tinyhumansai/openhuman · error

browser.backend='auto' found no usable backend (playwright m

Error message

browser.backend='auto' found no usable backend (playwright missing, agent-browser missing, rust-native unavailable, computer-use sidecar unreachable)

What it means

Auto backend resolution exhausted all candidates: rust-native unavailable, Playwright missing, agent-browser missing, and the computer-use sidecar simply unreachable (probe returned false, not an error). This is the generic no-backend-exists report.

Source

Thrown at src/openhuman/tools/impl/browser/browser.rs:264

                    return Ok(ResolvedBackend::Playwright);
                }
                if Self::is_agent_browser_available().await {
                    return Ok(ResolvedBackend::AgentBrowser);
                }

                let computer_use_err = match self.computer_use_available() {
                    Ok(true) => return Ok(ResolvedBackend::ComputerUse),
                    Ok(false) => None,
                    Err(err) => Some(err.to_string()),
                };

                if Self::rust_native_compiled() {
                    if let Some(err) = computer_use_err {
                        anyhow::bail!(
                            "browser.backend='auto' found no usable backend (playwright missing, agent-browser missing, rust-native unavailable, computer-use invalid: {err})"
                        );
                    }
                    anyhow::bail!(
                        "browser.backend='auto' found no usable backend (playwright missing, agent-browser missing, rust-native unavailable, computer-use sidecar unreachable)"
                    )
                }

                if let Some(err) = computer_use_err {
                    anyhow::bail!(
                        "browser.backend='auto' needs Playwright, agent-browser tool, browser-native, or valid computer-use sidecar (error: {err})"
                    );
                }

                anyhow::bail!(
                    "browser.backend='auto' needs Playwright, agent-browser tool, browser-native, or computer-use sidecar"
                )
            }
        }
    }

    /// Validate URL against allowlist

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Solutions

1. Install Playwright or agent-browser, or start the computer-use sidecar.
2. Enable and configure the browser-native backend.
3. Set browser.backend explicitly once a backend is installed.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/openhuman/tools/impl/browser/browser.rs:264 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of tinyhumansai/openhuman@7491200858 (2026-08-17). Data as JSON: /api/errors/7b9d3ac45f2e488b. Report an issue: GitHub.