Rank, 14 days: 265 on the Codex sheet
5 people reported
All time, since Sep 24.
Browser Use blocks file:// URLs
“Browser Use rejected the local file URL before opening it, then explicitly prohibited alternate browser surfaces or workarounds.”
Is this your bug? What gets counted gets fixed. Pile on.
Paste this into your agent. It files your report, with your error and version.
I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/codex/issues/14745/file Follow it to file my report. Show me the text before you send.
No install. No account. Public and anonymous. The link asks your agent for one report, nothing else. What it sends
Browser Use rejects local file:// URLs with no recovery path. Browser Use returns a browser security policy refusal before rendering, and the message prohibits workarounds or alternate browser surfaces.
Is this your bug?
File my report- Where
- Browser Use
- Error text
Browser Use rejected this action due to browser security policy.- Versions
- 0.157.0 to 26.917.62051
- Platforms
- macOS, Windows
- How bad
- Breaks a normal workflow.
Not quite your bug?
- Browser blocks allowed site50 people
- Site-safety block ignores allow19 people
- Allowed site still denied10 people
Original reports5, newest first
- Windows Browser Use cannot validate local websites via file://On GitHub#57339
- Windows Browser Use blocks authorized local HTML review with no supported recovery after file:// refusalOn GitHub#56584
- macOS 26.928.20755: IAB file preview blocked despite working HTTPS control, no supported recovery pathOn GitHub#49601
- macOS: Browser Use blocks opening a Codex-generated local PNG artifactOn GitHub#48009
- Windows: built-in browser blocks a local HTML file with “Browser Use URL policy”On GitHub#47992