fix(desktop): browser pane popups, fingerprinting, and tab title/favicon bleed - #6928
fix(desktop): browser pane popups, fingerprinting, and tab title/favicon bleed#6928AviPeltz wants to merge 3 commits into
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…ome UA The browser pane's setWindowOpenHandler always denied native popups and routed every window.open()/target="_blank" through an in-app split pane instead. That works for ordinary links, but breaks popup-style "Sign in with Google/GitHub" flows: window.open() returns null and the split pane has no window.opener, so postMessage/popup.closed handshakes never complete. Now popup-shaped requests (Chromium's NEW_POPUP disposition, which Electron surfaces as "new-window", or a non-empty window-features string) get a real child BrowserWindow on the same persist:superset partition instead, preserving opener/postMessage/close. Ordinary tab-opening links are untouched. Also: the browser pane's guest session had no user-agent override, so it sent Electron's default UA (Electron/x.y.z + product name) — an immediate tell to bot-detection scripts that can get a user's own ordinary browsing wrongly challenged. Now sets a real Chrome UA on the shared partition at boot, version-matched to process.versions.chrome so it doesn't contradict the Client Hints Chromium generates on its own. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017dQtKEkDMveWJW1Fj3jztf
Only the active tab's pane tree is mounted and it's unkeyed, so switching between two browser tabs reuses the same BrowserPane/ usePersistentWebview instance. Its onPersist callback read/wrote through a single ctxRef pointing at whichever pane is *currently* active, not the pane it was created for. Backgrounded webviews stay alive on purpose, so a late page-title-updated/did-stop-loading event from a tab you've since switched away from would still fire that stale callback and write its title into whatever tab is now on screen. onPersist now bails if ctxRef no longer points at the pane it was registered for. Separately, did-stop-loading was persisting faviconUrl from in-memory state that did-start-loading had already reset to null moments earlier — clobbering a good favicon back to blank on nearly every navigation, racing the real page-favicon-updated event. faviconUrl is now omitted from that persist call; only page-favicon-updated writes it, and consumers treat "omitted" as "keep the previous value" (distinct from an explicit null, which is a real empty favicon). v1's equivalent hook doesn't share this bug — every handler there closes over its own paneId and writes through useTabsStore.getState() directly, with no shared mutable ref — so it's untouched. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017dQtKEkDMveWJW1Fj3jztf
setUserAgent() only rewrites the User-Agent header and navigator.userAgent — it doesn't touch Chromium's UserAgentMetadata, which independently generates the sec-ch-ua* request headers and navigator.userAgentData. Electron's own brand list has "Chromium" but no "Google Chrome" entry, so after the UA fix every request and every page script saw Client Hints contradicting the UA string claiming Chrome — a sharper, more specific bot signal than the original Electron/x.y.z suffix ever was, and exactly the kind of internal- consistency check commercial bot management (PerimeterX/HUMAN, DataDome, Akamai) is built to catch. Fixes both halves, both derived from process.versions.chrome so they can't drift from the UA string or each other: - apps/desktop/src/shared/client-hints.ts ports Chromium's actual GREASE-brand algorithm (fake brand punctuation, version, and list shuffle order are deterministic functions of the major version) — pinned against real Chrome 120/121/122/126 headers in client-hints.test.ts, not guessed. - user-agent.ts adds a session.webRequest.onBeforeSendHeaders rewrite of sec-ch-ua/-mobile/-platform/-full-version-list on the shared partition. - A new frame-level session preload (browser-client-hints.ts, registered via registerPreloadScript) redefines Navigator.prototype.userAgentData before any page script runs, since header rewriting alone doesn't change what live JS reads. Known residual: Worker/ServiceWorker scopes have their own WorkerNavigator.userAgentData that preload injection can't reach (their outgoing requests are still covered by the header rewrite), and TLS/JA3-level network fingerprinting is a hard Electron limit no amount of header/JS spoofing touches. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017dQtKEkDMveWJW1Fj3jztf
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe desktop browser now uses Chrome-aligned user-agent and client-hints values, supports allowed popup child windows, and protects persisted pane favicons from navigation resets and stale events. ChangesBrowser identity alignment
Popup window handling
Browser pane persistence
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to Native OAuth-style popups now share the persistent browser session, but their later navigation and redirects are not covered by the guest allowlist, allowing approved popups to reach unrestricted destinations with authenticated state. The browser identity shim also discloses high-entropy values without honoring page policy and can emit metadata inconsistent with the installed browser version, so this PR is not merge-ready until these security and identity-contract issues are fixed or explicitly accepted. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant configureBrowserUserAgent
