[BUG] Unable to open page with disabled setGraphicsMode

[heaven]

Once chromium.setGraphicsMode = false; open page times out.

Environment

• chromium Version: 123
• puppeteer / puppeteer-core Version: 22.6.1
• Node.js Version: 20.x
• Lambda / GCF Runtime: nodejs20.x

Expected Behavior

Chromium 112 worked well, disabling graphics mode effectively reducing the launch time by 25-30%.

Current Behavior

Opening a new page freezes forever.

const page = await browser.newPage();

Steps to Reproduce

  chromium.setGraphicsMode = false;

  const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
    args:              chromium.args,
    defaultViewport:   { width: 1366, height: 4608 },
    executablePath:    await chromium.executablePath(),
    headless:          chromium.headless,
    ignoreDefaultArgs: false,
    ignoreHTTPSErrors: true,
    pipe:              true,
    dumpio:            false
  });

  const page = await browser.newPage();

Once setGraphicsMode is commented out things get back to life again.

[heaven]

Interestingly, if setting chromium.setGraphicsMode = true; in 112.02, it then freezes 😀

So this setup only works with Node 18 and with graphics mode disabled:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "puppeteer-core": "^19.8.5"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@sparticuz/chromium": "^112.0.2"
  }
}

And this one works well on Node 20 with both graphics modes:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "puppeteer-core": "^22.4.1"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@sparticuz/chromium": "^122.0.0"
  }
}

For us, the graphics mode makes the crawler twice slower. Our script normally finishes in 7.5-8.5 seconds, with the graphics mode enabled it takes 15-18 seconds.

[Sparticuz]

[0403/173006.716367:ERROR:check.cc(365)] Check failed: false. NOTREACHED log messages are omitted in official builds. Sorry!
[0403/173006.716370:ERROR:gpu_channel_manager.cc(968)] ContextResult::kFatalFailure: Failed to create shared context for virtualization.
[0403/173006.716373:ERROR:shared_image_stub.cc(728)] SharedImageStub: unable to create context
[0403/173006.716376:ERROR:gpu_channel.cc(767)] GpuChannel: Failed to create SharedImageStub
[0403/173006.716401:ERROR:check.cc(365)] Check failed: false. NOTREACHED log messages are omitted in official builds. Sorry!
[0403/173006.716407:ERROR:gpu_channel_manager.cc(957)] Failed to create GLES3 context, fallback to GLES2.
[0403/173006.716410:ERROR:check.cc(365)] Check failed: false. NOTREACHED log messages are omitted in official builds. Sorry!
[0403/173006.716412:ERROR:gpu_channel_manager.cc(968)] ContextResult::kFatalFailure: Failed to create shared context for virtualization.
[0403/173006.716414:ERROR:shared_image_stub.cc(728)] SharedImageStub: unable to create context
[0403/173006.716417:ERROR:gpu_channel.cc(767)] GpuChannel: Failed to create SharedImageStub
[0403/173006.716541:ERROR:check.cc(365)] Check failed: false. NOTREACHED log messages are omitted in official builds. Sorry!
[0403/173006.716565:ERROR:gpu_channel_manager.cc(957)] Failed to create GLES3 context, fallback to GLES2.
[0403/173006.716570:ERROR:check.cc(365)] Check failed: false. NOTREACHED log messages are omitted in official builds. Sorry!
[0403/173006.716574:ERROR:gpu_channel_manager.cc(968)] ContextResult::kFatalFailure: Failed to create shared context for virtualization.
[0403/173006.716575:ERROR:shared_image_stub.cc(728)] SharedImageStub: unable to create context
[0403/173006.716578:ERROR:gpu_channel.cc(767)] GpuChannel: Failed to create SharedImageStub
[0403/173006.716601:ERROR:check.cc(365)] Check failed: false. NOTREACHED log messages are omitted in official builds. Sorry!
[0403/173006.716608:ERROR:gpu_channel_manager.cc(957)] Failed to create GLES3 context, fallback to GLES2.
[0403/173006.716610:ERROR:check.cc(365)] Check failed: false. NOTREACHED log messages are omitted in official builds. Sorry!
[0403/173006.716613:ERROR:gpu_channel_manager.cc(968)] ContextResult::kFatalFailure: Failed to create shared context for virtualization.
[0403/173006.716615:ERROR:shared_image_stub.cc(728)] SharedImageStub: unable to create context
[0403/173006.716618:ERROR:gpu_channel.cc(767)] GpuChannel: Failed to create SharedImageStub
^[[1;2DFunction 'node20' timed out after 30 seconds  

[Sparticuz]

Until this bug gets fixed, I'm going to disable turning off accelerated graphics

[Sparticuz]

Sorry for the delay, there were other issues with 126 that needed to get fixed. This is now live, however, I'm going to keep the bug open.

[Smirow]

Hi, forcing --disable-webgl and removing --use-gl=angle and --use-angle=swiftshader seems to work fine on 131.0.0.
Could we re-enable this option to reduce startup time?

[Sparticuz]

Hi, forcing --disable-webgl and removing --use-gl=angle and --use-angle=swiftshader seems to work fine on 131.0.0. Could we re-enable this option to reduce startup time?

Awesome, I'll re-add this option if that's the case!

[Smirow]

Maybe I am missing something, but oddly enough, even with --disable-webgl (while --use-gl=angle and --use-angle=swiftshader are suppressed) the browser crashes if swiftshader is not present. webgl is definitely off.

[HuyNguyen100]

https://github.com/Sparticuz/chromium/blob/master/source/index.ts#212
this.graphics
? graphicsFlags.push("--use-gl=angle", "--use-angle=swiftshader")
: graphicsFlags.push("--disable-webgl");
work again in chromium Version: 131.0.1