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preview_evaluate rejected top-level await with SyntaxError: await is only valid in async functions and the top level bodies of modules, so await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 100)); location.pathname failed although a devtools console accepts it. Reproduced with the reporter's step 2 through the preview_evaluate MCP tool on a preview tab, and on main by calling ServerBrowserPage.evaluate against headless Chromium (transcript below).
Change
ServerBrowserPage.evaluate sends main's classic Runtime.evaluate call unchanged. Only when the page's own parser rejected it, and the expression contains await, does it send the same call once more with replMode: true, the devtools console's mode. A parse rejection is a SyntaxError with a scriptId and no stack, so nothing ran. This rules out the other SyntaxError cases:
A SyntaxError thrown at runtime (new Function('await 0')) carries a stack and is never rerun.
A promise rejected by browser code (Response.json() on an HTML body) carries no scriptId and is never rerun.
Once the 15 s limit has fired and terminated the evaluation, a late classic response never triggers the retry.
The page's parser decides, so a server on an older Node than the browser cannot misclassify newer syntax. Top-level for await works too.
As in the devtools console, a promise left as the last expression after a top-level await comes back as is ({}) and is not awaited. An async IIFE still goes through the classic call and is awaited.
The 15 s limit stays. The error agents see names it (Preview automation evaluate timed out after 15000ms.), and preview_wait_for already takes a timeoutMs for waits on page state. The tool's schema and description are unchanged, so every agent's tool list keeps its size.
apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserPage.test.ts (real headless Chromium): 30 tests pass. Each new test fails for a specific reason without the change:
"evaluates top-level await and returns the last expression's value" and "returns the result of a top-level await expression that reloads the page" fail on main with the reporter's SyntaxError.
"still awaits the promise an async function returns" fails (expected {} to be 1) if every expression uses replMode.
"does not rerun an expression whose SyntaxError is thrown at runtime" fails (expected 2 to be 1) without the no-stack check.
The fetch-then-.json() test fails (resolves {}, 2 POSTs) without the scriptId check.
The late-response test (stubbed CDP, fake timers) fails (a second Runtime.evaluate is sent) without the timeout guard.
vp run check:changed passes (format, lint, knip, typecheck, tests).
Runtime transcript below: rows R1–R27 before (merge-base) and after (head), and R28/R29 also on the previous head f1dc2121b1 to show the two defects the last commit fixes. Each side's own checkout calls the production ServerBrowserPage.evaluate on headless Chromium with the same drivers. The proof audit rebuilt R28 and R29 at the head and every field matched.
Not covered:
await directly followed by (, [, a backtick or a line break (const v = await (p)) parses as a classic call of an identifier named await, so it still fails with ReferenceError, as on main.
Desktop (Electron) was checked by reading its CDP relay, which forwards Runtime.evaluate and Runtime.enable unchanged; not run live.
Environment: Ubuntu 24.04 x64, Node v26.13.0, playwright-core 1.60.0, headless Chromium 148.0.7778.96. The limit is 1000 ms for R10, R11, R15, R19, R21 and R29, and 5000 ms elsewhere. Server-only change, no render path.
Evidence: R1–R27 driver probe.mjs, rerun unchanged except its output path; earlier-round transcript.md. In R29, a CDP wrapper holds the first real Runtime.evaluate response until the helper has timed out, then releases it; it injects no result.
What else changed, before → after: R1, R2, R5, R6, R9–R14, R17–R22 (with the recovery calls) and R24 change from the SyntaxError to the results below. R26 keeps the same error, but sends one replMode retry that also fails to parse, so nothing runs. Everything else is identical: R3, R4, R7, R8, R15, R16, R25, R27, R28 and R29. From the previous head to the head, only R28 and R29 change.
