feat(browser): batch actions, CSS selector support, and click delayMs#44934
feat(browser): batch actions, CSS selector support, and click delayMs#44934diwakarrankawat wants to merge 3 commits into
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Greptile SummaryThis PR adds three additive improvements to the browser
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Path: src/browser/pw-tools-core.interactions.ts
Line: 690-706
Comment:
**`evaluate` and `wait --fn` bypass `evaluateEnabled` security gate**
`executeSingleAction` handles both `evaluate` and `wait` (with `fn`) actions directly without checking the `evaluateEnabled` config flag. In the HTTP route handler (`agent.act.ts`), there are explicit 403 guards:
```typescript
// agent.act.ts – direct evaluate route
if (!evaluateEnabled) {
return jsonError(res, 403, "act:evaluate is disabled by config...");
}
// agent.act.ts – direct wait route
if (fn && !evaluateEnabled) {
return jsonError(res, 403, "wait --fn is disabled by config...");
}
```
These guards are entirely skipped when either action kind appears inside a `batch` payload, because `executeSingleAction` calls `evaluateViaPlaywright` and `waitForViaPlaywright` unconditionally. An operator who has set `evaluateEnabled=false` to restrict arbitrary JS execution in the browser will have that restriction bypassed by wrapping the call in a batch.
The fix is to pass `evaluateEnabled` into `executeSingleAction` (or `batchViaPlaywright`) and replicate the same guards:
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Path: src/browser/routes/agent.act.ts
Line: 369-382
Comment:
**Raw, unvalidated user input passed directly into batch executor**
`body.actions` is taken as a raw JavaScript array without any field-level sanitization and forwarded straight to `batchViaPlaywright`. Every other action kind in this route handler runs its inputs through helpers like `toStringOrEmpty`, `toBoolean`, `toNumber`, `parseClickButton`, etc. before dispatching.
Because `BrowserActRequest` is a TypeScript type (erased at runtime), the cast inside `executeSingleAction` provides no runtime safety. A few concrete consequences:
1. A `{ kind: "evaluate", fn: "…" }` object bypasses the `evaluateEnabled` check (see the other comment), but also passes `fn` to `evaluateViaPlaywright` without the `toStringOrEmpty` normalisation that the direct route applies.
2. A `{ kind: "click", ref: {}, selector: null }` object arrives in `requireRefOrSelector` as non-string values; the current guard (`typeof ref === "string" ? … : ""`) handles this safely, but future action kinds may not.
3. Action-specific defaults (e.g., `doubleClick` coerced via `toBoolean`) are never applied, so the typed functions receive raw JSON values.
The batch handler should at minimum validate that each element is a plain object with a known `kind` string before passing it to `executeSingleAction`.
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Path: src/browser/routes/agent.act.ts
Line: 35-46
Comment:
**`SELECTOR_ALLOWED_KINDS` set re-created on every request**
A new `Set` object is allocated for every incoming HTTP request. Since the set's contents are static, this should be a module-level constant:
```suggestion
const SELECTOR_ALLOWED_KINDS = new Set([
"batch",
"click",
"drag",
"hover",
"scrollIntoView",
"select",
"type",
"wait",
]);
if (Object.hasOwn(body, "selector") && !SELECTOR_ALLOWED_KINDS.has(kind)) {
```
Move the `const SELECTOR_ALLOWED_KINDS = new Set([...])` declaration to module scope (outside `registerBrowserAgentActRoutes`) so it is created once and shared across all requests.
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Path: src/browser/pw-tools-core.interactions.ts
Line: 698-706
Comment:
**No recursion depth limit for nested batches**
`executeSingleAction` delegates nested `batch` actions back to `batchViaPlaywright`, which calls `executeSingleAction` again. There is no depth limit, so a malicious or buggy payload with deeply nested batches will exhaust the JS call stack (V8 typically limits at ~10 000 frames). Consider tracking and enforcing a maximum nesting depth (e.g., 5) and returning an error result rather than crashing:
```typescript
async function executeSingleAction(
action: BrowserActRequest,
cdpUrl: string,
targetId?: string,
depth = 0,
): Promise<void> {
// ...
