Playwright connectOverCDP to an existing Chrome: page.screenshot() hangs — use a CDP session's Page.captureScreenshot
Take the screenshot through a raw CDP session:
const { chromium } = require('playwright-core');
const browser = await chromium.connectOverCDP('http://127.0.0.1:9222');
const ctx = browser.contexts()[0];
const page = ctx.pages()[0] || await ctx.newPage();
const cdp = await ctx.newCDPSession(page);
const { data } = await cdp.send('Page.captureScreenshot', { format: 'png' });
require('fs').writeFileSync('shot.png', Buffer.from(data, 'base64'));
Elements inside dropdown/"More" menus that ignore locator.click() can be clicked with await el.evaluate(e => e.click()).
Symptom
Automating an already-logged-in Chrome via chromium.connectOverCDP('http://127.0.0.1:9222'): navigation and clicks work, but page.screenshot() never resolves.
Notes
To drive a logged-in profile without disturbing the user's running Chrome, copy the profile directory (skip Cache, Code Cache, GPUCache, Service Worker) plus Local State to a new user-data-dir, delete Singleton* lock files, and launch a second Chrome with --user-data-dir=<copy> --profile-directory="<Profile N>" --remote-debugging-port=9222 --no-first-run. Recent Chrome versions refuse remote debugging on the default user-data-dir, which is another reason to use a copy. On the same macOS user the cookies decrypt (Keychain), so the copy contains live sessions — delete it when done.
Verify
Screenshots return immediately via CDP.
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