refactor: ensure that camoufox profile always launch with persistent state

nodecar/src/camoufox-launcher.ts

@@ -123,11 +123,16 @@ export async function startCamoufoxProcess(
   // Generate a unique ID for this instance
   const id = generateCamoufoxId();
 
+  // Ensure profile path is absolute if provided
+  const absoluteProfilePath = profilePath
+    ? path.resolve(profilePath)
+    : undefined;
+
   // Create the Camoufox configuration
   const config: CamoufoxConfig = {
     id,
-    options,
-    profilePath,
+    options: JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(options)), // Deep clone to avoid reference sharing
+    profilePath: absoluteProfilePath,
     url,
     customConfig,
   };

nodecar/src/camoufox-storage.ts

@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ export function listCamoufoxConfigs(): CamoufoxConfig[] {
       .filter((config): config is CamoufoxConfig => config !== null)
       .map((config) => {
         config.options = "Removed for logging" as any;
+        config.customConfig = "Removed for logging" as any;
         return config;
       });
   } catch (error) {
@@ -147,5 +148,6 @@ export function updateCamoufoxConfig(config: CamoufoxConfig): boolean {
  * @returns A unique ID string
  */
 export function generateCamoufoxId(): string {
-  return `camoufox_${Date.now()}_${Math.floor(Math.random() * 10000)}`;
+  // Include process ID to ensure uniqueness across multiple processes
+  return `camoufox_${Date.now()}_${process.pid}_${Math.floor(Math.random() * 10000)}`;
 }

nodecar/src/camoufox-worker.ts

@@ -74,14 +74,17 @@ export async function runCamoufoxWorker(id: string): Promise<void> {
     process.on("unhandledRejection", () => void gracefulShutdown());
 
     try {
-      // Prepare options for Camoufox
-      const camoufoxOptions: LaunchOptions = { ...config.options };
+      // Deep clone to avoid reference sharing and ensure fresh configuration for each instance
+      const camoufoxOptions: LaunchOptions = JSON.parse(
+        JSON.stringify(config.options || {}),
+      );
 
       // Add profile path if provided
       if (config.profilePath) {
         camoufoxOptions.user_data_dir = config.profilePath;
       }
 
+      // Ensure block options are properly set
       if (camoufoxOptions.block_images) {
         camoufoxOptions.block_images = true;
       }
@@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ export async function runCamoufoxWorker(id: string): Promise<void> {
         camoufoxOptions.headless = true;
       }
 
-      // Always set these defaults
+      // Always set these defaults - ensure they are applied for each instance
       camoufoxOptions.i_know_what_im_doing = true;
       camoufoxOptions.config = {
         disableTheming: true,
@@ -107,12 +110,18 @@ export async function runCamoufoxWorker(id: string): Promise<void> {
         ...(camoufoxOptions.config || {}),
       };
 
-      // Generate the configuration using launchOptions
+      // Generate fresh options for this specific instance
       const generatedOptions = await launchOptions(camoufoxOptions);
 
-      // If we have a custom config from Rust, use it directly as environment variables
-      let finalEnv = generatedOptions.env || {};
+      // Start with process environment to ensure proper inheritance
+      let finalEnv = { ...process.env };
 
+      // Add generated options environment variables
+      if (generatedOptions.env) {
+        finalEnv = { ...finalEnv, ...generatedOptions.env };
+      }
+
+      // If we have a custom config from Rust, use it directly as environment variables
       if (config.customConfig) {
         try {
           // Parse the custom config JSON string
@@ -125,16 +134,16 @@ export async function runCamoufoxWorker(id: string): Promise<void> {
           finalEnv = { ...finalEnv, ...customEnvVars };
         } catch (error) {
           console.error(
-            "Failed to parse custom config, using generated config:",
+            `Camoufox worker ${id}: Failed to parse custom config, using generated config:`,
             error,
           );
           return;
         }
       }
-
-      // Launch the server with the final configuration
+      // Launch the server with the final configuration - ensure unique wsPath for each instance
       const finalOptions: any = {
         ...generatedOptions,
+        user_data_dir: config.profilePath,
         wsPath: `/ws_${config.id}`,
         env: finalEnv,
       };

nodecar/src/utils.ts

@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ const OS_NAME: "mac" | "win" | "lin" = OS_MAP[process.platform];
 
 export function getEnvVars(configMap: Record<string, string>) {
   const envVars: {
-    [key: string]: string | number | boolean;
+    [key: string]: string | undefined;
   } = {};
   let updatedConfigData: Uint8Array;
 
   try {
-    updatedConfigData = new TextEncoder().encode(JSON.stringify(configMap));
+    // Ensure we're working with a fresh copy of the config
+    const configCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(configMap));
+    updatedConfigData = new TextEncoder().encode(JSON.stringify(configCopy));
   } catch (e) {
     console.error(`Error updating config: ${e}`);
     process.exit(1);

src-tauri/src/camoufox.rs

@@ -212,8 +212,13 @@ impl CamoufoxNodecarLauncher {
     // Build nodecar command arguments
     let mut args = vec!["camoufox".to_string(), "start".to_string()];
 
-    // Add profile path
-    args.extend(["--profile-path".to_string(), profile_path.to_string()]);
+    // Add profile path - ensure it's an absolute path
+    let absolute_profile_path = std::path::Path::new(profile_path)
+      .canonicalize()
+      .unwrap_or_else(|_| std::path::Path::new(profile_path).to_path_buf())
+      .to_string_lossy()
+      .to_string();
+    args.extend(["--profile-path".to_string(), absolute_profile_path]);
 
     // Add URL if provided
     if let Some(url) = url {