selenium-webdriver 4.1.0 → 4.28.0

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data/CHANGES

@@ -1,4 +1,449 @@
-4.1.0 (2021-11-18)
+4.28.0 (2025-01-16)
+=========================
+* Add CDP for Chrome 132 and remove 129
+* [ci] Bumping versions for nightly
+* [rb] Add tests for the cookie named, and updates type (#14843)
+* [rb] Update note for return value of Hash (#14845)
+* [rb] BiDi Network: add_request_handler, remove_request_handler, clear_request_handlers (#14751)
+* Update supported versions for Chrome DevTools
+
+4.27.0 (2024-11-21)
+=========================
+* Add CDP for Chrome 131 and remove 128
+* Add Firefox CDP deprecation warnings (#14763)
+* Add Bidi network commands for authentication and interception (#14523)
+* Handle graceful webdriver shutdown (#14430)
+* Reduce RBS errors to 0 (#14661)
+* Resolve `uri` gem deprecation warning (#14770)
+* Update minimum Ruby to 3.1 (#14685)
+* Implement navigation commands with BiDi (#14094)
+
+4.26.0 (2024-10-28)
+=========================
+* Add CDP for Chrome 130 and remove 127
+* Add missing RBS methods (#14621)
+* Update Ruby BiDi script structs to match spec
+* Add RBS type support for BiDi related classes (#14611)
+
+4.25.0 (2024-09-19)
+=========================
+* Add CDP for Chrome 129 and remove 126
+* Fix add_cause method not being able to process an array of hashes (#14433)
+* replace `fedcm` links with new ones (#14478)
+* Allow driver path to be set using ENV variables (#14287)
+
+4.24.0 (2024-08-23)
+=========================
+* Deprecate WebStorage JS methods (#14276)
+* BUGFIX: Add stamp to nightly build (#14320)
+* Add timeout and tests for curb, also added the gem curb that was not part of selenium (#14285)
+* Add CDP for Chrome 128 and remove 125
+
+4.23.0 (2024-07-18)
+=========================
+* Add FedCM support to the ruby selenium client (#13796)
+* Add URLs constant to update error messages (#14174)
+* Update selenium manager types (#14189)
+* Add backtrace locations and cause to errors (#14170)
+* Add CDP for Chrome 127 and remove 124
+
+4.22.0 (2024-06-20)
+=========================
+
+* Force UTF-8 encoding on logger (see #6937)
+* Don't crash when ChildProcess is already killed (see #14032)
+* Manage bidi instance on the bridge not the driver (#14071)
+* Implement High Level Logging API with BiDi (#14073)
+* Fix bug with message deletion in Guard class
+* Change output for Guard class
+* Implement toggle for BiDi and Classic implementations (#14092)
+* Add preference to enable CDP in Firefox by default (#14091)
+* Add support for the w3c silent option for the ruby library (#14152)
+* Add CDP for Chrome 126 and remove 123
+
+4.21.1 (2024-05-16)
+=========================
+
+* Fixed missing Chrome binary error in Rails system tests.
+
+4.21.0 (2024-05-16)
+=========================
+
+* Add CDP for Chrome 125 and remove 122
+* Initial extensibility points for Appium
+  * Support registering extra headers in HTTP client
+  * Support overriding User-Agent in HTTP client
+  * Support registering extra bridge commands
+  * Support overriding default locator conversion
+  * Support registering custom finders for SearchContext
+  * Support using custom element classes
+
+4.20.1 (2024-04-25)
+=========================
+
+* Returned accidentally removed DriverFinder.path and deprecated it.
+
+4.20.0 (2024-04-24)
+=========================
+
+* Add CDP for Chrome 124 and remove 121
+* Making Selenium Manager a thin wrapper (#13386)
+  * This change has been made to make it easier to maintain and improve, the interface has
+  changed and if users were invoking it, they might experience issues. Selenium Manager is
+  still in beta and these type of changes are expected.
+
+4.19.0 (2024-03-27)
+=========================
+
+* Add CDP for Chrome 123 and remove 120
+* Avoid over-escaping browser path (#13632)
+* Add full RBS support (#13234)
+
+4.18.1 (2024-02-19)
+=========================
+
+* Add CDP for Chrome 122 and remove 119
+
+4.18.0 (2024-02-19)
+=========================
+
+* Update documentation link in readme (#13570)
+* make suggested updates from rubocop
+
+4.17.0 (2024-01-22)
+=========================
+
+* Logger defaults output to stderr instead of stdout
