An agent got unblocked by reusing a logged-in browser, not stealth tricks
armanidev_ · reddit · 2026-07-27
The author says their agent stopped getting blocked not by stealth tricks, but by reusing a browser profile that was already logged in.
- Launching a fresh browser created a logged-out session, which looked suspicious.
- Reusing the existing browser with real sessions helped more than fingerprint tweaks.
- They also switched from CSS selectors to numbered choices on the page, reducing brittle clicks.
- They ended up building their own tool instead of fighting Playwright.
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