case "batch":
if (depth >= MAX_BATCH_DEPTH) {
throw new Error("Maximum batch nesting depth exceeded");
}
await batchViaPlaywright({ ..., depth: depth + 1 });
break;
```
How can I resolve this? If you propose a fix, please make it concise.Last reviewed commit: 1a413a7 |
…ayMs Adds three improvements to the browser act tool: 1. CSS selector support: All element-targeting actions (click, type, hover, drag, scrollIntoView, select) now accept an optional 'selector' parameter alongside 'ref'. When selector is provided, Playwright's page.locator() is used directly, skipping the need for a snapshot to obtain refs. This reduces roundtrips for agents that already know the DOM structure. 2. Click delay (delayMs): The click action now accepts an optional 'delayMs' parameter. When set, the element is hovered first, then after the specified delay, clicked. This enables human-like hover-before-click in a single tool call instead of three (hover + wait + click). 3. Batch actions: New 'batch' action kind that accepts an array of actions to execute sequentially in a single tool call. Supports 'stopOnError' (default true) to control whether execution halts on first failure. Results are returned as an array. This eliminates the AI inference roundtrip between each action, dramatically reducing latency and token cost for multi-step flows. Addresses: openclaw#44431, openclaw#38844
…input validation, recursion limit Fixes all 4 issues raised by Greptile review: 1. Security: batch actions now respect evaluateEnabled flag. executeSingleAction and batchViaPlaywright accept evaluateEnabled param. evaluate and wait-with-fn inside batches are rejected when evaluateEnabled=false, matching the direct route guards. 2. Security: batch input validation. Each action in body.actions is validated as a plain object with a known kind string before dispatch. Applies same normalization as direct action handlers. 3. Perf: SELECTOR_ALLOWED_KINDS moved to module scope as a ReadonlySet<string> constant (was re-created on every request). 4. Security: max batch nesting depth of 5. Nested batch actions track depth and throw if MAX_BATCH_DEPTH exceeded, preventing call stack exhaustion from crafted payloads.
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Forward evaluateEnabled when running batch actions
registerBrowserAgentActRoutes reads evaluateEnabled, but the batchViaPlaywright call never passes it through, so executeSingleAction sees evaluateEnabled as falsy for every batch. In practice this makes {"kind":"evaluate"} and {"kind":"wait","fn":...} fail inside batches even when browser.evaluateEnabled=true, which breaks the advertised batch behavior for evaluation-based flows.
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Handle all declared action kinds in batch dispatcher
executeSingleAction does not implement resize or close, even though these are valid BrowserActRequest kinds handled by the normal /act path. Any batch containing either action will always hit the default branch and return Unsupported batch action kind, so batch execution is inconsistent with the request schema and single-action behavior.
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Closing this as @vincentkoc picked it up in #45457 with additional tests and hardening. Glad to see the features ship! Will contribute more focused PRs going forward. |
Summary
Three additive improvements to the browser
acttool that reduce token cost and latency for browser automation:1. 🎯 CSS Selector Support (
selectorparameter)All element-targeting actions (
click,type,hover,drag,scrollIntoView,select) now accept an optionalselectorparameter alongsideref.When
selectoris provided, Playwright'spage.locator()is used directly — no snapshot needed.refstill works as before (fully backward compatible).Impact: Eliminates snapshot→ref roundtrips for known DOM structures. A 5-field form that needed 3-4 snapshots now needs zero.
2. ⏱️ Click Delay (
delayMson click)The
clickaction now acceptsdelayMs. When set, the element is hovered first, waits the specified duration, then clicks.Impact: 3 roundtrips → 1. Saves ~4-6 seconds and tokens per interaction.
3. 📦 Batch Actions (
kind: "batch")New action kind that executes multiple actions sequentially in a single tool call:
{ "kind": "batch", "actions": [ {"kind": "click", "selector": "input[name=email]"}, {"kind": "type", "selector": "input[name=email]", "text": "[email protected]"}, {"kind": "click", "selector": "input[name=password]"}, {"kind": "type", "selector": "input[name=password]", "text": "secret"}, {"kind": "click", "selector": "button[type=submit]", "delayMs": 300} ], "stopOnError": true }Returns results array:
{ results: [{ ok: true }, { ok: true }, ...] }Impact: A 5-step form fill goes from 5 tool calls (~10-15 seconds + tokens each) to 1 call (~2 seconds total). Estimated 80-90% reduction in token cost for multi-step browser automation.
Motivation
From real-world automation field testing (see #44431) and file upload flakiness reports (#38844), three patterns emerged:
These changes are purely additive — no existing behavior is modified. All existing
ref-based workflows continue working identically.Files Changed
src/browser/client-actions-core.ts— Action type definitionssrc/browser/pw-tools-core.interactions.ts— Execution functionssrc/browser/pw-tools-core.shared.ts— Helper:requireRefOrSelector()src/browser/pw-ai.ts— Export newbatchViaPlaywrightsrc/browser/routes/agent.act.ts— Route handler for batch + selectorsrc/browser/routes/agent.act.shared.ts— Shared action dispatchTesting
pnpm build✅ref-based actions unchanged🤖 AI-Assisted
This PR was developed with AI assistance (Claude Code + OpenClaw). The changes were motivated by hands-on browser automation pain points encountered while building a CDP mouse simulator tool for human-like browser interaction.
Addresses #44431, #38844