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X Read-Only Browser Runtime

A zero-paid user-space runtime for Chrome for Testing 152 using an existing persistent profile. Missing Ubuntu runtime libraries are vendored under root/; no root or apt install is required.

Boundary: Read-only navigation only. It does not post, like, follow, or type anything. CDP is exposed for read-only inspection. The profile currently contains only guest X cookies, not an authenticated X session.

Run

./run-x-readonly.sh https://x.com/home — launches Chrome and navigates to the supplied URL, or reuses an already-running Chrome on ${RODION_X_CDP_PORT:-9223}.

Verification

Smoke evidence from 2026-08-30: Chrome reported Google Chrome for Testing 152.0.7977.64; CDP became ready and returned an X tab titled X. It's what's happening / X at https://x.com/. Run ./bootstrap-libs.sh to verify vendored libraries are present.