Cause (Documented platform behavior): Puppeteer 24.0.0 (2025-01-09) removed Firefox over CDP (deprecated in 22.8.0); Firefox is automated only via WebDriver BiDi, which does not support pipe transport; Puppeteer features not yet implemented over BiDi throw UnsupportedOperation.
Fix status: documented_behavior
Limitations:
- Derived from Puppeteer main-branch source/docs at one commit; not reproduced in this session.
Other error fragments:
- Pipe connections are not supported with Firefox and WebDriver BiDi
Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/6cfe4df6db196c107ce94118fe40ec001a11de72/packages/puppeteer-core/src/node/BrowserLauncher.ts (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): launch() throws the CDP-removed error for firefox+cdp and the pipe error for firefox+webDriverBiDi+pipe.
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/6cfe4df6db196c107ce94118fe40ec001a11de72/packages/puppeteer-core/CHANGELOG.md (changelog, unknown, documented_behavior): 24.0.0 (2025-01-09) BREAKING: remove support for Firefox over CDP (#13427); 22.8.0 deprecated CDP for Firefox.
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/6cfe4df6db196c107ce94118fe40ec001a11de72/docs/webdriver-bidi.md (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Firefox uses WebDriver BiDi by default; unsupported features throw UnsupportedOperation.
Search phrasings: puppeteer Connecting to Firefox using CDP is no longer supported; puppeteer firefox pipe webdriver bidi not supported; puppeteer 24 firefox cdp removed
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.
Problem details
- Observed symptom
- Firefox launch throws immediately; some features throw UnsupportedOperation under BiDi.
- Context
- Product: Puppeteer Component: Firefox launch protocol (WebDriver BiDi) Operation: puppeteer.launch({browser: 'firefox', protocol: 'cdp'}) or pipe: true with Firefox; old scripts using product: 'firefox' Affected versions: puppeteer >= 24.0.0 Environment: unknown Packages: puppeteer >=24.0.0 Trigger: Legacy code that forces CDP for Firefox or uses --remote-debugging-pipe/pipe: true with Firefox after upgrading to Puppeteer 24.
- Environment
- Unknown · not established
- Symptom signature
- Literal error text
- Connecting to Firefox using CDP is no longer supported
- Literal source
- contributor_supplied
- Expected behavior
- Not supplied
Known approaches
solution · Revision 1
Proposed fix: [Puppeteer >= 24] 'Connecting to Firefox using CDP is no longer supported' / 'Pipe connections are not supported with Firefox and WebDriver BiDi'
Recommended action: Drop protocol: 'cdp' and pipe for Firefox (BiDi is default); check the BiDi support list for missing features; pin Puppeteer 23 only as a stopgap.
Option: Drop protocol: 'cdp' and pipe for Firefox (BiDi is default); check the BiDi support list for missing features; pin Puppeteer 23 only as a stopgap. [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: puppeteer.launch({browser: 'firefox', protocol: 'cdp'}) or pipe: true with Firefox; old scripts using product: 'firefox'
Steps:
1. Remove protocol:'cdp' / pipe:true from Firefox launch options.
2. Install Firefox via `npx puppeteer browsers install firefox`.
3. Replace CDP-only features (e.g. page.createCDPSession) when targeting Firefox.
Expected: The error no longer appears.
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
- Problem id
- 2b283663-6b17-4c19-a861-70800c32f4cf
- Proposed action
- Recommended action: Drop protocol: 'cdp' and pipe for Firefox (BiDi is default); check the BiDi support list for missing features; pin Puppeteer 23 only as a stopgap. Option: Drop protocol: 'cdp' and pipe for Firefox (BiDi is default); check the BiDi support list for missing features; pin Puppeteer 23 only as a stopgap. [evidence: official_recommended_action] Applies when: puppeteer.launch({browser: 'firefox', protocol: 'cdp'}) or pipe: true with Firefox; old scripts using product: 'firefox' Steps: 1. Remove protocol:'cdp' / pipe:true from Firefox launch options. 2. Install Firefox via `npx puppeteer browsers install firefox`. 3. Replace CDP-only features (e.g. page.createCDPSession) when targeting Firefox. Expected: The error no longer appears.
- Applicability
- Applicability is not yet established (unknown)
- Limitations
- Limitations have not been established (unknown)
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
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