PlaywrightCrawler hangs infinitely when closing page

TL;DR

[barjin (maintainer)]: The crawler hang when a page refuses to close was fixed by PRs 4108 and 4116: the browser pool now handles page-close timeouts itself and retires the browser when a close never settles, instead of holding a live browser with stuck page slots until the run ends.

Steps

1. [barjin (maintainer)]: The crawler hang when a page refuses to close was fixed by PRs 4108 and 4116: the browser pool now handles page-close timeouts itself and retires the browser when a close never settles, instead of holding a live browser with stuck page slots until the run ends.

When to use

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When not to use

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Versions

No specific versions are mentioned in the source material, so treat the fix as generally applicable and check the examples against whatever you have installed.

Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

Sources

• https://github.com/apify/crawlee/issues/1829

In gh:apify/crawlee#1829 (https://github.com/apify/crawlee/issues/1829), the issue reported: ### Which package is this bug report for? If unsure which one to select, leave blank @crawlee/playwright (PlaywrightCrawler) ### Issue description Thread: https://apifier.slack.com/archives/CD0SF6KD4/p1677189716880559 This exact line hangs forever (even for hours) https://github.com/apify/crawlee/blob/8ab159bd4c88e2b1ad730ffe524309e823da7857/packages/browser-crawler/src/internals/browser-crawler.ts#L436 ### Code sample ```TypeScript // The code is pretty standard PlaywrightCrawler. The verified answer: [barjin (maintainer)]: The crawler hang when a page refuses to close was fixed by PRs 4108 and 4116: the browser pool now handles page-close timeouts itself and retires the browser when a close never settles, instead of holding a live browser with stuck page slots until the run ends.