Control UI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nLayer 5: Verify end-to-end browser control<\/h3>\n
From WSL2:<\/p>\n
bash theme={\"theme\":{\"light\":\"min-light\",\"dark\":\"min-dark\"}}
\nopenclaw browser open https:\/\/example.com --browser-profile remote
\nopenclaw browser tabs --browser-profile remote<\/code><\/p>\nGood result:<\/p>\n
\n- the tab opens in Windows Chrome<\/li>\n
openclaw browser tabs<\/code> returns the target<\/li>\n- later actions (
snapshot<\/code>, screenshot<\/code>, navigate<\/code>) work from the same profile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nCommon misleading errors<\/h2>\n
Treat each message as a layer-specific clue:<\/p>\n
\ncontrol-ui-insecure-auth<\/code><\/li>\n- UI origin \/ secure-context problem, not a CDP transport problem<\/li>\n
token_missing<\/code><\/li>\n- auth configuration problem<\/li>\n
pairing required<\/code><\/li>\n- device approval problem<\/li>\n
Remote CDP for profile \"remote\" is not reachable<\/code><\/li>\n- WSL2 cannot reach the configured
cdpUrl<\/code><\/li>\ngateway timeout after 1500ms<\/code><\/li>\n- often still CDP reachability or a slow\/unreachable remote endpoint<\/li>\n
No Chrome tabs found for profile=\"user\"<\/code><\/li>\n- local Chrome MCP profile selected where no host-local tabs are available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Fast triage checklist<\/h2>\n\n- Windows: does
curl http:\/\/127.0.0.1:9222\/json\/version<\/code> work?<\/li>\n- WSL2: does
curl http:\/\/WINDOWS_HOST_OR_IP:9222\/json\/version<\/code> work?<\/li>\n- OpenClaw config: does
browser.profiles.<name>.cdpUrl<\/code> use that exact WSL2-reachable address?<\/li>\n- Control UI: are you opening
http:\/\/127.0.0.1:18789\/<\/code> instead of a LAN IP?<\/li>\n- Are you trying to use
existing-session<\/code> across WSL2 and Windows instead of raw remote CDP?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nPractical takeaway<\/h2>\n
The setup is usually viable. The hard part is that browser transport, Control UI origin security, and token\/pairing can each fail independently while looking similar from the user side.<\/p>\n
When in doubt:<\/p>\n
\n- verify the Windows Chrome endpoint locally first<\/li>\n
- verify the same endpoint from WSL2 second<\/li>\n
- only then debug OpenClaw config or Control UI auth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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