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// `running` is derived only from live-process evidence: an installed-but-closed browser must read as "not running".
// `wmic` is deliberately unused — Microsoft removed it by default in Windows 11 24H2 and entirely in 25H2, so PowerShell CIM plus tasklist replace it.
import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
import { access, readFile, readlink } from "node:fs/promises";
import { join } from "node:path";
import { promisify } from "node:util";
import { Type } from "typebox";
import { Compile } from "typebox/compile";
import { parseJson } from "../schemas/parse";
import { browserNameForUserDataDir } from "./paths";
const run = promisify(execFile);
const EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS = 5_000;
export type RunningBrowser = {
readonly running: boolean;
readonly exePath?: string;
readonly explicitUserDataDir?: string;
};
const LINUX_COMMS: ReadonlyArray<string> = [
"chrome", "chromium", "chromium-browser", "msedge", "microsoft-edge",
"google-chrome", "brave", "brave-browser",
];
const MAC_BROWSER_NAMES: ReadonlyArray<string> = [
"google chrome", "chromium", "microsoft edge", "brave browser",
];
const WIN_IMAGE_NAMES: ReadonlyArray<string> = ["chrome.exe", "msedge.exe", "brave.exe"];
// Match the `--type=` flag, not words like "renderer" anywhere in the string, or an install path containing one is filtered out.
const hasChildProcessType = (commandLine: string): boolean => {
const lower = commandLine.toLowerCase();
return lower.includes("--type=") && !lower.includes("--type=browser");
};
// macOS names its child processes in the executable path itself, so the process NAME must be filtered too.
const isMacChildProcessName = (comm: string): boolean => {
const lower = comm.toLowerCase();
return (
lower.includes("helper") ||
lower.includes("renderer") ||
lower.includes("crashpad") ||
lower.includes(" gpu") ||
lower.includes("updater")
);
};
export type BrowserCandidate = {
readonly exePath?: string;
readonly explicitUserDataDir?: string;
};
// A package upgrade under a running browser makes `/proc/<pid>/exe` read "… (deleted)", which fails to spawn with ENOENT unless the marker comes off.
const DELETED_SUFFIX = " (deleted)";
export const stripDeletedSuffix = (path: string): string | undefined =>
path.endsWith(DELETED_SUFFIX) && path.length > DELETED_SUFFIX.length
? path.slice(0, -DELETED_SUFFIX.length)
: undefined;
const exists = async (path: string): Promise<boolean> => {
try {
await access(path);
return true;
} catch {
return false;
}
};
export const spawnableExePath = async (raw: string): Promise<string | undefined> => {
if (raw.length === 0) return undefined;
if (await exists(raw)) return raw;
const stripped = stripDeletedSuffix(raw);
if (stripped && (await exists(stripped))) return stripped;
return undefined;
};
const samePath = (a: string, b: string): boolean => {
const norm = (p: string): string => {
const unified = p.replace(/\\/g, "/").replace(/\/+$/, "");
return process.platform === "linux" ? unified : unified.toLowerCase();
};
return norm(a) === norm(b);
};
export const rankBrowserCandidate = (candidate: BrowserCandidate, preferUserDataDir?: string): number => {
if (!preferUserDataDir) return 1;
if (candidate.explicitUserDataDir) {
return samePath(candidate.explicitUserDataDir, preferUserDataDir) ? 4 : 0;
}
const family = browserNameForUserDataDir(preferUserDataDir).toLowerCase();
const exe = (candidate.exePath ?? "").toLowerCase();
if (!exe) return 1;
if (family === "brave" && exe.includes("brave")) return 3;
if (family === "edge" && (exe.includes("edge") || exe.includes("msedge"))) return 3;