Before (merge-base bbdc7dca32), previous head (f1dc2121b1) and after (a041869666)
Row
Before
After
R1 issue step 2: top-level await
SyntaxError (await only valid…)
"/start"
R2 issue step 3 shape, element after 1s
SyntaxError
"ok"
R3 async IIFE
42
42
R4 plain object
{"a":1,"b":[2]}
{"a":1,"b":[2]}
R5 top-level await, object result
SyntaxError
{"a":1,"b":[2]}
R6 top-level await, promise result
SyntaxError
{}
R7 awaitPromise false
{}
{}
R8 returnByValue false
"body"
"body"
R9 top-level await then throw
SyntaxError
ExecutionError Error: boom
R10 hung top-level await
SyntaxError
TimeoutError (1000ms, stopped)
R11 next evaluate after the timeout
SyntaxError
"p"
R12 top-level await, returnByValue false
SyntaxError
"body"
R13 top-level await, awaitPromise false, pending
SyntaxError
{}
R14 top-level await, final promise rejects
SyntaxError
{}
R15 hung async IIFE
TimeoutError (1000ms)
TimeoutError (1000ms)
R16 classic reload then object
{"clicked":true}
{"clicked":true}
R17 top-level await, reload then object
SyntaxError
{"clicked":true}
R18 top-level await, navigate then object
SyntaxError
{"ok":1}
R19 pending await, awaitPromise false / recovery
SyntaxError / SyntaxError
TimeoutError / "p"
R20 awaited rejection / recovery
SyntaxError / SyntaxError
ExecutionError Error: x / "p"
R21 busy JavaScript after await / recovery
SyntaxError / SyntaxError
TimeoutError / "p"
R22 result over the 64000-byte cap
SyntaxError
ResultTooLarge (70002 bytes)
R24 top-level for await, sum
SyntaxError: Unexpected reserved word
3
R25 runtime SyntaxError is not rerun
SyntaxError, window.runs 1
SyntaxError, window.runs 1
R26 genuine syntax error containing await
SyntaxError: Unexpected token ';' (1 call)
same error (classic + 1 replMode call)
R27 classic string containing await
5
5
Row
Before
Previous head
After
R28 (async () => { const r = await fetch('/api', { method: 'POST' }); return r.json() })(), /api returns HTML
SyntaxError … is not valid JSON, 1 POST
{}, 2 POSTs
SyntaxError … is not valid JSON, 1 POST
R29 await 0; window.runs = (window.runs ?? 0) + 1, first response held past the 1000ms limit
Review, earlier round: three rounds of two independent reviewers. One finding asked to state the 15 s limit in the tool description; that would grow every agent's tool list, so it was reverted. Another found that classifying with the server's Node parser could misroute newer browser syntax; fixed by letting the page's parser decide.
Review, this round: round 1, both reviewers asked for fixes. One found a browser-internal SyntaxError rejection (Response.json() on HTML) rerun in replMode, which sent the POST twice and returned {}. The other found a classic response arriving after the timeout still sent the retry. Both were fixed in a041869666 with a regression test each. Round 2: both reviewers MERGE.
Proof audit: the matrix was derived from the code, every row was captured at the merge-base and the head (R28/R29 also on the previous head), and the delivered set was checked against the raw CDP logs. R28 and R29 were rebuilt independently.
CI green on the head.
The R28/R29 driver and the full raw CDP logs for this round were not uploaded: the file uploader was unavailable on the machine that ran the capture. The results are in the table above.
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preview_evaluate rejected `await` outside a function, and always used the
broker's 15s default because the tool had no timeoutMs.
An expression that compiles as a classic script keeps the single
Runtime.evaluate call it had before. Only one that needs top-level await
runs in CDP REPL mode, where a promise completion is awaited with
Runtime.awaitPromise and the object group is released on settle or timeout.
PreviewAutomationEvaluateInput gains the shared OptionalTimeoutMs, and the
handler forwards it to the broker as preview_wait_for does. The MCP tool
list budget grows by that field.
Fixes#31892
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Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Preview evaluation gains top-level-await support through a narrowly gated retry after a parser rejection. Existing evaluation options, timeout termination, and result-size limits remain unchanged, with no expansion of browser access or product defaults.
