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Fix strict-CSP failures in computer-use element clicks - #22

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Clicking an AX element in live computer use failed on Devin with call to eval() blocked by CSP, even though attachment and page reads worked. The Browser Use click resolves the node and sends a node-bound hit-test callback via Runtime.callFunctionOn; that path still used page-world eval.

Recognize the AX hit-test callback and run its static equivalent through scripting.executeScript. Move runtime object cleanup to static operations too. This preserves hit-test behavior without changing the website's CSP. Arbitrary Runtime functions and unsupported Playwright locator helpers remain outside this fix.

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  • Actual Codex computer-use connection to the full patched extension in an isolated Zen profile: AX click, type icarus, verify the field value, select-all and clear; all passed on a page served with a strict CSP header. The user's installed extension/profile was not replaced.
  • Same real-Zen protocol regression fails against v1.4.11 with the original eval-blocked error, and passes against the patch. It also checks lifecycle/loader IDs and that input does not activate the background target.
  • npm test and workflow actionlint passed.
  • Add the real Firefox test to PR CI. The fixture records the exact installed Browser Use callback, rather than a simplified substitute. The target loads before the control tab is opened, avoiding Zen's lazy loading of inactive startup tabs.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved Firefox compatibility for accessibility-based clicks on pages with strict Content Security Policy settings.
    • Preserved background-tab state during computer-use click-and-type interactions.
    • Improved hit testing across shadow DOM, labels, viewport boundaries, and pointer-event configurations.
  • Tests

    • Added live Firefox regression coverage for strict-CSP click, typing, and tab-preservation behavior.
  • Documentation

    • Documented the strict-CSP computer-use improvements and related test fixtures.

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@greptileai Please review this CSP click fix. It was verified through actual Codex computer-use controls with the full patched extension in an isolated Zen profile. The exact callback regression fails on 1.4.11 and passes on this branch.

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The Firefox bridge adds CSP-safe accessibility hit testing and runtime cleanup. The live test exercises AX click-and-type behavior on a strict-CSP page while preserving a background tab. Pull-request CI now runs this regression with Firefox.

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Strict-CSP Firefox computer-use flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
CSP-safe accessibility and runtime operations
extension/firefox-compat.js
The bridge implements viewport, shadow-DOM, label, pointer-event, fallback-point, and cleanup handling. Browser Use hit-test and release commands use the CSP-safe dispatcher.
Strict-CSP click-and-type regression
tests/fixtures/cua-ax-functions.json, tests/test-firefox-lifecycle-live.mjs, tests/fixtures/README.md
The live fixture loads the AX hit-test helper, serves strict CSP, performs an accessibility click and text insertion, and verifies background-tab preservation.
Firefox CI and change records
.github/workflows/verify.yml, CHANGELOG.md, PORT_STATUS.md
Pull-request CI runs the live test with Firefox. The changelog and status document the CSP-safe path and regression coverage.

Priority: ⚪ Not assessed

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

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sequenceDiagram
  participant LiveFirefoxTest
  participant FirefoxCompatBridge
  participant StrictCSPFixture
  LiveFirefoxTest->>FirefoxCompatBridge: resolve AX node and call hitTest
  FirefoxCompatBridge->>StrictCSPFixture: perform CSP-safe hit testing
  StrictCSPFixture-->>FirefoxCompatBridge: return hit-test metadata
  LiveFirefoxTest->>StrictCSPFixture: dispatch click and insert text
  StrictCSPFixture-->>LiveFirefoxTest: return updated input value
  LiveFirefoxTest-->>LiveFirefoxTest: verify background tab remains inactive
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to dabbc

This PR fixes the strict-CSP click bug and adds solid live regression coverage, but three follow-ups should be resolved before merge: the new CI job should disable persisted git credentials for pull-request-triggered runs, hit-test failures on detached/invisible elements should surface as a normal CDP error rather than an unhandled rejection, and the helper-detection match should rely on stable semantic markers instead of an exact build-artifact string so a future Browser Use build doesn't silently reintroduce the original CSP failure.

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@greptileai Current head 0577760 also fixes cold-start timing in the live Firefox harness. The new real Firefox CI job is now green, as are Linux/macOS tests; please include this head in the review.

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RetriggerConfidence Score: 4/5

The verified strict-CSP behavior is safe to merge: recognized accessibility hit tests and runtime-object cleanup use the intended static execution route.

