fix(installer): complete literal paths and recovery guidance

fix(geometry): preserve OOPIF scale with occupied scrollbars

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -37,6 +37,35 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Rust tests
         run: cargo test --workspace --locked
 
+  windows-daemon:
+    name: Windows daemon, installer and cancellation regression tests
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+
+      - name: Run Windows named-pipe tests
+        run: cargo test -p bsk --lib --locked daemon::ipc::windows::tests
+
+      - name: Run Windows process liveness tests
+        run: cargo test -p bsk --lib --locked daemon::lockfile::tests
+
+      - name: Run Windows update tests
+        run: cargo test -p bsk --lib --locked cli::update::tests
+
+      - name: Run Windows update and cancellation process tests
+        run: cargo test -p bsk --test windows_update --test windows_parent_cancel --locked
+
+      - name: Run installer tests (Windows PowerShell 5.1)
+        shell: powershell
+        run: ./scripts/install-windows.test.ps1
+
+      - name: Run installer tests (PowerShell 7)
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: ./scripts/install-windows.test.ps1
+
   frontend:
     name: Frontend lint, typecheck, tests, build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,7 +5,24 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/).
 
 Starting from 0.2.0, CLI / Extension / DSH Plugin share the same version number.
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [0.2.1] - 2026-09-09
+
+### Changed
+- DSH Plugin: clarified installation, configuration, profile restart, and upgrade instructions
+
+### Fixed
+- CLI: reliable Windows self-updates, including executable replacement and daemon restart
+- CLI: Windows named-pipe connection continuity and stale daemon process detection
+- Windows installer: PowerShell 5.1 compatibility, path quoting, and staged executable replacement
+- CLI / DSH Plugin: cancellation propagation and upload/download cleanup when the parent process exits
+- Extension: tab ownership and session cleanup when agent tabs fail to open or borrowed tabs are returned or closed
+- Extension: navigation recovery when other extensions restrict Chrome DevTools Protocol access
+- Extension: background input filling, automatic append behavior, and verification of field values before reporting success
+- Extension: match observed form state to the correct element after page changes
+- Extension: UUID generation fallback for recording and overlays on insecure origins
+- Browser locale matching for regional language variants
+- DSH Plugin: observation state synchronization, thumbnail capture lifecycle, and stale preview cleanup
+- DSH Plugin: removed the obsolete client runtime host dependency
 
 ## [0.2.0] - 2026-09-02
 

Cargo.lock

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bsk"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64",
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bsk-protocol"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 dependencies = [
  "schemars",
  "semver",

Cargo.toml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ members = [
 default-members = ["crates/bsk-cli"]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.85"
 license = "MIT"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ rand = "0.8"
 uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
 
 # Workspace crates (version required for `cargo publish` of dependents)
-bsk-protocol = { version = "0.2.0", path = "crates/bsk-protocol" }
+bsk-protocol = { version = "0.2.1", path = "crates/bsk-protocol" }
 
 [profile.release]
 strip = "symbols"

README.md

@@ -147,20 +147,26 @@ Start a new Agent session and write a prompt that needs the browser, for example
 Using [DeepSeek Harness](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness) (`dsh`)?
 BrowserSkill ships a first-class dsh plugin on npm as
 [`@wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin).
-It injects native `browser_*` tools (no shelling out to `bsk`) and a live Web UI
-overlay of each Agent Window.
+It gives the agent native `browser_*` tools and a live view of its browser sessions
+in the Web UI. The plugin runs `bsk` on the agent's behalf.
 
-Add it to a dsh profile, then start that profile:
+Install the `bsk` CLI and connect the browser extension first. Then add the plugin
+to a dsh profile and start it (replace `web` with your profile name):
 
 ```sh
 dsh plugin --profile web add @wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin
 dsh --profile web
 ```
 
-The plugin carries its own copy of the skill, so `bsk install-skill` is not needed
-for dsh — but the `bsk` CLI and the browser extension are still prerequisites. See
-the [plugin README](packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/README.md) for the tool list,
-configuration, and the observation overlay.
+The plugin includes the `browser-skill` skill, so `bsk install-skill` is not needed
+for dsh. Installed plugins do not update automatically. To upgrade this plugin:
+
+```sh
+dsh plugin --profile web update @wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin --latest
+```
+
+Restart the profile after upgrading. See the
+[plugin README](packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/README.md) for usage and configuration.
 
 ## How It Works
 

README.zh-CN.md

@@ -125,16 +125,22 @@ bsk install-skill
 
 ## DeepSeek Harness 插件
 
-在用 [DeepSeek Harness](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness)（`dsh`）？BrowserSkill 提供了官方 dsh 插件，已发布到 npm：[`@wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin)。它会注入原生 `browser_*` 工具（无需再通过 Shell 调用 `bsk`），并在 Web UI 中实时观察每个 Agent Window。
+在用 [DeepSeek Harness](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness)（`dsh`）？BrowserSkill 提供了官方 dsh 插件，已发布到 npm：[`@wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin)。它为 Agent 提供原生 `browser_*` 工具，由插件代为调用 `bsk`，并在 Web UI 中实时展示浏览器会话。
 
-把它装进某个 dsh profile，然后启动该 profile：
+先安装 `bsk` CLI 并连接浏览器扩展，再将插件装进 dsh profile 并启动（将 `web` 替换为你的 profile 名称）：
 
 ```sh
 dsh plugin --profile web add @wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin
 dsh --profile web
 ```
 
-插件自带 skill，所以在 dsh 下无需执行 `bsk install-skill`；但 `bsk` CLI 和浏览器扩展仍是前置条件。工具清单、配置项与观察浮层见[插件 README](packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/README.md)。
+插件自带 `browser-skill` skill，所以在 dsh 下无需执行 `bsk install-skill`。已安装的插件不会自动更新；升级此插件请运行：
+
+```sh
+dsh plugin --profile web update @wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin --latest
+```
+
+升级后重启该 profile。用法与配置见[插件 README](packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/README.md)。
 
 ## 工作原理
 

apps/extension/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@browser-skill/extension",
-  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "version": "0.2.1",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {

apps/extension/src/browser-driver/__tests__/chromium-cdp.test.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,24 @@ function fakeApi() {
 }
 
 describe("ChromiumCdp", () => {
+  it("changes attachment identity only across real debugger attachments", async () => {
+    const { api, onEvent, onDetach } = fakeApi();
+    const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(api);
+    expect(cdp.getAttachmentId(4)).toBeUndefined();
+    await cdp.ensureAttached(4);
+    const first = cdp.getAttachmentId(4);
+    expect(first).toBeTruthy();
+    await cdp.ensureAttached(4);
+    onEvent.fire({ tabId: 4 }, "Target.attachedToTarget", { sessionId: "child" });
+    expect(cdp.getAttachmentId(4)).toBe(first);
+    onDetach.fire({ tabId: 4 }, "target_closed");
+    expect(cdp.getAttachmentId(4)).toBeUndefined();
+    await cdp.ensureAttached(4);
+    expect(cdp.getAttachmentId(4)).not.toBe(first);
+    await cdp.detach(4);
+    expect(cdp.getAttachmentId(4)).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
   it("discovers multiple iframe targets and recursively routes nested OOPIF commands", async () => {
     const { api, onEvent } = fakeApi();
     (api.sendCommand as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockImplementation(
@@ -254,6 +272,69 @@ describe("ChromiumCdp", () => {
     expect(cdp.isAttached(7)).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    false,
+    true,
+  ])("waits for detach before reconnecting a returned tab (detach rejects: %s)", async (rejectDetach) => {
+    const { api } = fakeApi();
+    const attached = new Set<number>();
+    let finishDetach!: () => void;
+    vi.mocked(api.attach).mockImplementation(async ({ tabId }) => {
+      if (attached.has(tabId!)) throw new Error("Another debugger is already attached");
+      attached.add(tabId!);
+    });
+    vi.mocked(api.detach).mockImplementation(async ({ tabId }) => {
+      attached.delete(tabId!);
+    });
+    vi.mocked(api.detach).mockImplementationOnce(
+      ({ tabId }) =>
+        new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+          finishDetach = () => {
+            attached.delete(tabId!);
+            if (rejectDetach) reject(new Error("tab already detached"));
+            else resolve();
+          };
+        }),
+    );
+    const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(api);
+    cdp.trackSessionTab("aa11", 7);
+    await cdp.ensureAttached(7);
+    const returning = cdp.releaseSessionTab("aa11", 7);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(api.detach).toHaveBeenCalledOnce());
+    let duplicateDetachFinished = false;
+    const duplicateDetach = cdp.detach(7).then(() => {
+      duplicateDetachFinished = true;
+    });
+
+    cdp.trackSessionTab("bb22", 7);
+    // Register rejection handlers immediately; the pre-fix driver rejects
+    // both commands while the browser still has the previous attachment.
+    const pending = Promise.allSettled([
+      cdp.send(7, "Runtime.evaluate", { expression: "document.title" }),
+      cdp.send(7, "DOM.getDocument"),
+    ]);
+    await cdp.send(8, "DOM.getDocument");
+    const finishedEarly = duplicateDetachFinished;
+    finishDetach();
+    await Promise.all([returning, duplicateDetach]);
+
+    expect(await pending).toEqual([
+      { status: "fulfilled", value: { ok: true } },
+      { status: "fulfilled", value: { ok: true } },
+    ]);
+    expect(finishedEarly).toBe(false);
+    expect(vi.mocked(api.attach).mock.calls.filter(([target]) => target.tabId === 7)).toHaveLength(
+      2,
+    );
+    expect(cdp.isAttached(7)).toBe(true);
+    expect(cdp.isAttached(8)).toBe(true);
+    await cdp.detachSession("bb22");
+    expect(api.detach).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(cdp.isAttached(7)).toBe(false);
+    expect(attached.has(7)).toBe(false);
+    expect(cdp.isAttached(8)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("detachAll() iterates every cached tab", async () => {
     const { api } = fakeApi();
     const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(api);
@@ -651,6 +732,155 @@ describe("ChromiumCdp", () => {
     expect(cdp.networkEntriesSince(33, 0, 50, 1000).entries[0].url).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
+  it("releases only the returning session's claim on a tab", async () => {
+    const { api } = fakeApi();
+    const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(api);
+    await cdp.ensureAttached(1);
+    await cdp.ensureAttached(2);
+    cdp.trackSessionTab("aa11", 1);
+    cdp.trackSessionTab("bb22", 1);
+    cdp.trackSessionTab("aa11", 2);
+
+    await cdp.releaseSessionTab("unknown", 1);
+    await cdp.releaseSessionTab("aa11", 1);
+    expect(api.detach).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    await cdp.releaseSessionTab("bb22", 1);
+    await cdp.releaseSessionTab("bb22", 1);
+    expect(api.detach).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith({ tabId: 1 });
+    expect(cdp.isAttached(2)).toBe(true);
+
+    await cdp.detachSession("aa11");
+    expect(api.detach).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(api.detach).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ tabId: 2 });
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    false,
+    true,
+  ])("releases a tab with an attachment in flight (new owner: %s)", async (newOwner) => {
+    const { api } = fakeApi();
+    let finishAttach!: () => void;
+    vi.mocked(api.attach).mockImplementationOnce(
+      () =>
+        new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+          finishAttach = resolve;
+        }),
+    );
+    const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(api);
+    cdp.trackSessionTab("aa11", 1);
+    const attaching = cdp.ensureAttached(1);
+    const releasing = cdp.releaseSessionTab("aa11", 1);
+    if (newOwner) cdp.trackSessionTab("bb22", 1);
+    finishAttach();
+    await Promise.all([attaching, releasing]);
+
+    expect(cdp.isAttached(1)).toBe(newOwner);
+    expect(api.detach).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(newOwner ? 0 : 1);
+  });
+
+  it("stops accepting dialogs on a returned tab even when another session keeps CDP attached", async () => {
+    const { api, onEvent } = fakeApi();
+    let controlled = true;
+    const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(api, { shouldAutoAcceptDialog: () => controlled });
+    cdp.trackSessionTab("aa11", 1);
+    cdp.trackSessionTab("bb22", 1);
+    await cdp.ensureAttached(1);
+    onEvent.fire({ tabId: 1 }, "Page.javascriptDialogOpening", {
+      type: "confirm",
+      message: "before return",
+    });
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(cdp.dialogsSince(1, 0)).toHaveLength(1));
+    vi.mocked(api.sendCommand).mockClear();
+
+    controlled = false;
+    await cdp.releaseSessionTab("aa11", 1);
+    expect(cdp.isAttached(1)).toBe(true);
+    onEvent.fire({ tabId: 1 }, "Page.javascriptDialogOpening", {
+      type: "confirm",
+      message: "after return",
+    });
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(api.sendCommand).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(cdp.dialogsSince(1, 0)).toHaveLength(1);
+
+    controlled = true;
+    onEvent.fire({ tabId: 1 }, "Page.javascriptDialogOpening", {
+      type: "alert",
+      message: "borrowed again",
+    });
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(cdp.dialogsSince(1, 0)).toHaveLength(2));
+    expect(api.sendCommand).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(
+      { tabId: 1 },
+      "Page.handleJavaScriptDialog",
+      { accept: true },
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("ignores dialog events after detach, including a pending eligibility check", async () => {
+    const { api, onEvent } = fakeApi();
+    let resolveEligibility!: (value: boolean) => void;
+    const shouldAutoAcceptDialog = vi.fn(
+      () =>
+        new Promise<boolean>((resolve) => {
+          resolveEligibility = resolve;
+        }),
+    );
+    const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(api, { shouldAutoAcceptDialog });
+    await cdp.ensureAttached(1);
+    onEvent.fire({ tabId: 1 }, "Page.javascriptDialogOpening", { type: "alert" });
+    await cdp.detach(1);
+    resolveEligibility(true);
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    onEvent.fire({ tabId: 1 }, "Page.javascriptDialogOpening", { type: "alert" });
+
+    expect(shouldAutoAcceptDialog).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(api.sendCommand).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.anything(),
+      "Page.handleJavaScriptDialog",
+      expect.anything(),
+    );
+    expect(cdp.dialogsSince(1, 0)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("does not accept dialogs when the tab's current scope cannot be determined", async () => {
+    const { api, onEvent } = fakeApi();
+    const shouldAutoAcceptDialog = vi.fn(async () => {
+      throw new Error("tab is gone");
+    });
+    const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(api, { shouldAutoAcceptDialog });
+    await cdp.ensureAttached(1);
+    vi.mocked(api.sendCommand).mockClear();
+
+    onEvent.fire({ tabId: 1 }, "Page.javascriptDialogOpening", { type: "confirm" });
+    await Promise.resolve();
+
+    expect(shouldAutoAcceptDialog).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1);
+    expect(api.sendCommand).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(cdp.dialogsSince(1, 0)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("does not restore dialog state when an acceptance completes after detach", async () => {
+    const { api, onEvent } = fakeApi();
+    const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(api);
+    await cdp.ensureAttached(1);
+    let finishAccept!: () => void;
+    vi.mocked(api.sendCommand).mockImplementationOnce(
+      () =>
+        new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+          finishAccept = resolve;
+        }),
+    );
+
+    onEvent.fire({ tabId: 1 }, "Page.javascriptDialogOpening", { type: "alert" });
+    await cdp.detach(1);
+    finishAccept();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+
+    expect(cdp.dialogsSince(1, 0)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(cdp.dialogCursor(1)).toBe(0);
+  });
+
   it("detachSession only detaches tabs no other session owns", async () => {
     const { api } = fakeApi();
     const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(api);

apps/extension/src/browser-driver/chromium-cdp.ts

@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ async function settleBeforeDeadline(promises: Promise<void>[], deadline: number)
 export class ChromiumCdp {
   private readonly api: CdpDebuggerApi;
   private readonly attachedTabs = new Set<number>();
+  private readonly attachmentIds = new Map<number, string>();
   private readonly attachInFlight = new Map<number, Promise<void>>();
+  private readonly detachInFlight = new Map<number, Promise<void>>();
   private readonly tabOwners = new Map<number, Set<string>>();
   private readonly dialogBuffers = new Map<number, JavaScriptDialogInfo[]>();
   private readonly dialogSequences = new Map<number, number>();
@@ -182,7 +184,13 @@ export class ChromiumCdp {
   private networkSubscription: { dispose(): void } | null = null;
   private frameTargetSubscription: { dispose(): void } | null = null;
 
