WIP

.github/workflows/containers.yml

@@ -103,14 +103,6 @@ jobs:
             ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}
           tags: |
             type=raw,value=dev
-          labels: |
-            org.opencontainers.image.created=${{ github.event.release.published_at }}
-            org.opencontainers.image.description=Website, webpage change detection, monitoring and notifications.
-            org.opencontainers.image.documentation=https://changedetection.io
-            org.opencontainers.image.revision=${{ github.sha }}
-            org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io
-            org.opencontainers.image.title=changedetection.io
-            org.opencontainers.image.url=https://changedetection.io
 
       - name: Build and push :dev
         id: docker_build
@@ -136,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "Release tag: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
           echo "Github ref: ${{ github.ref }}"
           echo "Github ref name: ${{ github.ref_name }}"
-
+          
       - name: Docker meta :tag
         if: github.event_name == 'release' && startsWith(github.event.release.tag_name, '0.')
         uses: docker/metadata-action@v6
@@ -150,15 +142,6 @@ jobs:
                 type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}},value=${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
                 type=semver,pattern={{major}},value=${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
                 type=raw,value=latest
-            labels: |
-              org.opencontainers.image.created=${{ github.event.release.published_at }}
-              org.opencontainers.image.description=Website, webpage change detection, monitoring and notifications.
-              org.opencontainers.image.documentation=https://changedetection.io
-              org.opencontainers.image.revision=${{ github.sha }}
-              org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io
-              org.opencontainers.image.title=changedetection.io
-              org.opencontainers.image.url=https://changedetection.io
-              org.opencontainers.image.version=${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
 
       - name: Build and push :tag
         id: docker_build_tag_release

.github/workflows/test-stack-reusable-workflow.yml

@@ -99,7 +99,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run Unit Tests
         run: |
-          docker run test-changedetectionio bash -c 'cd changedetectionio;pytest tests/unit/'
+          docker run test-changedetectionio bash -c 'python3 -m unittest changedetectionio.tests.unit.test_notification_diff'
+          docker run test-changedetectionio bash -c 'python3 -m unittest changedetectionio.tests.unit.test_watch_model'
+          docker run test-changedetectionio bash -c 'python3 -m unittest changedetectionio.tests.unit.test_jinja2_security'
+          docker run test-changedetectionio bash -c 'python3 -m unittest changedetectionio.tests.unit.test_semver'
+          docker run test-changedetectionio bash -c 'python3 -m unittest changedetectionio.tests.unit.test_html_to_text'         
 
   # Basic pytest tests with ancillary services
   basic-tests:
@@ -288,8 +292,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Specific tests in built container for Selenium
         run: |
-          docker run --name "changedet" --hostname changedet --rm -e "FLASK_SERVER_NAME=changedet" -e "WEBDRIVER_URL=http://selenium:4444/wd/hub" --network changedet-network test-changedetectionio bash -c 'cd changedetectionio; pytest  --live-server-host=0.0.0.0 --live-server-port=5004 tests/fetchers/test_content.py'
+          docker run --rm -e "WEBDRIVER_URL=http://selenium:4444/wd/hub" --network changedet-network test-changedetectionio bash -c 'cd changedetectionio;pytest tests/fetchers/test_content.py && pytest tests/test_errorhandling.py'
-          docker run --name "changedet" --hostname changedet --rm -e "FLASK_SERVER_NAME=changedet" -e "WEBDRIVER_URL=http://selenium:4444/wd/hub" --network changedet-network test-changedetectionio bash -c 'cd changedetectionio; pytest  --live-server-host=0.0.0.0 --live-server-port=5004 tests/test_errorhandling.py'
+
 
   # SMTP tests
   smtp-tests:
@@ -583,10 +587,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           docker run  -e EXTRA_PACKAGES=changedetection.io-osint-processor test-changedetectionio bash -c 'cd changedetectionio;pytest -vvv -s  tests/plugins/test_processor.py::test_check_plugin_processor'
 
-      - name: Plugin get_html_head_extras hook injects into base.html
-        run: |
-          docker run test-changedetectionio bash -c 'cd changedetectionio;pytest -vvv -s tests/plugins/test_html_head_extras.py'
-
   # Container startup tests
   container-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

babel.cfg

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [python: **.py]
-keywords = _ _l gettext
+keywords = _:1,_l:1,gettext:1
 
 [jinja2: **/templates/**.html]
 encoding = utf-8
-keywords = _ _l gettext

changedetectionio/__init__.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Read more https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/wiki
 # Semver means never use .01, or 00. Should be .1.
-__version__ = '0.54.9'
+__version__ = '0.54.4'
 
 from changedetectionio.strtobool import strtobool
 from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
 from loguru import logger
 import getopt
 import logging
+import os
 import platform
 import signal
 import threading

changedetectionio/api/Import.py

@@ -154,10 +154,11 @@ class Import(Resource):
             if extras['processor'] not in available:
                 return f"Invalid processor '{extras['processor']}'. Available processors: {', '.join(available)}", 400
 
-        # Validate fetch_backend if provided (legacy API compat — still accepted, stored as-is)
+        # Validate fetch_backend if provided
         if 'fetch_backend' in extras:
             from changedetectionio.content_fetchers import available_fetchers
             available = [f[0] for f in available_fetchers()]
+            # Also allow 'system' and extra_browser_* patterns
             is_valid = (
                 extras['fetch_backend'] == 'system' or
                 extras['fetch_backend'] in available or
@@ -166,14 +167,6 @@ class Import(Resource):
             if not is_valid:
                 return f"Invalid fetch_backend '{extras['fetch_backend']}'. Available: system, {', '.join(available)}", 400
 
-        # Validate browser_profile if provided
-        if 'browser_profile' in extras:
-            from changedetectionio.model.browser_profile import get_builtin_profiles, RESERVED_MACHINE_NAMES
-            store_profiles = self.datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('browser_profiles', {})
-            known = set(get_builtin_profiles().keys()) | set(store_profiles.keys()) | {'system', None}
-            if extras['browser_profile'] not in known:
-                return f"Invalid browser_profile '{extras['browser_profile']}'. Available: {', '.join(str(k) for k in known)}", 400
-
         # Validate notification_urls if provided
         if 'notification_urls' in extras:
             from wtforms import ValidationError

changedetectionio/api/Tags.py

@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ class Tag(Resource):
         # Create clean tag dict without Watch-specific fields
         clean_tag = {k: v for k, v in tag.items() if k not in watch_only_fields}
 
-        # fetch_backend is a legacy field superseded by browser_profile — omit from API response
-        clean_tag.pop('fetch_backend', None)
-
         return clean_tag
 
     @auth.check_token
@@ -180,13 +177,6 @@ class Tag(Resource):
 
         new_uuid = self.datastore.add_tag(title=title)
         if new_uuid:
-            # Apply any extra fields (e.g. processor_config_restock_diff) beyond just title
-            extra = {k: v for k, v in json_data.items() if k != 'title'}
-            if extra:
-                tag = self.datastore.data['settings']['application']['tags'].get(new_uuid)
-                if tag:
-                    tag.update(extra)
-                    tag.commit()
             return {'uuid': new_uuid}, 201
         else:
             return "Invalid or unsupported tag", 400

changedetectionio/api/Watch.py

@@ -105,9 +105,6 @@ class Watch(Resource):
         watch['viewed'] = watch_obj.viewed
         watch['link'] = watch_obj.link,
 
-        # fetch_backend is a legacy field superseded by browser_profile — omit from API response
-        watch.pop('fetch_backend', None)
-
         return watch
 
     @auth.check_token
@@ -341,7 +338,7 @@ class WatchHistoryDiff(Resource):
             word_diff = True
 
         # Get boolean diff preferences with defaults from DIFF_PREFERENCES_CONFIG
-        changes_only = strtobool(request.args.get('changesOnly', 'false'))
+        changes_only = strtobool(request.args.get('changesOnly', 'true'))
         ignore_whitespace = strtobool(request.args.get('ignoreWhitespace', 'false'))
         include_removed = strtobool(request.args.get('removed', 'true'))
         include_added = strtobool(request.args.get('added', 'true'))
@@ -352,7 +349,7 @@ class WatchHistoryDiff(Resource):
             previous_version_file_contents=from_version_file_contents,
             newest_version_file_contents=to_version_file_contents,
             ignore_junk=ignore_whitespace,
-            include_equal=not changes_only,
+            include_equal=changes_only,
             include_removed=include_removed,
             include_added=include_added,
             include_replaced=include_replaced,
@@ -570,4 +567,4 @@ class CreateWatch(Resource):
 
                 return {'status': f'OK, queueing {len(watches_to_queue)} watches in background'}, 202
 
-        return list, 200
+        return list, 200

changedetectionio/blueprint/backups/__init__.py

@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore):
     backups_blueprint.register_blueprint(construct_restore_blueprint(datastore))
     backup_threads = []
 
-    @backups_blueprint.route("/request-backup", methods=['GET'])
     @login_optionally_required
+    @backups_blueprint.route("/request-backup", methods=['GET'])
     def request_backup():
         if any(thread.is_alive() for thread in backup_threads):
             flash(gettext("A backup is already running, check back in a few minutes"), "error")
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore):
 
         return backup_info
 
-    @backups_blueprint.route("/download/<string:filename>", methods=['GET'])
     @login_optionally_required
+    @backups_blueprint.route("/download/<string:filename>", methods=['GET'])
     def download_backup(filename):
         import re
         filename = filename.strip()
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore):
         logger.debug(f"Backup download request for '{full_path}'")
         return send_from_directory(os.path.abspath(datastore.datastore_path), filename, as_attachment=True)
 
+    @login_optionally_required
     @backups_blueprint.route("/", methods=['GET'])
     @backups_blueprint.route("/create", methods=['GET'])
-    @login_optionally_required
     def create():
         backups = find_backups()
         output = render_template("backup_create.html",
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore):
                                  )
         return output
 
-    @backups_blueprint.route("/remove-backups", methods=['GET'])
     @login_optionally_required
+    @backups_blueprint.route("/remove-backups", methods=['GET'])
     def remove_backups():
 
         backup_filepath = os.path.join(datastore.datastore_path, BACKUP_FILENAME_FORMAT.format("*"))

changedetectionio/blueprint/backups/restore.py

@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ def construct_restore_blueprint(datastore):
     restore_blueprint = Blueprint('restore', __name__, template_folder="templates")
     restore_threads = []
 
-    @restore_blueprint.route("/restore", methods=['GET'])
     @login_optionally_required
+    @restore_blueprint.route("/restore", methods=['GET'])
     def restore():
         form = RestoreForm()
         return render_template("backup_restore.html",
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ def construct_restore_blueprint(datastore):
                                max_upload_mb=_MAX_UPLOAD_BYTES // (1024 * 1024),
                                max_decompressed_mb=_MAX_DECOMPRESSED_BYTES // (1024 * 1024))
 
-    @restore_blueprint.route("/restore/start", methods=['POST'])
     @login_optionally_required
+    @restore_blueprint.route("/restore/start", methods=['POST'])
     def backups_restore_start():
         if any(t.is_alive() for t in restore_threads):
             flash(gettext("A restore is already running, check back in a few minutes"), "error")

changedetectionio/blueprint/backups/templates/backup_restore.html

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
                 <p>{{ _('Restore a backup. Must be a .zip backup file created on/after v0.53.1 (new database layout).') }}</p>
                 <p>{{ _('Note: This does not override the main application settings, only watches and groups.') }}</p>
                 <p class="pure-form-message">
-                    {{ _('Max upload size: %(upload)s MB, Max decompressed size: %(decomp)s MB', upload=max_upload_mb, decomp=max_decompressed_mb) }}
+                    {{ _('Max upload size: %(upload)s MB &nbsp;·&nbsp; Max decompressed size: %(decomp)s MB',
+                         upload=max_upload_mb, decomp=max_decompressed_mb) }}
                 </p>
 
                 <form class="pure-form pure-form-stacked settings"

changedetectionio/blueprint/browser_steps/__init__.py

@@ -102,35 +102,6 @@ def run_async_in_browser_loop(coro):
     else:
         raise RuntimeError("Browser steps event loop is not available")
 
-async def _close_session_resources(session_data, label=''):
-    """Close all browser resources for a session in the correct order.
-
-    browserstepper.cleanup() closes page+context but not the browser itself.
-    For CloakBrowser, browser.close() is what stops the local Chromium process via pw.stop().
-    For the default CDP path, playwright_context.stop() shuts down the playwright instance.
-    """
-    browserstepper = session_data.get('browserstepper')
-    if browserstepper:
-        try:
-            await browserstepper.cleanup()
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"Error cleaning up browserstepper{label}: {e}")
-
-    browser = session_data.get('browser')
-    if browser:
-        try:
-            await asyncio.wait_for(browser.close(), timeout=5.0)
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.warning(f"Error closing browser{label}: {e}")
-
-    playwright_context = session_data.get('playwright_context')
-    if playwright_context:
-        try:
-            await playwright_context.stop()
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.warning(f"Error stopping playwright context{label}: {e}")
-
-
 def cleanup_expired_sessions():
     """Remove expired browsersteps sessions and cleanup their resources"""
     global browsersteps_sessions, browsersteps_watch_to_session
@@ -148,10 +119,13 @@ def cleanup_expired_sessions():
         logger.debug(f"Cleaning up expired browsersteps session {session_id}")
         session_data = browsersteps_sessions[session_id]
 
-        try:
+        # Cleanup playwright resources asynchronously
-            run_async_in_browser_loop(_close_session_resources(session_data, label=f" for session {session_id}"))
+        browserstepper = session_data.get('browserstepper')
-        except Exception as e:
+        if browserstepper:
-            logger.error(f"Error cleaning up session {session_id}: {e}")
+            try:
+                run_async_in_browser_loop(browserstepper.cleanup())
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.error(f"Error cleaning up session {session_id}: {e}")
 
         # Remove from sessions dict
         del browsersteps_sessions[session_id]
@@ -178,10 +152,12 @@ def cleanup_session_for_watch(watch_uuid):
 
     session_data = browsersteps_sessions.get(session_id)
     if session_data:
-        try:
+        browserstepper = session_data.get('browserstepper')
-            run_async_in_browser_loop(_close_session_resources(session_data, label=f" for watch {watch_uuid}"))
+        if browserstepper:
-        except Exception as e:
+            try:
-            logger.error(f"Error cleaning up session {session_id} for watch {watch_uuid}: {e}")
+                run_async_in_browser_loop(browserstepper.cleanup())
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.error(f"Error cleaning up session {session_id} for watch {watch_uuid}: {e}")
 
         # Remove from sessions dict
         del browsersteps_sessions[session_id]
@@ -202,69 +178,64 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore):
         import time
         from playwright.async_api import async_playwright
 
+        # We keep the playwright session open for many minutes
         keepalive_seconds = int(os.getenv('BROWSERSTEPS_MINUTES_KEEPALIVE', 10)) * 60
-        keepalive_ms = ((keepalive_seconds + 3) * 1000)
 
         browsersteps_start_session = {'start_time': time.time()}
 
-        # Build proxy dict first — needed by both the CDP path and fetcher-specific launchers
+        # Create a new async playwright instance for browser steps
-        proxy_url = datastore.get_proxy_url_for_watch(uuid=watch_uuid)
+        playwright_instance = async_playwright()
-        proxy = None
+        playwright_context = await playwright_instance.start()
-        if proxy_url:
-            from urllib.parse import urlparse
-            parsed = urlparse(proxy_url)
-            proxy = {'server': proxy_url}
-            if parsed.username:
-                proxy['username'] = parsed.username
-            if parsed.password:
-                proxy['password'] = parsed.password
-            logger.debug(f"Browser Steps: UUID {watch_uuid} selected proxy {proxy_url}")
 
-        # Resolve the fetcher class for this watch so we can ask it to launch its own browser
+        keepalive_ms = ((keepalive_seconds + 3) * 1000)
-        # if it supports that (e.g. CloakBrowser, which runs locally rather than via CDP)
+        base_url = os.getenv('PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL', '').strip('"')
-        watch = datastore.data['watching'][watch_uuid]
+        a = "?" if not '?' in base_url else '&'
-        from changedetectionio import content_fetchers
+        base_url += a + f"timeout={keepalive_ms}"
-        fetcher_class = content_fetchers.get_fetcher(watch.effective_browser_profile.fetch_backend)
-
-        browser = None
-        playwright_context = None
-
-        # If the fetcher has its own browser launch for the live steps UI, use it.
-        # get_browsersteps_browser(proxy, keepalive_ms) returns (browser, playwright_context_or_None)
-        # or None to fall back to the default CDP path.
-        if fetcher_class and hasattr(fetcher_class, 'get_browsersteps_browser'):
-            result = await fetcher_class.get_browsersteps_browser(proxy=proxy, keepalive_ms=keepalive_ms)
-            if result is not None:
-                browser, playwright_context = result
-                logger.debug(f"Browser Steps: using fetcher-specific browser for '{fetcher_class.__name__}'")
-
-        # Default: connect to the remote Playwright/sockpuppetbrowser via CDP
-        if browser is None:
-            playwright_instance = async_playwright()
-            playwright_context = await playwright_instance.start()
-            base_url = os.getenv('PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL', '').strip('"')
-            a = "?" if '?' not in base_url else '&'
-            base_url += a + f"timeout={keepalive_ms}"
-            browser = await playwright_context.chromium.connect_over_cdp(base_url, timeout=keepalive_ms)
-            logger.debug(f"Browser Steps: using CDP connection to {base_url}")
 
+        browser = await playwright_context.chromium.connect_over_cdp(base_url, timeout=keepalive_ms)
         browsersteps_start_session['browser'] = browser
         browsersteps_start_session['playwright_context'] = playwright_context
 
+        proxy_id = datastore.get_preferred_proxy_for_watch(uuid=watch_uuid)
+        proxy = None
+        if proxy_id:
+            proxy_url = datastore.proxy_list.get(proxy_id).get('url')
+            if proxy_url:
+
+                # Playwright needs separate username and password values
+                from urllib.parse import urlparse
+                parsed = urlparse(proxy_url)
+                proxy = {'server': proxy_url}
+
+                if parsed.username:
+                    proxy['username'] = parsed.username
+
+                if parsed.password:
+                    proxy['password'] = parsed.password
+
+                logger.debug(f"Browser Steps: UUID {watch_uuid} selected proxy {proxy_url}")
+
+        # Tell Playwright to connect to Chrome and setup a new session via our stepper interface
         browserstepper = browser_steps.browsersteps_live_ui(
             playwright_browser=browser,
             proxy=proxy,
-            start_url=watch.link,
+            start_url=datastore.data['watching'][watch_uuid].link,
-            headers=watch.get('headers')
+            headers=datastore.data['watching'][watch_uuid].get('headers')
         )
+        
+        # Initialize the async connection
         await browserstepper.connect(proxy=proxy)
+        
         browsersteps_start_session['browserstepper'] = browserstepper
 
+        # For test
+        #await browsersteps_start_session['browserstepper'].action_goto_url(value="http://example.com?time="+str(time.time()))
+
         return browsersteps_start_session
 
 
-    @browser_steps_blueprint.route("/browsersteps_start_session", methods=['GET'])
     @login_optionally_required
+    @browser_steps_blueprint.route("/browsersteps_start_session", methods=['GET'])
     def browsersteps_start_session():
         # A new session was requested, return sessionID
         import uuid
@@ -299,8 +270,8 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore):
         logger.debug("Starting connection with playwright - done")
         return {'browsersteps_session_id': browsersteps_session_id}
 
-    @browser_steps_blueprint.route("/browsersteps_image", methods=['GET'])
     @login_optionally_required
+    @browser_steps_blueprint.route("/browsersteps_image", methods=['GET'])
     def browser_steps_fetch_screenshot_image():
         from flask import (
             make_response,
@@ -325,8 +296,8 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore):
             return make_response('Unable to fetch image, is the URL correct? does the watch exist? does the step_type-n.jpeg exist?', 401)
 
     # A request for an action was received
-    @browser_steps_blueprint.route("/browsersteps_update", methods=['POST'])
     @login_optionally_required
+    @browser_steps_blueprint.route("/browsersteps_update", methods=['POST'])
     def browsersteps_ui_update():
         import base64
 

changedetectionio/blueprint/check_proxies/__init__.py

@@ -40,14 +40,12 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore):
         contents = ''
         now = time.time()
         try:
-            import asyncio
             processor_module = importlib.import_module("changedetectionio.processors.text_json_diff.processor")
             update_handler = processor_module.perform_site_check(datastore=datastore,
                                                                  watch_uuid=uuid
                                                                  )
 
-            update_handler.preferred_proxy_override = preferred_proxy
+            update_handler.call_browser(preferred_proxy_id=preferred_proxy)
-            asyncio.run(update_handler.call_browser())
         # title, size is len contents not len xfer
         except content_fetcher_exceptions.Non200ErrorCodeReceived as e:
             if e.status_code == 404:

changedetectionio/blueprint/imports/importer.py

@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ class import_xlsx_wachete(Importer):
             flash(gettext("Unable to read export XLSX file, something wrong with the file?"), 'error')
             return
 
-        for row_id, row in enumerate(wb.active.iter_rows(min_row=2), start=2):
+        row_id = 2
+        for row in wb.active.iter_rows(min_row=row_id):
             try:
                 extras = {}
                 data = {}
@@ -174,9 +175,9 @@ class import_xlsx_wachete(Importer):
                 dynamic_wachet = str(data.get('dynamic wachet', '')).strip().lower()  # Convert bool to str to cover all cases
                 # libreoffice and others can have it as =FALSE() =TRUE(), or bool(true)
                 if 'true' in dynamic_wachet or dynamic_wachet == '1':
-                    extras['browser_profile'] = 'browser_chromeplaywright'
+                    extras['fetch_backend'] = 'html_webdriver'
                 elif 'false' in dynamic_wachet or dynamic_wachet == '0':
-                    extras['browser_profile'] = 'direct_http_requests'
+                    extras['fetch_backend'] = 'html_requests'
 
                 if data.get('xpath'):
                     # @todo split by || ?
@@ -211,6 +212,8 @@ class import_xlsx_wachete(Importer):
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error(e)
                 flash(gettext("Error processing row number {}, check all cell data types are correct, row was skipped.").format(row_id), 'error')
+            else:
+                row_id += 1
 
         flash(gettext("{} imported from Wachete .xlsx in {:.2f}s").format(len(self.new_uuids), time.time() - now))
 
@@ -238,10 +241,10 @@ class import_xlsx_custom(Importer):
 
         # @todo cehck atleast 2 rows, same in other method
         from changedetectionio.forms import validate_url
-        row_i = 0
+        row_i = 1
 
         try:
-            for row_i, row in enumerate(wb.active.iter_rows(), start=1):
+            for row in wb.active.iter_rows():
                 url = None
                 tags = None
                 extras = {}
@@ -292,5 +295,7 @@ class import_xlsx_custom(Importer):
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(e)
             flash(gettext("Error processing row number {}, check all cell data types are correct, row was skipped.").format(row_i), 'error')
+        else:
+            row_i += 1
 
         flash(gettext("{} imported from custom .xlsx in {:.2f}s").format(len(self.new_uuids), time.time() - now))

changedetectionio/blueprint/imports/templates/import.html

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
             <li class="tab" id=""><a href="#url-list">{{ _('URL List') }}</a></li>
             <li class="tab"><a href="#distill-io">{{ _('Distill.io') }}</a></li>
             <li class="tab"><a href="#xlsx">{{ _('.XLSX & Wachete') }}</a></li>
-            <li class="tab"><a href="{{url_for('backups.restore.restore')}}">{{ _('Backup Restore') }}</a></li>
         </ul>
     </div>
 

changedetectionio/blueprint/settings/__init__.py

@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ from changedetectionio.auth_decorator import login_optionally_required
 def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore):
     settings_blueprint = Blueprint('settings', __name__, template_folder="templates")
 
-    from changedetectionio.blueprint.settings.browser_profile import construct_blueprint as construct_browser_profile_blueprint
-    settings_blueprint.register_blueprint(construct_browser_profile_blueprint(datastore), url_prefix='/browsers')
-
     @settings_blueprint.route("", methods=['GET', "POST"])
     @login_optionally_required
     def settings_page():

changedetectionio/blueprint/settings/browser_profile/__init__.py

@@ -1,200 +0,0 @@
-import flask_login
-from flask import Blueprint, render_template, request, redirect, url_for, flash
-from flask_babel import gettext
-
-from changedetectionio.store import ChangeDetectionStore
-from changedetectionio.auth_decorator import login_optionally_required
-
-
-def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore):
-    settings_browser_profile_blueprint = Blueprint(
-        'settings_browsers',
-        __name__,
-        template_folder="templates"
-    )
-
-    def _render_index(browser_profile_form=None, editing_machine_name=None):
-        from changedetectionio import forms
-        from changedetectionio import content_fetchers as cf
-        from changedetectionio.model.browser_profile import BrowserProfile, RESERVED_MACHINE_NAMES
-
-        # Only browser-capable fetchers are valid profile types
-        fetcher_choices = cf.available_browser_fetchers()
-        if browser_profile_form is None:
-            browser_profile_form = forms.BrowserProfileForm()
-        browser_profile_form.fetch_backend.choices = fetcher_choices
-
-        fetcher_supports_screenshots = {name: True for name, _ in fetcher_choices}
-        fetcher_requires_connection_url = {name: True for name, cls in cf.FETCHERS.items()
-                                           if getattr(cls, 'requires_connection_url', False)}
-
-        # Table shows default built-in profiles first, then user-created profiles
-        store_profiles = datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('browser_profiles', {})
-        user_profiles = dict(cf.DEFAULT_BROWSER_PROFILES)
-        for machine_name, raw in store_profiles.items():
-            try:
-                user_profiles[machine_name] = BrowserProfile(**raw) if isinstance(raw, dict) else raw
-            except Exception:
-                pass
-
-        current_default = datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('browser_profile') or 'direct_http_requests'
-
-        return render_template(
-            "browser_profiles.html",
-            browser_profiles=user_profiles,
-            browser_profile_form=browser_profile_form,
-            reserved_browser_profile_names=RESERVED_MACHINE_NAMES,
-            fetcher_choices=fetcher_choices,
-            fetcher_supports_screenshots=fetcher_supports_screenshots,
-            fetcher_requires_connection_url=fetcher_requires_connection_url,
-            current_default_profile=current_default,
-            editing_machine_name=editing_machine_name,
-        )
-
-    @settings_browser_profile_blueprint.route("", methods=['GET'])
-    @login_optionally_required
-    def index():
-        return _render_index()
-
-    @settings_browser_profile_blueprint.route("/<string:machine_name>/edit", methods=['GET'])
-    @login_optionally_required
-    def edit(machine_name):
-        from changedetectionio import forms
-        from changedetectionio.model.browser_profile import BrowserProfile, RESERVED_MACHINE_NAMES
-
-        if machine_name in RESERVED_MACHINE_NAMES:
-            flash(gettext("Built-in browser profiles cannot be edited."), 'error')
-            return redirect(url_for('settings.settings_browsers.index'))
-
-        store_profiles = datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('browser_profiles', {})
-        raw = store_profiles.get(machine_name)
-        if raw is None:
-            flash(gettext("Browser profile not found."), 'error')
-            return redirect(url_for('settings.settings_browsers.index'))
-
-        profile = BrowserProfile(**raw) if isinstance(raw, dict) else raw
-        form = forms.BrowserProfileForm(data=profile.model_dump())
-        return _render_index(browser_profile_form=form, editing_machine_name=machine_name)
-
-    @settings_browser_profile_blueprint.route("/save", methods=['POST'])
-    @login_optionally_required
-    def save():
-        from changedetectionio import forms
-        from changedetectionio import content_fetchers as cf
-        from changedetectionio.model.browser_profile import BrowserProfile, RESERVED_MACHINE_NAMES
-
-        fetcher_choices = [(name, desc) for name, desc in cf.available_fetchers()]
-        browser_profile_form = forms.BrowserProfileForm(formdata=request.form)
-        browser_profile_form.fetch_backend.choices = fetcher_choices
-
-        if not browser_profile_form.validate():
-            flash(gettext("Browser profile error: {}").format(
-                '; '.join(str(e) for errs in browser_profile_form.errors.values() for e in errs)
-            ), 'error')
-            return redirect(url_for('settings.settings_browsers.index'))
-
-        name = browser_profile_form.name.data.strip()
-        machine_name = BrowserProfile.machine_name_from_str(name)
-
-        if machine_name in RESERVED_MACHINE_NAMES:
-            flash(gettext("Cannot use reserved profile name '{}'. Please choose a different name.").format(name), 'error')
-            return redirect(url_for('settings.settings_browsers.index'))
-
-        original_machine_name = request.form.get('original_machine_name', '').strip()
-        store_profiles = datastore.data['settings']['application'].setdefault('browser_profiles', {})
-
-        if machine_name != original_machine_name and machine_name in store_profiles:
-            flash(gettext("A browser profile named '{}' already exists.").format(name), 'error')
-            return redirect(url_for('settings.settings_browsers.index'))
-
-        profile_data = {
-            'name': name,
-            'fetch_backend': browser_profile_form.fetch_backend.data,
-            'browser_connection_url': browser_profile_form.browser_connection_url.data or None,
-            'viewport_width': browser_profile_form.viewport_width.data or 1280,
-            'viewport_height': browser_profile_form.viewport_height.data or 1000,
-            'block_images': bool(browser_profile_form.block_images.data),
-            'block_fonts': bool(browser_profile_form.block_fonts.data),
-            'ignore_https_errors': bool(browser_profile_form.ignore_https_errors.data),
-            'user_agent': browser_profile_form.user_agent.data or None,
-            'locale': browser_profile_form.locale.data or None,
-            'custom_headers': browser_profile_form.custom_headers.data or '',
-            'is_builtin': False,
-        }
-
-        try:
-            BrowserProfile(**profile_data)
-        except Exception as e:
-            flash(gettext("Browser profile validation error: {}").format(str(e)), 'error')
-            return redirect(url_for('settings.settings_browsers.index'))
-
-        # Handle rename: remove old key, cascade-update watches and tags
-        if original_machine_name and original_machine_name != machine_name and original_machine_name in store_profiles:
-            del store_profiles[original_machine_name]
-            for watch in datastore.data['watching'].values():
-                if watch.get('browser_profile') == original_machine_name:
-                    watch['browser_profile'] = machine_name
-            for tag in datastore.data.get('settings', {}).get('application', {}).get('tags', {}).values():
-                if tag.get('browser_profile') == original_machine_name:
-                    tag['browser_profile'] = machine_name
-
-        store_profiles[machine_name] = profile_data
-        datastore.commit()
-        flash(gettext("Browser profile '{}' saved.").format(name), 'notice')
-        return redirect(url_for('settings.settings_browsers.index'))
-
-    @settings_browser_profile_blueprint.route("/<string:machine_name>/delete", methods=['GET'])
-    @login_optionally_required
-    def delete(machine_name):
-        from changedetectionio.model.browser_profile import RESERVED_MACHINE_NAMES
-
-        if machine_name in RESERVED_MACHINE_NAMES:
-            flash(gettext("Built-in browser profiles cannot be deleted."), 'error')
-            return redirect(url_for('settings.settings_browsers.index'))
-
-        store_profiles = datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('browser_profiles', {})
-        if machine_name not in store_profiles:
-            flash(gettext("Browser profile not found."), 'error')
-            return redirect(url_for('settings.settings_browsers.index'))
-
-        raw = store_profiles[machine_name]
-        profile_name = raw.get('name', machine_name) if isinstance(raw, dict) else machine_name
-
-        for watch in datastore.data['watching'].values():
-            if watch.get('browser_profile') == machine_name:
-                watch['browser_profile'] = None
-
-        for tag in datastore.data.get('settings', {}).get('application', {}).get('tags', {}).values():
-            if tag.get('browser_profile') == machine_name:
-                tag['browser_profile'] = None
-
-        if datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('browser_profile') == machine_name:
-            datastore.data['settings']['application']['browser_profile'] = None
-
-        del store_profiles[machine_name]
-        datastore.commit()
-        flash(gettext("Browser profile '{}' deleted.").format(profile_name), 'notice')
-        return redirect(url_for('settings.settings_browsers.index'))
-
-    @settings_browser_profile_blueprint.route("/set-default", methods=['POST'])
-    @login_optionally_required
-    def set_default():
-        from changedetectionio import content_fetchers as cf
-
-        machine_name = request.form.get('machine_name', '').strip()
-        if not machine_name:
-            flash(gettext("No profile specified."), 'error')
-            return redirect(url_for('settings.settings_browsers.index'))
-
-        from changedetectionio.model.browser_profile import get_profile
-        store_profiles = datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('browser_profiles', {})
-        if get_profile(machine_name, store_profiles) is None:
-            flash(gettext("Unknown browser profile '{}'.").format(machine_name), 'error')
-            return redirect(url_for('settings.settings_browsers.index'))
-
-        datastore.data['settings']['application']['browser_profile'] = machine_name
-        datastore.commit()
-        flash(gettext("Default browser profile set to '{}'.").format(machine_name), 'notice')
-        return redirect(url_for('settings.settings_browsers.index'))
-
-    return settings_browser_profile_blueprint

changedetectionio/blueprint/settings/browser_profile/templates/browser_profiles.html

