set(key, tab);
reportLiveTabs();
// Existing desktop and popup PDFs can start loading before interception attaches.
if (
snapshot.navStatus._tag === "Loading" &&
((!adopted && !desktop) || isPdfAssetUrl(snapshot.navStatus.url))
) {
const initialUrl =
moved?.url ?? (snapshot.navStatus._tag === "Loading" ? snapshot.navStatus.url : null);
if (initialUrl !== null && ((!adopted && !desktop) || isPdfAssetUrl(initialUrl))) {
const options = { waitUntil: "commit", timeout: NAVIGATION_TIMEOUT_MS } as const;
tab.initialNavigation = (
(desktop || adopted) && page.url() === snapshot.navStatus.url
(desktop || adopted) && page.url() === initialUrl
? page.reload(options)
: page.goto(snapshot.navStatus.url, options)
: page.goto(initialUrl, options)
).then(constVoid, (cause: unknown) => {
throw ServerBrowserPage.toOperationError(cause, NAVIGATION_TIMEOUT_MS);
});
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2429,6 +2452,7 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
ServerBrowserPage.captureViewport(session, { format: "jpeg", quality }),
).catch(() => null);
if (data) viewer.push({ _tag: "frame", data: Buffer.from(data, "base64"), ack: Effect.void });
return data !== null;
};
let settleTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
yield* Effect.addFinalizer(() =>
Expand All @@ -2437,8 +2461,10 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
}),
);
let screencastStarted = false;
const firstLiveFrame = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
session.on("Page.screencastFrame", (frame) => {
screencastStarted = true;
firstLiveFrame.resolve();
if (framesInFlight > 0) mayHaveDropped = true;
framesInFlight += 1;
const arrivedAt = Date.now();
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2482,10 +2508,22 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
});
});
void broadcastViewport(tab).catch(constVoid);
yield* Effect.promise(() => startScreencast(1));
// An idle page does not repaint for a new screencast, so the viewer
// starts from a still unless a live frame beat it.
if (!screencastStarted) yield* Effect.promise(pushStill);
const firstFrame = Effect.promise(async () => {
await startScreencast(1);
// An idle page does not repaint for a new screencast, so the viewer
// starts from a still unless a live frame beat it.
if (screencastStarted || (await pushStill()) || !tab.desktop) return;
// A failed still is not proof the page cannot paint; a live frame may still come.
await firstLiveFrame.promise;
});
if (tab.desktop) {
const painted = yield* firstFrame.pipe(Effect.timeoutOption(DESKTOP_FIRST_FRAME_TIMEOUT));
// A minimized host window paints no guest, so this page can never reach the viewer.
// Reconnecting moves the tab to headless Chromium, which needs no display.
if (Option.isNone(painted) && !screencastStarted) yield* moveTabToHeadless(tab);

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🟠 High preview/ServerBrowser.ts:2501

When a desktop tab with completed downloads is minimized, attaching a viewer triggers this fallback and deletes those files, so previously returned download paths and IDs stop working even though the logical tab remains open. moveTabToHeadless reaches dropTab, which removes downloadDir(tab) and discards tab.downloads; preserve or transfer the download files and metadata during migration instead of running destructive cleanup.

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In file @apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts around line 2501:

When a desktop tab with completed downloads is minimized, attaching a viewer triggers this fallback and deletes those files, so previously returned download paths and IDs stop working even though the logical tab remains open. `moveTabToHeadless` reaches `dropTab`, which removes `downloadDir(tab)` and discards `tab.downloads`; preserve or transfer the download files and metadata during migration instead of running destructive cleanup.

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} else {
yield* firstFrame;
}
return {
output,
input: (raw: unknown) =>
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