-  constructor(api: CdpDebuggerApi = chromeDebuggerApi) {
+  constructor(
+    api: CdpDebuggerApi = chromeDebuggerApi,
+    private readonly options: {
+      /** CDP observation alone does not authorize dismissing user dialogs. */
+      shouldAutoAcceptDialog?: (tabId: number) => boolean | Promise<boolean>;
+    } = {},
+  ) {
     this.api = api;
     this.bindAutoDetach();
     this.bindDialogHandler();
@@ -191,8 +199,17 @@ export class ChromiumCdp {
     this.bindFrameTargetHandler();
   }
 
+  /** Identity of this actual debugger attachment, independent of frame topology. */
+  getAttachmentId(tabId: number): string | undefined {
+    return this.attachmentIds.get(tabId);
+  }
+
   /** Attach to `tabId` if we haven't already in this driver. */
   async ensureAttached(tabId: number): Promise<void> {
+    // Returning a tab clears the cache before Chrome finishes detaching.
+    // New observers must wait before opening the next connection to that tab.
+    const detaching = this.detachInFlight.get(tabId);
+    if (detaching) await detaching;
     if (this.attachedTabs.has(tabId)) return;
     const existing = this.attachInFlight.get(tabId);
     if (existing) {
@@ -206,6 +223,7 @@ export class ChromiumCdp {
         await this.enableConsoleDomains(tabId);
         await this.enableNetworkDomainBestEffort(tabId);
         this.attachedTabs.add(tabId);
+        this.attachmentIds.set(tabId, crypto.randomUUID());
         await this.enableFrameDiscovery({ tabId }).catch((err) => {
           console.debug("[bsk cdp] frame discovery unavailable", { tabId, err });
         });
@@ -425,20 +443,32 @@ export class ChromiumCdp {
 
   /** Detach if attached; never throws. */
   async detach(tabId: number): Promise<void> {
+    const existing = this.detachInFlight.get(tabId);
+    if (existing) {
+      await existing;
+      return;
+    }
     this.attachInFlight.delete(tabId);
     if (!this.attachedTabs.has(tabId)) return;
     this.attachedTabs.delete(tabId);
+    this.attachmentIds.delete(tabId);
     this.clearDialogState(tabId);
     this.clearConsoleState(tabId);
     this.clearNetworkState(tabId);
     this.clearFrameState(tabId);
-    try {
-      await this.api.detach({ tabId });
-    } catch (err) {
-      // Tab may already be gone — Chrome auto-detaches on close. Log
-      // at debug so production builds aren't noisy.
-      console.debug("[bsk cdp] detach failed (likely tab already closed)", err);
-    }
+    const detach = (async () => {
+      try {
+        await this.api.detach({ tabId });
+      } catch (err) {
+        // Tab may already be gone — Chrome auto-detaches on close. Log
+        // at debug so production builds aren't noisy.
+        console.debug("[bsk cdp] detach failed (likely tab already closed)", err);
+      }
+    })().finally(() => {
+      this.detachInFlight.delete(tabId);
+    });
+    this.detachInFlight.set(tabId, detach);
+    await detach;
   }
 
   /** True iff `ensureAttached(tabId)` has succeeded since the last detach. */
@@ -453,6 +483,17 @@ export class ChromiumCdp {
     this.tabOwners.set(tabId, owners);
   }
 
+  /** Release one session's claim, preserving attachments still used by another. */
+  async releaseSessionTab(sessionId: string, tabId: number): Promise<void> {
+    const owners = this.tabOwners.get(tabId);
+    if (!owners?.delete(sessionId) || owners.size > 0) return;
+    this.tabOwners.delete(tabId);
+    // An observation may still be attaching when the tab is returned. Wait
+    // for it so detach cannot miss the attachment or remove a new owner's claim.
+    await this.attachInFlight.get(tabId)?.catch(() => {});
+    if (!this.tabOwners.has(tabId)) await this.detach(tabId);
+  }
+
   /** Subscribe to all CDP events. Returned disposable removes the listener. */
   onEvent(handler: (source: CdpDebuggee, method: string, params: unknown) => void): {
     dispose(): void;
@@ -469,6 +510,7 @@ export class ChromiumCdp {
     this.attachInFlight.clear();
     this.tabOwners.clear();
     this.attachedTabs.clear();
+    this.attachmentIds.clear();
     this.dialogBuffers.clear();
     this.dialogSequences.clear();
     this.consoleBuffers.clear();
@@ -639,13 +681,23 @@ export class ChromiumCdp {
   }
 
   private async onJavaScriptDialogOpening(tabId: number, params: unknown): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this.attachedTabs.has(tabId) && !this.attachInFlight.has(tabId)) return;
     const parsed = parseDialogOpeningParams(params);
     try {
+      if (
+        this.options.shouldAutoAcceptDialog &&
+        !(await this.options.shouldAutoAcceptDialog(tabId))
+      ) {
+        return;
+      }
+      // The tab may have been returned while its current scope was checked.
+      if (!this.attachedTabs.has(tabId) && !this.attachInFlight.has(tabId)) return;
       const handleParams: { accept: boolean; promptText?: string } = { accept: true };
       if (parsed.type === "prompt") {
         handleParams.promptText = parsed.defaultPrompt ?? "";
       }
       await this.api.sendCommand({ tabId }, "Page.handleJavaScriptDialog", handleParams);
+      if (!this.attachedTabs.has(tabId) && !this.attachInFlight.has(tabId)) return;
       const sequence = (this.dialogSequences.get(tabId) ?? 0) + 1;
       this.dialogSequences.set(tabId, sequence);
       this.appendDialog(tabId, {
@@ -805,6 +857,7 @@ export class ChromiumCdp {
     const listener = (source: chrome.debugger.Debuggee, _reason: string) => {
       if (typeof source.tabId === "number") {
         this.attachedTabs.delete(source.tabId);
+        this.attachmentIds.delete(source.tabId);
         this.attachInFlight.delete(source.tabId);
         this.tabOwners.delete(source.tabId);
         this.clearDialogState(source.tabId);
@@ -835,15 +888,9 @@ export class ChromiumCdp {
 
   /** Detach tabs only when no other live session has claimed them. */
   async detachSession(sessionId: string): Promise<void> {
-    const tabsToDetach: number[] = [];
-    for (const [tabId, owners] of this.tabOwners) {
-      owners.delete(sessionId);
-      if (owners.size === 0) {
-        this.tabOwners.delete(tabId);
-        tabsToDetach.push(tabId);
-      }
-    }
-    await Promise.all(tabsToDetach.map((tabId) => this.detach(tabId)));
+    await Promise.all(
+      Array.from(this.tabOwners.keys(), (tabId) => this.releaseSessionTab(sessionId, tabId)),
+    );
   }
 }
 

apps/extension/src/content/__tests__/record-frame-agent.test.ts

@@ -45,10 +45,32 @@ function portHarness() {
 
 describe("RecordFrameAgent", () => {
   afterEach(() => {
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
     document.documentElement.removeAttribute(RECORD_DOCUMENT_ATTRIBUTE);
     document.body.replaceChildren();
   });
 
+  it("starts when crypto.randomUUID is unavailable", async () => {
+    const harness = portHarness();
+    const getRandomValues = vi.fn((bytes: Uint8Array) => {
+      bytes.fill(0x11);
+      return bytes;
+    });
+    vi.stubGlobal("crypto", { getRandomValues });
+    vi.stubGlobal("chrome", {
+      runtime: {
+        connect: vi.fn(() => harness.port),
+        sendMessage: vi.fn(),
+      },
+    });
+    const agent = new RecordFrameAgent();
+
+    await expect(
+      agent.start({ type: RECORD_FRAME_START, requestId: "rec-http", startedAtMs: 10 }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ ok: true });
+    expect(getRandomValues).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("keeps a failed stop retryable and flushes the final dirty fill", async () => {
     const harness = portHarness();
     const sendMessage = vi

apps/extension/src/content/record-step-delivery.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { createRandomUuid } from "@/lib/random-uuid";
 import {
   isAcceptedRecordStepAck,
   RECORD_STEP,
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ export class RecordStepDelivery {
   constructor(
     requestId: string,
     send: SendRecordStepMessage = (message) => chrome.runtime.sendMessage(message),
-    producerId: string = crypto.randomUUID(),
+    producerId: string = createRandomUuid(),
   ) {
     this.#requestId = requestId;
     this.#producerId = producerId;

apps/extension/src/content/recording/frame-agent.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { createRandomUuid } from "@/lib/random-uuid";
 import {
   markRecordingDocument,
   type RecordingDocumentMarker,
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ export class RecordFrameAgent {
   async #start(
     message: RecordFrameStartMessage,
   ): Promise<{ ok: true } | { ok: false; error: string }> {
-    const producerId = crypto.randomUUID();
+    const producerId = createRandomUuid();
     const root = await waitForDocumentElement();
     if (this.#disposed) return { ok: false, error: "recording document is disposed" };
     const marker = markRecordingDocument(producerId, root);

apps/extension/src/entrypoints/background.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { recordFrameCoordinator } from "@/lib/recording/frame-coordinator";
 import { attachSessionsLiveFlag } from "@/lib/sessions-live-flag";
 import { createDisconnectCleanup } from "@/session-manager/disconnect-cleanup";
 import { attachSessionEventHandler } from "@/session-manager/event-handler";
-import { SessionManager } from "@/session-manager/manager";
+import { isAgentControlledTab, SessionManager } from "@/session-manager/manager";
 import {
   attachBorrowNotificationButtonHandler,
   attachBorrowNotificationClickHandler,
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ import {
   attachRecordStepListener,
   type RecordRuntimeDeps,
 } from "@/tools/record";
+import { chromeTabsApi } from "@/tools/shared";
+import { chromeTabMutationApi } from "@/tools/tabs";
 import { detectBrowserMeta } from "@/transport/handshake";
 import type { Transport } from "@/transport/transport";
 import { WSTransport } from "@/transport/ws-transport";
@@ -49,7 +51,12 @@ export default defineBackground(() => {
   const controller = new ConnectionController();
   const transport = new WSTransport({ url: __BSK_DAEMON_WS_URL__ });
   const sessions = new SessionManager();
-  const cdp = new ChromiumCdp();
+  const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(undefined, {
+    shouldAutoAcceptDialog: async (tabId) => {
+      const tab = await chrome.tabs.get(tabId);
+      return sessions.findByWindowId(tab.windowId) !== null;
+    },
+  });
   const sessionsLive = attachSessionsLiveFlag({ manager: sessions });
   let overlayGeneration = 0;
   const controlModes = new Map<string, OverlayMode>();
@@ -80,6 +87,24 @@ export default defineBackground(() => {
     };
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Authoritative overlay state for a specific tab. Agent Window tabs are
+   * free by default; only tabs explicitly claimed through session startup,
+   * `tab_create`, or `tab_borrow` receive the control overlay.
+   */
+  function overlayStateForTab(tabId?: number, windowId?: number): OverlayAgentStateMessage {
+    if (typeof tabId === "number" && typeof windowId === "number") {
+      const ctx = sessions.findByWindowId(windowId);
+      if (ctx && isAgentControlledTab(ctx, tabId)) return overlayStateForWindow(windowId);
+    }
+    return {
+      type: OVERLAY_AGENT_STATE,
+      sessionId: null,
+      mode: "hidden",
+      generation: overlayGeneration,
+    };
+  }
+
   async function pushOverlayStateToTab(
     tabId: number,
     state: OverlayAgentStateMessage,
@@ -91,13 +116,18 @@ export default defineBackground(() => {
     }
   }
 
+  async function pushOverlayStateForTab(tabId: number, windowId?: number): Promise<void> {
+    const state = overlayStateForTab(tabId, windowId);
+    await pushOverlayStateToTab(tabId, state);
+  }
+
   async function pushOverlayStateForWindow(windowId: number): Promise<void> {
-    const state = overlayStateForWindow(windowId);
     const tabs = await chrome.tabs.query({ windowId });
     await Promise.all(
-      tabs.map((tab) =>
-        typeof tab.id === "number" ? pushOverlayStateToTab(tab.id, state) : Promise.resolve(),
-      ),
+      tabs.map((tab) => {
+        if (typeof tab.id !== "number") return Promise.resolve();
+        return pushOverlayStateForTab(tab.id, windowId);
+      }),
     );
   }
 
@@ -136,13 +166,30 @@ export default defineBackground(() => {
     if (typeof tab.windowId !== "number") return;
     pushOverlayStateForAgentWindow(tab.windowId);
   });
+  // Newly observed tabs are free unless the agent's own creation path has
+  // already claimed their concrete id. This listener only renders that
+  // state; it never infers or mutates ownership from event ordering.
+  chrome.tabs.onCreated.addListener((tab) => {
+    if (typeof tab.windowId !== "number" || typeof tab.id !== "number") return;
+    if (!sessions.findByWindowId(tab.windowId)) return;
+    void pushOverlayStateForTab(tab.id, tab.windowId);
+  });
+  chrome.tabs.onRemoved.addListener((tabId, removeInfo) => {
+    sessions.forgetClosedTab(tabId, { isWindowClosing: removeInfo.isWindowClosing });
+  });
   // Re-sync the storage.session flag on SW startup so a previous SW's
   // stale `true` does not keep waking us on every page load until the
   // first mutation (review M4/M5 round 3 m-R3-1).
   void sessionsLive.refresh();
   const cleanupAfterDisconnect = createDisconnectCleanup({
     manager: sessions,
-    sessionStopDeps: { cdp },
+    // Same contract as the dispatcher's `tool.session_stop`: without these
+    // deps the agent-tab cleanup and the window-release path are dead code.
+    sessionStopDeps: {
+      cdp,
+      tabManagement: { tabs: chromeTabMutationApi },
+      tabsQuery: chromeTabsApi,
+    },
     onSessionsChanged: () => {
       void sessionsLive.syncFromManager();
     },
@@ -176,6 +223,9 @@ export default defineBackground(() => {
     recording: recordDeps,
     onSessionsChanged: onOverlaySessionStateChanged,
     onBrowserControlResumed,
+    onAgentTabClaimed: (tabId, windowId) => {
+      void pushOverlayStateForTab(tabId, windowId);
+    },
     approveBorrow: (ctx) =>
       requestBorrowConfirmation(ctx.tabId, {
         ...(ctx.signal !== undefined ? { signal: ctx.signal } : {}),
@@ -309,7 +359,11 @@ export default defineBackground(() => {
     }
 
     if (msg.kind === OVERLAY_MSG_READY) {
-      sendResponse(overlayStateForWindow(sender.tab?.windowId));
+      // Resolve from explicit tab ownership before sending so free tabs never
+      // flash the control mask.
+      if (typeof sender.tab?.id === "number") {
+        void pushOverlayStateForTab(sender.tab.id, sender.tab.windowId);
+      }
       return false;
     }
 

apps/extension/src/lib/__tests__/random-uuid.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { createRandomUuid } from "../random-uuid";
+
+describe("createRandomUuid", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+  });
+
+  it("uses crypto.randomUUID when it is available", () => {
+    const randomUUID = vi.fn(() => "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000");
+    vi.stubGlobal("crypto", { randomUUID, getRandomValues: vi.fn() });
+
+    expect(createRandomUuid()).toBe("00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000");
+    expect(randomUUID).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to getRandomValues and sets UUID v4 bits", () => {
+    const bytes = new Uint8Array(16).fill(0xff);
+    const getRandomValues = vi.fn((target: Uint8Array) => {
+      target.set(bytes);
+      return target;
+    });
+    vi.stubGlobal("crypto", { getRandomValues });
+
+    const uuid = createRandomUuid();
+
+    expect(uuid).toBe("ffffffff-ffff-4fff-bfff-ffffffffffff");
+    expect(getRandomValues).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+});

apps/extension/src/lib/overlay-bridge.ts

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
  * between the content-script control overlay and the background SW.
  *
  * Content script → background:
- *  - `{ kind: "overlay.ready" }` → background replies with the authoritative
- *      overlay state for the sender's window.
+ *  - `{ kind: "overlay.ready" }` → background decides the per-tab state first
+ *      (see overlayStateForTab) and pushes the authoritative overlay state for
+ *      that tab. It also proactively pushes on tab create and control-mode
+ *      change, so a tab usually receives state before it ever sends ready.
  *  - `{ kind: "overlay.interrupt", sessionId }` → background asks the
  *      daemon (via a `session.user_interrupt` WS event) to cancel
  *      every inflight + queued tool call for that session with

apps/extension/src/lib/random-uuid.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+ * Generate a UUID v4 in browser contexts where randomUUID() is unavailable.
+ *
+ * Crypto.randomUUID() is restricted to secure contexts, while
+ * crypto.getRandomValues() is available to content scripts on ordinary HTTP
+ * origins. BrowserSkill records many intranet pages served over HTTP, so the
+ * fallback is required for recording to work on those pages.
+ */
+export function createRandomUuid(): string {
+  const cryptoApi = globalThis.crypto;
+  if (typeof cryptoApi.randomUUID === "function") return cryptoApi.randomUUID();
+
+  const bytes = new Uint8Array(16);
+  cryptoApi.getRandomValues(bytes);
+  bytes[6] = (bytes[6]! & 0x0f) | 0x40;
+  bytes[8] = (bytes[8]! & 0x3f) | 0x80;
+
+  const hex = Array.from(bytes, (byte) => byte.toString(16).padStart(2, "0")).join("");
+  return [
+    hex.slice(0, 8),
+    hex.slice(8, 12),
+    hex.slice(12, 16),
+    hex.slice(16, 20),
+    hex.slice(20),
+  ].join("-");
+}

apps/extension/src/lib/recording/frame-coordinator.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { createRandomUuid } from "../random-uuid";
 import {
   isRecordFrameQueryMessage,
   RECORD_FRAME_PORT,
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ export class RecordFrameCoordinator {
     const recording = this.#recordings.get(requestId);
     if (!recording) return true;
     recording.finishing = true;
-    const commandId = crypto.randomUUID();
+    const commandId = createRandomUuid();
     const results = await Promise.all(
       [...recording.agents.values()].map((agent) => this.#stopAgent(agent, requestId, commandId)),
     );

apps/extension/src/session-manager/__tests__/disconnect-cleanup.test.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe("disconnect session cleanup", () => {
     const manager = new SessionManager({
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => nextWindowId++),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
         remove,
       },
     });
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe("disconnect session cleanup", () => {
     const manager = new SessionManager({
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 100),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
         remove: vi.fn(() => removeGate),
       },
     });

apps/extension/src/session-manager/__tests__/event-handler.test.ts

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe("attachSessionEventHandler", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
         remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     await manager.start("aa11");
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe("attachSessionEventHandler", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
         remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     const ctx = await manager.start("aa11");
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ describe("attachSessionEventHandler", () => {
       windowEvents: events.api,
     });
 