@@ -1,163 +0,0 @@
-{% extends 'base.html' %}
-{% block content %}
-{% from '_helpers.html' import render_field, render_checkbox_field, render_button %}
-
-<div class="edit-form">
-    <div class="box-wrap inner">
-        <h2>{{ _('Browser Profiles') }}</h2>
-        <p>{{ _('Create named profiles to configure browser settings — viewport size, connection URL, image/font blocking, and more. Each profile is based on an available browser type.') }}</p>
-
-        <form id="set-default-form" action="{{ url_for('settings.settings_browsers.set_default') }}" method="POST">
-            <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="{{ csrf_token() }}">
-            <input type="hidden" name="machine_name" id="default-machine-name" value="">
-        </form>
-        {% if browser_profiles %}
-        <table class="pure-table pure-table-striped" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:1.5em;">
-            <thead>
-                <tr>
-                    <th style="width:2.5em; text-align:center;" title="{{ _('System default') }}">{{ _('Default') }}</th>
-                    <th>{{ _('Name') }}</th>
-                    <th>{{ _('Type') }}</th>
-                    <th style="width:3em; text-align:center;"></th>
-                    <th>{{ _('Viewport') }}</th>
-                    <th>{{ _('Options') }}</th>
-                    <th></th>
-                </tr>
-            </thead>
-            <tbody>
-            {% for machine_name, profile in browser_profiles.items() %}
-                <tr>
-                    <td style="text-align:center;">
-                        <input type="radio"
-                               name="default_profile"
-                               value="{{ machine_name }}"
-                               title="{{ _('Set as system default') }}"
-                               {% if machine_name == current_default_profile %}checked{% endif %}
-                               onchange="setDefaultProfile('{{ machine_name }}')">
-                    </td>
-                    <td>{{ profile.name }}</td>
-                    <td><code>{{ profile.fetch_backend }}</code></td>
-                    <td style="text-align:center;">{{ profile.get_fetcher_class_name()|fetcher_status_icons }}</td>
-                    <td>{{ profile.viewport_width }}×{{ profile.viewport_height }}</td>
-                    <td style="font-size:0.8em; line-height:1.6;">
-                        {% if profile.block_images %}{{ _('No images') }}<br>{% endif %}
-                        {% if profile.block_fonts %}{{ _('No fonts') }}<br>{% endif %}
-                        {% if profile.ignore_https_errors %}{{ _('Ignore TLS') }}<br>{% endif %}
-                        {% if profile.browser_connection_url %}<span title="{{ profile.browser_connection_url }}">{{ _('Custom URL') }}</span>{% endif %}
-                    </td>
-                    <td style="white-space:nowrap;">
-                        {% if not profile.is_builtin %}
-                        <a href="{{ url_for('settings.settings_browsers.edit', machine_name=machine_name) }}"
-                           class="pure-button button-small">{{ _('Edit') }}</a>
-                        <a href="{{ url_for('settings.settings_browsers.delete', machine_name=machine_name) }}"
-                           class="pure-button button-small button-error"
-                           onclick="return confirm('{{ _('Delete this browser profile?') }}')">{{ _('Delete') }}</a>
-                        {% endif %}
-                    </td>
-                </tr>
-            {% endfor %}
-            </tbody>
-        </table>
-        {% else %}
-        <p style="color:#888; font-style:italic;">{{ _('No browser profiles configured yet. Add one below.') }}</p>
-        {% endif %}
-
-        <div class="border-fieldset">
-            <h3 id="profile-form-heading">{{ _('Edit browser profile') if editing_machine_name else _('Add new browser profile') }}</h3>
-            {% if not editing_machine_name %}
-            <p style="font-size:0.9em; color:#666;">{{ _('Choose a browser type, give it a name, and configure its settings. You can create multiple profiles from the same type with different connection URLs or options.') }}</p>
-            {% endif %}
-            <form class="pure-form pure-form-stacked"
-                  id="browser-profile-form"
-                  action="{{ url_for('settings.settings_browsers.save') }}"
-                  method="POST">
-                <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="{{ csrf_token() }}">
-                <input type="hidden" name="original_machine_name" id="original_machine_name" value="{{ editing_machine_name or '' }}">
-                <fieldset>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group">
-                        {{ render_field(browser_profile_form.name) }}
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group inline-radio">
-                        {{ render_field(browser_profile_form.fetch_backend, id="profile-fetch-backend") }}
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group browser-only-field cdp-only-field">
-                        {{ render_field(browser_profile_form.browser_connection_url) }}
-                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">{{ _('Optional — override the system CDP/WebSocket URL for this profile only (e.g.') }} <code>ws://my-chrome:3000</code>).</span>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group browser-only-field" style="display:flex; gap:1em; flex-wrap:wrap;">
-                        <div>{{ render_field(browser_profile_form.viewport_width) }}</div>
-                        <div>{{ render_field(browser_profile_form.viewport_height) }}</div>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group browser-only-field">
-                        {{ render_checkbox_field(browser_profile_form.block_images) }}
-                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">{{ _('Block image downloads — speeds up loads on image-heavy pages.') }}</span>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group browser-only-field">
-                        {{ render_checkbox_field(browser_profile_form.block_fonts) }}
-                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">{{ _('Block web font downloads.') }}</span>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group browser-only-field">
-                        {{ render_checkbox_field(browser_profile_form.ignore_https_errors) }}
-                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">{{ _('Ignore TLS/HTTPS certificate errors (useful for self-signed certs on staging sites).') }}</span>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group browser-only-field">
-                        {{ render_field(browser_profile_form.user_agent) }}
-                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">{{ _("Leave blank to use the fetcher's default User-Agent.") }}</span>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group browser-only-field">
-                        {{ render_field(browser_profile_form.locale) }}
-                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">{{ _('Sets Accept-Language and navigator.language (e.g. en-US, de-DE).') }}</span>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group">
-                        {{ render_field(browser_profile_form.custom_headers) }}
-                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">{{ _('Extra HTTP headers for all requests using this profile (one per line, Key: Value). Applied before per-watch headers.') }}</span>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group">
-                        <button type="submit" class="pure-button pure-button-primary" id="profile-submit-btn">{{ _('Save profile') }}</button>
-                        {% if editing_machine_name %}
-                        <a href="{{ url_for('settings.settings_browsers.index') }}" class="pure-button button-cancel">{{ _('Cancel') }}</a>
-                        {% endif %}
-                        <a href="{{ url_for('settings.settings_page') }}" class="pure-button button-cancel">{{ _('Back to Settings') }}</a>
-                    </div>
-                </fieldset>
-            </form>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-</div>
-
-<script>
-function setDefaultProfile(machineName) {
-    document.getElementById('default-machine-name').value = machineName;
-    document.getElementById('set-default-form').submit();
-}
-
-const fetcherSupportsBrowser = {{ fetcher_supports_screenshots | tojson }};
-const fetcherRequiresConnectionUrl = {{ fetcher_requires_connection_url | tojson }};
-
-function updateBrowserFieldVisibility() {
-    const fetchBackend = document.getElementById('profile-fetch-backend').value;
-    const isBrowser = !!fetcherSupportsBrowser[fetchBackend];
-    const isCdp = !!fetcherRequiresConnectionUrl[fetchBackend];
-    document.querySelectorAll('.browser-only-field').forEach(function(el) {
-        el.style.display = isBrowser ? '' : 'none';
-    });
-    document.querySelectorAll('.cdp-only-field').forEach(function(el) {
-        el.style.display = isCdp ? '' : 'none';
-    });
-}
-
-document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
-    const sel = document.getElementById('profile-fetch-backend');
-    if (sel) {
-        sel.addEventListener('change', updateBrowserFieldVisibility);
-        updateBrowserFieldVisibility();
-    }
-});
-
-{% if editing_machine_name %}
-document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
-    document.getElementById('browser-profile-form').scrollIntoView({behavior: 'smooth'});
-});
-{% endif %}
-</script>
-{% endblock %}

changedetectionio/blueprint/settings/templates/settings.html

@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
             <li class="tab"><a href="{{ url_for('backups.create') }}">{{ _('Backups') }}</a></li>
             <li class="tab"><a href="#timedate">{{ _('Time & Date') }}</a></li>
             <li class="tab"><a href="#proxies">{{ _('CAPTCHA & Proxies') }}</a></li>
-            <li class="tab"><a href="{{ url_for('settings.settings_browsers.index') }}">{{ _('Browsers') }}</a></li>
             {% if plugin_tabs %}
                 {% for tab in plugin_tabs %}
             <li class="tab"><a href="#plugin-{{ tab.plugin_id }}">{{ tab.tab_label }}</a></li>
@@ -116,7 +115,14 @@
             </div>
 
             <div class="tab-pane-inner" id="fetching">
-                <fieldset class="pure-group" id="webdriver-override-options">
+                <div class="pure-control-group inline-radio">
+                    {{ render_field(form.application.form.fetch_backend, class="fetch-backend") }}
+                    <span class="pure-form-message-inline">
+                        <p>{{ _('Use the') }} <strong>{{ _('Basic') }}</strong> {{ _('method (default) where your watched sites don\'t need Javascript to render.') }}</p>
+                        <p>{{ _('The') }} <strong>{{ _('Chrome/Javascript') }}</strong> {{ _('method requires a network connection to a running WebDriver+Chrome server, set by the ENV var') }} 'WEBDRIVER_URL'. </p>
+                    </span>
+                </div>
+                <fieldset class="pure-group" id="webdriver-override-options" data-visible-for="application-fetch_backend=html_webdriver">
                     <div class="pure-form-message-inline">
                         <strong>{{ _('If you\'re having trouble waiting for the page to be fully rendered (text missing etc), try increasing the \'wait\' time here.') }}</strong>
                         <br>
@@ -140,9 +146,17 @@
                     {{ render_field(form.requests.form.timeout) }}
                     <span class="pure-form-message-inline">{{ _('For regular plain requests (not chrome based), maximum number of seconds until timeout, 1-999.') }}</span><br>
                 </div>
+                <div class="pure-control-group inline-radio">
+                    {{ render_field(form.requests.form.default_ua) }}
+                    <span class="pure-form-message-inline">
+                        {{ _('Applied to all requests.') }}<br><br>
+                        {{ _('Note: Simply changing the User-Agent often does not defeat anti-robot technologies, it\'s important to consider') }} <a href="https://changedetection.io/tutorial/what-are-main-types-anti-robot-mechanisms">{{ _('all of the ways that the browser is detected') }}</a>.
+                    </span>
+                </div>
                 <div class="pure-control-group">
-                <br>
+                                        <br>
-                    {{ _('Tip:') }} <a href="{{ url_for('settings.settings_page')}}#proxies">{{ _('Connect using Bright Data proxies, find out more here.') }}</a>
+                    {{ _('Tip:') }} <a href="https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/wiki/Proxy-configuration#brightdata-proxy-support">{{ _('Connect using Bright Data and Oxylabs Proxies, find out more here.') }}</a>
+
                 </div>
             </div>
 
@@ -338,7 +352,7 @@ nav
                     </div>
                 </div>
 
-                <p><strong>{{ _('Tip') }}</strong>: {{ _('"Residential" and "Mobile" proxy type can be more successful than "Data Center" for blocked websites.') }}</p>
+                <p><strong>{{ _('Tip') }}</strong>: {{ _('"Residential" and "Mobile" proxy type can be more successfull than "Data Center" for blocked websites.') }}</p>
 
                 <div class="pure-control-group" id="extra-proxies-setting">
                 {{ render_fieldlist_with_inline_errors(form.requests.form.extra_proxies) }}

changedetectionio/blueprint/tags/__init__.py

@@ -22,14 +22,11 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore):
 
         tag_count = Counter(tag for watch in datastore.data['watching'].values() if watch.get('tags') for tag in watch['tags'])
 
-        from changedetectionio import processors
         output = render_template("groups-overview.html",
                                  app_rss_token=datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('rss_access_token'),
                                  available_tags=sorted_tags,
                                  form=add_form,
-                                 generate_tag_colors=processors.generate_processor_badge_colors,
                                  tag_count=tag_count,
-                                 wcag_text_color=processors.wcag_text_color,
                                  )
 
         return output
@@ -211,17 +208,9 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore):
             template = env.from_string(template_str)
             included_content = template.render(**template_args)
 
-        # Watches whose URL currently matches this tag's pattern
-        matching_watches = {
-            w_uuid: watch
-            for w_uuid, watch in datastore.data['watching'].items()
-            if default.matches_url(watch.get('url', ''))
-        }
-
         output = render_template("edit-tag.html",
                                  extra_form_content=included_content,
                                  extra_tab_content=form.extra_tab_content() if form.extra_tab_content() else None,
-                                 matching_watches=matching_watches,
                                  settings_application=datastore.data['settings']['application'],
                                  **template_args
                                  )

changedetectionio/blueprint/tags/form.py

@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ from changedetectionio.processors.restock_diff.forms import processor_settings_f
 
 class group_restock_settings_form(restock_settings_form):
     overrides_watch = BooleanField('Activate for individual watches in this tag/group?', default=False)
-    url_match_pattern = StringField('Auto-apply to watches with URLs matching',
-                                    render_kw={"placeholder": "e.g. *://example.com/* or github.com/myorg"})
-    tag_colour = StringField('Tag colour', default='')
 
 class SingleTag(Form):
 
     name = StringField('Tag name', [validators.InputRequired()], render_kw={"placeholder": "Name"})
     save_button = SubmitField('Save', render_kw={"class": "pure-button pure-button-primary"})
+
+
+
+

changedetectionio/blueprint/tags/templates/edit-tag.html

@@ -43,46 +43,6 @@
                     <div class="pure-control-group">
                         {{ render_field(form.title, placeholder="https://...", required=true, class="m-d") }}
                     </div>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group">
-                        {{ render_field(form.url_match_pattern, class="m-d") }}
-                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">{{ _('Automatically applies this tag to any watch whose URL matches. Supports wildcards: <code>*example.com*</code> or plain substring: <code>github.com/myorg</code>')|safe }}</span>
-                    </div>
-                    {% if matching_watches %}
-                    <div class="pure-control-group">
-                        <label>{{ _('Currently matching watches') }} ({{ matching_watches|length }})</label>
-                        <ul class="tag-url-match-list">
-                            {% for w_uuid, w in matching_watches.items() %}
-                            <li><a href="{{ url_for('ui.ui_edit.edit_page', uuid=w_uuid) }}">{{ w.label }}</a></li>
-                            {% endfor %}
-                        </ul>
-                    </div>
-                    {% endif %}
-                    <div class="pure-control-group">
-                        <label>{{ _('Tag colour') }}</label>
-                        <div style="display:flex; align-items:center; gap:0.75em;">
-                            <input type="checkbox" id="use_custom_colour"
-                                   {% if data.get('tag_colour') %}checked{% endif %}>
-                            <label for="use_custom_colour" style="margin:0">{{ _('Custom colour') }}</label>
-                            <input type="color" id="tag_colour_picker"
-                                   value="{{ data.get('tag_colour') or '#4f8ef7' }}"
-                                   {% if not data.get('tag_colour') %}disabled{% endif %}>
-                            <input type="hidden" name="tag_colour" id="tag_colour_hidden"
-                                   value="{{ data.get('tag_colour', '') }}">
-                        </div>
-                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">{{ _('Leave unchecked to use the auto-generated colour based on the tag name.') }}</span>
-                    </div>
-                    <script>
-                    (function () {
-                        var cb = document.getElementById('use_custom_colour');
-                        var picker = document.getElementById('tag_colour_picker');
-                        var hidden = document.getElementById('tag_colour_hidden');
-                        picker.addEventListener('input', function () { hidden.value = this.value; });
-                        cb.addEventListener('change', function () {
-                            picker.disabled = !this.checked;
-                            hidden.value = this.checked ? picker.value : '';
-                        });
-                    })();
-                    </script>
                 </fieldset>
             </div>
 

changedetectionio/blueprint/tags/templates/groups-overview.html

@@ -3,26 +3,6 @@
 {% from '_helpers.html' import render_simple_field, render_field %}
 <script src="{{url_for('static_content', group='js', filename='jquery-3.6.0.min.js')}}"></script>
 <script src="{{url_for('static_content', group='js', filename='modal.js')}}"></script>
-<style>
-{%- for uuid, tag in available_tags -%}
-{%- if tag and tag.title -%}
-{%- set class_name = tag.title|sanitize_tag_class -%}
-{%- if tag.get('tag_colour') -%}
-.watch-tag-list.tag-{{ class_name }} { background-color: {{ tag.tag_colour }}; color: {{ wcag_text_color(tag.tag_colour) }}; }
-{%- else -%}
-{%- set colors = generate_tag_colors(tag.title) -%}
-.watch-tag-list.tag-{{ class_name }} {
-  background-color: {{ colors['light']['bg'] }};
-  color: {{ colors['light']['color'] }};
-}
-html[data-darkmode="true"] .watch-tag-list.tag-{{ class_name }} {
-  background-color: {{ colors['dark']['bg'] }};
-  color: {{ colors['dark']['color'] }};
-}
-{%- endif -%}
-{%- endif -%}
-{%- endfor -%}
-</style>
 
 <div class="box">
     <form class="pure-form" action="{{ url_for('tags.form_tag_add') }}" method="POST" id="new-watch-form">
@@ -68,7 +48,7 @@ html[data-darkmode="true"] .watch-tag-list.tag-{{ class_name }} {
                     <a class="link-mute state-{{'on' if tag.notification_muted else 'off'}}" href="{{url_for('tags.mute', uuid=tag.uuid)}}"><img src="{{url_for('static_content', group='images', filename='bell-off.svg')}}" alt="Mute notifications" title="Mute notifications" class="icon icon-mute" ></a>
                 </td>
                 <td>{{ "{:,}".format(tag_count[uuid]) if uuid in tag_count else 0 }}</td>
-                <td class="title-col inline"> <a href="{{url_for('watchlist.index', tag=uuid) }}" class="watch-tag-list tag-{{ tag.title|sanitize_tag_class }}">{{ tag.title }}</a></td>
+                <td class="title-col inline"> <a href="{{url_for('watchlist.index', tag=uuid) }}">{{ tag.title }}</a></td>
                 <td>
                     <a class="pure-button pure-button-primary" href="{{ url_for('tags.form_tag_edit', uuid=uuid) }}">{{ _('Edit') }}</a>
                     <a href="{{ url_for('ui.form_watch_checknow', tag=uuid) }}" class="pure-button pure-button-primary" >{{ _('Recheck') }}</a>

changedetectionio/blueprint/ui/edit.py

@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore, update_q, queuedWatchMe
                 default['proxy'] = ''
         # proxy_override set to the json/text list of the items
 
-        # browser_profile: None means "use system default" — map to 'system' so the radio pre-selects correctly
-        if not default.get('browser_profile'):
-            default['browser_profile'] = 'system'
-
         # Does it use some custom form? does one exist?
         processor_name = datastore.data['watching'][uuid].get('processor', '')
         processor_classes = next((tpl for tpl in processors.find_processors() if tpl[1] == processor_name), None)
@@ -143,37 +139,10 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore, update_q, queuedWatchMe
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.warning(f"Failed to load processor config: {e}")
 
-        from changedetectionio.model.browser_profile import BrowserProfile
+        for p in datastore.extra_browsers:
-        from changedetectionio import content_fetchers as cf
+            form.fetch_backend.choices.append(p)
-        store_profiles = datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('browser_profiles', {})
 
-        # Resolve the name of the system-level default profile for the label
+        form.fetch_backend.choices.append(("system", 'System settings default'))
-        from changedetectionio.model.browser_profile import get_profile
-        _system_default_machine_name = datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('browser_profile') or 'direct_http_requests'
-        _all_store_profiles = datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('browser_profiles', {})
-        _default_profile = get_profile(_system_default_machine_name, _all_store_profiles)
-        if _default_profile:
-            _system_label = gettext('System settings default') + ' \u2013 ' + _default_profile.name
-        else:
-            _system_label = gettext('System settings default')
-
-        # Choices: system default + always-present defaults (requests) + user-created profiles
-        form.browser_profile.choices = [('system', _system_label)] + [
-            (p.get_machine_name(), p.name)
-            for p in cf.DEFAULT_BROWSER_PROFILES.values()
-        ] + [
-            (machine_name, raw.get('name', machine_name) if isinstance(raw, dict) else getattr(raw, 'name', machine_name))
-            for machine_name, raw in store_profiles.items()
-        ]
-
-        # Build a map of machine_name → fetcher class name for the JS visibility system
-        all_profiles = dict(cf.DEFAULT_BROWSER_PROFILES)
-        for machine_name, raw in store_profiles.items():
-            try:
-                all_profiles[machine_name] = BrowserProfile(**raw) if isinstance(raw, dict) else raw
-            except Exception:
-                pass
-        browser_profile_fetchers = {mn: p.get_fetcher_class_name() for mn, p in all_profiles.items()}
 
         # form.browser_steps[0] can be assumed that we 'goto url' first
 
@@ -241,7 +210,7 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore, update_q, queuedWatchMe
 
             # Recast it if need be to right data Watch handler
             watch_class = processors.get_custom_watch_obj_for_processor(form.data.get('processor'))
-            datastore.data['watching'][uuid] = watch_class(datastore_path=datastore.datastore_path, __datastore=datastore, default=datastore.data['watching'][uuid])
+            datastore.data['watching'][uuid] = watch_class(datastore_path=datastore.datastore_path, __datastore=datastore.data, default=datastore.data['watching'][uuid])
 
             # Save the watch immediately
             datastore.data['watching'][uuid].commit()
@@ -327,7 +296,6 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore, update_q, queuedWatchMe
             template_args = {
                 'available_processors': processors.available_processors(),
                 'available_timezones': sorted(available_timezones()),
-                'browser_profile_fetchers': browser_profile_fetchers,
                 'browser_steps_config': browser_step_ui_config,
                 'emailprefix': os.getenv('NOTIFICATION_MAIL_BUTTON_PREFIX', False),
                 'extra_classes': ' '.join(c),
@@ -352,12 +320,7 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore, update_q, queuedWatchMe
                 'using_global_webdriver_wait': not default['webdriver_delay'],
                 'uuid': uuid,
                 'watch': watch,
-                'capabilities': capabilities,
+                'capabilities': capabilities
-                'auto_applied_tags': {
-                    tag_uuid: tag
-                    for tag_uuid, tag in datastore.data['settings']['application']['tags'].items()
-                    if tag_uuid not in watch.get('tags', []) and tag.matches_url(watch.get('url', ''))
-                },
             }
 
             included_content = None

changedetectionio/blueprint/ui/preview.py

@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ from changedetectionio import html_tools
 def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore):
     preview_blueprint = Blueprint('ui_preview', __name__, template_folder="../ui/templates")
 
-
+    @preview_blueprint.route("/preview/<uuid_str:uuid>", methods=['GET'])
-    @preview_blueprint.route("/preview/<uuid_str:uuid>", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
     @login_optionally_required
     def preview_page(uuid):
         """
@@ -60,8 +59,12 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore):
         versions = []
         timestamp = None
 
+        system_uses_webdriver = datastore.data['settings']['application']['fetch_backend'] == 'html_webdriver'
         extra_stylesheets = [url_for('static_content', group='styles', filename='diff.css')]
-        fetcher_supports_screenshots = watch.fetcher_supports_screenshots
+
+        is_html_webdriver = False
+        if (watch.get('fetch_backend') == 'system' and system_uses_webdriver) or watch.get('fetch_backend') == 'html_webdriver' or watch.get('fetch_backend', '').startswith('extra_browser_'):
+            is_html_webdriver = True
 
         triggered_line_numbers = []
         ignored_line_numbers = []
@@ -71,9 +74,7 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore):
             flash(gettext("Preview unavailable - No fetch/check completed or triggers not reached"), "error")
         else:
             # So prepare the latest preview or not
-            preferred_version = request.values.get('version') if request.method == 'POST' else request.args.get('version')
+            preferred_version = request.args.get('version')
-
-
             versions = list(watch.history.keys())
             timestamp = versions[-1]
             if preferred_version and preferred_version in versions:
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore):
                                  highlight_triggered_line_numbers=triggered_line_numbers,
                                  highlight_blocked_line_numbers=blocked_line_numbers,
                                  history_n=watch.history_n,
-                                 fetcher_supports_screenshots=fetcher_supports_screenshots,
+                                 is_html_webdriver=is_html_webdriver,
                                  last_error=watch['last_error'],
                                  last_error_screenshot=watch.get_error_snapshot(),
                                  last_error_text=watch.get_error_text(),

changedetectionio/blueprint/ui/templates/diff.html

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
          <div class="tip">
              {{ _('For now, Differences are performed on text, not graphically, only the latest screenshot is available.') }}
          </div>
-         {% if fetcher_supports_screenshots %}
+         {% if is_html_webdriver %}
            {% if screenshot %}
             <div class="snapshot-age">{{watch_a.snapshot_screenshot_ctime|format_timestamp_timeago}}</div>
             <img style="max-width: 80%" id="screenshot-img" alt="{{ _('Current screenshot from most recent request') }}" >

changedetectionio/blueprint/ui/templates/edit.html

@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
     const proxy_recheck_status_url="{{url_for('check_proxies.get_recheck_status', uuid=uuid)}}";
     const screenshot_url="{{url_for('static_content', group='screenshot', filename=uuid)}}";
     const watch_visual_selector_data_url="{{url_for('static_content', group='visual_selector_data', filename=uuid)}}";
-    const default_system_fetch_backend = {{ (browser_profile_fetchers.get(settings_application.get('browser_profile') or 'direct_http_requests', 'requests')) | tojson }};
+    const default_system_fetch_backend="{{ settings_application['fetch_backend'] }}";
-    const browserProfileFetcherMap = {{ browser_profile_fetchers | tojson }};
 </script>
 <script src="{{url_for('static_content', group='js', filename='plugins.js')}}" defer></script>
 <script src="{{url_for('static_content', group='js', filename='watch-settings.js')}}" defer></script>
@@ -82,14 +81,6 @@
                     <div class="pure-control-group">
                         {{ render_field(form.tags) }}
                         <span class="pure-form-message-inline">{{ _('Organisational tag/group name used in the main listing page') }}</span>
-                        {% if auto_applied_tags %}
-                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">
-                            {{ _('Also automatically applied by URL pattern:') }}
-                            {% for tag_uuid, tag in auto_applied_tags.items() %}
-                            <a href="{{ url_for('tags.form_tag_edit', uuid=tag_uuid) }}" class="watch-tag-list tag-{{ tag.title|sanitize_tag_class }}">{{ tag.title }}</a>
-                            {% endfor %}
-                        </span>
-                        {% endif %}
                     </div>
                     <div class="pure-control-group inline-radio">
                         {{ render_field(form.processor) }}
@@ -140,19 +131,11 @@
             {% if capabilities.supports_request_type %}
             <div class="tab-pane-inner" id="request">
                     <div class="pure-control-group inline-radio">
-                        <div><label for="browser_profile">{{ form.browser_profile.label.text }}</label></div>
+                        {{ render_field(form.fetch_backend, class="fetch-backend") }}
-                        <div><ul class="fetch-backend" id="browser_profile">
-                        {%- for subfield in form.browser_profile %}
-                            <li>
-                                {{ subfield() }}
-                                {{ browser_profile_fetchers.get(subfield.data, '')|fetcher_status_icons }}
-                                <label for="{{ subfield.id }}">{{ subfield.label.text }}</label>
-                            </li>
-                        {%- endfor %}
-                        </ul></div>
                         <span class="pure-form-message-inline">
-                            <p>{{ _('Choose how this watch fetches its target URL. \'System settings default\' inherits the global setting.') }}</p>
+                            <p>{{ _('Use the') }} <strong>{{ _('Basic') }}</strong> {{ _('method (default) where your watched site doesn\'t need Javascript to render.') }}</p>
-                            <p>{{ _('Manage browser profiles in') }} <a href="{{ url_for('settings.settings_browsers.index') }}">{{ _('Settings → Browsers') }}</a>.</p>
+                            <p>{{ _('The') }} <strong>{{ _('Chrome/Javascript') }}</strong> {{ _('method requires a network connection to a running WebDriver+Chrome server, set by the ENV var \'WEBDRIVER_URL\'.') }} </p>
+                            {{ _('Tip:') }} <a href="https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/wiki/Proxy-configuration#brightdata-proxy-support">{{ _('Connect using Bright Data and Oxylabs Proxies, find out more here.') }}</a>
                         </span>
                     </div>
                 {% if form.proxy %}
@@ -166,7 +149,7 @@
                 {% endif %}
 
                 <!-- webdriver always -->
-                <fieldset data-visible-for="fetch_backend=playwright fetch_backend=selenium fetch_backend=puppeteer fetch_backend=cloakbrowser"  style="display: none;">
+                <fieldset data-visible-for="fetch_backend=html_webdriver"  style="display: none;">
                     <div class="pure-control-group">
                         {{ render_field(form.webdriver_delay) }}
                         <div class="pure-form-message-inline">
@@ -189,8 +172,8 @@
                         </div>
                     </div>
                 </fieldset>
-                <!-- requests always -->
+                <!-- html requests always -->
-                <fieldset data-visible-for="fetch_backend=requests">
+                <fieldset data-visible-for="fetch_backend=html_requests">
                     <div class="pure-control-group">
                         <a class="pure-button button-secondary button-xsmall show-advanced">{{ _('Show advanced options') }}</a>
                     </div>
@@ -227,7 +210,7 @@ Math: {{ 1 + 1 }}") }}
                             ({{ _('Not supported by Selenium browser') }})
                         </div>
                     </div>
-            <fieldset data-visible-for="fetch_backend=requests fetch_backend=playwright fetch_backend=selenium fetch_backend=puppeteer fetch_backend=cloakbrowser" >
+            <fieldset data-visible-for="fetch_backend=html_requests fetch_backend=html_webdriver" >
                     <div class="pure-control-group inline-radio advanced-options"  style="display: none;">
                     {{ render_checkbox_field(form.ignore_status_codes) }}
                     </div>

changedetectionio/blueprint/ui/templates/preview.html

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <script src="{{ url_for('static_content', group='js', filename='tabs.js') }}" defer></script>
     {% if versions|length >= 2 %}
         <div id="diff-form" style="text-align: center;">
-            <form class="pure-form "  action="{{url_for('ui.ui_preview.preview_page', uuid=uuid)}}" method="POST">
+            <form class="pure-form " action="" method="POST">
                 <fieldset>
                     <label for="preview-version">{{ _('Select timestamp') }}</label> <select id="preview-version"
                                                                                  name="from_version"
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
                         </option>
                     {% endfor %}
                 </select>
-                    <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="{{ csrf_token() }}">
                     <button type="submit" class="pure-button pure-button-primary">{{ _('Go') }}</button>
 
                 </fieldset>

changedetectionio/blueprint/watchlist/__init__.py

@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore, update_q, queuedWatchMe
             extra_classes='has-queue' if not update_q.empty() else '',
             form=form,
             generate_tag_colors=processors.generate_processor_badge_colors,
-            wcag_text_color=processors.wcag_text_color,
             guid=datastore.data['app_guid'],
             has_proxies=proxy_list,
             hosted_sticky=os.getenv("SALTED_PASS", False) == False,
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ def construct_blueprint(datastore: ChangeDetectionStore, update_q, queuedWatchMe
             search_q=request.args.get('q', '').strip(),
             sort_attribute=request.args.get('sort') if request.args.get('sort') else request.cookies.get('sort'),
             sort_order=request.args.get('order') if request.args.get('order') else request.cookies.get('order'),
-            system_default_fetcher=datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('browser_profile'),
+            system_default_fetcher=datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('fetch_backend'),
             tags=sorted_tags,
             unread_changes_count=datastore.unread_changes_count,
             watches=sorted_watches

changedetectionio/blueprint/watchlist/templates/watch-overview.html

@@ -71,13 +71,6 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
 {%- for uuid, tag in tags -%}
 {%- if tag and tag.title -%}
 {%- set class_name = tag.title|sanitize_tag_class -%}
-{%- if tag.get('tag_colour') -%}
-.button-tag.tag-{{ class_name }},
-.watch-tag-list.tag-{{ class_name }} {
-  background-color: {{ tag.tag_colour }};
-  color: {{ wcag_text_color(tag.tag_colour) }};
-}
-{%- else -%}
 {%- set colors = generate_tag_colors(tag.title) -%}
 .button-tag.tag-{{ class_name }} {
   background-color: {{ colors['light']['bg'] }};
@@ -99,7 +92,6 @@ html[data-darkmode="true"] .watch-tag-list.tag-{{ class_name }} {
   color: {{ colors['dark']['color'] }};
 }
 {%- endif -%}
-{%- endif -%}
 {%- endfor -%}
 </style>
 <div class="box" id="form-quick-watch-add">
@@ -293,7 +285,10 @@ html[data-darkmode="true"] .watch-tag-list.tag-{{ class_name }} {
                         </div>
                     <div class="status-icons">
                             <a class="link-spread" href="{{url_for('ui.form_share_put_watch', uuid=watch.uuid)}}"><img src="{{url_for('static_content', group='images', filename='spread.svg')}}" class="status-icon icon icon-spread" title="Create a link to share watch config with others" ></a>
-                            {{ watch.effective_browser_profile.get_fetcher_class_name()|fetcher_status_icons }}
+                            {%- set effective_fetcher = watch.get_fetch_backend if watch.get_fetch_backend != "system" else system_default_fetcher -%}
+                            {%- if effective_fetcher and ("html_webdriver" in effective_fetcher or "html_" in effective_fetcher or "extra_browser_" in effective_fetcher) -%}
+                                {{ effective_fetcher|fetcher_status_icons }}
+                            {%- endif -%}
                             {%- if watch.is_pdf  -%}<img class="status-icon" src="{{url_for('static_content', group='images', filename='pdf-icon.svg')}}" alt="Converting PDF to text" >{%- endif -%}
                             {%- if watch.has_browser_steps -%}<img class="status-icon status-browsersteps" src="{{url_for('static_content', group='images', filename='steps.svg')}}" alt="Browser Steps is enabled" >{%- endif -%}
 

changedetectionio/content_fetchers/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import sys
+from changedetectionio.strtobool import strtobool
 from loguru import logger
 from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.exceptions import BrowserStepsStepException
 import os
@@ -24,71 +25,87 @@ SCREENSHOT_MAX_TOTAL_HEIGHT = int(os.getenv("SCREENSHOT_MAX_HEIGHT", SCREENSHOT_
 # Most modern GPUs support 16384x16384 textures, so 1280x10000 is safe
 SCREENSHOT_SIZE_STITCH_THRESHOLD = int(os.getenv("SCREENSHOT_CHUNK_HEIGHT", 10000))
 
