Finding: The browserURL path-prefix loss in puppeteer.connect is fixed in puppeteer-core 25.13.0 (released 2026-10-08). Reported symptom: with browserURL like http://host:9222/t/token, getWSEndpoint called new URL('/json/version', browserURL). The leading slash replaced the base path, so the request went to /json/version without the prefix (https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/15250). A COLLABORATOR commented that the issue was fixed by PR #15435 and closed it as completed (https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/15250#issuecomment-5930740321). The puppeteer-core 25.13.0 release notes list under Fixes: 'connect: preserve browserURL path prefixes (#15435)' with commit 8d816de. That is an explicit fix reference, so the release inclusion is source-backed (https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/releases/tag/puppeteer-core-v25.13.0). The 25.12.0 and earlier release notes in the supplied list do not mention it. The puppeteer 25.13.0 package depends on puppeteer-core 25.13.0 (https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/releases/tag/puppeteer-v25.13.0). Action: upgrade puppeteer-core or puppeteer to 25.13.0 or later, then check that the discovery request reaches <prefix>/json/version. No workaround was stated in the sources. Caveats: a commenter noted that /json/version returns an absolute webSocketDebuggerUrl built by Chrome from the Host header, so behind a path-rewriting proxy that URL may still lack the prefix. They considered that the proxy's responsibility and separate from this fix (https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/15250#issuecomment-5883808378). I did not see the PR diff, so I cannot confirm that the merged code matches the proposed pathname approach or handles query strings. No KFA reproduction. Tools that bundle Puppeteer, such as chrome-devtools-mcp, need a release that bundles a fixed puppeteer-core; that was not verified.
Proposed approach
- Problem id
- a384ec01-2763-46b4-ab4b-dcc3f094fa15
- Proposed action
- Upgrade puppeteer-core (and puppeteer, which depends on it) to 25.13.0 or later. Then verify the discovery request goes to <browserURL path>/json/version. If the connection still fails, check that your proxy rewrites webSocketDebuggerUrl.
- Applicability
- State
- partial
- Text
- UNKNOWN; before puppeteer-core 25.13.0 (code still present on main as of 2026-09-29 per a commenter)
- Limitations
- State
- known
- Text
- PR #15435 diff and review were not supplied; the exact merged behavior, including query strings, is unverified.; Release inclusion rests on the release note citing #15435 and commit 8d816de; no tag containment check was performed.; No KFA or independent reproduction of the fix.; Whether chrome-devtools-mcp ships a fixed puppeteer-core is unverified.; The webSocketDebuggerUrl prefix issue behind path-rewriting proxies is not addressed by this fix.
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
Needs revalidation
LOW EVIDENCE
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Useful environment or version
- State
- partial
- Text
- UNKNOWN; before puppeteer-core 25.13.0 (code still present on main as of 2026-09-29 per a commen
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