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Chrome extension can claim tabs and read title/URL, but DOM reads and screenshots time out

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Description

Summary

On macOS arm64, Codex/ChatGPT Desktop can discover and claim already signed-in Shopee and Mercado Libre tabs in Chrome, and it can read the page title and URL. However, deeper DOM/page-content reads and screenshots time out after roughly 20 seconds.

Reproduction
  1. Open a signed-in Shopee Seller Center or Mercado Libre seller tab in Chrome.
  2. Ask Codex to connect to the existing Chrome tab.
  3. Reading the tab title and URL succeeds.
  4. Reading deeper page content/DOM or taking a screenshot times out.
  5. The same behavior reproduces in a newly created Codex task.
Troubleshooting already attempted
  • Updated/reinstalled and restarted Chrome.
  • Reinstalled/restarted ChatGPT Desktop and the Browser/Chrome plugin.
  • Reinstalled/enabled the ChatGPT Chrome extension.
  • Added browsing permissions for:
    • seller.shopee.cn
    • global-selling.mercadolibre.com
  • Rebooted Codex and Chrome.
  • No seller data was modified during the tests.
Environment
  • macOS arm64
  • Chrome: 152.0.7977.65
  • ChatGPT Chrome extension: 1.2.27268.51612
  • Browser/Chrome plugin: 26.825.41651
Diagnostics
  • Uploaded feedback thread: 01a051b9-384b-72a0-9620-a9ff0faff8ba
  • Original affected chat ID: 01a0102e-2671-7ad3-a6f0-6a102bfa8fbc

Please investigate the Chrome page-debugging/content-reading channel compatibility.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the timeout with the signed-in Shopee Seller Center or Mercado Libre tab on macOS arm64, then review feedback thread 01a051b9-384b-72a0-9620-a9ff0faff8ba and the listed extension/plugin versions. Done means deeper DOM reads and screenshots complete successfully for the affected Chrome tabs instead of timing out.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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