+    manager.forgetClosedTab(7, { isWindowClosing: true });
     events.emit(4242);
     for (let i = 0; i < 4; i += 1) await Promise.resolve();
 
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ describe("attachSessionEventHandler", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
         remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     const transport = fakeTransport();
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ describe("attachSessionEventHandler", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
         remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     const transport = fakeTransport();

apps/extension/src/session-manager/__tests__/manager.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { AgentWindowApi, AgentWindowCreateOptions } from "../agent-window";
-import { SessionManager } from "../manager";
+import { isAgentControlledTab, SessionManager } from "../manager";
 
 function fakeAgentWindow(): AgentWindowApi & {
   createMock: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(): AgentWindowApi & {
     return id;
   });
   const removeMock = vi.fn(async (_id: number) => {});
-  const ensureActiveTabMock = vi.fn(async (_windowId: number, _url: string) => {});
+  const ensureActiveTabMock = vi.fn(async (_windowId: number, _url: string) => 0);
   return {
     create: createMock,
     remove: removeMock,
@@ -151,6 +151,76 @@ describe("SessionManager", () => {
     expect(sm.list()).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  describe("explicit tab claims", () => {
+    it("claims the exact home tab returned by AgentWindowApi", async () => {
+      const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow() });
+      const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+      expect(ctx.agentCreatedTabs).toEqual(new Set([0]));
+      expect(isAgentControlledTab(ctx, 0)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("keeps every other tab free without classification state", async () => {
+      const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow() });
+      const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+      expect(isAgentControlledTab(ctx, 99)).toBe(false);
+      expect(ctx).not.toHaveProperty("userTabs");
+      expect(ctx).not.toHaveProperty("pendingAgentTabCount");
+    });
+
+    it("treats a committed borrow as an explicit claim", async () => {
+      const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow() });
+      const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+      const reservation = sm.tryReserveBorrow(42, ctx.sessionId);
+      if ("borrowedBy" in reservation) throw new Error("unexpected borrow conflict");
+      reservation.commit({ tabId: 42, originalWindowId: 7, originalIndex: 3 });
+      expect(isAgentControlledTab(ctx, 42)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("forgets an agent-created tab after Chrome removes it", async () => {
+      const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow() });
+      const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+      ctx.agentCreatedTabs.add(42);
+      sm.forgetClosedTab(42);
+      expect(ctx.agentCreatedTabs.has(42)).toBe(false);
+      expect(isAgentControlledTab(ctx, 0)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("forgets closed borrows idempotently without affecting other tabs or sessions", async () => {
+      const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow() });
+      const a = await sm.start("aa11");
+      const b = await sm.start("bb22");
+      a.borrowedTabs.set(42, { tabId: 42, originalWindowId: 7, originalIndex: 0 });
+      a.borrowedTabs.set(43, { tabId: 43, originalWindowId: 7, originalIndex: 1 });
+      b.borrowedTabs.set(44, { tabId: 44, originalWindowId: 8, originalIndex: 0 });
+
+      sm.forgetClosedTab(42);
+      sm.forgetClosedTab(42);
+      sm.forgetClosedTab(999);
+
+      expect(isAgentControlledTab(a, 42)).toBe(false);
+      expect(sm.findBorrowingSession(42, null)).toBeNull();
+      expect([...a.borrowedTabs.keys()]).toEqual([43]);
+      expect([...b.borrowedTabs.keys()]).toEqual([44]);
+      expect(sm.list()).toHaveLength(2);
+    });
+
+    it("prevents an in-flight borrow from reclaiming a closed tab", async () => {
+      const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow() });
+      const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+      const reservation = sm.tryReserveBorrow(42, ctx.sessionId);
+      if ("borrowedBy" in reservation) throw new Error("unexpected borrow conflict");
+
+      sm.forgetClosedTab(42);
+
+      expect(() =>
+        reservation.commit({ tabId: 42, originalWindowId: 7, originalIndex: 0 }),
+      ).toThrow(/reservation disappeared/);
+      reservation.release();
+      expect(sm.findBorrowingSession(42, null)).toBeNull();
+      expect(ctx.borrowedTabs.has(42)).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("findBorrowingSession", () => {
     it("returns null when no session has borrowed the tab", async () => {
       const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow() });

apps/extension/src/session-manager/agent-window.ts

@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ export interface AgentWindowApi {
    * Guarantee the Agent Window has an active, CDP-navigable tab.
    * `chrome://` pages (including the New Tab page) reject `Page.navigate`,
    * so sessions bootstrap with `about:blank` instead.
+   *
+   * Resolves with the id of the activated (or newly created) tab, so callers
+   * can track the session's home tab without re-querying Chrome.
    */
-  ensureActiveTab(windowId: number, url: string): Promise<void>;
+  ensureActiveTab(windowId: number, url: string): Promise<number>;
 }
 
 /** Creation hints for a new Agent Window. */
@@ -49,15 +52,19 @@ export const chromeAgentWindowApi: AgentWindowApi = {
     // cancellation success while the Agent Window remains open.
     await chrome.windows.remove(windowId);
   },
-  async ensureActiveTab(windowId: number, url: string): Promise<void> {
+  async ensureActiveTab(windowId: number, url: string): Promise<number> {
     const tabs = await chrome.tabs.query({ windowId });
     const first = tabs.find((t) => typeof t.id === "number");
-    if (first?.id) {
+    if (first?.id !== undefined) {
       if (!first.active) {
         await chrome.tabs.update(first.id, { active: true });
       }
-      return;
+      return first.id;
     }
-    await chrome.tabs.create({ windowId, url, active: true });
+    const created = await chrome.tabs.create({ windowId, url, active: true });
+    if (typeof created?.id !== "number") {
+      throw new Error("[bh] chrome.tabs.create returned no tab id");
+    }
+    return created.id;
   },
 };

apps/extension/src/session-manager/manager.ts

@@ -6,9 +6,20 @@ export interface SessionContext {
   agentWindowId: number;
   refStore: RefStore;
   borrowedTabs: Map<number, BorrowedTab>;
+  /**
+   * Tabs explicitly claimed by the agent because it created them. This
+   * includes the Agent Window's home tab and tabs created by `tool.tab_create`.
+   * Tabs opened through Chrome UI never enter this set.
+   */
+  agentCreatedTabs: Set<number>;
   createdAtMs: number;
 }
 
+/** Whether this session has explicitly claimed control of `tabId`. */
+export function isAgentControlledTab(ctx: SessionContext, tabId: number): boolean {
+  return ctx.agentCreatedTabs.has(tabId) || ctx.borrowedTabs.has(tabId);
+}
+
 export interface BorrowedTab {
   tabId: number;
   originalWindowId: number;
@@ -106,6 +117,19 @@ export class SessionManager {
     return Array.from(this.sessions.values());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Forget a tab Chrome has removed, including any uncommitted borrow.
+   * Whole-window closures keep committed borrows until the window-removed
+   * handler reports which user tabs could not be returned.
+   */
+  forgetClosedTab(tabId: number, { isWindowClosing = false } = {}): void {
+    this.borrowReservations.delete(tabId);
+    for (const ctx of this.sessions.values()) {
+      ctx.agentCreatedTabs.delete(tabId);
+      if (!isWindowClosing) ctx.borrowedTabs.delete(tabId);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Look up whether `tabId` is currently borrowed by some *other*
    * session than the one calling. Used by M8 `tab_borrow` to refuse
@@ -179,7 +203,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
       const { signal: _signal, ...createOptions } = opts;
       windowId = await this.agentWindow.create(AGENT_WINDOW_HOME, createOptions);
       throwIfSessionStartAborted(opts.signal);
-      await this.agentWindow.ensureActiveTab(windowId, AGENT_WINDOW_HOME);
+      const homeTabId = await this.agentWindow.ensureActiveTab(windowId, AGENT_WINDOW_HOME);
       throwIfSessionStartAborted(opts.signal);
 
       const ctx: SessionContext = {
@@ -187,6 +211,10 @@ export class SessionManager {
         agentWindowId: windowId,
         refStore: new RefStore(),
         borrowedTabs: new Map(),
+        // The home tab is the session's first explicit claim. Every other
+        // tab remains free until `tab_create` or `tab_borrow` identifies it
+        // by its concrete Chrome tab id.
+        agentCreatedTabs: new Set([homeTabId]),
         createdAtMs: this.now(),
       };
       this.sessions.set(sessionId, ctx);

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/console.test.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
       return id;
     }),
     remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
   };
 }
 

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/dispatcher.test.ts

@@ -49,13 +49,54 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
     vi.unstubAllGlobals();
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    "tool.snapshot",
+    "tool.evaluate",
+    "tool.get_html",
+    "tool.console",
+  ])("annotates Chrome extension-access failures from %s", async (method) => {
+    const tab = { id: 7, windowId: 4242, active: true, url: "https://example.test" };
+    vi.stubGlobal("chrome", {
+      tabs: {
+        get: vi.fn(async () => tab),
+        query: vi.fn(async () => [tab]),
+      },
+    });
+    const { transport, sent, deliver } = fakeTransport();
+    const sessions = new SessionManager({
+      agentWindow: {
+        create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
+        remove: vi.fn(),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(),
+      },
+    });
+    await sessions.start("test");
+    const error = new Error("Cannot access a chrome-extension:// URL of different extension");
+    const cdp = {
+      send: vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(error),
+      ensureConsoleCapture: vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(error),
+      consoleEntriesSince: vi.fn(),
+    } as unknown as TestDispatcherCdp;
+    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions, cdp });
+    dispatcher.start();
+    deliver(makeRequest(method, { session_id: "test", expression: "document.title" }));
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(sent).toHaveLength(1));
+    expect(sent[0]).toMatchObject({
+      error: {
+        code: "cdp_failed",
+        data: { reason: "cdp_extension_access_denied" },
+      },
+    });
+    dispatcher.stop();
+  });
+
   it("uses the configured recording runtime for start and stop", async () => {
     const { transport, sent, deliver } = fakeTransport();
     const sessions = new SessionManager({
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
         remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     await sessions.start("aa11");
@@ -117,7 +158,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
         remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -140,7 +181,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create,
         remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -158,7 +199,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
         remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     await sessions.start("aa11");
@@ -172,6 +213,47 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
     expect(sent[0]).toEqual({ id: "r-1", result: {} });
   });
 
+  it("wires the production tab APIs into tool.session_stop so a surviving user tab releases the window", async () => {
+    // Regression guard for the deps that session_stop reads directly: when
+    // `tabManagement.tabs` / `tabsQuery` are not injected by the dispatcher,
+    // the agent-tab cleanup and the release decision silently no-op and the
+    // Agent Window is closed even though a user tab is still open (issue #57).
+    const removeTab = vi.fn(async () => {});
+    const closeWindow = vi.fn(async () => {});
+    // After cleanup the window still holds one tab (id 99) that is neither
+    // the home tab nor an agent-created tab — i.e. a genuine user tab.
+    vi.stubGlobal("chrome", {
+      tabs: {
+        remove: removeTab,
+        query: vi.fn(async () => [{ id: 99, windowId: 4242, active: true }]),
+      },
+    });
+    const { transport, sent, deliver } = fakeTransport();
+    const sessions = new SessionManager({
+      agentWindow: {
+        create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
+        remove: closeWindow,
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
+      },
+    });
+    await sessions.start("aa11");
+    // Register the exact tab id returned by the agent's creation path.
+    sessions.get("aa11")?.agentCreatedTabs.add(7);
+
+    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
+    dispatcher.start();
+
+    deliver(makeRequest("tool.session_stop", { session_id: "aa11" }));
+    await flushMicrotasks();
+
+    // The agent tab is closed through the real chrome.tabs surface...
+    expect(removeTab).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7);
+    // ...and the window is released rather than closed, so the user's tab survives.
+    expect(closeWindow).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(sessions.has("aa11")).toBe(false);
+    expect(sent[0]).toEqual({ id: "r-1", result: { window_released: true } });
+  });
+
   it("routes tool.console through the CDP console buffer", async () => {
     vi.stubGlobal("chrome", {
       tabs: {
@@ -183,7 +265,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
         remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     await sessions.start("aa11");
@@ -246,7 +328,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
         remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     const ctx = await sessions.start("aa11");
@@ -339,7 +421,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
         remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     await sessions.start("aa11");
@@ -375,7 +457,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
         remove,
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     await sessions.start("aa11");
@@ -423,7 +505,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
         remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -443,7 +525,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
         remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -467,7 +549,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
         remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -484,7 +566,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
         remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -501,7 +583,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
         remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     const onSessionsChanged = vi.fn();
@@ -518,16 +600,32 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
   });
 
   it("invokes onBrowserControlResumed for browser-control tools but not passive reads", async () => {
+    vi.stubGlobal("chrome", {
+      tabs: {
+        create: vi.fn(async (props: chrome.tabs.CreateProperties) => ({
+          id: 7,
+          windowId: props.windowId,
+          url: props.url,
+          active: props.active,
+        })),
+      },
+    });
     const { transport, sent, deliver } = fakeTransport();
     const sessions = new SessionManager({
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
         remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     const onBrowserControlResumed = vi.fn();
-    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions, onBrowserControlResumed });
+    const onAgentTabClaimed = vi.fn();
+    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({
+      transport,
+      sessions,
+      onBrowserControlResumed,
+      onAgentTabClaimed,
+    });
     dispatcher.start();
 
     deliver(makeRequest("tool.session_start", { session_id: "aa11" }));
@@ -544,6 +642,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
     });
     await flushMicrotasks();
     expect(onBrowserControlResumed).toHaveBeenCalledWith("aa11");
+    expect(onAgentTabClaimed).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, 1);
   });
 
