"""The web agent: the paper's planner + DeskForge grounder, driving a real browser one step at a time. The page drives the loop through three server functions so it can animate between steps: `web_plan` (screenshot -> planner -> DeskForge, one GPU call), then `web_act` (perform the action in the browser and return the new screenshot). Runs are kept here between calls and closed when finished, stopped, or idle. """ import base64 import hashlib import io import json import threading import time import traceback import uuid from dataclasses import dataclass, field from PIL import Image from web_browser import VIEWPORT, BrowserHost, ensure_chromium from web_plan import planner_user_text, typing_blocked MAX_STEPS = 30 MAX_RUNS = 4 # browsers working at the same time; later visitors wait for a free one IDLE_SECONDS = 180 # a run nobody polls for this long is closed (tab closed, network lost; a busy queue is not idle) RUN_SECONDS = 8 * 60 MAX_TASK_CHARS = 300 SPARE_SECONDS = 10 * 60 # a pre-opened start page older than this is replaced def _thumbnail(png: bytes) -> bytes: return Image.open(io.BytesIO(png)).convert("L").resize((48, 30), Image.BILINEAR).tobytes() def _close(a: bytes, b: bytes) -> bool: """Two thumbnails show the same screen (mean difference under ~1% of the gray range).""" return len(a) == len(b) and sum(abs(x - y) for x, y in zip(a, b)) / len(a) < 2.5 def _jpeg(png: bytes, quality=80) -> str: image = Image.open(io.BytesIO(png)).convert("RGB") buf = io.BytesIO() image.save(buf, format="JPEG", quality=quality, optimize=True) return "data:image/jpeg;base64," + base64.b64encode(buf.getvalue()).decode() @dataclass class Run: id: str task: str client: str session: object created: float = field(default_factory=time.time) seen: float = field(default_factory=time.time) step: int = 0 memory: str = "" history: list = field(default_factory=list) pending: dict | None = None # the decision web_act will perform shot: bytes = b"" # the screenshot the next decision is made on shown: str = "" # hash of the last screenshot sent to the page errors: int = 0 # consecutive failed steps last_sig: bytes | None = None # stuck detection: the last screen's thumbnail, and for how many steps it has not changed same: int = 0 done: bool = False lock: threading.Lock = field(default_factory=threading.Lock) class WebAgent: def __init__(self, decide, display=None, max_runs=MAX_RUNS, max_steps=MAX_STEPS): """decide(user_text, PIL image) -> dict from web_plan.decide_with (points as screen fractions).""" self.decide = decide ensure_chromium() self.host = BrowserHost(display) threading.Thread(target=self._warm, daemon=True, name="web-warm").start() self.max_runs, self.max_steps = max_runs, max_steps self.runs: dict[str, Run] = {} self._lock = threading.Lock() self._spare = None threading.Thread(target=self._reaper, daemon=True, name="web-reaper").start() # ---- lifecycle -------------------------------------------------------------- def _warm(self): """Start Chromium in the background and open a spare tab, so the first visitor does not wait.""" try: self.host.call(self.host._ensure(), timeout=180) except Exception: traceback.print_exc() try: ok = self.host.call(self.host.family_dns_ok(), timeout=15) except Exception: ok = False print(f"[web] family DNS filter {'on' if ok else 'UNREACHABLE: pages are not filtered for adult/malware sites'}", flush=True) self._refill() def _refill(self): """Keep one private context already on the start page; a new run takes it instead of waiting.""" try: session = self.host.call(self.host.new_session(), timeout=120) except Exception: traceback.print_exc() return session.ready_at = time.time() with self._lock: spare, self._spare = self._spare, session if spare: self.host.call(spare.close(), timeout=20) def _take_spare(self): with self._lock: session, self._spare = self._spare, None threading.Thread(target=self._refill, daemon=True, name="web-refill").start() if session and time.time() - session.ready_at > SPARE_SECONDS: self.host.call(session.close(), timeout=20) # a start page left open too long may be stale session = None return session def _reaper(self): while True: time.sleep(5) now = time.time() for run in list(self.runs.values()): if now - run.seen > IDLE_SECONDS or now - run.created > RUN_SECONDS + 60: self._close(run.id) def _close(self, run_id): with self._lock: run = self.runs.pop(run_id, None) if run: print(f"[web] close {run_id} after {run.step} steps", flush=True) if run: run.done = True try: self.host.call(run.session.close(), timeout=20) except Exception: pass def _get(self, run_id) -> Run: run = self.runs.get(run_id) if run is None: print(f"[web] unknown run {run_id!r}; active: {list(self.runs)}", flush=True) raise KeyError("This run has ended. Start a new one.") run.seen = time.time() return run def _image(self, run, png): """The screenshot as a JPEG data URI, or None when the page already shows it.""" digest = hashlib.md5(png).hexdigest() if digest == run.shown: return None run.shown = digest return _jpeg(png) def busy(self): return len(self.runs) >= self.max_runs # ---- the three steps the page calls ---------------------------------------------- def start(self, task: str, client: str) -> dict: task = " ".join((task or "").split())[:MAX_TASK_CHARS] if len(task) < 4: return {"error": "Write a task first, e.g. “Find the weather in Zurich this weekend”."} for old in [r.id for r in self.runs.values() if r.client == client]: self._close(old) # one run per browser tab with self._lock: if len(self.runs) >= self.max_runs: return {"busy": True, "active": len(self.runs)} run_id = uuid.uuid4().hex[:12] self.runs[run_id] = run = Run(run_id, task, client, session=None) try: run.session = self._take_spare() or self.host.call(self.host.new_session(), timeout=120) run.shot = self.host.call(run.session.screenshot(), timeout=30) info = self.host.call(run.session.info(), timeout=10) except Exception as exc: traceback.print_exc() self._close(run_id) return {"error": f"The browser could not start ({type(exc).__name__}). Please try again."} return {"run": run_id, "task": task, "max_steps": self.max_steps, "image": self._image(run, run.shot), "viewport": [VIEWPORT["width"], VIEWPORT["height"]], **info} def plan(self, run_id: str) -> dict: run = self._get(run_id) with run.lock: if run.done: return {"done": True} if run.step >= self.max_steps or time.time() - run.created > RUN_SECONDS: return self._finish(run, "", f"Stopped after {run.step} steps (the demo's limit).", limit=True) try: info = self.host.call(run.session.info(), timeout=10) fresh = self.host.call(run.session.screenshot(), timeout=30) except Exception: traceback.print_exc() run.errors += 1 if run.errors >= 3: return self._finish(run, "", "Stopped: the browser stopped responding.") try: # a page that stopped responding is replaced by a fresh tab on the start page self.host.call(run.session.recover(), timeout=40) except Exception: traceback.print_exc() run.history.append({"action": {"note": "the page stopped responding"}, "execution_error": "the tab was reopened on the start page"}) return {"step": run.step, "error": "The page stopped responding, so the agent reopened the start page.", "t_plan": 0, "t_ground": 0, "t_total": 0} run.shot = fresh stuck = self._check_stuck(run, fresh) if stuck: return self._finish(run, "", stuck) text = planner_user_text(run.task, run.step + 1, self.max_steps, run.memory, run.history, info["url"], info["title"]) image = Image.open(io.BytesIO(fresh)).convert("RGB") t0 = time.perf_counter() try: d = self.decide(text, image) except Exception as exc: # e.g. the visitor's ZeroGPU quota ran out return {**self._finish(run, "", str(exc) or type(exc).