Windows ignores --version and starts a browser that takes a license seat and exits without releasing it. Read the version from the manifest file next to chrome.exe instead (Python, JS, .NET).
docs(readme): GPU vendor flag switches the GPU family; renderer override removed.
Add a Mac fonts count to `cloakbrowser info` next to the existing Windows
font check, in the Python, JS, and .NET wrappers. Counts the macOS core
font set via fc-list on Linux and prints Mac fonts: n/20 with a conditional
nudge when incomplete. Tests added in all three wrappers.
`cloakbrowser info` printed a bare seat count with no denominator, so a
customer could not tell whether they were at capacity (#513). It also
collapsed six distinct outcomes into one "unavailable": unreachable,
timeout, invalid key, inactive licence, rate limited, and the server
reporting the count as unknown while degraded.
Adds SessionSeats (active, limit, state, reason) and getSessionSeats to
all three wrappers; get_active_session_count keeps its signature and
delegates. The limit is read from the server, never derived from the plan
name, and falls back to the old bare count when absent.
Python, JS and .NET renderers verified byte-identical.
Wire the existing launch()-time geoip resolver into the info/doctor command
across Python, JS, and .NET. With --proxy, info resolves the exit IP and the
timezone/locale a launch would apply (caching the GeoIP DB if absent) and prints
them in text and --json. Plain info is unchanged (no network) and now hints at
the flag. Adds diagnostics tests in all three suites.
cmd.exe defaults to cp850/cp1252, which carry no check mark or arrow.
Printing one raised UnicodeEncodeError and aborted the report at the
Launch line, so everything after it was lost — including on the success
path, once the launch probe stopped failing.
Marks now degrade to plain text per glyph when the console cannot
encode them. UTF-8 consoles (Linux, macOS, Windows Terminal) keep the
original output byte for byte.
.NET substitutes rather than throwing here (verified on the reference
box), so only the Python wrapper needed the change.
Chromium only handles --version on POSIX, so on Windows the switch is
ignored and a browser starts instead of printing. The 10s probe then
timed out and a healthy install was reported as broken, flashing a
window on screen each run.
Probe with --no-startup-window there: it exits immediately, opens no
window, and a broken binary still exits non-zero. No version is
reported on Windows, as nothing is printed. Linux and macOS unchanged.
Test uses a stub that hangs unless the flag is passed, mirroring the
real binary rather than a print-and-exit stub.
Add a preview release channel system to all wrappers (Python, JavaScript, .NET),
allowing users to opt into newer binary builds before they go stable.
- Python: preview/stable channel resolution in download, launch, CLI
(install, update, clear-cache), and license validation
- JavaScript: preview/stable channel in CLI, launch, license, and config
- .NET: preview/stable channel in CLI, license, diagnostics, and config
- All wrappers: channel fallback indicator, auto-update gate,
CLOAKBROWSER_RELEASE_CHANNEL env var support
- Harden channel resolution: reuse the resolution sidecar on offline lookups,
defensive marker/JSON parsing, atomic version-marker writes, a launch-time
preview-to-stable fallback notice, channel-aware info download URL, and
Python/JS/.NET parity for the fallback default
- Binary 150.0.7871.114.4 changelog (Linux x64 + arm64)
- Updated READMEs, CHANGELOG, and tests for all wrappers
cloakbrowser login gets a free key via GitHub sign-in (or saves a paid key); logout reverts. Launch banner and info are now tier-aware (keyless / free / pro). A free key drops any version pin so it always gets the latest build (server force-serves latest; a pinned manifest would fail checksum). Python, JS, and .NET kept in sync. README documents the free tier + commands.
A Pro license now gets a "Sessions: N seats in use" line, answering
"how many sessions do I have running?" without asking support.
Never cached (a cached count is a wrong count), skipped under --quick to
keep `info` network-free, and prints "unavailable" rather than a made-up
number when the count cannot be determined.
Python, JS and .NET.
Free-tier launch banner and 'cloakbrowser info' upgrade hint now advertise
the 7-day free Pro trial (Chromium 148) across Python, JS, and .NET; same
CTA added to both READMEs. Also surface binary verification failures verbatim
instead of falling back to a cached build (transient-only fallback).
info now shows the cached build that will launch AND the server's latest
Pro version on separate lines, so the two can no longer silently diverge
(a customer saw info report latest while launch ran a stale cache).
- Pro version resolution: unpinned launch prefers the server latest when it
is newer than or replaces a missing cached build, else stays on cache;
advances the version marker so info and later offline launches match.
- update command is license-aware: a valid Pro key updates the Pro binary,
everyone else updates free.
- Replace the fire-and-forget Pro background update thread with a foreground
rate-limited check (one network call/hour), honoring CLOAKBROWSER_AUTO_UPDATE=false.
- A valid Pro license never falls back to the free binary: get_effective_version
returns None when no Pro build is cached; resolution fails loudly instead.
- Tampering signal (BinaryVerificationError) surfaces verbatim on the unpinned
upgrade path — the cached-Pro fallback is only for transient download failures.
- get_effective_version(pro) requires the binary be executable, so info can't
report a build launch would reject.
- info --quick stays network-free (skips the server latest lookup); prints a
'not downloaded yet' line instead of 'None' when offline with no cache.
- Align the JS .last_update_check marker to seconds (Python/.NET parity).
- Mirror across Python, JS, and .NET wrappers; add update/CLI tests.
info (plus a doctor alias) now reports the binary that will actually
launch for the resolved license instead of whatever is cached on disk:
it resolves and validates the license, shows the real tier, and on a
keyless or invalid key reports the free binary. Adds a launch test
(chrome --version) with a Linux missing-shared-library probe, a
Windows-font check (Linux only), GeoIP DB presence, and optional-dep
checks. --quick skips the launch test; --json emits machine output.
Python, JS, and .NET, with tests.
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