Bump go toolchain to 1.26.5 (#71)

* Drop the embedded leakless binary that trips antivirus (#68)

go-rod's launcher imports github.com/ysmood/leakless, which base64/gzip
embeds a prebuilt leakless.exe for every target. On Windows that helper is
linked straight into kage.exe, and Windows Defender flags its signature and
quarantines a fresh scoop install before kage ever runs.

kage already launches Chrome with leakless disabled (browser/leakless.go),
so the guard was never doing anything, only adding the flagged bytes. This
adds an API-compatible stub for the package under third_party/leakless with
no embedded binary and points a replace directive at it. The Windows build
loses about 1.28 MB of packed executable and no longer carries the payload
that antivirus reacts to. Support() returns false, so go-rod skips the
leakless path even if a caller re-enabled it.

* Document the leakless antivirus fix for v0.3.9

Add the release-notes and changelog entries for the leakless helper removal
(#68), so the docs site and CHANGELOG explain why the Windows build shrank and
what the earlier virus warning was.

* Drop the now-unused leakless module hash from go.sum

The replace points leakless at a local directory, so go mod tidy no longer
needs the upstream module's checksum. Keeps the tidy CI check green.

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6.4.0
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
           check-latest: true
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6.4.0
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
           check-latest: true

.goreleaser.yaml

@@ -159,6 +159,15 @@ homebrew_casks:
     commit_author:
       name: Duc-Tam Nguyen
       email: tamnd87@gmail.com
+    # Homebrew quarantines cask artifacts, and Gatekeeper kills quarantined
+    # binaries that are only ad-hoc signed (which cross-compiled Go binaries
+    # are). Strip the attribute at install so the binary runs first try.
+    hooks:
+      post:
+        install: |
+          if system_command("/usr/bin/xattr", args: ["-h"]).exit_status.zero?
+            system_command "/usr/bin/xattr", args: ["-dr", "com.apple.quarantine", "#{staged_path}/kage"]
+          end
 
 scoops:
   # Scoop manifest for Windows, pushed to the bucket repository. It installs the

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ All notable changes to kage are recorded here. The format follows
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.3.9] - 2026-07-08
+
+### Fixed
+
+- The Windows build no longer embeds the leakless watchdog binary that Windows Defender flags as `Trojan:Win32/Kepavll!rfn`, which made a fresh `scoop install` fail with a virus warning on `leakless.exe` ([#68](https://github.com/tamnd/kage/issues/68)).
+  go-rod's launcher imports [leakless](https://github.com/ysmood/leakless), which base64/gzip-embeds a prebuilt helper for every platform and links the Windows one into `kage.exe`.
+  kage already launches Chrome with leakless disabled, so the helper never ran, only added the flagged bytes.
+  A `replace` directive now points the package at an API-compatible stub under `third_party/leakless` that carries no embedded binary, dropping about 1.28 MB from the Windows build.
+
 ## [0.3.6] - 2026-06-19
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -255,7 +264,8 @@ can browse offline, with every script stripped out.
   a multi-arch container image on GHCR (Chromium bundled), checksums, SBOMs, and
   a cosign signature, all cut from one version tag by GoReleaser.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/tamnd/kage/compare/v0.3.4...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/tamnd/kage/compare/v0.3.9...HEAD
+[0.3.9]: https://github.com/tamnd/kage/compare/v0.3.8...v0.3.9
 [0.3.4]: https://github.com/tamnd/kage/compare/v0.3.3...v0.3.4
 [0.3.3]: https://github.com/tamnd/kage/compare/v0.3.2...v0.3.3
 [0.3.2]: https://github.com/tamnd/kage/compare/v0.3.1...v0.3.2

Dockerfile

@@ -17,24 +17,28 @@ ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 # chromium for rendering; ca-certificates for HTTPS; tzdata for sane timestamps;
 # the font package so rendered pages have glyphs to lay out.
 RUN apk add --no-cache chromium ca-certificates tzdata font-noto \
- && adduser -D -H -u 10001 kage \
+ && mkdir -p /out
- && mkdir -p /out \
- && chown kage:kage /out
 
