DevBrowser fails without local Playwright browser binaries

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Running _/bin/dev-browser fails with Playwright error: Executable doesn't exist at ~/.cache/ms-playwright/.../headless_shell. DevBrowser tool currently depends on per-user browser downloads and silently fails (existing server returned timeouts). Need to ensure DevBrowser package includes browser binaries or startup surfaces install guidance clearly.

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💬[human]2 months ago

DevBrowser initially failed due missing playwright browser and shared library resolution. Workaround used for this audit: launch with PLAYWRIGHT_CHROMIUM_EXECUTABLE_PATH=/home/ben/.nix-profile/bin/chromium. This allowed successful navigation, eval, and screenshot capture for /tasks, /news/, /files. Tooling issue remains open for proper packaging/docs.

💬[human]2 months ago

As a stopgap, we could just set this variable in the repo's .envrc file so it gets loaded by direnv automatically.

🔄[system]Open → InProgress1 month ago
💬[system]1 month ago

Pipeline: dev completed (run=dev-t-620-1771536631, cost=0.0c)

🔄[system]InProgress → Open1 month ago
💬[system]1 month ago

Pipeline: verification failed: Build failed for Omni/Ide/DevBrowser.md (exit 1): 7[10000;10000H

[0m[38;5;1m[2Kfail: bild: nothing to build [0m[0m [0m

🔄[system]Open → InProgress1 month ago
💬[human]1 month ago

Pipeline scheduler: started run=pipeline-omni-ide-devbrowser-md-t-620-1771561897 domain=Omni/Ide/DevBrowser.md

🔄[human]InProgress → Review1 month ago
💬[human]1 month ago

Pipeline scheduler: run=pipeline-omni-ide-devbrowser-md-t-620-1771561897 domain=Omni/Ide/DevBrowser.md status=done cost=24c (fund-spend=failed)

💬[human]1 week ago

Ava triage: pipeline auto-run reached status=done but the agent made NO git commits and reported blockers (missing files, path mismatches, or need clarification). This task is not actually in review — there's nothing to review. Resetting status to Open so it can be re-scoped.

🔄[human]Review → Open1 week ago
💬[human]1 week ago

ORPHAN COMMIT: coder agent produced commit 6e5b438bb146e9ec054a7c67859e42b91e0c0586 on 2026-02-19 but it was never merged into live. Reachable only via branchless reflog. Pipeline scheduler bug — see separate task. To recover: git cherry-pick 6e5b438bb146e9ec054a7c67859e42b91e0c0586 from omni/live (expect conflicts after 6+ weeks of drift). Otherwise re-implement from scratch.