fix: work around NTP iframes causing hangs

src/McpContext.ts

@@ -343,11 +343,13 @@ export class McpContext implements Context {
   }
 
   async detectOpenDevToolsWindows() {
+    this.logger('Detecting open DevTools windows');
     const pages = await this.browser.pages();
     this.#pageToDevToolsPage = new Map<Page, Page>();
     for (const devToolsPage of pages) {
       if (devToolsPage.url().startsWith('devtools://')) {
         try {
+          this.logger('Calling getTargetInfo for ' + devToolsPage.url());
           const data = await devToolsPage
             // @ts-expect-error no types for _client().
             ._client()

src/browser.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import fs from 'node:fs';
 import os from 'node:os';
 import path from 'node:path';
 
+import {logger} from './logger.js';
 import type {
   Browser,
   ChromeReleaseChannel,
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ function makeTargetFilter() {
     if (target.url() === 'chrome://newtab/') {
       return true;
     }
+    if (target.url().startsWith('https://ogs.google.com/widget/app/so')) {
+      // Some special frame on the NTP that is not picked up by CDP-auto-attach.
+      return false;
+    }
     for (const prefix of ignoredPrefixes) {
       if (target.url().startsWith(prefix)) {
         return false;
@@ -65,7 +70,9 @@ export async function ensureBrowserConnected(options: {
     throw new Error('Either browserURL or wsEndpoint must be provided');
   }
 
+  logger('Connecting Puppeteer to ', JSON.stringify(connectOptions));
   browser = await puppeteer.connect(connectOptions);
+  logger('Connected Puppeteer');
   return browser;
 }
 

src/main.ts

@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ function registerTool(tool: ToolDefinition): void {
       try {
         logger(`${tool.name} request: ${JSON.stringify(params, null, '  ')}`);
         const context = await getContext();
+        logger(`${tool.name} context: resolved`);
         await context.detectOpenDevToolsWindows();
         const response = new McpResponse();
         await tool.handler(