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· 505 commits to main since this release

πŸš€ Browser4 v4.13.24 Release Notes

Release Date: 2026-10-01 17:48:06 UTC
Java Version: 17+
Built by: @galaxyeye


Release 4.13.24

πŸ“¦ Release Highlights

πŸ“Š Release Statistics

Metric Value
πŸ“ JAR Size 91MB
πŸ“ Commits 13
πŸ‘₯ Contributors 1
πŸ—οΈ Build Date 2026-10-01 17:48:06 UTC

πŸ”„ Changes Since Last Release

  • chore(cli): sync the CLI version files to 4.13.24 (83457578fe)
  • Bump version to v4.13.24 (fa50ad1295)
  • docs(cli): keep browser-modes.md inside the 500-line decision-doc cap (bb2f064bad)
  • fix(cli): compile on non-Windows after the process-list refactor (bb0e954837)
  • docs(dev): record the WebSocket-attach findings and the 4.11.23 release run (f71abc913c)
  • chore(cli): add CDP endpoint and WebSocket probe scripts (8ae154f398)
  • docs(cli): document WebSocket attach, extension_id and portable profiles (e9ab82fe4f)
  • feat(cli,rest): attach over the browser-level CDP WebSocket (5c6c4054af)
  • feat(cli): add config extension_id (f3d870c8c1)
  • feat(cli): pick attach endpoints by page target, WebSocket-only browsers included (2aec2f4ce4)
  • chore(deps): bump browser4-base to 4.11.23 (a353fa1be6)
  • test(coworker): make watchers.tests.ps1 pass on Linux, so the restored PS gate is green (0995a893ab)
  • docs,ci(skills): port the M1-M8 skill-doc gate to 4.13.x, and fix all 21 issues (1abc23b9b7)

πŸš€ Quick Start

Self-contained install

Use the CLI to download the matching Browser4 runtime bundle for your platform:

browser4-cli install
browser4-cli open

CLI & SKILLS

# Open a new browser window
browser4-cli open

# Navigate to a page
browser4-cli goto https://browser4.io

# Inspect the page β€” note the eN labels on interactive nodes
browser4-cli snapshot

# Interact using refs from the snapshot
browser4-cli click e15
browser4-cli type e15 "Hello World"
browser4-cli press e15 Enter
browser4-cli keydown Shift
browser4-cli mousemove 150 300
browser4-cli mousewheel 0 100
browser4-cli keyup Shift

# Take a screenshot and save it to disk
browser4-cli screenshot

# Use a custom server URL
browser4-cli open --server http://localhost:9090

# Execute multiple commands in one process
browser4-cli batch "open https://browser4.io" "snapshot"

# Stop on the first batch failure
browser4-cli batch --bail "open https://browser4.io" "click e1" "screenshot"

# Advanced: pipe batch commands as JSON via stdin
echo '[
  ["goto", "https://example.com/form-filling"],
  ["click", "#reset-btn"],
  ["fill", "#first-name", "Bob"],
  ["fill", "#last-name", "Smith"],
  ["fill", "#email", "bob@example.com"],
  ["select", "#country", "uk"],
  ["check", "#agree-terms"],
  ["click", "#submit-btn"]
]' | browser4-cli batch --json

# Close the session when done
browser4-cli close

πŸ“„ Full Changelog

v4.13.23...v4.13.24


Built with ❀️ by the Browser4 team

browser4-cli

This release also includes prebuilt browser4-cli binaries for:

  • Linux x64
  • Linux ARM64
  • Linux musl x64
  • Linux musl ARM64
  • Windows x64
  • macOS x64
  • macOS ARM64

npm package:
npm install -g browser4-cli

CLI package version in this release workflow:

  • 4.13.24

Self-contained Browser4 runtime bundles

This release also includes self-contained Browser4 runtime bundles with:

  • a lib/ directory containing Browser4Bundle.jar and all runtime dependencies
  • a minimal jlink-built JRE under runtime/
  • platform-specific launcher scripts in bin/

Runtime model:
runtime/bin/java -cp "lib/*" <MainClass>

Supported release assets:

  • browser4-bundle-runtime-windows-x64.zip
  • browser4-bundle-runtime-linux-x64.tar.gz
  • browser4-bundle-runtime-darwin-arm64.tar.gz

Recommended install flow:

browser4-cli install

Full Changelog: v4.13.23...v4.13.24