   it("reasserts remembered hover before follow-up work and releases only after actions", async () => {
@@ -557,7 +656,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
         remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     const order: string[] = [];
@@ -639,7 +738,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
         remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     const cdp = {
@@ -689,6 +788,135 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    { tab_id: 7, code: "not_found" },
+    { tab_id: undefined, code: "invalid_params" },
+  ])("keeps hover when tab_return is rejected with $code", async ({ tab_id, code }) => {
+    const sendMessage = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    vi.stubGlobal("chrome", {
+      tabs: {
+        sendMessage,
+        get: vi.fn(async () => ({ id: 7, windowId: 100, active: true })),
+        query: vi.fn(async () => [{ id: 7, windowId: 100, active: true }]),
+      },
+    });
+    const { transport, sent, deliver } = fakeTransport();
+    const sessions = new SessionManager({
+      agentWindow: {
+        create: vi.fn(async () => 100),
+        remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
+      },
+    });
+    await sessions.start("aa11");
+    const cdp = {
+      send: vi.fn(async <T>() => ({}) as T),
+      detachSession: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      releaseSessionTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    };
+    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({
+      transport,
+      sessions,
+      cdp: cdp as unknown as TestDispatcherCdp,
+    });
+    const helpers = dispatcher as unknown as {
+      rememberHover: (sessionId: string, result: unknown) => unknown;
+      setHoverBypass: (sessionId: string, tabId: number, enabled: boolean) => Promise<void>;
+      withHoverReassert: <T>(
+        params: { session_id: string; tab_id?: number },
+        work: () => Promise<T>,
+      ) => Promise<T>;
+    };
+    helpers.rememberHover("aa11", { tab_id: 7, x: 10, y: 20 });
+    await helpers.setHoverBypass("aa11", 7, true);
+    dispatcher.start();
+    deliver(makeRequest("tool.tab_return", { session_id: "aa11", tab_id }));
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(sent).toHaveLength(1));
+
+    expect(sent[0]).toMatchObject({ error: { code } });
+    expect(cdp.releaseSessionTab).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(sendMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, expect.objectContaining({ enabled: false }));
+    await helpers.withHoverReassert({ session_id: "aa11", tab_id: 7 }, async () => ({}));
+    expect(cdp.send).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(7, "Input.dispatchMouseEvent", {
+      type: "mouseMoved",
+      x: 10,
+      y: 20,
+    });
+    dispatcher.stop();
+  });
+
+  it("releases the returned tab's hover before moving it and leaves other tabs alone", async () => {
+    const sendMessage = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    const move = vi.fn(async () => {
+      expect(sendMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, expect.objectContaining({ enabled: false }));
+      return { id: 7, windowId: 200, index: 4 };
+    });
+    vi.stubGlobal("chrome", {
+      tabs: { sendMessage, move },
+      windows: { get: vi.fn(async () => ({ id: 200 })) },
+    });
+    const { transport, sent, deliver } = fakeTransport();
+    const sessions = new SessionManager({
+      agentWindow: {
+        create: vi.fn(async () => 100),
+        remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
+      },
+    });
+    const ctx = await sessions.start("aa11");
+    ctx.borrowedTabs.set(7, { tabId: 7, originalWindowId: 200, originalIndex: 4 });
+    const cdp = {
+      send: vi.fn(async <T>() => ({}) as T),
+      detachSession: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      releaseSessionTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    };
+    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({
+      transport,
+      sessions,
+      cdp: cdp as unknown as TestDispatcherCdp,
+    });
+    const helpers = dispatcher as unknown as {
+      rememberHover: (sessionId: string, result: unknown) => unknown;
+      setHoverBypass: (sessionId: string, tabId: number, enabled: boolean) => Promise<void>;
+      withHoverReassert: <T>(
+        params: { session_id: string; tab_id?: number },
+        work: () => Promise<T>,
+      ) => Promise<T>;
+    };
+    for (const [sessionId, tabId] of [
+      ["aa11", 7],
+      ["aa11", 8],
+      ["bb22", 9],
+    ] as const) {
+      helpers.rememberHover(sessionId, { tab_id: tabId, x: 10, y: 20 });
+      await helpers.setHoverBypass(sessionId, tabId, true);
+    }
+    dispatcher.start();
+    deliver(makeRequest("tool.tab_return", { session_id: "aa11", tab_id: 7 }));
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(sent).toHaveLength(1));
+
+    expect(sent[0]).toMatchObject({ result: { tab_id: 7, returned_to_window_id: 200 } });
+    expect(cdp.releaseSessionTab).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith("aa11", 7);
+    await helpers.withHoverReassert({ session_id: "aa11", tab_id: 7 }, async () => ({}));
+    expect(cdp.send).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    for (const [sessionId, tabId] of [
+      ["aa11", 8],
+      ["bb22", 9],
+    ] as const) {
+      expect(sendMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        tabId,
+        expect.objectContaining({ enabled: false }),
+      );
+      await helpers.withHoverReassert({ session_id: sessionId, tab_id: tabId }, async () => ({}));
+      expect(cdp.send).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(tabId, "Input.dispatchMouseEvent", {
+        type: "mouseMoved",
+        x: 10,
+        y: 20,
+      });
+    }
+    dispatcher.stop();
+  });
+
   it("transfers hover overlay bypass ownership between sessions", async () => {
     vi.stubGlobal("chrome", {
       tabs: {
@@ -700,7 +928,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
         remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -737,7 +965,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
         remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     await sessions.start("aa11");
@@ -789,7 +1017,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
         remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -823,7 +1051,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
         remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     transport.send = () => {
@@ -845,7 +1073,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 5555),
         remove,
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     transport.send = () => {
@@ -873,7 +1101,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(() => createPromise),
         remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -924,7 +1152,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
         remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -945,7 +1173,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
       agentWindow: {
         create: vi.fn(() => createPromise),
         remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
       },
     });
     const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/emulate.test.ts

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
       return id;
     }),
     remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
   };
 }
 

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/errors.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { RpcError } from "@/transport/types";
+import { cdpError, classifyCdpError } from "../errors";
+
+const denied = "Cannot access a chrome-extension:// URL of different extension";
+
+describe("CDP extension access errors", () => {
+  it("classifies both Chrome Error instances and string failures", () => {
+    for (const error of [new Error(denied), denied]) {
+      expect(cdpError(error)).toEqual({
+        code: "cdp_failed",
+        message: denied,
+        data: { reason: "cdp_extension_access_denied" },
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("preserves transfer outcome and cleanup instructions when CDP was denied", () => {
+    const error: RpcError = {
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      message: denied,
+      data: {
+        reason: "transfer_outcome_unknown",
+        effect_state: "unknown",
+        cleanup_state: "failed",
+      },
+    };
+    expect(classifyCdpError(error)).toBe(error);
+  });
+
+  it("leaves other error codes and unrelated debugger failures unchanged", () => {
+    for (const error of [
+      { code: "permission_denied", message: denied },
+      { code: "cdp_failed", message: "Another debugger is already attached" },
+    ] satisfies RpcError[]) {
+      expect(classifyCdpError(error)).toBe(error);
+    }
+  });
+});

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/evaluate.test.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
       return id;
     }),
     remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
   };
 }
 

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/file-transfer.test.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function sessions() {
     agentWindow: {
       create: vi.fn(async () => 100),
       remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-      ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
     },
   });
 }
@@ -436,6 +436,8 @@ describe("file transfer tools", () => {
         if (method === "DOM.getContentQuads") {
           return { quads: [[10, 20, 210, 20, 210, 120, 10, 120]] };
         }
+        if (method === "Runtime.evaluate")
+          return { result: { value: { width: 400, height: 300 } } };
         if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
           return { cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 400, clientHeight: 300 } };
         }

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/fill.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,573 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { SessionManager } from "@/session-manager/manager";
+import type { CdpRunner } from "@/tools/shared";
+import { handleFill } from "../interaction";
+
+interface ScriptParams {
+  functionDeclaration: string;
+  arguments?: Array<{ value: unknown }>;
+}
+
+async function setup(markup = '<input value="old">') {
+  document.body.innerHTML = markup;
+  const element = document.body.firstElementChild as HTMLInputElement;
+  const manager = new SessionManager({
+    agentWindow: {
+      create: async () => 100,
+      remove: async () => {},
+      ensureActiveTab: async () => 4,
+    },
+  });
+  const ctx = await manager.start("aa11");
+  ctx.refStore.set("e1", 12, { tabId: 4 });
+  const script = vi.fn(async (params: ScriptParams): Promise<unknown> => {
+    try {
+      const fn = new Function(`return (${params.functionDeclaration})`)();
+      return {
+        result: {
+          value: await fn.apply(
+            element,
+            (params.arguments ?? []).map((arg) => arg.value),
+          ),
+        },
+      };
+    } catch {
+      return { exceptionDetails: { text: "test page script failed" } };
+    }
+  });
+  // Number/email controls have a browser caret even though their selection
+  // getters return null. Model that caret instead of assuming it is at the end.
+  const hiddenCaret = { start: 0, end: 0 };
+  const moveToEnd = vi.fn(async () => {
+    if (typeof element.selectionStart === "number") {
+      element.setSelectionRange(element.value.length, element.value.length);
+    } else {
+      hiddenCaret.start = hiddenCaret.end = element.value.length;
+    }
+  });
+  const insert = vi.fn(async (text: string) => {
+    const focused = document.activeElement as HTMLInputElement;
+    if (focused.readOnly || focused.disabled) return;
+    const start = focused.selectionStart ?? hiddenCaret.start;
+    const end = focused.selectionEnd ?? hiddenCaret.end;
+    const value = focused.value.slice(0, start) + text + focused.value.slice(end);
+    focused.value = focused.maxLength >= 0 ? value.slice(0, focused.maxLength) : value;
+    hiddenCaret.start = hiddenCaret.end = Math.min(start + text.length, focused.value.length);
+    focused.dispatchEvent(new Event("input", { bubbles: true }));
+  });
+  const release = vi.fn(async () => ({}));
+  const send = vi.fn(async (_tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => {
+    switch (method) {
+      case "DOM.describeNode":
+        return {
+          node: {
+            nodeName: element.tagName,
+            attributes: Array.from(element.attributes).flatMap((attr) => [attr.name, attr.value]),
+          },
+        };
+      case "DOM.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded":
+        return {};
+      case "DOM.focus":
+        element.focus();
+        return {};
+      case "DOM.resolveNode":
+        return { object: { objectId: "fill-target" } };
+      case "Runtime.callFunctionOn":
+        return script(params as ScriptParams);
+      case "Input.insertText":
+        await insert((params as { text: string }).text);
+        return {};
+      case "Input.dispatchKeyEvent":
+        if ((params as { commands?: string[] }).commands?.includes("moveToEndOfDocument")) {
+          await moveToEnd();
+        }
+        return {};
+      case "Runtime.releaseObject":
+        return release();
+      default:
+        throw new Error(`unexpected ${method}`);
+    }
+  });
+  return {
+    element,
+    hiddenCaret,
+    moveToEnd,
+    script,
+    insert,
+    release,
+    send,
+    fill: (value = "hello", clearBefore = true, signal?: AbortSignal) =>
+      handleFill(
+        manager,
+        { session_id: "aa11", ref: "e1", value, clear_before: clearBefore },
+        {
+          cdp: { send: send as CdpRunner["send"] },
+          tabsApi: {
+            get: async (id) => ({ id, windowId: 100, active: true }) as chrome.tabs.Tab,
+            query: async () => [{ id: 4, windowId: 100, active: true } as chrome.tabs.Tab],
+          },
+          signal,
+        },
+      ),
+  };
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  document.body.innerHTML = "";
+});
+
+describe("fill result verification", () => {
+  it.each([
+    "readonly",
+    "disabled",
+  ])("preserves a %s field before rejecting it", async (attribute) => {
+    const h = await setup(`<input ${attribute} value="old">`);
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "invalid_params",
+      data: { reason: "target_not_fillable" },
+    });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("old");
+    expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "checkbox",
+    "radio",
+    "range",
+    "date",
+    "file",
+  ])("rejects an unsupported %s input before clearing", async (type) => {
+    const h = await setup(`<input type="${type}">`);
+    const before = h.element.value;
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "invalid_params",
+      data: { reason: "target_not_fillable" },
+    });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe(before);
+    expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("rejects an overlong value before clearing", async () => {
+    const h = await setup('<input maxlength="3" value="old">');
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "invalid_params",
+      message: /maxlength/,
+      data: { reason: "fill_value_invalid" },
+    });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("old");
+    expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    true,
+    false,
+  ])("classifies a DOM.focus rejection on a disabled=%s target", async (disabled) => {
+    const h = await setup(`<input ${disabled ? "disabled" : ""} value="old">`);
+    const send = h.send.getMockImplementation()!;
+    h.send.mockImplementation(async (tabId, method, params) => {
+      if (method === "DOM.focus") throw new Error("Element is not focusable");
+      return send(tabId, method, params);
+    });
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: disabled ? "invalid_params" : "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: disabled ? "target_not_fillable" : "fill_failed" },
+    });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("old");
+    expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("fills a background document without requiring foreground browser focus", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    vi.spyOn(document, "hasFocus").mockReturnValue(false);
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({ value_length: 5 });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("hello");
+  });
+
+  it("restores focus once after clearing without typing into another field", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    const other = document.createElement("input");
+    document.body.append(other);
+    h.element.addEventListener("input", () => other.focus());
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({ value_length: 5 });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("hello");
+    expect(other.value).toBe("");
+    expect(h.send.mock.calls.filter(([, method]) => method === "DOM.focus")).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "focus",
+    "value",
+  ])("rechecks %s after restoring focus, without retrying again", async (action) => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    const other = document.createElement("input");
+    document.body.append(other);
+    h.element.addEventListener(
+      "input",
+      () => {
+        other.focus();
+        h.element.addEventListener("focus", () => {
+          if (action === "focus") queueMicrotask(() => other.focus());
+          else h.element.value = "changed";
+        });
+      },
+      { once: true },
+    );
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: action === "focus" ? "fill_focus_lost" : "fill_target_changed" },
+    });
+    expect(other.value).toBe("");
+    expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(h.send.mock.calls.filter(([, method]) => method === "DOM.focus")).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "remove",
+    "readonly",
+    "restore",
+    "microtask-restore",
+  ])("stops when clearing causes the page to %s the target", async (action) => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.element.addEventListener("input", () => {
+      if (action === "remove") h.element.remove();
+      if (action === "readonly") h.element.readOnly = true;
+      if (action === "restore") h.element.value = "restored";
+      if (action === "microtask-restore")
+        queueMicrotask(() => {
+          h.element.value = "restored";
+        });
+    });
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "fill_target_changed" },
+    });
+    expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("fails when insertText is acknowledged without changing the value", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.insert.mockImplementation(async () => {});
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "fill_value_mismatch" },
+    });
+    expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("detects truncation when maxlength changes after preparation", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.element.addEventListener(
+      "input",
+      () => {
+        h.element.maxLength = 3;
+      },
+      { once: true },
+    );
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "fill_value_mismatch" },
+    });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("hel");
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "input",
+    "change",
+    "microtask-change",
+  ])("detects a value reverted by the %s handler", async (event) => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.element.addEventListener(event === "microtask-change" ? "change" : event, () => {
+      if (event === "microtask-change")
+        queueMicrotask(() => {
+          h.element.value = "";
+        });
+      else h.element.value = "";
+    });
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({ code: "cdp_failed", message: /expected value/ });
+  });
+
+  it("compares content rather than length without including field values in the error", async () => {
+    const h = await setup('<input type="password">');
+    h.element.addEventListener("change", () => {
+      h.element.value = "other-secret";
+    });
+    const result = await h.fill("given-secret");
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ code: "cdp_failed", message: /expected value/ });
+    expect(JSON.stringify(result)).not.toMatch(/given-secret|other-secret/);
+  });
+
+  it("does not report success for a target replaced by a change handler", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.element.addEventListener("change", () => h.element.replaceWith(h.element.cloneNode()));
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "fill_target_changed" },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
+  ])("rejects script exceptions at phase %s and releases the target", async (phase) => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    vi.spyOn(document, "hasFocus").mockReturnValue(false);
+    const run = h.script.getMockImplementation()!;
+    let count = 0;
+    h.script.mockImplementation(async (params) =>
+      ++count === phase ? { exceptionDetails: { text: "page secret" } } : run(params),
+    );
+    const result = await h.fill();
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ code: "cdp_failed", data: { reason: "fill_failed" } });
+    expect(JSON.stringify(result)).not.toContain("page secret");
+    if (phase <= 3) expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it.each([1, 2, 3, 5])("rejects missing results at phase %s", async (phase) => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    vi.spyOn(document, "hasFocus").mockReturnValue(false);
+    const run = h.script.getMockImplementation()!;
+    let count = 0;
+    h.script.mockImplementation(async (params) =>
+      ++count === phase ? { result: { type: "undefined" } } : run(params),
+    );
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({ code: "cdp_failed" });
+    if (phase <= 3) expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it.each(["input", "change"])("checks state after nested microtasks from %s", async (event) => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.element.addEventListener(event, () => {
+      queueMicrotask(() =>
+        queueMicrotask(() => {
+          h.element.value = "reverted";
+        }),
+      );
+    });
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({ code: "cdp_failed" });
+    if (event === "input") expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "<input>",
+    '<input type="password">',
+    "<textarea></textarea>",
+  ])("verifies successful text in %s", async (markup) => {
+    const h = await setup(markup);
+    expect(await h.fill("你好🙂")).toMatchObject({ value_length: 4 });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("你好🙂");
+    expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("verifies append against the old value plus the requested text", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.element.focus();
+    h.element.setSelectionRange(3, 3);
+    expect(await h.fill("!", false)).toMatchObject({ value_length: 4 });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("old!");
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["<textarea></textarea>", "a\r\nb", "a\nb"],
+    ["<input>", "a\nb", "a b"],
+    ["<input>", "a\r\nb", "a b"],
+    [
+      '<input type="email" multiple>',
+      " a@example.com , b@example.com ",
+      "a@example.com,b@example.com",
+    ],
+  ])("accepts native normalization for %s", async (markup, requested, normalized) => {
+    if (markup.startsWith("<textarea")) {
+      // Happy DOM does not implement Chrome's textarea line-ending normalization.
+      const setter = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(HTMLTextAreaElement.prototype, "value")!.set!;
+      vi.spyOn(HTMLTextAreaElement.prototype, "value", "set").mockImplementation(function (
+        this: HTMLTextAreaElement,
+        value,
+      ) {
+        setter.call(this, value.replace(/\r\n?/g, "\n"));
+      });
+    }
+    const h = await setup(markup);
+    h.insert.mockImplementation(async () => {
+      h.element.value = normalized;
+    });
+    expect(await h.fill(requested)).toMatchObject({ value_length: normalized.length });
+  });
+
+  it("does not count an editable padding break as an extra typed character", async () => {
+    const h = await setup('<div contenteditable="true" tabindex="0"></div>');
+    // These two layout/editability properties are missing in Happy DOM.
+    let innerText = "";
+    Object.defineProperty(h.element, "isContentEditable", { get: () => true });
+    Object.defineProperty(h.element, "innerText", { get: () => innerText });
+    h.insert.mockImplementation(async () => {
+      h.element.innerHTML = "one<div><br></div>";
+      innerText = "one\n\n";
+    });
+    expect(await h.fill("one\n")).toMatchObject({ value_length: 4 });
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    [0, 0],
+    [1, 1],
+    [0, 3],
+  ])("appends after moving selection %s:%s to the end", async (start, end) => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.element.focus();
+    h.element.setSelectionRange(start, end);
+    expect(await h.fill("🙂", false)).toMatchObject({ value_length: 5 });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("old🙂");
+  });
+
+  it.each(
+    ["number", "email"].flatMap((type) =>
+      [
+        [0, 0],
+        [1, 1],
+        [0, 2],
+      ].map(([start, end]) => ({ type, start, end })),
+    ),
+  )("appends to $type from selection $start:$end without using its unsupported API", async ({
+    type,
+    start,
+    end,
+  }) => {
+    const h = await setup(`<input type="${type}" value="12">`);
+    Object.assign(h.hiddenCaret, { start, end });
+    vi.spyOn(h.element, "selectionStart", "get").mockReturnValue(null);
+    vi.spyOn(h.element, "selectionEnd", "get").mockReturnValue(null);
+    const selection = vi.spyOn(h.element, "setSelectionRange").mockImplementation(() => {
+      throw new DOMException("unsupported", "InvalidStateError");
+    });
+    expect(await h.fill("3", false)).toMatchObject({ value_length: 3 });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("123");
+    expect(selection).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "number",
+    "email",
+  ])("does not report successful %s append when the caret command is ignored", async (type) => {
+    const h = await setup(`<input type="${type}" value="12">`);
+    vi.spyOn(h.element, "selectionStart", "get").mockReturnValue(null);
+    vi.spyOn(h.element, "selectionEnd", "get").mockReturnValue(null);
+    h.moveToEnd.mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined);
+    expect(await h.fill("3", false)).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "fill_value_mismatch" },
+    });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("312");
+    expect(h.insert).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("rejects invalid number text before clearing", async () => {
+    const h = await setup('<input type="number" value="12">');
+    expect(await h.fill("abc")).toMatchObject({
+      code: "invalid_params",
+      data: { reason: "fill_value_invalid" },
+    });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("12");
+    expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("reports page formatting as unconfirmed without retrying the write", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.element.addEventListener("change", () => {
+      h.element.value = h.element.value.toUpperCase();
+    });
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "fill_value_mismatch" },
+    });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("HELLO");
+    expect(h.insert).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["focus", false],
+    ["focus", true],
+    ["value", false],
+    ["value", true],
+    ["cancel", false],
+    ["cancel", true],
+    ["throw", false],
+    ["throw", true],
+  ] as const)("stops when positioning triggers %s (clear=%s) and releases the key", async (action, clearBefore) => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    vi.spyOn(document, "hasFocus").mockReturnValue(false);
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const other = document.createElement("input");
+    document.body.append(other);
+    const send = h.send.getMockImplementation()!;
+    h.send.mockImplementation(async (tabId, method, params) => {
+      const reply = await send(tabId, method, params);
+      if (
+        method === "Input.dispatchKeyEvent" &&
+        (params as { type: string }).type === "rawKeyDown"
+      ) {
+        if (action === "focus") other.focus();
+        if (action === "value") h.element.value = "changed";
+        if (action === "cancel") controller.abort();
+        if (action === "throw") throw new Error("dispatch failed");
+      }
+      return reply;
+    });
+    const result = await h.fill("!", clearBefore, controller.signal);
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ code: action === "cancel" ? "cancelled" : "cdp_failed" });
+    expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(other.value).toBe("");
+    expect(h.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      4,
+      "Input.dispatchKeyEvent",
+      expect.objectContaining({ type: "keyUp" }),
+    );
+    expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it.each([true, false])("verifies an empty request with clear_before=%s", async (clearBefore) => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    expect(await h.fill("", clearBefore)).toMatchObject({ value_length: clearBefore ? 0 : 3 });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe(clearBefore ? "" : "old");
+    expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("cancels after insertion without sending change events", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    h.insert.mockImplementation(async () => controller.abort());
+    expect(await h.fill("hello", true, controller.signal)).toMatchObject({ code: "cancelled" });
+    expect(h.script).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("cancels after resolving the remote object without clearing the field", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const send = h.send.getMockImplementation()!;
+    h.send.mockImplementation(async (tabId, method, params) => {
+      const result = await send(tabId, method, params);
+      if (method === "DOM.resolveNode") controller.abort();
+      return result;
+    });
+    expect(await h.fill("hello", true, controller.signal)).toMatchObject({ code: "cancelled" });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("old");
+    expect(h.script).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("honors cancellation during verification", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    h.element.addEventListener("change", () => controller.abort());
+    expect(await h.fill("hello", true, controller.signal)).toMatchObject({ code: "cancelled" });
+    expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the verified outcome when releasing the remote object fails", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.release.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("target closed"));
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({ value_length: 5 });
+  });
+});