+* Fully support Chrome 120+ old headless mode (#13271)
+* Add ruby to Selenium Manager input for tracking (see #13288)
+* Define default command_list (fixes #13307)
+* Fix issues with incorrectly named edge browser
+* Check for whether driver supports full page screenshots to error (#12799)
+* Add CDP for Chrome 121 and remove 118
+
+4.16.0 (2023-12-06)
+=========================
+
+Ruby:
+* Add RBS files to Ruby (#12844)
+* Convert binary locations for cygwin (#12618)
+* Allow Selenium Manager to work with Unix (#13161)
+* Extend RBS support for logger and log entry (#13192)
+* Update rules_ruby to the latest version (#13235)
+
+BiDi:
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.120.0 (supports CDP v85, v118, v119, v120)
+
+Chrome:
+* Fix http proxy configuration for chrome (#13093)
+
+Firefox:
+* Delete 'lock' file in FF profile (#13090)
+
+4.15.0 (2023-11-01)
+=========================
+
+* Do not set browser binary in selenium manager if it is an empty string (#12738)
+* Add flaky condition to guards to mark unreliable tests
+* Rake update needs to build latest grid for running remote tests
+* Add CDP v119 and remove v116
+* Implement file downloads (#12979)
+
+4.14.0 (2023-10-09)
+=========================
+Ruby:
+  * allow users to access the full script of the atom directly
+
+BiDi:
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.118.0 (supports CDP v85, v116, v117, v118)
+
+4.13.1 (2023-09-25)
+=========================
+Ruby:
+  * Fix bug preventing logging chromedriver to file
+
+4.13.0 (2023-09-25)
+=========================
+Ruby:
+  * Fix bug preventing using performance logging with chromium
+  * Allow users to set Selenium Manager path by environment variable (#12752)
+  * Allow service to be started before the driver
+  * remove deprecated driver extensions for location and network connection
+
+BiDi:
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.117.0 (supports CDP v85, v115, v116, v117)
+
+4.12.0 (2023-08-31)
+=========================
+Ruby:
+  * Fix bug preventing good error messages in Selenium Manager when stdout empty
+  * Fix bug with Firefox not loading net/http library by default (#12506)
+  * Remove support for using capabilities in local drivers
+
+BiDi:
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.116.0 (supports CDP v85, v114, v115, v116)
+
+4.11.0 (2023-07-31)
+=========================
+Ruby:
+  * Made network interception threads fail silently (#12226)
+  * Have Selenium Manager binary locate drivers on PATH (#12345)
+  * Add browser output from selenium manager to options (#12398)
+  * Remove deprecated code (#12417)
+BiDi:
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.115.0 (supports CDP v85, v113, v114, v115)
+Edge:
+  * Adding ignore process match for IE Mode across bindings (#12279)
+
+4.10.0 (2023-06-07)
+=========================
+Ruby:
+  * Implement proxy support for Selenium Manager
+  * Prevent setting driver log level in Safari
+  * Change all Selenium Manager logging to :debug (#12145)
+  * Error messages include links to documentation
+  * Add custom error class for driver location and improve error logic
+
+BiDi:
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.114.0 (supports CDP v85, v112, v113, v114)
+
+Edge:
+  * Add support for webview2
+
+4.9.1 (2023-05-08)
+=========================
+Ruby:
+  * Allow users to specify driver process output in Service class (#11964)
+  * Updated minimum required Ruby version to 3.0
+  * Selenium Logger defaults to :info and all debugging is now logged as :debug (#11967)
+  * Every logging entry can be ignored based on ID, not just warnings
+  * Logging entries can be filtered to allow or ignore specific IDs
+
+BiDi:
+  * Fix bug with loading devtools (#11931) (thanks Boris Petrov!)
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.113.0 (supports CDP v85, v111, v112, v113)
+
+4.9.0 (2023-04-21)
+=========================
+Ruby:
+  * Fix devtools version fallback (#11869)
+  * Fix bug in selenium manager escaping back slashes in Windows (#11884)
+
+BiDi:
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.112.0 (supports CDP v85, v110, v111, v112)
+
+4.8.6 (2023-03-29)
+=========================
+Ruby:
