fix: Defer page object cleanup to make it accessible in error handlers

src/crawlee/_types.py

@@ -661,6 +661,9 @@ class BasicCrawlingContext:
     log: logging.Logger
     """Logger instance."""
 
+    register_deferred_cleanup: Callable[[Callable[[], Coroutine[None, None, None]]], None]
+    """Register an async callback to be called after request processing completes (including error handlers)."""
+
     async def get_snapshot(self) -> PageSnapshot:
         """Get snapshot of crawled page."""
         return PageSnapshot()

src/crawlee/crawlers/_adaptive_playwright/_adaptive_playwright_crawler.py

@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ async def get_input_state(
             get_key_value_store=result.get_key_value_store,
             use_state=use_state_function,
             log=context.log,
+            register_deferred_cleanup=context.register_deferred_cleanup,
         )
 
         try:

src/crawlee/crawlers/_basic/_basic_crawler.py

@@ -1413,6 +1413,8 @@ async def __run_task_function(self) -> None:
         proxy_info = await self._get_proxy_info(request, session)
         result = RequestHandlerRunResult(key_value_store_getter=self.get_key_value_store, request=request)
 
+        deferred_cleanup: list[Callable[[], Awaitable[None]]] = []
+
         context = BasicCrawlingContext(
             request=result.request,
             session=session,
@@ -1423,6 +1425,7 @@ async def __run_task_function(self) -> None:
             get_key_value_store=result.get_key_value_store,
             use_state=self._use_state,
             log=self._logger,
+            register_deferred_cleanup=deferred_cleanup.append,
         )
         self._context_result_map[context] = result
 
@@ -1509,6 +1512,13 @@ async def __run_task_function(self) -> None:
             )
             raise
 
+        finally:
+            for cleanup in deferred_cleanup:
+                try:
+                    await cleanup()
+                except Exception:  # noqa: PERF203
+                    self._logger.exception('Error in deferred cleanup')
+
     async def _run_request_handler(self, context: BasicCrawlingContext) -> None:
         context.request.state = RequestState.BEFORE_NAV
         await self._context_pipeline(

src/crawlee/crawlers/_playwright/_playwright_crawler.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
+import contextlib
 import logging
 import warnings
 from datetime import timedelta
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@ async def _open_page(
             proxy_info=context.proxy_info,
             get_key_value_store=context.get_key_value_store,
             log=context.log,
+            register_deferred_cleanup=context.register_deferred_cleanup,
             page=crawlee_page.page,
             block_requests=partial(block_requests, page=crawlee_page.page),
             goto_options=GotoOptions(**self._goto_options),
@@ -296,63 +298,73 @@ async def _navigate(
             The enhanced crawling context with the Playwright-specific features (page, response, enqueue_links,
                 infinite_scroll and block_requests).
         """
-        async with context.page:
-            if context.session:
-                session_cookies = context.session.cookies.get_cookies_as_playwright_format()
-                await self._update_cookies(context.page, session_cookies)
-
-            if context.request.headers:
-                await context.page.set_extra_http_headers(context.request.headers.model_dump())
-            # Navigate to the URL and get response.
-            if context.request.method != 'GET':
-                # Call the notification only once
-                warnings.warn(
-                    'Using other request methods than GET or adding payloads has a high impact on performance'
-                    ' in recent versions of Playwright. Use only when necessary.',
-                    category=UserWarning,
-                    stacklevel=2,
-                )
+        # Enter the page context manager, but defer its cleanup (page.close()) so the page stays open
+        # during error handler execution.
+        await context.page.__aenter__()
 
-                route_handler = self._prepare_request_interceptor(
-                    method=context.request.method,
-                    headers=context.request.headers,
-                    payload=context.request.payload,
-                )
+        async def _close_page() -> None:
+            with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
+                await context.page.__aexit__(None, None, None)
 
-                # Set route_handler only for current request
-                await context.page.route(context.request.url, route_handler)
+        context.register_deferred_cleanup(_close_page)
 