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/frame-geometry.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import { resolveFrameProjection, resolveNodeGeometry } from "../frame-geometry";
+import { resolveNodeGeometry } from "../frame-geometry";
 import {
   clipPolygon,
   polygonArea,
@@ -10,9 +10,141 @@ import {
   rectPolygon,
   regionBounds,
 } from "../geometry";
+import { GeometryContext } from "../geometry/frame-context";
 import type { CdpRunner } from "../shared";
 
+function scrollbarDriver(
+  visible = { width: 185, height: 89 },
+  frameSize: unknown = { width: 200, height: 100 },
+) {
+  const send = vi.fn(async (target: { sessionId?: string }, method: string) => {
+    if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") return { result: { value: frameSize } };
+    if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics")
+      return {
+        cssLayoutViewport: {
+          clientWidth: target.sessionId ? visible.width : 800,
+          clientHeight: target.sessionId ? visible.height : 600,
+        },
+      };
+    if (method === "DOM.getBoxModel")
+      return {
+        model: {
+          content: target.sessionId
+            ? [0, 0, 200, 0, 200, 100, 0, 100]
+            : [100, 100, 500, 100, 500, 300, 100, 300],
+        },
+      };
+    if (method === "DOM.getContentQuads")
+      return { quads: [[180, 80, 230, 80, 230, 120, 180, 120]] };
+    throw new Error(`unexpected ${method}`);
+  });
+  const cdp: CdpRunner = {
+    send: (tabId, method) => send({ tabId } as never, method) as never,
+    sendToTarget: send as CdpRunner["sendToTarget"],
+    getFrameGraph: async () => ({
+      rootFrameId: "main",
+      frames: [
+        { frameId: "main", target: { tabId: 4 } },
+        {
+          frameId: "child",
+          parentFrameId: "main",
+          ownerBackendNodeId: 10,
+          target: { tabId: 4, sessionId: "child" },
+        },
+        {
+          frameId: "same-child",
+          parentFrameId: "child",
+          ownerBackendNodeId: 20,
+          target: { tabId: 4, sessionId: "child" },
+        },
+      ],
+    }),
+  };
+  return { cdp, send };
+}
+
 describe("frame geometry projection", () => {
+  it.each([
+    { width: 200, height: 100 },
+    { width: 185, height: 100 },
+    { width: 200, height: 89 },
+    { width: 185, height: 89 },
+  ])("preserves scale and clips scrollbar strips for visible viewport $width × $height", async (visible) => {
+    const { cdp, send } = scrollbarDriver(visible);
+    const geometry = await resolveNodeGeometry(cdp, 4, {
+      target: { tabId: 4, sessionId: "child" },
+      frameId: "child",
+      backendNodeId: 101,
+    });
+    expect(geometry).toMatchObject({
+      topBounds: {
+        x: 460,
+        y: 260,
+        width: (visible.width - 180) * 2,
+        height: (visible.height - 80) * 2,
+      },
+      actionPoint: { x: 460 + visible.width - 180, y: 260 + visible.height - 80 },
+      targetActionPoint: { x: (180 + visible.width) / 2, y: (80 + visible.height) / 2 },
+    });
+    expect(send.mock.calls.filter(([, method]) => method === "Runtime.evaluate")).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(send.mock.calls.filter(([, method]) => method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics")).toHaveLength(
+      2,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("shares the full viewport read across same-target frames, and refreshes it next operation", async () => {
+    const { cdp, send } = scrollbarDriver();
+    const context = new GeometryContext(cdp, 4);
+    await Promise.all([context.targetProjection("child"), context.targetProjection("same-child")]);
+    expect(send.mock.calls.filter(([, method]) => method === "Runtime.evaluate")).toHaveLength(1);
+    await new GeometryContext(cdp, 4).targetProjection("child");
+    expect(send.mock.calls.filter(([, method]) => method === "Runtime.evaluate")).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    null,
+    {},
+    { width: 0, height: 100 },
+    { width: 200, height: NaN },
+  ])("rejects unavailable full viewport dimensions: %j", async (size) => {
+    const { cdp } = scrollbarDriver(undefined, size);
+    expect(await new GeometryContext(cdp, 4).targetProjection("child")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("clips an inner OOPIF against an intermediate OOPIF's occupied scrollbar strips", async () => {
+    const { cdp } = scrollbarDriver();
+    const outer = cdp.sendToTarget!;
+    cdp.sendToTarget = async (target, method, params) => {
+      if (method === "DOM.getBoxModel")
+        return { model: { content: [150, 60, 250, 60, 250, 120, 150, 120] } } as never;
+      if (target.sessionId !== "inner") return outer(target, method, params);
+      if (method === "Runtime.evaluate")
+        return { result: { value: { width: 100, height: 60 } } } as never;
+      if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics")
+        return { cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 90, clientHeight: 50 } } as never;
+      if (method === "DOM.getContentQuads")
+        return { quads: [[0, 0, 100, 0, 100, 60, 0, 60]] } as never;
+      throw new Error(`unexpected ${method}`);
+    };
+    const graph = await cdp.getFrameGraph!(4);
+    graph.frames[2] = {
+      frameId: "inner",
+      parentFrameId: "child",
+      ownerBackendNodeId: 20,
+      target: { tabId: 4, sessionId: "inner" },
+    };
+    cdp.getFrameGraph = async () => graph;
+    expect(
+      await resolveNodeGeometry(cdp, 4, {
+        target: { tabId: 4, sessionId: "inner" },
+        frameId: "inner",
+        backendNodeId: 101,
+      }),
+    ).toMatchObject({
+      topBounds: { x: 400, y: 220, width: 70, height: 58 },
+    });
+  });
+
   it("keeps region bounds separate from polygon area", () => {
     const region = [
       rectPolygon({ x: 0, y: 0, w: 10, h: 10 }),
@@ -76,34 +208,32 @@ describe("frame geometry projection", () => {
     const cdp: CdpRunner = {
       send: send as CdpRunner["send"],
       sendToTarget: vi.fn(async (_target, method) => {
+        if (method === "Runtime.evaluate")
+          return { result: { value: { width: 200, height: 100 } } };
         if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
           return { cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 200, clientHeight: 100 } };
         }
         throw new Error(`unexpected child command ${method}`);
       }) as CdpRunner["sendToTarget"],
     };
-    const projection = await resolveFrameProjection(
-      cdp,
-      {
-        rootFrameId: "main",
-        frames: [
-          { frameId: "main", target: { tabId: 4 } },
-          {
-            frameId: "same-process-parent",
-            parentFrameId: "main",
-            ownerBackendNodeId: 10,
-            target: { tabId: 4 },
-          },
-          {
-            frameId: "oopif",
-            parentFrameId: "same-process-parent",
-            ownerBackendNodeId: 20,
-            target: { tabId: 4, sessionId: "oopif-session" },
-          },
-        ],
-      },
-      "oopif",
-    );
+    const projection = await new GeometryContext(cdp, 4, {
+      rootFrameId: "main",
+      frames: [
+        { frameId: "main", target: { tabId: 4 } },
+        {
+          frameId: "same-process-parent",
+          parentFrameId: "main",
+          ownerBackendNodeId: 10,
+          target: { tabId: 4 },
+        },
+        {
+          frameId: "oopif",
+          parentFrameId: "same-process-parent",
+          ownerBackendNodeId: 20,
+          target: { tabId: 4, sessionId: "oopif-session" },
+        },
+      ],
+    }).targetProjection("oopif");
 
     expect(projection?.edges).toEqual([
       {
@@ -138,6 +268,8 @@ describe("frame geometry projection", () => {
         throw new Error(`unexpected root command ${method}`);
       }) as CdpRunner["send"],
       sendToTarget: vi.fn(async (_target, method) => {
+        if (method === "Runtime.evaluate")
+          return { result: { value: { width: 200, height: 100 } } };
         if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
           return { cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 200, clientHeight: 100 } };
         }
@@ -199,6 +331,8 @@ describe("frame geometry projection", () => {
       }) as CdpRunner["send"],
       sendToTarget: vi.fn(async (_target, method) => {
         if (method === "DOM.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded") return {};
+        if (method === "Runtime.evaluate")
+          return { result: { value: { width: 200, height: 100 } } };
         if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
           return { cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 200, clientHeight: 100 } };
         }

