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KernelIncident · 2026-10-01 22:18 UTC

Popup windows freezing browser sessions

ResolvedOfficial update

The fix has been deployed.

The latest update from Kernel.

State

Resolved

Started

32 d ago

2026-10-01 22:18 UTC

Lasted

1 h 10 min

until 2026-10-01 23:29 UTC

Worst impact

Partial outage

Timeline

2 updates
22:1822:3622:5423:1123:29
Partial outageUpdate postedTimes in UTC

Monitoring

1 h 10 min 100%

Updates

Times in UTC

As posted by Kernel

Resolved2026-10-01 23:29 UTC

The fix has been deployed.

Monitoring2026-10-01 22:18 UTC

A browser image released at 14:03 UTC on October 1 causes [window.open](http://window.open) popups to remain on about:blank while the opening page freezes. Sessions controlled through live view, the computer API, Selenium, or raw CDP are affected. Playwright and Puppeteer sessions are not affected. The cause has been identified and a corrected image is being deployed. We expect it to reach production within the hour. Sessions created after the deployment completes will not be affected. Workaround: if a session is frozen, run the following command against it to resume the popup and the original page. ``` kernel browsers playwright execute 'return 1' ``` We will post another update once the fix is live.

Kernel in the last 90 days

Full history
90 days agoToday

Incidents in 90 days

7

Days with an incident

7

Median duration

55 min

This incident

1.3× the median

How long each incident lasted, on the day it started. The outlined bar is this incident.

9 h 36 min
median 55 min
90 days agoToday

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