'width' in 'clip' must be positive.

How to fix the Puppeteer error: 'width' in 'clip' must be positive.


Error

'width' in 'clip' must be positive.

What it means

Puppeteer raised this from its page operations code. In practice, it usually means your script reached a browser, page, frame, element, or option state that the API cannot use safely.

How to fix it

  • Validate screenshot options before calling page.screenshot().
  • Use quality only with JPEG/WebP output and make sure clip dimensions are positive.
  • Do not combine fullPage with clip; choose one capture mode.

Minimal guard

try {
  // Run the Puppeteer operation that triggers this error.
} catch (error) {
  if (error instanceof Error && error.message.includes("'width' in 'clip' must be positive.")) {
    // Apply the fix above, then retry or fail with a clearer message.
  }
  throw error;
}

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