+# available_fetchers() will scan this implementation looking for anything starting with html_
+# this information is used in the form selections
+from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.requests import fetcher as html_requests
+
+
 import importlib.resources
 XPATH_ELEMENT_JS = importlib.resources.files("changedetectionio.content_fetchers.res").joinpath('xpath_element_scraper.js').read_text(encoding='utf-8')
 INSTOCK_DATA_JS = importlib.resources.files("changedetectionio.content_fetchers.res").joinpath('stock-not-in-stock.js').read_text(encoding='utf-8')
 FAVICON_FETCHER_JS = importlib.resources.files("changedetectionio.content_fetchers.res").joinpath('favicon-fetcher.js').read_text(encoding='utf-8')
 
 
-# Registry: clean fetcher name → fetcher class (e.g. 'requests', 'playwright', 'cloakbrowser')
-FETCHERS: dict = {}
-
-
-def register_fetcher(name: str, cls) -> None:
-    """Register a fetcher class under its clean name (no html_ prefix)."""
-    FETCHERS[name] = cls
-
-
-def get_fetcher(name: str):
-    """Return the fetcher class for a clean name, or None."""
-    return FETCHERS.get(name)
-
-
 def available_fetchers():
-    """Return list of (name, description) for all registered fetchers."""
+    # See the if statement at the bottom of this file for how we switch between playwright and webdriver
-    return [(name, cls.fetcher_description) for name, cls in FETCHERS.items()
+    import inspect
-            if hasattr(cls, 'fetcher_description')]
+    p = []
+
+    # Get built-in fetchers (but skip plugin fetchers that were added via setattr)
+    for name, obj in inspect.getmembers(sys.modules[__name__], inspect.isclass):
+        if inspect.isclass(obj):
+            # @todo html_ is maybe better as fetcher_ or something
+            # In this case, make sure to edit the default one in store.py and fetch_site_status.py
+            if name.startswith('html_'):
+                # Skip plugin fetchers that were already registered
+                if name not in _plugin_fetchers:
+                    t = tuple([name, obj.fetcher_description])
+                    p.append(t)
+
+    # Get plugin fetchers from cache (already loaded at module init)
+    for name, fetcher_class in _plugin_fetchers.items():
+        if hasattr(fetcher_class, 'fetcher_description'):
+            t = tuple([name, fetcher_class.fetcher_description])
+            p.append(t)
+        else:
+            logger.warning(f"Plugin fetcher '{name}' does not have fetcher_description attribute")
+
+    return p
 
 
-def available_browser_fetchers():
+def get_plugin_fetchers():
-    """Return list of (name, description) for fetchers that support screenshots (browser-type fetchers)."""
+    """Load and return all plugin fetchers from the centralized plugin manager."""
-    return [(name, cls.fetcher_description) for name, cls in FETCHERS.items()
+    from changedetectionio.pluggy_interface import plugin_manager
-            if cls.supports_screenshots]
 
-
+    fetchers = {}
-def _load_fetchers():
-    """Load all fetchers (built-ins + plugins) into the FETCHERS registry."""
-    from changedetectionio.pluggy_interface import plugin_manager, register_builtin_fetchers
-
-    # Built-ins must be registered first
-    register_builtin_fetchers()
-
-    # Then external plugins
     try:
+        # Call the register_content_fetcher hook from all registered plugins
         results = plugin_manager.hook.register_content_fetcher()
         for result in results:
             if result:
                 name, fetcher_class = result
-                register_fetcher(name, fetcher_class)
+                fetchers[name] = fetcher_class
-                logger.info(f"Registered fetcher: {name} - {getattr(fetcher_class, 'fetcher_description', '?')}")
+                # Register in current module so hasattr() checks work
+                setattr(sys.modules[__name__], name, fetcher_class)
+                logger.info(f"Registered plugin fetcher: {name} - {getattr(fetcher_class, 'fetcher_description', 'No description')}")
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(f"Error loading plugin fetchers: {e}")
 
+    return fetchers
 
 
-# Default browser profiles always shown in the browser profiles table (keyed by machine name)
+# Initialize plugins at module load time
-DEFAULT_BROWSER_PROFILES: dict = {}
+_plugin_fetchers = get_plugin_fetchers()
 
 
-def _register_default_browser_profiles():
+# Decide which is the 'real' HTML webdriver, this is more a system wide config
-    """Register browser profiles that are always present in the profiles table."""
+# rather than site-specific.
-    from changedetectionio.model.browser_profile import BUILTIN_REQUESTS
+use_playwright_as_chrome_fetcher = os.getenv('PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL', False)
-    DEFAULT_BROWSER_PROFILES[BUILTIN_REQUESTS.get_machine_name()] = BUILTIN_REQUESTS
+if use_playwright_as_chrome_fetcher:
+    # @note - For now, browser steps always uses playwright
+    if not strtobool(os.getenv('FAST_PUPPETEER_CHROME_FETCHER', 'False')):
+        logger.debug('Using Playwright library as fetcher')
+        from .playwright import fetcher as html_webdriver
+    else:
+        logger.debug('Using direct Python Puppeteer library as fetcher')
+        from .puppeteer import fetcher as html_webdriver
+
+else:
+    logger.debug("Falling back to selenium as fetcher")
+    from .webdriver_selenium import fetcher as html_webdriver
 
 
-# Populate the registry at module load time
+# Register built-in fetchers as plugins after all imports are complete
-_load_fetchers()
+from changedetectionio.pluggy_interface import register_builtin_fetchers
-
+register_builtin_fetchers()
-
-_register_default_browser_profiles()
 

changedetectionio/content_fetchers/base.py

@@ -70,41 +70,37 @@ class Fetcher():
     supports_screenshots = False        # Can capture page screenshots
     supports_xpath_element_data = False # Can extract xpath element positions/data for visual selector
 
-    # Icon shown in the watch list when this fetcher is the effective fetcher.
-    # Set to a dict with 'filename', 'alt', 'title' keys (image served from static/images/).
-    # None means no icon is shown (e.g. plain HTTP requests fetcher).
-    status_icon = None
-
     # Screenshot element locking - prevents layout shifts during screenshot capture
     # Only needed for visual comparison (image_ssim_diff processor)
     # Locks element dimensions in the first viewport to prevent headers/ads from resizing
     lock_viewport_elements = False      # Default: disabled for performance
 
-    # BrowserProfile-derived settings — applied by browser fetchers, ignored by html_requests
-    viewport_width: int = 1280
-    viewport_height: int = 1000
-    block_images: bool = False
-    block_fonts: bool = False
-    profile_user_agent: str = None   # Profile-level UA; lower priority than request_headers User-Agent
-    ignore_https_errors: bool = False
-    locale: str = None
-    service_workers: str = 'allow'
-    extra_delay: int = 0
-
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         if kwargs and 'screenshot_format' in kwargs:
             self.screenshot_format = kwargs.get('screenshot_format')
 
+        # Allow lock_viewport_elements to be set via kwargs
         if kwargs and 'lock_viewport_elements' in kwargs:
             self.lock_viewport_elements = kwargs.get('lock_viewport_elements')
 
-        # BrowserProfile fields — store whatever was passed, subclasses use them
-        for field in ('viewport_width', 'viewport_height', 'block_images', 'block_fonts',
-                      'profile_user_agent', 'ignore_https_errors', 'locale',
-                      'service_workers', 'extra_delay'):
-            if field in kwargs:
-                setattr(self, field, kwargs[field])
 
+    @classmethod
+    def get_status_icon_data(cls):
+        """Return data for status icon to display in the watch overview.
+
+        This method can be overridden by subclasses to provide custom status icons.
+
+        Returns:
+            dict or None: Dictionary with icon data:
+                {
+                    'filename': 'icon-name.svg',  # Icon filename
+                    'alt': 'Alt text',            # Alt attribute
+                    'title': 'Tooltip text',      # Title attribute
+                    'style': 'height: 1em;'       # Optional inline CSS
+                }
+                Or None if no icon
+        """
+        return None
 
     def clear_content(self):
         """
@@ -202,16 +198,6 @@ class Fetcher():
                     # Stop processing here
                     raise BrowserStepsStepException(step_n=step_n, original_e=e)
 
-    def disk_cleanup_after_fetch(self):
-        """Remove any temporary files written to disk during a fetch.
-
-        The default implementation is a no-op.  Browser-based fetchers
-        override this to delete browser-step screenshots and any other
-        ephemeral files they create.  Called by the processor after
-        ``quit()`` regardless of whether the fetch succeeded or failed.
-        """
-        pass
-
     # It's always good to reset these
     def delete_browser_steps_screenshots(self):
         import glob

changedetectionio/content_fetchers/playwright.py

@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ async def capture_full_page_async(page, screenshot_format='JPEG', watch_uuid=Non
     if page_height > page.viewport_size['height']:
         if page_height < step_size:
             step_size = page_height # Incase page is bigger than default viewport but smaller than proposed step size
-        # Never set viewport taller than our max capture height - otherwise one screenshot chunk
-        # captures the whole (e.g. 8098px) page even when SCREENSHOT_MAX_HEIGHT=1000
-        step_size = min(step_size, SCREENSHOT_MAX_TOTAL_HEIGHT)
         viewport_start = time.time()
         logger.debug(f"{watch_info}Setting bigger viewport to step through large page width W{page.viewport_size['width']}xH{step_size} because page_height > viewport_size")
         # Set viewport to a larger size to capture more content at once

changedetectionio/content_fetchers/playwright/CDP.py

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Playwright CDP fetcher — connects to a remote browser via Chrome DevTools Protocol.
-
-browser_connection_url must be supplied via the resolved BrowserProfile
-(set by preconfigure_browser_profiles_based_on_env at startup or edited in the UI).
-"""
-from loguru import logger
-from changedetectionio.pluggy_interface import hookimpl
-from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.playwright import PlaywrightBaseFetcher
-
-
-class fetcher(PlaywrightBaseFetcher):
-    fetcher_description = "Playwright Chrome (CDP/Remote)"
-    requires_connection_url = True
-
-    def __init__(self, proxy_override=None, custom_browser_connection_url=None, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(proxy_override=proxy_override, custom_browser_connection_url=custom_browser_connection_url, **kwargs)
-
-        if custom_browser_connection_url:
-            self.browser_connection_is_custom = True
-            self.browser_connection_url = custom_browser_connection_url
-        else:
-            logger.critical("Playwright CDP fetcher has no browser_connection_url — browser profile was not configured. "
-                            "Set PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL or configure a browser profile in Settings.")
-            self.browser_connection_url = None
-
-        # CDP always connects to Chromium
-        self.browser_type = 'chromium'
-
-    async def _connect_browser(self, p):
-        browser_type = getattr(p, self.browser_type)
-        return await browser_type.connect_over_cdp(self.browser_connection_url, timeout=60_000)
-
-
-class PlaywrightCDPPlugin:
-    @hookimpl
-    def register_content_fetcher(self):
-        return ('playwright_cdp', fetcher)
-
-
-cdp_plugin = PlaywrightCDPPlugin()

changedetectionio/content_fetchers/playwright/__init__.py

@@ -1,403 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Playwright-based content fetchers.
-
-Submodules:
-  cdp     — connect to a remote browser via Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP/WebSocket)
-  chrome  — launch a local Chromium browser
-  firefox — launch a local Firefox browser
-  webkit  — launch a local WebKit (Safari-engine) browser
-"""
-
-import asyncio
-import gc
-import json
-import os
-import re
-from urllib.parse import urlparse
-
-from loguru import logger
-
-from changedetectionio.content_fetchers import (
-    SCREENSHOT_MAX_HEIGHT_DEFAULT,
-    SCREENSHOT_MAX_TOTAL_HEIGHT,
-    SCREENSHOT_SIZE_STITCH_THRESHOLD,
-    FAVICON_FETCHER_JS,
-    INSTOCK_DATA_JS,
-    XPATH_ELEMENT_JS,
-    visualselector_xpath_selectors,
-)
-from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.base import Fetcher, manage_user_agent
-from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.exceptions import (
-    BrowserStepsStepException,
-    EmptyReply,
-    Non200ErrorCodeReceived,
-    PageUnloadable,
-    ScreenshotUnavailable,
-)
-
-
-async def capture_full_page_async(page, screenshot_format='JPEG', watch_uuid=None, lock_viewport_elements=False):
-    import time
-
-    start = time.time()
-    watch_info = f"[{watch_uuid}] " if watch_uuid else ""
-
-    setup_start = time.time()
-    page_height = await page.evaluate("document.documentElement.scrollHeight")
-    page_width = await page.evaluate("document.documentElement.scrollWidth")
-    original_viewport = page.viewport_size
-    dimensions_time = time.time() - setup_start
-
-    logger.debug(f"{watch_info}Playwright viewport size {page.viewport_size} page height {page_height} page width {page_width} (got dimensions in {dimensions_time:.2f}s)")
-
-    step_size = SCREENSHOT_SIZE_STITCH_THRESHOLD
-    screenshot_chunks = []
-    y = 0
-    elements_locked = False
-
-    if lock_viewport_elements and page_height > page.viewport_size['height']:
-        lock_start = time.time()
-        lock_elements_js_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'res', 'lock-elements-sizing.js')
-        with open(lock_elements_js_path, 'r') as f:
-            lock_elements_js = f.read()
-        await page.evaluate(lock_elements_js)
-        elements_locked = True
-        logger.debug(f"{watch_info}Viewport element locking enabled (took {time.time() - lock_start:.2f}s)")
-
-    if page_height > page.viewport_size['height']:
-        if page_height < step_size:
-            step_size = page_height
-        await page.set_viewport_size({'width': page.viewport_size['width'], 'height': step_size})
-
-    capture_start = time.time()
-    chunk_times = []
-    screenshot_type = screenshot_format.lower() if screenshot_format else 'jpeg'
-    screenshot_quality = 100 if screenshot_type == 'png' else int(os.getenv("SCREENSHOT_QUALITY", 72))
-
-    while y < min(page_height, SCREENSHOT_MAX_TOTAL_HEIGHT):
-        if y > 0:
-            await page.evaluate(f"window.scrollTo(0, {y})")
-
-        await _safe_request_gc(page)
-
-        screenshot_kwargs = {'type': screenshot_type, 'full_page': False}
-        if screenshot_type == 'jpeg':
-            screenshot_kwargs['quality'] = screenshot_quality
-
-        chunk_start = time.time()
-        screenshot_chunks.append(await page.screenshot(**screenshot_kwargs))
-        chunk_time = time.time() - chunk_start
-        chunk_times.append(chunk_time)
-        logger.debug(f"{watch_info}Chunk {len(screenshot_chunks)} captured in {chunk_time:.2f}s")
-        y += step_size
-
-    await page.set_viewport_size({'width': original_viewport['width'], 'height': original_viewport['height']})
-
-    if elements_locked:
-        unlock_elements_js_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'res', 'unlock-elements-sizing.js')
-        with open(unlock_elements_js_path, 'r') as f:
-            unlock_elements_js = f.read()
-        await page.evaluate(unlock_elements_js)
-
-    capture_time = time.time() - capture_start
-
-    if len(screenshot_chunks) > 1:
-        stitch_start = time.time()
-        from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.screenshot_handler import stitch_images_worker_raw_bytes
-        import multiprocessing
-        import struct
-
-        ctx = multiprocessing.get_context('spawn')
-        parent_conn, child_conn = ctx.Pipe()
-        p = ctx.Process(target=stitch_images_worker_raw_bytes, args=(child_conn, page_height, SCREENSHOT_MAX_TOTAL_HEIGHT))
-        p.start()
-
-        parent_conn.send_bytes(struct.pack('I', len(screenshot_chunks)))
-        for chunk in screenshot_chunks:
-            parent_conn.send_bytes(chunk)
-
-        screenshot = parent_conn.recv_bytes()
-        p.join()
-        parent_conn.close()
-        child_conn.close()
-        del p, parent_conn, child_conn
-
-        stitch_time = time.time() - stitch_start
-        total_time = time.time() - start
-        setup_time = total_time - capture_time - stitch_time
-        logger.debug(
-            f"{watch_info}Screenshot complete - Page height: {page_height}px | "
-            f"Setup: {setup_time:.2f}s, Capture: {capture_time:.2f}s, Stitching: {stitch_time:.2f}s, Total: {total_time:.2f}s")
-        return screenshot
-
-    total_time = time.time() - start
-    logger.debug(
-        f"{watch_info}Screenshot complete - Page height: {page_height}px | "
-        f"Setup: {total_time - capture_time:.2f}s, Single chunk: {capture_time:.2f}s, Total: {total_time:.2f}s")
-    return screenshot_chunks[0]
-
-
-async def _safe_request_gc(page):
-    """Request browser GC — Chromium-specific, silently ignored on Firefox/WebKit."""
-    try:
-        await page.request_gc()
-    except Exception:
-        pass
-
-
-class PlaywrightBaseFetcher(Fetcher):
-    """
-    Shared base for all Playwright fetchers.
-
-    Subclasses implement ``_connect_browser(playwright_instance)`` to return a
-    connected-or-launched browser object.  Everything else — context creation,
-    page interaction, screenshot capture, browser-steps execution — lives here.
-    """
-
-    playwright_proxy_settings_mappings = ['bypass', 'server', 'username', 'password']
-
-    proxy = None
-
-    # Capability flags
-    supports_browser_steps = True
-    supports_screenshots = True
-    supports_xpath_element_data = True
-
-    status_icon = {'filename': 'google-chrome-icon.png', 'alt': 'Using a Chrome browser', 'title': 'Using a Chrome browser'}
-
-    def __init__(self, proxy_override=None, custom_browser_connection_url=None, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(**kwargs)
-
-        # Subclasses may use this (e.g. CDP); others ignore it
-        self._custom_browser_connection_url = custom_browser_connection_url
-
-        proxy_args = {}
-        for k in self.playwright_proxy_settings_mappings:
-            v = os.getenv('playwright_proxy_' + k, False)
-            if v:
-                proxy_args[k] = v.strip('"')
-
-        if proxy_args:
-            self.proxy = proxy_args
-
-        if proxy_override:
-            self.proxy = {'server': proxy_override}
-
-        if self.proxy:
-            parsed = urlparse(self.proxy.get('server', ''))
-            if parsed.username:
-                self.proxy['username'] = parsed.username
-                self.proxy['password'] = parsed.password
-
-    def disk_cleanup_after_fetch(self):
-        """Delete browser-step screenshots written during this fetch."""
-        self.delete_browser_steps_screenshots()
-
-    async def _connect_browser(self, playwright_instance):
-        """Return an open browser object.  Must be overridden by each subclass."""
-        raise NotImplementedError(f"{type(self).__name__} must implement _connect_browser()")
-
-    async def screenshot_step(self, step_n=''):
-        super().screenshot_step(step_n=step_n)
-        watch_uuid = getattr(self, 'watch_uuid', None)
-        screenshot = await capture_full_page_async(
-            page=self.page,
-            screenshot_format=self.screenshot_format,
-            watch_uuid=watch_uuid,
-            lock_viewport_elements=self.lock_viewport_elements,
-        )
-        await _safe_request_gc(self.page)
-
-        if self.browser_steps_screenshot_path is not None:
-            destination = os.path.join(self.browser_steps_screenshot_path, 'step_{}.jpeg'.format(step_n))
-            logger.debug(f"Saving step screenshot to {destination}")
-            with open(destination, 'wb') as f:
-                f.write(screenshot)
-            del screenshot
-            gc.collect()
-
-    async def save_step_html(self, step_n):
-        super().save_step_html(step_n=step_n)
-        content = await self.page.content()
-        await _safe_request_gc(self.page)
-
-        destination = os.path.join(self.browser_steps_screenshot_path, 'step_{}.html'.format(step_n))
-        logger.debug(f"Saving step HTML to {destination}")
-        with open(destination, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-            f.write(content)
-        del content
-        gc.collect()
-
-    async def run(self,
-                  fetch_favicon=True,
-                  current_include_filters=None,
-                  empty_pages_are_a_change=False,
-                  ignore_status_codes=False,
-                  is_binary=False,
-                  request_body=None,
-                  request_headers=None,
-                  request_method=None,
-                  screenshot_format=None,
-                  timeout=None,
-                  url=None,
-                  watch_uuid=None,
-                  ):
-        from playwright.async_api import async_playwright
-        import playwright._impl._errors
-        import time
-
-        self.delete_browser_steps_screenshots()
-        self.watch_uuid = watch_uuid
-        response = None
-
-        async with async_playwright() as p:
-            browser = await self._connect_browser(p)
-
-            ua = manage_user_agent(headers=request_headers) or self.profile_user_agent or None
-
-            context_kwargs = dict(
-                accept_downloads=False,
-                bypass_csp=True,
-                extra_http_headers=request_headers,
-                ignore_https_errors=self.ignore_https_errors,
-                proxy=self.proxy,
-                service_workers=self.service_workers,
-                user_agent=ua,
-                viewport={'width': self.viewport_width, 'height': self.viewport_height},
-            )
-            if self.locale:
-                context_kwargs['locale'] = self.locale
-
-            context = await browser.new_context(**context_kwargs)
-
-            if self.block_images:
-                await context.route(
-                    re.compile(r'\.(png|jpe?g|gif|svg|ico|webp|avif|bmp)(\?.*)?$', re.IGNORECASE),
-                    lambda route: route.abort()
-                )
-            if self.block_fonts:
-                await context.route(
-                    re.compile(r'\.(woff2?|ttf|otf|eot)(\?.*)?$', re.IGNORECASE),
-                    lambda route: route.abort()
-                )
-
-            self.page = await context.new_page()
-            self.page.on("console", lambda msg: logger.debug(f"Playwright console: {url} {msg.type}: {msg.text}"))
-
-            from changedetectionio.browser_steps.browser_steps import steppable_browser_interface
-            browsersteps_interface = steppable_browser_interface(start_url=url)
-            browsersteps_interface.page = self.page
-
-            response = await browsersteps_interface.action_goto_url(value=url)
-
-            if response is None:
-                await context.close()
-                await browser.close()
-                raise EmptyReply(url=url, status_code=None)
-
-            try:
-                self.headers = await response.all_headers()
-            except TypeError:
-                self.headers = response.all_headers()
-
-            try:
-                if self.webdriver_js_execute_code is not None and len(self.webdriver_js_execute_code):
-                    await browsersteps_interface.action_execute_js(value=self.webdriver_js_execute_code, selector=None)
-            except playwright._impl._errors.TimeoutError:
-                await context.close()
-                await browser.close()
-                pass
-            except Exception as e:
-                await context.close()
-                await browser.close()
-                raise PageUnloadable(url=url, status_code=None, message=str(e))
-
-            extra_wait = self.extra_delay + self.render_extract_delay
-            await self.page.wait_for_timeout(extra_wait * 1000)
-
-            try:
-                self.status_code = response.status
-            except Exception as e:
-                await context.close()
-                await browser.close()
-                raise PageUnloadable(url=url, status_code=None, message=str(e))
-
-            if fetch_favicon:
-                try:
-                    self.favicon_blob = await self.page.evaluate(FAVICON_FETCHER_JS)
-                    await _safe_request_gc(self.page)
-                except Exception as e:
-                    logger.error(f"Error fetching favicon: {e}")
-
-            if self.status_code != 200 and not ignore_status_codes:
-                screenshot = await capture_full_page_async(self.page, screenshot_format=self.screenshot_format, watch_uuid=watch_uuid, lock_viewport_elements=self.lock_viewport_elements)
-                try:
-                    page_html = await self.page.content()
-                except Exception as e:
-                    logger.warning(f"Got non-200 status {self.status_code} but failed to fetch page content: {e}")
-                    page_html = None
-                raise Non200ErrorCodeReceived(url=url, status_code=self.status_code, screenshot=screenshot, page_html=page_html)
-
-            if not empty_pages_are_a_change and len((await self.page.content()).strip()) == 0:
-                await context.close()
-                await browser.close()
-                raise EmptyReply(url=url, status_code=response.status)
-
-            try:
-                if self.browser_steps:
-                    try:
-                        await self.iterate_browser_steps(start_url=url)
-                    except BrowserStepsStepException:
-                        raise
-                    await self.page.wait_for_timeout(extra_wait * 1000)
-
-                now = time.time()
-                if current_include_filters is not None:
-                    await self.page.evaluate("var include_filters={}".format(json.dumps(current_include_filters)))
-                else:
-                    await self.page.evaluate("var include_filters=''")
-                await _safe_request_gc(self.page)
-
-                MAX_TOTAL_HEIGHT = int(os.getenv("SCREENSHOT_MAX_HEIGHT", SCREENSHOT_MAX_HEIGHT_DEFAULT))
-                self.xpath_data = await self.page.evaluate(XPATH_ELEMENT_JS, {
-                    "visualselector_xpath_selectors": visualselector_xpath_selectors,
-                    "max_height": MAX_TOTAL_HEIGHT
-                })
-                await _safe_request_gc(self.page)
-
-                self.instock_data = await self.page.evaluate(INSTOCK_DATA_JS)
-                await _safe_request_gc(self.page)
-
-                self.content = await self.page.content()
-                await _safe_request_gc(self.page)
-                logger.debug(f"Scrape xPath element data done in {time.time() - now:.2f}s")
-
-                self.screenshot = await capture_full_page_async(
-                    page=self.page,
-                    screenshot_format=self.screenshot_format,
-                    watch_uuid=watch_uuid,
-                    lock_viewport_elements=self.lock_viewport_elements,
-                )
-                await _safe_request_gc(self.page)
-                gc.collect()
-
-            except ScreenshotUnavailable:
-                raise ScreenshotUnavailable(url=url, status_code=self.status_code)
-
-            finally:
-                for obj, name, close_coro in [
-                    (self.page if hasattr(self, 'page') and self.page else None, 'page', lambda: self.page.close() if self.page else asyncio.sleep(0)),
-                    (context, 'context', lambda: context.close() if context else asyncio.sleep(0)),
-                    (browser, 'browser', lambda: browser.close() if browser else asyncio.sleep(0)),
-                ]:
-                    try:
-                        await asyncio.wait_for(close_coro(), timeout=5.0)
-                    except asyncio.TimeoutError:
-                        logger.warning(f"Timed out closing {name} for {url}")
-                    except Exception as e:
-                        logger.warning(f"Error closing {name} for {url}: {e}")
-
-                self.page = None
-                context = None
-                browser = None
-                gc.collect()

changedetectionio/content_fetchers/playwright/chrome.py

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Playwright Chrome fetcher — launches a local Chromium browser directly.
-
-No external browser container is required.  Playwright must be installed
-with Chromium browsers: ``playwright install chromium``.
-"""
-from changedetectionio.pluggy_interface import hookimpl
-from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.playwright import PlaywrightBaseFetcher
-
-
-class fetcher(PlaywrightBaseFetcher):
-    fetcher_description = "Playwright Chrome (local)"
-
-    async def _connect_browser(self, p):
-        launch_kwargs = {'headless': True}
-        if self.proxy:
-            launch_kwargs['proxy'] = self.proxy
-        return await p.chromium.launch(**launch_kwargs)
-
-
-class PlaywrightChromePlugin:
-    @hookimpl
-    def register_content_fetcher(self):
-        return ('playwright_chrome', fetcher)
-
-
-chrome_plugin = PlaywrightChromePlugin()

changedetectionio/content_fetchers/playwright/firefox.py

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Playwright Firefox fetcher — launches a local Firefox browser directly.
-
-No external browser container is required.  Playwright must be installed
-with Firefox browsers: ``playwright install firefox``.
-
-Note: ``page.request_gc()`` is Chromium-specific and is silently skipped
-on Firefox — this is handled transparently by ``_safe_request_gc()`` in
-the base package.
-"""
-from changedetectionio.pluggy_interface import hookimpl
-from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.playwright import PlaywrightBaseFetcher
-
-
-class fetcher(PlaywrightBaseFetcher):
-    fetcher_description = "Playwright Firefox (local)"
-
-    status_icon = {'filename': 'firefox-icon.svg', 'alt': 'Using Firefox', 'title': 'Using Firefox'}
-
-    async def _connect_browser(self, p):
-        launch_kwargs = {'headless': True}
-        if self.proxy:
-            launch_kwargs['proxy'] = self.proxy
-        return await p.firefox.launch(**launch_kwargs)
-
-
-class PlaywrightFirefoxPlugin:
-    @hookimpl
-    def register_content_fetcher(self):
-        return ('playwright_firefox', fetcher)
-
-
-firefox_plugin = PlaywrightFirefoxPlugin()

changedetectionio/content_fetchers/playwright/webkit.py

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Playwright WebKit fetcher — launches a local WebKit (Safari-engine) browser.
-
-No external browser container is required.  Playwright must be installed
-with WebKit browsers: ``playwright install webkit``.
-
-Note: ``page.request_gc()`` is Chromium-specific and is silently skipped
-on WebKit — handled transparently by ``_safe_request_gc()`` in the base package.
-"""
-from changedetectionio.pluggy_interface import hookimpl
-from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.playwright import PlaywrightBaseFetcher
-
-
-class fetcher(PlaywrightBaseFetcher):
-    fetcher_description = "Playwright WebKit/Safari (local)"
-
-    async def _connect_browser(self, p):
-        launch_kwargs = {'headless': True}
-        if self.proxy:
-            launch_kwargs['proxy'] = self.proxy
-        return await p.webkit.launch(**launch_kwargs)
-
-
-class PlaywrightWebKitPlugin:
-    @hookimpl
-    def register_content_fetcher(self):
-        return ('playwright_webkit', fetcher)
-
-
-webkit_plugin = PlaywrightWebKitPlugin()

changedetectionio/content_fetchers/puppeteer.py

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from loguru import logger
 
-from changedetectionio.pluggy_interface import hookimpl
 from changedetectionio.content_fetchers import SCREENSHOT_MAX_HEIGHT_DEFAULT, visualselector_xpath_selectors, \
     SCREENSHOT_SIZE_STITCH_THRESHOLD, SCREENSHOT_DEFAULT_QUALITY, XPATH_ELEMENT_JS, INSTOCK_DATA_JS, \
     SCREENSHOT_MAX_TOTAL_HEIGHT, FAVICON_FETCHER_JS
@@ -76,9 +75,6 @@ async def capture_full_page(page, screenshot_format='JPEG', watch_uuid=None, loc
     if page_height > page.viewport['height']:
         if page_height < step_size:
             step_size = page_height # Incase page is bigger than default viewport but smaller than proposed step size
-        # Never set viewport taller than our max capture height - otherwise one screenshot chunk
-        # captures the whole page even when SCREENSHOT_MAX_HEIGHT is set smaller
-        step_size = min(step_size, SCREENSHOT_MAX_TOTAL_HEIGHT)
         viewport_start = time.time()
         await page.setViewport({'width': page.viewport['width'], 'height': step_size})
         viewport_time = time.time() - viewport_start
@@ -170,8 +166,11 @@ async def capture_full_page(page, screenshot_format='JPEG', watch_uuid=None, loc
 
 
 class fetcher(Fetcher):
-    fetcher_description = "Puppeteer Chromium"
+    fetcher_description = "Puppeteer/direct {}/Javascript".format(
-    requires_connection_url = True
+        os.getenv("PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSER_TYPE", 'chromium').capitalize()
+    )
+    if os.getenv("PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL"):
+        fetcher_description += " via '{}'".format(os.getenv("PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL"))
 
     browser = None
     browser_type = ''
@@ -183,10 +182,14 @@ class fetcher(Fetcher):
     supports_screenshots = True
     supports_xpath_element_data = True
 
-    status_icon = {'filename': 'google-chrome-icon.png', 'alt': 'Using a Chrome browser', 'title': 'Using a Chrome browser'}
+    @classmethod
-
+    def get_status_icon_data(cls):
-    def disk_cleanup_after_fetch(self):
+        """Return Chrome browser icon data for Puppeteer fetcher."""
-        self.delete_browser_steps_screenshots()
+        return {
+            'filename': 'google-chrome-icon.png',
+            'alt': 'Using a Chrome browser',
+            'title': 'Using a Chrome browser'
+        }
 
     def __init__(self, proxy_override=None, custom_browser_connection_url=None, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
@@ -195,10 +198,9 @@ class fetcher(Fetcher):
             self.browser_connection_is_custom = True
             self.browser_connection_url = custom_browser_connection_url
         else:
-            from loguru import logger
+            # Fallback to fetching from system
-            logger.critical("Puppeteer fetcher has no browser_connection_url — browser profile was not configured. "
+            # .strip('"') is going to save someone a lot of time when they accidently wrap the env value
-                            "Set PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL or configure a browser profile in Settings.")
+            self.browser_connection_url = os.getenv("PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL", 'ws://playwright-chrome:3000').strip('"')
-            self.browser_connection_url = None
 
         # allow per-watch proxy selection override
         # @todo check global too?
@@ -268,7 +270,7 @@ class fetcher(Fetcher):
         import re
         self.delete_browser_steps_screenshots()
 
-        n = self.extra_delay + self.render_extract_delay
+        n = int(os.getenv("WEBDRIVER_DELAY_BEFORE_CONTENT_READY", 12)) + self.render_extract_delay
         extra_wait = min(n, 15)
 
         logger.debug(f"Extra wait set to {extra_wait}s, requested was {n}s.")
@@ -445,12 +447,8 @@ class fetcher(Fetcher):
 
         if self.status_code != 200 and not ignore_status_codes:
             screenshot = await capture_full_page(page=self.page, screenshot_format=self.screenshot_format, watch_uuid=watch_uuid, lock_viewport_elements=self.lock_viewport_elements)
-            try:
+
-                page_html = await self.page.content
+            raise Non200ErrorCodeReceived(url=url, status_code=self.status_code, screenshot=screenshot)
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.warning(f"Got non-200 status {self.status_code} but failed to fetch page content: {e}")
-                page_html = None
-            raise Non200ErrorCodeReceived(url=url, status_code=self.status_code, screenshot=screenshot, page_html=page_html)
 
         content = await self.page.content
 
@@ -550,10 +548,9 @@ class fetcher(Fetcher):
 class PuppeteerFetcherPlugin:
     """Plugin class that registers the Puppeteer fetcher as a built-in plugin."""
 
