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/browser or /chrome not working #508
Description
What version of Code is running?
code 0.6.16
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.2-codex
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.2.0 arm64 arm
What steps can reproduce the bug?
I am unable to get either /browser or /chrome working
Current settings:
Then I chose "Use internal browser" and retried, same issue:
I also tried starting chrome with debug port:
/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome --remote-debugging-port=9222
then /chrome 9222, but that gives me:
» ❌ Failed to connect to Chrome: CDP error: Failed to discover Chrome WebSocket on port 9222 within 15s: CDP error: Failed to connect to Chrome debug port: error sending request for url
(http://127.0.0.1:9222/json/version)
Chrome cli shows:
[28222:151711404:0109/091529.921115:ERROR:google_apis/gcm/engine/registration_request.cc:292] Registration response error message: DEPRECATED_ENDPOINT
[28285:151712643:0109/091536.186393:VERBOSE1:chrome/updater/app/app.cc:53] Shutdown: 0
[28285:151712643:0109/091536.186662:VERBOSE2:chrome/updater/event_history.cc:227] Emitted a UPDATER_PROCESS END event to the history log
[28285:151712643:0109/091536.186675:VERBOSE1:chrome/updater/updater.cc:468] UpdaterMain (--wake) returned 0.
[28282:151712639:0109/091536.226066:VERBOSE1:chrome/updater/app/app_wakeall.cc:66] `/Users/alex/Library/Application Support/Google/GoogleUpdater/145.0.7569.0/GoogleUpdater.app/Contents/MacOS/GoogleUpdater --wake` exited 0
[28282:151712627:0109/091536.226193:VERBOSE1:chrome/updater/app/app.cc:53] Shutdown: 0
[28282:151712627:0109/091536.226467:VERBOSE2:chrome/updater/event_history.cc:227] Emitted a UPDATER_PROCESS END event to the history log
[28282:151712627:0109/091536.226480:VERBOSE1:chrome/updater/updater.cc:468] UpdaterMain (--wake-all) returned 0.
Chrome seems to have deprecated or severely limited CDP functionality.
How is any of this supposed to work?
What is the expected behavior?
No response
What do you see instead?
No response
Additional information
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GoatInAHat commentedon Jan 12, 2026
Same issue, browser seems to still work on 0.6.11
fix: stabilize /browser and /diff
zemaj commentedon Jan 13, 2026
Fix is up in PR #522 (branch
fix/issues-508-473)./json/versiondiscovery.This PR includes "Fixes #508" and will auto-close on merge: #522
fix: stabilize /browser and /diff (#522)