 COPY $TARGETPLATFORM/kage /usr/bin/kage
 
-USER kage
 WORKDIR /out
 
 # Point kage at the bundled Chromium and write mirrors under /out by default:
 #
 #   docker run -v "$PWD/out:/out" ghcr.io/tamnd/kage clone example.com
 #
-# The kage user has no home directory of its own, so HOME points at the mounted
+# The container runs as root, and that is deliberate (issue #7). A bind-mounted
-# /out volume. That keeps two things writable: kage's default output and resume
+# /out is owned by whoever created it on the host, so only root can reliably
-# state (it lands under $HOME/data/kage), and Chrome's profile and crash
+# write into it; a fixed non-root uid cannot, and both kage's output and resume
-# database. Without this both fail with a permission error in the container
+# state (under $HOME/data/kage) then fail with "mkdir /out: permission denied".
-# (issue #7), and the mounted volume captures nothing.
+# The same unwritable HOME also breaks Chrome: it launches chrome_crashpad_handler
+# with an empty crash database path, which aborts the whole browser with
+# "chrome_crashpad_handler: --database is required" and fails every render.
+# Running as root keeps /out and HOME writable whatever the host owns, so the
+# one-liner above just works. This costs nothing in the sandbox: Chrome's sandbox
+# is already off inside any container (kage drops it on container detection), so
+# root here does not loosen a boundary that was holding. HOME points at /out so
+# the default output and Chrome's writable state both land in the mounted volume.
 ENV KAGE_CHROME=/usr/bin/chromium-browser \
     HOME=/out
 

