Stealth mode not working in changedetection.io

[jagub2]

It seems stealth mode is not working directly in changedetection.io, it works in browserless Chrome debugger. I have tested 2 URLs to check if stealth mode is working:

• https://intoli.com/blog/not-possible-to-block-chrome-headless/chrome-headless-test.html [0]
• https://arh.antoinevastel.com/bots/areyouheadless [1]

Version
v0.39.15

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Add mentioned sites for watching.
2. Wait till they are processed.
3. Click "Preview"/"Diff" (depending on the settings).
4. In all cases, you should see headless mode is used.

Expected behavior
A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.

Screenshots
[0] in changedetection.io:

[0] in browserless Chrome debugger:

[1] in changedetection.io:

[1] in browserless Chrome debugger:

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Debian x64
• Podman 3.4.2 (instead of Docker)
• dgtlmoon/changedetection.io latest tag: f62ed003d0e3
• browserless/chrome latest tag: 0c426a6543ba

Smartphone (please complete the following information):

• N/A

Additional context
docker-compose.yml shown below:

version: '2'
services:
  changedetection:
    image: ghcr.io/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io
    container_name: changedetection
    hostname: changedetection
    volumes:
      - ./changedetection-data:/datastore
    networks:
      - changedetection-net
    ports:
      - 5000:5000
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL=ws://playwright-chrome:3000/
    restart: unless-stopped
  playwright-chrome:
    hostname: playwright-chrome
    container_name: changedetection_playwright
    image: browserless/chrome
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - changedetection-net
    ports:
      - 3000:3000
    environment:
      - SCREEN_WIDTH=1920
      - SCREEN_HEIGHT=1080
      - SCREEN_DEPTH=16
      - ENABLE_DEBUGGER=false
      - PREBOOT_CHROME=true
      - CONNECTION_TIMEOUT=300000
      - MAX_CONCURRENT_SESSIONS=10
      - CHROME_REFRESH_TIME=600000
      - DEFAULT_BLOCK_ADS=false
      - DEFAULT_STEALTH=true
networks:
  changedetection-net:

I set DEFAULT_BLOCK_ADS=false because it didn't work at all when this variable was set otherwise.

[dgtlmoon]

try

PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL=ws://playwright-chrome:3000/?stealth

does that work?

[jagub2]

Seems that [1] worked for one time, but then, it still shows that Chrome ran by changedetection.io is detected.

[dgtlmoon]

Seems that [1] worked for one time, but then, it still shows that Chrome ran by changedetection.io is detected.

screenshot? try to provide more data

[jagub2]

I suspect it was one time, I can't reproduce it with removed services and added again. To sum up, the effect is the same as before, with a new value of the PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL.

[jagub2]

@dgtlmoon anything? As I said, it does not work.

[dgtlmoon]

@jagub2 please dont demand me todo stuff, me and you dont have a commercial contract arrangement, I just work on this project in my free time, if you would like a commercial contract for support, please email [email protected] thank you.