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Static httpx binaries do not link musl, so Alpine still downloaded go-rod's glibc Chromium and screenshots failed. Detect the host musl loader and use the installed browser.

Fixes #2193

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Browser startup now uses an installed browser in local mode and on musl-based hosts. On other hosts, browser selection remains with the existing downloaded Chromium flow.
  • Browser selection now accounts for host libc detection, including Alpine and glibc environments, to choose the appropriate browser source.

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Walkthrough

Browser selection now checks for musl-linked executables and musl library files on the host. When local-browser use is requested or musl is detected, NewBrowser selects an installed browser. Tests cover explicit preference and platform-specific results.

Changes

System browser selection

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Musl detection runner/headless.go	preferSystemBrowser checks the local-browser preference, executable linkage, and host library paths for musl files.
Browser routing and tests runner/headless.go, runner/headless_test.go	NewBrowser uses the new selection helper. Tests check explicit preference and platform-specific default results. The existing error remains when system-browser selection is required but no installed browser is found.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: dwisiswant0

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to da084

No new merge-blocking risk is established. Alpine users still need an installed browser for screenshots.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 2

Failed checks: 2 warnings

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check		Issue #2193 reports that screenshots fail on Alpine when no system Chromium is installed. NewBrowser selects the system browser on musl hosts and returns the chrome browser is not installed when `…	Make screenshots work on Alpine when no system Chromium is installed. Add an automated test for that scenario.
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 20.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title clearly summarizes the main change: using the system browser for Alpine screenshots.
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes in runner/headless.go detect musl hosts and select a compatible browser. The tests in runner/headless_test.go cover that selection and the libc detection cases. These changes support i…

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Explanation

The changes in runner/headless.go detect musl hosts and select a compatible browser. The tests in runner/headless_test.go cover that selection and the libc detection cases. These changes support issue #2193. No unrelated changes are present in the reviewed changes.

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Explanation

Issue #2193 reports that screenshots fail on Alpine when no system Chromium is installed. NewBrowser selects the system browser on musl hosts and returns the chrome browser is not installed when launcher.LookPath() finds none. The changes since the previous review refine musl detection, but do not address this case. The added tests cover host detection and browser selection, not screenshot startup without installed Chromium.

Resolution

Make screenshots work on Alpine when no system Chromium is installed. Add an automated test for that scenario.

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Explanation

Docstring coverage is 20.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 5 functions across 2 files.

Resolution

Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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_{A rabbit checks the browser trail,
Past musl paths, through every glade.
If local Chrome is waiting there,
The runner finds it with care.
Then hops away, its tests all made.}

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Actionable comments posted: 2

Nitpick comments: 1

runner/headless_test.go: 1

236-248: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Make host musl detection tests deterministic.

On Linux without either release file, the test does not check the default selection. The other browser tests use useLocal=true, so a default-selection regression can go undetected.

Parameterize the loader patterns or root directory and use t.TempDir() to test matching and non-matching paths. Also assert the resulting selection with useLocal=false.

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Review comment at @runner/headless_test.go around lines 236 - 248:
Make TestPreferSystemBrowser deterministic by parameterizing the host-detection
inputs (loader patterns or root directory) and using t.TempDir() to cover
matching and non-matching paths. Assert the resulting selection with
useLocal=false for both cases, without relying on files present on the test
host.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @runner/headless.go:
- Around line 61-62: Update the automatic browser setup around UseMusl and
hostUsesMusl to provide a musl-compatible browser and its required libraries
when no installed browser is found, rather than aborting with only an
installation hint. Preserve the existing installed-browser behavior for explicit
--system-chrome requests.
- Around line 65-81: Update hostUsesMusl to detect whether the host requires a
musl-compatible browser, rather than treating any matching musl library as
proof; account for glibc systems with musl installed, and preserve use of a
working cached or downloaded Chromium on those systems.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @runner/headless_test.go:
- Around line 236-248: Make TestPreferSystemBrowser deterministic by
parameterizing the host-detection inputs (loader patterns or root directory) and
using t.TempDir() to cover matching and non-matching paths. Assert the resulting
selection with useLocal=false for both cases, without relying on files present
on the test host.

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Failed pre-merge checks:
- Linked Issues check:
Provide a browser that can run on Alpine when no system Chromium is installed,
or otherwise make screenshots succeed in that reported scenario. Add a test for
the no-system-browser Alpine path.

- Docstring Coverage:
Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage
threshold.

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runner/headless.go: 1

132-139: Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

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Alpine without an installed browser still fails.

On a musl host, preferSystemBrowser now returns true. If launcher.LookPath() finds no browser, NewBrowser returns "the chrome browser is not installed". This does not fix the scenario in #2193, where no Chromium package is installed. The error text also does not tell the user to install a browser, for example apk add chromium. The caller cannot tell whether the flag or the host detection selected this path.

Add a hint to the error when useLocal is false, for example that a musl host needs a system browser.

Proposed fix

-			return nil, errors.New("the chrome browser is not installed")
+			if !useLocal {
+				return nil, errors.New("musl host detected and no system chrome found: install a browser (for example 'apk add chromium')")
+			}
+			return nil, errors.New("the chrome browser is not installed")

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Failed pre-merge checks:
- Linked Issues check:
Make screenshots work on Alpine when no system Chromium is installed. Add an
automated test for that scenario.

- Docstring Coverage:
Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage
threshold.

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