-    @hookimpl
     def register_content_fetcher(self):
         """Register the Puppeteer fetcher"""
-        return ('puppeteer', fetcher)
+        return ('html_webdriver', fetcher)
 
 
 # Create module-level instance for plugin registration

changedetectionio/content_fetchers/requests.py

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import asyncio
 from changedetectionio import strtobool
 from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.exceptions import BrowserStepsInUnsupportedFetcher, EmptyReply, Non200ErrorCodeReceived
 from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.base import Fetcher
-from changedetectionio.pluggy_interface import hookimpl
 from changedetectionio.validate_url import is_private_hostname
 
 
@@ -259,10 +258,9 @@ class fetcher(Fetcher):
 class RequestsFetcherPlugin:
     """Plugin class that registers the requests fetcher as a built-in plugin."""
 
-    @hookimpl
     def register_content_fetcher(self):
         """Register the requests fetcher"""
-        return ('requests', fetcher)
+        return ('html_requests', fetcher)
 
 
 # Create module-level instance for plugin registration

changedetectionio/content_fetchers/res/favicon-fetcher.js

@@ -38,39 +38,26 @@
       if (a.size !== b.size) {
         return b.size - a.size;
       }
-
+      
       // Second priority: apple-touch-icon over regular icon
       const isAppleA = /apple-touch-icon/.test(a.rel);
       const isAppleB = /apple-touch-icon/.test(b.rel);
       if (isAppleA && !isAppleB) return -1;
       if (!isAppleA && isAppleB) return 1;
-
+      
       // Third priority: icons with no size attribute (fallback icons) last
       const hasNoSizeA = !a.hasSizes;
       const hasNoSizeB = !b.hasSizes;
       if (hasNoSizeA && !hasNoSizeB) return 1;
       if (!hasNoSizeA && hasNoSizeB) return -1;
-
+      
       return 0;
     });
 
     const timeoutMs = 2000;
-    // 1 MB — matches the server-side limit in bump_favicon()
-    const MAX_BYTES = 1 * 1024 * 1024;
 
     for (const icon of icons) {
       try {
-        // Inline data URI — no network fetch needed, data is already here
-        if (icon.href.startsWith('data:')) {
-          const match = icon.href.match(/^data:([^;]+);base64,([A-Za-z0-9+/=]+)$/);
-          if (!match) continue;
-          const mime_type = match[1];
-          const base64 = match[2];
-          // Rough size check: base64 is ~4/3 the binary size
-          if (base64.length * 0.75 > MAX_BYTES) continue;
-          return { url: icon.href, mime_type, base64 };
-        }
-
         const controller = new AbortController();
         const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), timeoutMs);
 
@@ -87,15 +74,12 @@
 
         const blob = await resp.blob();
 
-        if (blob.size > MAX_BYTES) continue;
-
         // Convert blob to base64
         const reader = new FileReader();
         return await new Promise(resolve => {
           reader.onloadend = () => {
             resolve({
               url: icon.href,
-              mime_type: blob.type,
               base64: reader.result.split(",")[1]
             });
           };
@@ -114,3 +98,4 @@
   // Auto-execute and return result for page.evaluate()
   return await window.getFaviconAsBlob();
 })();
+

changedetectionio/content_fetchers/screenshot_handler.py

@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ def stitch_images_worker_raw_bytes(pipe_conn, original_page_height, capture_heig
             im.close()
         del images
 
-        # Clip stitched image to capture_height (chunks may overshoot by up to step_size-1 px)
-        if total_height > capture_height:
-            stitched = stitched.crop((0, 0, max_width, capture_height))
-
         # Draw caption only if page was trimmed
         if original_page_height > capture_height:
             draw = ImageDraw.Draw(stitched)

changedetectionio/content_fetchers/webdriver_selenium.py

@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ import time
 
 from loguru import logger
 from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.base import Fetcher
-from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.exceptions import Non200ErrorCodeReceived
-from changedetectionio.pluggy_interface import hookimpl
 
 
 class fetcher(Fetcher):
-    fetcher_description = "Selenium WebDriver Chrome"
+    if os.getenv("WEBDRIVER_URL"):
-    requires_connection_url = True
+        fetcher_description = f"WebDriver Chrome/Javascript via \"{os.getenv('WEBDRIVER_URL', '')}\""
+    else:
+        fetcher_description = "WebDriver Chrome/Javascript"
 
     proxy = None
     proxy_url = None
@@ -19,21 +19,26 @@ class fetcher(Fetcher):
     supports_screenshots = True
     supports_xpath_element_data = True
 
-    status_icon = {'filename': 'google-chrome-icon.png', 'alt': 'Using a Chrome browser', 'title': 'Using a Chrome browser'}
+    @classmethod
+    def get_status_icon_data(cls):
+        """Return Chrome browser icon data for WebDriver fetcher."""
+        return {
+            'filename': 'google-chrome-icon.png',
+            'alt': 'Using a Chrome browser',
+            'title': 'Using a Chrome browser'
+        }
 
     def __init__(self, proxy_override=None, custom_browser_connection_url=None, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         from urllib.parse import urlparse
         from selenium.webdriver.common.proxy import Proxy
 
-        if custom_browser_connection_url:
+        # .strip('"') is going to save someone a lot of time when they accidently wrap the env value
+        if not custom_browser_connection_url:
+            self.browser_connection_url = os.getenv("WEBDRIVER_URL", 'http://browser-chrome:4444/wd/hub').strip('"')
+        else:
             self.browser_connection_is_custom = True
             self.browser_connection_url = custom_browser_connection_url
-        else:
-            from loguru import logger
-            logger.critical("Selenium WebDriver fetcher has no browser_connection_url — browser profile was not configured. "
-                            "Set WEBDRIVER_URL or configure a browser profile in Settings.")
-            self.browser_connection_url = None
 
         ##### PROXY SETUP #####
 
@@ -99,17 +104,15 @@ class fetcher(Fetcher):
 
             from selenium.webdriver.remote.remote_connection import RemoteConnection
             from selenium.webdriver.remote.webdriver import WebDriver as RemoteWebDriver
-            from selenium.webdriver.remote.client_config import ClientConfig
-            from urllib3.util import Timeout
             driver = None
             try:
-                connection_timeout = int(os.getenv("WEBDRIVER_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT", 90))
+                # Create the RemoteConnection and set timeout (e.g., 30 seconds)
-                client_config = ClientConfig(
+                remote_connection = RemoteConnection(
-                    remote_server_addr=self.browser_connection_url,
+                    self.browser_connection_url,
-                    timeout=Timeout(connect=connection_timeout, total=connection_timeout)
                 )
-                remote_connection = RemoteConnection(client_config=client_config)
+                remote_connection.set_timeout(30)  # seconds
 
+                # Now create the driver with the RemoteConnection
                 driver = RemoteWebDriver(
                     command_executor=remote_connection,
                     options=options
@@ -127,28 +130,22 @@ class fetcher(Fetcher):
                 if not "--window-size" in os.getenv("CHROME_OPTIONS", ""):
                     driver.set_window_size(1280, 1024)
 
-                driver.implicitly_wait(self.extra_delay)
+                driver.implicitly_wait(int(os.getenv("WEBDRIVER_DELAY_BEFORE_CONTENT_READY", 5)))
 
                 if self.webdriver_js_execute_code is not None:
                     driver.execute_script(self.webdriver_js_execute_code)
                     # Selenium doesn't automatically wait for actions as good as Playwright, so wait again
-                    driver.implicitly_wait(self.extra_delay)
+                    driver.implicitly_wait(int(os.getenv("WEBDRIVER_DELAY_BEFORE_CONTENT_READY", 5)))
+
+                # @todo - how to check this? is it possible?
+                self.status_code = 200
+                # @todo somehow we should try to get this working for WebDriver
+                # raise EmptyReply(url=url, status_code=r.status_code)
 
                 # @todo - dom wait loaded?
                 import time
-                time.sleep(self.extra_delay + self.render_extract_delay)
+                time.sleep(int(os.getenv("WEBDRIVER_DELAY_BEFORE_CONTENT_READY", 5)) + self.render_extract_delay)
                 self.content = driver.page_source
-
-                # Use Navigation Timing API to get the real HTTP status code (Chrome 102+)
-                # Read after the sleep so the page is fully settled
-                try:
-                    nav_status = driver.execute_script(
-                        "return window.performance.getEntriesByType('navigation')[0]?.responseStatus"
-                    )
-                    # Guard against 0 (file://, blocked requests) which should not raise Non200
-                    self.status_code = int(nav_status) if nav_status and int(nav_status) > 0 else 200
-                except Exception:
-                    self.status_code = 200
                 self.headers = {}
 
                 # Selenium always captures as PNG, convert to JPEG if needed
@@ -178,10 +175,6 @@ class fetcher(Fetcher):
                     img.close()
                 else:
                     self.screenshot = screenshot_png
-
-                if self.status_code != 200 and not ignore_status_codes:
-                    raise Non200ErrorCodeReceived(url=url, status_code=self.status_code, screenshot=self.screenshot, page_html=self.content)
-
             except Exception as e:
                 driver.quit()
                 raise e
@@ -197,10 +190,9 @@ class fetcher(Fetcher):
 class WebDriverSeleniumFetcherPlugin:
     """Plugin class that registers the WebDriver Selenium fetcher as a built-in plugin."""
 
-    @hookimpl
     def register_content_fetcher(self):
         """Register the WebDriver Selenium fetcher"""
-        return ('selenium', fetcher)
+        return ('html_webdriver', fetcher)
 
 
 # Create module-level instance for plugin registration

changedetectionio/diff/__init__.py

@@ -45,38 +45,8 @@ CHANGED_INTO_PLACEMARKER_CLOSED = '@changed_into_PLACEMARKER_CLOSED'
 # Compiled regex patterns for performance
 WHITESPACE_NORMALIZE_RE = re.compile(r'\s+')
 
-# Regexes built from the constants above — no brittle hardcoded strings
-_EXTRACT_REMOVED_RE = re.compile(
-    re.escape(REMOVED_PLACEMARKER_OPEN) + r'(.*?)' + re.escape(REMOVED_PLACEMARKER_CLOSED)
-    + r'|' +
-    re.escape(CHANGED_PLACEMARKER_OPEN) + r'(.*?)' + re.escape(CHANGED_PLACEMARKER_CLOSED)
-)
-_EXTRACT_ADDED_RE = re.compile(
-    re.escape(ADDED_PLACEMARKER_OPEN) + r'(.*?)' + re.escape(ADDED_PLACEMARKER_CLOSED)
-    + r'|' +
-    re.escape(CHANGED_INTO_PLACEMARKER_OPEN) + r'(.*?)' + re.escape(CHANGED_INTO_PLACEMARKER_CLOSED)
-)
 
-
+def render_inline_word_diff(before_line: str, after_line: str, ignore_junk: bool = False, markdown_style: str = None, tokenizer: str = 'words_and_html') -> tuple[str, bool]:
-def extract_changed_from(raw_diff: str) -> str:
-    """Extract only the removed/changed-from fragments from a raw diff string.
-
-    Useful for {{diff_changed_from}} — gives just the old value (e.g. old price),
-    not the full surrounding line. Multiple fragments joined with newlines.
-    """
-    return '\n'.join(m.group(1) or m.group(2) for m in _EXTRACT_REMOVED_RE.finditer(raw_diff))
-
-
-def extract_changed_to(raw_diff: str) -> str:
-    """Extract only the added/changed-into fragments from a raw diff string.
-
-    Useful for {{diff_changed_to}} — gives just the new value (e.g. new price),
-    not the full surrounding line. Multiple fragments joined with newlines.
-    """
-    return '\n'.join(m.group(1) or m.group(2) for m in _EXTRACT_ADDED_RE.finditer(raw_diff))
-
-
-def render_inline_word_diff(before_line: str, after_line: str, ignore_junk: bool = False, markdown_style: str = None, tokenizer: str = 'words_and_html', include_change_type_prefix: bool = True) -> tuple[str, bool]:
     """
     Render word-level differences between two lines inline using diff-match-patch library.
 
@@ -163,20 +133,14 @@ def render_inline_word_diff(before_line: str, after_line: str, ignore_junk: bool
         if removed_tokens:
             removed_full = ''.join(removed_tokens).rstrip()
             trailing_removed = ''.join(removed_tokens)[len(removed_full):] if len(''.join(removed_tokens)) > len(removed_full) else ''
-            if include_change_type_prefix:
+            result_parts.append(f'{CHANGED_PLACEMARKER_OPEN}{removed_full}{CHANGED_PLACEMARKER_CLOSED}{trailing_removed}')
-                result_parts.append(f'{CHANGED_PLACEMARKER_OPEN}{removed_full}{CHANGED_PLACEMARKER_CLOSED}{trailing_removed}')
-            else:
-                result_parts.append(f'{removed_full}{trailing_removed}')
 
         if added_tokens:
             if result_parts:  # Add newline between removed and added
                 result_parts.append('\n')
             added_full = ''.join(added_tokens).rstrip()
             trailing_added = ''.join(added_tokens)[len(added_full):] if len(''.join(added_tokens)) > len(added_full) else ''
-            if include_change_type_prefix:
+            result_parts.append(f'{CHANGED_INTO_PLACEMARKER_OPEN}{added_full}{CHANGED_INTO_PLACEMARKER_CLOSED}{trailing_added}')
-                result_parts.append(f'{CHANGED_INTO_PLACEMARKER_OPEN}{added_full}{CHANGED_INTO_PLACEMARKER_CLOSED}{trailing_added}')
-            else:
-                result_parts.append(f'{added_full}{trailing_added}')
 
         return ''.join(result_parts), has_changes
     else:
@@ -186,27 +150,21 @@ def render_inline_word_diff(before_line: str, after_line: str, ignore_junk: bool
             if op == 0:  # Equal
                 result_parts.append(text)
             elif op == 1:  # Insertion
-                if not include_change_type_prefix:
+                # Don't wrap empty content (e.g., whitespace-only tokens after rstrip)
-                    result_parts.append(text)
+                content = text.rstrip()
+                trailing = text[len(content):] if len(text) > len(content) else ''
+                if content:
+                    result_parts.append(f'{ADDED_PLACEMARKER_OPEN}{content}{ADDED_PLACEMARKER_CLOSED}{trailing}')
                 else:
-                    # Don't wrap empty content (e.g., whitespace-only tokens after rstrip)
+                    result_parts.append(trailing)
-                    content = text.rstrip()
-                    trailing = text[len(content):] if len(text) > len(content) else ''
-                    if content:
-                        result_parts.append(f'{ADDED_PLACEMARKER_OPEN}{content}{ADDED_PLACEMARKER_CLOSED}{trailing}')
-                    else:
-                        result_parts.append(trailing)
             elif op == -1:  # Deletion
-                if not include_change_type_prefix:
+                # Don't wrap empty content (e.g., whitespace-only tokens after rstrip)
-                    result_parts.append(text)
+                content = text.rstrip()
+                trailing = text[len(content):] if len(text) > len(content) else ''
+                if content:
+                    result_parts.append(f'{REMOVED_PLACEMARKER_OPEN}{content}{REMOVED_PLACEMARKER_CLOSED}{trailing}')
                 else:
-                    # Don't wrap empty content (e.g., whitespace-only tokens after rstrip)
+                    result_parts.append(trailing)
-                    content = text.rstrip()
-                    trailing = text[len(content):] if len(text) > len(content) else ''
-                    if content:
-                        result_parts.append(f'{REMOVED_PLACEMARKER_OPEN}{content}{REMOVED_PLACEMARKER_CLOSED}{trailing}')
-                    else:
-                        result_parts.append(trailing)
 
         return ''.join(result_parts), has_changes
 
@@ -402,7 +360,7 @@ def customSequenceMatcher(
 
             # Use inline word-level diff for single line replacements when word_diff is enabled
             if word_diff and len(before_lines) == 1 and len(after_lines) == 1:
-                inline_diff, has_changes = render_inline_word_diff(before_lines[0], after_lines[0], ignore_junk=ignore_junk, tokenizer=tokenizer, include_change_type_prefix=include_change_type_prefix)
+                inline_diff, has_changes = render_inline_word_diff(before_lines[0], after_lines[0], ignore_junk=ignore_junk, tokenizer=tokenizer)
                 # Check if there are any actual changes (not just whitespace when ignore_junk is enabled)
                 if ignore_junk and not has_changes:
                     # No real changes, skip this line

changedetectionio/flask_app.py

@@ -212,11 +212,6 @@ def _is_safe_valid_url(test_url):
     from .validate_url import is_safe_valid_url
     return is_safe_valid_url(test_url)
 
-@app.template_global('get_html_head_extras')
-def _get_html_head_extras():
-    from .pluggy_interface import collect_html_head_extras
-    return collect_html_head_extras()
-
 
 @app.template_filter('format_number_locale')
 def _jinja2_filter_format_number_locale(value: float) -> str:
@@ -346,36 +341,52 @@ def _jinja2_filter_format_duration(seconds):
 
 @app.template_filter('fetcher_status_icons')
 def _jinja2_filter_fetcher_status_icons(fetcher_name):
-    """Return status icon HTML for a fetcher, or empty string if none.
+    """Get status icon HTML for a given fetcher.
 
-    Built-in fetchers declare their icon via the ``status_icon`` class attribute
+    This filter checks both built-in fetchers and plugin fetchers for status icons.
-    on their ``Fetcher`` subclass.  Plugin fetchers may still use the pluggy
+
-    ``collect_fetcher_status_icons`` hook as a fallback.
+    Args:
+        fetcher_name: The fetcher name (e.g., 'html_webdriver', 'html_js_zyte')
+
+    Returns:
+        str: HTML string containing status icon elements
     """
     from changedetectionio import content_fetchers
+    from changedetectionio.pluggy_interface import collect_fetcher_status_icons
     from markupsafe import Markup
     from flask import url_for
 
     icon_data = None
 
-    fetcher_class = content_fetchers.get_fetcher(fetcher_name)
+    # First check if it's a plugin fetcher (plugins have priority)
-    if fetcher_class is not None:
+    plugin_icon_data = collect_fetcher_status_icons(fetcher_name)
-        icon_data = getattr(fetcher_class, 'status_icon', None)
+    if plugin_icon_data:
-        if not icon_data and callable(getattr(fetcher_class, 'get_status_icon_data', None)):
+        icon_data = plugin_icon_data
+    # Check if it's a built-in fetcher
+    elif hasattr(content_fetchers, fetcher_name):
+        fetcher_class = getattr(content_fetchers, fetcher_name)
+        if hasattr(fetcher_class, 'get_status_icon_data'):
             icon_data = fetcher_class.get_status_icon_data()
 
-    # Fallback: pluggy hook for plugins that implement fetcher_status_icon
+    # Build HTML from icon data
-    if not icon_data:
+    if icon_data and isinstance(icon_data, dict):
-        from changedetectionio.pluggy_interface import collect_fetcher_status_icons
+        # Use 'group' from icon_data if specified, otherwise default to 'images'
-        icon_data = collect_fetcher_status_icons(fetcher_name)
+        group = icon_data.get('group', 'images')
 
-    if not icon_data:
+        # Try to use url_for, but fall back to manual URL building if endpoint not registered yet
-        return ''
+        try:
+            icon_url = url_for('static_content', group=group, filename=icon_data['filename'])
+        except:
+            # Fallback: build URL manually respecting APPLICATION_ROOT
+            from flask import request
+            app_root = request.script_root if hasattr(request, 'script_root') else ''
+            icon_url = f"{app_root}/static/{group}/{icon_data['filename']}"
 
-    group = icon_data.get('group', 'images')
+        style_attr = f' style="{icon_data["style"]}"' if icon_data.get('style') else ''
-    icon_url = url_for('static_content', group=group, filename=icon_data['filename'])
+        html = f'<img class="status-icon" src="{icon_url}" alt="{icon_data["alt"]}" title="{icon_data["title"]}"{style_attr}>'
-    style_attr = f' style="{icon_data["style"]}"' if icon_data.get('style') else ''
+        return Markup(html)
-    return Markup(f'<img class="status-icon" src="{icon_url}" alt="{icon_data["alt"]}" title="{icon_data["title"]}"{style_attr}>')
+
+    return ''
 
 _RE_SANITIZE_TAG = re.compile(r'[^a-zA-Z0-9]')
 

changedetectionio/forms.py

@@ -667,11 +667,9 @@ class ValidateCSSJSONXPATHInput(object):
                     # `jq` requires full compilation in windows and so isn't generally available
                     raise ValidationError("jq not support not found")
 
-                from changedetectionio.html_tools import validate_jq_expression
                 input = line.replace('jq:', '')
 
                 try:
-                    validate_jq_expression(input)
                     jq.compile(input)
                 except (ValueError) as e:
                     message = field.gettext('\'%s\' is not a valid jq expression. (%s)')
@@ -725,7 +723,7 @@ class ValidateStartsWithRegex(object):
                 raise ValidationError(self.message or _l("Invalid value."))
 
 class quickWatchForm(Form):
-    url = StringField(_l('URL'), validators=[validateURL()])
+    url = fields.URLField(_l('URL'), validators=[validateURL()])
     tags = StringTagUUID(_l('Group tag'), validators=[validators.Optional()])
     watch_submit_button = SubmitField(_l('Watch'), render_kw={"class": "pure-button pure-button-primary"})
     processor = RadioField(_l('Processor'), choices=lambda: processors.available_processors(), default=processors.get_default_processor)
@@ -742,6 +740,7 @@ class commonSettingsForm(Form):
         self.notification_title.extra_notification_tokens = kwargs.get('extra_notification_tokens', {})
         self.notification_urls.extra_notification_tokens = kwargs.get('extra_notification_tokens', {})
 
+    fetch_backend = RadioField(_l('Fetch Method'), choices=content_fetchers.available_fetchers(), validators=[ValidateContentFetcherIsReady()])
     notification_body = TextAreaField(_l('Notification Body'), default='{{ watch_url }} had a change.', validators=[validators.Optional(), ValidateJinja2Template()])
     notification_format = SelectField(_l('Notification format'), choices=list(valid_notification_formats.items()))
     notification_title = StringField(_l('Notification Title'), default='ChangeDetection.io Notification - {{ watch_url }}', validators=[validators.Optional(), ValidateJinja2Template()])
@@ -778,8 +777,7 @@ class SingleBrowserStep(Form):
 
 class processor_text_json_diff_form(commonSettingsForm):
 
-    browser_profile = RadioField(_l('Browser / Fetch method'), choices=[])  # populated at runtime in edit.py
+    url = fields.URLField('Web Page URL', validators=[validateURL()])
-    url = StringField('Web Page URL', validators=[validateURL()])
     tags = StringTagUUID('Group Tag', [validators.Optional()], default='')
 
     time_between_check = EnhancedFormField(
@@ -798,7 +796,6 @@ class processor_text_json_diff_form(commonSettingsForm):
 
     subtractive_selectors = StringListField(_l('Remove elements'), [ValidateCSSJSONXPATHInput(allow_json=False)])
 
-    extract_lines_containing = StringListField(_l('Extract lines containing'), [validators.Optional()])
     extract_text = StringListField(_l('Extract text'), [ValidateListRegex()])
 
     title = StringField(_l('Title'), default='')
@@ -941,66 +938,10 @@ class SingleExtraBrowser(Form):
         ValidateSimpleURL()
     ], render_kw={"placeholder": "wss://brightdata... wss://oxylabs etc", "size":50})
 
-
+class DefaultUAInputForm(Form):
-class BrowserProfileForm(Form):
+    html_requests = StringField(_l('Plaintext requests'), validators=[validators.Optional()], render_kw={"placeholder": "<default>"})
-    """Create or edit a named BrowserProfile stored in settings.application.browser_profiles."""
+    if os.getenv("PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL") or os.getenv("WEBDRIVER_URL"):
-
+        html_webdriver = StringField(_l('Chrome requests'), validators=[validators.Optional()], render_kw={"placeholder": "<default>"})
-    name = StringField(
-        _l('Profile name'),
-        [validators.DataRequired(), validators.Length(max=100)],
-        render_kw={"placeholder": _l("e.g. Mobile Chrome, Bright Data CDP"), "maxlength": "100"}
-    )
-    fetch_backend = SelectField(
-        _l('Fetch method'),
-        choices=[],  # populated at runtime from available_fetchers()
-    )
-    browser_connection_url = StringField(
-        _l('Browser connection URL'),
-        [
-            validators.Optional(),
-            ValidateStartsWithRegex(
-                regex=r'^(wss?|ws|http|https)://',
-                flags=re.IGNORECASE,
-                message=_l('Browser connection URL must start with ws://, wss://, http://, https://')
-            ),
-            ValidateSimpleURL(),
-        ],
-        render_kw={"placeholder": "ws://my-chrome:3000", "size": 50}
-    )
-    viewport_width = IntegerField(
-        _l('Viewport width (px)'),
-        [validators.Optional(), validators.NumberRange(min=100, max=7680)],
-        default=1280,
-        render_kw={"style": "width:5em;"}
-    )
-    viewport_height = IntegerField(
-        _l('Viewport height (px)'),
-        [validators.Optional(), validators.NumberRange(min=100, max=4320)],
-        default=1000,
-        render_kw={"style": "width:5em;"}
-    )
-    block_images = BooleanField(_l('Block images (faster loads)'), default=False)
-    block_fonts = BooleanField(_l('Block web fonts'), default=False)
-    ignore_https_errors = BooleanField(_l('Ignore HTTPS/TLS errors'), default=False)
-    user_agent = StringField(
-        _l('User-Agent override'),
-        [validators.Optional(), validators.Length(max=500)],
-        render_kw={"placeholder": _l("Leave blank to use fetcher default"), "size": 60}
-    )
-    locale = StringField(
-        _l('Locale'),
-        [validators.Optional(), validators.Length(max=20)],
-        render_kw={"placeholder": "en-US, de-DE, fr-FR …", "size": 15}
-    )
-    custom_headers = TextAreaField(
-        _l('Custom headers'),
-        [validators.Optional()],
-        render_kw={
-            "placeholder": "Header-Name: value\nAnother-Header: value",
-            "rows": 4, "cols": 60,
-            "style": "font-family:monospace;"
-        }
-    )
 
 # datastore.data['settings']['requests']..
 class globalSettingsRequestForm(Form):
@@ -1024,6 +965,8 @@ class globalSettingsRequestForm(Form):
     extra_proxies = FieldList(FormField(SingleExtraProxy), min_entries=5)
     extra_browsers = FieldList(FormField(SingleExtraBrowser), min_entries=5)
 
+    default_ua = FormField(DefaultUAInputForm, label=_l("Default User-Agent overrides"))
+
     def validate_extra_proxies(self, extra_validators=None):
         for e in self.data['extra_proxies']:
             if e.get('proxy_name') or e.get('proxy_url'):
@@ -1046,6 +989,7 @@ class globalSettingsApplicationForm(commonSettingsForm):
                            render_kw={"placeholder": os.getenv('BASE_URL', 'Not set')}
                            )
     empty_pages_are_a_change =  BooleanField(_l('Treat empty pages as a change?'), default=False)
+    fetch_backend = RadioField(_l('Fetch Method'), default="html_requests", choices=content_fetchers.available_fetchers(), validators=[ValidateContentFetcherIsReady()])
     global_ignore_text = StringListField(_l('Ignore Text'), [ValidateListRegex()])
     global_subtractive_selectors = StringListField(_l('Remove elements'), [ValidateCSSJSONXPATHInput(allow_json=False)])
     ignore_whitespace = BooleanField(_l('Ignore whitespace'))
@@ -1061,7 +1005,7 @@ class globalSettingsApplicationForm(commonSettingsForm):
         render_kw={"placeholder": "0.1", "style": "width: 8em;"}
     )
 
-    password = SaltyPasswordField(_l('Password'), render_kw={"autocomplete": "new-password"})
+    password = SaltyPasswordField(_l('Password'))
     pager_size = IntegerField(_l('Pager size'),
                               render_kw={"style": "width: 5em;"},
                               validators=[validators.NumberRange(min=0,

changedetectionio/html_tools.py

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from loguru import logger
 from typing import List
 import html
 import json
-import os
 import re
 
 # HTML added to be sure each result matching a filter (.example) gets converted to a new line by Inscriptis
@@ -14,45 +13,6 @@ PERL_STYLE_REGEX = r'^/(.*?)/([a-z]*)?$'
 
 TITLE_RE = re.compile(r"<title[^>]*>(.*?)</title>", re.I | re.S)
 META_CS  = re.compile(r'<meta[^>]+charset=["\']?\s*([a-z0-9_\-:+.]+)', re.I)
-
-# jq builtins that can leak sensitive data or cause harm when user-supplied expressions are executed.
-# env/$ENV reads all process environment variables (passwords, API keys, etc.)
-# include/import can read arbitrary files from disk
-# input/inputs reads beyond the supplied JSON data
-# debug/stderr leaks data to stderr
-# halt/halt_error terminates the process (DoS)
-_JQ_BLOCKED_PATTERNS = [
-    (re.compile(r'\benv\b'),                    'env (reads environment variables)'),
-    (re.compile(r'\$ENV\b'),                    '$ENV (reads environment variables)'),
-    (re.compile(r'\binclude\b'),                'include (reads files from disk)'),
-    (re.compile(r'\bimport\b'),                 'import (reads files from disk)'),
-    (re.compile(r'\binputs?\b'),                'input/inputs (reads beyond provided data)'),
-    (re.compile(r'\bdebug\b'),                  'debug (leaks data to stderr)'),
-    (re.compile(r'\bstderr\b'),                 'stderr (leaks data to stderr)'),
-    (re.compile(r'\bhalt(?:_error)?\b'),        'halt/halt_error (terminates the process)'),
-    (re.compile(r'\$__loc__\b'),                '$__loc__ (leaks file path information)'),
-    (re.compile(r'\bbuiltins\b'),               'builtins (enumerates available functions)'),
-    (re.compile(r'\bmodulemeta\b'),             'modulemeta (leaks module information)'),
-    (re.compile(r'\$JQ_BUILD_CONFIGURATION\b'), '$JQ_BUILD_CONFIGURATION (leaks build information)'),
-]
-
-def validate_jq_expression(expression: str) -> None:
-    """Raise ValueError if the jq expression uses any dangerous builtin.
-
-    User-supplied jq expressions are executed server-side. Without this check,
-    builtins like `env` expose every process environment variable (SALTED_PASS,
-    proxy credentials, API keys, etc.) as watch output.
-    """
-    from changedetectionio.strtobool import strtobool
-    if strtobool(os.getenv('JQ_ALLOW_RISKY_EXPRESSIONS', 'false')):
-        return
-
-    for pattern, description in _JQ_BLOCKED_PATTERNS:
-        if pattern.search(expression):
-            msg = f"jq expression uses disallowed builtin: {description}"
-            logger.critical(f"Security: blocked jq expression containing '{description}' - expression: {expression!r}")
-            raise ValueError(msg)
-
 META_CT  = re.compile(r'<meta[^>]+http-equiv=["\']?content-type["\']?[^>]*content=["\'][^>]*charset=([a-z0-9_\-:+.]+)', re.I)
 
 # 'price' , 'lowPrice', 'highPrice' are usually under here
@@ -70,12 +30,6 @@ _DEFAULT_UNSAFE_XPATH3_FUNCTIONS = [
     'unparsed-text-available',
     'doc',
     'doc-available',
-    'json-doc',
-    'json-doc-available',
-    'collection',           # XPath 2.0+: loads XML node collections from arbitrary URIs
-    'uri-collection',       # XPath 3.0+: enumerates URIs from resource collections
-    'transform',            # XPath 3.1: XSLT transformation (currently raises, block proactively)
-    'load-xquery-module',   # XPath 3.1: loads XQuery modules (currently raises, block proactively)
     'environment-variable',
     'available-environment-variables',
 ]
@@ -424,16 +378,12 @@ def _parse_json(json_data, json_filter):
             raise Exception("jq not support not found")
 
         if json_filter.startswith("jq:"):
-            expr = json_filter.removeprefix("jq:")
+            jq_expression = jq.compile(json_filter.removeprefix("jq:"))
-            validate_jq_expression(expr)
-            jq_expression = jq.compile(expr)
             match = jq_expression.input(json_data).all()
             return _get_stripped_text_from_json_match(match)
 
         if json_filter.startswith("jqraw:"):
-            expr = json_filter.removeprefix("jqraw:")
+            jq_expression = jq.compile(json_filter.removeprefix("jqraw:"))
-            validate_jq_expression(expr)
-            jq_expression = jq.compile(expr)
             match = jq_expression.input(json_data).all()
             return '\n'.join(str(item) for item in match)
 