-            try:
-                async with self._shared_navigation_timeouts[id(context)] as remaining_timeout:
-                    response = await context.page.goto(
-                        context.request.url, timeout=remaining_timeout.total_seconds() * 1000, **context.goto_options
-                    )
-                context.request.state = RequestState.AFTER_NAV
-            except playwright.async_api.TimeoutError as exc:
-                raise asyncio.TimeoutError from exc
-
-            if response is None:
-                raise SessionError(f'Failed to load the URL: {context.request.url}')
-
-            # Set the loaded URL to the actual URL after redirection.
-            context.request.loaded_url = context.page.url
-
-            yield PlaywrightPostNavCrawlingContext(
-                request=context.request,
-                session=context.session,
-                add_requests=context.add_requests,
-                send_request=context.send_request,
-                push_data=context.push_data,
-                use_state=context.use_state,
-                proxy_info=context.proxy_info,
-                get_key_value_store=context.get_key_value_store,
-                log=context.log,
-                page=context.page,
-                block_requests=context.block_requests,
-                goto_options=context.goto_options,
-                response=response,
+        if context.session:
+            session_cookies = context.session.cookies.get_cookies_as_playwright_format()
+            await self._update_cookies(context.page, session_cookies)
+
+        if context.request.headers:
+            await context.page.set_extra_http_headers(context.request.headers.model_dump())
+        # Navigate to the URL and get response.
+        if context.request.method != 'GET':
+            # Call the notification only once
+            warnings.warn(
+                'Using other request methods than GET or adding payloads has a high impact on performance'
+                ' in recent versions of Playwright. Use only when necessary.',
+                category=UserWarning,
+                stacklevel=2,
             )
 
+            route_handler = self._prepare_request_interceptor(
+                method=context.request.method,
+                headers=context.request.headers,
+                payload=context.request.payload,
+            )
+
+            # Set route_handler only for current request
+            await context.page.route(context.request.url, route_handler)
+
+        try:
+            async with self._shared_navigation_timeouts[id(context)] as remaining_timeout:
+                response = await context.page.goto(
+                    context.request.url, timeout=remaining_timeout.total_seconds() * 1000, **context.goto_options
+                )
+            context.request.state = RequestState.AFTER_NAV
+        except playwright.async_api.TimeoutError as exc:
+            raise asyncio.TimeoutError from exc
+
+        if response is None:
+            raise SessionError(f'Failed to load the URL: {context.request.url}')
+
+        # Set the loaded URL to the actual URL after redirection.
+        context.request.loaded_url = context.page.url
+
+        yield PlaywrightPostNavCrawlingContext(
+            request=context.request,
+            session=context.session,
+            add_requests=context.add_requests,
+            send_request=context.send_request,
+            push_data=context.push_data,
+            use_state=context.use_state,
+            proxy_info=context.proxy_info,
+            get_key_value_store=context.get_key_value_store,
+            log=context.log,
+            register_deferred_cleanup=context.register_deferred_cleanup,
+            page=context.page,
+            block_requests=context.block_requests,
+            goto_options=context.goto_options,
+            response=response,
+        )
+
     def _create_extract_links_function(self, context: PlaywrightPreNavCrawlingContext) -> ExtractLinksFunction:
         """Create a callback function for extracting links from context.
 
@@ -508,6 +520,7 @@ async def _create_crawling_context(
             proxy_info=context.proxy_info,
             get_key_value_store=context.get_key_value_store,
             log=context.log,
+            register_deferred_cleanup=context.register_deferred_cleanup,
             page=context.page,
             goto_options=context.goto_options,
             response=context.response,

tests/unit/crawlers/_basic/test_context_pipeline.py

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ async def test_calls_consumer_without_middleware() -> None:
         use_state=AsyncMock(),
         get_key_value_store=AsyncMock(),
         log=logging.getLogger(),
+        register_deferred_cleanup=lambda _: None,
     )
 
     await pipeline(context, consumer)
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ async def middleware_a(context: BasicCrawlingContext) -> AsyncGenerator[Enhanced
             use_state=AsyncMock(),
             get_key_value_store=AsyncMock(),
             log=logging.getLogger(),
+            register_deferred_cleanup=context.register_deferred_cleanup,
         )
         events.append('middleware_a_out')
 
