puppeteer: ERROR:zygote_host_impl_linux.cc(89)] Running as root without --no-sandbox is not supported

@ststeiger so which are the launch options? Like

puppetteer.launch({
   headless: true,
   args: ['--no-sandbox']
})

Or do I need to add args: ['--no-sandbox', '--disable-setuid-sandbox'] as well?

This worked for me RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y gconf-service libasound2 libatk1.0-0 libc6 libcairo2 libcups2 libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libfontconfig1 libgcc1 libgconf-2-4 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libglib2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libnspr4 libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libstdc++6 libx11-6 libx11-xcb1 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxi6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxss1 libxtst6 ca-certificates fonts-liberation libappindicator1 libnss3 lsb-release xdg-utils wget

@aslushnikov: You (graphically) login as root, and try starting chrome or chromium. If anything uses Chrome/Chromium/ChromiumEmbedded, it needs to check for uid 0, and if so, add --no-sandbox to the command-line when it’s starting the headless-browser, or instanciates a CEF-application.

Happens when you use Chrome/Chromium or libQt5WebEngineCore, or anything else based on Chromium Embedded in an application.

./google-chrome-stable
[16075:16075:0430/092527.937550:ERROR:zygote_host_impl_linux.cc(90)]
Running as root without --no-sandbox is not supported. 

vs.

./google-chrome-stable --no-sandbox
[browser opens]

but only if the logged-in user is root (uid 0).

–no-sandbox is sufficient, AFAIK.

[UPDATE] So I have added all the following deps

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
gconf-service libasound2 libatk1.0-0 \
libc6 libcairo2 libcups2 \
libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libfontconfig1 \
libgcc1 libgconf-2-4 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 \
libglib2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libnspr4 \
libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libstdc++6 \
libx11-6 libx11-xcb1 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 \
libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxext6 libxfixes3 \
libxi6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxss1 libxtst6 \
ca-certificates fonts-liberation libappindicator1 \
libnss3 lsb-release xdg-utils wget

(taken from https://hub.docker.com/r/browserless/chrome/)

But I’m now getting the Running as root without --no-sandbox is not supported

[0624/141307.628655:ERROR:zygote_host_impl_linux.cc(89)] Running as root without --no-sandbox is not supported. See https://crbug.com/638180.


TROUBLESHOOTING: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/puppeteer/blob/master/docs/troubleshooting.md

    at onClose (/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/Launcher.js:342:14)
    at Interface.helper.addEventListener (/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/Launcher.js:331:50)
    at Interface.emit (events.js:203:15)
    at Interface.EventEmitter.emit (domain.js:448:20)
    at Interface.close (readline.js:397:8)
    at Socket.onend (readline.js:173:10)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:203:15)
    at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (domain.js:448:20)
    at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1129:12)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19)

Got this error when running Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS. I had to install the dependencies mentioned by @sabin-bhattarai-cko but with one extra one called libgbm1, which gives the following command for installing the dependencies:

apt-get update && apt-get install -y gconf-service libasound2 libatk1.0-0 libc6 libcairo2 libcups2 libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libfontconfig1 libgcc1 libgconf-2-4 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libglib2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libnspr4 libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libstdc++6 libx11-6 libx11-xcb1 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxi6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxss1 libxtst6 ca-certificates fonts-liberation libappindicator1 libnss3 lsb-release xdg-utils wget libgbm1

To fix the sandbox error I used this line in my script:

  const browser = await puppeteer.launch({headless: true, args: ['--no-sandbox']});

UPDATE: the full list of dependencies for Ubuntu is here and apparently you can get it by running ldd chrome | grep not after navigating to the folder where Chrome is installed (e.g. [...]/.local-chromium/Linux-884014/chrome-linux)

I have a problem [6479:0324/204738.124259:FATAL:atom_main_delegate.cc(210)] Running as root without --no-sandbox is not supported. See https://crbug.com/638180. Trace/breakpoint trap

If there was a way to set --no-sandbox through an environment variable, that would provide a solution to https://github.com/shakiba/svgexport/issues/76 ; that, or an automatic check for root/docker and adding this to the default set of arguments.

I heed help!!!

/app/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/cjs/puppeteer/node/BrowserRunner.js:241 reject(new Error([ ^ Error: Failed to launch the browser process! [1016/153339.514860:ERROR:zygote_host_impl_linux.cc(90)] Running as root without --no-sandbox is not supported. See https://crbug.com/638180. TROUBLESHOOTING: https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/blob/main/docs/troubleshooting.md at onClose (/app/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/cjs/puppeteer/node/BrowserRunner.js:241:20) at Interface.<anonymous> (/app/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/cjs/puppeteer/node/BrowserRunner.js:231:68) at Interface.emit (node:events:525:35) at Interface.close (node:readline:590:8) at Socket.onend (node:readline:280:10) at Socket.emit (node:events:525:35) at endReadableNT (node:internal/streams/readable:1358:12) at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/175967/how-to-run-google-chrome-as-root-in-linux

It’s not supported running it as root.

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I have a problem [6479:0324/204738.124259:FATAL:atom_main_delegate.cc(210)] Running as root without --no-sandbox is not supported. See https://crbug.com/638180. Trace/breakpoint trap

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