Why we forked Chromium

kept by eddie nov 25, 25

Browserbase forked Chromium and applied patches to remove automation signals and enable long-lived sessions, making headless browsers undetectable and stable for AI agents.

Google unkills JPEG XL?
Google's Chromium team reversed its decision to drop JPEG XL support, now planning to implement it in Blink, which could make it a de facto standard for images.
also on Blink, Chromium, #browser-engineering
Browser Run: give your agents a browser
Cloudflare renames Browser Rendering to Browser Run, adding Live View, Human in the Loop, CDP access, WebMCP support, session recordings, and 4x higher concurrency for AI agents.
also on Puppeteer, Playwright, #browser-engineering, #developer-tools
Introducing Stagehand v4: The SDK for browser agents.
Stagehand v4 moves browser automation state management into a Chrome extension, enabling feature-parity SDKs in TypeScript, Python, and Go by treating the remote browser as the source of truth.
also on Browserbase, Playwright, #software-architecture, #browser-engineering, #developer-tools
Google announces experimental ‘Disco’ browser with ‘GenTabs’
Google Labs announces experimental 'Disco' browser on Chromium that uses Gemini 3 to generate interactive GenTabs like trip planners from chat prompts.
also on Chromium, #browser-engineering, #ai-integration
Install web apps with the new HTML install element | Blog
The new HTML `<install>` element lets developers add a browser-trusted install button for web apps without JavaScript, now in origin trial for Chrome and Edge.
also on Chromium, #browser-engineering, #developer-tools