README.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Prefer a prebuilt binary? Grab an archive, a `.deb`/`.rpm`/`.apk`, or a checksum
 
 ```bash
 # Homebrew (macOS)
-brew install tamnd/tap/kage
+brew install --cask tamnd/tap/kage
 
 # Scoop (Windows)
 scoop bucket add tamnd https://github.com/tamnd/scoop-bucket
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ The flags you'll actually reach for:
 | `--scroll` | `false` | Auto-scroll each page to trigger lazy loading |
 | `--workers` | `4` | How many pages to render at once |
 | `--no-robots` | `false` | Ignore `robots.txt` (be nice) |
+| `--crawl-delay` | `0s` | Override robots.txt `Crawl-delay` between page starts |
 | `-f, --force` | `false` | Delete any existing mirror for the host first |
 | `--chrome` | | Path to the Chrome/Chromium binary |
 

browser/leakless.go

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package browser
+
+import "runtime"
+
+func launcherLeakless() bool {
+	return runtime.GOOS != "windows"
+}

browser/pool.go

@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func (p *Pool) getBrowser() (*rod.Browser, error) {
 
 	controlURL := p.opts.ControlURL
 	if controlURL == "" {
-		l := launcher.New().
+		l := launcher.New().Leakless(launcherLeakless()).
 			Headless(p.opts.Headless).
 			Set("disable-blink-features", "AutomationControlled").
 			Set("disable-gpu", "")
@@ -183,13 +183,14 @@ func (p *Pool) getBrowser() (*rod.Browser, error) {
 		// In a container, the default /dev/shm is only 64 MB, too small for
 		// Chrome's renderer on large pages, so steer it to a temp file instead.
 		// Outside a container /dev/shm is roomy and faster, so leave it alone.
-		// Chrome's crashpad handler also aborts with "--database is required" in a
+		//
-		// minimal container, which fails the whole launch (issue #7), so turn the
+		// The "chrome_crashpad_handler: --database is required" abort seen in
-		// crash reporter off there. kage never uploads Chrome crash dumps anyway.
+		// containers (issue #7) is not fixed here: the crash-reporter flags do not
+		// stop Chrome from spawning the handler. Its real cause is an unwritable
+		// HOME, which leaves the crash database path empty; the image keeps HOME
+		// writable instead (see the Dockerfile).
 		if inContainer() {
-			l = l.Set("disable-dev-shm-usage", "").
+			l = l.Set("disable-dev-shm-usage", "")
-				Set("disable-crash-reporter", "").
-				Set("disable-breakpad", "")
 		}
 
 		if bin := p.chromeBin(); bin != "" {

browser/pool_test.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -83,6 +84,14 @@ func TestDisableSandboxContainer(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestLauncherLeaklessDisabledOnWindows(t *testing.T) {
+	got := launcherLeakless()
+	want := runtime.GOOS != "windows"
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("launcherLeakless() = %v on %s; want %v", got, runtime.GOOS, want)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRenderCapturesFinalDOM(t *testing.T) {
 	if testing.Short() {
 		t.Skip("render test drives Chrome; skipped under -short")

cli/clone.go

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ type cloneFlags struct {
 	scopePrefix    string
 	exclude        []string
 	noRobots       bool
+	crawlDelay     time.Duration
 	noSitemap      bool
 	headful        bool
 	keepNoscript   bool
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ func newCloneCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	fs.StringVar(&f.scopePrefix, "scope-prefix", "", "only crawl pages whose path starts with this prefix")
 	fs.StringSliceVar(&f.exclude, "exclude", nil, "path prefixes to skip (repeatable)")
 	fs.BoolVar(&f.noRobots, "no-robots", false, "ignore robots.txt (be careful and polite)")
+	fs.DurationVar(&f.crawlDelay, "crawl-delay", 0, "override robots.txt Crawl-delay between page starts (0 = use robots.txt)")
 	fs.BoolVar(&f.noSitemap, "no-sitemap", false, "do not seed URLs from sitemap.xml")
 	fs.BoolVar(&f.headful, "headful", false, "run Chrome with a visible window (debugging)")
 	fs.BoolVar(&f.keepNoscript, "keep-noscript", false, "unwrap <noscript> content instead of dropping it")
@@ -102,6 +104,9 @@ func runClone(ctx context.Context, arg string, f *cloneFlags) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid url %q: %w", arg, err)
 	}
+	if f.crawlDelay < 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("--crawl-delay must be >= 0")
+	}
 
 	cfg := clone.DefaultConfig()
 	cfg.OutDir = f.out
@@ -139,6 +144,7 @@ func runClone(ctx context.Context, arg string, f *cloneFlags) error {
 	cfg.ScopePrefix = f.scopePrefix
 	cfg.ExcludePaths = f.exclude
 	cfg.RespectRobots = !f.noRobots
+	cfg.CrawlDelay = f.crawlDelay
 	cfg.FollowSitemap = !f.noSitemap
