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Rank, 14 days: 9 on the Codex sheet
50 people reported

All time, since Sep 16, including 15 thumbs-up on GitHub.

Browser URL verification stop

“Windows Computer Use can enumerate Chrome windows, but a read-only window-state request is blocked before any click or keyboard input.”

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Growing. 14 reports and thumbs-up in the last 7 days and 9 the week before.

Computer Use stops when browser URL cannot be verified on Windows. The Chrome window is returned successfully, but a read-only sky.get_window_state request is blocked before any click or keyboard input.

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Where
Computer Use
Error text
Computer Use has been stopped for this turn because it could not determine the current browser URL on Windows with enough confidence to enforce policy.
Versions
0.163.0 to 26.1103.31037
Platforms
Windows
How bad
Some reports say it blocks them completely.

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Original reports35, newest first

  1. Computer Use on Windows cannot verify the URL of an open Chrome windowOn GitHub#60175
  2. Windows native Computer Use URL check still stops after Codex restart (@oai/sky 0.7.17)On GitHub#59886
  3. Windows Computer Use: Chrome URL verification fails on 26.1103.31037; app screenshots also time outOn GitHub#59791
  4. Windows Computer Use intermittently stops because the current Edge browser URL cannot be verifiedOn GitHub#59683
  5. Windows Computer Use cannot detect the browser URL or take screenshots in either Edge or ChromeOn GitHub#59380
  6. Windows Computer Use: supported recovery needed after browser URL detection STOPOn GitHub#59271
  7. [Windows] Computer Use repeats Chrome URL-confidence stop in Wix editorOn GitHub#58995
  8. Windows 10 Computer Use cannot verify current Chrome URLOn GitHub#58872
  9. Computer Use cannot determine Chrome URL on WindowsOn GitHub#58661
  10. Windows Computer Use repeatedly stops because Chrome URL cannot be verifiedOn GitHub#58463
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  1. Windows Computer Use cannot read Chrome pages: current browser URL confidence check failsOn GitHub#58277
  2. [Windows][Computer Use] Chrome URL-confidence stop on desktop 26.1023.51421 / sky 0.7.13 (zh-CN)On GitHub#58054
  3. Windows Computer Use cannot verify visible Chrome incognito URL while Chrome extension can read the tabOn GitHub#57444
  4. Windows native Computer Use: URL-confidence stop before screenshot on 26.1021.31345On the forum#1409691
  5. Windows Computer Use: Edge URL verification still stops after package update to 26.1021.3705.0On GitHub#56744
  6. Computer Use not working anymoreOn GitHub#56720
  7. Windows Computer Use: Chrome URL verification safety stop persists on 2026-10-24On GitHub#56709
  8. [Windows] Computer Use stops when reading Chrome: cannot determine current browser URLOn GitHub#56260
  9. Windows Computer Use repeatedly stops at Chrome URL verification (bundle 26.1013.40934)On GitHub#55707
  10. [Windows][Computer Use] URL confidence stop on pt-BR Chrome window (26.1013.3656.0)On GitHub#55562
  11. Windows Computer Use URL verification fails on ru-RU after update; native diagnostic reason unavailableOn GitHub#55529
  12. Windows Computer Use: locale-sensitive Document selection, same-host language retest, and residual en-US failureOn GitHub#55198
  13. [Windows][Computer Use] zh-CN document-role URL detection failure on @oai/sky 0.7.8; narrow correction restores Chrome and EdgeOn GitHub#54532
  14. Windows Computer Use: confirmed Korean UIA document-role failure and numeric ControlType fixOn GitHub#54458
  15. Windows Chrome control blocked by URL detection error; native-host registry entry missingOn GitHub#53476
  16. Windows: Browser Use cannot verify saved permissions despite “Always allow”On GitHub#53396
  17. Windows Computer Use: browser URL verification failure blocks further UI actionsOn GitHub#53099
  18. Windows computer-use cannot determine Chrome URLOn GitHub#53053
  19. Windows Computer Use: localized UIA control type compared against fixed English document roleOn GitHub#53026
  20. [Windows] Computer Use stops: cannot determine current browser URL on zh-CN system (Edge + Chrome, version 26.1002.52244)On GitHub#52478
  21. [Windows] Computer Use stops at get_window_state: cannot determine current browser URL (Chrome and Edge)On GitHub#51524
  22. Computer Use stops at the same URL-verification error in Chrome: Feedback ID 1a0d00a-59ce-7761-b18d-7e9aa4b799b1On GitHub#47685
  23. [Windows 10] Computer Use URL-confidence failure across independent Chrome profiles and Edge; persists with 26.915.31945On GitHub#46943
  24. Windows Computer Use: Chrome window state blocked by URL confidence check, including New TabOn GitHub#46200
  25. Windows Computer Use cannot determine the current Microsoft Edge 151 URL on Windows 11On GitHub#45996

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