From 611b3bf81b1af70e655f103a1887f932dd770983 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Dobson <jon.m.dobson@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 18:02:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ensure browser control buttons in debugger are always on
 (#3626)

---
 skyvern-frontend/src/components/BrowserStream.tsx          | 2 +-
 skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/Workspace.tsx | 5 ++---
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/skyvern-frontend/src/components/BrowserStream.tsx b/skyvern-frontend/src/components/BrowserStream.tsx
index e2ddb445..9d2a2f39 100644
--- a/skyvern-frontend/src/components/BrowserStream.tsx
+++ b/skyvern-frontend/src/components/BrowserStream.tsx
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function BrowserStream({
   });
 
   const [hasBrowserSession, setHasBrowserSession] = useState(true); // be optimistic
-  const [userIsControlling, setUserIsControlling] = useState(interactive);
+  const [userIsControlling, setUserIsControlling] = useState(false);
   const [commandSocket, setCommandSocket] = useState<WebSocket | null>(null);
   const [vncDisconnectedTrigger, setVncDisconnectedTrigger] = useState(0);
   const prevVncConnectedRef = useRef<boolean>(false);
diff --git a/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/Workspace.tsx b/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/Workspace.tsx
index b5b6d080..578916b1 100644
--- a/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/Workspace.tsx
+++ b/skyvern-frontend/src/routes/workflows/editor/Workspace.tsx
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ function Workspace({
 
   const { data: workflowRun } = useWorkflowRunQuery();
   const isFinalized = workflowRun ? statusIsFinalized(workflowRun) : false;
-  const interactor = workflowRun && isFinalized === false ? "agent" : "human";
 
   const [openCycleBrowserDialogue, setOpenCycleBrowserDialogue] =
     useState(false);
@@ -1273,11 +1272,11 @@ function Workspace({
                         activeDebugSession.browser_session_id &&
                         !cycleBrowser.isPending ? (
                           <BrowserStream
-                            interactive={interactor === "human"}
+                            interactive={true}
                             browserSessionId={
                               activeDebugSession.browser_session_id
                             }
-                            showControlButtons={interactor === "human"}
+                            showControlButtons={true}
                             resizeTrigger={windowResizeTrigger}
                           />
                         ) : (