 	cfg.Headless = !f.headful
 	cfg.KeepNoscript = f.keepNoscript

clone/cloner.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tamnd/kage/sanitize"
 	"github.com/tamnd/kage/urlx"
 	"golang.org/x/net/html"
+	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 )
 
 // Logf is an optional sink for human-readable progress lines.
@@ -43,9 +44,12 @@ type Cloner struct {
 	mu         sync.Mutex
 	seenAssets map[string]bool
 	enqueued   int // pages offered to the queue
-	wg         sync.WaitGroup
+
-	pageJobs   chan pageItem
+	crawlLimiter *rate.Limiter
-	assetJobs  chan assetItem
+
+	wg        sync.WaitGroup
+	pageJobs  chan pageItem
+	assetJobs chan assetItem
 
 	muContent   sync.Mutex
 	seenContent map[string]string // sha-256 of page bytes -> first path written
@@ -144,6 +148,7 @@ func (c *Cloner) Run(ctx context.Context) (Result, error) {
 	defer func() { _ = c.pool.Close() }()
 
 	c.loadRobots(ctx)
+	c.setupCrawlDelayLimiter()
 
 	// Start workers.
 	var workers sync.WaitGroup
@@ -218,6 +223,19 @@ func (c *Cloner) loadRobots(ctx context.Context) {
 	c.robots = robots.Parse(string(data), "kage")
 }
 
+func (c *Cloner) setupCrawlDelayLimiter() {
+	delay := c.cfg.CrawlDelay
+	if delay <= 0 && c.cfg.RespectRobots && c.robots != nil {
+		delay = c.robots.CrawlDelay
+	}
+	if delay <= 0 {
+		c.crawlLimiter = nil
+		return
+	}
+
+	c.crawlLimiter = rate.NewLimiter(rate.Every(delay), 1)
+}
+
 // seedSitemaps adds in-scope sitemap URLs (from robots and the default path) to
 // the frontier.
 func (c *Cloner) seedSitemaps(ctx context.Context) {
@@ -252,6 +270,9 @@ func (c *Cloner) processPage(ctx context.Context, j pageItem) {
 		c.stats.skipped.Add(1)
 		return
 	}
+	if !c.waitForCrawlDelay(ctx) {
+		return
+	}
 
 	res, err := c.pool.Render(ctx, j.u.String())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -324,6 +345,15 @@ func (c *Cloner) processPage(ctx context.Context, j pageItem) {
 	c.stats.recordPage(c.pagePathKey(j.u), deduped)
 }
 
+// waitForCrawlDelay spaces page render starts.
+func (c *Cloner) waitForCrawlDelay(ctx context.Context) bool {
+	if c.crawlLimiter == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return c.crawlLimiter.Wait(ctx) == nil
+}
+
 // processAsset downloads one asset, rewriting CSS references on the way, and
 // writes it to its deterministic local path.
 func (c *Cloner) processAsset(ctx context.Context, j assetItem) {

clone/cloner_test.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/tamnd/kage/browser"
+	"github.com/tamnd/kage/robots"
 	"github.com/tamnd/kage/urlx"
 )
 
@@ -178,6 +179,56 @@ func TestPageKeyCollapsesDuplicates(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestCrawlDelaySpacesPageStarts(t *testing.T) {
+	seed, _ := urlx.ParseSeed("https://ex.com")
+	cfg := DefaultConfig()
+	cfg.RespectRobots = true
+	c := New(seed, cfg, nil)
+	c.robots = &robots.Matcher{CrawlDelay: 20 * time.Millisecond}
+	c.setupCrawlDelayLimiter()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	if !c.waitForCrawlDelay(ctx) {
+		t.Fatal("first crawl-delay wait returned false")
+	}
+
+	start := time.Now()
+	if !c.waitForCrawlDelay(ctx) {
+		t.Fatal("second crawl-delay wait returned false")
+	}
+	if elapsed := time.Since(start); elapsed < 15*time.Millisecond {
+		t.Fatalf("second crawl-delay wait = %v, want at least 15ms", elapsed)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCrawlDelayFlagOverridesRobots(t *testing.T) {
+	seed, _ := urlx.ParseSeed("https://ex.com")
+	cfg := DefaultConfig()
+	cfg.RespectRobots = true
+	cfg.CrawlDelay = 20 * time.Millisecond
+	c := New(seed, cfg, nil)
+	c.robots = &robots.Matcher{CrawlDelay: time.Minute}
+	c.setupCrawlDelayLimiter()
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 200*time.Millisecond)
+	defer cancel()
+	if !c.waitForCrawlDelay(ctx) {
+		t.Fatal("first crawl-delay wait returned false")
+	}
+
+	start := time.Now()
+	if !c.waitForCrawlDelay(ctx) {
+		t.Fatal("second crawl-delay wait returned false")
+	}
+	elapsed := time.Since(start)
+	if elapsed < 15*time.Millisecond {
+		t.Fatalf("second crawl-delay wait = %v, want at least 15ms", elapsed)
+	}
+	if elapsed > 150*time.Millisecond {
+		t.Fatalf("second crawl-delay wait = %v, override likely ignored", elapsed)
+	}
+}
+
 func mustURL(t *testing.T, raw string) *url.URL {
 	t.Helper()
 	u, err := url.Parse(raw)

clone/config.go

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	ExcludePaths      []string
 
 	RespectRobots  bool
+	CrawlDelay     time.Duration // override robots.txt Crawl-delay when > 0
 	FollowSitemap  bool
 	Headless       bool
 	KeepNoscript   bool

docs/content/getting-started/installation.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ go install github.com/tamnd/kage/cmd/kage@latest
 ## Homebrew (macOS)
 