@@ -537,25 +487,13 @@ def extract_json_as_string(content, json_filter, ensure_is_ldjson_info_type=None
         except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
             logger.warning(f"Error processing JSON {content[:20]}...{str(e)})")
     else:
-        # Check for JSONP wrapper: someCallback({...}) or some.namespace({...})
+        # Probably something else, go fish inside for it
-        # Server may claim application/json but actually return JSONP
+        try:
-        jsonp_match = re.match(r'^\w[\w.]*\s*\((.+)\)\s*;?\s*$', content.lstrip("\ufeff").strip(), re.DOTALL)
+            stripped_text_from_html = extract_json_blob_from_html(content=content,
-        if jsonp_match:
+                                                                  ensure_is_ldjson_info_type=ensure_is_ldjson_info_type,
-            try:
+                                                                  json_filter=json_filter                                                                  )
-                inner = jsonp_match.group(1).strip()
+        except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
-                logger.warning(f"Content looks like JSONP, attempting to extract inner JSON for filter '{json_filter}'")
+            logger.warning(f"Error processing JSON while extracting JSON from HTML blob {content[:20]}...{str(e)})")
-                stripped_text_from_html = _parse_json(json.loads(inner), json_filter)
-            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
-                logger.warning(f"Error processing JSONP inner content {content[:20]}...{str(e)})")
-
-        if not stripped_text_from_html:
-            # Probably something else, go fish inside for it
-            try:
-                stripped_text_from_html = extract_json_blob_from_html(content=content,
-                                                                      ensure_is_ldjson_info_type=ensure_is_ldjson_info_type,
-                                                                      json_filter=json_filter)
-            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
-                logger.warning(f"Error processing JSON while extracting JSON from HTML blob {content[:20]}...{str(e)})")
 
     if not stripped_text_from_html:
         # Re 265 - Just return an empty string when filter not found

changedetectionio/languages.py

@@ -28,20 +28,18 @@ def get_timeago_locale(flask_locale):
         str: timeago library locale code (e.g., 'en', 'zh_CN', 'pt_PT')
     """
     locale_map = {
-        'zh': 'zh_CN',          # Chinese Simplified
+        'zh': 'zh_CN',      # Chinese Simplified
         # timeago library just hasn't been updated to use the more modern locale naming convention, before BCP 47 / RFC 5646.
-        'zh_TW': 'zh_TW',       # Chinese Traditional (timeago uses zh_TW)
+        'zh_TW': 'zh_TW',   # Chinese Traditional (timeago uses zh_TW)
         'zh_Hant_TW': 'zh_TW',  # Flask-Babel normalizes zh_TW to zh_Hant_TW, map back to timeago's zh_TW
-        'pt': 'pt_PT',          # Portuguese (Portugal)
+        'pt': 'pt_PT',      # Portuguese (Portugal)
-        'pt_BR': 'pt_BR',       # Portuguese (Brasil)
+        'sv': 'sv_SE',      # Swedish
-        'sv': 'sv_SE',          # Swedish
+        'no': 'nb_NO',      # Norwegian Bokmål
-        'no': 'nb_NO',          # Norwegian Bokmål
+        'hi': 'in_HI',      # Hindi
-        'hi': 'in_HI',          # Hindi
+        'cs': 'en',         # Czech not supported by timeago, fallback to English
-        'cs': 'en',             # Czech not supported by timeago, fallback to English
+        'uk': 'uk',         # Ukrainian
-        'ja': 'ja',             # Japanese
+        'en_GB': 'en',      # British English - timeago uses 'en'
-        'uk': 'uk',             # Ukrainian
+        'en_US': 'en',      # American English - timeago uses 'en'
-        'en_GB': 'en',          # British English - timeago uses 'en'
-        'en_US': 'en',          # American English - timeago uses 'en'
     }
     return locale_map.get(flask_locale, flask_locale)
 
@@ -55,8 +53,7 @@ LANGUAGE_DATA = {
     'ko': {'flag': 'fi fi-kr fis', 'name': '한국어'},
     'cs': {'flag': 'fi fi-cz fis', 'name': 'Čeština'},
     'es': {'flag': 'fi fi-es fis', 'name': 'Español'},
-    'pt': {'flag': 'fi fi-pt fis', 'name': 'Português (Portugal)'},
+    'pt': {'flag': 'fi fi-pt fis', 'name': 'Português'},
-    'pt_BR': {'flag': 'fi fi-br fis', 'name': 'Português (Brasil)'},
     'it': {'flag': 'fi fi-it fis', 'name': 'Italiano'},
     'ja': {'flag': 'fi fi-jp fis', 'name': '日本語'},
     'zh': {'flag': 'fi fi-cn fis', 'name': '中文 (简体)'},

changedetectionio/model/App.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from changedetectionio.notification import (
 
 # Equal to or greater than this number of FilterNotFoundInResponse exceptions will trigger a filter-not-found notification
 _FILTER_FAILURE_THRESHOLD_ATTEMPTS_DEFAULT = 6
+DEFAULT_SETTINGS_HEADERS_USERAGENT='Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/87.0.4280.66 Safari/537.36'
 
 
 
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@ class model(dict):
                     'time_between_check': {'weeks': None, 'days': None, 'hours': 3, 'minutes': None, 'seconds': None},
                     'timeout': int(getenv("DEFAULT_SETTINGS_REQUESTS_TIMEOUT", "45")),  # Default 45 seconds
                     'workers': int(getenv("DEFAULT_SETTINGS_REQUESTS_WORKERS", "5")),  # Number of threads, lower is better for slow connections
+                    'default_ua': {
+                        'html_requests': getenv("DEFAULT_SETTINGS_HEADERS_USERAGENT", DEFAULT_SETTINGS_HEADERS_USERAGENT),
+                        'html_webdriver': None,
+                    }
                 },
                 'application': {
                     # Custom notification content
@@ -38,9 +43,7 @@ class model(dict):
                     'api_access_token_enabled': True,
                     'base_url' : None,
                     'empty_pages_are_a_change': False,
-                    'browser_profile': None,           # machine-name of the system-default BrowserProfile
+                    'fetch_backend': getenv("DEFAULT_FETCH_BACKEND", "html_requests"),
-                    'browser_profiles': {},            # user-defined profiles keyed by machine name
-                    'fetch_backend': getenv("DEFAULT_FETCH_BACKEND", "requests"),
                     'filter_failure_notification_threshold_attempts': _FILTER_FAILURE_THRESHOLD_ATTEMPTS_DEFAULT,
                     'global_ignore_text': [], # List of text to ignore when calculating the comparison checksum
                     'global_subtractive_selectors': [],

changedetectionio/model/Tag.py

@@ -46,26 +46,11 @@ class model(EntityPersistenceMixin, watch_base):
         super(model, self).__init__(*arg, **kw)
 
         self['overrides_watch'] = kw.get('default', {}).get('overrides_watch')
-        self['url_match_pattern'] = kw.get('default', {}).get('url_match_pattern', '')
 
         if kw.get('default'):
             self.update(kw['default'])
             del kw['default']
 
-    def matches_url(self, url: str) -> bool:
-        """Return True if this tag should be auto-applied to the given watch URL.
-
-        Wildcard patterns (*,?,[ ) use fnmatch; anything else is a case-insensitive
-        substring match. Returns False if no pattern is configured.
-        """
-        import fnmatch
-        pattern = self.get('url_match_pattern', '').strip()
-        if not pattern or not url:
-            return False
-        if any(c in pattern for c in ('*', '?', '[')):
-            return fnmatch.fnmatch(url.lower(), pattern.lower())
-        return pattern.lower() in url.lower()
-
     # _save_to_disk() method provided by EntityPersistenceMixin
     # commit() and _get_commit_data() methods inherited from watch_base
     # Tag uses default _get_commit_data() (includes all keys)

changedetectionio/model/Watch.py

@@ -353,40 +353,40 @@ class model(EntityPersistenceMixin, watch_base):
     def is_source_type_url(self):
         return self.get('url', '').startswith('source:')
 
-    @property
-    def effective_browser_profile(self):
-        """Resolve the effective BrowserProfile for this watch.
-
-        Walks the chain: watch → tag (overrides_watch=True) → global settings → built-in fallback.
-        Never raises. Returns a BrowserProfile instance.
-        """
-        from changedetectionio.model.browser_profile import resolve_browser_profile, BUILTIN_REQUESTS
-        if not self._datastore:
-            return BUILTIN_REQUESTS
-        try:
-            return resolve_browser_profile(self, self._datastore)
-        except Exception:
-            return BUILTIN_REQUESTS
-
     @property
     def get_fetch_backend(self):
-        """Legacy property — prefer effective_browser_profile.fetch_backend for new code.
-
-        Returns the raw fetch_backend stored on this watch (or 'requests' for PDFs).
-        Does NOT walk the tag/global resolution chain.
         """
-        if self.is_pdf:
+        Get the fetch backend for this watch with special case handling.
-            return 'requests'
-        return self.get('fetch_backend')
 
-    @property
+        CHAIN RESOLUTION OPPORTUNITY:
-    def fetcher_supports_screenshots(self):
+        Currently returns watch.fetch_backend directly, but doesn't implement
-        """Return True if the resolved fetcher for this watch supports screenshots."""
+        Watch → Tag → Global resolution chain. With Pydantic:
-        from changedetectionio import content_fetchers
+
-        fetcher_class = content_fetchers.get_fetcher(self.effective_browser_profile.fetch_backend)
+        @computed_field
-        if fetcher_class is None:
+        def resolved_fetch_backend(self) -> str:
-            return False
+            # Special case: PDFs always use html_requests
-        return bool(getattr(fetcher_class, 'supports_screenshots', False))
+            if self.is_pdf:
+                return 'html_requests'
+
+            # Watch override
+            if self.fetch_backend and self.fetch_backend != 'system':
+                return self.fetch_backend
+
+            # Tag override (first tag with overrides_watch=True wins)
+            for tag_uuid in self.tags:
+                tag = self._datastore.get_tag(tag_uuid)
+                if tag.overrides_watch and tag.fetch_backend:
+                    return tag.fetch_backend
+
+            # Global default
+            return self._datastore.settings.fetch_backend
+        """
+        # Maybe also if is_image etc?
+        # This is because chrome/playwright wont render the PDF in the browser and we will just fetch it and use pdf2html to see the text.
+        if self.is_pdf:
+            return 'html_requests'
+
+        return self.get('fetch_backend')
 
     @property
     def is_pdf(self):
@@ -779,50 +779,24 @@ class model(EntityPersistenceMixin, watch_base):
         # Also in the case that the file didnt exist
         return True
 
-    def bump_favicon(self, url, favicon_base_64: str, mime_type: str = None) -> None:
+    def bump_favicon(self, url, favicon_base_64: str) -> None:
         from urllib.parse import urlparse
         import base64
         import binascii
-        import re
+        decoded = None
 
-        MAX_FAVICON_BYTES = 1 * 1024 * 1024  # 1 MB
+        if url:
-
-        MIME_TO_EXT = {
-            'image/png': 'png',
-            'image/x-icon': 'ico',
-            'image/vnd.microsoft.icon': 'ico',
-            'image/jpeg': 'jpg',
-            'image/gif': 'gif',
-            'image/svg+xml': 'svg',
-            'image/webp': 'webp',
-            'image/bmp': 'bmp',
-        }
-
-        extension = None
-
-        # If the caller already resolved the MIME type (e.g. from blob.type or a data URI),
-        # use that directly — it's more reliable than guessing from a URL path.
-        if mime_type:
-            extension = MIME_TO_EXT.get(mime_type.lower().split(';')[0].strip(), None)
-
-        # Fall back to extracting extension from URL path, unless it's a data URI.
-        if not extension and url and not url.startswith('data:'):
             try:
                 parsed = urlparse(url)
                 filename = os.path.basename(parsed.path)
-                (_base, ext) = filename.lower().strip().rsplit('.', 1)
+                (base, extension) = filename.lower().strip().rsplit('.', 1)
-                extension = ext
             except ValueError:
-                logger.warning(f"UUID: {self.get('uuid')} Cant work out file extension from '{url}', defaulting to ico")
+                logger.error(f"UUID: {self.get('uuid')} Cant work out file extension from '{url}'")
-
+                return None
-        # Handle data URIs: extract MIME type from the URI itself when not already known
+        else:
-        if not extension and url and url.startswith('data:'):
+            # Assume favicon.ico
-            m = re.match(r'^data:([^;]+);base64,', url)
+            base = "favicon"
-            if m:
+            extension = "ico"
-                extension = MIME_TO_EXT.get(m.group(1).lower(), None)
-
-        if not extension:
-            extension = 'ico'
 
         fname = os.path.join(self.data_dir, f"favicon.{extension}")
 
@@ -831,27 +805,22 @@ class model(EntityPersistenceMixin, watch_base):
             decoded = base64.b64decode(favicon_base_64, validate=True)
         except (binascii.Error, ValueError) as e:
             logger.warning(f"UUID: {self.get('uuid')} FavIcon save data (Base64) corrupt? {str(e)}")
-            return None
+        else:
+            if decoded:
+                try:
+                    with open(fname, 'wb') as f:
+                        f.write(decoded)
 
-        if len(decoded) > MAX_FAVICON_BYTES:
+                    # Invalidate module-level favicon filename cache for this watch
-            logger.warning(f"UUID: {self.get('uuid')} Favicon too large ({len(decoded)} bytes), skipping")
+                    _FAVICON_FILENAME_CACHE.pop(self.data_dir, None)
-            return None
 
-        try:
+                    # A signal that could trigger the socket server to update the browser also
-            with open(fname, 'wb') as f:
+                    watch_check_update = signal('watch_favicon_bump')
-                f.write(decoded)
+                    if watch_check_update:
+                        watch_check_update.send(watch_uuid=self.get('uuid'))
 
-            # Invalidate module-level favicon filename cache for this watch
+                except Exception as e:
-            _FAVICON_FILENAME_CACHE.pop(self.data_dir, None)
+                    logger.warning(f"UUID: {self.get('uuid')} error saving FavIcon to {fname} - {str(e)}")
-
-            # A signal that could trigger the socket server to update the browser also
-            watch_check_update = signal('watch_favicon_bump')
-            if watch_check_update:
-                watch_check_update.send(watch_uuid=self.get('uuid'))
-
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.warning(f"UUID: {self.get('uuid')} error saving FavIcon to {fname} - {str(e)}")
-            return None
 
         # @todo - Store some checksum and only write when its different
         logger.debug(f"UUID: {self.get('uuid')} updated favicon to at {fname}")

changedetectionio/model/__init__.py

@@ -186,9 +186,7 @@ class watch_base(dict):
             'consecutive_filter_failures': 0,  # Every time the CSS/xPath filter cannot be located, reset when all is fine.
             'content-type': None,
             'date_created': None,
-            'extract_lines_containing': [],  # Keep only lines containing these substrings (plain text, case-insensitive)
             'extract_text': [],  # Extract text by regex after filters
-            'browser_profile': 'system',  # machine-name key of a BrowserProfile; 'system' → resolve via chain
             'fetch_backend': 'system',  # plaintext, playwright etc
             'fetch_time': 0.0,
             'filter_failure_notification_send': strtobool(os.getenv('FILTER_FAILURE_NOTIFICATION_SEND_DEFAULT', 'True')),
@@ -339,7 +337,6 @@ class watch_base(dict):
         # These are set by processors/workers and should not trigger edited flag
         additional_system_fields = {
             'last_check_status',  # Set by processors
-            'last_filter_config_hash',  # Set by text_json_diff processor, internal skip-cache
             'restock',  # Set by restock processor
             'last_viewed',  # Set by mark_all_viewed endpoint
         }
@@ -592,9 +589,7 @@ class watch_base(dict):
             return None
 
         try:
-            # _datastore is a ChangeDetectionStore (has .data) or a plain dict (unit tests)
+            value = self._datastore['settings']
-            store_data = self._datastore.data if hasattr(self._datastore, 'data') else self._datastore
-            value = store_data['settings']
             for key in path:
                 value = value[key]
             return value

changedetectionio/model/browser_profile.py

@@ -1,380 +0,0 @@
-"""
-BrowserProfile — named, reusable browser/fetcher configuration.
-
-Storage key
------------
-Profiles are stored in ``settings.application.browser_profiles`` as a plain dict
-keyed by *machine name* — a lowercase, underscore-separated slug derived from the
-human-readable ``name`` field:
-
-    'My Blocking Chrome'        →  'my_blocking_chrome'
-    'Custom CDP — Mobile (375px)' →  'custom_cdp_mobile_375px'
-
-Using the machine name as the key means that deleting a profile and recreating
-it with the same name restores the original key, so all watches that referenced
-it continue to work without any manual re-linking.
-
-Resolution chain
-----------------
-``resolve_browser_profile(watch, datastore)`` walks:
-
-    watch.browser_profile  →  first tag with overrides_watch=True  →
-    settings.application.browser_profile  →  built-in fallback
-
-It never raises.  Stale / missing machine-name references are logged and the
-resolver falls through to the next level.
-
-Built-in profiles
------------------
-``BUILTIN_REQUESTS`` and ``BUILTIN_BROWSER`` are always available and cannot be
-deleted from the UI (``is_builtin=True``).  Their machine names are stored in
-``RESERVED_MACHINE_NAMES`` to block user profiles from shadowing them.
-
-Migration
----------
-``store/updates.py::update_31`` converts the legacy ``fetch_backend`` field on
-watches, tags and global settings into ``browser_profile`` machine-name
-references.  After that migration no legacy paths are needed here.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import os
-import re
-from typing import Optional
-
-from loguru import logger
-from pydantic import BaseModel, field_validator
-
-# Default User-Agent for the built-in plaintext requests profile.
-# Overridable via environment variable for deployments that need a custom UA.
-_DEFAULT_REQUESTS_UA = os.getenv(
-    "DEFAULT_SETTINGS_HEADERS_USERAGENT",
-    'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/87.0.4280.66 Safari/537.36'
-)
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Constants
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-NAME_MAX_LEN = 100
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Model
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-class BrowserProfile(BaseModel):
-    """
-    A named, reusable configuration for how a watch fetches its target URL.
-
-    The *machine name* (see ``get_machine_name()``) is the stable storage key.
-    Updating ``name`` changes the machine name; any watch that referenced the
-    old machine name will then fall back through the resolution chain until it
-    is explicitly re-pointed.  To replace a profile without breaking watches,
-    delete it and recreate it with the *same* name.
-    """
-
-    name: str
-    """Human-readable label shown in the UI.  Max 100 characters."""
-
-    fetch_backend: str = 'requests'
-    """
-    Which fetch engine to use.  This is the *clean* fetcher name without the
-    ``html_`` module prefix (e.g. ``'requests'``, ``'webdriver'``,
-    ``'playwright'``, ``'puppeteer'``, ``'cloakbrowser'``).
-
-    The module-level ``html_`` prefix (``html_requests``, ``html_webdriver``,
-    …) is an implementation detail of ``content_fetchers/``.  Use
-    ``get_fetcher_class_name()`` to obtain the full module attribute name when
-    you need to look up the class.
-
-    Must be non-empty and contain only ``[a-z0-9_]`` characters.
-    """
-
-    is_builtin: bool = False
-    """Built-in profiles are always present and cannot be deleted from the UI."""
-
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Browser-specific settings (silently ignored by html_requests)
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    browser_connection_url: Optional[str] = None
-    """
-    Custom CDP / WebSocket endpoint, e.g. ``ws://my-chrome:3000``.
-    Overrides the system-wide ``PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL`` for this profile.
-    Only meaningful for ``html_webdriver`` profiles.
-    """
-
-    viewport_width: int = 1280
-    """
-    Browser viewport width in pixels.
-    Common presets: 375 (iPhone), 768 (tablet), 1280 (desktop).
-    """
-
-    viewport_height: int = 1000
-    """
-    Browser viewport height in pixels.
-    Common presets: 812 (iPhone), 1024 (tablet), 1000 (desktop).
-    """
-
-    block_images: bool = False
-    """
-    Block all image requests.  Typically cuts page-load time by 40-70 % on
-    image-heavy sites with no impact on text-based change detection.
-    """
-
-    block_fonts: bool = False
-    """Block web-font requests.  Modest speed gain; rarely affects detection."""
-
-    user_agent: Optional[str] = None
-    """
-    Override the browser User-Agent string.
-    ``None`` keeps the fetcher's built-in default, which already strips
-    obvious headless markers such as ``HeadlessChrome``.
-    """
-
-    ignore_https_errors: bool = False
-    """
-    Proceed even when the server's TLS certificate is invalid or self-signed.
-    Useful for staging / development environments.
-    """
-
-    locale: Optional[str] = None
-    """
-    Browser locale (e.g. ``en-US``, ``de-DE``).
-    Sets the ``Accept-Language`` header and ``navigator.language``.
-    Some sites serve different prices or copy based on locale.
-    """
-
-    custom_headers: str = ''
-    """
-    Extra HTTP headers sent with every request using this profile, in ``Key: Value`` format
-    (one per line, ``#`` lines are ignored).  Applied before per-watch headers so
-    individual watches can override them.
-    """
-
-    service_workers: str = 'allow'
-    """
-    Whether to allow Service Workers in the browser context.
-    Playwright accepts ``'allow'`` or ``'block'``.
-    Block to avoid large Service Worker data transfers (e.g. YouTube).
-    """
-
-    extra_delay: int = 0
-    """
-    Extra seconds to wait after page load before extracting content
-    (on top of the per-watch ``render_extract_delay``).
-    Sourced from ``WEBDRIVER_DELAY_BEFORE_CONTENT_READY`` at startup.
-    """
-
-    model_config = {"frozen": False}
-
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Validators
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    @field_validator('fetch_backend')
-    @classmethod
-    def _validate_fetch_backend(cls, v: str) -> str:
-        v = v.strip()
-        if not v:
-            raise ValueError('fetch_backend cannot be empty')
-        if not re.fullmatch(r'[a-z0-9_]+', v):
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"fetch_backend must contain only lowercase letters, digits and underscores, got {v!r}"
-            )
-        if v.startswith('html_'):
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"fetch_backend should be the clean fetcher name without the 'html_' prefix "
-                f"(e.g. 'requests', 'webdriver', 'playwright'). Got {v!r}. "
-                f"Use get_fetcher_class_name() to obtain the full module attribute name."
-            )
-        return v
-
-    @field_validator('name')
-    @classmethod
-    def _validate_name(cls, v: str) -> str:
-        v = v.strip()
-        if not v:
-            raise ValueError('Name cannot be empty')
-        if len(v) > NAME_MAX_LEN:
-            raise ValueError(f'Name must be {NAME_MAX_LEN} characters or less')
-        return v
-
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Machine-name helpers
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def machine_name_from_str(name: str) -> str:
-        """
-        Convert a human name to a machine-safe storage key.
-
-        Transformation rules (applied in order):
-
-        1. Strip surrounding whitespace; lower-case.
-        2. Replace runs of whitespace or hyphens with a single ``_``.
-        3. Drop every character that is not ``[a-z0-9_]``.
-        4. Collapse consecutive underscores.
-        5. Strip leading / trailing underscores.
-        6. Truncate to ``NAME_MAX_LEN`` characters.
-
-        Examples::
-
-            'My Blocking Browser Chrome'  →  'my_blocking_browser_chrome'
-            'Custom CDP — Mobile (375px)' →  'custom_cdp_mobile_375px'
-            '  Weird   ---   Name  '      →  'weird_name'
-        """
-        s = name.strip().lower()
-        s = re.sub(r'[\s\-]+', '_', s)    # whitespace / hyphens → underscore
-        s = re.sub(r'[^a-z0-9_]', '', s)  # drop everything else
-        s = re.sub(r'_+', '_', s)         # collapse repeated underscores
-        s = s.strip('_')                   # drop leading / trailing underscores
-        return s[:NAME_MAX_LEN]
-
-    def get_machine_name(self) -> str:
-        """Return the machine-safe storage key derived from this profile's ``name``."""
-        return self.machine_name_from_str(self.name)
-
-    def get_fetcher_class_name(self) -> str:
-        """Return the clean fetcher name for this profile (same as ``fetch_backend``).
-
-        Use with ``content_fetchers.get_fetcher()``::
-
-            from changedetectionio import content_fetchers
-            fetcher_cls = content_fetchers.get_fetcher(profile.get_fetcher_class_name())
-        """
-        return self.fetch_backend
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Built-in profiles (always present, cannot be deleted)
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-BUILTIN_REQUESTS = BrowserProfile(
-    name='Direct HTTP (requests)',
-    fetch_backend='requests',
-    is_builtin=True,
-    user_agent=_DEFAULT_REQUESTS_UA,
-)
-
-BUILTIN_PLAYWRIGHT = BrowserProfile(
-    name='Browser (Chrome/Playwright)',
-    fetch_backend='playwright_cdp',
-    is_builtin=True,
-)
-
-BUILTIN_SELENIUM = BrowserProfile(
-    name='Browser (Chrome/Selenium)',
-    fetch_backend='selenium',
-    is_builtin=True,
-)
-
-BUILTIN_PUPPETEER = BrowserProfile(
-    name='Browser (Chrome/Puppeteer)',
-    fetch_backend='puppeteer',
-    is_builtin=True,
-)
-
-# Backwards-compatible alias — code that imported BUILTIN_BROWSER keeps working.
-BUILTIN_BROWSER = BUILTIN_PLAYWRIGHT
-
-# Keyed by machine name for O(1) lookup.
-_BUILTINS: dict[str, BrowserProfile] = {
-    b.get_machine_name(): b
-    for b in (BUILTIN_REQUESTS, BUILTIN_PLAYWRIGHT, BUILTIN_SELENIUM, BUILTIN_PUPPETEER)
-}
-
-# Machine names that cannot be used by user-created profiles.
-RESERVED_MACHINE_NAMES: frozenset[str] = frozenset(_BUILTINS.keys())
-
-
-def get_default_browser_builtin() -> BrowserProfile:
-    """Final fallback when no profile can be resolved through the chain.
-
-    ``preconfigure_browser_profiles_based_on_env()`` sets
-    ``settings.application.browser_profile`` explicitly at startup, so this
-    fallback is only reached for watches with stale / missing machine-name
-    references.  Safe default is always direct HTTP requests.
-    """
-    return BUILTIN_REQUESTS
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Lookup helpers
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-def get_builtin_profiles() -> dict[str, BrowserProfile]:
-    """Return a shallow copy of the built-in profiles dict (keyed by machine name)."""
-    return dict(_BUILTINS)
-
-
-def get_profile(machine_name: str, store_profiles: dict) -> Optional[BrowserProfile]:
-    """
-    Look up a ``BrowserProfile`` by machine name.
-
-    Stored profiles are checked first so that env-configured built-ins (written
-    by ``preconfigure_browser_profiles_based_on_env``) take priority over the
-    bare module-level defaults.  Falls back to ``_BUILTINS`` when no stored
-    version exists.
-
-    Returns ``None`` when the machine name is unknown or the stored data is
-    corrupt (a warning is logged in the latter case).
-    """
-    raw = store_profiles.get(machine_name)
-    if raw is not None:
-        if isinstance(raw, BrowserProfile):
-            return raw
-        try:
-            return BrowserProfile(**raw)
-        except Exception as exc:
-            logger.warning(f"BrowserProfile '{machine_name}': failed to deserialize — {exc}")
-            # Fall through to built-in
-
-    if machine_name in _BUILTINS:
-        return _BUILTINS[machine_name]
-
-    return None
-
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Resolution
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-def resolve_browser_profile(watch, datastore) -> BrowserProfile:
-    """
-    Resolve the effective ``BrowserProfile`` for *watch*.
-
-    Resolution chain
-    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-    1. ``watch['browser_profile']`` — explicit machine name set on the watch.
-    2. First tag with ``overrides_watch=True`` that has ``browser_profile`` set.
-    3. ``settings.application['browser_profile']`` — system-wide default.
-    4. Built-in fallback: ``BUILTIN_REQUESTS`` (requests is always the safe default).
-
-    Never raises.  A stale / missing machine-name reference produces a
-    ``logger.warning`` and the resolver continues down the chain.
-    """
-    from changedetectionio.model.resolver import resolve_setting
-
-    store_profiles: dict = datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('browser_profiles', {})
-
-    machine_name = resolve_setting(
-        watch, datastore,
-        field_name='browser_profile',
-        sentinel_values={'system', 'default', ''},
-        default=None,
-        require_tag_override=True,
-    )
-
-    if machine_name:
-        profile = get_profile(machine_name, store_profiles)
-        if profile:
-            return profile
-        logger.warning(
-            f"Watch {watch.get('uuid')!r}: browser_profile {machine_name!r} not found, "
-            f"falling back through the chain"
-        )
-
-    return get_default_browser_builtin()

changedetectionio/model/resolver.py

@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Unified Watch → Tag → Global settings cascade resolver.
-
-All settings resolution follows the same priority order:
-  1. Watch-level setting (if set and not a sentinel "use parent" value)
-  2. First tag with overrides_watch=True that has the field set
-  3. Global application settings
-  4. Caller-supplied default
-
-This replaces the previously scattered manual resolution loops found in
-notification_service.py, processors/base.py, and the restock processor.
-"""
-
-
-def resolve_setting(watch, datastore, field_name, *,
-                    sentinel_values=None,
-                    default=None,
-                    require_tag_override=True):
-    """
-    Resolve a single setting value by walking the Watch → Tag → Global chain.
-
-    Args:
-        watch:               Watch dict / model object.
-        datastore:           App datastore (must have get_all_tags_for_watch() and
-                             data['settings']['application']).
-        field_name:          The setting key to look up at each level.
-        sentinel_values:     Set of values that mean "not configured here, keep looking".
-                             For example {'system'} for fetch_backend.
-        default:             Value returned when nothing is found in the chain.
-        require_tag_override: If True (default), only tags where overrides_watch=True
-                             contribute to the cascade.  Set to False when every tag
-                             that carries the field should be considered (e.g. for
-                             fields that make sense to merge/override at any tag level).
-
-    Returns:
-        The first non-sentinel, non-empty value found, or *default*.
-    """
-    _sentinels = set(sentinel_values) if sentinel_values else set()
-
-    def _is_unset(v):
-        return v is None or v == '' or v in _sentinels
-
-    # 1. Watch level
-    v = watch.get(field_name)
-    if not _is_unset(v):
-        return v
-
-    # 2. Tag level
-    tags = datastore.get_all_tags_for_watch(uuid=watch.get('uuid'))
-    if tags:
-        for tag in tags.values():
-            if require_tag_override and not tag.get('overrides_watch'):
-                continue
-            v = tag.get(field_name)
-            if not _is_unset(v):
-                return v
-
-    # 3. Global application settings
-    v = datastore.data['settings']['application'].get(field_name)
-    if not _is_unset(v):
-        return v
-
-    return default

changedetectionio/notification/handler.py

@@ -259,12 +259,9 @@ def apply_service_tweaks(url, n_body, n_title, requested_output_format):
     elif (url.startswith('discord://') or url.startswith('https://discordapp.com/api/webhooks')
           or url.startswith('https://discord.com/api'))\
             and 'html' in requested_output_format:
-        # Discord doesn't render HTML — convert markup to plain text equivalents.
+        # Discord doesn't support HTML, replace <br> with newlines
-        # &nbsp; is injected upstream to preserve double-spaces for HTML email clients;
-        # Discord displays it as the literal string "&nbsp;" so strip it here.
         n_body = n_body.strip().replace('<br>', '\n')
         n_body = n_body.replace('</br>', '\n')
-        n_body = n_body.replace('&nbsp;', ' ')
         n_body = newline_re.sub('\n', n_body)
 
