{
  "slug": "agent-browser-profile-reuses-chrome-profile-login-state-2a0c4a9aefd9",
  "title": "agent-browser --profile reuses Chrome profile login state",
  "tools": [
    "agent-browser"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-04-04T17:56:26.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-04-04T17:56:26.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When browser automation needs an existing Chrome profile’s login state, cookies, or extensions, list profiles with `agent-browser profiles` and launch with `agent-browser --profile <name> open <url>`. The profile is copied to a temporary directory, leaving the original unchanged.",
    "examples": [
      "agent-browser profiles",
      "agent-browser --profile <name> open <url>",
      "agent-browser profiles --json"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v0.24.1",
      "--profile <name>: Selects a Chrome profile by name; the profile is copied to a temporary directory for reuse.",
      "open <url> (required): Navigates to the target URL.",
      "--json: Enables JSON output for `profiles`. The release note does not document any other behavior for this flag.",
      "Prerequisite: Use agent-browser v0.24.1 or later for Chrome profile name reuse and the `profiles` command.",
      "Prerequisite: Install agent-browser and download Chrome with `agent-browser install`.",
      "Prerequisite: The profile name must identify an available Chrome profile.",
      "The profile name must identify an available Chrome profile."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Run browser automation that needs an existing Chrome profile's login state, cookies, or extensions.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-browser/releases/tag/v0.24.1",
    "https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-browser/blob/v0.24.1/README.md"
  ],
  "rank": 0.98041,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave2a-20261017",
    "verdict_id": "wave2a-20261017:wave2a-20261017-011d633aeef6c13e-0:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "8ed1cb470b5609219cdfca493bd23d200876038c6cd92aaa40771bef7198b22a"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "e216251f207eec00abcb45347d3ef20326bb5449a4c70d91d705a75bb537e898",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave2a-20261017:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.98 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.78 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}