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I don't think flatseal isolates child processes, only the flatpak itself.
You could use firejail. That is available outside the AUR. As there is no socket available, if testing with a browser it should force the browser to crash. You could also try setting up a network namespace that only binds to loopback in case you want local device network access.
EDIT: I don't think you need to switch distros to solve this problem, but if you do you could try NixOS. Obviously there is no AUR, but you can write .nix config files to fine tune how firejail automatically works with specific applications:
On NixOS why not use Nixpak? (which doesn't require SUID binaries)
That's honestly a fair point. Firejail is simpler to use, but is still imperatively driven. Nixpak relies on declarative expression which is kinda the whole selling point of NixOS. For SUID, again I think its a matter of complexity vs containment. One is easier, one is better isolated.
Firejail still might be the better choice in this given case, but that would depend on whether or not this is a per-user setup. Nixpak would win outright I would think outside that just based on reproducibility. I don't think the user shared details on why/who this would be for.