participant BrowserSession
participant ClientHintsPreload
participant Page
configureBrowserUserAgent->>BrowserSession: Set Chrome user agent
configureBrowserUserAgent->>BrowserSession: Rewrite sec-ch-ua headers
configureBrowserUserAgent->>BrowserSession: Register frame preload
BrowserSession->>ClientHintsPreload: Load at document-start
ClientHintsPreload->>Page: Define navigator.userAgentData
sequenceDiagram
participant WebContents
participant BrowserManager
participant ChildWindow
participant Renderer
WebContents->>BrowserManager: Submit window-open request
BrowserManager->>BrowserManager: Check disposition, features, and URL
BrowserManager->>ChildWindow: Allow popup with shared partition
BrowserManager->>Renderer: Emit split event for tab-shaped request
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In `@apps/desktop/src/main/lib/browser/browser-manager.ts`:
- Around line 210-211: Update the popup handling around isPopup to use a
popup-specific Electron signal rather than relying on disposition ===
"new-window", so shift-clicked ordinary _blank links continue through the
renderer split flow while script popups retain native-window behavior. Add
Electron 41.10.3 regression coverage covering both script popups and
shift-clicked links.
- Around line 211-219: Update the allowed popup handling in the
web-contents-created flow to attach isAllowedGuestUrl enforcement to each
allowed child web contents, covering all navigation schemes and redirect events
rather than only HTTP(S) checks. Preserve the existing allow decision and shared
persist:superset partition while ensuring disallowed child navigations are
blocked.
In `@apps/desktop/src/preload/browser-client-hints.ts`:
- Around line 34-38: Update the getHighEntropyValues method to call the native
implementation first, allowing Permissions-Policy enforcement, and overlay only
the high-entropy values requested by the hints argument. Preserve the brands and
mobile fields while preventing unrequested or policy-denied values from being
returned.
In `@apps/desktop/src/shared/client-hints.ts`:
- Around line 50-53: Use process.versions.chrome as the complete version for
client-hint full-version values instead of constructing a major-version suffix,
while keeping the reduced version in the user-agent string. Update
clientHintsBrandList and the uaFullVersion/sec-ch-ua-full-version generation,
plus the affected expectations in client-hints.test.ts, across
apps/desktop/src/shared/client-hints.ts lines 50-53 and 137-138,
apps/desktop/src/main/lib/browser/user-agent.ts lines 65-70, and
apps/desktop/src/shared/client-hints.test.ts lines 41-44 and 76-81.
- Around line 92-98: Update the Windows version mapping in the client-hints
logic so it matches Chromium’s Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract values
rather than returning "15.0.0" for every build at or above 22000. Use Chromium’s
contract source or an exact supported-build mapping, and add coverage for
Windows 11 21H2, 22H2, and 24H2 while preserving non-Windows behavior.
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| const isPopup = disposition === "new-window" || features !== ""; | ||
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- 2: https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/v41.1.0/docs/breaking-changes.md
- 3: https://electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/web-contents
- 4: GitHub issue 28498 in electron/electron (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 5: https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/c16c6da2/docs/api/window-open.md
- 6: https://electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/window-open/
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In the context of Electron, NEW_POPUP and NEW_WINDOW are Chromium WindowOpenDisposition values that represent the intent to open a new window or popup [1][2]. Within Electron’s internal C++ implementation, these specific dispositions are mapped to the string value "new-window" when surfaced to the developer [1][2]. The method webContents.setWindowOpenHandler() is the modern, recommended API used to intercept and handle these requests [3][4][5]. It replaces the deprecated new-window event [4][5]. Key Technical Details: - API Purpose: setWindowOpenHandler allows developers to customize or block the creation of new windows (including popups) triggered by window.open or other navigation paths before they are created [3][5]. - Implementation: When a renderer attempts to open a new window, the handler is invoked in the main process [3][6]. Returning { action: 'deny' } cancels the operation, while { action: 'allow', overrideBrowserWindowOptions: { ... } } allows it with custom BrowserWindow configurations [3][4]. - Electron v41.10.3 Update: Version 41.10.3 included a security fix (GHSA-9f4c-93c8-jc8g) addressing a vulnerability where sandboxed iframes could bypass allow-popups restrictions via the OpenURL navigation path [7]. This fix ensures that setWindowOpenHandler is correctly triggered even in these scenarios, making it a critical security control for filtering untrusted content [7]. By using setWindowOpenHandler, you gain full control over the BrowserWindowConstructorOptions for any new window, which is more secure and flexible than relying on the legacy new-window event or standard window feature strings [3][4][5].
