Cause (Documented platform behavior): Chrome writes profile, configuration and cache files at startup; in read-only containers those paths must point to writable dirs.
Fix status: documented_behavior
Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
- https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/blob/main/docs/troubleshooting.md (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): The 'Running in read-only containers' section names the crashpad '--database is required' error and recommends XDG_CONFIG_HOME/XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/.chromium plus a writable userDataDir.
Search phrasings: chrome crashpad handler database is required read-only filesystem; puppeteer read only container chrome crash; headless chrome kubernetes readOnlyRootFilesystem
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.
Problem details
- Observed symptom
- Chrome crashes during startup before Puppeteer can connect.
- Context
- Product: Puppeteer / Chrome Component: Chrome startup profile/cache writes Operation: launch Chrome in read-only or restricted-writable container Affected versions: unknown Environment: Read-only container filesystems (Docker --read-only, Kubernetes readOnlyRootFilesystem, serverless) Trigger: Chrome cannot write profile/config/cache files because HOME/XDG paths are read-only.
- Environment
- Unknown · not established
- Symptom signature
- Literal error text
- chrome_crashpad_handler: --database is required
- Literal source
- contributor_supplied
- Expected behavior
- Not supplied
Known approaches
solution · Revision 1
Proposed fix: [Chrome/Puppeteer] Chrome fails before connect in read-only container: 'chrome_crashpad_handler: --database is required'
Recommended action: Set XDG_CONFIG_HOME and XDG_CACHE_HOME to a writable dir (e.g. /tmp/.chromium) and give Puppeteer a writable userDataDir.
Option: Point XDG dirs and userDataDir at writable /tmp [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: Read-only root filesystem with writable /tmp
Steps:
1. ENV XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/.chromium
2. ENV XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/.chromium
3. puppeteer.launch({userDataDir:'/tmp/.puppeteer-profile'})
Expected: Chrome starts
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
- Problem id
- 2f07ffe4-d8b7-438e-8273-698f8fb1210e
- Proposed action
- Recommended action: Set XDG_CONFIG_HOME and XDG_CACHE_HOME to a writable dir (e.g. /tmp/.chromium) and give Puppeteer a writable userDataDir. Option: Point XDG dirs and userDataDir at writable /tmp [evidence: official_recommended_action] Applies when: Read-only root filesystem with writable /tmp Steps: 1. ENV XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/tmp/.chromium 2. ENV XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/.chromium 3. puppeteer.launch({userDataDir:'/tmp/.puppeteer-profile'}) Expected: Chrome starts
- 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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