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All time, since Sep 17.

In-app browser policy check fails

“A read-only public web search failed with a browser policy-verification error.”

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Quiet. No reports in the last two weeks, down from 1 a week at the mid-September peak.

In-app browser blocked by unverifiable admin-enforced policy on macOS. Built-in browser access is not granted; later attempts to open a URL time out and reset the kernel, persisting after app restart.

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Where
In-app browser
Error text
The admin-enforced policy could not be verified, so access was not granted.
Versions
26.930.31730
Platforms
macOS
How bad
Stops work: a core feature can't be used. Some reports say it blocks them completely.

Part of: Browser control fails to connect36 bugs

  1. Request-header policy load failure16 people
  2. Chrome extension not detected16 people
  3. Browser control times out12 people
  4. Chrome tab operations fail8 people
  5. Browser disabled despite toggle11 people
  6. Browser access host unavailable12 people
  7. Browser tab control fails4 people
  8. Agent finds no browser5 people
  9. Browser access host unavailable9 people
  10. Chrome tab control timeoutMs error7 people
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  1. Browser unavailable to assistant4 people
  2. Embedded browser unusable when sidebar keeps client-new-thread conversation ID5 people
  3. Browser tab access lost5 people
  4. In-app browser not available4 people
  5. Browser service module missing3 people
  6. Browser tools missing in chat4 people
  7. Chrome connection drops2 people
  8. Browser ID unavailable2 people
  9. Built-in Browser unreachable2 people
  10. Chrome native host not registered2 people
  11. Chrome tab listing fails2 people
  12. Chrome not available to runtime2 people
  13. Chrome debugger detaches, CDP timeouts3 people
  14. Browser Use policy check fails3 people
  15. Side-panel browser control fails2 people
  16. Chrome page loads stall while browser control resolves paused document responses4 people
  17. Browser access host unavailable15 people
  18. Chrome missing from @ menu3 people
  19. Browser context error in Chrome4 people
  20. Browser access host unavailable3 people
  21. Lost cua_repl browser tool2 people
  22. Chrome browser access unavailable3 people
  23. Browser extension connection lost5 people
  24. Browser.list_tabs context error4 people
  25. Browser reported disabled in chat4 people

Not quite your bug?

  1. Browser blocks allowed site50 people

Original reports3, newest first

  1. macOS: In-app Browser blocked by unavailable admin-policy verification; retry times outOn GitHub#50853
  2. Built-in browser inaccessible on macOS — policy verification impossible.On GitHub#49301
  3. macOS in-app browser: policy verification unavailable, followed by 30-second timeoutsOn GitHub#46350

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