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Browser sandbox env var naming bug and fixes

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix attempted, not merged.

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No fix has been merged to main. 4 PRs closed without merging; see the attempts below.
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A bug was identified where browser_tool.py set the wrong environment variable (AGENT_BROWSER_CHROME_FLAGS instead of AGENT_BROWSER_ARGS) for passing sandbox bypass flags, causing headless/sandboxed environments to fail. Multiple fix attempts address this variable naming mismatch.

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4 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: duplicate 2 · done elsewhere 1 · other 1

  • #23517 fix(browser): pass sandbox flags via AGENT_BROWSER_ARGS · done elsewhere → 8ed2ef6, 4695d27, #23496
  • #23532 fix(browser): use AGENT_BROWSER_ARGS instead of AGENT_BROWSER_CHROME_FLAGS · other
  • #24198 fix(browser): use AGENT_BROWSER_ARGS instead of AGENT_BROWSER_CHROME_FLAGS · duplicate → #21659, #20014, #23496, #23532
  • #26028 fix(browser): rename AGENT_BROWSER_CHROME_FLAGS to AGENT_BROWSER_ARGS · duplicate
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#23496[Bug]: Headless VM fails to use browser: tools/browser_tool.py writes AGENT_BROWSER_CHROME_FLAGS but agent-browser reads AGENT_BROWSER_ARGS --sandbox-bypass injection is a no-op
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