+  * Properly escape arguments passed to Selenium Manager
+
+4.8.5 (2023-03-28)
+=========================
+Ruby:
+  * Wrapping browser name in quotes when calling Selenium Manager
+
+4.8.4 (2023-03-28)
+=========================
+Ruby:
+  * Update the selenium-manager versions to fix an IE naming issue (#11828)
+
+4.8.3 (2023-03-26)
+=========================
+Ruby:
+  * Still need to use driver finder when using capabilities parameter
+  * Accommodate Driver Finder being sent something other than an Options instance
+
+4.8.2 (2023-03-24)
+=========================
+Ruby:
+  * Ruby driver finder (#11523)
+  * Using json output with Selenium Manager
+
+BiDi:
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.111.0 (supports CDP v85, v109, v110, v111)
+
+4.8.1 (2023-02-17)
+=========================
+Ruby:
+  * Fix autoload of WebDriver::Remote::Bridge::COMMANDS
+  * Subclass is setting value before the superclass is setting it to nil
+  * Updating Selenium Manager binaries for 4.8.1 release
+
+BiDi:
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.110.0 (supports CDP v85, v108, v109, v110)
+  * Close BiDi session on closing the last top-level browsing context
+  * Add filtering capability to LogInspector
+
+4.8.0 (2023-01-23)
+=========================
+Ruby:
+  * Allow updating instance variables on service classes
+  * Deprecate extract_service_args processing in service classes
+  * Fix bug preventing sending nil to #send_keys with Remote Driver
+  * Fix bug with IE specific methods not available to IE Driver
+  * Created Chromium superclass for Chrome and Edge
+  * Deprecated platform and version setters/getters in Capabilities class
+  * Revamped driver constructor logic
+  * Fix bug preventing using Safari Technology Preview when using SafariOptions
+  * Fix bug preventing more than one driver type to access Selenium Manager
+  * Defaults to using Options instead of Capabilities
+  * Make Options classes more strict for allowed arguments and types
+  * Removed previously deprecated actions class parameters
+  * Removed Location struct
+  * Add comment with name of large JS executions (#11038)
+  * update logger with link on how to use it (#11478)
+  * Deprecate #add_option for Option classes in favor of constructor and attr_accessor
+  * Deprecate all unrecognized capabilities for Options classes
+  * Deprecate support for :capabilities for local drivers
+  * Deprecate browser class methods for Capabilities
+  * Deprecate #headless! for Chrome and Firefox
+
+BiDi:
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.109.0 (supports CDP v85, v107, v108, v109)
+  * Add LogInspector (#11368)
+  * Add Browsing context commands (#11446)
+
+4.7.1 (2022-12-02)
+=========================
+Ruby:
+  * Fix bug preventing selenium manager from using Internet Explorer
+
+4.7.0 (2022-12-01)
+=========================
+BiDi:
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.108.0 (supports CDP v85, v106, v107, v108)
+  * Fix bug with socket stability
+
+Ruby:
+  * Remove dependency on ChildProcess gem in favor of native Process.spawn (#11251)
+  * Add support for Selenium Manager to work with IE Driver
+  * Improve error handling for Selenium Manager
+
+Safari:
+  * Fix bug preventing Safari Options from being used with Safari Technology Preview
+
+4.6.1 (2022-11-04)
+=========================
+Ruby:
+  * fix bug preventing selenium-manager from being executable by default
+
+4.6.0 (2022-11-04)
+=========================
+BiDi:
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.107.0 (supports CDP v85, v105, v106, v107)
+
+Ruby:
+  * firefox scroll by amount is only failing on mac
+  * add initial support for selenium manager
+  * Revert "[rb] do not allow Select class to work with disabled selects"
+  * Make sure selenium-manager is packed into gem
+  * Fix platform list in #scroll_by guard
+
+4.5.0 (2022-09-28)
+=========================
+
+BiDi:
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.105.0 (supports CDP v85, v103, v104, v105)
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.106.0 (supports CDP v85, v104, v105, v106)
+  * Add HasBiDi support to Chrome
+
+Ruby:
+  * Fix bug in Platform code
