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Author SHA1 Message Date
Dhanji R. Prasanna
ca1cf5998a Fix Chrome opening visibly instead of headless
- Add detect_chromedriver_for_testing() to auto-detect Chrome for Testing
  chromedriver binary at ~/.chrome-for-testing/ (arm64, x64, linux64)
- Add tilde expansion for chrome_binary and chromedriver_binary config paths
- Add --no-first-run, --no-default-browser-check, --disable-popup-blocking
  Chrome flags to prevent UI popups in headless mode
2026-02-16 10:21:48 +11:00
Dhanji R. Prasanna
60aeb67c56 Add stealth mode for Chrome headless to evade bot detection
Implements comprehensive anti-detection measures:
- Override navigator.webdriver to return undefined
- Inject fake chrome.runtime, chrome.loadTimes, chrome.csi objects
- Add realistic plugins and mimeTypes arrays
- Patch permissions API to hide automation
- Set realistic navigator properties (languages, hardwareConcurrency, deviceMemory)
- Remove ChromeDriver-specific window properties (cdc_*)
- Patch Function.prototype.toString to hide modifications
- Add Chrome flags: --disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled
- Set realistic user-agent without HeadlessChrome identifier
- Exclude 'enable-automation' switch

Tested against bot detection sites:
- bot.sannysoft.com: All major tests pass
- Search engines: Works with DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, Brave, Startpage
- Still detected by: Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile, Bing
2026-01-10 20:34:14 +11:00
Dhanji R. Prasanna
bbe57b4764 Fix ChromeDriver session hanging when Chrome is already running
- Add unique user-data-dir per process to avoid profile conflicts
- Add 30-second timeout to connection attempts to prevent indefinite hangs
- Fix borrow checker issue with ClientBuilder

The session creation was hanging because ChromeDriver was trying to
use the same profile as the running Chrome browser. Using a unique
temp directory (/tmp/g3-chrome-{pid}) isolates the headless session.
2025-12-15 17:36:34 +11:00
Dhanji R. Prasanna
81cba42c8d Add Chrome for Testing support for reliable WebDriver automation
- Add setup script (scripts/setup-chrome-for-testing.sh) that downloads
  matching Chrome and ChromeDriver versions from Google's CDN
- Add chrome_binary config option to specify custom Chrome binary path
- Update ChromeDriver to support custom binary via with_port_headless_and_binary()
- Update README with Chrome for Testing setup instructions
- Update config.example.toml with chrome_binary documentation

Chrome for Testing is Google's dedicated browser for automated testing
that guarantees version compatibility with ChromeDriver, avoiding the
common 'version mismatch' errors when Chrome auto-updates.
2025-12-15 17:02:30 +11:00
Dhanji R. Prasanna
3d1b86d24b Make Chrome headless the default WebDriver browser
- Add --safari flag to CLI for explicitly choosing Safari
- Update --chrome-headless flag description to indicate it's the default
- Update README to reflect Chrome headless as default
- Remove broken link to non-existent docs/webdriver-setup.md
- Add Safari flag handling in all webdriver config locations

The config already had ChromeHeadless as the default, this commit
updates the CLI and documentation to match.
2025-12-15 16:51:42 +11:00