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/master/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.cc
- 2: https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/1ad832a4/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.cc
- 3: https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/main/docs/api/window-open.md
- 4: https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/v41.1.0/docs/breaking-changes.md
- 5: GitHub pull request 24517 in electron/electron (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 6: https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/1ad832a4/docs/api/window-open.md
- 7: GHSA-9f4c-93c8-jc8g
Use a popup-specific signal instead of disposition === "new-window". Electron reports shift-clicked links as "new-window". A shift-click on an ordinary _blank link can therefore create a native child window instead of emitting new-window:${paneId} for the renderer split flow. Add Electron 41.10.3 regression coverage for script popups and shift-clicked links.
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In `@apps/desktop/src/main/lib/browser/browser-manager.ts` around lines 210 - 211,
Update the popup handling around isPopup to use a popup-specific Electron signal
rather than relying on disposition === "new-window", so shift-clicked ordinary
_blank links continue through the renderer split flow while script popups retain
native-window behavior. Add Electron 41.10.3 regression coverage covering both
script popups and shift-clicked links.
Source: MCP tools
| if (isPopup && isAllowedGuestUrl(url)) { | ||
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| action: "allow" as const, | ||
| overrideBrowserWindowOptions: { | ||
| // Share the pane's session so the popup sees the same | ||
| // cookies/storage as its opener. | ||
| webPreferences: { partition: "persist:superset" }, | ||
| }, | ||
| }; |
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Security Misconfiguration (CWE-693)
Reachability: External · Exploitability: Moderate
Apply the guest navigation allowlist to allowed child windows.
The process-wide web-contents-created handler covers the child but only blocks http: and https: navigations. It does not block file:, chrome:, or devtools: and does not handle redirects. Attach isAllowedGuestUrl checks to these child contents.
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In `@apps/desktop/src/main/lib/browser/browser-manager.ts` around lines 211 - 219,
Update the allowed popup handling in the web-contents-created flow to attach
isAllowedGuestUrl enforcement to each allowed child web contents, covering all
navigation schemes and redirect events rather than only HTTP(S) checks. Preserve
the existing allow decision and shared persist:superset partition while ensuring
disallowed child navigations are blocked.
Source: MCP tools
| getHighEntropyValues: async (_hints?: string[]) => ({ | ||
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The ch-ua-high-entropy-values directive is a policy-controlled feature defined in the WICG User-Agent Client Hints specification that governs access to high-entropy information via the NavigatorUAData.getHighEntropyValues JavaScript API [1][2]. Key details regarding this Permissions Policy include: Purpose: It allows top-level sites to restrict which documents (including third-party iframes) are permitted to retrieve high-entropy user-agent data [1][3][4]. This provides site owners with greater control over data exposure, effectively enabling them to disable or limit the collection of high-entropy hints to reduce potential for passive fingerprinting [1][5][6]. Behavior: If a document is not allowed to use the ch-ua-high-entropy-values feature, any call to getHighEntropyValues will resolve with only the available low-entropy data (typically brands, mobile status, and platform) and omit the requested high-entropy properties [1][7][8]. Default Configuration: The policy has a default allowlist of '*', meaning that by default, all content within a document and its nested browsing contexts is permitted to use the getHighEntropyValues method [1][3]. Implementation: Site owners can configure this via the HTTP Permissions-Policy header or the allow attribute on iframe elements [7][3]. Example Usage (HTTP Header): Permissions-Policy: ch-ua-high-entropy-values=("self" "https://example.com") [7][3] Example Usage (iframe): <iframe src="https://example.com" allow="ch-ua-high-entropy-values"></iframe> [3] Note that while this policy controls the overall access to the getHighEntropyValues method, individual client hints may also be managed by their own specific Permissions Policy directives [3][4].