         # Don't replace placeholders or truncate here - let the custom Discord plugin handle it

changedetectionio/notification_profiles/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from .registry import registry, NotificationProfileType, AppriseProfileType
-
-__all__ = ['registry', 'NotificationProfileType', 'AppriseProfileType']

changedetectionio/notification_profiles/log.py

@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Per-profile notification log.
-
-Each profile gets its own log file at:
-  {datastore_path}/notification-logs/{profile_uuid}.log
-
-Entries are stored as JSON-lines (one JSON object per line).
-The file is capped at MAX_ENTRIES lines (oldest pruned first).
-"""
-
-import json
-import os
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
-
-MAX_ENTRIES = 100
-_LOG_DIR = 'notification-logs'
-
-
-def _log_file(datastore_path: str, profile_uuid: str) -> str:
-    return os.path.join(datastore_path, _LOG_DIR, f'{profile_uuid}.log')
-
-
-def write_profile_log(datastore_path: str, profile_uuid: str, *,
-                      watch_url: str = '',
-                      watch_uuid: str = '',
-                      status: str,        # 'ok' | 'error' | 'test'
-                      message: str = ''):
-    """Append one log entry; prune to MAX_ENTRIES."""
-    log_dir = os.path.join(datastore_path, _LOG_DIR)
-    os.makedirs(log_dir, exist_ok=True)
-
-    entry = json.dumps({
-        'ts':         datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC'),
-        'watch_url':  watch_url[:200],
-        'watch_uuid': watch_uuid,
-        'status':     status,
-        'message':    message[:500],
-    }, ensure_ascii=False)
-
-    path = _log_file(datastore_path, profile_uuid)
-    try:
-        with open(path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as fh:
-            lines = [l for l in fh.read().splitlines() if l.strip()]
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        lines = []
-
-    lines.append(entry)
-    lines = lines[-MAX_ENTRIES:]
-
-    with open(path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fh:
-        fh.write('\n'.join(lines) + '\n')
-
-
-def read_profile_log(datastore_path: str, profile_uuid: str) -> list:
-    """Return log entries as a list of dicts, newest first."""
-    path = _log_file(datastore_path, profile_uuid)
-    try:
-        with open(path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as fh:
-            lines = [l.strip() for l in fh if l.strip()]
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        return []
-
-    entries = []
-    for line in reversed(lines):
-        try:
-            entries.append(json.loads(line))
-        except (json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError):
-            pass
-    return entries
-
-
-def has_log(datastore_path: str, profile_uuid: str) -> bool:
-    return os.path.exists(_log_file(datastore_path, profile_uuid))

changedetectionio/notification_profiles/registry.py

@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Notification Profile Type plugin registry.
-
-NotificationProfileType is the abstract base — the only contract is send().
-Plugins are free to use any delivery mechanism (Apprise, direct HTTP, SDK, etc.).
-
-Built-in: AppriseProfileType (raw Apprise URL list).
-
-Third-party plugins register additional types:
-
-    from changedetectionio.notification_profiles.registry import registry, NotificationProfileType
-
-    @registry.register
-    class MyProfileType(NotificationProfileType):
-        type_id      = "mytype"
-        display_name = "My Service"
-        icon         = "bell"
-        template     = "my_plugin/notification_profiles/types/mytype.html"
-
-        def send(self, config: dict, n_object: dict, datastore) -> bool:
-            requests.post(config['webhook_url'], json={"text": n_object['notification_body']})
-            return True
-"""
-
-from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-
-
-class NotificationProfileType(ABC):
-    type_id:      str = NotImplemented
-    display_name: str = NotImplemented
-    icon:         str = "bell"          # feather icon name
-    template:     str = NotImplemented  # Jinja2 partial rendered in the profile edit form
-
-    @abstractmethod
-    def send(self, config: dict, n_object: dict, datastore) -> bool:
-        """
-        Deliver the notification.
-
-        Args:
-            config:    The profile's config dict (type-specific fields).
-            n_object:  Fully-rendered NotificationContextData (title, body, format, etc.).
-            datastore: App datastore for any extra lookups.
-
-        Returns True on success, False on failure (do not raise — log instead).
-        """
-
-    def validate(self, config: dict) -> None:
-        """Raise ValueError with a user-readable message on invalid config."""
-        pass
-
-    def get_url_hint(self, config: dict) -> str:
-        """Short display string shown in the selector chip tooltip / dropdown row."""
-        return ''
-
-
-class AppriseProfileType(NotificationProfileType):
-    """Delivers notifications via Apprise using a raw URL list."""
-
-    type_id      = "apprise"
-    display_name = "Apprise"
-    icon         = "bell"
-    template     = "notification_profiles/types/apprise.html"
-
-    def get_apprise_urls(self, config: dict) -> list:
-        return config.get('notification_urls') or []
-
-    def send(self, config: dict, n_object, datastore) -> bool:
-        from changedetectionio.notification.handler import process_notification
-        from changedetectionio.notification_service import NotificationContextData
-        urls = self.get_apprise_urls(config)
-        if not urls:
-            return False
-        if not isinstance(n_object, NotificationContextData):
-            n_object = NotificationContextData(n_object)
-        n_object['notification_urls']   = urls
-        n_object['notification_title']  = config.get('notification_title') or n_object.get('notification_title')
-        n_object['notification_body']   = config.get('notification_body')  or n_object.get('notification_body')
-        n_object['notification_format'] = config.get('notification_format') or n_object.get('notification_format')
-        process_notification(n_object, datastore)
-        return True
-
-    def get_url_hint(self, config: dict) -> str:
-        urls = config.get('notification_urls') or []
-        if urls:
-            u = urls[0]
-            return (u[:60] + '…') if len(u) > 60 else u
-        return ''
-
-
-class _Registry:
-    def __init__(self):
-        self._types: dict = {}
-
-    def register(self, cls):
-        """Register a NotificationProfileType subclass. Usable as a decorator."""
-        instance = cls()
-        self._types[instance.type_id] = instance
-        return cls
-
-    def get(self, type_id: str) -> NotificationProfileType:
-        return self._types.get(type_id, self._types.get('apprise'))
-
-    def all(self) -> list:
-        return list(self._types.values())
-
-    def choices(self) -> list:
-        return [(t.type_id, t.display_name) for t in self._types.values()]
-
-
-registry = _Registry()
-registry.register(AppriseProfileType)

changedetectionio/notification_profiles/resolver.py

@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Resolve the full set of NotificationProfile objects that should fire for a given watch.
-
-Merges profile UUIDs from: Watch → Tags → System (union, deduplicated).
-Mute cascade is checked separately via resolve_setting() before calling this.
-"""
-
-from loguru import logger
-
-
-def resolve_notification_profiles(watch, datastore) -> list:
-    """
-    Return list of (profile_dict, NotificationProfileType) tuples to fire for *watch*.
-
-    Profiles are deduplicated by UUID — if the same UUID appears at multiple levels
-    it fires once, not multiple times.
-    """
-    from changedetectionio.notification_profiles.registry import registry
-
-    all_profiles = datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('notification_profile_data', {})
-
-    seen = set()
-    result = []
-
-    def _add(uuids):
-        for uid in (uuids or []):
-            if uid in seen:
-                continue
-            profile = all_profiles.get(uid)
-            if not profile:
-                logger.warning(f"Notification profile UUID {uid!r} not found, skipping")
-                continue
-            seen.add(uid)
-            type_handler = registry.get(profile.get('type', 'apprise'))
-            result.append((profile, type_handler))
-
-    # 1. Watch-level
-    _add(watch.get('notification_profiles', []))
-
-    # 2. Tag/group level
-    tags = datastore.get_all_tags_for_watch(uuid=watch.get('uuid'))
-    if tags:
-        for tag in tags.values():
-            _add(tag.get('notification_profiles', []))
-
-    # 3. System level
-    _add(datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('notification_profiles', []))
-
-    return result

changedetectionio/notification_service.py

@@ -88,28 +88,6 @@ class FormattableTimestamp(str):
             return self._dt.isoformat()
 
 
-class FormattableExtract(str):
-    """
-    A str subclass that holds only the extracted changed fragments from a diff.
-    Used for {{diff_changed_from}} and {{diff_changed_to}} tokens.
-
-        {{ diff_changed_from }}   → old value(s) only, e.g. "$99.99"
-        {{ diff_changed_to }}     → new value(s) only, e.g. "$109.99"
-
-    Multiple changed fragments are joined with newlines.
-    Being a str subclass means it is natively JSON serializable.
-    """
-    def __new__(cls, prev_snapshot, current_snapshot, extract_fn):
-        if prev_snapshot or current_snapshot:
-            from changedetectionio import diff as diff_module
-            raw = diff_module.render_diff(prev_snapshot, current_snapshot, word_diff=True)
-            extracted = extract_fn(raw)
-        else:
-            extracted = ''
-        instance = super().__new__(cls, extracted)
-        return instance
-
-
 class FormattableDiff(str):
     """
     A str subclass representing a rendered diff. As a plain string it renders
@@ -183,8 +161,6 @@ class NotificationContextData(dict):
             'diff_patch': FormattableDiff('', '', patch_format=True),
             'diff_removed': FormattableDiff('', '', include_added=False),
             'diff_removed_clean': FormattableDiff('', '', include_added=False, include_change_type_prefix=False),
-            'diff_changed_from': FormattableExtract('', '', extract_fn=lambda x: x),
-            'diff_changed_to': FormattableExtract('', '', extract_fn=lambda x: x),
             'diff_url': None,
             'markup_text_links_to_html_links': False, # If automatic conversion of plaintext to HTML should happen
             'notification_timestamp': time.time(),
@@ -268,27 +244,16 @@ def add_rendered_diff_to_notification_vars(notification_scan_text:str, prev_snap
         'diff_removed_clean': {'word_diff': word_diff, 'include_added': False, 'include_change_type_prefix': False},
     }
 
-    from changedetectionio.diff import extract_changed_from, extract_changed_to
-    extract_specs = {
-        'diff_changed_from': extract_changed_from,
-        'diff_changed_to':   extract_changed_to,
-    }
-
     ret = {}
     rendered_count = 0
-    # Only create FormattableDiff/FormattableExtract objects for diff keys actually used in the notification text
+    # Only create FormattableDiff objects for diff keys actually used in the notification text
     for key in NotificationContextData().keys():
-        if not key.startswith('diff'):
+        if key.startswith('diff') and key in diff_specs:
-            continue
+            # Check if this placeholder is actually used in the notification text
-        pattern = rf"(?<![A-Za-z0-9_]){re.escape(key)}(?![A-Za-z0-9_])"
+            pattern = rf"(?<![A-Za-z0-9_]){re.escape(key)}(?![A-Za-z0-9_])"
-        if not re.search(pattern, notification_scan_text, re.IGNORECASE):
+            if re.search(pattern, notification_scan_text, re.IGNORECASE):
-            continue
+                ret[key] = FormattableDiff(prev_snapshot, current_snapshot, **diff_specs[key])
-        if key in diff_specs:
+                rendered_count += 1
-            ret[key] = FormattableDiff(prev_snapshot, current_snapshot, **diff_specs[key])
-            rendered_count += 1
-        elif key in extract_specs:
-            ret[key] = FormattableExtract(prev_snapshot, current_snapshot, extract_fn=extract_specs[key])
-            rendered_count += 1
 
     if rendered_count:
         logger.trace(f"Rendered {rendered_count} diff placeholder(s) {sorted(ret.keys())} in {time.time() - now:.3f}s")
@@ -496,7 +461,7 @@ Thanks - Your omniscient changedetection.io installation.
         n_object = NotificationContextData({
             'notification_title': f"Changedetection.io - Alert - Browser step at position {step} could not be run",
             'notification_body': body,
-            'notification_format': _check_cascading_vars(self.datastore, 'notification_format', watch),
+            'notification_format': self._check_cascading_vars('notification_format', watch),
         })
         n_object['markup_text_links_to_html_links'] = n_object.get('notification_format').startswith('html')
 

changedetectionio/pluggy_interface.py

@@ -174,64 +174,6 @@ class ChangeDetectionSpec:
         """
         pass
 
-    @hookspec
-    def get_html_head_extras():
-        """Return HTML to inject into the <head> of every page via base.html.
-
-        Plugins can use this to add <script>, <style>, or <link> tags that should
-        be present on all pages.  Return a raw HTML string or None.
-
-        IMPORTANT: Always use Flask's url_for() for any src/href URLs so that
-        sub-path deployments (nginx reverse proxy with USE_X_SETTINGS / X-Forwarded-Prefix)
-        work correctly.  This hook is called inside a request context so url_for() is
-        always available.
-
-        For small amounts of CSS/JS, return them inline — no file-serving needed::
-
-            from changedetectionio.pluggy_interface import hookimpl
-
-            @hookimpl
-            def get_html_head_extras(self):
-                return (
-                    '<style>.my-module-banner { color: red; }</style>\\n'
-                    '<script>console.log("my_module_content loaded");</script>'
-                )
-
-        For larger assets, register your own lightweight Flask routes in the plugin
-        module and point to them with url_for() so the sub-path prefix is handled
-        automatically::
-
-            from flask import url_for, Response
-            from changedetectionio.pluggy_interface import hookimpl
-            from changedetectionio.flask_app import app as _app
-
-            MY_CSS = ".my-module-example { color: red; }"
-            MY_JS  = "console.log('my_module_content loaded');"
-
-            @_app.route('/my_module_content/css')
-            def my_module_content_css():
-                return Response(MY_CSS, mimetype='text/css',
-                                headers={'Cache-Control': 'max-age=3600'})
-
-            @_app.route('/my_module_content/js')
-            def my_module_content_js():
-                return Response(MY_JS, mimetype='application/javascript',
-                                headers={'Cache-Control': 'max-age=3600'})
-
-            @hookimpl
-            def get_html_head_extras(self):
-                css = url_for('my_module_content_css')
-                js  = url_for('my_module_content_js')
-                return (
-                    f'<link rel="stylesheet" href="{css}">\\n'
-                    f'<script src="{js}" defer></script>'
-                )
-
-        Returns:
-            str or None: Raw HTML string to inject inside <head>, or None
-        """
-        pass
-
 
 # Set up Plugin Manager
 plugin_manager = pluggy.PluginManager(PLUGIN_NAMESPACE)
@@ -295,23 +237,14 @@ def register_builtin_fetchers():
     This is called from content_fetchers/__init__.py after all fetchers are imported
     to avoid circular import issues.
     """
-    from changedetectionio.content_fetchers import requests, puppeteer, webdriver_selenium
+    from changedetectionio.content_fetchers import requests, playwright, puppeteer, webdriver_selenium
-    from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.playwright import CDP, chrome, firefox, webkit
 
+    # Register each built-in fetcher plugin
     if hasattr(requests, 'requests_plugin'):
         plugin_manager.register(requests.requests_plugin, 'builtin_requests')
 
-    if hasattr(CDP, 'cdp_plugin'):
+    if hasattr(playwright, 'playwright_plugin'):
-        plugin_manager.register(CDP.cdp_plugin, 'builtin_playwright_cdp')
+        plugin_manager.register(playwright.playwright_plugin, 'builtin_playwright')
-
-    if hasattr(chrome, 'chrome_plugin'):
-        plugin_manager.register(chrome.chrome_plugin, 'builtin_playwright_chrome')
-
-    if hasattr(firefox, 'firefox_plugin'):
-        plugin_manager.register(firefox.firefox_plugin, 'builtin_playwright_firefox')
-
-    if hasattr(webkit, 'webkit_plugin'):
-        plugin_manager.register(webkit.webkit_plugin, 'builtin_playwright_webkit')
 
     if hasattr(puppeteer, 'puppeteer_plugin'):
         plugin_manager.register(puppeteer.puppeteer_plugin, 'builtin_puppeteer')
@@ -427,28 +360,57 @@ def get_active_plugins():
 
 
 def get_fetcher_capabilities(watch, datastore):
-    """Get capability flags for a watch's resolved fetcher.
+    """Get capability flags for a watch's fetcher.
 
-    Uses the BrowserProfile resolution chain (watch → tag → global → built-in)
+    Args:
-    to determine the actual fetcher class, then reads its capability flags.
+        watch: The watch object/dict
+        datastore: The datastore to resolve 'system' fetcher
 
     Returns:
-        dict: {'supports_browser_steps': bool, 'supports_screenshots': bool,
+        dict: Dictionary with capability flags:
-               'supports_xpath_element_data': bool}
+            {
+                'supports_browser_steps': bool,
+                'supports_screenshots': bool,
+                'supports_xpath_element_data': bool
+            }
     """
-    from changedetectionio.model.browser_profile import resolve_browser_profile
+    # Get the fetcher name from watch
+    fetcher_name = watch.get('fetch_backend', 'system')
+
+    # Resolve 'system' to actual fetcher
+    if fetcher_name == 'system':
+        fetcher_name = datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('fetch_backend', 'html_requests')
+
+    # Get the fetcher class
     from changedetectionio import content_fetchers
 
-    profile = resolve_browser_profile(watch, datastore)
+    # Try to get from built-in fetchers first
-    fetcher_class = content_fetchers.get_fetcher(profile.fetch_backend)
+    if hasattr(content_fetchers, fetcher_name):
+        fetcher_class = getattr(content_fetchers, fetcher_name)
+        return {
+            'supports_browser_steps': getattr(fetcher_class, 'supports_browser_steps', False),
+            'supports_screenshots': getattr(fetcher_class, 'supports_screenshots', False),
+            'supports_xpath_element_data': getattr(fetcher_class, 'supports_xpath_element_data', False)
+        }
 
-    if fetcher_class is None:
+    # Try to get from plugin-provided fetchers
-        return {'supports_browser_steps': False, 'supports_screenshots': False, 'supports_xpath_element_data': False}
+    # Query all plugins for registered fetchers
+    plugin_fetchers = plugin_manager.hook.register_content_fetcher()
+    for fetcher_registration in plugin_fetchers:
+        if fetcher_registration:
+            name, fetcher_class = fetcher_registration
+            if name == fetcher_name:
+                return {
+                    'supports_browser_steps': getattr(fetcher_class, 'supports_browser_steps', False),
+                    'supports_screenshots': getattr(fetcher_class, 'supports_screenshots', False),
+                    'supports_xpath_element_data': getattr(fetcher_class, 'supports_xpath_element_data', False)
+                }
 
+    # Default: no capabilities
     return {
-        'supports_browser_steps': getattr(fetcher_class, 'supports_browser_steps', False),
+        'supports_browser_steps': False,
-        'supports_screenshots': getattr(fetcher_class, 'supports_screenshots', False),
+        'supports_screenshots': False,
-        'supports_xpath_element_data': getattr(fetcher_class, 'supports_xpath_element_data', False),
+        'supports_xpath_element_data': False
     }
 
 
@@ -644,20 +606,4 @@ def apply_update_finalize(update_handler, watch, datastore, processing_exception
     except Exception as e:
         # Don't let plugin errors crash the worker
         logger.error(f"Error in update_finalize hook: {e}")
-        logger.exception(f"update_finalize hook exception details:")
+        logger.exception(f"update_finalize hook exception details:")
-
-
-def collect_html_head_extras():
-    """Collect and combine HTML head extras from all plugins.
-
-    Called from a Flask template global so it always runs inside a request context.
-    This means url_for() works correctly in plugin implementations, including when the
-    app is deployed under a sub-path via USE_X_SETTINGS / X-Forwarded-Prefix (ProxyFix
-    sets SCRIPT_NAME so url_for() automatically prepends the prefix).
-
-    Returns:
-        str: Combined HTML string to inject inside <head>, or empty string
-    """
-    results = plugin_manager.hook.get_html_head_extras()
-    parts = [r for r in results if r]
-    return "\n".join(parts) if parts else ""

changedetectionio/processors/__init__.py

@@ -341,18 +341,6 @@ def get_processor_descriptions():
     return descriptions
 
 
-def wcag_text_color(hex_bg: str) -> str:
-    """Return #000000 or #ffffff for maximum WCAG contrast against hex_bg."""
-    hex_bg = hex_bg.lstrip('#')
-    if len(hex_bg) != 6:
-        return '#000000'
-    r, g, b = (int(hex_bg[i:i+2], 16) / 255 for i in (0, 2, 4))
-    def lin(c):
-        return c / 12.92 if c <= 0.04045 else ((c + 0.055) / 1.055) ** 2.4
-    L = 0.2126 * lin(r) + 0.7152 * lin(g) + 0.0722 * lin(b)
-    return '#000000' if L > 0.179 else '#ffffff'
-
-
 def generate_processor_badge_colors(processor_name):
     """
     Generate consistent colors for a processor badge based on its name.

changedetectionio/processors/base.py

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ class difference_detection_processor():
     watch = None
     xpath_data = None
     preferred_proxy = None
-    preferred_proxy_override = None   # Set externally to force a specific proxy (e.g. proxy checker)
     screenshot_format = SCREENSHOT_FORMAT_JPEG
     last_raw_content_checksum = None
 
@@ -37,8 +36,6 @@ class difference_detection_processor():
         # 2. Preserves Watch object with properties (.link, .is_pdf, etc.) - can't use dict()
         # 3. Safe now: Watch.__deepcopy__() shares datastore ref (no memory leak) but copies dict data
         self.watch = deepcopy(self.datastore.data['watching'].get(watch_uuid))
-        if self.watch is None:
-            raise KeyError(f"Watch UUID {watch_uuid} not found in datastore (deleted before processing?)")
 
         # Generic fetcher that should be extended (requests, playwright etc)
         self.fetcher = Fetcher()
@@ -100,6 +97,7 @@ class difference_detection_processor():
             logger.warning(f"Failed to read checksum file for {self.watch_uuid}: {e}")
             self.last_raw_content_checksum = None
 
+
     async def validate_iana_url(self):
         """Pre-flight SSRF check — runs DNS lookup in executor to avoid blocking the event loop.
         Covers all fetchers (requests, playwright, puppeteer, plugins) since every fetch goes
@@ -117,65 +115,82 @@ class difference_detection_processor():
                 f"Set ALLOW_IANA_RESTRICTED_ADDRESSES=true to allow."
             )
 
-    async def call_browser(self):
+    async def call_browser(self, preferred_proxy_id=None):
 
         from requests.structures import CaseInsensitiveDict
-        from changedetectionio.model.browser_profile import resolve_browser_profile, BUILTIN_REQUESTS
 
         url = self.watch.link
 
-        # Protect against file:, file:/, file:// access
+        # Protect against file:, file:/, file:// access, check the real "link" without any meta "source:" etc prepended.
         if re.search(r'^file:', url.strip(), re.IGNORECASE):
             if not strtobool(os.getenv('ALLOW_FILE_URI', 'false')):
-                raise Exception("file:// type access is denied for security reasons.")
+                raise Exception(
+                    "file:// type access is denied for security reasons."
+                )
 
         await self.validate_iana_url()
 
-        # Resolve the full browser profile for this watch (watch → tag → global → built-in)
+        # Requests, playwright, other browser via wss:// etc, fetch_extra_something
-        profile = resolve_browser_profile(self.watch, self.datastore)
+        prefer_fetch_backend = self.watch.get('fetch_backend', 'system')
 
-        # PDFs always use the requests fetcher — browsers render them in an embedded viewer
+        # Proxy ID "key"
+        preferred_proxy_id = preferred_proxy_id if preferred_proxy_id else self.datastore.get_preferred_proxy_for_watch(
+            uuid=self.watch.get('uuid'))
+
+        # Pluggable content self.fetcher
+        if not prefer_fetch_backend or prefer_fetch_backend == 'system':
+            prefer_fetch_backend = self.datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('fetch_backend')
+
+        # In the case that the preferred fetcher was a browser config with custom connection URL..
+        # @todo - on save watch, if its extra_browser_ then it should be obvious it will use playwright (like if its requests now..)
+        custom_browser_connection_url = None
+        if prefer_fetch_backend.startswith('extra_browser_'):
+            (t, key) = prefer_fetch_backend.split('extra_browser_')
+            connection = list(
+                filter(lambda s: (s['browser_name'] == key), self.datastore.data['settings']['requests'].get('extra_browsers', [])))
+            if connection:
+                prefer_fetch_backend = 'html_webdriver'
+                custom_browser_connection_url = connection[0].get('browser_connection_url')
+
+        # PDF should be html_requests because playwright will serve it up (so far) in a embedded page
         # @todo https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/issues/2019
+        # @todo needs test to or a fix
         if self.watch.is_pdf:
-            profile = BUILTIN_REQUESTS
+            prefer_fetch_backend = "html_requests"
 
-        # Resolve proxy for the target URL fetch.
+        # Grab the right kind of 'fetcher', (playwright, requests, etc)
-        # Note: browser_connection_url is the WebSocket endpoint to reach the remote browser,
-        # which is separate from the proxy used by the browser to fetch target pages.
-        proxy_url = self.datastore.get_proxy_url_for_watch(self.watch.get('uuid'), override_id=self.preferred_proxy_override)
-        if proxy_url:
-            logger.debug(f"Proxy '{proxy_url}' for {url}")
-
-        logger.debug(f"BrowserProfile '{profile.get_machine_name()}' (fetcher={profile.fetch_backend}) for watch {self.watch['uuid']}")
-
-        # Select the fetcher class
         from changedetectionio import content_fetchers
-        fetcher_class_name = profile.get_fetcher_class_name()
+        if hasattr(content_fetchers, prefer_fetch_backend):
+            # @todo TEMPORARY HACK - SWITCH BACK TO PLAYWRIGHT FOR BROWSERSTEPS
+            if prefer_fetch_backend == 'html_webdriver' and self.watch.has_browser_steps:
+                # This is never supported in selenium anyway
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Using playwright fetcher override for possible puppeteer request in browsersteps, because puppetteer:browser steps is incomplete.")
+                from changedetectionio.content_fetchers.playwright import fetcher as playwright_fetcher
+                fetcher_obj = playwright_fetcher
+            else:
+                fetcher_obj = getattr(content_fetchers, prefer_fetch_backend)
+        else:
+            # What it referenced doesnt exist, Just use a default
+            fetcher_obj = getattr(content_fetchers, "html_requests")
 
-        fetcher_obj = content_fetchers.get_fetcher(fetcher_class_name)
+        proxy_url = None
-        if fetcher_obj is None:
+        if preferred_proxy_id:
-            logger.warning(f"Fetcher '{fetcher_class_name}' not found, falling back to requests")
+            # Custom browser endpoints should NOT have a proxy added
-            fetcher_obj = content_fetchers.get_fetcher('requests')
+            if not prefer_fetch_backend.startswith('extra_browser_'):
-        elif self.watch.has_browser_steps and not getattr(fetcher_obj, 'supports_browser_steps', False):
+                proxy_url = self.datastore.proxy_list.get(preferred_proxy_id).get('url')
-            # Browser steps require Playwright — override if the resolved fetcher doesn't support them
+                logger.debug(f"Selected proxy key '{preferred_proxy_id}' as proxy URL '{proxy_url}' for {url}")
-            logger.warning(f"Fetcher '{fetcher_class_name}' does not support browser steps, overriding to Playwright")
+            else:
-            fetcher_obj = content_fetchers.get_fetcher('playwright')
+                logger.debug("Skipping adding proxy data when custom Browser endpoint is specified. ")
 
-        self.fetcher = fetcher_obj(
+        logger.debug(f"Using proxy '{proxy_url}' for {self.watch['uuid']}")
-            proxy_override=proxy_url,
+
-            custom_browser_connection_url=profile.browser_connection_url,
+        # Now call the fetcher (playwright/requests/etc) with arguments that only a fetcher would need.
-            screenshot_format=self.screenshot_format,
+        # When browser_connection_url is None, it method should default to working out whats the best defaults (os env vars etc)
-            # BrowserProfile fields — browser fetchers use these; html_requests ignores them
+        self.fetcher = fetcher_obj(proxy_override=proxy_url,
-            viewport_width=profile.viewport_width,
+                                   custom_browser_connection_url=custom_browser_connection_url,
-            viewport_height=profile.viewport_height,
+                                   screenshot_format=self.screenshot_format
-            block_images=profile.block_images,
+                                   )
-            block_fonts=profile.block_fonts,
-            profile_user_agent=profile.user_agent,
-            ignore_https_errors=profile.ignore_https_errors,
-            locale=profile.locale,
-            service_workers=profile.service_workers,
-            extra_delay=profile.extra_delay,
-        )
 
         if self.watch.has_browser_steps:
             self.fetcher.browser_steps = browser_steps_get_valid_steps(self.watch.get('browser_steps', []))
@@ -185,17 +200,9 @@ class difference_detection_processor():
         from changedetectionio.jinja2_custom import render as jinja_render
         request_headers = CaseInsensitiveDict()
 
-        # Browser profile: UA override (lowest priority — watch headers override this)
+        ua = self.datastore.data['settings']['requests'].get('default_ua')
-        if profile.user_agent:
+        if ua and ua.get(prefer_fetch_backend):
-            request_headers['User-Agent'] = profile.user_agent
+            request_headers.update({'User-Agent': ua.get(prefer_fetch_backend)})
-
-        # Browser profile: custom headers (override profile UA, but watch headers override these)
-        if profile.custom_headers:
-            for line in profile.custom_headers.splitlines():
-                line = line.strip()
-                if not line.startswith('#') and ':' in line:
-                    k, v = line.split(':', 1)
-                    request_headers[k.strip()] = v.strip()
 
         request_headers.update(self.watch.get('headers', {}))
         request_headers.update(self.datastore.get_all_base_headers())
@@ -252,7 +259,6 @@ class difference_detection_processor():
 
         # @todo .quit here could go on close object, so we can run JS if change-detected
         await self.fetcher.quit(watch=self.watch)
-        self.fetcher.disk_cleanup_after_fetch()
 
         # Sanitize lone surrogates - these can appear when servers return malformed/mixed-encoding
         # content that gets decoded into surrogate characters (e.g. \udcad). Without this,

changedetectionio/processors/extract.py

@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ def render_form(watch, datastore, request, url_for, render_template, flash, redi
     # Get error information for the template
     screenshot_url = watch.get_screenshot()
 
-    fetcher_supports_screenshots = watch.fetcher_supports_screenshots
+    system_uses_webdriver = datastore.data['settings']['application']['fetch_backend'] == 'html_webdriver'
+    is_html_webdriver = False
+    if (watch.get('fetch_backend') == 'system' and system_uses_webdriver) or watch.get('fetch_backend') == 'html_webdriver' or watch.get('fetch_backend', '').startswith('extra_browser_'):
+        is_html_webdriver = True
 
     password_enabled_and_share_is_off = False
     if datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('password') or os.getenv("SALTED_PASS", False):
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ def render_form(watch, datastore, request, url_for, render_template, flash, redi
         last_error_screenshot=watch.get_error_snapshot(),
         last_error_text=watch.get_error_text(),
         screenshot=screenshot_url,
-        fetcher_supports_screenshots=fetcher_supports_screenshots,
+        is_html_webdriver=is_html_webdriver,
         password_enabled_and_share_is_off=password_enabled_and_share_is_off,
         extra_title=f" - {watch.label} - Extract Data",
         extra_stylesheets=[url_for('static_content', group='styles', filename='diff.css')],

changedetectionio/processors/magic.py

@@ -100,13 +100,7 @@ class guess_stream_type():
         if any(s in http_content_header for s in RSS_XML_CONTENT_TYPES):
             self.is_rss = True
         elif any(s in http_content_header for s in JSON_CONTENT_TYPES):
-            # JSONP detection: server claims application/json but content is actually JSONP (e.g. cb({...}))
+            self.is_json = True
-            # A JSONP response starts with an identifier followed by '(' - not valid JSON
-            if re.match(r'^\w[\w.]*\s*\(', test_content):
-                logger.warning(f"Content-Type header claims JSON but content looks like JSONP (starts with identifier+parenthesis) - treating as plaintext")
-                self.is_plaintext = True
-            else:
-                self.is_json = True
         elif 'pdf' in magic_content_header:
             self.is_pdf = True
         # magic will call a rss document 'xml'

changedetectionio/processors/restock_diff/__init__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 
 from babel.numbers import parse_decimal
 from changedetectionio.model.Watch import model as BaseWatch
-from decimal import Decimal, InvalidOperation
 from typing import Union
 import re
 
@@ -11,8 +10,6 @@ supports_browser_steps = True
 supports_text_filters_and_triggers = True
 supports_text_filters_and_triggers_elements = True
 supports_request_type = True
-_price_re = re.compile(r"Price:\s*(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)", re.IGNORECASE)
-
 
 class Restock(dict):
 
@@ -66,17 +63,6 @@ class Restock(dict):
 
         super().__setitem__(key, value)
 
-def get_price_from_history_str(history_str):
-    m = _price_re.search(history_str)
-    if not m:
-        return None
-
-    try:
-        return str(Decimal(m.group(1)))
-    except InvalidOperation:
-        return None
-
-
 class Watch(BaseWatch):
     def __init__(self, *arg, **kw):
         super().__init__(*arg, **kw)
@@ -90,27 +76,13 @@ class Watch(BaseWatch):
     def extra_notification_token_values(self):
         values = super().extra_notification_token_values()
         values['restock'] = self.get('restock', {})
-
-        values['restock']['previous_price'] = None
-        if self.history_n >= 2:
-            history = self.history
-            if history and len(history) >=2:
-                """Unfortunately for now timestamp is stored as string key"""
-                sorted_keys = sorted(list(history), key=lambda x: int(x))
-                sorted_keys.reverse()
-
-                price_str = self.get_history_snapshot(timestamp=sorted_keys[-1])
-                if price_str:
-                    values['restock']['previous_price'] = get_price_from_history_str(price_str)
         return values
 
     def extra_notification_token_placeholder_info(self):
         values = super().extra_notification_token_placeholder_info()
 
         values.append(('restock.price', "Price detected"))
-        values.append(('restock.in_stock', "In stock status"))
         values.append(('restock.original_price', "Original price at first check"))
-        values.append(('restock.previous_price', "Previous price in history"))
 
         return values
 

changedetectionio/processors/restock_diff/processor.py

@@ -489,9 +489,19 @@ class perform_site_check(difference_detection_processor):
         # @TODO !!! some setting like "Use as fallback" or "always use", "t
         if not (has_price and has_availability) or True:
             from changedetectionio.pluggy_interface import get_itemprop_availability_from_plugin
-            # Use the actual resolved fetcher name from the fetcher instance
+            fetcher_name = watch.get('fetch_backend', 'html_requests')
-            fetcher_name = self.watch.effective_browser_profile.fetch_backend
+
-            logger.debug(f"Resolved effective fetcher: {fetcher_name}")
+            # Resolve 'system' to the actual fetcher being used
+            # This allows plugins to work even when watch uses "system settings default"
+            if fetcher_name == 'system':
+                # Get the actual fetcher that was used (from self.fetcher)
+                # Fetcher class name gives us the actual backend (e.g., 'html_requests', 'html_webdriver')
+                actual_fetcher = type(self.fetcher).__name__
+                if 'html_requests' in actual_fetcher.lower():
+                    fetcher_name = 'html_requests'
+                elif 'webdriver' in actual_fetcher.lower() or 'playwright' in actual_fetcher.lower():
+                    fetcher_name = 'html_webdriver'
+                logger.debug(f"Resolved 'system' fetcher to actual fetcher: {fetcher_name}")
 
             # Try plugin override - plugins can decide if they support this fetcher
             if fetcher_name:

changedetectionio/processors/text_json_diff/difference.py

@@ -154,7 +154,11 @@ def render(watch, datastore, request, url_for, render_template, flash, redirect,
 
     screenshot_url = watch.get_screenshot()
 
-    fetcher_supports_screenshots = watch.fetcher_supports_screenshots
+    system_uses_webdriver = datastore.data['settings']['application']['fetch_backend'] == 'html_webdriver'
+
+    is_html_webdriver = False
+    if (watch.get('fetch_backend') == 'system' and system_uses_webdriver) or watch.get('fetch_backend') == 'html_webdriver' or watch.get('fetch_backend', '').startswith('extra_browser_'):
+        is_html_webdriver = True
 
     password_enabled_and_share_is_off = False
     if datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('password') or os.getenv("SALTED_PASS", False):
@@ -210,7 +214,7 @@ def render(watch, datastore, request, url_for, render_template, flash, redirect,
                              extra_title=f" - {watch.label} - History",
                              extract_form=extract_form,
                              from_version=str(from_version),
-                             fetcher_supports_screenshots=fetcher_supports_screenshots,
+                             is_html_webdriver=is_html_webdriver,
                              last_error=watch['last_error'],
                              last_error_screenshot=watch.get_error_snapshot(),
                              last_error_text=watch.get_error_text(),

changedetectionio/processors/text_json_diff/processor.py

@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@ class FilterConfig:
             self._subtractive_selectors_cache = [*tag_selectors, *watch_selectors, *global_selectors]
         return self._subtractive_selectors_cache
 
