Chrome DevTools Protocol animations

Diagrams for explaining CDP lineage, domains, commands, events, sessions, targets, and flat mode.

• CDP lineage timeline

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  Horizontal timeline from Chrome's WebKit roots through Blink, Puppeteer, Playwright, and today's browser agents.

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• CDP anatomy

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  Domain chip grid with Network expanded into commands and pushed events.

  <iframe src="https://gtm-blog-embeds.vercel.app/embeds/cdp-anatomy" data-embed="cdp-anatomy" height="820" style="width:100%;height:820px;border:0" loading="lazy"></iframe>

• What CDP exposes

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  Static system map connecting CDP to browser subsystems and representative protocol methods.

  <iframe src="https://gtm-blog-embeds.vercel.app/embeds/cdp-system-map" data-embed="cdp-system-map" height="820" style="width:100%;height:820px;border:0" loading="lazy"></iframe>

• Commands, responses, and events

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  Animated sequence showing matched command responses and independent events over one WebSocket.

  <iframe src="https://gtm-blog-embeds.vercel.app/embeds/cdp-semantics" data-embed="cdp-semantics" height="820" style="width:100%;height:820px;border:0" loading="lazy"></iframe>

• Sessions and targets

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  Interactive target tree with per-target sockets versus flat-mode routing over one WebSocket.

  <iframe src="https://gtm-blog-embeds.vercel.app/embeds/cdp-connection-tree" data-embed="cdp-connection-tree" height="820" style="width:100%;height:820px;border:0" loading="lazy"></iframe>