+  * Update Select class to error when elements are disabled (#10812)
+
+Firefox:
+  * Add support for installing unsigned add-ons (#10265, thanks TamsilAmani!)
+  * Change accept_insecure_certificates to true by default (to match other bindings)
+  * Set debugger_address option to true by default
+
+Server:
+  * Add support for initializing server class with arguments and log level
+
+4.4.0 (2022-08-09)
+=========================
+
+BiDi:
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.103.1 to fix websocket dependency requirement
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.104.0 (supports CDP v85, v102, v103, v104)
+  * Have network interceptor ignore cancelled requests (#10856)
+  * Improve websocket message handling
+
+Chromium:
+  * Prevent users from setting w3c: false and warn for true (thanks Tamsil Amani!)
+
+Ruby:
+  * Implement Virtual Authenticator (#10903, #10541) (thanks Tamsil Amani!)
+
+4.3.0 (2022-06-23)
+=========================
+
+BiDi:
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.103.0 (supports CDP v85, v101, v102, v103)
+
+Ruby:
+  * Allow specifying which button is clicked in pointer action class methods
+  * Remove deprecated `Persistent` http class
+  * Remove deprecated HasRemoteStatus module
+  * Remove deprecated `Manager#new_window` and `Manager#logs`
+  * `ActionBuilder#move_to` no longer attempts to move to top left corner of element
+  * Remove deprecated support for sending Service parameters directly to Driver constructor
+  * Remove deprecated setters and getters for driver path on Browser modules
+  * Remove deprecated support for passing in options argument to Options class
+  * Allow `:options` parameter to take `Options` instance argument like other languages
+  * Remove deprecated support for `:desired_capabilities` & `:options` with `Hash` argument
+
+4.2.1 (2022-05-31)
+=========================
+
+Ruby
+  * Fix bug in setting default duration in Actions constructor
+
+4.2.0 (2022-05-27)
+=========================
+
+BiDi:
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.97.0 (supports CDP v85, v95, v96, v97)
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.98.0 (supports CDP v85, v96, v97, v98)
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.99.0 (supports CDP v85, v97, v98, v99)
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.100.0 (supports CDP v85, v98, v99, v100)
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.101.0 (supports CDP v85, v99, v100, v101)
+  * Released selenium-devtools 0.102.0 (supports CDP v85, v100, v101, v102)
+  * Implement simple BiDi connection
+  * Fix bug in initial BiDi implementation (thanks Boris Petrov!)
+  * Fix bug with mutating headers in request interception (#10574)
+  * Fix bug with empty response headers (thanks Viren Negi!)
+
+Firefox:
+  * Add support to Firefox Options for environment capability
+  * Use addon parameter instead of path parameter to avoid using file detector
+  * Restore #from_name method to Firefox profile (#10146)
+
+Chromium:
+  * Add support for casting desktop
+
+Ruby:
+  * Updated minimum required Ruby version to 2.7
+  * Fix bug by not attempting to stop service process when it's not started (#10015)
+  * Fix bug to not stop service process when it's not started (thanks Atsushi Tatsuma!)
+  * Use driver endpoint to get page source instead of JavaScript
+  * Add zenkaku_hankaku key support
+  * Fix download support of Selenium Server
+  * Do not convert Tag Name to CSS Selector
+
+ActionBuilder:
+  * Raise error if input device not found
+  * Move `TypingInteraction` from `Interactions::KeyInput` to `Interactions` module
+  * Throw better errors for `PointerInput` methods
+  * Allow each action interaction class to validate its own source
+  * Set all Interactions classes to private
+  * Allow device names to use a default id if one is not specified
+  * Deprecate default mouse and keyboard values in constructor, favoring devices parameter
+  * Add support for pointer event properties
+  * Implement scroll wheel support
+  * Deprecate ordered pair parameters for pause method in favor of keywords
+  * Deprecate move to element with offset changing origin to top left of element
+
+4.1.0 (2021-11-22)
 =========================
 
