Close Browser

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Overview

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When to Use

• You need to restart the browser with different settings mid-workflow
• You want to explicitly clean up resources before a long-running operation
• You’re running multiple browser sessions and need to close specific ones
• You want to ensure all browser data is cleared between workflow steps

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Behavior

1. Closes all open tabs and windows
2. Terminates the browser process
3. Cleans up temporary files and cache
4. Releases all browser context references

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Configuration

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Examples

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Basic Usage

{
  "type": "closeBrowser",
  "data": {}
}

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Restart Browser Pattern

[
  {
    "type": "openBrowser",
    "data": { "headless": true }
  },
  {
    "type": "navigation",
    "data": { "action": "navigate", "url": "https://example.com" }
  },
  {
    "type": "closeBrowser"
  },
  {
    "type": "openBrowser",
    "data": { "headless": false, "stealthMode": true }
  },
  {
    "type": "navigation",
    "data": { "action": "navigate", "url": "https://another-site.com" }
  }
]

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Error Handling

• No browser running: Silently succeeds (no-op)
• Browser already closed: Silently succeeds (no-op)
• Force close on timeout: After 30 seconds, forcefully terminates the browser process

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Implementation Details

1. Retrieving the PlaywrightManager from the execution context
2. Calling the cleanup methods on all browser contexts
3. Closing the browser instance
4. Clearing context references

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Best Practices

// Use JavaScript Code node to conditionally close browser
if (context.getData('needsRestart')) {
  // Next node should be Close Browser
  context.setData('shouldClose', true);
}

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Notes

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Related Nodes

• Start Browser - Launch browser instance
• Navigate - Browser navigation