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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
bedd8a8
test(server): wait for a stray delete in the moved download test
illumin3dpb-ship-it Oct 30, 2026
0477d3a
test(server): use the live clock for the moved download wait
illumin3dpb-ship-it Oct 30, 2026
b229c1a
fix(server): a failed first capture still gets a viewer to a frame
illumin3dpb-ship-it Oct 30, 2026
e45a986
fix(server): a moved tab keeps its URL and moves only once
illumin3dpb-ship-it Oct 30, 2026
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Merge origin/main into fix/remote-preview-unpainted-desktop-tab
juliusmarminge Nov 14, 2026
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fix(server): a moved tab keeps its URL and downloads when its new pag…
juliusmarminge Nov 14, 2026
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fix(server): a tab moved before its first page commits opens that page
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103 changes: 103 additions & 0 deletions apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ 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();
throw new Error("capture failed");
}
if ((input as { format: string }).format === "jpeg" && heldStill) await heldStill();
// 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 @@ -398,6 +402,9 @@ let desktopRendersNext = false;
let desktopPageUrl = "about:blank";
/** Replaces the answer to the desktop page's size reads. */
let desktopSizeAnswer: (() => Promise<Record<string, unknown>>) | null = null;
/** A minimized host: the guest paints no frame, so no still or screencast frame reaches a viewer. */
let desktopPaintsNothing = 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 @@ -588,6 +595,8 @@ beforeEach(() => {
desktopAttachWaiting = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
desktopPageUrl = "about:blank";
desktopSizeAnswer = null;
desktopPaintsNothing = false;
desktopCaptureStarted = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
desktopDetachReady = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
desktopReleased = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
releasedDesktopTabs.length = 0;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -951,6 +960,100 @@ 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 stalled = yield* browser.attachViewer(viewerInput(tabId, true));
yield* Effect.promise(() => desktopCaptureStarted.promise);
yield* TestClock.adjust("5 seconds");
let end = yield* Queue.take(stalled.output);
while (end._tag !== "reconnect") end = yield* Queue.take(stalled.output);
const { sessions } = yield* manager.list({ threadId: scope.thread.threadId });
expect(sessions.find((session) => session.tabId === tabId)?.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 that never committed its first page moves to headless with that URL", () =>
Effect.scoped(
Effect.gen(function* () {
const browser = yield* ServerBrowser.ServerBrowser;
const manager = yield* Manager.PreviewManager;
yield* ready;
desktopRendersNext = true;
desktopPaintsNothing = true;
const url = "https://example.com/slow";
const { tabId } = yield* manager.open({
threadId: scope.thread.threadId,
runtime: "server",
url,
});
const stalled = yield* browser.attachViewer(viewerInput(tabId, true));
yield* Effect.promise(() => desktopCaptureStarted.promise);
yield* TestClock.adjust("5 seconds");
let end = yield* Queue.take(stalled.output);
while (end._tag !== "reconnect") end = yield* Queue.take(stalled.output);

desktopPaintsNothing = false;
yield* browser.attachViewer(viewerInput(tabId, true));
expect(contexts.at(-1)!.page.goto).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
url,
expect.objectContaining({ waitUntil: "commit" }),
);
}),
).pipe(Effect.provide(layer)),
);

it.effect("a server started without the desktop browser channel marks its tabs headless", () =>
Effect.scoped(
Effect.gen(function* () {
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78 changes: 66 additions & 12 deletions apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts
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Expand Up @@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ 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";
// A viewer still is best-effort; a capture Chromium never answers must not hold the capture lock.
const VIEWER_STILL_TIMEOUT_MS = 2_000;
const VIEWER_OUTPUT_LIMIT = 64;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -553,6 +554,11 @@ 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 | null; readonly downloads: Array<ServerDownload> }
>();
const closedSessions = new Set<string>();
let hostConnectionId: string | null = null;
let viewerResizeOrder = 0;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -914,13 +920,40 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
if (tab.isolatedContext) void closed.then(() => 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.fn("ServerBrowser.moveTabToHeadless")(function* (
tab: ServerTab,
) {
const key = tabKey(tab.threadId, tab.tabId);
yield* manager.markHeadless({ threadId: tab.threadId, tabId: tab.tabId }).pipe(Effect.ignore);

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Check tab identity before changing the session.

If the desktop detaches and reconnects before this deadline, the old viewer can still have reconnect queued in its open scope. Its timeout then marks the replacement session headless before Line 938 rejects the obsolete tab. The healthy desktop replacement now has a headless snapshot, and its next recreation unnecessarily switches runtimes.

Add an identity check before markHeadless. Keep the existing check after the yield.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowser.ts at line 936:
Check that the tab is still the active session before calling markHeadless in the reconnect timeout flow; otherwise, an obsolete tab can mark its replacement session headless. Preserve the existing identity check after the yield.

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// Another viewer that timed out on this tab may have moved it already.
if (tabs.get(key) !== tab) return;
// An uncommitted first navigation leaves the session's Loading URL to the new page.
const url = tab.page.url() === "about:blank" ? null : tab.page.url();
movedTabs.set(key, { url, downloads: tab.downloads });
dropTab(tab, false);
yield* findTab(tab.threadId, tab.tabId).pipe(
// A failed launch keeps the move for the next viewer; a closed session leaves nothing to own the files.
Effect.catchTags({
ServerBrowserTabNotFoundError: () =>
Effect.sync(() => {
if (movedTabs.delete(key)) {
void NodeFSP.rm(downloadDir(tab), { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(constVoid);
}
}),
}),
Effect.ignore,
);
});

const desktopRenders = (snapshot: PreviewSessionSnapshot) =>
desktopChannel.available && !snapshot.headless
? runPromise(
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -981,6 +1014,7 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
): 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));
const desktop =
adopted === undefined && (await desktopRenders(snapshot))
? await connectDesktop(snapshot)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1052,7 +1086,7 @@ 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 @@ -1235,23 +1269,23 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
page.on("close", () => dropTab(tab, true));
page.on("crash", () => reopenCrashedTab(tab));
tabs.set(key, tab);
movedTabs.delete(key);
reportLiveTabs();
// A desktop page navigates on its own and can finish loading before these listeners attach.
if (desktop) void page.waitForLoadState("load").then(() => reportLoaded(tab), constVoid);
// 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))) {
tab.loading = true;
const initialUrl = URL.parse(snapshot.navStatus.url);
if (initialUrl) initialUrl.hash = "";
tab.pendingInitialRequestUrl = initialUrl?.href ?? null;
const requestUrl = URL.parse(initialUrl);
if (requestUrl) requestUrl.hash = "";
tab.pendingInitialRequestUrl = requestUrl?.href ?? null;
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 @@ -3134,6 +3168,7 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
}
}).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 @@ -3142,8 +3177,10 @@ 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 @@ -3190,7 +3227,24 @@ const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
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.forkScoped(Effect.promise(pushStill));
const firstFrame = Effect.promise(async () => {
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;
});
yield* Effect.forkScoped(
tab.desktop
? firstFrame.pipe(
Effect.timeoutOption(DESKTOP_FIRST_FRAME_TIMEOUT),
Effect.map((painted) => {
// 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.
// The move outlives this viewer, whose scope closes when it reconnects.
if (Option.isNone(painted) && !screencastStarted) runFork(moveTabToHeadless(tab));
}),
)
: firstFrame,
);
return {
output,
input: (raw: unknown) =>
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