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/geometry-context.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,464 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import type { CdpFrameGraph } from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
+import { resolveNodeGeometry } from "../frame-geometry";
+import { rectPolygon } from "../geometry";
+import {
+  projectSnapshotRect,
+  screenshotPageRect,
+  snapshotCoordinates,
+  snapshotViewportRect,
+} from "../geometry/coordinate-types";
+import { GeometryContext, snapshotLayoutScale } from "../geometry/frame-context";
+import type { CdpRunner } from "../shared";
+
+const target = { tabId: 4 };
+const graph: CdpFrameGraph = {
+  rootFrameId: "main",
+  frames: [
+    { frameId: "main", target },
+    { frameId: "child", parentFrameId: "main", ownerBackendNodeId: 10, target },
+  ],
+};
+
+function driver() {
+  const send = vi.fn(async (_tab: number, method: string): Promise<object> => {
+    if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics")
+      return {
+        visualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
+        cssVisualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
+        cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 1000 },
+      };
+    if (method === "DOM.getBoxModel")
+      return { model: { content: [52.5, 612.5, 427.5, 612.5, 427.5, 862.5, 52.5, 862.5] } };
+    if (method === "DOM.resolveNode") return { object: { objectId: "owner" } };
+    if (method === "Runtime.callFunctionOn")
+      return { result: { value: { width: 300, height: 200 } } };
+    if (method === "Runtime.releaseObject") return {};
+    throw new Error(method);
+  });
+  return { send: send as CdpRunner["send"], getFrameGraph: vi.fn(async () => graph), calls: send };
+}
+
+describe("measurement geometry context", () => {
+  it.each([0.8, 1, 1.25, 2])("normalizes snapshot layout units at scale %s", (scale) => {
+    const measured = snapshotLayoutScale({
+      visualViewport: { clientWidth: 997.25, zoom: 1.1 },
+      cssVisualViewport: { clientWidth: 997.25 / scale, zoom: 1.1 },
+      // Rounded layout dimensions must not supply the scale.
+      layoutViewport: { clientWidth: 997 },
+      cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: Math.floor(997.25 / scale) },
+    });
+    expect(measured).toBeCloseTo(scale, 12);
+    const coordinates = snapshotCoordinates(
+      { scrollOffsetX: 80 * scale, scrollOffsetY: 200 * scale },
+      measured,
+      { x: 999, y: 999 },
+    );
+    expect(
+      snapshotViewportRect(
+        [160 * scale, 320 * scale, 120 * scale, 40 * scale],
+        { target },
+        coordinates,
+      )?.rect,
+    ).toEqual({ x: 80, y: 120, width: 120, height: 40 });
+  });
+
+  it("uses CSS root scroll only for missing snapshot offsets, without scaling it twice", () => {
+    const coordinates = snapshotCoordinates({ scrollOffsetX: 80 }, 2, { x: 999, y: 100 });
+    expect(snapshotViewportRect([200, 800, 240, 80], { target }, coordinates)?.rect).toEqual({
+      x: 60,
+      y: 300,
+      width: 120,
+      height: 40,
+    });
+    expect(snapshotCoordinates({ scrollOffsetX: 0 }, 2)).toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      snapshotCoordinates({ scrollOffsetX: NaN, scrollOffsetY: 0 }, 2, { x: 0, y: 0 }),
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("does not infer snapshot units from missing, invalid, or CSS-only metrics", () => {
+    expect(snapshotLayoutScale({ cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 800 } })).toBeNull();
+    for (const raw of [0, -1, NaN, Infinity]) {
+      expect(
+        snapshotLayoutScale({
+          visualViewport: { clientWidth: raw },
+          cssVisualViewport: { clientWidth: 800 },
+        }),
+      ).toBeNull();
+    }
+    expect(
+      snapshotLayoutScale({
+        visualViewport: { clientWidth: 0, clientHeight: 600 },
+        cssVisualViewport: { clientWidth: 0, clientHeight: 300 },
+      }),
+    ).toBe(2);
+    expect(snapshotCoordinates({ scrollOffsetX: 0, scrollOffsetY: 0 }, null)).toBeNull();
+    expect(snapshotViewportRect([10, 20, 120, 40], { target }, null)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("shares in-flight frame measurements, but never shares them with the next context", async () => {
+    const cdp = driver();
+    const context = new GeometryContext(cdp, 4);
+    const results = await Promise.all(
+      Array.from({ length: 20 }, () => context.targetProjection("child")),
+    );
+    expect(results.every((value) => value === results[0])).toBe(true);
+    expect(cdp.getFrameGraph).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(cdp.calls.mock.calls.map(([, method]) => method)).toEqual([
+      "Page.getLayoutMetrics",
+      "DOM.getBoxModel",
+    ]);
+    await new GeometryContext(cdp, 4).targetProjection("child");
+    expect(cdp.getFrameGraph).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(cdp.calls.mock.calls).toHaveLength(4);
+  });
+
+  it("projects frame-local snapshot CSS bounds through the scaled owner content quad", async () => {
+    const cdp = driver();
+    const context = new GeometryContext(cdp, 4);
+    const source = { target, frameId: "child" };
+    const projection = await context.snapshotProjection(source, 10, [], {
+      width: 1000,
+      height: 1000,
+    });
+    if (projection.status !== "available") throw new Error("expected available projection");
+    const input = snapshotViewportRect([17, 23, 120, 40], source, {
+      layoutUnitsPerCssPixel: 1,
+      scrollCss: { x: 0, y: 0 },
+    });
+    expect(projectSnapshotRect(input!, projection.projection)).toEqual({
+      x: 73.75,
+      y: 641.25,
+      width: 150,
+      height: 50,
+    });
+    const scrolled = snapshotViewportRect([17, 23, 120, 40], source, {
+      layoutUnitsPerCssPixel: 1,
+      scrollCss: { x: 0, y: 10 },
+    });
+    expect(projectSnapshotRect(scrolled!, projection.projection)?.y).toBe(628.75);
+    await context.snapshotProjection(source, 10, [], { width: 1000, height: 1000 });
+    expect(cdp.calls.mock.calls.filter(([, method]) => method === "DOM.resolveNode")).toHaveLength(
+      1,
+    );
+    expect(
+      cdp.calls.mock.calls.filter(([, method]) => method === "Runtime.releaseObject"),
+    ).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it("falls back only for missing or invalid batch entries and does not reuse sizes across contexts", async () => {
+    const cdp = driver();
+    const original = cdp.send;
+    const calls: string[] = [];
+    cdp.send = async (tabId, method, params) => {
+      calls.push(method);
+      if (method === "Runtime.evaluate")
+        return {
+          result: {
+            deepSerializedValue: {
+              type: "array",
+              value: [
+                {
+                  type: "array",
+                  value: [
+                    { type: "node", value: { backendNodeId: 10 } },
+                    { type: "string", value: '{"width":300,"height":200}' },
+                  ],
+                },
+                {
+                  type: "array",
+                  value: [
+                    { type: "node", value: { backendNodeId: 11 } },
+                    { type: "string", value: '{"width":0,"height":200}' },
+                  ],
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          },
+        } as never;
+      if (method === "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup") return {} as never;
+      return original(tabId, method, params);
+    };
+    const context = new GeometryContext(cdp, 4);
+    context.registerSnapshotOwners(target, new Set([10, 11]));
+    const values = await Promise.all(
+      [10, 11].map((id) =>
+        context.snapshotProjection({ target, frameId: String(id) }, id, [], {
+          width: 1000,
+          height: 1000,
+        }),
+      ),
+    );
+    expect(values.every((value) => value.status === "available")).toBe(true);
+    expect(calls.filter((method) => method === "DOM.resolveNode")).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(calls.filter((method) => method === "Runtime.evaluate")).toHaveLength(1);
+    await new GeometryContext(cdp, 4).snapshotProjection({ target, frameId: "child" }, 10, [], {
+      width: 1000,
+      height: 1000,
+    });
+    expect(calls.filter((method) => method === "DOM.resolveNode")).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+
+  it("waits for batch object cleanup and propagates cancellation", async () => {
+    const cdp = driver();
+    const original = cdp.send;
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    let release!: () => void;
+    let cleanup!: () => void;
+    const started = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      cleanup = resolve;
+    });
+    cdp.send = async (tabId, method, params) => {
+      if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") return {} as never;
+      if (method === "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup") {
+        cleanup();
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+          release = resolve;
+        });
+        return {} as never;
+      }
+      return original(tabId, method, params);
+    };
+    const context = new GeometryContext(cdp, 4, undefined, controller.signal);
+    context.registerSnapshotOwners(target, new Set([10, 11]));
+    let settled = false;
+    const operation = context
+      .snapshotProjection({ target, frameId: "child" }, 10, [], { width: 1000, height: 1000 })
+      .finally(() => {
+        settled = true;
+      });
+    const rejected = expect(operation).rejects.toMatchObject({ name: "AbortError" });
+    await started;
+    controller.abort();
+    expect(settled).toBe(false);
+    release();
+    await rejected;
+    expect(cdp.calls.mock.calls.some(([, method]) => method === "DOM.resolveNode")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects owner mismatches and invalid numeric bounds", () => {
+    const input = snapshotViewportRect(
+      [30, 50, 120, 40],
+      { target, frameId: "main" },
+      { layoutUnitsPerCssPixel: 1, scrollCss: { x: 10, y: 20 } },
+    )!;
+    const projection = {
+      source: { target, frameId: "main" },
+      geometry: { sourceClips: [], edges: [], topViewport: { width: 800, height: 600 } },
+    };
+    expect(projectSnapshotRect(input, projection)).toEqual({
+      x: 20,
+      y: 30,
+      width: 120,
+      height: 40,
+    });
+    expect(
+      projectSnapshotRect(input, { ...projection, source: { target, frameId: "other" } }),
+    ).toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      projectSnapshotRect(input, {
+        ...projection,
+        source: { target: { tabId: 5 }, frameId: "main" },
+      }),
+    ).toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      snapshotViewportRect(
+        [0, 0, NaN, 40],
+        { target },
+        { layoutUnitsPerCssPixel: 1, scrollCss: { x: 0, y: 0 } },
+      ),
+    ).toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      snapshotViewportRect(
+        [0, 0, 10, 40],
+        { target },
+        { layoutUnitsPerCssPixel: 1, scrollCss: { x: Infinity, y: 0 } },
+      ),
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("does not turn a border quad or a failed owner read into a content projection", async () => {
+    const cdp: CdpRunner = {
+      send: vi.fn(async () => ({
+        model: { border: [0, 0, 100, 0, 100, 100, 0, 100] },
+      })) as CdpRunner["send"],
+    };
+    expect(
+      await new GeometryContext(cdp, 4).snapshotProjection({ target, frameId: "child" }, 10, [], {
+        width: 100,
+        height: 100,
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({
+      status: "unavailable",
+      source: { target, frameId: "child" },
+      ownerBackendNodeId: 10,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("keeps ancestor clips in target coordinates instead of applying nested offsets twice", async () => {
+    const cdp = driver();
+    const projection = await new GeometryContext(cdp, 4).snapshotProjection(
+      { target, frameId: "nested" },
+      10,
+      [rectPolygon({ x: 60, y: 620, w: 100, h: 100 })],
+      { width: 1000, height: 1000 },
+    );
+    if (projection.status !== "available") throw new Error("expected available projection");
+    const input = snapshotViewportRect(
+      [0, 0, 300, 200],
+      { target, frameId: "nested" },
+      { layoutUnitsPerCssPixel: 1, scrollCss: { x: 0, y: 0 } },
+    );
+    expect(projectSnapshotRect(input!, projection.projection)).toEqual({
+      x: 60,
+      y: 620,
+      width: 100,
+      height: 100,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("rejects malformed frame ancestry without looping", async () => {
+    const cdp = driver();
+    const cycle: CdpFrameGraph = {
+      rootFrameId: "a",
+      frames: [
+        { frameId: "a", parentFrameId: "b", target },
+        { frameId: "b", parentFrameId: "a", target },
+      ],
+    };
+    expect(await new GeometryContext(cdp, 4, cycle).targetProjection("a")).toBeNull();
+    expect(cdp.calls).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    const orphan: CdpFrameGraph = {
+      rootFrameId: "a",
+      frames: [{ frameId: "a", parentFrameId: "missing", target }],
+    };
+    expect(await new GeometryContext(cdp, 4, orphan).targetProjection("a")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("rejects a live node whose frame belongs to another target before any DOM input", async () => {
+    const cdp = driver();
+    expect(
+      await resolveNodeGeometry(
+        cdp,
+        4,
+        { target: { tabId: 4, sessionId: "wrong" }, frameId: "child", backendNodeId: 20 },
+        { scrollIntoView: true },
+      ),
+    ).toMatchObject({ code: "cdp_failed" });
+    expect(cdp.calls).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("bounds concurrent measurements and does not dispatch queued reads after cancellation", async () => {
+    let active = 0;
+    let peak = 0;
+    const release: Array<() => void> = [];
+    const send = vi.fn(async () => {
+      active++;
+      peak = Math.max(peak, active);
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve) => release.push(resolve));
+      active--;
+      return {
+        visualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
+        cssVisualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
+        cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 100, clientHeight: 100 },
+      };
+    });
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const context = new GeometryContext(
+      { send: send as CdpRunner["send"] },
+      4,
+      undefined,
+      controller.signal,
+    );
+    const tasks = Array.from({ length: 8 }, (_, index) =>
+      context.viewport({ tabId: 4, sessionId: String(index) }),
+    );
+    const settled = Promise.allSettled(tasks);
+    expect(send).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4);
+    controller.abort();
+    for (const done of release) done();
+    const results = await settled;
+    expect(peak).toBe(4);
+    expect(send).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4);
+    expect(results.filter((item) => item.status === "rejected")).toHaveLength(4);
+  });
+
+  it("releases an owner object even when cancellation arrives before its viewport read", async () => {
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const cdp = driver();
+    const original = cdp.calls.getMockImplementation()!;
+    cdp.calls.mockImplementation(async (tab, method) => {
+      const result = await original(tab, method);
+      if (method === "DOM.resolveNode") controller.abort();
+      return result;
+    });
+    const context = new GeometryContext(cdp, 4, undefined, controller.signal);
+    await expect(
+      context.snapshotProjection({ target, frameId: "child" }, 10, [], {
+        width: 1000,
+        height: 1000,
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toMatchObject({ name: "AbortError" });
+    expect(cdp.calls.mock.calls.map(([, method]) => method)).toEqual([
+      "DOM.getBoxModel",
+      "DOM.resolveNode",
+      "Runtime.releaseObject",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("reads live owner geometry only after scrolling", async () => {
+    const cdp = driver();
+    const original = cdp.calls.getMockImplementation()!;
+    let scrolled = false;
+    cdp.calls.mockImplementation(async (tab, method) => {
+      if (method === "DOM.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded") {
+        scrolled = true;
+        return {};
+      }
+      if (method === "DOM.getContentQuads") {
+        expect(scrolled).toBe(true);
+        return { quads: [[60, 620, 100, 620, 100, 640, 60, 640]] };
+      }
+      if (method === "DOM.getBoxModel") expect(scrolled).toBe(true);
+      return original(tab, method);
+    });
+    expect(
+      await resolveNodeGeometry(
+        cdp,
+        4,
+        { target, frameId: "child", backendNodeId: 20 },
+        { scrollIntoView: true },
+      ),
+    ).toMatchObject({ topBounds: { x: 60, y: 620, width: 40, height: 20 } });
+    expect(cdp.getFrameGraph).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(cdp.calls.mock.calls.filter(([, method]) => method === "DOM.getBoxModel")).toHaveLength(
+      1,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("adapts viewport CSS bounds to page DIP with scroll and browser zoom, never raster DPR", () => {
+    const viewport = { width: 1600, height: 1000, scrollX: 10, scrollY: 100, cssToDip: 0.9 };
+    const clip = screenshotPageRect({ x: 20, y: 30, width: 120, height: 40 }, viewport);
+    expect(clip).toEqual({ space: "page-dip", rect: { x: 27, y: 117, width: 108, height: 36 } });
+    expect(
+      screenshotPageRect({ x: 20, y: 30, width: 120, height: 40 }, { ...viewport, cssToDip: NaN }),
+    ).toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      screenshotPageRect({ x: 20, y: 30, width: 120, height: 40 }, { ...viewport, cssToDip: 0 }),
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("retries a rejected measurement only in a new operation", async () => {
+    const cdp = driver();
+    cdp.calls.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("unavailable"));
+    const context = new GeometryContext(cdp, 4);
+    await expect(context.viewport(target)).rejects.toThrow("unavailable");
+    await expect(context.viewport(target)).rejects.toThrow("unavailable");
+    expect(cdp.calls).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(await new GeometryContext(cdp, 4).viewport(target)).toEqual({
+      width: 1000,
+      height: 1000,
+    });
+  });
+});

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/human-loop.test.ts

@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ describe("handleRequestHelp", () => {
       if (method === "DOM.getContentQuads") {
         return { quads: [[10, 20, 110, 20, 110, 60, 10, 60]] };
       }
+      if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") return { result: { value: { width: 200, height: 100 } } };
       if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
         return { cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 200, clientHeight: 100 } };
       }

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/interaction.test.ts

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
       return id;
     }),
     remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
   };
 }
 
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ describe("handleClick", () => {
       if (method === "DOM.getContentQuads") {
         return { quads: [[10, 20, 110, 20, 110, 60, 10, 60]] };
       }
+      if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") return { result: { value: { width: 200, height: 100 } } };
       if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
         return { cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 200, clientHeight: 100 } };
       }
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ describe("handleClick", () => {
       { sessionId: "child-session", method: "DOM.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded" },
       { sessionId: "child-session", method: "DOM.getContentQuads" },
       { sessionId: "child-session", method: "Page.getLayoutMetrics" },
+      { sessionId: "child-session", method: "Runtime.evaluate" },
     ]);
     expect(fake.sent.filter((call) => call.method === "Input.dispatchMouseEvent")).toHaveLength(3);
   });
@@ -540,6 +542,21 @@ describe("handleHover", () => {
   });
 });
 
