fix live testing tothe browser alias testing

tests/conftest.py

@@ -1,30 +1,52 @@
 """
 Shared pytest fixtures for browser-cli integration tests.
 
-Tests that require a live browser connection use the `browser` fixture.
+Tests that require a live browser connection use the `browser` fixture and
+target the `testing` browser profile.
 They are automatically skipped if the native host socket is not reachable.
 """
+import time
 import pytest
 from browser_cli.client import send_command, BrowserNotConnected
 
+TEST_BROWSER_PROFILE = "testing"
+
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def browser():
-    """Returns a connected send_command callable, or skips the test."""
+    """Returns a connected send_command callable for the testing profile, or skips the test."""
     try:
-        send_command("tabs.list")
+        send_command("tabs.list", profile=TEST_BROWSER_PROFILE)
     except BrowserNotConnected:
-        pytest.skip("Browser not connected — start Brave/Chrome with the extension loaded")
+        pytest.skip(
-    return send_command
+            "Browser 'testing' not connected — start Brave/Chrome with the extension loaded for that profile"
+        )
+
+    def _browser(command, args=None):
+        return send_command(command, args, profile=TEST_BROWSER_PROFILE)
+
+    return _browser
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+@pytest.fixture()
 def http_tab(browser):
-    """Ensures at least one http/https tab is open; returns its tab info."""
+    """Opens a dedicated http/https tab for the current test and returns its tab info."""
-    tabs = browser("tabs.list")
+    created = browser("navigate.open", {"url": "https://example.com", "background": True})
-    http_tab = next(
+    tab_id = created["id"]
-        (t for t in tabs if t.get("url", "").startswith("http")), None
+
-    )
+    tab = None
-    if http_tab is None:
+    try:
-        pytest.skip("No http/https tab open — open a web page first")
+        for _ in range(30):
-    return http_tab
+            tabs = browser("tabs.list")
+            tab = next((t for t in tabs if t.get("id") == tab_id and t.get("url", "").startswith("http")), None)
+            if tab is not None:
+                break
+            time.sleep(0.1)
+        if tab is None:
+            pytest.skip("Dedicated http/https test tab did not finish loading")
+        yield tab
+    finally:
+        try:
+            browser("tabs.close", {"tabId": tab_id})
+        except Exception:
+            pass