Debugging Playwright CDP Sessions That Lose Cookies and Proxy Context
The article discusses debugging issues with Playwright CDP sessions that lose cookies and proxy context. It emphasizes the importance of verifying the browser identity before troubleshooting session-related problems. The author outlines common symptoms and persistence models that can lead to confusion during debugging.
- ▪Playwright scripts may behave as if the session is empty despite a successful connection to the browser.
- ▪Common symptoms include empty cookies, unexpected redirects to login, and mismatched public IP addresses.
- ▪The article highlights three persistence models: storageState, launchPersistentContext, and connectOverCDP, which should not be mixed.
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| Publication time | Sat, 30 May 2026 05:22:00 +0000 |
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