if (family === "chromium" && exe.includes("chromium")) return 3;
if (family === "chrome" && exe.includes("chrome") && !exe.includes("chromium")) return 3;
return 1;
};
export const parseUserDataDirFlag = (commandLine: string): string | undefined => {
const match = /--user-data-dir=(?:"([^"]*)"|'([^']*)'|(\S+))/.exec(commandLine);
if (!match) return undefined;
const value = match[1] ?? match[2] ?? match[3];
return value && value.length > 0 ? value : undefined;
};
const collectLinux = async (): Promise<ReadonlyArray<BrowserCandidate>> => {
let pids: string[];
try {
const { stdout } = await run("ps", ["-A", "-o", "pid=,comm="], { timeout: EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS });
pids = stdout
.split("\n")
.map((line) => line.trim())
.flatMap((line) => {
const [pid, comm] = line.split(/\s+/, 2);
if (!pid || !comm) return [];
return LINUX_COMMS.includes(comm.toLowerCase()) ? [pid] : [];
});
} catch {
return [];
}
const candidates: BrowserCandidate[] = [];
for (const pid of pids) {
let cmdline: string;
try {
cmdline = (await readFile(`/proc/${pid}/cmdline`, "utf8")).replace(/\0/g, " ").trim();
} catch {
continue;
}
if (!cmdline || hasChildProcessType(cmdline)) continue;
let link: string | undefined;
try {
link = await readlink(`/proc/${pid}/exe`);
} catch {}
// Chrome rewrites its argv to the bare executable path, so argv[0] is the live install location when /proc/<pid>/exe is unreadable or stale.
const exePath =
(link ? await spawnableExePath(link) : undefined) ??
(await spawnableExePath(cmdline.split(" ")[0] ?? ""));
const explicit = parseUserDataDirFlag(cmdline);
candidates.push({
...(exePath ? { exePath } : {}),
...(explicit ? { explicitUserDataDir: explicit } : {}),
});
}
return candidates;
};
const collectDarwin = async (): Promise<ReadonlyArray<BrowserCandidate>> => {
let lines: string[];
try {
// BSD ps prints the full executable path for `comm`, unlike Linux.
const { stdout } = await run("ps", ["-A", "-ww", "-o", "pid=,comm="], { timeout: EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS });
lines = stdout.split("\n").map((l) => l.trim()).filter(Boolean);
} catch {
return [];
}
const candidates: BrowserCandidate[] = [];
for (const line of lines) {
const spaceAt = line.indexOf(" ");
if (spaceAt < 0) continue;
const pid = line.slice(0, spaceAt);
const comm = line.slice(spaceAt + 1).trim();
const lower = comm.toLowerCase();
if (!MAC_BROWSER_NAMES.some((name) => lower.includes(name))) continue;
if (isMacChildProcessName(comm)) continue;
let args = "";
try {
const { stdout } = await run("ps", ["-ww", "-o", "args=", "-p", pid], { timeout: EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS });
args = stdout.trim();
} catch {}
if (args && hasChildProcessType(args)) continue;
const explicit = args ? parseUserDataDirFlag(args) : undefined;
candidates.push({
exePath: comm,
...(explicit ? { explicitUserDataDir: explicit } : {}),
});
}
return candidates;
};
const POWERSHELL_QUERY = [
"$ErrorActionPreference='SilentlyContinue';",
"Get-CimInstance Win32_Process",
"-Filter \"Name='chrome.exe' or Name='msedge.exe' or Name='brave.exe'\"",
"| Select-Object ExecutablePath,CommandLine",
"| ConvertTo-Json -Compress",
].join(" ");
const WinProcessSchema = Type.Object(
{
ExecutablePath: Type.Optional(Type.Union([Type.String(), Type.Null()])),
CommandLine: Type.Optional(Type.Union([Type.String(), Type.Null()])),
},
{ additionalProperties: true },
);
const WinProcessesSchema = Type.Union([WinProcessSchema, Type.Array(WinProcessSchema)]);
const winProcessesValidator = Compile(WinProcessesSchema);
const collectWin32 = async (): Promise<ReadonlyArray<BrowserCandidate>> => {
try {
const { stdout } = await run(
"powershell.exe",
