puppeteer: browser.newPage freezes

Steps to reproduce

Puppeteer version: 0.13.0
Platform / OS version: Clever Cloud scaler (linux exherbo)

What steps will reproduce the problem?

Here is the code:

const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({ executablePath = '/usr/bin/chromium' });
console.log(browser);
const page = await browser.newPage();
console.log(page);

The code never reaches the console.log(page).

Here is the logs, with DEBUG=puppeteer:*

2017-11-17T13:00:51.063Z: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 13:00:50 GMT puppeteer:protocol SEND ► {"id":1,"method":"Target.setDiscoverTargets","params":{"discover":true}}
2017-11-17T13:00:51.063Z: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 13:00:50 GMT puppeteer:protocol ◀ RECV {"method":"Target.targetCreated","params":{"targetInfo":{"targetId":"4c5efd2b-a8b4-449e-bdb8-5c33dae85332","type":"browser","title":"","url":"","attached":true}}}
2017-11-17T13:00:51.063Z: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 13:00:50 GMT puppeteer:protocol ◀ RECV {"method":"Target.targetCreated","params":{"targetInfo":{"targetId":"5518b1d4-c7e9-4162-a914-6398a1516d22","type":"page","title":"","url":"about:blank","attached":false}}}
2017-11-17T13:00:51.064Z:  _maxListeners: undefined,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.064Z: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 13:00:50 GMT puppeteer:protocol ◀ RECV {"method":"Target.targetCreated","params":{"targetInfo":{"targetId":"cbd9d93e-643a-4f4c-a6df-55f15f85c1cf","type":"browser","title":"","url":"","attached":false}}}
2017-11-17T13:00:51.064Z: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 13:00:50 GMT puppeteer:protocol ◀ RECV {"id":1,"result":{}}
2017-11-17T13:00:51.064Z: Browser {
2017-11-17T13:00:51.064Z:  domain: null,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.064Z:  _events: {},
2017-11-17T13:00:51.064Z:  _eventsCount: 0,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.065Z:  _ignoreHTTPSErrors: false,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.065Z:  _appMode: false,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.065Z:  _screenshotTaskQueue: TaskQueue { _chain: Promise { undefined } },
2017-11-17T13:00:51.065Z:  _connection:
2017-11-17T13:00:51.065Z:   Connection {
2017-11-17T13:00:51.065Z:     domain: null,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.066Z:        'Target.targetInfoChanged': [Function: bound _targetInfoChanged] },
2017-11-17T13:00:51.066Z:     _eventsCount: 3,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.066Z:     _maxListeners: undefined,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.066Z:     _url: 'ws://127.0.0.1:44123/devtools/browser/3c769f8c-7e3a-4eaf-b662-9cea95339100',
2017-11-17T13:00:51.066Z:     _events:
2017-11-17T13:00:51.066Z:      { 'Target.targetCreated': [AsyncFunction: bound _targetCreated],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.066Z:        'Target.targetDestroyed': [AsyncFunction: bound _targetDestroyed],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.067Z:     _delay: 0,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.067Z:     _ws:
2017-11-17T13:00:51.067Z:      WebSocket {
2017-11-17T13:00:51.067Z:     _lastId: 1,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.067Z:        domain: null,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.067Z:     _callbacks: Map {},
2017-11-17T13:00:51.067Z:        _events: [Object],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.068Z:        extensions: {},
2017-11-17T13:00:51.068Z:        _eventsCount: 4,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.068Z:        _maxListeners: undefined,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.068Z:        readyState: 1,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.068Z:        protocol: '',
2017-11-17T13:00:51.068Z:        bytesReceived: 530,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.069Z:        _finalize: [Object],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.069Z:        _closeTimer: null,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.069Z:        _finalizeCalled: false,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.069Z:        _binaryType: 'nodebuffer',
2017-11-17T13:00:51.069Z:        _closeMessage: null,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.070Z:        _socket: [Object],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.070Z:        _receiver: [Object],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.070Z:        _sender: [Object],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.070Z:        _closeCode: null,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.071Z:        protocolVersion: 13,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.071Z:        _isServer: false,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.071Z:        _ultron: [Object],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.071Z:        url: 'ws://127.0.0.1:44123/devtools/browser/3c769f8c-7e3a-4eaf-b662-9cea95339100',
2017-11-17T13:00:51.072Z:     _sessions: Map {},
2017-11-17T13:00:51.072Z:     _closeCallback: [Function] },
2017-11-17T13:00:51.072Z:        _req: null },
2017-11-17T13:00:51.073Z:  _closeCallback: [Function: killChrome],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.073Z:     '4c5efd2b-a8b4-449e-bdb8-5c33dae85332' => Target {
2017-11-17T13:00:51.073Z:  _targets:
2017-11-17T13:00:51.073Z:   Map {
2017-11-17T13:00:51.073Z:     _browser: [Circular],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.074Z:     _pagePromise: null,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.074Z:     _initializedCallback: [Function],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.074Z:     _initializedPromise: [Object],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.074Z:     _targetInfo: [Object],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.075Z:     _isInitialized: true },
2017-11-17T13:00:51.075Z:     '5518b1d4-c7e9-4162-a914-6398a1516d22' => Target {
2017-11-17T13:00:51.075Z:     _browser: [Circular],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.075Z:     _targetInfo: [Object],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.075Z:     _pagePromise: null,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.075Z:     _initializedCallback: [Function],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.076Z:     _initializedPromise: [Object],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.076Z:     _isInitialized: true },
2017-11-17T13:00:51.076Z:     'cbd9d93e-643a-4f4c-a6df-55f15f85c1cf' => Target {
2017-11-17T13:00:51.076Z:     _browser: [Circular],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.076Z:     _targetInfo: [Object],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.077Z: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 13:00:50 GMT puppeteer:browser browser.newPage()
2017-11-17T13:00:51.077Z: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 13:00:50 GMT puppeteer:protocol SEND ► {"id":2,"method":"Target.createTarget","params":{"url":"about:blank"}}
2017-11-17T13:00:51.077Z:     _pagePromise: null,
2017-11-17T13:00:51.077Z:     _initializedCallback: [Function],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.077Z:     _initializedPromise: [Object],
2017-11-17T13:00:51.077Z:     _isInitialized: true } } }
2017-11-17T13:00:51.078Z: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 13:00:50 GMT puppeteer:protocol ◀ RECV {"method":"Target.targetCreated","params":{"targetInfo":{"targetId":"b173b49e-99c7-4165-885f-0745f2aa21eb","type":"page","title":"","url":"","attached":false}}}
2017-11-17T13:00:51.078Z: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 13:00:50 GMT puppeteer:protocol ◀ RECV {"id":2,"result":{"targetId":"b173b49e-99c7-4165-885f-0745f2aa21eb"}}
2017-11-17T13:01:49.812Z: ::ffff:62.210.92.244 - GET /export_to_pdf HTTP/1.1 - - - - ms