What we checked:

  • Strict-CSP AX hit-test failure: The recognized Browser Use node-bound callback is routed before the generic dynamic fallback to a named static page operation. Focused strict-CSP coverage passes while that operation is injected through firefox.scripting.executeScript with a function reference and operation arguments. T-Rex
  • Strict-CSP object cleanup failure: Both cleanup commands dispatch through the CSP-safe static page-operation executor. The operation removes the requested object or all objects in the released group, and the live strict-CSP Firefox test confirmed that each released handle subsequently returns CDP exception details. T-Rex
  • The focused strict-CSP compatibility test with Browser Use strict-CSP coverage enabled passed, and the accessibility callback was routed to the static accessibilityHitTest operation before the generic dynamic-evaluation fallback. T-Rex
  • The static accessibility operation was injected via firefox.scripting.executeScript using a function reference and arguments. T-Rex
  • Runtime.releaseObject and Runtime.releaseObjectGroup were dispatched through the CSP-safe static page-operation executor, and the live strict-CSP flow passed after releasing a direct object handle and a group-associated handle, with subsequent Runtime.callFunctionOn calls returning CDP exception details that confirm the handles were removed. T-Rex
  • The Firefox compatibility extension recognizes the recorded Browser Use node-bound callback by its wrapper and dispatches the operation through executeCspSafePageOperation, with the static AX hit-test implementation invoked for the resolved node before the dynamic path; the live regression notes a missing Firefox binary configuration. T-Rex
  • The live Firefox compatibility run completed successfully with objectCleanupAndExceptionContract: true and exit code 0, after executing the listed WebExtensions tooling and test commands. T-Rex

Summary

  • This change makes Firefox and Zen computer-use interactions work on pages that prohibit dynamically evaluated scripts. Recognized Browser Use accessibility hit tests now use a static extension operation, and runtime object cleanup follows the same CSP-safe route.
  • Focused strict-CSP coverage passed for the accessibility hit-test route. A live Firefox strict-CSP run also passed for direct and grouped runtime-object cleanup, confirming released handles cannot be invoked afterward.

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2224-2225: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Match the helper on semantic markers, not on the wrapper build artifact.

Lines 2224-2225 require an exact wrapper prefix and suffix. const __name = (target) => target; is a Browser Use build artifact, and README.md pins the recorded runtime to one version. If that wrapper changes, the guard stops matching and the call falls back to the eval path, which fails again on a strict-CSP page. The four body markers on Lines 2226-2229 are already specific enough to identify this helper.

Consider relaxing the prefix and suffix to structural checks, for example a .call(this suffix test plus the existing body markers.

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In `@extension/firefox-compat.js` around lines 2224 - 2225, Relax the helper
detection in the declaration guard around the existing body markers, removing
dependence on the exact __name wrapper prefix and generated wrapper suffix.
Retain structural validation that the wrapper ends with the this-bound call
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In @.github/workflows/verify.yml:
- Line 40: Update the actions/checkout@v4 step in the live job to set
persist-credentials to false, unless that job explicitly requires authenticated
Git operations; preserve the existing checkout behavior otherwise.

In `@extension/firefox-compat.js`:
- Line 1137: Update the hit-test handling around hitTestAccessibilityNode and
executeCspSafePageOperation so thrown errors are converted into the CDP
response’s exceptionDetails instead of escaping and rejecting
Runtime.callFunctionOn; preserve the existing successful result shape.

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In `@extension/firefox-compat.js`:
- Around line 2224-2225: Relax the helper detection in the declaration guard
around the existing body markers, removing dependence on the exact __name
wrapper prefix and generated wrapper suffix. Retain structural validation that
the wrapper ends with the this-bound call pattern, while preserving the existing
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@greptileai Please review current head 426c798. Fixed the error contract: thrown hit-test errors now return CDP exceptionDetails, preserving successful results. Also disabled credential persistence in the live CI checkout.

The real Firefox CI job is green at this head: https://github.com/SunkenInTime/codex-computer-use-firefox-zen/actions/runs/34536069094 . It now verifies releaseObject and releaseObjectGroup actually invalidate the handles and that subsequent hit-tests return exceptionDetails instead of rejecting. The same expanded test passed three consecutive real Zen runs locally. The full patched extension has also passed actual Codex AX click/type/clear against a strict-CSP fixture.

The previous T-Rex report said its VM lacked a Firefox executable. Please distinguish that reviewer-environment limitation from the attached successful real-browser CI evidence. The workflow installs Firefox using browser-actions/setup-firefox and passes its path as FIREFOX_BINARY. The startup fixture race now waits for the expected URL and complete status together, rather than transient about:blank completion.

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@greptileai Addressed the clearing coverage finding in b015a8f. The real Firefox lifecycle test now dispatches both Meta+A and Control+A followed by Backspace and verifies the AX input value is empty after each sequence. The updated test passed locally using /Applications/Zen.app/Contents/MacOS/zen: strictCspAxClickTypeAndClear=true and backgroundTabPreserved=true. Actual Codex computer-use click/type/clear also passed earlier in the disposable Zen profile. GitHub live-firefox installs Firefox explicitly and runs this same strict-CSP test; please use its current-head result as browser verification evidence if your review VM has no Firefox installed.

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