Add WASM_NO_SANDBOX env to disable Chrome sandbox #73
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On GitHub Actions (and similar CI environments), Chrome often fails to launch due to its sandbox being unavailable, resulting in the error: "No usable sandbox! If you are running on Ubuntu 23.10+ or another Linux distro that has disabled unprivileged user namespaces..." This commit adds support for a new environment variable, `WASM_NO_SANDBOX`, which, when set to "on", appends `chromedp.NoSandbox` to the Chrome options. This allows Chrome to run without a sandbox and avoids the crash in CI pipelines that lack the necessary permissions or configurations for the standard Chrome sandbox.
This was referenced Jan 29, 2025
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We finally fixed our issues by disabling AppArmor in the CI, same as proposed in this PR: #72 |
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In that case, I guess this PR is no longer needed? |
Perhaps there are other use cases where |
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On GitHub Actions (and similar CI environments), Chrome often fails to launch due to its sandbox being unavailable, resulting in the error: "No usable sandbox! If you are running on Ubuntu 23.10+ or another Linux distro that has disabled unprivileged user namespaces..."
This commit adds support for a new environment variable,
WASM_NO_SANDBOX, which, when set to "on", appendschromedp.NoSandboxto the Chrome options. This allows Chrome to run without a sandbox and avoids the crash in CI pipelines that lack the necessary permissions or configurations for the standard Chrome sandbox.