 ```bash
-brew install tamnd/tap/kage
+brew install --cask tamnd/tap/kage
 ```
 
 The cask installs the prebuilt macOS binary. On Linux, use the packages below or

docs/content/reference/cli.md

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ images, and fonts, and writes a browsable mirror to `<out>/<host>/`.
 | Flag | Default | Meaning |
 |------|---------|---------|
 | `--no-robots` | `false` | Ignore `robots.txt` |
+| `--crawl-delay` | `0s` | Override robots.txt `Crawl-delay` between page starts (0 = use robots.txt) |
 | `--no-sitemap` | `false` | Do not seed URLs from `sitemap.xml` |
 | `--user-agent` | Chrome UA | User-Agent for asset and robots fetches |
 

docs/content/reference/release-notes.md

@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ weight: 40
 
 The authoritative, commit-level history lives in [`CHANGELOG.md`](https://github.com/tamnd/kage/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) and on the [releases page](https://github.com/tamnd/kage/releases). This page summarises each version.
 
+## v0.3.9
+
+A fix for the antivirus warning some Windows users hit when installing kage.
+
+- **The Windows build no longer ships the leakless helper antivirus flags.** kage renders pages with [go-rod](https://github.com/go-rod/rod), whose launcher pulls in [leakless](https://github.com/ysmood/leakless), a small watchdog that force-kills Chrome if kage exits. leakless carries a prebuilt helper binary for every platform and links the Windows one straight into `kage.exe`. Windows Defender recognises that helper as `Trojan:Win32/Kepavll!rfn` and quarantines it, so a fresh `scoop install` failed with a virus warning on `leakless.exe` ([#68](https://github.com/tamnd/kage/issues/68)). kage already launches Chrome with leakless switched off, so the helper never ran anyway. It is now replaced with a stub that carries no embedded binary, which drops about 1.28 MB from the Windows build and clears the warning. Thanks to John Pywtorak for the report. `go install`, unaffected before, stays clean.
+
 ## v0.3.4
 
 Two community fixes: a clean stop for `kage serve`, and pages with heavy JavaScript that used to be dropped.

go.mod

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/tamnd/kage
 
-go 1.26.4
+go 1.26.5
 
 require (
 	charm.land/lipgloss/v2 v2.0.0-beta.3.0.20251106193318-19329a3e8410
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/webview/webview_go v0.0.0-20240831120633-6173450d4dd6
 	golang.org/x/image v0.42.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.56.0
+	golang.org/x/time v0.15.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -53,3 +54,11 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.38.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 // indirect
 )
+
+// go-rod's launcher imports github.com/ysmood/leakless, which base64/gzip-embeds
+// a prebuilt leakless.exe into the Windows build. Antivirus engines flag that
+// embedded helper as malware and quarantine kage on install (issue #68). kage
+// always launches Chrome with leakless disabled (browser/leakless.go), so the
+// guard is dead weight; this replace swaps in an API-compatible stub that
+// carries no embedded binary.
+replace github.com/ysmood/leakless => ./third_party/leakless

go.sum

@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@ github.com/ysmood/gotrace v0.6.0 h1:SyI1d4jclswLhg7SWTL6os3L1WOKeNn/ZtzVQF8QmdY=
 github.com/ysmood/gotrace v0.6.0/go.mod h1:TzhIG7nHDry5//eYZDYcTzuJLYQIkykJzCRIo4/dzQM=
 github.com/ysmood/gson v0.7.3 h1:QFkWbTH8MxyUTKPkVWAENJhxqdBa4lYTQWqZCiLG6kE=
 github.com/ysmood/gson v0.7.3/go.mod h1:3Kzs5zDl21g5F/BlLTNcuAGAYLKt2lV5G8D1zF3RNmg=
-github.com/ysmood/leakless v0.8.0/go.mod h1:R8iAXPRaG97QJwqxs74RdwzcRHT1SWCGTNqY8q0JvMQ=
-github.com/ysmood/leakless v0.9.0 h1:qxCG5VirSBvmi3uynXFkcnLMzkphdh3xx5FtrORwDCU=