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ServerBrowserPage.evaluate retries evaluation in DevTools REPL mode only when classic evaluation returns a stackless SyntaxError and the expression contains await. Tests cover returned values, runtime errors, and page reloads.
Changes: Preview Evaluation
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Summary
Conditional REPL retry and result handling apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserPage.ts, apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserPage.test.ts
evaluate shares evaluation parameters and retries in REPL mode only for a stackless SyntaxError when the expression contains await. Tests cover top-level await, promises returned by async functions, a runtime SyntaxError without a second execution, and returning a value when the expression reloads the page.
pingdotgg/t3code#28154 — Changes the timeout path used by ServerBrowserPage.evaluate, which also bounds the new evaluation retry.
pingdotgg/t3code#24356 — Adds timeout details to evaluation errors; the new retry uses the evaluation timeout path.
Suggested reviewers:shivamhwp, t3dotgg
Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 91525
The new top-level-await behavior is mergeable after normal checks. Evaluations remain limited to 15 seconds; documenting that existing limit is a follow-up.
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[#31892] The added test confirms the reported await Promise.resolve(); document.title case. ServerBrowserPage.evaluate retries in replMode only after a classic-script SyntaxError. Top-level-aw…
Support top-level-await forms that the classic parser accepts as script syntax, without rerunning ordinary expressions. Add tests for these forms. Also add and propagate timeoutMs, or state the 15-second limit in the preview_evaluate to…
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The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: support top-level await in preview_evaluate.
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The changes to ServerBrowserPage.evaluate and its tests address [#31892]. No unrelated changes appear in the whole-PR diff.
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[#31892] The added test confirms the reported await Promise.resolve(); document.title case. ServerBrowserPage.evaluate retries in replMode only after a classic-script SyntaxError. Top-level-await forms that parse as classic scripts, such as const v = await (p), do not retry and remain unsupported, despite the issue requesting top-level await like a devtools console. The issue also requires a timeoutMs option or a tool description that states the 15-second limit. preview_evaluate still passes no timeout, and its description in tools.ts does not state the limit.
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Support top-level-await forms that the classic parser accepts as script syntax, without rerunning ordinary expressions. Add tests for these forms. Also add and propagate timeoutMs, or state the 15-second limit in the preview_evaluate tool description.
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserPage.ts:
- Line 924: Update the preview_evaluate tool description to clarify that its
await detection may not wait for top-level await expressions when await is
followed by a parenthesis, bracket, backtick, operator, or line break; leave the
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The fixed 15 s limit is named in the timeout error and preview_wait_for
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fix(server): preview_evaluate accepts top-level await and a timeoutMs
fix(server): preview_evaluate accepts top-level await
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The second call that read the result by reference failed when the
expression navigated, after the script had already run.
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Support the remaining top-level `await` forms and add tests, or document the
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An unconditional replMode would return `{}` for an async IIFE; this
test fails if the await gate is removed.
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Handle valid top-level `await` forms that parse as classic scripts, while
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Stating the limit grows the agent tool list, which needs evals and the
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The server decided replMode with its own Node parser, which can be older
than the page's Chromium. On Node 22 a valid browser expression the host
cannot parse got replMode and returned its trailing promise unawaited.
Run the classic Runtime.evaluate first, and retry with replMode only when
the page rejected the expression with a parse-time SyntaxError (no stack
trace, so nothing ran) and the expression mentions await. Both calls share
the existing timeout.
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Support top-level-await forms that the classic parser accepts as script syntax,
without rerunning ordinary expressions. Add tests for these forms. Also add and
propagate `timeoutMs`, or state the 15-second limit in the `preview_evaluate`
tool description.
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…timeout
An awaited promise rejected by browser code, such as Response.json() on an
HTML body, also reports a stackless SyntaxError, so the expression ran a
second time in replMode. A real parse error carries a scriptId; the
browser-internal rejection does not, so the retry now requires one.
If the classic evaluation answered after the timeout had already terminated
it, the replMode retry still went out and ran unbounded. The timer now marks
the evaluation expired and the retry is skipped.
