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Chrome extension can claim tabs and read title/URL, but DOM reads and screenshots time out #41633

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Summary

On macOS arm64, Codex/ChatGPT Desktop can discover and claim already signed-in Shopee and Mercado Libre tabs in Chrome, and it can read the page title and URL. However, deeper DOM/page-content reads and screenshots time out after roughly 20 seconds.

Reproduction

  1. Open a signed-in Shopee Seller Center or Mercado Libre seller tab in Chrome.
  2. Ask Codex to connect to the existing Chrome tab.
  3. Reading the tab title and URL succeeds.
  4. Reading deeper page content/DOM or taking a screenshot times out.
  5. The same behavior reproduces in a newly created Codex task.

Troubleshooting already attempted

  • Updated/reinstalled and restarted Chrome.
  • Reinstalled/restarted ChatGPT Desktop and the Browser/Chrome plugin.
  • Reinstalled/enabled the ChatGPT Chrome extension.
  • Added browsing permissions for:
    • seller.shopee.cn
    • global-selling.mercadolibre.com
  • Rebooted Codex and Chrome.
  • No seller data was modified during the tests.

Environment

  • macOS arm64
  • Chrome: 152.0.7977.65
  • ChatGPT Chrome extension: 1.2.27268.51612
  • Browser/Chrome plugin: 26.825.41651

Diagnostics

  • Uploaded feedback thread: 01a051b9-384b-72a0-9620-a9ff0faff8ba
  • Original affected chat ID: 01a0102e-2671-7ad3-a6f0-6a102bfa8fbc

Please investigate the Chrome page-debugging/content-reading channel compatibility.

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  1. added
    bugSomething isn't working
    appIssues related to the Codex desktop app
    tool-callsIssues related to tool calling
    on Aug 30, 2026
  2. github-actions commented on Aug 30, 2026

    @github-actions
    Contributor

    Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

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