-    @property
-    def extract_lines_containing(self):
-        return self._get_merged_rules('extract_lines_containing')
-
     @property
     def extract_text(self):
         return self._get_merged_rules('extract_text')
@@ -105,30 +101,6 @@ class FilterConfig:
     def text_should_not_be_present(self):
         return self._get_merged_rules('text_should_not_be_present')
 
-    def get_filter_config_hash(self):
-        """
-        Stable hash of the effective filter configuration.
-
-        Used by the skip-logic in run_changedetection() so that any change to
-        global settings, tag overrides, or watch filters automatically invalidates
-        the raw-content-unchanged shortcut — without needing scattered
-        clear_all_last_checksums() calls at every settings mutation site.
-        """
-        app = self.datastore.data['settings']['application']
-        config = {
-            'extract_lines_containing': sorted(self.extract_lines_containing),
-            'extract_text':             sorted(self.extract_text),
-            'ignore_text':              sorted(self.ignore_text),
-            'include_filters':          sorted(self.include_filters),
-            'subtractive_selectors':    sorted(self.subtractive_selectors),
-            'text_should_not_be_present': sorted(self.text_should_not_be_present),
-            'trigger_text':             sorted(self.trigger_text),
-            # Global processing flags not captured by the filter lists above
-            'ignore_whitespace':        app.get('ignore_whitespace', False),
-            'strip_ignored_lines':      app.get('strip_ignored_lines', False),
-        }
-        return hashlib.md5(json.dumps(config, sort_keys=True).encode()).hexdigest()
-
     @property
     def has_include_filters(self):
         return bool(self.include_filters) and bool(self.include_filters[0].strip())
@@ -163,17 +135,6 @@ class ContentTransformer:
         text = text.replace("\n\n", "\n")
         return '\n'.join(sorted(text.splitlines(), key=lambda x: x.lower()))
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def extract_lines_containing(text, substrings):
-        """Keep only lines that contain at least one of the given substrings (case-insensitive)."""
-        needles = [s.lower() for s in substrings if s.strip()]
-        if not needles:
-            return text
-        return '\n'.join(
-            line for line in text.splitlines()
-            if any(needle in line.lower() for needle in needles)
-        )
-
     @staticmethod
     def extract_by_regex(text, regex_patterns):
         """Extract text matching regex patterns."""
@@ -416,26 +377,19 @@ class perform_site_check(difference_detection_processor):
             raise Exception("Watch no longer exists.")
 
         current_raw_document_checksum = self.get_raw_document_checksum()
-
+        # Skip processing only if BOTH conditions are true:
-        # Build filter config up front so we can hash it for the skip check.
+        # 1. HTML content unchanged (checksum matches last saved checksum)
-        filter_config = FilterConfig(watch, self.datastore)
+        # 2. Watch configuration was not edited (including trigger_text, filters, etc.)
-        current_filter_config_hash = filter_config.get_filter_config_hash()
+        # The was_edited flag handles all watch configuration changes, so we don't need
-
+        # separate checks for trigger_text or other processing rules.
-        # Skip only when ALL of these hold:
-        #   1. raw HTML is unchanged
-        #   2. watch config was not edited (was_edited covers per-watch field changes)
-        #   3. effective filter config is unchanged (covers global/tag setting changes that
-        #      bypass was_edited — e.g. global_ignore_text, global_subtractive_selectors)
-        # last_filter_config_hash being False means first run or upgrade: don't skip.
         if (not force_reprocess and
             not watch.was_edited and
             self.last_raw_content_checksum and
-            self.last_raw_content_checksum == current_raw_document_checksum and
+            self.last_raw_content_checksum == current_raw_document_checksum):
-            watch.get('last_filter_config_hash') and
-            watch.get('last_filter_config_hash') == current_filter_config_hash):
             raise checksumFromPreviousCheckWasTheSame()
 
-        # Initialize remaining components
+        # Initialize components
+        filter_config = FilterConfig(watch, self.datastore)
         content_processor = ContentProcessor(self.fetcher, watch, filter_config, self.datastore)
         transformer = ContentTransformer()
         rule_engine = RuleEngine()
@@ -456,7 +410,6 @@ class perform_site_check(difference_detection_processor):
 
         # Save the raw content checksum to file (processor implementation detail, not watch config)
         self.update_last_raw_content_checksum(current_raw_document_checksum)
-        update_obj['last_filter_config_hash'] = current_filter_config_hash
 
         # === CONTENT PREPROCESSING ===
         # Avoid creating unnecessary intermediate string copies by reassigning only when needed
@@ -550,10 +503,6 @@ class perform_site_check(difference_detection_processor):
 
         update_obj["last_check_status"] = self.fetcher.get_last_status_code()
 
-        # === LINE FILTER (plain-text substring) ===
-        if filter_config.extract_lines_containing:
-            stripped_text = transformer.extract_lines_containing(stripped_text, filter_config.extract_lines_containing)
-
         # === REGEX EXTRACTION ===
         if filter_config.extract_text:
             extracted = transformer.extract_by_regex(stripped_text, filter_config.extract_text)
@@ -587,8 +536,8 @@ class perform_site_check(difference_detection_processor):
         # === BLOCKING RULES EVALUATION ===
         blocked = False
 
-        # Check trigger_text - use text_for_checksuming so ignore_text can suppress trigger_text
+        # Check trigger_text
-        if rule_engine.evaluate_trigger_text(text_for_checksuming, filter_config.trigger_text):
+        if rule_engine.evaluate_trigger_text(stripped_text, filter_config.trigger_text):
             blocked = True
 
         # Check text_should_not_be_present

changedetectionio/realtime/events.py

@@ -29,11 +29,9 @@ def register_watch_operation_handlers(socketio, datastore):
             # Perform the operation
             if op == 'pause':
                 watch.toggle_pause()
-                watch.commit()
                 logger.info(f"Socket.IO: Toggled pause for watch {uuid}")
             elif op == 'mute':
                 watch.toggle_mute()
-                watch.commit()
                 logger.info(f"Socket.IO: Toggled mute for watch {uuid}")
             elif op == 'recheck':
                 # Import here to avoid circular imports

changedetectionio/realtime/socket_server.py

@@ -199,31 +199,8 @@ def handle_watch_update(socketio, **kwargs):
         logger.error(f"Socket.IO error in handle_watch_update: {str(e)}")
 
 
-def _suppress_werkzeug_ws_abrupt_disconnect_noise():
-    """Patch BaseWSGIServer.log to suppress the AssertionError traceback that fires when
-    a browser closes a WebSocket connection mid-handshake (e.g. closing a tab).
-    The exception is caught inside run_wsgi and routed to self.server.log() — it never
-    propagates out, so wrapping run_wsgi doesn't help. Patching the log method is the
-    only reliable intercept point. The error is cosmetic: Socket.IO already handles the
-    disconnect correctly via its own disconnect handler and timeout logic."""
-    try:
-        from werkzeug.serving import BaseWSGIServer
-        _original_log = BaseWSGIServer.log
-
-        def _filtered_log(self, type, message, *args):
-            if type == 'error' and 'write() before start_response' in message:
-                return
-            _original_log(self, type, message, *args)
-
-        BaseWSGIServer.log = _filtered_log
-    except Exception:
-        pass
-
-
 def init_socketio(app, datastore):
     """Initialize SocketIO with the main Flask app"""
-    _suppress_werkzeug_ws_abrupt_disconnect_noise()
-
     import platform
     import sys
 

changedetectionio/static/js/notifications.js

@@ -1,20 +1,5 @@
-function checkDiscordHtmlWarning() {
-    var urls = $('textarea.notification-urls').val() || '';
-    var format = $('select.notification-format').val() || '';
-    var isDiscord = /discord:\/\/|https:\/\/discord(?:app)?\.com\/api/i.test(urls);
-    var isHtml = format === 'html' || format === 'htmlcolor';
-    if (isDiscord && isHtml) {
-        $('#discord-html-format-warning').show();
-    } else {
-        $('#discord-html-format-warning').hide();
-    }
-}
-
 $(document).ready(function () {
 
-    $('textarea.notification-urls, select.notification-format').on('change input', checkDiscordHtmlWarning);
-    checkDiscordHtmlWarning();
-
     $('#add-email-helper').click(function (e) {
         e.preventDefault();
         email = prompt("Destination email");

changedetectionio/static/js/realtime.js

@@ -116,14 +116,6 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
                 $('#realtime-conn-error').show();
             });
 
-            // Tell the server we're leaving cleanly so it can release the connection
-            // immediately rather than waiting for a timeout.
-            // Note: this only fires for voluntary closes (tab/window close, navigation away).
-            // Hard kills, crashes and network drops will still timeout normally on the server.
-            window.addEventListener('beforeunload', function () {
-                socket.disconnect();
-            });
-
             socket.on('queue_size', function (data) {
                 console.log(`${data.event_timestamp} - Queue size update: ${data.q_length}`);
                 if(queueSizePagerInfoText) {

changedetectionio/static/js/stepper.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 });
 
 var checkUserVal = function(){
-    if($('#fetch_backend input:checked').val()=='requests') {
+    if($('#fetch_backend input:checked').val()=='html_requests') {
       $('#request-override').show();
       $('#webdriver-stepper').hide();
     } else {

changedetectionio/static/js/vis.js

@@ -3,40 +3,21 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
     // Lazy Hide/Show elements mechanism
     $('[data-visible-for]').hide();
     function show_related_elem(e) {
-        var name = $(e).attr('name');
+        var n = $(e).attr('name') + "=" + $(e).val();
-        var val = $(e).val();
+        if (n === 'fetch_backend=system') {
-        var n = name + "=" + val;
-
-        // Resolve browser_profile select → underlying fetch_backend class name
-        // browserProfileFetcherMap is injected by the page as {machine_name: 'playwright', ...}
-        if (name && name.endsWith('browser_profile') && typeof browserProfileFetcherMap !== 'undefined') {
-            var fetcherClass = val === 'system'
-                ? (typeof default_system_fetch_backend !== 'undefined' ? default_system_fetch_backend : null)
-                : browserProfileFetcherMap[val];
-            if (fetcherClass) {
-                n = 'fetch_backend=' + fetcherClass;
-            }
-        } else if (n === 'fetch_backend=system') {
             n = "fetch_backend=" + default_system_fetch_backend;
         }
         $(`[data-visible-for~="${n}"]`).show();
     }
-
+    $(':radio').on('keyup keypress blur change click', function (e) {
-    $('select, :radio').on('change', function (e) {
-        $(`[data-visible-for]`).hide();
-        $('.advanced-options').hide();
-        show_related_elem(this);
-    });
-    // Retain original click/keyup handling for radio buttons
-    $(':radio').on('keyup keypress blur click', function (e) {
         $(`[data-visible-for]`).hide();
         $('.advanced-options').hide();
         show_related_elem(this);
     });
 
-    $(':radio:checked, select').each(function (e) {
+    $(':radio:checked').each(function (e) {
        show_related_elem(this);
-    });
+    })
 
 
     // Show advanced
@@ -45,4 +26,4 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
             $(this).toggle();
         })
     });
-});
+});

changedetectionio/store/__init__.py

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore(DatastoreUpdatesMixin, FileSavingDataStore):
 
             self.__data['settings']['application']['tags'][uuid] = Tag.model(
                 datastore_path=self.datastore_path,
-                __datastore=self,
+                __datastore=self.__data,
                 default=tag
             )
             logger.info(f"Tag: {uuid} {tag['title']}")
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore(DatastoreUpdatesMixin, FileSavingDataStore):
         self.json_store_path = os.path.join(self.datastore_path, "changedetection.json")
 
         # Base definition for all watchers (deepcopy part of #569)
-        self.generic_definition = deepcopy(Watch.model(datastore_path=datastore_path, __datastore=self, default={}))
+        self.generic_definition = deepcopy(Watch.model(datastore_path=datastore_path, __datastore=self.__data, default={}))
 
         # Load build SHA if available (Docker deployments)
         if path.isfile('changedetectionio/source.txt'):
@@ -245,10 +245,6 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore(DatastoreUpdatesMixin, FileSavingDataStore):
             # Maybe they copied a bunch of watch subdirs across too
             self._load_state()
 
-        # Apply env-var browser config after state is fully loaded so we can safely
-        # read existing settings without risk of being overwritten.
-        self.preconfigure_browser_profiles_based_on_env()
-
     def init_fresh_install(self, include_default_watches, version_tag):
       # Generate app_guid FIRST (required for all operations)
         if "pytest" in sys.modules or "PYTEST_CURRENT_TEST" in os.environ:
@@ -272,11 +268,13 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore(DatastoreUpdatesMixin, FileSavingDataStore):
         if include_default_watches:
             self.add_watch(
                 url='https://news.ycombinator.com/',
-                tag='Tech news'
+                tag='Tech news',
+                extras={'fetch_backend': 'html_requests'}
             )
             self.add_watch(
                 url='https://changedetection.io/CHANGELOG.txt',
-                tag='changedetection.io'
+                tag='changedetection.io',
+                extras={'fetch_backend': 'html_requests'}
             )
 
         # Create changedetection.json immediately
@@ -333,64 +331,9 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore(DatastoreUpdatesMixin, FileSavingDataStore):
         if entity.get('processor') != 'text_json_diff':
             logger.trace(f"Loading Watch object '{watch_class.__module__}.{watch_class.__name__}' for UUID {uuid}")
 
-        entity = watch_class(datastore_path=self.datastore_path, __datastore=self, default=entity)
+        entity = watch_class(datastore_path=self.datastore_path, __datastore=self.__data, default=entity)
         return entity
 
-    def preconfigure_browser_profiles_based_on_env(self):
-        """Instantiate browser profiles from environment variables and store them.
-
-        Always runs at the end of reload_state() — covers fresh installs,
-        existing datastores, and server restarts.  Env vars always win so that
-        changing PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL and restarting is reflected immediately.
-
-        Creates BrowserProfile instances from env vars and stores them in
-        ``settings.application.browser_profiles`` under their machine names,
-        then sets ``settings.application.browser_profile`` to that profile as
-        the system-wide default.
-        """
-        from changedetectionio.model import browser_profile as bp
-        from changedetectionio.strtobool import strtobool
-
-        store_profiles = self.__data['settings']['application'].setdefault('browser_profiles', {})
-        service_workers = os.getenv('PLAYWRIGHT_SERVICE_WORKERS', 'allow')
-        extra_delay = int(os.getenv('WEBDRIVER_DELAY_BEFORE_CONTENT_READY', 0))
-        configured_profile = None
-
-        playwright_url = os.getenv('PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL')
-        if playwright_url:
-            playwright_url = playwright_url.strip('"')
-            builtin = bp.BUILTIN_PUPPETEER if strtobool(os.getenv('FAST_PUPPETEER_CHROME_FETCHER', 'False')) else bp.BUILTIN_PLAYWRIGHT
-            profile = bp.BrowserProfile(
-                name=builtin.name,
-                fetch_backend=builtin.fetch_backend,
-                browser_connection_url=playwright_url,
-                service_workers=service_workers,
-                extra_delay=extra_delay,
-                is_builtin=True,
-            )
-            logger.debug(f"Configuring browser profile '{profile.get_machine_name()}' from env")
-            store_profiles[profile.get_machine_name()] = profile.model_dump()
-            configured_profile = profile
-
-        webdriver_url = os.getenv('WEBDRIVER_URL')
-        if webdriver_url:
-            profile = bp.BrowserProfile(
-                name=bp.BUILTIN_SELENIUM.name,
-                fetch_backend=bp.BUILTIN_SELENIUM.fetch_backend,
-                browser_connection_url=webdriver_url.strip('"'),
-                extra_delay=extra_delay,
-                is_builtin=True,
-            )
-            logger.debug(f"Configuring browser profile '{profile.get_machine_name()}' from env")
-            store_profiles[profile.get_machine_name()] = profile.model_dump()
-            if not configured_profile:
-                configured_profile = profile
-
-        if configured_profile:
-            logger.debug(f"Setting system default browser profile to '{configured_profile.get_machine_name()}'")
-            self.__data['settings']['application']['browser_profile'] = configured_profile.get_machine_name()
-
-
     # ============================================================================
     # FileSavingDataStore Abstract Method Implementations
     # ============================================================================
@@ -422,14 +365,6 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore(DatastoreUpdatesMixin, FileSavingDataStore):
         # Is saved as {uuid}/tag.json
         settings_copy['application']['tags'] = {}
 
-        # Serialize BrowserProfile Pydantic instances to plain dicts for JSON storage
-        raw_profiles = settings_copy['application'].get('browser_profiles', {})
-        from changedetectionio.model.browser_profile import BrowserProfile
-        settings_copy['application']['browser_profiles'] = {
-            k: v.model_dump() if isinstance(v, BrowserProfile) else v
-            for k, v in raw_profiles.items()
-        }
-
         return {
             'note': 'Settings file - watches are in {uuid}/watch.json, tags are in {uuid}/tag.json',
             'app_guid': self.__data.get('app_guid'),
@@ -486,7 +421,7 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore(DatastoreUpdatesMixin, FileSavingDataStore):
 
             return Tag.model(
                 datastore_path=self.datastore_path,
-                __datastore=self,
+                __datastore=self.__data,
                 default=entity_dict
             )
 
@@ -832,7 +767,7 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore(DatastoreUpdatesMixin, FileSavingDataStore):
 
         # If the processor also has its own Watch implementation
         watch_class = get_custom_watch_obj_for_processor(apply_extras.get('processor'))
-        new_watch = watch_class(datastore_path=self.datastore_path, __datastore=self, url=url)
+        new_watch = watch_class(datastore_path=self.datastore_path, __datastore=self.__data, url=url)
 
         new_uuid = new_watch.get('uuid')
 
@@ -917,16 +852,6 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore(DatastoreUpdatesMixin, FileSavingDataStore):
 
         return proxy_list if len(proxy_list) else None
 
-    def get_proxy_url_for_watch(self, uuid, override_id=None):
-        """
-        Returns the resolved proxy URL string for a watch, or None.
-        override_id forces a specific proxy (e.g. proxy checker bypass).
-        """
-        proxy_id = override_id or self.get_preferred_proxy_for_watch(uuid)
-        if proxy_id:
-            return self.proxy_list.get(proxy_id, {}).get('url')
-        return None
-
     def get_preferred_proxy_for_watch(self, uuid):
         """
         Returns the preferred proxy by ID key
@@ -960,71 +885,6 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore(DatastoreUpdatesMixin, FileSavingDataStore):
 
         return None
 
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-    # BrowserProfile helpers
-    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    def get_browser_profile(self, machine_name: str):
-        """Return a BrowserProfile by machine name, or None if not found.
-
-        Built-in profiles (direct_http_requests, browser_chromeplaywright) are
-        always available and checked first.
-        """
-        from changedetectionio.model.browser_profile import get_profile
-        store_profiles = self.data['settings']['application'].get('browser_profiles', {})
-        return get_profile(machine_name, store_profiles)
-
-    def delete_browser_profile(self, machine_name: str):
-        """Delete a user-defined BrowserProfile by machine name.
-
-        Rules enforced:
-        - Built-in profiles cannot be deleted.
-        - The profile cannot be the current system default
-          (settings.application.browser_profile); caller must change the
-          default first.
-        - Any watch or tag that referenced this profile is reset to None
-          (falls back through the chain on next fetch).
-
-        Returns the number of watches/tags that were reset.
-        """
-        from changedetectionio.model.browser_profile import RESERVED_MACHINE_NAMES
-
-        if machine_name in RESERVED_MACHINE_NAMES:
-            raise ValueError(f"Built-in profile '{machine_name}' cannot be deleted")
-
-        system_default = self.data['settings']['application'].get('browser_profile')
-        if system_default == machine_name:
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"Profile '{machine_name}' is the system default. "
-                f"Change the system default before deleting it."
-            )
-
-        store_profiles = self.data['settings']['application'].get('browser_profiles', {})
-        if machine_name not in store_profiles:
-            return 0
-
-        del store_profiles[machine_name]
-
-        reset_count = 0
-
-        # Reset watches that reference this profile
-        for uuid, watch in self.data['watching'].items():
-            if watch.get('browser_profile') == machine_name:
-                watch['browser_profile'] = None
-                watch.commit()
-                reset_count += 1
-
-        # Reset tags that reference this profile
-        for tag_uuid, tag in self.data['settings']['application'].get('tags', {}).items():
-            if tag.get('browser_profile') == machine_name:
-                tag['browser_profile'] = None
-                tag.commit()
-                reset_count += 1
-
-        self._save_settings()
-        logger.info(f"Deleted BrowserProfile '{machine_name}', reset {reset_count} watches/tags")
-        return reset_count
-
     @property
     def has_extra_headers_file(self):
         filepath = os.path.join(self.datastore_path, 'headers.txt')
@@ -1102,7 +962,7 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore(DatastoreUpdatesMixin, FileSavingDataStore):
             from ..model import Tag
             new_tag = Tag.model(
                 datastore_path=self.datastore_path,
-                __datastore=self,
+                __datastore=self.__data,
                 default={
                     'title': title.strip(),
                     'date_created': int(time.time())
@@ -1120,20 +980,12 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore(DatastoreUpdatesMixin, FileSavingDataStore):
     def get_all_tags_for_watch(self, uuid):
         """This should be in Watch model but Watch doesn't have access to datastore, not sure how to solve that yet"""
         watch = self.data['watching'].get(uuid)
-        if not watch:
-            return {}
 
-        # Start with manually assigned tags
+        # Should return a dict of full tag info linked by UUID
-        result = dictfilt(self.__data['settings']['application']['tags'], watch.get('tags', []))
+        if watch:
+            return dictfilt(self.__data['settings']['application']['tags'], watch.get('tags', []))
 
-        # Additionally include any tag whose url_match_pattern matches this watch's URL
+        return {}
-        watch_url = watch.get('url', '')
-        if watch_url:
-            for tag_uuid, tag in self.__data['settings']['application']['tags'].items():
-                if tag_uuid not in result and tag.matches_url(watch_url):
-                    result[tag_uuid] = tag
-
-        return result
 
     @property
     def extra_browsers(self):

changedetectionio/store/updates.py

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import tarfile
 import time
 from loguru import logger
 from copy import deepcopy
-from typing import Optional
 
 
 # Try to import orjson for faster JSON serialization
@@ -731,144 +730,6 @@ class DatastoreUpdatesMixin:
         # (left this out by accident in previous update, added tags={} in the changedetection.json save_to_disk)
         self._save_settings()
 
-    def update_31(self):
-        """
-        Migrate legacy ``fetch_backend`` strings to the new ``browser_profile``
-        machine-name system.
-
-        What this migration does
-        ------------------------
-        1. ``settings.requests.extra_browsers`` entries are converted into
-           ``BrowserProfile`` objects and stored in
-           ``settings.application.browser_profiles`` keyed by machine name.
-
-        2. ``settings.application.fetch_backend`` (the system-wide default) is
-           translated to a machine name and written to
-           ``settings.application.browser_profile``.
-
-        3. Every watch that has an explicit ``fetch_backend`` (not ``'system'``)
-           gets a corresponding ``browser_profile`` machine name set, then
-           ``fetch_backend`` is reset to ``'system'``.
-
-        4. The same translation is applied to tags with ``overrides_watch=True``
-           that carry an explicit ``fetch_backend``.
-
-        Legacy mapping
-        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-        * ``'html_requests'``        → built-in ``'direct_http_requests'``
-        * ``'html_webdriver'``       → built-in ``'browser_chromeplaywright'``
-        * ``'extra_browser_<name>'`` → machine name of the migrated custom profile
-        * ``'system'`` / missing     → ``None``  (continue to use chain resolution)
-
-        Safe to re-run: skips watches / tags that already have ``browser_profile``
-        set, and skips extra_browser entries that have already been migrated.
-        """
-        from ..model.browser_profile import (
-            BrowserProfile,
-            BUILTIN_REQUESTS,
-            BUILTIN_BROWSER,
-        )
-
-        app_settings = self.data['settings']['application']
-
-        # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-        # 1. Migrate extra_browsers → browser_profiles
-        # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-        extra_browsers = self.data['settings']['requests'].get('extra_browsers', [])
-        browser_profiles: dict = app_settings.setdefault('browser_profiles', {})
-
-        extra_browser_name_to_machine: dict[str, str] = {}
-
-        for entry in extra_browsers:
-            browser_name = entry.get('browser_name', '').strip()
-            connection_url = entry.get('browser_connection_url', '').strip()
-            if not browser_name:
-                continue
-
-            profile = BrowserProfile(
-                name=browser_name,
-                fetch_backend='playwright_cdp',
-                browser_connection_url=connection_url or None,
-            )
-            machine_name = profile.get_machine_name()
-
-            if machine_name not in browser_profiles:
-                browser_profiles[machine_name] = profile.model_dump()
-                logger.info(f"update_31: migrated extra_browser '{browser_name}' → profile '{machine_name}'")
-
-            extra_browser_name_to_machine[browser_name] = machine_name
-
-        # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-        # Helper: translate a fetch_backend string to a machine name
-        # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-        builtin_requests_name = BUILTIN_REQUESTS.get_machine_name()
-        builtin_browser_name  = BUILTIN_BROWSER.get_machine_name()
-
-        def _to_machine_name(fetch_backend: str) -> Optional[str]:
-            if not fetch_backend or fetch_backend in ('system', 'default', ''):
-                return None
-            if fetch_backend.startswith('extra_browser_'):
-                key = fetch_backend[len('extra_browser_'):]
-                return extra_browser_name_to_machine.get(key)
-            # Strip legacy html_ prefix then query the fetcher registry
-            from changedetectionio import content_fetchers as cf
-            clean = fetch_backend[5:] if fetch_backend.startswith('html_') else fetch_backend
-            fetcher_cls = cf.get_fetcher(clean)
-            if fetcher_cls is None:
-                logger.warning(f"update_31: unknown fetch_backend value {fetch_backend!r}, skipping")
-                return None
-            if fetcher_cls.supports_screenshots:
-                return builtin_browser_name
-            return builtin_requests_name
-
-        # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-        # 2. Migrate system-wide default
-        # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-        system_fetch_backend = app_settings.get('fetch_backend', 'requests')
-        if not app_settings.get('browser_profile'):
-            machine = _to_machine_name(system_fetch_backend)
-            app_settings['browser_profile'] = machine
-            logger.info(
-                f"update_31: system fetch_backend '{system_fetch_backend}' → browser_profile '{machine}'"
-            )
-
-        # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-        # 3. Migrate watches
-        # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-        for uuid, watch in self.data['watching'].items():
-            if watch.get('browser_profile'):
-                continue  # already migrated
-
-            fetch_backend = watch.get('fetch_backend', 'system')
-            machine = _to_machine_name(fetch_backend)
-            watch['browser_profile'] = machine
-            watch['fetch_backend'] = 'system'  # clear legacy value
-            watch.commit()
-            if machine:
-                logger.info(
-                    f"update_31: watch {uuid} fetch_backend '{fetch_backend}' → browser_profile '{machine}'"
-                )
-
-        # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-        # 4. Migrate tags
-        # ------------------------------------------------------------------
-        for tag_uuid, tag in app_settings.get('tags', {}).items():
-            if tag.get('browser_profile'):
-                continue  # already migrated
-
-            fetch_backend = tag.get('fetch_backend', 'system')
-            machine = _to_machine_name(fetch_backend)
-            if machine:
-                tag['browser_profile'] = machine
-                tag['fetch_backend'] = 'system'
-                tag.commit()
-                logger.info(
-                    f"update_31: tag {tag_uuid} fetch_backend '{fetch_backend}' → browser_profile '{machine}'"
-                )
-
-        self._save_settings()
-        logger.success("update_31: fetch_backend → browser_profile migration complete")
-
     def update_30(self):
         """Migrate restock_settings out of watch.json into restock_diff.json processor config file.
 

changedetectionio/templates/_common_fields.html

@@ -98,14 +98,6 @@
                 <td><code>{{ '{{diff_patch}}' }}</code></td>
                 <td>{{ _('The diff output - patch in unified format') }}</td>
             </tr>
-            <tr>
-                <td><code>{{ '{{diff_changed_from}}' }}</code></td>
-                <td>{{ _('Only the changed words/values from the previous version — e.g. the old price. Best when a single value changes per line; multiple changed fragments are joined by newline.') }}</td>
-            </tr>
-            <tr>
-                <td><code>{{ '{{diff_changed_to}}' }}</code></td>
-                <td>{{ _('Only the changed words/values from the new version — e.g. the new price. Best when a single value changes per line; multiple changed fragments are joined by newline.') }}</td>
-            </tr>
             <tr>
                 <td><code>{{ '{{current_snapshot}}' }}</code></td>
                 <td>{{ _('The current snapshot text contents value, useful when combined with JSON or CSS filters') }}
@@ -195,10 +187,6 @@
                             <div class="">
                                 {{ render_field(form.notification_format , class="notification-format") }}
                                 <span class="pure-form-message-inline">{{ _('Format for all notifications') }}</span>
-                                <div id="discord-html-format-warning" class="inline-warning" style="display: none; margin-top: 6px;">
-                                    <img class="inline-warning-icon" src="{{url_for('static_content', group='images', filename='notice.svg')}}" alt="{{ _('Note') }}" title="{{ _('Note') }}">
-                                    {{ _('Discord does not render HTML — switch to') }} <strong>{{ _('Plain Text') }}</strong> {{ _('format to avoid') }} <code>&amp;nbsp;</code> {{ _('and other HTML entities appearing literally in your notifications.') }}
-                                </div>
                             </div>
                         </div>
 {% endmacro %}

changedetectionio/templates/_notification_profiles_selector.html

@@ -1,208 +0,0 @@
-{#
-  Notification Profile Selector widget.
-
-  Usage:
-    {% from '_notification_profiles_selector.html' import render_notification_profile_selector %}
-    {{ render_notification_profile_selector(
-        own_profiles=watch.get('notification_profiles', []),
-        inherited_profiles=inherited_notification_profiles,
-        all_profile_data=settings_application.get('notification_profile_data', {}),
-        registry=registry
-    ) }}
-
-  own_profiles       — list of UUIDs directly linked to this watch/group
-  inherited_profiles — list of (uuid, origin_label) tuples from parent groups/system
-  all_profile_data   — dict of uuid→profile from settings.application.notification_profile_data
-  registry           — notification_profiles.registry instance
-#}
-
-{% macro render_notification_profile_selector(own_profiles, inherited_profiles, all_profile_data, registry) %}
-<div class="notification-profile-selector" id="notification-profile-selector">
-
-  {# Hidden inputs — one per selected UUID, submitted with the form #}
-  <div id="np-hidden-inputs">
-    {% for uid in own_profiles %}
-    <input type="hidden" name="notification_profiles" value="{{ uid }}">
-    {% endfor %}
-  </div>
-
-  <div class="np-chips" id="np-chips">
-
-    {# Own profiles — solid chips, removable #}
-    {% for uid in own_profiles %}
-      {% set profile = all_profile_data.get(uid) %}
-      {% if profile %}
-        {% set handler = registry.get(profile.get('type', 'apprise')) %}
-        <span class="np-chip np-chip-own" data-uuid="{{ uid }}"
-              title="{{ handler.get_url_hint(profile.get('config', {})) }}">
-          <i data-feather="{{ handler.icon }}" class="np-chip-icon"></i>
-          <span class="np-chip-name">{{ profile.get('name', uid) }}</span>
-          <span class="np-chip-remove" data-uuid="{{ uid }}" title="{{ _('Remove') }}">×</span>
-        </span>
-      {% endif %}
-    {% endfor %}
-
-    {# Inherited profiles — dimmed, read-only, show origin #}
-    {% for uid, origin_label in (inherited_profiles or []) %}
-      {% if uid not in own_profiles %}
-        {% set profile = all_profile_data.get(uid) %}
-        {% if profile %}
-          {% set handler = registry.get(profile.get('type', 'apprise')) %}
-          <span class="np-chip np-chip-inherited"
-                title="{{ _('Inherited from') }}: {{ origin_label }} — {{ handler.get_url_hint(profile.get('config', {})) }}">
-            <i data-feather="{{ handler.icon }}" class="np-chip-icon"></i>
-            <span class="np-chip-name">{{ profile.get('name', uid) }}</span>
-            <i data-feather="lock" class="np-chip-lock"></i>
-          </span>
-        {% endif %}
-      {% endif %}
-    {% endfor %}
-
-    {# Add button + dropdown #}
-    <div class="np-add-wrapper" id="np-add-wrapper">
-      <button type="button" class="np-add-btn pure-button button-xsmall" id="np-add-btn">
-        <i data-feather="plus"></i> {{ _('Add profile') }}
-      </button>
-
-      <div class="np-dropdown" id="np-dropdown" style="display:none;">
-        <input type="text" class="np-search" id="np-search" placeholder="{{ _('Search profiles…') }}" autocomplete="off">
-        <div class="np-options" id="np-options">
-          {% set has_options = [] %}
-          {% for uid, profile in all_profile_data.items() %}
-            {% if uid not in own_profiles %}
-              {% set handler = registry.get(profile.get('type', 'apprise')) %}
-              {% set hint = handler.get_url_hint(profile.get('config', {})) %}
-              <div class="np-option" data-uuid="{{ uid }}"
-                   data-name="{{ profile.get('name', '') }}"
-                   data-icon="{{ handler.icon }}"
-                   data-hint="{{ hint }}">
-                <i data-feather="{{ handler.icon }}" class="np-option-icon"></i>
-                <span class="np-option-text">
-                  <strong class="np-option-name">{{ profile.get('name', uid) }}</strong>
-                  {% if hint %}<small class="np-option-hint">{{ hint }}</small>{% endif %}
-                </span>
-              </div>
-              {% if has_options.append(1) %}{% endif %}
-            {% endif %}
-          {% endfor %}
-          {% if not has_options %}
-          <div class="np-option np-no-results" style="pointer-events:none; color: var(--color-grey-600);">
-            {{ _('No other profiles available') }}
-          </div>
-          {% endif %}
-          <div class="np-no-match" style="display:none; padding: 8px 12px; color: var(--color-grey-600); font-size: 0.85em;">
-            {{ _('No profiles match') }}
-          </div>
-        </div>
-        <a href="{{ url_for('notification_profiles.edit') }}" class="np-create-new">
-          <i data-feather="plus-circle"></i> {{ _('Create new profile') }}
-        </a>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-
-  </div>{# .np-chips #}
-
-  {% if not own_profiles and not inherited_profiles %}
-  <p class="pure-form-message-inline" style="margin: 4px 0 0 0; color: var(--color-grey-600);">
-    {{ _('No notification profiles linked. Notifications will not be sent for this watch.') }}
-  </p>
-  {% endif %}
-
-</div>{# .notification-profile-selector #}
-
-<script>
-(function() {
-    var selector = document.getElementById('notification-profile-selector');
-    if (!selector) return;
-
-    var addBtn     = selector.querySelector('#np-add-btn');
-    var dropdown   = selector.querySelector('#np-dropdown');
-    var search     = selector.querySelector('#np-search');
-    var chips      = selector.querySelector('#np-chips');
-    var hiddenWrap = selector.querySelector('#np-hidden-inputs');
-    var noMatch    = selector.querySelector('.np-no-match');
-
-    // Toggle dropdown
-    addBtn.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
-        e.stopPropagation();
-        var open = dropdown.style.display !== 'none';
-        dropdown.style.display = open ? 'none' : 'block';
-        if (!open) { search.value = ''; filterOptions(''); search.focus(); }
-    });
-
-    // Close on outside click
-    document.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
-        if (!selector.contains(e.target)) dropdown.style.display = 'none';
-    });
-
-    // Search filter
-    search.addEventListener('input', function() { filterOptions(this.value.toLowerCase()); });
-
-    function filterOptions(q) {
-        var opts = selector.querySelectorAll('.np-option:not(.np-no-results)');
-        var visible = 0;
-        opts.forEach(function(opt) {
-            var match = !q || opt.dataset.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(q) !== -1
-                           || (opt.dataset.hint || '').toLowerCase().indexOf(q) !== -1;
-            opt.style.display = match ? '' : 'none';
-            if (match) visible++;
-        });
-        noMatch.style.display = (visible === 0 && q) ? 'block' : 'none';
-    }
-
-    // Add profile
-    selector.querySelectorAll('.np-option:not(.np-no-results)').forEach(function(opt) {
-        opt.addEventListener('click', function() {
-            var uuid = this.dataset.uuid;
-            var name = this.dataset.name;
-            var icon = this.dataset.icon;
-            var hint = this.dataset.hint;
-
-            // Add hidden input
-            var inp = document.createElement('input');
-            inp.type = 'hidden'; inp.name = 'notification_profiles'; inp.value = uuid;
-            hiddenWrap.appendChild(inp);
-
-            // Add chip (before the add-wrapper)
-            var chip = document.createElement('span');
-            chip.className = 'np-chip np-chip-own';
-            chip.dataset.uuid = uuid;
-            chip.title = hint || '';
-            chip.innerHTML = '<i data-feather="' + icon + '" class="np-chip-icon"></i>'
-                           + '<span class="np-chip-name">' + escHtml(name) + '</span>'
-                           + '<span class="np-chip-remove" data-uuid="' + uuid + '" title="{{ _("Remove") }}">×</span>';
-            chips.insertBefore(chip, selector.querySelector('#np-add-wrapper'));
-            chip.querySelector('.np-chip-remove').addEventListener('click', removeChip);
-
-            // Hide this option in dropdown
-            this.style.display = 'none';
-
-            dropdown.style.display = 'none';
-            if (window.feather) feather.replace();
-        });
-    });
-
-    // Remove chip
-    selector.querySelectorAll('.np-chip-remove').forEach(function(btn) {
-        btn.addEventListener('click', removeChip);
-    });
-
-    function removeChip() {
-        var uuid = this.dataset.uuid;
-        var chip = selector.querySelector('.np-chip-own[data-uuid="' + uuid + '"]');
-        if (chip) chip.remove();
-        var inp = hiddenWrap.querySelector('input[value="' + uuid + '"]');
-        if (inp) inp.remove();
-        // Re-show in dropdown
-        var opt = selector.querySelector('.np-option[data-uuid="' + uuid + '"]');
-        if (opt) opt.style.display = '';
-    }
-
-    function escHtml(s) {
-        return s.replace(/&/g,'&amp;').replace(/</g,'&lt;').replace(/>/g,'&gt;').replace(/"/g,'&quot;');
-    }
-
-    if (window.feather) feather.replace();
-})();
-</script>
-{% endmacro %}

changedetectionio/templates/base.html

@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@
     <script src="{{url_for('static_content', group='js', filename='socket.io.min.js')}}"></script>
     <script src="{{url_for('static_content', group='js', filename='realtime.js')}}" defer></script>
     {% endif %}
-    {%- set _html_head_extras = get_html_head_extras() -%}
-    {%- if _html_head_extras %}
-    {{ _html_head_extras | safe }}
-    {%- endif %}
   </head>
 