Citations:
- 1: https://wicg.github.io/ua-client-hints/
- 2: https://github.com/WICG/ua-client-hints/blob/main/index.bs
- 3: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/User-Agent_Client_Hints_API
- 4: https://chromestatus.com/feature/6176703867781120
- 5: https://github.com/WICG/ua-client-hints
- 6: GitHub pull request 373 in WICG/ua-client-hints (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 7: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Headers/Permissions-Policy/ch-ua-high-entropy-values
- 8: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/NavigatorUAData/getHighEntropyValues
Sensitive Data Exposure (CWE-200): Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Reachability: External · Exploitability: Trivial
Honor the requested hints and Permissions-Policy.
When policy denies ch-ua-high-entropy-values, this replacement still returns all high-entropy values. Capture and call the native method first, then overlay only the requested values.
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In `@apps/desktop/src/preload/browser-client-hints.ts` around lines 34 - 38,
Update the getHighEntropyValues method to call the native implementation first,
allowing Permissions-Policy enforcement, and overlay only the high-entropy
values requested by the hints argument. Preserve the brands and mobile fields
while preventing unrequested or policy-denied values from being returned.
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Chromium UserAgentMetadata full_version full_version_list user agent client hints user_agent_utils.cc
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In Chromium, UserAgentMetadata is a data structure used to manage and serialize User-Agent Client Hints [1][2]. It is defined in third_party/blink/public/common/user_agent/user_agent_metadata.h and is primarily populated and managed through utility functions located in components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc [3][4][5]. Key components of the UserAgentMetadata struct include: brand_full_version_list: A list of browser brands and their corresponding full version strings [1][2]. This corresponds to the Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version-List client hint [6][7]. full_version: A string representing the browser's complete version number (e.g., major.minor.build.patch) [1][2][3]. This was associated with the now-deprecated Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version hint [6]. brand_version_list: A list containing browser brands and their major versions, corresponding to the low-entropy Sec-CH-UA hint [1][2][3]. The user_agent_utils.cc file provides the logic for generating this metadata [3][5]. The function GetUserAgentMetadata is responsible for constructing the UserAgentMetadata object [3]. It differentiates between low-entropy hints (which are sent by default) and high-entropy hints (which require explicit requesting and are gated by the user's privacy settings) [8][6][3]. High-entropy values, such as brand_full_version_list and full_version, are populated when the only_low_entropy_ch flag is false [3][9]. The implementation typically pulls these values from internal version information sources, such as version_info::GetVersionNumber [3][10]. The SerializeBrandFullVersionList method in the UserAgentMetadata struct is then used to convert the internal brand_full_version_list structure into the serialized format required for HTTP headers [1][2].
Citations:
- 1: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/third_party/blink/public/common/user_agent/user_agent_metadata.h
- 2: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/heads/main/third_party/blink/public/common/user_agent/user_agent_metadata.h
- 3: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/tags/140.0.7287.0/components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc
- 4: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/tags/135.0.7049.91/components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc
- 5: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+show/HEAD/docs/user_agent/README.md
- 6: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/privacy-security/user-agent-client-hints
- 7: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Headers/Sec-CH-UA-Full-Version-List
- 8: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/client_hints/
- 9: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/tags/128.0.6553.1/components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc
- 10: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/tags/123.0.6312.114/components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc
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Use the installed Chromium version for full-version Client Hints.
clientHintsBrandList(..., "full"), uaFullVersion, and sec-ch-ua-full-version currently emit <major>.0.0.0 instead of process.versions.chrome. Chromium populates brand_full_version_list and full_version from the complete version. Update these values and their tests; keep the UA string version-reduced.