About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 7 years ago
Reactions: 6
Comments: 51 (6 by maintainers)

Commits related to this issue

:wrench: Launch --single-process https://github.com/GoogleChrome/puppeteer/issues/1409#issuecomment-453845568 — committed to ycccamp/ycc2-landing by dtinth 5 years ago

Most upvoted comments

Issue persist with puppeteer@5.2.1 and Chromium (782078) (default downloaded by npm installing puppeteer) Node version 14.8.0

my code:

(async () => {
  const browser = await puppeteer.launch({headless: true});
  console.log('page get started');
  const page = await browser.newPage();
  console.log('?');
  await page.goto('https://google.com');
  await page.pdf({path: 'google.pdf'});

  await browser.close();
})();

“?” is never printed. In non-headless it runs but fails on pdf which is expected.

Is there a new already open issue for this somewhere?

+12

ziale on Aug 26, 2020

@aslushnikov’s suggestion has worked for me. I was able to make it work in a CircleCI environment with:

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--single-process']
});

I wish the error message was more helpful. I was only getting a timeout message after 8 minutes:

{ Error: Protocol error (Page.enable): Target closed.
    at Promise (/home/circleci/nexgen/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/Connection.js:186:56)
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at CDPSession.send (/home/circleci/nexgen/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/Connection.js:185:12)
    at Function.create (/home/circleci/nexgen/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/Page.js:44:18)
    at _pagePromise._sessionFactory.then.client (/home/circleci/nexgen/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/Target.js:43:32)
    at <anonymous>
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:189:7)
  -- ASYNC --
    at Target.<anonymous> (/home/circleci/nexgen/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/helper.js:144:27)
    at Browser._createPageInContext (/home/circleci/nexgen/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/Browser.js:177:31)
    at <anonymous>
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:189:7)
  -- ASYNC --
    at Browser.<anonymous> (/home/circleci/nexgen/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/helper.js:144:27)
    at /home/circleci/nexgen/app/tests/chart/chart-test.js:13:36
    at <anonymous>
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:189:7) message: 'Protocol error (Page.enable): Target closed.' }

+11

oliviertassinari on Jan 13, 2019

I think this issue shouldn’t be closed, it still exists in new version of puppeteer.

loliconer on Nov 22, 2017

Adding --disable-gpu resolved this in my instance.

