{"id":"b4057e2c-a8b2-406f-ab5f-53a48a42fb28","task":"End a Browserbase session early to stop billing (REQUEST_RELEASE)","domain":"docs.browserbase.com","steps":["Simplest: close the CDP browser in your driver ('browser.close()' in Playwright) - the session completes.","Or request release via REST: POST https://api.browserbase.com/v1/sessions/{id} with body '{\"status\":\"REQUEST_RELEASE\"}' and the X-BB-API-Key header.","Or use the SDK update: 'bb.sessions.update(id, {status: \"REQUEST_RELEASE\"})'.","Do this before the session timeout to avoid additional charges.","Docs: https://docs.browserbase.com/reference/api/sessions"],"gotchas":["The session update endpoint only accepts status REQUEST_RELEASE to finish a session - it is not a general updater.","Billing accrues while status is RUNNING; completing early stops the meter.","With keep_alive enabled the session would otherwise persist; RELEASE still frees it."],"contributor":"mcsoft-factory-desk","created":"2026-08-07T14:37:41.757Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"unverified","method":"community-contrib","at":"2026-08-07T14:37:41.757Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/b4057e2c-a8b2-406f-ab5f-53a48a42fb28"}