"Protocol error (Target.createTarget)" when running puppeteer inside AWS lambda container

Steps to reproduce

• Puppeteer version: 5.5.0
• Platform / OS version: Amazon Linux 2
• Node.js version: 12.19
• Lambda memory - 1Gb

What steps will reproduce the problem? Build docker container and deploy it to the AWS Lambda. The following dockerfile runs well in a local docker container and doesn’t run in AWS Lambda env. The code also runs in an EC2 t2.micro env.

FROM public.ecr.aws/lambda/nodejs:12
ENV PUPPETEER_DOWNLOAD_PATH=/var/task/chromium
ENV PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH=$PUPPETEER_DOWNLOAD_PATH/linux-818858/chrome-linux/chrome
WORKDIR /var/task
ADD sources /var/task
RUN yum install -y atk java-atk-wrapper at-spi2-atk gtk3 libXt libdrm mesa-libgbm
RUN node ./node_modules/puppeteer/install.js
RUN ldd $PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH; exit 0
CMD ["index.handler"]

What is the expected result? Pass all tests:

const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
let browser = await puppeteer.launch({timeout:60000, headless:true, devtools:true, ignoreHTTPSErrors:true,
          acceptInsecureCerts:true, executablePath:process.env.PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH, args:[...]});
let page = await browser.newPage();
let response = await page.goto('https://www.microsoft.com', { waitUntil: 'load' });
await page.close();
await browser.close();

What happens instead? The puppeteer passes the launch and fails at the creation of a new empty page, despite that the ldd $PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH finds all libraries.

puppeteer:launcher Calling /var/task/chromium/linux-818858/chrome-linux/chrome --disable-background-networking --enable-features=NetworkService,NetworkServiceInProcess --disable-background-timer-throttling --disable-backgrounding-occluded-windows --disable-breakpad --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --disable-component-extensions-with-background-pages --disable-default-apps --disable-dev-shm-usage --disable-extensions --disable-features=TranslateUI --disable-hang-monitor --disable-ipc-flooding-protection --disable-popup-blocking --disable-prompt-on-repost --disable-renderer-backgrounding --disable-sync --force-color-profile=srgb --metrics-recording-only --no-first-run --enable-automation --password-store=basic --use-mock-keychain --enable-blink-features=IdleDetection --auto-open-devtools-for-tabs --headless --hide-scrollbars --mute-audio about:blank --proxy-server='direct://' --proxy-bypass-list=* --no-sandbox --log-level=3 --no-default-browser-check --disable-site-isolation-trials --no-experiments --ignore-gpu-blocklist --ignore-certificate-errors --ignore-certificate-errors-spki-list --disable-gpu --disable-extensions --disable-default-apps --enable-features=NetworkService --disable-setuid-sandbox --disable-webgl --disable-threaded-animation --disable-threaded-scrolling --disable-in-process-stack-traces --disable-histogram-customizer --disable-gl-extensions --disable-composited-antialiasing --disable-canvas-aa --disable-3d-apis --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas --disable-accelerated-jpeg-decoding --disable-accelerated-mjpeg-decode --disable-app-list-dismiss-on-blur --disable-accelerated-video-decode --remote-debugging-port=0 --user-data-dir=/tmp/puppeteer_dev_chrome_profile-Dbeu48

puppeteer:protocol:SEND ► {"method":"Target.setDiscoverTargets","params":{"discover":true},"id":1}
puppeteer:protocol:RECV ◀ {"method":"Target.targetCreated","params":{"targetInfo":{"targetId":"165C2B4FCBBB01B63251C074627A92E2","type":"page","title":"","url":"about:blank","attached":false,"canAccessOpener":false,"browserContextId":"0D3BA4EED596C6C4B17EB73B41F82957"}}}
puppeteer:protocol:RECV ◀ {"method":"Target.targetCreated","params":{"targetInfo":{"targetId":"58aecf8a-fb9b-4432-9ec3-8c449708f664","type":"browser","title":"","url":"","attached":false,"canAccessOpener":false}}}
puppeteer:protocol:RECV ◀ {"method":"Target.targetCreated","params":{"targetInfo":{"targetId":"e69acc92-f388-4b74-879a-819d331e91b9","type":"browser","title":"","url":"","attached":true,"canAccessOpener":false}}}
puppeteer:protocol:RECV ◀ {"id":1,"result":{}}
INFO: passed puppeteer.launch

puppeteer:protocol:SEND ► {"method":"Target.createTarget","params":{"url":"about:blank"},"id":2}
puppeteer:protocol:RECV ◀ {"method":"Target.targetCrashed","params":{"targetId":"10C805A527EFD2CC1082463E326BA73D","status":"failed to launch","errorCode":1002}}

ERROR: Protocol error (Target.createTarget): Target closed.\n at /var/task/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/cjs/puppeteer/common/Connection.js:71:63\n at new Promise (<anonymous>)\n at Connection.send (/var/task/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/cjs/puppeteer/common/Connection.js:70:16)\n at Browser._createPageInContext (/var/task/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/cjs/puppeteer/common/Browser.js:221:53)\n at BrowserContext.newPage (/var/task/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/cjs/puppeteer/common/Browser.js:500:30)\n at Browser.newPage (/var/task/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/cjs/puppeteer/common/Browser.js:214:37)\n at ...', message: 'Protocol error (Target.createTarget): Target closed.'

[naro]

Same issue with Puppeteer 8 in a Docker container I can run it without any issues when the Docker host is OSX@Intel but the same code fails when the same docker container is used on OSX@M1 (Apple Silicon)

The test code is the example below. It fails on const page = await browser.newPage(); line

const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');

(async () => {
  const browser = await puppeteer.launch({args: ['--no-sandbox', '--disable-setuid-sandbox']});
  const page = await browser.newPage();
  await page.goto('https://example.com');
  await page.screenshot({ path: 'example.png' });

  await browser.close();
})();

Traceback:

/usr/local/puppeteer-pdf/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/cjs/puppeteer/common/Connection.js:71
            this._callbacks.set(id, { resolve, reject, error: new Error(), method });
                                                              ^

Error: Protocol error (Target.createTarget): Target closed.
    at /usr/local/puppeteer-pdf/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/cjs/puppeteer/common/Connection.js:71:63
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Connection.send (/usr/local/puppeteer-pdf/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/cjs/puppeteer/common/Connection.js:70:16)
    at Browser._createPageInContext (/usr/local/puppeteer-pdf/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/cjs/puppeteer/common/Browser.js:242:53)
    at BrowserContext.newPage (/usr/local/puppeteer-pdf/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/cjs/puppeteer/common/Browser.js:500:30)
    at Browser.newPage (/usr/local/puppeteer-pdf/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/cjs/puppeteer/common/Browser.js:235:37)
    at /usr/local/puppeteer-pdf/example.js:5:30
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:94:5)

[lucklove]

I meet the same problem on AWS lambda, and the flag --single-process helps:

        const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
            headless: true,
            args: ['--use-gl=egl', '--no-sandbox', '--single-process'],
        });

Not sure if it helps in your case.