Check if video recording is currently active and get recording details.
AI agents call browser_video_status to retrieve information from Playwright MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only reads and returns the current state of video recording (whether active and details). It performs no side effects, makes no modifications to state, executes no code, and has no destructive or financial impact. It is purely informational, consistent with the Read category for tools that retrieve or query data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'browser_video_status' and description 'Check if video recording is currently active and get recording details' indicate a query operation that retrieves status information without modifying or executing actions.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Check if video recording is currently active and get recording details. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Playwright MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Playwright MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for browser_video_status: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Playwright MCP. Nothing to install.
browser_video_status is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the browser_video_status rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for browser_video_status. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
browser_video_status is provided by the Playwright MCP server (lewisvoncken/playwright-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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