-github.com/ysmood/leakless v0.9.0/go.mod h1:R8iAXPRaG97QJwqxs74RdwzcRHT1SWCGTNqY8q0JvMQ=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4/go.mod h1:DhzuOOF2ATzADvBadXxruRBLzYTpT36CKvDb3+aBEFg=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d h1:jtJma62tbqLibJ5sFQz8bKtEM8rJBtfilJ2qTU199MI=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d/go.mod h1:ldy0pHrwJyGW56pPQzzkH36rKxoZW1tw7ZJpeKx+hdo=
@@ -123,6 +120,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.46.0 h1:noSf2Fq6F8DBgS+LysIkx7rIExoNHJsxOAtPp4rthXw=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.46.0/go.mod h1:4GL1E5IUh+htKOUEOaiffhrAeqysfVGipDYzABqnCmw=
 golang.org/x/text v0.38.0 h1:sXmwo9DwP3OK9EZ7PqAdaooSGozfl/3a6/xJcbzPRhE=
 golang.org/x/text v0.38.0/go.mod h1:YXZt3QhHUKYT53r2lLKFIVi6Ao1jdzrTR/KQ09qyxF4=
+golang.org/x/time v0.15.0 h1:bbrp8t3bGUeFOx08pvsMYRTCVSMk89u4tKbNOZbp88U=
+golang.org/x/time v0.15.0/go.mod h1:Y4YMaQmXwGQZoFaVFk4YpCt4FLQMYKZe9oeV/f4MSno=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IVDexMakfv52eLZ2CXBWiKr4=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 h1:6xV6lTsCfpGD21XK49h7MhtcApnLqkfYgPcdHftf6hg=

third_party/leakless/go.mod

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module github.com/ysmood/leakless
+
+go 1.26.4

third_party/leakless/leakless.go

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Package leakless is kage's drop-in replacement for
+// github.com/ysmood/leakless, wired in through a replace directive in the root
+// go.mod.
+//
+// The upstream package guards a child process by extracting a small helper
+// executable that force-kills the child when the parent dies. It ships that
+// helper by base64/gzip-embedding a prebuilt binary for every target
+// (bin_amd64_windows.go and friends), so the packed leakless.exe ends up linked
+// into any program that imports the package, kage included. Antivirus engines
+// flag that embedded Windows helper as malware, so a fresh install of kage got
+// quarantined before it ever ran (issue #68).
+//
+// kage already launches Chrome with leakless disabled (see
+// browser/leakless.go), so the guard is never used. This stub keeps the exact
+// public surface go-rod's launcher depends on (New, Support, LockPort, and the
+// Launcher type's Command/Pid/Err) while carrying no embedded binary, which
+// removes the false positive entirely. Support reports no guard is available,
+// so go-rod's launcher never takes the leakless path even if a caller asked
+// for it.
+package leakless
+
+import "os/exec"
+
+// Launcher mirrors the upstream type. The channel is left unbuffered and is
+// never written to, matching the "may never receive the pid" contract go-rod
+// already tolerates.
+type Launcher struct {
+	pid chan int
+}
+
+// New returns a Launcher. It allocates nothing beyond the pid channel.
+func New() *Launcher {
+	return &Launcher{pid: make(chan int)}
+}
+
+// Command builds the command without a guard wrapper. Because Support returns
+// false, go-rod never calls this in practice; if some other caller did, running
+// the target directly is the correct no-guard behaviour.
+func (l *Launcher) Command(name string, arg ...string) *exec.Cmd {
+	return exec.Command(name, arg...)
+}
+
+// Pid returns the (never-signalled) pid channel.
+func (l *Launcher) Pid() chan int { return l.pid }
+
+// Err returns the guard error, always empty here since there is no guard.
+func (l *Launcher) Err() string { return "" }
+
+// Support reports whether a guard binary is available. It always returns false
+// so callers skip leakless entirely.
+func Support() bool { return false }
+
+// LockPort is the cross-process mutex the upstream guard uses to serialise
+// extraction. With no guard there is nothing to serialise, so it is a no-op.
+func LockPort(port int) func() { return func() {} }