* fix(cli): purge stale/partial browser installs instead of wedging retries Two independent reports of the same failure: a `chrome-headless-shell` zip extraction gets interrupted (Windows AV lock, sleep/wake, ctrl-C) and leaves only the alphabetically-early files (ABOUT/LICENSE) in the target directory, no executable. Every subsequent `browser ensure` (or implicit re-download from `findBrowser`/`ensureBrowser`) sees the directory already exists and hands it straight to @puppeteer/browsers' install(), which throws "folder exists but the executable is missing" without re-extracting -- permanently wedging the machine until someone manually deletes the directory. `--force` didn't help because it was a phantom flag: `browser.ts` never declared it, so it silently did nothing (mentioned only in an error-message string). Root cause: `findFromCache()` already detects this exact case (dir exists, exe missing) and returns it as `staleHyperframesCachePath`, but `findBrowser()`/`ensureBrowser()` fed that straight into a re-download without ever deleting the stale directory first, so install() hit the same "exists" branch every time. Fix: - `findFromCache()` also returns `staleInstallPath` (InstalledBrowser's `.path` -- the actual install-folder root, not the missing executablePath) for the stale case. - Both `findBrowser()` and `ensureBrowser()` now purge that directory (`rmSync`, inside the existing `withInstallLock` mutex from #1866 so a purge can't race a concurrent installer) before retrying, so install() actually re-extracts instead of erroring. - Wired up a real `--force` flag on `hyperframes browser ensure`: it purges the whole HF-managed cache (reusing the already-tested `clearBrowser()`) and skips every cache/system shortcut, so it always gets a fresh download regardless of what's currently on disk -- matching what the existing (previously false) help text already claimed it did. Not fixed here (separate root cause, flagged for later): neither report's machine had a usable auto-detected system Chrome fallback on Windows -- `SYSTEM_CHROME_PATHS` only lists macOS/Linux paths, so `findFromSystem()` can never succeed on win32. Both reporters worked around this manually via HYPERFRAMES_BROWSER_PATH, which still works fine; adding real Windows system-Chrome detection is a distinct, larger change. Test: extended manager.test.ts's existing stale-cache-redownload test to include a populated stale install directory and assert it's gone before the mocked install() is called (was previously only asserting the redownload happened, not that the fix's purge step ran). Added a new test for `ensureBrowser({force: true})` purging the cache and bypassing a healthy cache/system-Chrome shortcut. Also fixed the shared fs mock's `rmSync` to actually simulate recursive deletion (drop nested tracked paths too), which the new tests need and the old ones never exercised. Full CLI suite (1222 tests) passes. * fix(cli): serialize force browser cache purge
hyperframes
CLI for creating, previewing, and rendering HTML video compositions.
Install
npm install -g hyperframes
Or use directly with npx:
npx hyperframes <command>
Requirements: Node.js >= 22, FFmpeg
Commands
init
Scaffold a new Hyperframes project from a template:
npx hyperframes init my-video
cd my-video
preview
Start the live preview studio in your browser:
npx hyperframes preview
# Studio running at http://localhost:3002
npx hyperframes preview --port 4567
render
Render a composition to MP4:
npx hyperframes render ./my-composition.html -o output.mp4
lint
Validate your Hyperframes HTML:
npx hyperframes lint ./my-composition
npx hyperframes lint ./my-composition --json # JSON output for CI/tooling
npx hyperframes lint ./my-composition --verbose # Include info-level findings
By default only errors and warnings are shown. Use --verbose to also display informational findings (e.g., external script dependency notices). Use --json for machine-readable output with errorCount, warningCount, infoCount, and a findings array.
compositions
List compositions found in the current project:
npx hyperframes compositions
benchmark
Run rendering benchmarks:
npx hyperframes benchmark ./my-composition.html
doctor
Check your environment for required dependencies (Chrome, FFmpeg, Node.js):
npx hyperframes doctor
browser
Manage the bundled Chrome/Chromium installation:
npx hyperframes browser
info
Print version and environment info:
npx hyperframes info
docs
Open the documentation in your browser:
npx hyperframes docs
upgrade
Check for updates and show upgrade instructions:
npx hyperframes upgrade
npx hyperframes upgrade --check --json # machine-readable for agents
Documentation
Full documentation: hyperframes.heygen.com/packages/cli
Related packages
@hyperframes/core— types, parsers, frame adapters@hyperframes/engine— rendering engine@hyperframes/producer— render pipeline@hyperframes/studio— composition editor UI