server/AyaNova/biz/ReportBiz.cs

@@ -371,7 +371,18 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             {
                 log.LogDebug($"Not Windows: setting executable path for chrome to expected '/usr/bin/chromium-browser'");
                 lo.ExecutablePath = "/usr/bin/chromium-browser";//this is the default path for docker based alpine dist, but maybe not others, need to make a config setting likely
-                lo.Args = new string[] { "--no-sandbox" };
+               // lo.Args = new string[] { "--no-sandbox" };
+                /*
+                https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/1825
+                const chromeFlags = [
+    '--headless',
+    '--no-sandbox',
+    "--disable-gpu",
+    "--single-process",
+    "--no-zygote"
+]
+                */
+                 lo.Args = new string[] { "--headless --no-sandbox --disable-gpu --single-process --no-zygote" };
             }
             else
             {
@@ -383,6 +394,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             //https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53367966/puppeteer-sharp-still-appear-many-chromium-instance-in-process-task-manager-when
             log.LogDebug($"Launching headless Chrome now:");
             using (var browser = await Puppeteer.LaunchAsync(lo))
+           
             using (var page = await browser.NewPageAsync())
             {
                 try

server/AyaNova/util/AyaNovaVersion.cs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
     /// </summary>
     internal static class AyaNovaVersion
     {
-        public const string VersionString = "8.0.0-alpha.16";
+        public const string VersionString = "8.0.0-alpha.17";
         public const string FullNameAndVersion = "AyaNova server " + VersionString;
     }//eoc
 }//eons