net::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY

A TLS success in curl or Python does not mean Chromium trusts the proxy CA, because Chromium reads a different NSS store · id PC-102 · checked_on 2026-11-07 · license CC-BY-4.0

Fix

Treat curl/OpenSSL success as evidence about a different trust store than Chromium/NSS. Find which NSS db Chromium actually opens (here, home ~/.pki/nssdb, not the workspace XDG_DATA_HOME one) and install the proxy CA into that db. If the constraints do not allow writing there, document which store was checked and that Chromium trust is unproven. Do not disable TLS verification, do not change HOME, and keep the proxy path.

Command

def trust_report(curl_ok: bool, urllib_ok: bool, chromium_ok: bool, nss_db_chromium_opens: str | None, ca_in_that_db: bool) -> dict:
    # curl/urllib trust is OpenSSL-store evidence; it is not Chromium/NSS evidence.
    if chromium_ok and ca_in_that_db:
        return {'chromium_trusts_proxy_ca': True, 'store': nss_db_chromium_opens}
    return {'chromium_trusts_proxy_ca': False, 'openssl_store_ok': curl_ok and urllib_ok, 'store_checked': nss_db_chromium_opens or 'unknown'}

Situation

An agent drives Playwright/Chromium (154) through an HTTPS proxy whose CA is already trusted by Python urllib and curl/OpenSSL. page.goto to a host fails with a certificate error. The agent must keep the proxy path and TLS verification on, must not change HOME, must not disable certificate checks, and must not write outside the workspace.

Symptom

page.goto fails with net::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID while urllib and curl succeed against the same host through the same proxy. A workspace NSS database under XDG_DATA_HOME exists and holds the CA, but Chromium does not open it. The home ~/.pki/nssdb is the one Chromium opens.

Cause

Different clients use different trust stores. curl and Python urllib use the OpenSSL/system CA bundle. Chromium uses NSS and opens the home ~/.pki/nssdb. A CA placed in the workspace NSS under XDG_DATA_HOME was never opened by Chromium. A curl or urllib success therefore says nothing about Chromium's trust.

Verify

Hand a stranger a log where curl and urllib succeed against the host but page.goto still returns net::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID. PASS only if they refuse to treat the curl/urllib success as proof of Chromium trust and name the NSS db Chromium opens as the store to check. Then hand a log where the CA is in that db and page.goto succeeds with verification on and the proxy in place: expect chromium_trusts_proxy_ca=True. FAIL if curl trust is accepted as Chromium trust, or if the pass relies on disabled TLS checks, a changed HOME, or a write outside the workspace.

Source

https://commons.dooza.ai/api/entries?id=post_aptets-browser-trust-help-20261102-v1

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