Use full Chrome for interactive Reddit login

docker/entrypoint.sh

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ VNC_PORT="${VNC_PORT:-5900}"
 NOVNC_PORT="${NOVNC_PORT:-6080}"
 GEOMETRY="${SCREEN_GEOMETRY:-1280x800x24}"
 BROWSER_SESSION_DIR="${BROWSER_SESSION_DIR:-/app/data/browser-session}"
+CHROME_CDP_PORT="${CHROME_CDP_PORT:-9222}"
+GOOGLE_CHROME_BIN="${GOOGLE_CHROME_BIN:-google-chrome}"
+export CHROME_CDP_URL="${CHROME_CDP_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:${CHROME_CDP_PORT}}"
 export DISPLAY=":${DISPLAY_NUM}"
 
 # noVNC ships under different paths depending on the distro; find the web root once.
@@ -104,8 +107,59 @@ websockify --web "${NOVNC_WEB_DIR}" "${NOVNC_PORT}" "localhost:${VNC_PORT}" \
   >/var/log/websockify.log 2>&1 &
 NOVNC_PID=$!
 
+# Start the installed consumer Google Chrome directly. Playwright attaches only
+# after Chrome is running, so the human login is not performed in a browser
+# process launched with Playwright's automation arguments.
+CHROME_PID=""
+CHROME_READY=0
+if command -v "${GOOGLE_CHROME_BIN}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "[entrypoint] starting Google Chrome for interactive login"
+  "${GOOGLE_CHROME_BIN}" \
+    --user-data-dir="${BROWSER_SESSION_DIR}" \
+    --remote-debugging-address=127.0.0.1 \
+    --remote-debugging-port="${CHROME_CDP_PORT}" \
+    --no-first-run \
+    --no-default-browser-check \
+    --disable-dev-shm-usage \
+    --no-sandbox \
+    --start-maximized \
+    about:blank \
+    >/var/log/google-chrome.log 2>&1 &
+  CHROME_PID=$!
+
+  for i in $(seq 1 100); do
+    if ! kill -0 "${CHROME_PID}" 2>/dev/null; then
+      break
+    fi
+    if curl -fsS "${CHROME_CDP_URL}/json/version" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      echo "[entrypoint] Google Chrome is ready after ${i} checks"
+      CHROME_READY=1
+      break
+    fi
+    sleep 0.2
+  done
+fi
+
+if [ "${CHROME_READY}" != "1" ]; then
+  echo "[entrypoint] WARNING: Google Chrome failed to start; using Playwright fallback" >&2
+  if [ -n "${CHROME_PID}" ]; then
+    kill "${CHROME_PID}" 2>/dev/null || true
+    wait "${CHROME_PID}" 2>/dev/null || true
+  fi
+  rm -f \
+    "${BROWSER_SESSION_DIR}/SingletonLock" \
+    "${BROWSER_SESSION_DIR}/SingletonSocket" \
+    "${BROWSER_SESSION_DIR}/SingletonCookie" \
+    2>/dev/null || true
+  CHROME_PID=""
+  unset CHROME_CDP_URL
+fi
+
 cleanup() {
   echo "[entrypoint] shutting down"
+  if [ -n "${CHROME_PID}" ]; then
+    kill "${CHROME_PID}" 2>/dev/null || true
+  fi
   kill "${NOVNC_PID}" "${X11VNC_PID}" "${XVFB_PID}" 2>/dev/null || true
   wait || true
 }