Chrome connection fails: Unable to load browser request-header policy
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Description
Chrome browser connection consistently fails in multiple Codex chats.
Exact error:
Unable to load browser request-header policy. Retry the browser command.
Environment:
- Windows
- ChatGPT Chrome extension version: 1.26.901.11451
- Extension is installed and enabled
- Side chat opens successfully
- Settings → Computer Use shows Google Chrome as installed with “Manage”
- Chrome is absent from the @-mention menu
Already tried:
- Restarting Chrome
- Restarting the desktop app
- Restarting the computer
- Testing in a new chat
- Reinstall option opens Chrome Web Store with “This item is unavailable”
Feedback ID:
01a0a4a0-7953-7151-b5f8-2d07f6f54683
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Research direction
No repository file, test, or code entry point is identified in the issue. Start by reproducing the failure on Windows with Chrome and the listed ChatGPT extension version, then inspect the Computer Use Chrome status and the exact browser request-header error. Done means identifying a reproducible repository-side cause and verifying that Chrome appears and browser commands work.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100