# Overview

Understand managed and existing-browser modes, Stage previews, takeover, authentication boundaries, and consequential web actions.

![Browser in Foxora Desktop v5.0.3](/docs/images/v5.0.3/desktop/stage-browser.webp)

## Where this lives

Open a task, then choose **Stage → Browser**.

Foxora can operate an isolated managed browser or an authorized existing browser context, while showing navigation, screenshots, actions, and takeover state on the Stage.

> **Safety:** Browser actions can create irreversible external changes. Never expose more browser state or account access than the task requires.

## Steps

1. Open a task, then choose **Stage → Browser**.
2. Understand managed and existing-browser modes, Stage previews, takeover, authentication boundaries, and consequential web actions.
3. Choose the browser mode, grant only required access, open the target page, and describe the exact outcome and actions that require confirmation.
4. **Confirm the result.** Inspect the final URL and page state, then independently confirm any submitted, published, purchased, or deleted result.

## Choose the right path

- Use managed mode for isolated research and testing.
- Use an existing signed-in context only when account state is necessary.
- Take over for authentication, captchas, or sensitive confirmation.


## Confirm it worked

- Inspect the final URL and page state, then independently confirm any submitted, published, purchased, or deleted result.
- The screen, command, file, run, or destination named in this guide reflects the expected state.