__name__), "fatal": True} wall = time.perf_counter() - t0 run.step += 1 out = {"step": run.step, "image": self._image(run, fresh), "url": info["url"], "title": info["title"], "t_plan": round(d.get("t_plan", 0), 2), "t_ground": round(d.get("t_ground", 0), 2), "t_total": round(wall, 2)} if d.get("error"): run.errors += 1 plan = d.get("plan") or {} run.history.append({"action": {k: v for k, v in plan.items() if k != "memory"} or {"raw": d["raw"][:200]}, "execution_error": d["error"]}) run.pending = None out.update(error=d["error"], plan=plan or None) if run.errors >= 3: out.update(self._finish(run, "", "Stopped: the planner kept producing actions it could not run.")) return out plan = d["plan"] if plan.get("memory"): run.memory = plan["memory"] points = [d["points"][k] for k in ("target", "destination") if k in d["points"]] run.pending = {"plan": plan, "points": points} out.update(plan=plan, points=points) return out def act(self, run_id: str) -> dict: run = self._get(run_id) with run.lock: if run.done: return {"done": True} pending, run.pending = run.pending, None if pending is None: return {"skipped": True} plan, points = pending["plan"], pending["points"] if plan["action"] == "finish": return self._finish(run, plan.get("answer", ""), "") error = typing_blocked(plan["text"]) if plan["action"] == "type" else "" if not error: px = [(round(x * (VIEWPORT["width"] - 1)), round(y * (VIEWPORT["height"] - 1))) for x, y in points] try: error = self.host.call(run.session.act(plan, px), timeout=45) except Exception as exc: error = f"the action failed ({type(exc).__name__})" blocked = run.session.blocked run.history.append({"action": {k: v for k, v in plan.items() if k != "memory"}, "execution_error": error or (f"blocked: {blocked}" if blocked else None)}) run.errors = run.errors + 1 if error else 0 try: run.shot = self.host.call(run.session.screenshot(), timeout=30) info = self.host.call(run.session.info(), timeout=10) except Exception: traceback.print_exc() return {"image": None, "error": error, "blocked": blocked} return {"image": self._image(run, run.shot), "error": error, "blocked": blocked, **info} def _check_stuck(self, run, png): """Tell the planner when it is going in circles, and give up when it keeps doing so. "Unchanged" compares small grayscale thumbnails, so clocks, cursors and animations do not hide a loop; repeating the very same action counts too, whatever the screen does. """ sig = _thumbnail(png) same = run.last_sig is not None and _close(sig, run.last_sig) run.same = run.same + 1 if same else 0 run.last_sig = sig acts = [json.dumps(h["action"], sort_keys=True) for h in run.history if "action" in h.get("action", {})] repeat = 0 for a in reversed(acts): if a != acts[-1]: break repeat += 1 if run.same >= 6: return "Stopped: the page did not change for six steps." if repeat >= 8: return "Stopped: the agent kept repeating the same action." if run.same >= 3 or repeat >= 4: what = f"the page has not changed for {run.same} steps" if run.same >= 3 else f"the same action was repeated {repeat} times" run.history.append({"action": {"note": what}, "execution_error": "it is not working: do something different (another element, back, " "another site) or finish and say what blocked you"}) return "" def _finish(self, run, answer, note, limit=False): run.done = True out = {"done": True, "answer": answer, "note": note, "limit": limit, "steps": run.step, "seconds": round(time.time() - run.created, 1)} threading.Thread(target=self._close, args=(run.id,), daemon=True).start() return out def stop(self, run_id: str) -> dict: self._close(run_id) return {"stopped": True} # ---- server functions for the gr.HTML view (arguments arrive as one list) ---------- def server_functions(self): agent = self def first(args): # one JS argument arrives bare, several arrive as a list return str(args[0] if isinstance(args, (list, tuple)) and args else args or "") def web_start(args: list) -> dict: task, client = (list(args) + ["", ""])[:2] if isinstance(args, (list, tuple)) else (args, "") return agent.start(str(task), str(client)) def web_plan(args: list) -> dict: try: return agent.plan(first(args)) except KeyError as exc: return {"done": True, "note": str(exc.args[0])} def web_act(args: list) -> dict: try: return agent.act(first(args)) except KeyError as exc: return {"done": True, "note": str(exc.args[0])} def web_stop(args: list) -> dict: return agent.stop(first(args)) def web_status(args: list) -> dict: return {"busy": agent.busy(), "active": len(agent.runs), "max": agent.max_runs} return [web_start, web_plan, web_act, web_stop, web_status]