+function successfulFillScript(params: unknown) {
+  const script = params as { arguments?: Array<{ value: unknown }>; functionDeclaration: string };
+  const args = script.arguments ?? [];
+  return {
+    result: {
+      value:
+        args.length === 2
+          ? { before: "", expected: args[0].value }
+          : script.functionDeclaration.startsWith("function(expected)")
+            ? { connected: true, matches: true, valueLength: String(args[0].value).length }
+            : "ready",
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 describe("handleFill", () => {
   it("returns not_found for unknown ref", async () => {
     const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow([100]) });
@@ -586,7 +603,8 @@ describe("handleFill", () => {
       "DOM.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded": () => ({}),
       "DOM.focus": () => ({}),
       "DOM.resolveNode": () => ({ object: { objectId: "obj-1" } }),
-      "Runtime.callFunctionOn": () => ({ result: { type: "undefined" } }),
+      "Runtime.callFunctionOn": successfulFillScript,
+      "Runtime.releaseObject": () => ({}),
       "Input.insertText": () => ({}),
     });
     const res = await handleFill(
@@ -600,13 +618,12 @@ describe("handleFill", () => {
     expect(res.used_ref).toBe("e1");
     const insert = fake.sent.find((c) => c.method === "Input.insertText");
     expect(insert?.params).toEqual({ text: "hello" });
-    // clear_before defaults to true → callFunctionOn invoked once to
-    // clear, once to fire input/change after typing.
+    // Foreground replacement needs no extra caret-positioning round trip.
     const callFns = fake.sent.filter((c) => c.method === "Runtime.callFunctionOn");
-    expect(callFns.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
+    expect(callFns).toHaveLength(4);
   });
 
-  it("clear_before=false skips the wipe call", async () => {
+  it("passes clear_before=false to preparation and verifies the result", async () => {
     const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow([100]) });
     const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
     ctx.refStore.set("e1", 1, { tabId: 4 });
@@ -618,12 +635,12 @@ describe("handleFill", () => {
       "DOM.focus": () => ({}),
       "DOM.resolveNode": () => ({ object: { objectId: "obj-2" } }),
       "Runtime.callFunctionOn": (p) => {
-        const fn = (p as { functionDeclaration?: string }).functionDeclaration ?? "";
-        // No "this.value = ''" clearing on a no-clear path; only the
-        // post-input dispatchEvent.
-        expect(fn).not.toMatch(/this\.value\s*=\s*''/);
-        return { result: { type: "undefined" } };
+        const args = (p as { arguments?: Array<{ value: unknown }> }).arguments ?? [];
+        if (args.length === 2) expect(args[1].value).toBe(false);
+        return successfulFillScript(p);
       },
+      "Input.dispatchKeyEvent": () => ({}),
+      "Runtime.releaseObject": () => ({}),
       "Input.insertText": () => ({}),
     });
     const res = await handleFill(
@@ -650,7 +667,8 @@ describe("handleFill", () => {
       "DOM.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded": () => ({}),
       "DOM.focus": () => ({}),
       "DOM.resolveNode": () => ({ object: { objectId: "obj-3" } }),
-      "Runtime.callFunctionOn": () => ({ result: { type: "undefined" } }),
+      "Runtime.callFunctionOn": successfulFillScript,
+      "Runtime.releaseObject": () => ({}),
       "Input.insertText": () => ({}),
     });
     const res = await handleFill(

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/navigation-recovery.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,266 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { SessionManager } from "@/session-manager/manager";
+import type { BrowserNavigationApi } from "../browser-navigation";
+import { handleNavigate, handleReload } from "../navigation";
+import type { CdpRunner } from "../shared";
+
+const denied = "Cannot access a chrome-extension:// URL of different extension";
+const url = "https://example.test/recovered";
+
+function event<T extends (...args: never[]) => void>() {
+  const listeners = new Set<T>();
+  return {
+    listeners,
+    addListener: (listener: T) => listeners.add(listener),
+    removeListener: (listener: T) => listeners.delete(listener),
+    fire: (...args: Parameters<T>) => {
+      for (const listener of [...listeners]) listener(...args);
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+async function fixture() {
+  const manager = new SessionManager({
+    agentWindow: {
+      create: vi.fn(async () => 100),
+      remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 4),
+    },
+  });
+  await manager.start("test");
+  type Listener = Parameters<BrowserNavigationApi["onCommitted"]["addListener"]>[0];
+  const events = {
+    onCommitted: event<Listener>(),
+    onDOMContentLoaded: event<Listener>(),
+    onCompleted: event<Listener>(),
+    onErrorOccurred: event<Listener>(),
+  };
+  const cdpEvents = event<Parameters<NonNullable<CdpRunner["onEvent"]>>[0]>();
+  const state = { blocked: true, destinationBlocked: false, emitIdle: true };
+  const send = vi.fn(async (_tabId: number, method: string) => {
+    if (state.blocked) throw new Error(denied);
+    if (method === "Page.getFrameTree") {
+      return { frameTree: { frame: { id: "main", loaderId: "new-loader" } } };
+    }
+    if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") return { result: { value: "complete" } };
+    if (method === "Page.setLifecycleEventsEnabled" && state.emitIdle) {
+      cdpEvents.fire({ tabId: 4 }, "Page.lifecycleEvent", {
+        frameId: "main",
+        loaderId: "new-loader",
+        name: "networkIdle",
+      });
+    }
+    if (method === "Page.navigate") return { frameId: "main", loaderId: "new-loader" };
+    return {};
+  });
+  const cdp: CdpRunner = {
+    send: send as CdpRunner["send"],
+    onEvent: (listener) => {
+      cdpEvents.addListener(listener);
+      return { dispose: () => cdpEvents.removeListener(listener) };
+    },
+  };
+  const main = { tabId: 4, frameId: 0, documentId: "new-document" };
+  const navigate = async () => {
+    state.blocked = state.destinationBlocked;
+    events.onCommitted.fire(main);
+    events.onDOMContentLoaded.fire(main);
+    events.onCompleted.fire(main);
+  };
+  const browserNavigation = { ...events, update: vi.fn(navigate), reload: vi.fn(navigate) };
+  const tab = { id: 4, windowId: 100, active: true, url } as chrome.tabs.Tab;
+  const tabsApi = { get: vi.fn(async () => tab), query: vi.fn(async () => [tab]) };
+  const deps = { cdp, tabsApi, browserNavigation, defaultTimeoutMs: 1000 };
+  const expectCleanedUp = () => {
+    for (const entry of Object.values(events)) expect(entry.listeners.size).toBe(0);
+    expect(cdpEvents.listeners.size).toBe(0);
+  };
+  return { manager, deps, state, send, events, main, cdpEvents, expectCleanedUp };
+}
+
+describe("navigation after Chrome denies extension-frame access", () => {
+  it.each([
+    "load",
+    "commit",
+    "domcontentloaded",
+    "networkidle",
+  ] as const)("recovers the same tab with the requested %s checkpoint", async (waitUntil) => {
+    const f = await fixture();
+    const result = await handleNavigate(
+      f.manager,
+      {
+        session_id: "test",
+        url,
+        wait_until: waitUntil,
+      },
+      f.deps,
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ tab_id: 4, final_url: url, reached: waitUntil });
+    expect(f.deps.browserNavigation.update).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(4, { url });
+    expect(f.send.mock.calls.some(([, method]) => method === "Page.navigate")).toBe(false);
+    expect(f.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(4, "Page.enable", {});
+    f.expectCleanedUp();
+  });
+
+  it("recovers reload through tabs.reload and preserves hard reload", async () => {
+    const f = await fixture();
+    const result = await handleReload(f.manager, { session_id: "test", hard: true }, f.deps);
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ tab_id: 4, reached: "load" });
+    expect(f.deps.browserNavigation.reload).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(4, {
+      bypassCache: true,
+    });
+    expect(f.deps.browserNavigation.update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    f.expectCleanedUp();
+  });
+
+  it("reports the restriction when reload leaves the conflicting frame present", async () => {
+    const f = await fixture();
+    f.state.destinationBlocked = true;
+    const result = await handleReload(f.manager, { session_id: "test" }, f.deps);
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "cdp_extension_access_denied" },
+    });
+    expect(f.deps.browserNavigation.reload).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    f.expectCleanedUp();
+  });
+
+  it("does not fall back for unrelated debugger failures", async () => {
+    const f = await fixture();
+    f.send.mockRejectedValue(new Error("Another debugger is already attached"));
+    const result = await handleNavigate(f.manager, { session_id: "test", url }, f.deps);
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      message: "Another debugger is already attached",
+    });
+    expect(f.deps.browserNavigation.update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    f.expectCleanedUp();
+  });
+
+  it("does not replay navigation when a dispatched CDP command fails", async () => {
+    const f = await fixture();
+    f.state.blocked = false;
+    const send = f.send.getMockImplementation()!;
+    f.send.mockImplementation(async (tabId, method) => {
+      if (method === "Page.navigate") throw new Error(denied);
+      return send(tabId, method);
+    });
+    const result = await handleNavigate(f.manager, { session_id: "test", url }, f.deps);
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "cdp_extension_access_denied" },
+    });
+    expect(f.deps.browserNavigation.update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    f.expectCleanedUp();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the Agent Window guard in front of the recovery", async () => {
+    const f = await fixture();
+    f.deps.tabsApi.get.mockResolvedValue({
+      id: 4,
+      windowId: 200,
+      active: true,
+      url,
+    } as chrome.tabs.Tab);
+    const result = await handleNavigate(f.manager, { session_id: "test", tab_id: 4, url }, f.deps);
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ code: "permission_denied" });
+    expect(f.send).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(f.deps.browserNavigation.update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("ignores old-document, subframe, and other-tab completion events", async () => {
+    const f = await fixture();
+    f.deps.browserNavigation.update.mockImplementation(async () => {});
+    let settled = false;
+    const work = handleNavigate(f.manager, { session_id: "test", url }, f.deps).then((result) => {
+      settled = true;
+      return result;
+    });
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(f.deps.browserNavigation.update).toHaveBeenCalledOnce());
+    f.events.onCompleted.fire(f.main);
+    f.events.onCommitted.fire({ ...f.main, tabId: 9 });
+    f.events.onCommitted.fire({ ...f.main, frameId: 1 });
+    f.events.onCompleted.fire(f.main);
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(settled).toBe(false);
+    f.events.onCommitted.fire(f.main);
+    f.events.onCompleted.fire({ ...f.main, documentId: "old-document" });
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(settled).toBe(false);
+    f.state.blocked = false;
+    f.events.onCompleted.fire(f.main);
+    expect(await work).toMatchObject({ reached: "load" });
+    f.expectCleanedUp();
+  });
+
+  it("does not infer network idle from a browser load event", async () => {
+    const f = await fixture();
+    f.state.emitIdle = false;
+    const result = await handleNavigate(
+      f.manager,
+      {
+        session_id: "test",
+        url,
+        wait_until: "networkidle",
+        timeout_ms: 10,
+      },
+      f.deps,
+    );
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ reached: "timeout" });
+    f.expectCleanedUp();
+  });
+
+  it("cleans up browser listeners on timeout", async () => {
+    const f = await fixture();
+    f.deps.browserNavigation.update.mockImplementation(async () => {});
+    const result = await handleNavigate(
+      f.manager,
+      { session_id: "test", url, timeout_ms: 10 },
+      f.deps,
+    );
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ reached: "timeout" });
+    f.expectCleanedUp();
+  });
+
+  it("does not navigate an already-cancelled request", async () => {
+    const f = await fixture();
+    const result = await handleNavigate(
+      f.manager,
+      { session_id: "test", url },
+      {
+        ...f.deps,
+        signal: AbortSignal.abort(),
+      },
+    );
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ code: "cancelled" });
+    expect(f.deps.browserNavigation.update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    f.expectCleanedUp();
+  });
+
+  it("cleans up browser listeners when cancelled after dispatch", async () => {
+    const f = await fixture();
+    const ac = new AbortController();
+    f.deps.browserNavigation.update.mockImplementation(async () => {
+      ac.abort();
+    });
+    const result = await handleNavigate(
+      f.manager,
+      { session_id: "test", url },
+      { ...f.deps, signal: ac.signal },
+    );
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ code: "cancelled" });
+    expect(f.deps.browserNavigation.update).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    f.expectCleanedUp();
+  });
+
+  it("reports browser navigation errors and releases listeners", async () => {
+    const f = await fixture();
+    f.deps.browserNavigation.update.mockImplementation(async () => {
+      f.events.onErrorOccurred.fire({ ...f.main, error: "net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED" });
+    });
+    const result = await handleNavigate(f.manager, { session_id: "test", url }, f.deps);
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ code: "cdp_failed", message: "net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED" });
+    f.expectCleanedUp();
+  });
+});

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/navigation.test.ts

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
       return id;
     }),
     remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
   };
 }
 

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/network.test.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
       return id;
     }),
     remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
   };
 }
 

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/session.test.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { SessionManager } from "@/session-manager/manager";
 import { handleSessionStop } from "../session";
+import type { ChromeTabsApi } from "../shared";
 import { type AgentOverlayResetApi, type ChromeWindowsApi, type TabMutationApi } from "../tabs";
 
+/** Build a read-only query api over a FakeState. */
+function makeQuery(state: FakeState): ChromeTabsApi {
+  return {
+    get: vi.fn(async (id) => {
+      const t = state.tabs.get(id);
+      if (!t) throw new Error(`tab ${id} not found`);
+      return t;
+    }),
+    query: vi.fn(async (q: chrome.tabs.QueryInfo) => {
+      const w = q.windowId;
+      return Array.from(state.tabs.values()).filter(
+        (t) => typeof w !== "number" || t.windowId === w,
+      );
+    }),
+  };
+}
+
 function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
   let i = 0;
   const create = vi.fn(async () => {
@@ -11,7 +29,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
     return id;
   });
   const remove = vi.fn(async () => {});
-  const ensureActiveTab = vi.fn(async () => {});
+  const ensureActiveTab = vi.fn(async () => 0);
   return { create, remove, ensureActiveTab };
 }
 
@@ -30,7 +48,9 @@ function makeApis(
 } {
   const tabs: TabMutationApi = {
     create: vi.fn(),
-    remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    remove: vi.fn(async (id: number) => {
+      state.tabs.delete(id);
+    }),
     update: vi.fn(async (_id, _p) => undefined),
     get: vi.fn(async (id) => {
       const t = state.tabs.get(id);
@@ -237,11 +257,15 @@ describe("handleSessionStop with auto-return", () => {
       moves: [],
     };
     const { tabs, windows } = makeApis(state, { moveThrowsFor: new Set([1]) });
+    const cdp = {
+      detachSession: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      releaseSessionTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    };
 
