Fail fast if using Recorder Mode without Chrome or Edge

seleniumbase/fixtures/base_case.py

@@ -10327,6 +10327,14 @@ class BaseCase(unittest.TestCase):
                     "Chrome/89.0.4389.105 Mobile Safari/537.36"
                 )
 
+        if self.browser in ["firefox", "ie", "safari", "opera"]:
+            # The Recorder Mode browser extension is only for Chrome/Edge.
+            if self.recorder_mode:
+                message = (
+                    "Recorder Mode ONLY supports Chrome and Edge!\n"
+                    '(Your browser choice was: "%s")' % self.browser)
+                raise Exception(message)
+
         # Dashboard pre-processing:
         if self.dashboard:
             if self._multithreaded:
@@ -10428,10 +10436,6 @@ class BaseCase(unittest.TestCase):
             # Only Chrome and Edge browsers have the mobile emulator.
             # Some actions such as hover-clicking are different on mobile.
             self.mobile_emulator = False
-            # The Recorder Mode browser extension is only for Chrome/Edge.
-            if self.recorder_mode:
-                print('\n* The Recorder extension is for Chrome & Edge only!')
-                self.recorder_mode = False
 
         # Configure the test time limit (if used).
         self.set_time_limit(self.time_limit)

seleniumbase/plugins/pytest_plugin.py

@@ -902,6 +902,7 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
 
     # Recorder Mode does not support headless browser runs.
     # (Chromium does not allow extensions in Headless Mode)
+    using_recorder = False
     if (
         "--recorder" in sys_argv
         or "--record" in sys_argv
@@ -912,11 +913,13 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
                 "\n\n  Recorder Mode does NOT support Headless Mode!"
                 '\n  (DO NOT combine "--recorder" with "--headless"!)\n'
             )
+        using_recorder = True
 
     # As a shortcut, you can use "--edge" instead of "--browser=edge", etc,
     # but you can only specify one default browser for tests. (Default: chrome)
     browser_changes = 0
     browser_set = None
+    browser_text = None
     browser_list = []
     if "--browser=chrome" in sys_argv or "--browser chrome" in sys_argv:
         browser_changes += 1
@@ -950,28 +953,35 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
         browser_changes += 1
         browser_set = "remote"
         browser_list.append("--browser=remote")
+    browser_text = browser_set
     if "--chrome" in sys_argv and not browser_set == "chrome":
         browser_changes += 1
+        browser_text = "chrome"
         sb_config._browser_shortcut = "chrome"
         browser_list.append("--chrome")
     if "--edge" in sys_argv and not browser_set == "edge":
         browser_changes += 1
+        browser_text = "edge"
         sb_config._browser_shortcut = "edge"
         browser_list.append("--edge")
     if "--firefox" in sys_argv and not browser_set == "firefox":
         browser_changes += 1
+        browser_text = "firefox"
         sb_config._browser_shortcut = "firefox"
         browser_list.append("--firefox")
     if "--ie" in sys_argv and not browser_set == "ie":
         browser_changes += 1
+        browser_text = "ie"
         sb_config._browser_shortcut = "ie"
         browser_list.append("--ie")
     if "--opera" in sys_argv and not browser_set == "opera":
         browser_changes += 1
+        browser_text = "opera"
         sb_config._browser_shortcut = "opera"
         browser_list.append("--opera")
     if "--safari" in sys_argv and not browser_set == "safari":
         browser_changes += 1
+        browser_text = "opera"
         sb_config._browser_shortcut = "safari"
         browser_list.append("--safari")
     if browser_changes > 1:
@@ -983,6 +993,15 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
         message += "\n  ONLY ONE default browser is allowed!"
         message += "\n  Select a single browser & try again!\n"
         raise Exception(message)
+    if (
+        using_recorder
+        and browser_changes == 1
+        and browser_text not in ["chrome", "edge"]
+    ):
+        message = (
+            "\n\n  Recorder Mode ONLY supports Chrome and Edge!"
+            '\n  (Your browser choice was: "%s")\n' % browser_list[0])
+        raise Exception(message)
 
 
 def pytest_configure(config):

seleniumbase/plugins/selenium_plugin.py

@@ -595,6 +595,12 @@ class SeleniumBrowser(Plugin):
         proxy_helper.remove_proxy_zip_if_present()
 
     def beforeTest(self, test):
+        browser = self.options.browser
+        if self.options.recorder_mode and browser not in ["chrome", "edge"]:
+            message = (
+                "\n\n  Recorder Mode ONLY supports Chrome and Edge!"
+                '\n  (Your browser choice was: "%s")\n' % browser)
+            raise Exception(message)
         test.test.browser = self.options.browser
         test.test.cap_file = self.options.cap_file
         test.test.cap_string = self.options.cap_string