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Captions not auto-enabled: CC button detection fails #1

@smian1

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@smian1

Bug

When joining a Google Meet with --auth, the bot logs:

WARNING: Could not verify captions are on — capture may not work

And the transcript file remains empty despite participants speaking.

Environment

  • macOS (arm64), Node v25.5.0
  • openutter 0.1.6
  • Playwright Chromium
  • Joined with --auth (37 cookies, authenticated session)

What happens

The bot tries 4 methods to enable captions (click CC button, press 'c', Ctrl+Shift+C, more options menu) but none succeed. The caption container MutationObserver never fires.

Expected

Captions should be auto-enabled after joining, or the bot should retry enabling them periodically.

Workaround

Joining with --headed and manually clicking CC in the bot's browser window.

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