From d8cbeff38643a119cc1534aa6176a5b45effc685 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aravind Karnam <aravind.karanam@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:31:05 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: https://github.com/unclecode/crawl4ai/issues/842

---
 crawl4ai/async_crawler_strategy.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crawl4ai/async_crawler_strategy.py b/crawl4ai/async_crawler_strategy.py
index 2330b3f3..ddd6348e 100644
--- a/crawl4ai/async_crawler_strategy.py
+++ b/crawl4ai/async_crawler_strategy.py
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ class AsyncPlaywrightCrawlerStrategy(AsyncCrawlerStrategy):
         Close the browser and clean up resources.
         """
         await self.browser_manager.close()
+        # Explicitly reset the static Playwright instance
+        BrowserManager._playwright_instance = None
 
     async def kill_session(self, session_id: str):
         """