From 139c4a5dfdaf5a40c60ea2ecddfad06bca848f69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Mintz <mdmintz@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 19:15:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Remove a CDP workaround that's no longer needed

---
 seleniumbase/undetected/cdp_driver/cdp_util.py | 12 ------------
 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/seleniumbase/undetected/cdp_driver/cdp_util.py b/seleniumbase/undetected/cdp_driver/cdp_util.py
index 1f1d5e5a4c8..da855f0f233 100644
--- a/seleniumbase/undetected/cdp_driver/cdp_util.py
+++ b/seleniumbase/undetected/cdp_driver/cdp_util.py
@@ -722,18 +722,6 @@ async def start(
 
 
 async def start_async(*args, **kwargs) -> Browser:
-    if "user_data_dir" in kwargs and kwargs["user_data_dir"]:
-        headless = False
-        if "headless" in kwargs:
-            headless = kwargs["headless"]
-        decoy_args = kwargs
-        decoy_args["headless"] = True
-        driver = await start(**decoy_args)
-        kwargs["headless"] = headless
-        kwargs["user_data_dir"] = driver.config.user_data_dir
-        time.sleep(0.2)
-        driver.stop()  # Due to Chrome-130, must stop & start
-        time.sleep(0.1)
     return await start(*args, **kwargs)
 
 

From d0a4685b6b9a35d3a145b49e539b8224c5c7ed8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Mintz <mdmintz@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 19:16:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Version 4.46.2

---
 seleniumbase/__version__.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/seleniumbase/__version__.py b/seleniumbase/__version__.py
index 45218656199..8e53beee538 100755
--- a/seleniumbase/__version__.py
+++ b/seleniumbase/__version__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # seleniumbase package
-__version__ = "4.46.1"
+__version__ = "4.46.2"