 DevTools:

data/Gemfile

@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 Dir["#{__dir__}/*.gemspec"].each do |spec|
   gemspec name: File.basename(spec, '.gemspec')
 end
+
+gem 'curb', '~> 1.0.5', require: false, platforms: %i[mri mingw x64_mingw]
+gem 'debug', '~> 1.7', require: false, platforms: %i[mri mingw x64_mingw]
+gem 'steep', '~> 1.5.0', require: false, platforms: %i[mri mingw x64_mingw]

data/LICENSE

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
       same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
       identification within third-party archives.
 
-   Copyright 2021 Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC)
+   Copyright 2025 Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC)
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

data/NOTICE

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Copyright 2011-2021 Software Freedom Conservancy
+Copyright 2011-2025 Software Freedom Conservancy
 Copyright 2004-2011 Selenium committers

data/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # selenium-webdriver
 
-This gem provides Ruby bindings for Selenium and supports MRI >= 2.6
+This gem provides Ruby bindings for Selenium and supports MRI >= 3.1.
 
 ## Install
 
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ This gem provides Ruby bindings for Selenium and supports MRI >= 2.6
 
 * https://rubygems.org/gems/selenium-webdriver
 * https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/docs/api/rb/index.html
-* https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/wiki/Ruby-Bindings
+* https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/?tab=ruby
 * https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues
 
 ## License
 
-Copyright 2009-2021 Software Freedom Conservancy
+Copyright 2009-2024 Software Freedom Conservancy
 
 Licensed to the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) under one
 or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file

data/lib/selenium/server.rb

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-require 'childprocess'
+require 'selenium/webdriver/common/child_process'
+require 'selenium/webdriver/common/port_prober'
 require 'selenium/webdriver/common/socket_poller'
 require 'net/http'
 
@@ -84,15 +85,15 @@ module Selenium
         return download_file_name if File.exist? download_file_name
 
         begin
-          server = 'https://github.com/seleniumhq/selenium/releases/download'
-          released = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse("#{server}/selenium-#{required_version}/#{download_file_name}"))
+          download_location = available_assets[download_file_name]['browser_download_url']
+          released = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse(download_location))
           redirected = URI.parse released.header['location']
 
           File.open(download_file_name, 'wb') do |destination|
             download_server(redirected, destination)
           end
         rescue StandardError
-          FileUtils.rm download_file_name if File.exist? download_file_name
+          FileUtils.rm_rf download_file_name
           raise
         end
 
@@ -105,26 +106,31 @@ module Selenium
 
       def latest
         @latest ||= begin
-          net_http_start('api.github.com') do |http|
-            json = http.get('/repos/seleniumhq/selenium/releases').body
-            all_assets = JSON.parse(json).map { |release| release['assets'] }.flatten
-            server_assets = all_assets.map { |asset| asset['name'][/selenium-server-(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\.jar/, 1] }.compact
-            server_assets.map { |version| Gem::Version.new(version) }.max.version
-          end
+          available = available_assets.keys.map { |key| key[/selenium-server-(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\.jar/, 1] }
+          available.map { |asset| Gem::Version.new(asset) }.max.to_s
         end
       end
 
