fix(browser-cdp): remove agent-browser requirement from _browser_cdp_check (#15952)

[briandevans]

Summary

• _browser_cdp_check() called check_browser_requirements() which requires the agent-browser CLI binary
• browser_cdp is a pure WebSocket CDP client that never invokes agent-browser at runtime
• Users with Chrome on --remote-debugging-port and browser.cdp_url in config could not use the tool

The bug

_browser_cdp_check() imported and called check_browser_requirements() from browser_tool.py. That function looks for the agent-browser binary — returning False (and gating the tool out) when it isn't found. But browser_cdp is entirely self-contained: it only needs a WebSocket URL and the websockets package, which is already a transitive dependency. The agent-browser binary is not invoked anywhere in browser_cdp_tool.py.

The fix

Remove the check_browser_requirements() call and its import from _browser_cdp_check(). The only gate needed is whether _get_cdp_override() returns a non-empty endpoint URL. Update the test that verified the old (incorrect) behavior.

Test plan

• Before: test_check_fn_false_when_browser_requirements_fail passed — old code gated on agent-browser
• After: test_check_fn_true_when_cdp_url_set_but_agent_browser_missing passes — CDP URL alone opens the gate
• Regression guard: reverted fix → new test failed; restored → passes
• Adjacent browser-cdp and camofox suites unchanged (49 passed)

Related

• Fixes [Bug]: browser-cdp check_fn unnecessarily requires agent-browser #15952

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[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR fixes tool availability gating for browser_cdp by removing an unnecessary dependency on the agent-browser CLI, aligning the check function with the tool’s actual runtime requirements (a configured CDP WebSocket endpoint).

Changes:

• Remove check_browser_requirements() from tools/browser_cdp_tool._browser_cdp_check() so agent-browser is no longer required for browser_cdp availability.
• Update/rename the corresponding check_fn unit test to reflect that a CDP URL alone should open the gate.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File	Description
tools/browser_cdp_tool.py	Simplifies browser_cdp availability check to depend only on presence of a configured CDP endpoint.
tests/tools/test_browser_cdp_tool.py	Updates check_fn gating tests to reflect the new (correct) availability behavior.

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[Copilot]

The new test test_check_fn_true_when_cdp_url_set_but_agent_browser_missing doesn’t actually simulate agent-browser being missing (it only patches _get_cdp_override, same as the previous test). To make this a real regression guard, patch bt.check_browser_requirements (or _find_agent_browser) to raise/return False and assert _browser_cdp_check() still returns True, or remove/merge this test to avoid redundant coverage.

Suggested change

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	)
	def _unexpected_browser_check():
	raise AssertionError(
	"check_browser_requirements should not be needed when CDP URL is set"
	)
	monkeypatch.setattr(bt, "check_browser_requirements", _unexpected_browser_check)

[briandevans]

Thanks @copilot — finding is real. Addressed in 6bc105ca.

Redundant test (line 405): Added an assertion-raising monkeypatch on bt.check_browser_requirements so the test now actually proves the removed call is not reached when a CDP URL is set. Without it the test was identical to test_check_fn_true_when_cdp_url_set and would pass even if the old gating were re-introduced.

[briandevans]

@copilot The test's intent is to verify that _browser_cdp_check does not call check_browser_requirements when a CDP URL is configured — the test fails with AssertionError if check_browser_requirements is invoked. This guards the specific regression in #15952 where CDP users were incorrectly required to have agent-browser installed. The test for the no-CDP / missing-agent-browser path already exists earlier in the file.

[teknium1]

The behavioral goal (CDP URL sufficient without local agent-browser) was independently achieved on current main by making check_browser_requirements() itself return True when _get_cdp_override() is set (landed via #19670). So _browser_cdp_check() now implicitly opens in the same scenario your PR targeted. Your analysis was spot-on; closing as already-achieved. Thanks!