   <body class="{{extra_classes}}">

changedetectionio/templates/edit/include_subtract.html

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ xpath://body/div/span[contains(@class, 'example-class')]",
                           <span class="pure-form-message-inline"><strong>Note!: //text() function does not work where the &lt;element&gt; contains &lt;![CDATA[]]&gt;</strong></span><br>
                         {% endif %}
                         <span class="pure-form-message-inline">One CSS, xPath 1 &amp; 2, JSON Path/JQ selector per line, <i>any</i> rules that matches will be used.<br>
-                        <span data-target="#advanced-help-selectors" class="toggle-show pure-button button-tag button-xsmall">{{ _('Show advanced help and tips') }}</span><br>
+                        <span data-target="#advanced-help-selectors" class="toggle-show pure-button button-tag button-xsmall">Show advanced help and tips</span><br>
                     <ul id="advanced-help-selectors" style="display: none;">
                         <li>CSS - Limit text to this CSS rule, only text matching this CSS rule is included.</li>
                         <li>JSON - Limit text to this JSON rule, using either <a href="https://pypi.org/project/jsonpath-ng/" target="new">JSONPath</a> or <a href="https://stedolan.github.io/jq/" target="new">jq</a> (if installed).
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ nav
 //*[contains(text(), 'Advertisement')]") }}
                     <span class="pure-form-message-inline">
                         <ul>
-                          <li> {{ _('Remove HTML element(s) by CSS and XPath selectors before text conversion.') }} </li>
+                          <li> Remove HTML element(s) by CSS and XPath selectors before text conversion. </li>
-                          <li> {{ _("Don't paste HTML here, use only CSS and XPath selectors") }} </li>
+                          <li> Don't paste HTML here, use only CSS and XPath selectors </li>
-                          <li> {{ _('Add multiple elements, CSS or XPath selectors per line to ignore multiple parts of the HTML.') }} </li>
+                          <li> Add multiple elements, CSS or XPath selectors per line to ignore multiple parts of the HTML. </li>
                         </ul>
                       </span>
                 </fieldset>

changedetectionio/templates/edit/text-options.html

@@ -49,21 +49,6 @@ Unavailable") }}
                         </span>
                     </div>
                 </fieldset>
-                <fieldset>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group">
-                        {{ render_field(form.extract_lines_containing, rows=5, placeholder="celsius
-temperature
-price") }}
-                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">
-                            <ul>
-                                <li>{{ _('Keep only lines that contain any of these words or phrases (plain text, case-insensitive)') }}</li>
-                                <li>{{ _('One entry per line — any line in the page text that contains a match is kept') }}</li>
-                                <li>{{ _('Simpler alternative to regex — use this when you just want lines about a specific topic') }}</li>
-                                <li>{{ _('Example: enter') }} <code>celsius</code> {{ _('to keep only lines mentioning temperature readings') }}</li>
-                            </ul>
-                        </span>
-                    </div>
-                </fieldset>
                 <fieldset>
                     <div class="pure-control-group">
                         {{ render_field(form.extract_text, rows=5, placeholder="/.+?\d+ comments.+?/

changedetectionio/tests/custom_browser_url/test_custom_browser_url.py

@@ -4,53 +4,29 @@ import os
 from flask import url_for
 from ..util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
 
-CUSTOM_PROFILE_NAME = 'Custom Browser URL'
-CUSTOM_PROFILE_MACHINE_NAME = 'custom_browser_url'
-CUSTOM_BROWSER_WS = 'ws://sockpuppetbrowser-custom-url:3000'
-
-
-def create_custom_browser_profile(client):
-    """Create a browser profile that uses the custom sockpuppet container."""
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("settings.settings_browsers.save"),
-        data={
-            "name": CUSTOM_PROFILE_NAME,
-            "fetch_backend": "playwright_cdp",
-            "browser_connection_url": CUSTOM_BROWSER_WS,
-            "viewport_width": 1280,
-            "viewport_height": 1000,
-            "block_images": "",
-            "block_fonts": "",
-            "ignore_https_errors": "",
-            "user_agent": "",
-            "locale": "",
-            "original_machine_name": "",
-        },
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"saved." in res.data, f"Expected profile save confirmation, got: {res.data[:500]}"
-
-
 def do_test(client, live_server, make_test_use_extra_browser=False):
 
+    # Grep for this string in the logs?
+    test_url = "https://changedetection.io/ci-test.html?non-custom-default=true"
+    # "non-custom-default" should not appear in the custom browser connection
+    custom_browser_name = 'custom browser URL'
+
     # needs to be set and something like 'ws://127.0.0.1:3000'
     assert os.getenv('PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL'), "Needs PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL set for this test"
 
-    test_url = "https://changedetection.io/ci-test.html?non-custom-default=true"
+    #####################
-
-    # preconfigure_browser_profiles_based_on_env() already set the correct system default
     res = client.post(
         url_for("settings.settings_page"),
-        data={
+        data={"application-empty_pages_are_a_change": "",
-            "application-empty_pages_are_a_change": "",
+              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
-            "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+              'application-fetch_backend': "html_webdriver",
-        },
+              'requests-extra_browsers-0-browser_connection_url': 'ws://sockpuppetbrowser-custom-url:3000',
+              'requests-extra_browsers-0-browser_name': custom_browser_name
+              },
         follow_redirects=True
     )
-    assert b"Settings updated." in res.data
 
-    # Create the custom browser profile
+    assert b"Settings updated." in res.data
-    create_custom_browser_profile(client)
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
@@ -59,24 +35,23 @@ def do_test(client, live_server, make_test_use_extra_browser=False):
 
     if make_test_use_extra_browser:
 
-        # The custom profile name should appear in the edit page under "Request" tab
+        # So the name should appear in the edit page under "Request" > "Fetch Method"
         res = client.get(
             url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
             follow_redirects=True
         )
-        assert CUSTOM_PROFILE_NAME.encode() in res.data, \
+        assert b'custom browser URL' in res.data
-            f"Expected '{CUSTOM_PROFILE_NAME}' in edit page fetch method choices"
 
         res = client.post(
             url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
             data={
-                # 'run_custom_browser_url_tests.sh' will grep for this string in the custom container logs
+                # 'run_customer_browser_url_tests.sh' will search for this string to know if we hit the right browser container or not
-                "url": "https://changedetection.io/ci-test.html?custom-browser-search-string=1",
+                  "url": "https://changedetection.io/ci-test.html?custom-browser-search-string=1",
-                "tags": "",
+                  "tags": "",
-                "headers": "",
+                  "headers": "",
-                "browser_profile": CUSTOM_PROFILE_MACHINE_NAME,
+                  'fetch_backend': f"extra_browser_{custom_browser_name}",
-                "webdriver_js_execute_code": "",
+                  'webdriver_js_execute_code': '',
-                "time_between_check_use_default": "y"
+                  "time_between_check_use_default": "y"
             },
             follow_redirects=True
         )
@@ -99,10 +74,12 @@ def do_test(client, live_server, make_test_use_extra_browser=False):
 
 # Requires playwright to be installed
 def test_request_via_custom_browser_url(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path):
+   #  live_server_setup(live_server) # Setup on conftest per function
     # We do this so we can grep the logs of the custom container and see if the request actually went through that container
     do_test(client, live_server, make_test_use_extra_browser=True)
 
 
 def test_request_not_via_custom_browser_url(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path):
+   #  live_server_setup(live_server) # Setup on conftest per function
     # We do this so we can grep the logs of the custom container and see if the request actually went through that container
     do_test(client, live_server, make_test_use_extra_browser=False)

changedetectionio/tests/fetchers/test_content.py

@@ -12,13 +12,12 @@ def test_fetch_webdriver_content(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, data
     #  live_server_setup(live_server) # Setup on conftest per function
 
     #####################
-    # preconfigure_browser_profiles_based_on_env() already set the correct system default
-    # (playwright or puppeteer depending on FAST_PUPPETEER_CHROME_FETCHER) — no need to override it.
     res = client.post(
         url_for("settings.settings_page"),
         data={
             "application-empty_pages_are_a_change": "",
             "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+            'application-fetch_backend': "html_webdriver",
             'application-ui-favicons_enabled': "y",
         },
         follow_redirects=True

changedetectionio/tests/fetchers/test_custom_js_before_content.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ def test_execute_custom_js(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_
         data={
             "url": test_url,
             "tags": "",
+            'fetch_backend': "html_webdriver",
             'webdriver_js_execute_code': 'document.querySelector("button[name=test-button]").click();',
             'headers': "testheader: yes\buser-agent: MyCustomAgent",
             "time_between_check_use_default": "y",

changedetectionio/tests/plugins/test_html_head_extras.py

@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-"""Test that plugins can inject HTML into base.html <head> via get_html_head_extras hookimpl."""
-import pytest
-from flask import url_for, Response
-
-from changedetectionio.pluggy_interface import hookimpl, plugin_manager
-
-_MY_JS = "console.log('my_module_content loaded');"
-_MY_CSS = ".my-module-example { color: red; }"
-
-
-class _HeadExtrasPlugin:
-    """Test plugin that injects tags pointing at its own Flask routes."""
-
-    @hookimpl
-    def get_html_head_extras(self):
-        css_url = url_for('test_plugin_my_module_content_css')
-        js_url  = url_for('test_plugin_my_module_content_js')
-        return (
-            f'<link rel="stylesheet" id="test-head-extra-css" href="{css_url}">\n'
-            f'<script id="test-head-extra-js" src="{js_url}" defer></script>'
-        )
-
-
-@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
-def plugin_routes(live_server):
-    """Register plugin asset routes once per module (Flask routes can't be added twice)."""
-    app = live_server.app
-
-    @app.route('/test-plugin/my_module_content/css')
-    def test_plugin_my_module_content_css():
-        return Response(_MY_CSS, mimetype='text/css',
-                        headers={'Cache-Control': 'max-age=3600'})
-
-    @app.route('/test-plugin/my_module_content/js')
-    def test_plugin_my_module_content_js():
-        return Response(_MY_JS, mimetype='application/javascript',
-                        headers={'Cache-Control': 'max-age=3600'})
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def head_extras_plugin(plugin_routes):
-    """Register the hookimpl for one test then unregister it — function-scoped for clean isolation."""
-    plugin = _HeadExtrasPlugin()
-    plugin_manager.register(plugin, name="test_head_extras")
-    yield plugin
-    plugin_manager.unregister(name="test_head_extras")
-
-
-def test_plugin_html_injected_into_head(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path, head_extras_plugin):
-    """get_html_head_extras output must appear inside <head> in the rendered page."""
-    res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert res.status_code == 200
-    assert b'id="test-head-extra-css"' in res.data, "Plugin <link> tag missing from rendered page"
-    assert b'id="test-head-extra-js"' in res.data,  "Plugin <script> tag missing from rendered page"
-
-    head_end = res.data.find(b'</head>')
-    assert head_end != -1
-    for marker in (b'id="test-head-extra-css"', b'id="test-head-extra-js"'):
-        pos = res.data.find(marker)
-        assert pos != -1 and pos < head_end, f"{marker} must appear before </head>"
-
-
-def test_plugin_js_route_returns_correct_content(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path, plugin_routes):
-    """The plugin-registered JS route must return JS with the right Content-Type."""
-    res = client.get(url_for('test_plugin_my_module_content_js'))
-    assert res.status_code == 200
-    assert 'javascript' in res.content_type
-    assert _MY_JS.encode() in res.data
-
-
-def test_plugin_css_route_returns_correct_content(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path, plugin_routes):
-    """The plugin-registered CSS route must return CSS with the right Content-Type."""
-    res = client.get(url_for('test_plugin_my_module_content_css'))
-    assert res.status_code == 200
-    assert 'css' in res.content_type
-    assert _MY_CSS.encode() in res.data
-
-
-def test_no_extras_without_plugin(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path):
-    """With no hookimpl registered the markers must not appear (isolation check)."""
-    res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'id="test-head-extra-css"' not in res.data
-    assert b'id="test-head-extra-js"' not in res.data

changedetectionio/tests/proxy_list/test_multiple_proxy.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def test_preferred_proxy(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_pa
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first", unpause_on_save=1),
         data={
                 "include_filters": "",
-                "browser_profile": "system",
+                "fetch_backend": 'html_webdriver' if os.getenv('PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL') else 'html_requests',
                 "headers": "",
                 "proxy": "proxy-two",
                 "tags": "",

changedetectionio/tests/proxy_list/test_noproxy.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ def test_noproxy_option(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_pat
         data={
             "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
             "application-ignore_whitespace": "y",
+            "application-fetch_backend": "html_requests",
             "requests-extra_proxies-0-proxy_name": "custom-one-proxy",
             "requests-extra_proxies-0-proxy_url": "http://test:awesome@squid-one:3128",
             "requests-extra_proxies-1-proxy_name": "custom-two-proxy",
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ def test_noproxy_option(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_pat
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid=uuid, unpause_on_save=1),
         data={
                 "include_filters": "",
+                "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
                 "headers": "",
                 "proxy": "no-proxy",
                 "tags": "",

changedetectionio/tests/proxy_list/test_proxy_noconnect.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ def test_proxy_noconnect_custom(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datas
         data={
             "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
             "application-ignore_whitespace": "y",
+            "application-fetch_backend": 'html_webdriver' if os.getenv('PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL') or os.getenv("WEBDRIVER_URL") else 'html_requests',
             "requests-extra_proxies-0-proxy_name": "custom-test-proxy",
             # test:awesome is set in tests/proxy_list/squid-passwords.txt
             "requests-extra_proxies-0-proxy_url": "http://127.0.0.1:3128",
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ def test_proxy_noconnect_custom(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datas
 
     options = {
         "url": test_url,
-        "browser_profile": "system",
+        "fetch_backend": "html_webdriver" if os.getenv('PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL') or os.getenv("WEBDRIVER_URL") else "html_requests",
         "proxy": "ui-0custom-test-proxy",
         "time_between_check_use_default": "y",
     }

changedetectionio/tests/proxy_list/test_select_custom_proxy.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ def test_select_custom(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path
         data={
             "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
             "application-ignore_whitespace": "y",
+            "application-fetch_backend": 'html_webdriver' if os.getenv('PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL') else 'html_requests',
             "requests-extra_proxies-0-proxy_name": "custom-test-proxy",
             # test:awesome is set in tests/proxy_list/squid-passwords.txt
             "requests-extra_proxies-0-proxy_url": "http://test:awesome@squid-custom:3128",
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ def test_custom_proxy_validation(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, data
         data={
             "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
             "application-ignore_whitespace": "y",
+            "application-fetch_backend": 'html_requests',
             "requests-extra_proxies-0-proxy_name": "custom-test-proxy",
             "requests-extra_proxies-0-proxy_url": "xxxxhtt/333??p://test:awesome@squid-custom:3128",
         },
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ def test_custom_proxy_validation(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, data
         data={
             "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
             "application-ignore_whitespace": "y",
+            "application-fetch_backend": 'html_requests',
             "requests-extra_proxies-0-proxy_name": "custom-test-proxy",
             "requests-extra_proxies-0-proxy_url": "https://",
         },

changedetectionio/tests/proxy_socks5/test_socks5_proxy.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def test_socks5(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path):
         data={
             "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
             "application-ignore_whitespace": "y",
+            "application-fetch_backend": "html_requests",
             # set in .github/workflows/test-only.yml
             "requests-extra_proxies-0-proxy_url": "socks5://proxy_user123:proxy_pass123@socks5proxy:1080",
             "requests-extra_proxies-0-proxy_name": "socks5proxy",
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ def test_socks5(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path):
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first", unpause_on_save=1),
         data={
             "include_filters": "",
-            "browser_profile": "system",
+            "fetch_backend": 'html_webdriver' if os.getenv('PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL') else 'html_requests',
             "headers": "",
             "proxy": "ui-0socks5proxy",
             "tags": "",

changedetectionio/tests/proxy_socks5/test_socks5_proxy_sources.py

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def test_socks5_from_proxiesjson_file(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage,
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first", unpause_on_save=1),
         data={
             "include_filters": "",
-            "browser_profile": "system",
+            "fetch_backend": 'html_webdriver' if os.getenv('PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL') else 'html_requests',
             "headers": "",
             "proxy": "socks5proxy",
             "tags": "",

changedetectionio/tests/restock/test_restock.py

@@ -60,14 +60,15 @@ def test_restock_detection(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_
 
 
     #####################
-    # preconfigure_browser_profiles_based_on_env() already set the correct system default
+    # Set this up for when we remove the notification from the watch, it should fallback with these details
     res = client.post(
         url_for("settings.settings_page"),
         data={"application-notification_urls": notification_url,
               "application-notification_title": "fallback-title "+default_notification_title,
               "application-notification_body": "fallback-body "+default_notification_body,
               "application-notification_format": default_notification_format,
-              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180},
+              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+              'application-fetch_backend': "html_webdriver"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     # Add our URL to the import page, because the docker container (playwright/selenium) wont be able to connect to our usual test url

changedetectionio/tests/smtp/test_notification_smtp.py

@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ from changedetectionio.tests.util import set_original_response, set_modified_res
     set_longer_modified_response, delete_all_watches
 
 import logging
-import os
+
 
 # NOTE - RELIES ON mailserver as hostname running, see github build recipes
-smtp_test_server = os.getenv('SMTP_TEST_MAILSERVER', 'mailserver')
+smtp_test_server = 'mailserver'
 
 ALL_MARKUP_TOKENS = ''.join(f"TOKEN: '{t}'\n{{{{{t}}}}}\n" for t in NotificationContextData().keys())
 
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ def test_check_notification_email_formats_default_HTML(client, live_server, meas
               "application-notification_title": "fallback-title " + default_notification_title,
               "application-notification_body": "some text\nfallback-body<br> " + default_notification_body,
               "application-notification_format": 'html',
-              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180},
+              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+              'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Settings updated." in res.data
@@ -125,7 +126,8 @@ def test_check_notification_plaintext_format(client, live_server, measure_memory
               "application-notification_title": "fallback-title {{watch_title}}  {{ diff_added.splitlines()[0] if diff_added else 'diff added didnt split' }}  " + default_notification_title,
               "application-notification_body": f"some text\n" + default_notification_body + f"\nMore output test\n{ALL_MARKUP_TOKENS}",
               "application-notification_format": 'text',
-              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180},
+              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+              'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 
@@ -186,7 +188,8 @@ def test_check_notification_html_color_format(client, live_server, measure_memor
               "application-notification_title": "fallback-title {{watch_title}} - diff_added_lines_test : '{{ diff_added.splitlines()[0] if diff_added else 'diff added didnt split' }}' " + default_notification_title,
               "application-notification_body": f"some text\n{default_notification_body}\nMore output test\n{ALL_MARKUP_TOKENS}",
               "application-notification_format": 'htmlcolor',
-              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180},
+              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+              'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 
@@ -270,7 +273,8 @@ def test_check_notification_markdown_format(client, live_server, measure_memory_
               "application-notification_title": "fallback-title  diff_added_lines_test : '{{ diff_added.splitlines()[0] if diff_added else 'diff added didnt split' }}' " + default_notification_title,
               "application-notification_body": "*header*\n\nsome text\n" + default_notification_body,
               "application-notification_format": 'markdown',
-              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180},
+              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+              'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 
@@ -365,7 +369,8 @@ def test_check_notification_email_formats_default_Text_override_HTML(client, liv
               "application-notification_title": "fallback-title " + default_notification_title,
               "application-notification_body": notification_body,
               "application-notification_format": 'text',
-              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180},
+              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+              'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Settings updated." in res.data
@@ -415,7 +420,7 @@ def test_check_notification_email_formats_default_Text_override_HTML(client, liv
         data={
             "url": test_url,
             "notification_format": 'html',
-            'browser_profile': "direct_http_requests",
+            'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
             "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
@@ -475,7 +480,8 @@ def test_check_plaintext_document_plaintext_notification_smtp(client, live_serve
               "application-notification_title": "fallback-title " + default_notification_title,
               "application-notification_body": f"{notification_body}\nMore output test\n{ALL_MARKUP_TOKENS}",
               "application-notification_format": 'text',
-              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180},
+              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+              'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Settings updated." in res.data
@@ -527,7 +533,8 @@ def test_check_plaintext_document_html_notifications(client, live_server, measur
               "application-notification_title": "fallback-title " + default_notification_title,
               "application-notification_body": f"{notification_body}\nMore output test\n{ALL_MARKUP_TOKENS}",
               "application-notification_format": 'html',
-              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180},
+              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+              'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Settings updated." in res.data
@@ -606,7 +613,8 @@ def test_check_plaintext_document_html_color_notifications(client, live_server,
               "application-notification_title": "fallback-title " + default_notification_title,
               "application-notification_body": f"{notification_body}\nMore output test\n{ALL_MARKUP_TOKENS}",
               "application-notification_format": 'htmlcolor',
-              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180},
+              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+              'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 
@@ -678,7 +686,8 @@ def test_check_html_document_plaintext_notification(client, live_server, measure
               "application-notification_title": "fallback-title " + default_notification_title,
               "application-notification_body": f"{notification_body}\nMore output test\n{ALL_MARKUP_TOKENS}",
               "application-notification_format": 'text',
-              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180},
+              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+              'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 
@@ -731,7 +740,8 @@ def test_check_html_notification_with_apprise_format_is_html(client, live_server
               "application-notification_title": "fallback-title " + default_notification_title,
               "application-notification_body": "some text\nfallback-body<br> " + default_notification_body,
               "application-notification_format": 'html',
-              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180},
+              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+              'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Settings updated." in res.data

changedetectionio/tests/test_access_control.py

@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ def test_check_access_control(app, client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, da
             url_for("settings.settings_page"),
             data={"application-password": "foobar",
                   "application-shared_diff_access": "True",
-                  "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180},
+                  "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+                  'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
             follow_redirects=True
         )
 
@@ -90,7 +91,8 @@ def test_check_access_control(app, client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, da
         res = c.post(
             url_for("settings.settings_page"),
             data={
-                  "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180},
+                  "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+                  'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
             follow_redirects=True
         )
 
@@ -125,16 +127,16 @@ def test_check_access_control(app, client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, da
         assert b"IMPORT" in res.data
         assert b"LOG OUT" in res.data
         assert b"time_between_check-minutes" in res.data
-
+        assert b"fetch_backend" in res.data
 
         ##################################################
         # Remove password button, and check that it worked
         ##################################################
-        # preconfigure_browser_profiles_based_on_env() already set the correct system default
         res = c.post(
             url_for("settings.settings_page"),
             data={
                 "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+                "application-fetch_backend": "html_webdriver",
                 "application-removepassword_button": "Remove password"
             },
             follow_redirects=True,
@@ -148,7 +150,8 @@ def test_check_access_control(app, client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, da
         res = c.post(
             url_for("settings.settings_page"),
             data={"application-password": "",
-                  "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180},
+                  "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+                  'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
             follow_redirects=True
         )
 
@@ -161,7 +164,8 @@ def test_check_access_control(app, client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, da
             data={"application-password": "foobar",
                   # Should be disabled
                   "application-shared_diff_access": "",
-                  "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180},
+                  "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+                  'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
             follow_redirects=True
         )
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_add_replace_remove_filter.py

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ def test_check_removed_line_contains_trigger(client, live_server, measure_memory
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
         data={"trigger_text": 'The golden line',
               "url": test_url,
+              'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
               'filter_text_removed': 'y',
               "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
@@ -126,7 +127,8 @@ def test_check_add_line_contains_trigger(client, live_server, measure_memory_usa
               # https://github.com/caronc/apprise/wiki/Notify_Custom_JSON#get-parameter-manipulation
               "application-notification_urls": test_notification_url,
               "application-notification_format": 'text',
-              "application-minutes_between_check": 180
+              "application-minutes_between_check": 180,
+              "application-fetch_backend": "html_requests"
               },
         follow_redirects=True
     )
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ def test_check_add_line_contains_trigger(client, live_server, measure_memory_usa
         data={"trigger_text": 'Oh yes please',
               "url": test_url,
               'processor': 'text_json_diff',
+              'fetch_backend': "html_requests",
               'filter_text_removed': '',
               'filter_text_added': 'y',
               "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},

changedetectionio/tests/test_api.py

@@ -170,14 +170,6 @@ def test_api_simple(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path):
         headers={'x-api-key': api_key},
     )
     assert b'(changed) Which is across' in res.data
-    assert b'Some text thats the same' in res.data
-
-    # Fetch the difference between two versions (default text format)
-    res = client.get(
-        url_for("watchhistorydiff", uuid=watch_uuid, from_timestamp='previous', to_timestamp='latest')+"?changesOnly=true",
-        headers={'x-api-key': api_key},
-    )
-    assert b'Some text thats the same' not in res.data
 
     # Test htmlcolor format
     res = client.get(
@@ -374,9 +366,6 @@ def test_roundtrip_API(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path
     watch['last_changed'] = 454444444444
     watch['date_created'] = 454444444444
 
-    # Exercise the new extract_lines_containing field
-    watch['extract_lines_containing'] = ['celsius', 'temperature']
-
     # HTTP PUT ( UPDATE an existing watch )
     res = client.put(
         url_for("watch", uuid=uuid),
@@ -400,9 +389,6 @@ def test_roundtrip_API(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path
     assert date_created != 454444444444
     assert date_created != "454444444444"
 
-    assert res.json.get('extract_lines_containing') == ['celsius', 'temperature'], \
-        "extract_lines_containing should be persisted and returned via API"
-
 
 def test_access_denied(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path):
     # `config_api_token_enabled` Should be On by default
@@ -422,6 +408,7 @@ def test_access_denied(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path
         url_for("settings.settings_page"),
         data={
             "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+            "application-fetch_backend": "html_requests",
             "application-api_access_token_enabled": ""
         },
         follow_redirects=True
@@ -441,6 +428,7 @@ def test_access_denied(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path
         url_for("settings.settings_page"),
         data={
             "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+            "application-fetch_backend": "html_requests",
             "application-api_access_token_enabled": "y"
         },
         follow_redirects=True
@@ -911,7 +899,8 @@ def test_api_conflict_UI_password(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, dat
         url_for("settings.settings_page"),
         data={"application-password": "foobar", # password is now set! API should still work!
               "application-api_access_token_enabled": "y",
-              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180},
+              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+              'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_api_openapi.py

@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ def test_openapi_validation_get_requests_bypass_validation(client, live_server,
         url_for("settings.settings_page"),
         data={
             "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+            "application-fetch_backend": "html_requests",
             "application-api_access_token_enabled": ""
         },
         follow_redirects=True

changedetectionio/tests/test_api_tags.py

@@ -178,44 +178,23 @@ def test_api_tags_listing(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_p
 
 def test_api_tag_restock_processor_config(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path):
     """
-    Test that a tag/group can be created and updated with processor_config_restock_diff via the API.
+    Test that a tag/group can be updated with processor_config_restock_diff via the API.
     Since Tag extends WatchBase, processor config fields injected into WatchBase are also valid for tags.
     """
     api_key = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['settings']['application'].get('api_access_token')
 
     set_original_response(datastore_path=datastore_path)
 
-    # Create a tag with processor_config_restock_diff in a single POST (issue #3966)
+    # Create a tag
     res = client.post(
         url_for("tag"),
-        data=json.dumps({
+        data=json.dumps({"title": "Restock Group"}),
-            "title": "Restock Group",
-            "overrides_watch": True,
-            "processor_config_restock_diff": {
-                "in_stock_processing": "in_stock_only",
-                "follow_price_changes": True,
-                "price_change_min": 7777777
-            }
-        }),
         headers={'content-type': 'application/json', 'x-api-key': api_key}
     )
-    assert res.status_code == 201, f"POST tag with restock config failed: {res.data}"
+    assert res.status_code == 201
     tag_uuid = res.json.get('uuid')
 
-    # Verify processor config was saved during creation (the bug: these were discarded)
+    # Update tag with valid processor_config_restock_diff
-    res = client.get(
-        url_for("tag", uuid=tag_uuid),
-        headers={'x-api-key': api_key}
-    )
-    assert res.status_code == 200
-    tag_data = res.json
-    assert tag_data.get('overrides_watch') == True, "overrides_watch should be saved on POST"
-    assert tag_data.get('processor_config_restock_diff', {}).get('in_stock_processing') == 'in_stock_only', \
-        "processor_config_restock_diff should be saved on POST"
-    assert tag_data.get('processor_config_restock_diff', {}).get('price_change_min') == 7777777, \
-        "price_change_min should be saved on POST"
-
-    # Update tag with valid processor_config_restock_diff via PUT
     res = client.put(
         url_for("tag", uuid=tag_uuid),
         headers={'x-api-key': api_key, 'content-type': 'application/json'},

changedetectionio/tests/test_auth.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def test_basic_auth(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path):
     # Check form validation
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"include_filters": "", "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
+        data={"include_filters": "", "url": test_url, "tags": "", "headers": "", 'fetch_backend': "html_requests", "time_between_check_use_default": "y"},
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data