From 55e4b76bb2b501514fab55fa89f67131c4b4ffd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 02:47:58 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(browser): preserve raw chrome launch diagnostics

---
 extensions/browser/src/browser/chrome.internal.test.ts | 10 ++++++++++
 extensions/browser/src/browser/chrome.ts               | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/extensions/browser/src/browser/chrome.internal.test.ts b/extensions/browser/src/browser/chrome.internal.test.ts
index 81a87009dbe..839a0ca79ca 100644
--- a/extensions/browser/src/browser/chrome.internal.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/browser/src/browser/chrome.internal.test.ts
@@ -517,6 +517,16 @@ describe("chrome.ts internal", () => {
     });
 
     it("clears stale singleton locks and retries once after profile-in-use launch failure", async () => {
+      const configPath = path.join(tmpDir, "openclaw.json");
+      await fsp.writeFile(
+        configPath,
+        JSON.stringify({
+          logging: {
+            redactPatterns: ["profile appears to be in use by another Chromium process"],
+          },
+        }),
+      );
+      vi.stubEnv("OPENCLAW_CONFIG_PATH", configPath);
       let cdpReachable = false;
       vi.stubGlobal(
         "fetch",
diff --git a/extensions/browser/src/browser/chrome.ts b/extensions/browser/src/browser/chrome.ts
index d6c1cd3af6e..75eccd912ec 100644
--- a/extensions/browser/src/browser/chrome.ts
+++ b/extensions/browser/src/browser/chrome.ts
@@ -542,9 +542,9 @@ export async function launchOpenClawChrome(
         const diagnosticText = await diagnoseChromeCdp(profile.cdpUrl)
           .then(formatChromeCdpDiagnostic)
           .catch((err) => `CDP diagnostic failed: ${safeChromeCdpErrorMessage(err)}.`);
-        const stderrOutput = redactSensitiveText(
-          normalizeOptionalString(Buffer.concat(stderrChunks).toString("utf8")) ?? "",
-        );
+        const stderrOutput =
+          normalizeOptionalString(Buffer.concat(stderrChunks).toString("utf8")) ?? "";
+        const redactedStderrOutput = redactSensitiveText(stderrOutput);
         if (
           allowSingletonRecovery &&
           CHROME_SINGLETON_IN_USE_PATTERN.test(stderrOutput) &&
@@ -556,8 +556,8 @@ export async function launchOpenClawChrome(
           await terminateChromeForRetry(proc, userDataDir);
           return await launchOnceAndWait(false);
         }
-        const stderrHint = stderrOutput
-          ? `\nChrome stderr:\n${stderrOutput.slice(0, CHROME_STDERR_HINT_MAX_CHARS)}`
+        const stderrHint = redactedStderrOutput
+          ? `\nChrome stderr:\n${redactedStderrOutput.slice(0, CHROME_STDERR_HINT_MAX_CHARS)}`
           : "";
         const launchHints = chromeLaunchHints({ stderrOutput, resolved, profile, launchOptions });
         try {