`ChromoteSession$new()` with Vivaldi: timed out waiting for response to command Runtime.evaluate

[gadenbuie]

Hello,

Got also this issue with the new 0.5 version trying to use Vivaldi browser... Best regards, Arnaud

Sys.setenv(CHROMOTE_CHROME = "/usr/bin/vivaldi")
library(chromote)
system(paste(find_chrome(), "--version"))
Vivaldi 7.2.3621.67 stable
b <- ChromoteSession$new()
Erreur : Chromote: timed out waiting for response to command Runtime.evaluate

My config:

sessionInfo()
R version 4.4.3 (2025-02-28)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Running under: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS

Matrix products: default
BLAS:   /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/blas/libblas.so.3.12.0 
LAPACK: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lapack/liblapack.so.3.12.0

locale:
 [1] LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C               LC_TIME=fr_FR.UTF-8       
 [4] LC_COLLATE=fr_FR.UTF-8     LC_MONETARY=fr_FR.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=fr_FR.UTF-8   
 [7] LC_PAPER=fr_FR.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C                  LC_ADDRESS=C              
[10] LC_TELEPHONE=C             LC_MEASUREMENT=fr_FR.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C       

time zone: Europe/Paris

tzcode source: system (glibc)

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     

other attached packages:
[1] chromote_0.5.0

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
 [1] websocket_1.4.2   processx_3.8.6    compiler_4.4.3    fastmap_1.2.0    
 [5] magrittr_2.0.3    R6_2.6.1          cli_3.6.4         promises_1.3.2   
 [9] later_1.4.1       tools_4.4.3       rstudioapi_0.17.1 Rcpp_1.0.14      
[13] jsonlite_1.9.1    ps_1.9.0          rlang_1.1.5    

Originally posted by @collioud in #148

[collioud]

FYI, I also tried with chromium (manually downloaded) and got the same issue. Please tell me if you need more info...

[temospena]

I am also having the same issue with Vivaldi.

> library(chromote)
> system(paste(find_chrome(), "--version"), intern = TRUE)
[1] "Vivaldi 6.9.3447.46 stable"
> b <- chromote::ChromoteSession$new()
Error: Chromote: timed out waiting for response to command Runtime.evaluate

sessionInfo()

> sessionInfo()
R version 4.5.2 (2025-10-31)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Running under: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS

Matrix products: default
BLAS:   /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/blas/libblas.so.3.12.0 
LAPACK: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lapack/liblapack.so.3.12.0  LAPACK version 3.12.0

locale:
 [1] LC_CTYPE=pt_PT.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C               LC_TIME=pt_PT.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8    
 [5] LC_MONETARY=pt_PT.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8    LC_PAPER=pt_PT.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C                 
 [9] LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C             LC_MEASUREMENT=pt_PT.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C       

time zone: Europe/Lisbon
tzcode source: system (glibc)

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices datasets  utils     methods   base     

other attached packages:
[1] chromote_0.5.1

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
 [1] gtable_0.3.6       jsonlite_2.0.0     dplyr_1.1.4        compiler_4.5.2     promises_1.5.0     tidyselect_1.2.1  
 [7] Rcpp_1.1.0         bspm_0.5.7         dichromat_2.0-0.1  later_1.4.4        scales_1.4.0       yaml_2.3.10       
[13] fastmap_1.2.0      ggplot2_4.0.0      R6_2.6.1           generics_0.1.4     knitr_1.50         tibble_3.3.0      
[19] pillar_1.11.1      RColorBrewer_1.1-3 rlang_1.1.6        websocket_1.4.4    xfun_0.54          S7_0.2.0          
[25] otel_0.2.0         cli_3.6.5          magrittr_2.0.4     ps_1.9.1           digest_0.6.37      grid_4.5.2        
[31] processx_3.8.6     rstudioapi_0.17.1  lifecycle_1.0.4    vctrs_0.6.5        evaluate_1.0.5     glue_1.8.0        
[37] farver_2.1.2       rsconnect_1.6.1    rmarkdown_2.30     tools_4.5.2        pkgconfig_2.0.3    htmltools_0.5.8.1