📍 Affects 3 files
apps/desktop/src/shared/client-hints.ts#L50-L53(this comment)apps/desktop/src/shared/client-hints.ts#L137-L138apps/desktop/src/main/lib/browser/user-agent.ts#L65-L70apps/desktop/src/shared/client-hints.test.ts#L41-L44apps/desktop/src/shared/client-hints.test.ts#L76-L81
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In `@apps/desktop/src/shared/client-hints.ts` around lines 50 - 53, Use
process.versions.chrome as the complete version for client-hint full-version
values instead of constructing a major-version suffix, while keeping the reduced
version in the user-agent string. Update clientHintsBrandList and the
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in client-hints.test.ts, across apps/desktop/src/shared/client-hints.ts lines
50-53 and 137-138, apps/desktop/src/main/lib/browser/user-agent.ts lines 65-70,
and apps/desktop/src/shared/client-hints.test.ts lines 41-44 and 76-81.
| // Chrome reports the real OS version on macOS and the kernel version on | ||
| // Linux — both are what process.getSystemVersion() returns. Windows is the | ||
| // exception: Client Hints carry an API-contract number ("13.0.0"+ means | ||
| // Windows 11), not the "10.0.<build>" string the OS reports. | ||
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| const build = Number.parseInt(osVersion.split(".")[2] ?? "0", 10); | ||
| return build >= 22000 ? "15.0.0" : "10.0.0"; |
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In Chromium, User-Agent Client Hints metadata is managed via the blink::UserAgentMetadata structure, which is defined in third_party/blink/public/common/user_agent/user_agent_metadata.h [1]. The generation of this metadata, including platform-specific versioning, is primarily handled in components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc [2][3][4][5]. On Windows, Chromium determines the platform version for the Sec-CH-UA-Platform-Version client hint by querying the Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract [6][7]. This approach was implemented to provide a more stable and less identifying versioning mechanism compared to legacy Windows OS build numbers [6]. The system identifies the highest supported version of this contract on the host machine to populate the metadata [6][7]. This logic is explicitly separated from other operating systems (such as Linux or macOS), which typically derive their platform version strings using standard system information APIs [3][4][5]. Technical details regarding this implementation include: - Data Structure: The blink::UserAgentMetadata struct includes a platform_version field [1], which is populated during the creation of user agent metadata [2][3][5]. - Windows Implementation: Chromium utilizes GetWindowsPlatformVersion (or similar logic) to resolve the UniversalApiContract version [3][4][5]. Unittests within components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils_unittest.cc verify that the reported version corresponds to the highest known UniversalApiContract supported by the environment [7]. - Platform Differentiation: The code uses build flags (BUILDFLAG(IS_WIN)) to apply the Windows-specific UniversalApiContract logic, while non-Windows platforms (e.g., Linux, macOS, Android) fallback to system-provided version numbers [3][4][5]. - Specification: This mechanism aligns with the WICG User-Agent Client Hints proposal, which suggests using the UniversalApiContract for Windows to balance platform fidelity with privacy [6][8].
Citations:
- 1: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/heads/main/third_party/blink/public/common/user_agent/user_agent_metadata.h
- 2: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/edf3c5b206ab3db46e6197673f6d926e59c7b087/components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc
- 3: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/8766147948dcd22635dc566e7ef42b60a1723e5f/components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc
- 4: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/a893d7b670a423c604b1a1bbdc98f79dc16b2b79/components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc
- 5: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/tags/135.0.7049.91/components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc
- 6: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/r0kcHYoK79U
- 7: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/heads/main/components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils_unittest.cc
- 8: https://wicg.github.io/ua-client-hints/
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site:chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc GetUserAgentMetadata Linux platform_version
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In current Chromium, GetPlatformVersion() returns an empty string on Linux:
`#elif` BUILDFLAG(IS_LINUX) || BUILDFLAG(IS_FUCHSIA)
return std::string();Therefore, GetUserAgentMetadata() sets metadata.platform_version to "" for Linux. (chromium.googlesource.com)
Older Chromium versions instead populated it from base::SysInfo::OperatingSystemVersionNumbers(), unless the Linux reduction feature was enabled. (chromium.googlesource.com)
Citations:
- 1: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/%2B/refs/heads/main/components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/%2B/refs/tags/140.0.7287.0/components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc?utm_source=openai
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site:chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/tags/135.0.7049.91/components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc "platform_version"
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In software development, platform_version is a metadata field used to identify the specific version of an underlying operating system or computing platform upon which an application or service is running [1]. It typically represents the system's versioning information in a structured format, such as major, minor, and bugfix numbers [1]. This identifier is commonly utilized for purposes like environment detection, compatibility checks, and analytics, where software needs to determine the capabilities or constraints of the host environment [1]. For example, in systems like Chromium, platform_version is programmatically determined to provide accurate details about the host operating system, ensuring the application can adapt its behavior or report its environment correctly [1].