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preview_evaluaterejected top-levelawaitwithSyntaxError: await is only valid in async functions and the top level bodies of modules, soawait new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 100)); location.pathnamefailed although a devtools console accepts it. Reproduced with the reporter's step 2 through thepreview_evaluateMCP tool on a preview tab, and on main by callingServerBrowserPage.evaluateagainst headless Chromium (transcript below).Change
ServerBrowserPage.evaluatesends main's classicRuntime.evaluatecall unchanged. Only when the page's own parser rejected it, and the expression containsawait, does it send the same call once more withreplMode: true, the devtools console's mode. A parse rejection is aSyntaxErrorwith ascriptIdand no stack, so nothing ran. This rules out the otherSyntaxErrorcases:SyntaxErrorthrown at runtime (new Function('await 0')) carries a stack and is never rerun.Response.json()on an HTML body) carries noscriptIdand is never rerun.for awaitworks too.awaitcomes back as is ({}) and is not awaited. An async IIFE still goes through the classic call and is awaited.Preview automation evaluate timed out after 15000ms.), andpreview_wait_foralready takes atimeoutMsfor waits on page state. The tool's schema and description are unchanged, so every agent's tool list keeps its size.Scope and approval
Fixes #31892
Verification
apps/server/src/preview/ServerBrowserPage.test.ts(real headless Chromium): 30 tests pass. Each new test fails for a specific reason without the change:SyntaxError.expected {} to be 1) if every expression usesreplMode.expected 2 to be 1) without the no-stack check..json()test fails (resolves{}, 2 POSTs) without thescriptIdcheck.Runtime.evaluateis sent) without the timeout guard.vp run check:changedpasses (format, lint, knip, typecheck, tests).ServerBrowserPage.evaluateon headless Chromium with the same drivers. The proof audit rebuilt R28 and R29 at the head and every field matched.awaitdirectly followed by(,[, a backtick or a line break (const v = await (p)) parses as a classic call of an identifier namedawait, so it still fails withReferenceError, as on main.Runtime.evaluateandRuntime.enableunchanged; not run live.Environment: Ubuntu 24.04 x64, Node v26.13.0, playwright-core 1.60.0, headless Chromium 148.0.7778.96. The limit is 1000 ms for R10, R11, R15, R19, R21 and R29, and 5000 ms elsewhere. Server-only change, no render path.
Evidence: R1–R27 driver probe.mjs, rerun unchanged except its output path; earlier-round transcript.md. In R29, a CDP wrapper holds the first real
Runtime.evaluateresponse until the helper has timed out, then releases it; it injects no result.What else changed, before → after: R1, R2, R5, R6, R9–R14, R17–R22 (with the recovery calls) and R24 change from the
SyntaxErrorto the results below. R26 keeps the same error, but sends onereplModeretry that also fails to parse, so nothing runs. Everything else is identical: R3, R4, R7, R8, R15, R16, R25, R27, R28 and R29. From the previous head to the head, only R28 and R29 change.Before (merge-base
bbdc7dca32), previous head (f1dc2121b1) and after (a041869666)"/start""ok"4242{"a":1,"b":[2]}{"a":1,"b":[2]}{"a":1,"b":[2]}{}{}{}"body""body"Error: boom"p""body"{}{}{"clicked":true}{"clicked":true}{"clicked":true}{"ok":1}"p"Error: x/"p""p"for await, sum3window.runs1window.runs155(async () => { const r = await fetch('/api', { method: 'POST' }); return r.json() })(),/apireturns HTML… is not valid JSON, 1 POST{}, 2 POSTs… is not valid JSON, 1 POSTawait 0; window.runs = (window.runs ?? 0) + 1, first response held past the 1000ms limitVerification log
SyntaxErrorrejection (Response.json()on HTML) rerun inreplMode, which sent the POST twice and returned{}. The other found a classic response arriving after the timeout still sent the retry. Both were fixed in a041869666 with a regression test each. Round 2: both reviewers MERGE.