       # @api private
 
-      def net_http_start(address, &block)
-        http_proxy = ENV['http_proxy'] || ENV['HTTP_PROXY']
+      def available_assets
+        @available_assets ||= net_http_start('api.github.com') do |http|
+          json = http.get('/repos/seleniumhq/selenium/releases').body
+          all_assets = JSON.parse(json).map { |release| release['assets'] }.flatten
+          server_assets = all_assets.select { |asset| asset['name'].match(/selenium-server-(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)\.jar/) }
+          server_assets.each_with_object({}) { |asset, hash| hash[asset.delete('name')] = asset }
+        end
+      end
+
+      def net_http_start(address, &)
+        http_proxy = ENV.fetch('http_proxy', nil) || ENV.fetch('HTTP_PROXY', nil)
         if http_proxy
           http_proxy = "http://#{http_proxy}" unless http_proxy.start_with?('http://')
           uri = URI.parse(http_proxy)
 
-          Net::HTTP.start(address, nil, uri.host, uri.port, &block)
+          Net::HTTP.start(address, nil, uri.host, uri.port, &)
         else
-          Net::HTTP.start(address, use_ssl: true, &block)
+          Net::HTTP.start(address, use_ssl: true, &)
         end
       end
 
@@ -160,7 +166,7 @@ module Selenium
     # :standalone, #hub, #node
     #
 
-    attr_accessor :role, :port, :timeout, :background, :log
+    attr_accessor :role, :host, :port, :timeout, :background, :log
 
     #
     # @param [String] jar Path to the server jar.
@@ -177,15 +183,22 @@ module Selenium
     def initialize(jar, opts = {})
       raise Errno::ENOENT, jar unless File.exist?(jar)
 
-      @jar        = jar
-      @host       = '127.0.0.1'
-      @role       = opts.fetch(:role, 'standalone')
-      @port       = opts.fetch(:port, 4444)
-      @timeout    = opts.fetch(:timeout, 30)
+      @java = opts.fetch(:java, 'java')
+      @jar = jar
+      @host = '127.0.0.1'
+      @role = opts.fetch(:role, 'standalone')
+      @port = opts.fetch(:port, WebDriver::PortProber.above(4444))
+      @timeout = opts.fetch(:timeout, 30)
       @background = opts.fetch(:background, false)
-      @log        = opts[:log]
-      @log_file   = nil
-      @additional_args = []
+      @additional_args = opts.fetch(:args, [])
+      @log = opts[:log]
+      if opts[:log_level]
+        @log ||= true
+        @additional_args << '--log-level'
+        @additional_args << opts[:log_level].to_s
+      end
+
+      @log_file = nil
     end
 
     def start
@@ -196,11 +209,6 @@ module Selenium
     end
 
     def stop
-      begin
-        Net::HTTP.get(@host, '/selenium-server/driver/?cmd=shutDownSeleniumServer', @port)
-      rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED
-      end
-
       stop_process if @process
       poll_for_shutdown
 
@@ -222,13 +230,7 @@ module Selenium
     private
 
     def stop_process
-      return unless @process.alive?
-
-      begin
-        @process.poll_for_exit(5)
-      rescue ChildProcess::TimeoutError
-        @process.stop
-      end
+      @process.stop
     rescue Errno::ECHILD
       # already dead
     ensure
@@ -240,17 +242,13 @@ module Selenium
         # extract any additional_args that start with -D as options
         properties = @additional_args.dup - @additional_args.delete_if { |arg| arg[/^-D/] }
         args = ['-jar', @jar, @role, '--port', @port.to_s]
-        server_command = ['java'] + properties + args + @additional_args
-        cp = ChildProcess.build(*server_command)
-        WebDriver.logger.debug("Executing Process #{server_command}")
-
-        io = cp.io
+        server_command = [@java] + properties + args + @additional_args
+        cp = WebDriver::ChildProcess.build(*server_command)
 
         if @log.is_a?(String)
-          @log_file = File.open(@log, 'w')
-          io.stdout = io.stderr = @log_file
+          cp.io = @log
         elsif @log
-          io.inherit!
+          cp.io = :out
         end
 
         cp.detach = @background