Citations:
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Chromium GetWindowsPlatformVersion UniversalApiContract 13.0.0 15.0.0 user_agent_utils.cc
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In Chromium's source code, specifically within the components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc file, the GetWindowsPlatformVersion function is used to populate the Sec-CH-UA-Platform-Version client hint on Windows [1][2]. This function retrieves the Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract version from the Windows Registry (specifically HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsRuntime\WellKnownContracts) to provide a stable, non-identifying representation of the operating system's platform capability level [1][3][4]. Regarding the specific versions 13.0.0 and 15.0.0 mentioned in your query: - These versions of the UniversalApiContract correspond to specific releases of Windows 11 [4]. - 13.0.0 and 14.0.0 are generally associated with Windows 11 preview builds [4]. - 15.0.0 represents the Windows 11 2022 Update (SV2/version 22H2) [4]. Chromium maintains a constant, kHighestKnownUniversalApiContractVersion (frequently set to 15 in recent versions), which acts as a fallback or default return value if reading from the registry fails or if the OS version is greater than what the browser explicitly recognizes [2][5]. For Windows versions prior to RS5 (Redstone 5), the browser uses a legacy mapping method (GetPreRS5UniversalApiContractVersion) based on the kernel version to generate a corresponding contract version [1][6]. Developers are explicitly advised by comments in user_agent_utils.cc not to use this specific method for runtime environment detection logic [1][7]. Instead, they are encouraged to leverage the operating system's IsApiContractPresentByMajor method when checking for the availability of specific APIs [1][5].
Citations:
- 1: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/tags/140.0.7287.0/components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc
- 2: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/%2B/refs/tags/123.0.6312.114/components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc
- 3: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/r0kcHYoK79U
- 4: https://textslashplain.com/2021/09/21/determining-os-platform-version/
- 5: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/1a3e2d2929bb187a5bda3adca390d8c3310f5b92/components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc
- 6: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/tags/136.0.7103.138/components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc
- 7: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/tags/128.0.6553.1/components/embedder_support/user_agent_utils.cc
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On Windows, the Sec-CH-UA-Platform-Version HTTP header does not report the OS build number (e.g., 22000). Instead, Chromium-based browsers use this header to report the version of the Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, which provides a more meaningful indicator of the available Windows API surface [1][2][3]. The Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract versioning is used because Windows major and minor version numbers often remain static across significant updates (including the transition to Windows 11), making them unreliable for feature detection [1][2]. Regarding the specific versions you mentioned: - Windows 11 (initial release, build 22000) corresponds to UniversalApiContract version 13 [1]. - Subsequent updates have introduced higher contract versions, such as version 15 (associated with Windows 11, version 22H2/build 22621) [4]. When a browser runs on these systems, the Sec-CH-UA-Platform-Version header will return a string derived from these contract versions (typically formatted as 'X.0.0', where X is the contract version) rather than the OS build '22000' [1][5][6]. This allows developers to reliably feature-detect capabilities rather than relying on potentially misleading OS build numbers [1][7].
Citations:
- 1: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/web-platform/how-to-detect-win11
- 2: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/r0kcHYoK79U
- 3: GitHub issue 220 in WICG/ua-client-hints (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 4: microsoft/CsWinRT@10d2b9d
- 5: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Headers/Sec-CH-UA-Platform-Version
- 6: GitHub issue 294 in WICG/ua-client-hints (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 7: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/debug-test-perf/version-adaptive-apps
Use Chromium’s Windows platform contract.
For Windows build 22000, this branch returns "15.0.0", but Chromium reports the host’s Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract version, which is "13.0.0" on Windows 11 21H2. Later Windows builds can report other contract versions. The preload navigator.userAgentData value can therefore differ from native Client Hints headers.
Use the same contract source as Chromium, or implement an exact supported-build mapping. Add tests for Windows 11 21H2, 22H2, and 24H2.
