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Companion to iamgio/quarkdown#655, which removes the Node.js + npm + Puppeteer runtime dependency from PDF export in favor of driving a Chromium-family browser directly.

The browser install logic lives in the Quarkdown distribution itself: the release zip ships scripts/install-chrome.sh/.ps1 next to chrome.properties (the version + SHA-256 pins shared by all installers and the Docker image), so this installer only invokes the script and wires QD_CHROME_PATH. If the script is absent (a pre-browser release), it warns and skips.

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Do not merge until the first Puppeteer-free Quarkdown release is published: current releases still require Node.js + Puppeteer for PDF export and do not ship the installer script.

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  • Drops the nodejs-lts dependency and the npm install puppeteer post-install step.
  • post_install runs the bundled scripts\install-chrome.ps1 into lib\ and rewrites the wrapper quarkdown.bat to set QD_CHROME_PATH. Merge ideally together with the version bump to the first browser-based release.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Windows package installation now conditionally configures the bundled Chrome browser.
    • Added a warning when Chrome is unavailable.
    • Updated the launcher to use the configured Chrome path.
  • Tests
    • Added automated Windows checks for HTML and PDF compilation to help verify package reliability.

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The Windows manifest replaces Node.js and Puppeteer setup with conditional bundled Chrome installation. A Windows workflow installs the latest devbuild through Scoop and checks HTML and PDF compilation outputs.

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Windows package and validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Chrome installation and launcher configuration
bucket/quarkdown.json
Removes the Node.js and Puppeteer setup. The post-install process runs the bundled Chrome installer when available, shows a warning otherwise, and sets QD_CHROME_PATH in the launcher.
Devbuild manifest validation
.github/workflows/test.yml
Adds a Windows workflow that installs Scoop, updates the manifest with the latest devbuild URL and SHA-256 hash, installs the manifest, and verifies HTML and PDF outputs.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 2d116

This change removes the Node.js and Puppeteer installation path before compatible Quarkdown releases are published, which can leave Windows installs unable to export PDFs. The new validation workflow also needs credential and permission hardening before it executes manifest hooks from pull requests.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant GitHubActions
  participant Scoop
  participant Manifest
  participant QuarkdownDevbuild
  GitHubActions->>Scoop: Install Scoop
  GitHubActions->>QuarkdownDevbuild: Download latest devbuild
  GitHubActions->>Manifest: Set devbuild URL and SHA-256 hash
  GitHubActions->>Scoop: Install updated manifest
  Scoop->>QuarkdownDevbuild: Install Quarkdown
  GitHubActions->>QuarkdownDevbuild: Compile HTML and PDF
  QuarkdownDevbuild-->>GitHubActions: Return output paths
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- Line 21: Update the Quarkdown manifest version, release URL, and checksum to
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- Around line 14-15: Update the Chrome download/extraction commands in the
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iamgio force-pushed the drop-node-puppeteer branch from 75e8c21 to 10e39e5 Compare September 4, 2026 05:31
Quarkdown no longer uses Node.js, npm, and Puppeteer for PDF export:
it drives a Chromium-family browser directly (iamgio/quarkdown#655).

The manifest drops the nodejs-lts dependency and, in post_install,
downloads chrome-headless-shell from Chrome for Testing at the version
pinned by the release's bundled chrome-version.txt (falling back to the
latest stable for releases without the pin), wiring it via
QD_BROWSER_PATH in the wrapper bat.

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- Line 11: Update the PowerShell script path in the release installation command
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- Line 16: Update the Windows wrapper command in quarkdown.json to set
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Installs the manifest with its source swapped to the latest devbuild
release and smoke-tests HTML and PDF export, mirroring
quarkdown-labs/installation-tests (which covers real releases).

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In @.github/workflows/test.yml:
- Line 15: Update the test workflow job to declare explicit read-only
permissions, ensuring the pull-request-controlled manifest and its post_install
hook cannot inherit write access. Add the permissions configuration at the
workflow or job level associated with the test job.
- Line 19: Update the actions/checkout step to set persist-credentials to false,
ensuring the pull_request workflow does not store Git authentication credentials
locally; leave the remaining checkout configuration unchanged.
- Line 53: Update the workflow step after scoop install to assert that
lib\chrome-headless-shell-win64\chrome-headless-shell.exe exists, before or
alongside the existing output/test.pdf check. Use the existing PowerShell
Test-Path validation pattern and fail the workflow when the bundled Chrome
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