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ async def middleware_b(context: EnhancedCrawlingContext) -> AsyncGenerator[MoreE
             use_state=AsyncMock(),
             get_key_value_store=AsyncMock(),
             log=logging.getLogger(),
+            register_deferred_cleanup=context.register_deferred_cleanup,
         )
         events.append('middleware_b_out')
 
@@ -100,6 +103,7 @@ async def middleware_b(context: EnhancedCrawlingContext) -> AsyncGenerator[MoreE
         use_state=AsyncMock(),
         get_key_value_store=AsyncMock(),
         log=logging.getLogger(),
+        register_deferred_cleanup=lambda _: None,
     )
     await pipeline(context, consumer)
 
@@ -126,6 +130,7 @@ async def test_wraps_consumer_errors() -> None:
         use_state=AsyncMock(),
         get_key_value_store=AsyncMock(),
         log=logging.getLogger(),
+        register_deferred_cleanup=lambda _: None,
     )
 
     with pytest.raises(RequestHandlerError):
@@ -155,6 +160,7 @@ async def step_2(context: BasicCrawlingContext) -> AsyncGenerator[BasicCrawlingC
         use_state=AsyncMock(),
         get_key_value_store=AsyncMock(),
         log=logging.getLogger(),
+        register_deferred_cleanup=lambda _: None,
     )
 
     with pytest.raises(ContextPipelineInitializationError):
@@ -187,6 +193,7 @@ async def step_2(context: BasicCrawlingContext) -> AsyncGenerator[BasicCrawlingC
         use_state=AsyncMock(),
         get_key_value_store=AsyncMock(),
         log=logging.getLogger(),
+        register_deferred_cleanup=lambda _: None,
     )
 
     with pytest.raises(ContextPipelineFinalizationError):

tests/unit/crawlers/_playwright/test_playwright_crawler.py

@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
     service_locator,
 )
 from crawlee.configuration import Configuration
-from crawlee.crawlers import PlaywrightCrawler
+from crawlee.crawlers import (
+    PlaywrightCrawler,
+    PlaywrightCrawlingContext,
+)
 from crawlee.fingerprint_suite import (
     DefaultFingerprintGenerator,
     FingerprintGenerator,
@@ -49,7 +52,6 @@
     from crawlee.browsers._types import BrowserType
     from crawlee.crawlers import (
         BasicCrawlingContext,
-        PlaywrightCrawlingContext,
         PlaywrightPostNavCrawlingContext,
         PlaywrightPreNavCrawlingContext,
     )
@@ -1203,3 +1205,33 @@ async def post_nav_hook_2(_context: PlaywrightPostNavCrawlingContext) -> None:
         'post-navigation-hook 2',
         'final handler',
     ]
+
+
+async def test_error_handler_can_access_page(server_url: URL) -> None:
+    """Test that the error handler can access the Page object via PlaywrightCrawlingContext."""
+
+    crawler = PlaywrightCrawler(max_request_retries=2)
+
+    request_handler = mock.AsyncMock(side_effect=RuntimeError('Intentional crash'))
+    crawler.router.default_handler(request_handler)
+
+    error_handler_calls: list[str | None] = []
+
+    @crawler.error_handler
+    async def error_handler(context: BasicCrawlingContext | PlaywrightCrawlingContext, _error: Exception) -> None:
+        error_handler_calls.append(
+            await context.page.content() if isinstance(context, PlaywrightCrawlingContext) else None
+        )
+
+    failed_handler_calls: list[str | None] = []
+
+    @crawler.failed_request_handler
+    async def failed_handler(context: BasicCrawlingContext | PlaywrightCrawlingContext, _error: Exception) -> None:
+        failed_handler_calls.append(
+            await context.page.content() if isinstance(context, PlaywrightCrawlingContext) else None
+        )
+
+    await crawler.run([str(server_url / 'hello-world')])
+
+    assert error_handler_calls == [HELLO_WORLD.decode(), HELLO_WORLD.decode()]
+    assert failed_handler_calls == [HELLO_WORLD.decode()]

tests/unit/test_router.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ def __init__(self, *, label: str | None) -> None:
             use_state=AsyncMock(),
             get_key_value_store=AsyncMock(),
             log=logging.getLogger(),
+            register_deferred_cleanup=lambda _: None,
         )