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In `@apps/desktop/src/shared/client-hints.ts` around lines 92 - 98, Update the
Windows version mapping in the client-hints logic so it matches Chromium’s
Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract values rather than returning "15.0.0"
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Summary
Three fixes to the in-app browser pane, from investigating why some sites blocked the app's own browsing and why switching browser tabs corrupted titles/favicons:
Popups now allow real OAuth-style windows.
setWindowOpenHandleralways denied native popups and routed everything through an in-app split pane — fine for ordinary links, but it breaks "Sign in with Google/GitHub" popup flows:window.open()returnsnulland the split pane has nowindow.opener, sopostMessage/popup.closedhandshakes never complete. Popup-shaped requests (Chromium'sNEW_POPUPdisposition, surfaced by Electron as"new-window", or a non-empty window-features string) now get a real childBrowserWindowon the samepersist:supersetpartition instead, preservingopener/postMessage/close(). Ordinary tab-opening links are unchanged.Fingerprinting: the browser pane now presents as a normal Chrome install, consistently. Previously nothing overrode the UA at all, so guests sent Electron's default
Electron/x.y.zUA suffix — an immediate bot-detection tell. Fixed in two stages once we found the first stage wasn't enough:session.setUserAgent()— but this alone created a worse signal: it doesn't touch Chromium'sUserAgentMetadata, sosec-ch-ua/navigator.userAgentDatakept reporting "Chromium" with no "Google Chrome" brand, contradicting the now-Chrome-claiming UA string — exactly the internal-consistency check commercial bot management (PerimeterX/HUMAN, DataDome, Akamai) is built to catch.session.webRequest.onBeforeSendHeadersrewrite ofsec-ch-ua*headers, plus a frame-level session preload that redefinesNavigator.prototype.userAgentDatabefore page scripts run — both derived fromprocess.versions.chromeand a ported version of Chromium's actual GREASE-brand algorithm (pinned against real Chrome 120/121/122/126 headers in a test, not guessed). Verified live: a site that previously blocked (Wayfair) now works.Browser tabs no longer bleed title/favicon into each other. Only the active tab's pane tree is mounted, and it's unkeyed — switching tabs reuses the same
BrowserPanecomponent instance. ItsonPersistcallback read/wrote through a single ref pointing at whichever pane is currently active, not the pane it was created for. Since backgrounded webviews intentionally stay alive, a latepage-title-updated/did-stop-loadingevent from a tab you'd already switched away from would still fire that stale callback and write into whatever tab is now on screen. Also fixed a related favicon clobber:did-stop-loadingwas persisting afaviconUrlthatdid-start-loadinghad already reset tonullmoments earlier, wiping a good favicon on nearly every navigation.Known residual (not fixed here, documented separately)
TLS/JA3-level network fingerprinting is a hard Electron limit — no header/JS-level spoofing touches it. If a site still blocks after this, that's the most likely remaining layer.
Test plan
bunx tsc --noEmit -p apps/desktop/tsconfig.json— clean on all touched filesbunx biome check— clean on all touched filesbun test—browser-manager.test.ts,client-hints.test.ts(new, pinned against real Chrome header values),browserRuntimeRegistry.test.tsall passnavigator.userAgentDataon real loaded pages shows correct Chrome brand + matching Client Hints; a previously-blocking site (Wayfair) now loadselectron-vite buildsucceeds end-to-end with the new preload emitted to the expected pathhttps://claude.ai/code/session_017dQtKEkDMveWJW1Fj3jztf
Summary by cubic
Fixes the browser pane so OAuth popups open properly, browsing traffic presents as a normal Chrome install, and tabs no longer leak titles or favicons into each other.
Browser behavior
window.opener/postMessagehandshakes. Ordinary tab-shaped links stay in-app.sec-ch-ua*request headers, andnavigator.userAgentDataall derive fromprocess.versions.chrome, with the brand list ported from Chromium's GREASE algorithm and pinned against real Chrome 120/121/122/126 header values in tests.Tab state fixes
did-stop-loadingno longer persists anullfavicon that was clobbering good favicons on nearly every navigation.TLS/JA3-level network fingerprinting remains a hard Electron limit and is not addressed here.
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