["-NoProfile", "-NonInteractive", "-Command", POWERSHELL_QUERY],
{ timeout: EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS, windowsHide: true },
);
const trimmed = stdout.trim();
if (trimmed) {
const parsed = parseJson(trimmed, winProcessesValidator);
if (parsed.success) {
const rows = Array.isArray(parsed.data) ? parsed.data : [parsed.data];
const candidates = rows
.filter((row) => !hasChildProcessType(row.CommandLine ?? ""))
.map((row): BrowserCandidate => {
const explicit = parseUserDataDirFlag(row.CommandLine ?? "");
return {
...(row.ExecutablePath ? { exePath: row.ExecutablePath } : {}),
...(explicit ? { explicitUserDataDir: explicit } : {}),
};
});
if (candidates.length > 0) return candidates;
}
}
} catch {}
try {
const { stdout } = await run("tasklist.exe", [], { timeout: EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS, windowsHide: true });
const lower = stdout.toLowerCase();
if (WIN_IMAGE_NAMES.some((n) => lower.includes(n))) return [{}];
} catch {}
return [];
};
const winInstallCandidates = (): ReadonlyArray<string> => {
const roots = [
process.env["PROGRAMFILES"],
process.env["PROGRAMFILES(X86)"],
process.env["LOCALAPPDATA"],
].filter((r): r is string => typeof r === "string" && r.length > 0);
const suffixes = [
"Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe",
"Google\\Chrome Beta\\Application\\chrome.exe",
"Google\\Chrome SxS\\Application\\chrome.exe",
"Chromium\\Application\\chrome.exe",
"BraveSoftware\\Brave-Browser\\Application\\brave.exe",
"Microsoft\\Edge\\Application\\msedge.exe",
];
return roots.flatMap((root) => suffixes.map((suffix) => join(root, suffix)));
};
const winRegistryExecutable = async (): Promise<string | undefined> => {
for (const image of WIN_IMAGE_NAMES) {
for (const hive of ["HKLM", "HKCU"]) {
try {
const { stdout } = await run(
"reg.exe",
["query", `${hive}\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\App Paths\\${image}`, "/ve"],
{ timeout: EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS, windowsHide: true },
);
const match = /REG_[A-Z_]+\s+(.+)$/m.exec(stdout.trim());
const path = match?.[1]?.trim();
if (path) return path;
} catch {}
}
}
return undefined;
};
export const detectRunningBrowser = async (preferUserDataDir?: string): Promise<RunningBrowser> => {
const candidates =
process.platform === "darwin"
? await collectDarwin()
: process.platform === "win32"
? await collectWin32()
: await collectLinux();
if (candidates.length === 0) return { running: false };
const [first, ...rest] = candidates;
if (!first) return { running: false };
let best = first;
let bestRank = rankBrowserCandidate(best, preferUserDataDir);
for (const candidate of rest) {
const rank = rankBrowserCandidate(candidate, preferUserDataDir);
if (rank > bestRank) {
best = candidate;
bestRank = rank;
}
}
return {
running: true,
...(best.exePath ? { exePath: best.exePath } : {}),
...(best.explicitUserDataDir ? { explicitUserDataDir: best.explicitUserDataDir } : {}),
};
};
export const isBrowserRunning = async (): Promise<boolean> => (await detectRunningBrowser()).running;
export const resolveBrowserExecutable = async (running?: RunningBrowser): Promise<string | undefined> => {
const detected = running ?? (await detectRunningBrowser());
const usable = detected.exePath ? await spawnableExePath(detected.exePath) : undefined;
if (usable) return usable;
if (process.platform !== "win32") return undefined;
const fromRegistry = await winRegistryExecutable();
if (fromRegistry) return fromRegistry;
for (const candidate of winInstallCandidates()) {
try {
await access(candidate);
return candidate;
} catch {}
}
return undefined;
};
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