🚀 Browser4 4.14.0-rc.3

🚀 Browser4 v4.14.0-rc.3 Release Notes

Release Date: 2026-08-31 13:49:13 UTC
Java Version: 25+
Built by: @platonai

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Browser4 4.14.0-rc.3 (release candidate)

📦 Release Highlights

📊 Release Statistics

Metric	Value
📁 JAR Size	103MB
📝 Commits	20
👥 Contributors	2
🏗️ Build Date	2026-08-31 13:49:13 UTC

🔄 Changes Since Last Release

• chore(cli): sync CLI version to 4.14.0-rc.3 (9a6ed093fd)
• Bump version to v4.14.0-rc.3 (c5018dd32e)
• fix(cli): add profile-import to e2e tested_commands coverage (337b49306b)
• Merge branch '4.14.x' into main (2086d3921d)
• docs(copilot): add MCP 2026-07-28 migration evaluation (17fe99cbf1)
• feat(network): agent browser Network / HAR capability & request routing (#586) (98487b9fc4)
• feat(plugins): add browser4-profile-import and plugin-declared CLI commands (9723d63047)
• feat(core): fix open --profile by plumbing profilePath to browser launch (67355b17bf)
• feat(cli): advertise newer release candidates during upgrade (7ea541868b)
• docs(copilot): add plugin IPC evaluation (c94f27b069)
• feat(seo): make browser4-seo plugin opt-in (7520518173)
• refactor(plugins): remove example plugins forms/headings/wordcount (afb3b4aa15)
• refactor(skills): remove webminer.ps1 launcher in favor of browser4-cli webminer (8f31719caa)
• docs(plugins): add outside-dev plugin development and Maven Central publishing plan (01f37bdb64)
• refactor(tests): remove pulsar-e2e-tests and pulsar-it-tests modules (395218d8e8)
• refactor(cli): delete useless files (f03e99e1c5)
• refactor(cli): use Kotlin's Duration for timeout values and deprecate unused methods (c553d76d8f)
• fix(maven-central): add missing pom project names for Central validation (be3ac20fe9)
• build(deps): upgrade dokka to 2.2.0 for JDK 25 Maven Central deploys (f0fc2fe5e7)
• ci(release): drop duplicate cross-platform-smoke workflow (c4a92d8e32)

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🚀 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 — 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

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📄 Full Changelog

v4.14.0-rc.2...v4.14.0-rc.3

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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:

• 4.14.0-rc.3

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

What's Changed

• feat(network): agent browser Network / HAR capability & request routing by @platonai in #586

Full Changelog: v4.14.0-rc.2...v4.14.0-rc.3