Chrome Version: Chrome/92.0.4515.159 with puppeteer ^10.2.0

2tuzi on Aug 23, 2021

Yep - 1.11.0 downgrade solved this for me too!

mtford90 on Feb 12, 2019

Had the same issue with Puppeteer 1.12.2. I locked the version to 1.11.0 and it’s back on track.

JouiiinO on Feb 10, 2019

Hit same issue running on linux in docker.

Adding --disable-gpu resolved this in my instance.

Chrome Version: HeadlessChrome/89.0.4389.90 with puppeteer ^8.0.0

Dockerfile:
...
echo "deb https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
...
ENV PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD=true
RUN npm install puppeteer
puppeteer.js
const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
      args: ['--disable-dev-shm-usage', '--disable-gpu'],
      executablePath: 'google-chrome-stable'
});

--disable-gpu also helped me. But actually in my case problem was with some dependencies. After I installed all dependencies from https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/blob/main/docs/troubleshooting.md#chrome-headless-doesnt-launch-on-unix I was able to remove the --disable-gpu option.

xtix on Mar 23, 2021

Hit same issue running on linux in docker.

Adding --disable-gpu resolved this in my instance.

Chrome Version: HeadlessChrome/89.0.4389.90 with puppeteer ^8.0.0

Dockerfile:

...
echo "deb https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
...
ENV PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD=true
RUN npm install puppeteer

puppeteer.js

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
      args: ['--disable-dev-shm-usage', '--disable-gpu'],
      executablePath: 'google-chrome-stable'
});

blockscoped on Mar 19, 2021

I installed the latest npm package (1.2.0) and browser.newPage() freezes everytime after ~1k visited pages with the bundled chrome. Same with v. 1.1.1.

v1nc on Mar 22, 2018

Locking puppeteer version to 1.1.1 solved my browser.newPage hang issue. I had the latest version (1.12.0) which seemed to be the problem. Also was using --single-process for both scenarios.

Chrome Shell: 67.0.3361.0.tar.gz

millergd on Jul 1, 2019

Same probleme HeadlessChrome/90.0.4427.0 with puppeteer ^8.0.0

innovaweb-dev on Feb 27, 2021

freezing at 1.14.0, fixed by downgrading to 1.11.0

nodegin on Jun 30, 2019

I’m also troubleshooting this behavior right now, also using Puppeteer 0.13.0, but running on an ARMv7 Raspberry Pi (Model B Pi 2) so I can’t use the x86_64 Chromium that comes with Puppeteer. As a workaround I followed these instructions from @jindongh in issue #550 and I can get some things to work, but not browser.newPage().

Edit: To clarify, Puppeteer v0.10.2 with the special chromium install instructions I mentioned above works for me on the Raspberry Pi, I’m just seeing if I can get 0.13.0 to work and this has been where I get stuck.

jmg1138 on Nov 20, 2017

I removed the launch options:–single-process,it’s work.🤡

surxme on Jan 5, 2024

See https://github.com/towry/n/issues/148

towry on Jan 25, 2021

I have the same issue trying to run puppeteer in CircleCI and it’s clearly due to the new versions of puppeteer because it works like a charm if I lock the version to 1.0.0 in my package.json :

{
  "dependencies": {
    "puppeteer": "1.0.0"
  }
}

Dammmien on Nov 20, 2018

https://github.com/GoogleChrome/puppeteer/pull/2564 Seem to related to this bug If I using the full path it will work @laggingreflex

bebeo92 on May 21, 2018

My version is v62. I resolved this issue by using puppeteer v0.10.x.

sylvainlap on Nov 21, 2017

I had this same issue but when I had puppeteer download Chrome instead of using my own copy it worked. Give that a try.

Wasn’t working with my 62.0.3202.94 WIN64 it downloaded 62.0.3264.0

xori on Nov 17, 2017