     const res = await handleSessionStop(
       sm,
       { session_id: "aa11" },
-      { tabManagement: { tabs, windows } },
+      { cdp, tabManagement: { tabs, windows } },
     );
     if ("code" in res) throw new Error(`unexpected error: ${JSON.stringify(res)}`);
     expect(res.return_failures?.map((f) => f.tab_id)).toEqual([1]);
@@ -249,6 +273,8 @@ describe("handleSessionStop with auto-return", () => {
     expect(sm.has("aa11")).toBe(true);
     expect(ctx.borrowedTabs.has(1)).toBe(true);
     expect(ctx.borrowedTabs.has(2)).toBe(false);
+    expect(cdp.releaseSessionTab).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith("aa11", 2);
+    expect(cdp.detachSession).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(aw.remove).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
@@ -267,4 +293,275 @@ describe("handleSessionStop with auto-return", () => {
     await handleSessionStop(sm, { session_id: "aa11" }, { tabManagement: { tabs, windows } });
     expect(ctx.refStore.isEmpty()).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  it.each([
+    "before teardown",
+    "during its return",
+    "after its return failed",
+    "before its turn in the return loop",
+  ])("finishes stopping when a borrowed tab closes %s", async (timing) => {
+    const aw = fakeAgentWindow([100]);
+    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: aw });
+    const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+    ctx.borrowedTabs.set(1, { tabId: 1, originalWindowId: 200, originalIndex: 0 });
+    ctx.borrowedTabs.set(2, { tabId: 2, originalWindowId: 200, originalIndex: 1 });
+    const state: FakeState = {
+      tabs: new Map([
+        [1, { id: 1, windowId: 100 } as chrome.tabs.Tab],
+        [2, { id: 2, windowId: 100 } as chrome.tabs.Tab],
+      ]),
+      windowsClosed: new Set(),
+      moves: [],
+    };
+    const { tabs, windows } = makeApis(state);
+    const cdp = { detachSession: vi.fn(async () => {}) };
+    const closeTab = (tabId: number) => {
+      state.tabs.delete(tabId);
+      sm.forgetClosedTab(tabId);
+    };
+    const baseMove = tabs.move;
+    tabs.move = vi.fn(async (tabId, props) => {
+      if (tabId === 1 && timing === "during its return") closeTab(1);
+      if (tabId === 1 && timing === "after its return failed") {
+        throw new Error("simulated move failure");
+      }
+      if (tabId === 2 && timing === "after its return failed") closeTab(1);
+      if (tabId === 1 && timing === "before its turn in the return loop") closeTab(2);
+      if (!state.tabs.has(tabId)) throw new Error(`tab ${tabId} not found`);
+      return baseMove(tabId, props);
+    });
+    if (timing === "before teardown") closeTab(1);
+
+    const res = await handleSessionStop(
+      sm,
+      { session_id: "aa11" },
+      {
+        cdp,
+        tabManagement: {
+          tabs,
+          windows,
+          agentOverlayReset: { resetAgentOverlays: vi.fn(async () => {}) },
+        },
+        tabsQuery: makeQuery(state),
+      },
+    );
+
+    if ("code" in res) throw new Error(`unexpected error: ${JSON.stringify(res)}`);
+    const closedTabId = timing === "before its turn in the return loop" ? 2 : 1;
+    expect(res.returned_tab_ids).toEqual([closedTabId === 1 ? 2 : 1]);
+    expect(res.return_failures).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(ctx.borrowedTabs.size).toBe(0);
+    expect(sm.has("aa11")).toBe(false);
+    expect(cdp.detachSession).toHaveBeenCalledWith("aa11");
+    expect(aw.remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith(100);
+    if (timing === "before teardown" || timing === "before its turn in the return loop") {
+      expect(tabs.move).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(closedTabId, expect.anything());
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+describe("handleSessionStop window release (issue #57)", () => {
+  const agentWindowId = 100;
+
+  it("releases the window when user-created tabs remain", async () => {
+    const aw = fakeAgentWindow([agentWindowId]);
+    // ensureActiveTab returns the home tab id (10). We override the fake to
+    // return a known id.
+    aw.ensureActiveTab = vi.fn(async () => 10);
+    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: aw });
+    const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+    ctx.agentCreatedTabs.add(11);
+    ctx.agentCreatedTabs.add(12);
+    // user tab 99 (created via Chrome UI, NOT in agentCreatedTabs)
+    const state: FakeState = {
+      tabs: new Map([
+        [10, { id: 10, windowId: agentWindowId } as chrome.tabs.Tab],
+        [11, { id: 11, windowId: agentWindowId } as chrome.tabs.Tab],
+        [12, { id: 12, windowId: agentWindowId } as chrome.tabs.Tab],
+        [99, { id: 99, windowId: agentWindowId } as chrome.tabs.Tab],
+      ]),
+      windowsClosed: new Set(),
+      moves: [],
+    };
+    const { tabs, windows } = makeApis(state);
+    const query = makeQuery(state);
+
+    const res = await handleSessionStop(
+      sm,
+      { session_id: "aa11" },
+      { tabManagement: { tabs, windows }, tabsQuery: query },
+    );
+    if ("code" in res) throw new Error(`unexpected error: ${JSON.stringify(res)}`);
+    expect(res.window_released).toBe(true);
+    // agent tabs + home removed, user tab 99 kept
+    expect((tabs.remove as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mock.calls.map((c) => c[0]).sort()).toEqual([
+      10, 11, 12,
+    ]);
+    expect(state.tabs.has(99)).toBe(true);
+    // window released (dropOnly), not closed
+    expect(aw.remove).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(sm.has("aa11")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("closes the window (not release) when no user tabs remain", async () => {
+    const aw = fakeAgentWindow([agentWindowId]);
+    aw.ensureActiveTab = vi.fn(async () => 10);
+    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: aw });
+    const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+    ctx.agentCreatedTabs.add(11);
+    const state: FakeState = {
+      tabs: new Map([
+        [10, { id: 10, windowId: agentWindowId } as chrome.tabs.Tab],
+        [11, { id: 11, windowId: agentWindowId } as chrome.tabs.Tab],
+      ]),
+      windowsClosed: new Set(),
+      moves: [],
+    };
+    const { tabs, windows } = makeApis(state);
+    const query = makeQuery(state);
+
+    const res = await handleSessionStop(
+      sm,
+      { session_id: "aa11" },
+      { tabManagement: { tabs, windows }, tabsQuery: query },
+    );
+    if ("code" in res) throw new Error(`unexpected error: ${JSON.stringify(res)}`);
+    expect(res.window_released).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(aw.remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith(agentWindowId);
+    expect(sm.has("aa11")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("is non-fatal when an agent tab is already gone", async () => {
+    const aw = fakeAgentWindow([agentWindowId]);
+    aw.ensureActiveTab = vi.fn(async () => 10);
+    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: aw });
+    const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+    ctx.agentCreatedTabs.add(11); // no longer in state → remove throws
+    const state: FakeState = {
+      tabs: new Map([[10, { id: 10, windowId: agentWindowId } as chrome.tabs.Tab]]),
+      windowsClosed: new Set(),
+      moves: [],
+    };
+    const { tabs, windows } = makeApis(state);
+    (tabs.remove as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockImplementation(async (id: number) => {
+      if (id === 11) throw new Error("tab 11 already closed");
+      state.tabs.delete(id); // home (10) removed normally
+    });
+    const query = makeQuery(state);
+
+    const res = await handleSessionStop(
+      sm,
+      { session_id: "aa11" },
+      { tabManagement: { tabs, windows }, tabsQuery: query },
+    );
+    if ("code" in res) throw new Error(`unexpected error: ${JSON.stringify(res)}`);
+    // user tab 10? no — 10 is home, removed. window would be empty → close.
+    expect(res.window_released).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(aw.remove).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("degrades to close-window when tabsQuery is missing", async () => {
+    const aw = fakeAgentWindow([agentWindowId]);
+    aw.ensureActiveTab = vi.fn(async () => 10);
+    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: aw });
+    const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+    ctx.agentCreatedTabs.add(11);
+    const state: FakeState = {
+      tabs: new Map([
+        [10, { id: 10, windowId: agentWindowId } as chrome.tabs.Tab],
+        [11, { id: 11, windowId: agentWindowId } as chrome.tabs.Tab],
+      ]),
+      windowsClosed: new Set(),
+      moves: [],
+    };
+    const { tabs, windows } = makeApis(state);
+
+    const res = await handleSessionStop(
+      sm,
+      { session_id: "aa11" },
+      { tabManagement: { tabs, windows } }, // no tabsQuery
+    );
+    if ("code" in res) throw new Error(`unexpected error: ${JSON.stringify(res)}`);
+    // No query available → conservatively close the window.
+    expect(res.window_released).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(aw.remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith(agentWindowId);
+  });
+
+  it("degrades to close-window when tabsQuery.query throws", async () => {
+    const aw = fakeAgentWindow([agentWindowId]);
+    aw.ensureActiveTab = vi.fn(async () => 10);
+    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: aw });
+    const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+    ctx.agentCreatedTabs.add(11);
+    const state: FakeState = {
+      tabs: new Map([[11, { id: 11, windowId: agentWindowId } as chrome.tabs.Tab]]),
+      windowsClosed: new Set(),
+      moves: [],
+    };
+    const { tabs, windows } = makeApis(state);
+    const query = makeQuery(state);
+    (query.query as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockImplementation(async () => {
+      throw new Error("query failed");
+    });
+
+    const res = await handleSessionStop(
+      sm,
+      { session_id: "aa11" },
+      { tabManagement: { tabs, windows }, tabsQuery: query },
+    );
+    if ("code" in res) throw new Error(`unexpected error: ${JSON.stringify(res)}`);
+    expect(res.window_released).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(aw.remove).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("tracks agentCreatedTabs across tab_create / tab_close", async () => {
+    const aw = fakeAgentWindow([agentWindowId]);
+    aw.ensureActiveTab = vi.fn(async () => 10);
+    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: aw });
+    const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+    // Simulate handleTabCreate adding, then handleTabClose removing.
+    ctx.agentCreatedTabs.add(11);
+    expect(ctx.agentCreatedTabs.has(11)).toBe(true);
+    ctx.agentCreatedTabs.delete(11); // as handleTabClose does on success
+    expect(ctx.agentCreatedTabs.has(11)).toBe(false);
+    // Unknown id delete is a safe no-op (user-closed tab).
+    expect(() => ctx.agentCreatedTabs.delete(999)).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it("closes the window (not release) when an agent tab fails to close", async () => {
+    // Regression: a leaked agent tab (still in agentCreatedTabs, but
+    // still present because Step 4 remove() threw) must NOT be mistaken
+    // for a user tab. Otherwise the window would be released (dropOnly)
+    // and the agent tab would leak (issue #57 regression).
+    const aw = fakeAgentWindow([agentWindowId]);
+    aw.ensureActiveTab = vi.fn(async () => 10);
+    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: aw });
+    const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+    ctx.agentCreatedTabs.add(11); // Step 4 remove() will throw for this tab
+    const state: FakeState = {
+      tabs: new Map([
+        [10, { id: 10, windowId: agentWindowId } as chrome.tabs.Tab],
+        [11, { id: 11, windowId: agentWindowId } as chrome.tabs.Tab],
+      ]),
+      windowsClosed: new Set(),
+      moves: [],
+    };
+    const { tabs, windows } = makeApis(state);
+    (tabs.remove as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockImplementation(async (id: number) => {
+      if (id === 11) throw new Error("tab 11 failed to close");
+      state.tabs.delete(id); // home (10) removed normally; 11 lingers
+    });
+    const query = makeQuery(state);
+
+    const res = await handleSessionStop(
+      sm,
+      { session_id: "aa11" },
+      { tabManagement: { tabs, windows }, tabsQuery: query },
+    );
+    if ("code" in res) throw new Error(`unexpected error: ${JSON.stringify(res)}`);
+    // The leaked agent tab must NOT keep the window open.
+    expect(res.window_released).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(aw.remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith(agentWindowId);
+    expect(sm.has("aa11")).toBe(false);
+  });
 });

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/shared.test.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow() {
   return {
     create: vi.fn(async () => 100),
     remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
   };
 }
 

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/snapshot-coordinates.browser.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,355 @@
+// @vitest-environment node
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { CdpFrame, CdpFrameGraph, CdpTarget } from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
+import { resolveNodeGeometry } from "../frame-geometry";
+import type { CdpRunner } from "../shared";
+import { captureObservationFacts } from "../vom/capture-coordinator";
+
+type Send = <T = Record<string, unknown>>(
+  method: string,
+  params?: object,
+  sessionId?: string,
+) => Promise<T>;
+type Tree = { frame: { id: string; parentId?: string; name?: string }; childFrames?: Tree[] };
+type Rect = { x: number; y: number; w: number; h: number };
+type Oracle = {
+  probes: Record<string, Rect>;
+  viewport: { width: number; height: number };
+  owners: Record<string, { x: number; y: number; scale: number }>;
+};
+
+function clip(rect: Rect, viewport: Oracle["viewport"]): Rect | null {
+  const x = Math.max(0, rect.x),
+    y = Math.max(0, rect.y);
+  const right = Math.min(viewport.width, rect.x + rect.w);
+  const bottom = Math.min(viewport.height, rect.y + rect.h);
+  return right > x && bottom > y ? { x, y, w: right - x, h: bottom - y } : null;
+}
+
+// The independent oracle uses DOM border boxes and this fixture's axis-aligned
+// iframe transforms. No production snapshot conversion/projection builds expectations.
+const oracleExpression = `(() => {
+  const probes = {};
+  for (const node of document.querySelectorAll('[data-geometry-probe]')) {
+    const box = node.getBoundingClientRect();
+    probes[node.id] = { x: box.x, y: box.y, w: box.width, h: box.height };
+  }
+  const owners = {};
+  for (const frame of document.querySelectorAll('iframe')) {
+    const rect = frame.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const style = getComputedStyle(frame);
+    const scale = rect.width / frame.offsetWidth;
+    owners[frame.name] = {
+      x: rect.x + (frame.clientLeft + parseFloat(style.paddingLeft)) * scale,
+      y: rect.y + (frame.clientTop + parseFloat(style.paddingTop)) * scale,
+      scale,
+    };
+  }
+  return { probes, viewport: { width: document.documentElement.clientWidth, height: document.documentElement.clientHeight }, owners };
+})()`;
+
+describe.skipIf(!process.env.BSK_GEOMETRY_CHROME)("real DOMSnapshot coordinate contract", () => {
+  it.each(
+    [
+      { deviceScale: 1, zoom: 1 },
+      { deviceScale: 0.8, zoom: 1 },
+      { deviceScale: 1, zoom: 1.25 },
+      { deviceScale: 2, zoom: 1 },
+      { deviceScale: 2, zoom: 0.8 },
+    ]
+      .flatMap((configuration) => [
+        { ...configuration, fixture: "snapshot-coordinates", scrollbars: "none" },
+        { ...configuration, fixture: "oopif-scrollbars", scrollbars: "both" },
+      ])
+      .concat(
+        ["vertical", "horizontal", "none"].map((scrollbars) => ({
+          deviceScale: 1,
+          zoom: 1,
+          fixture: "oopif-scrollbars",
+          scrollbars,
+        })),
+      ),
+  )("$fixture: device scale $deviceScale, zoom $zoom, scrollbars $scrollbars", async (configuration) => {
+    const evalRoot = new URL("../../../../../evals/browser/", import.meta.url);
+    const { createEvalServer } = await import(new URL("lib/server.mjs", evalRoot).href);
+    const { withChrome } = await import(
+      new URL("cases/regression/snapshot-coordinates/chrome.mjs", evalRoot).href
+    );
+    const server = createEvalServer();
+    const { baseUrl } = await server.start();
+    try {
+      await withChrome(
+        { executable: process.env.BSK_GEOMETRY_CHROME, ...configuration },
+        async (send: Send) => {
+          const { targetId } = await send<{ targetId: string }>("Target.createTarget", {
+            url: "about:blank",
+          });
+          const { sessionId: rootSession } = await send<{ sessionId: string }>(
+            "Target.attachToTarget",
+            { targetId, flatten: true },
+          );
+          await send(
+            "Page.navigate",
+            {
+              url: `${baseUrl}/${configuration.fixture}?run=coordinates&scrollbars=${configuration.scrollbars}`,
+            },
+            rootSession,
+          );
+          await expect
+            .poll(
+              () =>
+                server
+                  .snapshot("coordinates")
+                  .events.some(
+                    (event: { type: string; data: { root?: boolean } }) =>
+                      event.type === "geometry.ready" && event.data.root,
+                  ),
+              { timeout: 10_000 },
+            )
+            .toBe(true);
+
+          const targets = await send<{ targetInfos: { targetId: string; type: string }[] }>(
+            "Target.getTargets",
+          );
+          const sessions = [rootSession];
+          for (const target of targets.targetInfos.filter((target) => target.type === "iframe")) {
+            const { sessionId } = await send<{ sessionId: string }>("Target.attachToTarget", {
+              targetId: target.targetId,
+              flatten: true,
+            });
+            sessions.push(sessionId);
+          }
+          expect(sessions.length).toBe(configuration.fixture === "oopif-scrollbars" ? 3 : 2);
+          const frames: CdpFrame[] = [];
+          const names = new Map<string, string>();
+          const sessionFor = (target: CdpTarget) => target.sessionId ?? rootSession;
+          for (const sessionId of sessions) {
+            const { frameTree } = await send<{ frameTree: Tree }>(
+              "Page.getFrameTree",
+              {},
+              sessionId,
+            );
+            const target: CdpTarget = {
+              tabId: 1,
+              ...(sessionId === rootSession ? {} : { sessionId }),
+            };
+            const visit = (tree: Tree, parentFrameId = tree.frame.parentId) => {
+              frames.push({ frameId: tree.frame.id, parentFrameId, target });
+              names.set(tree.frame.id, tree.frame.name ?? "");
+              for (const child of tree.childFrames ?? []) visit(child, tree.frame.id);
+            };
+            visit(frameTree);
+          }
+          expect(frames).toHaveLength(configuration.fixture === "oopif-scrollbars" ? 3 : 5);
+          for (const frame of frames) {
+            if (!frame.parentFrameId) continue;
+            const parent = frames.find((item) => item.frameId === frame.parentFrameId)!;
+            const owner = await send<{ backendNodeId: number }>(
+              "DOM.getFrameOwner",
+              { frameId: frame.frameId },
+              sessionFor(parent.target),
+            );
+            frame.ownerBackendNodeId = owner.backendNodeId;
+          }
+          const graph: CdpFrameGraph = { rootFrameId: frames[0].frameId, frames };
+          const calls: string[] = [];
+          const cdp: CdpRunner = {
+            send: (tabId, method, params) => {
+              calls.push(`${tabId}:${method}`);
+              return send(method, params, rootSession);
+            },
+            sendToTarget: (target, method, params) => {
+              calls.push(`${target.sessionId ?? target.tabId}:${method}`);
+              if (
+                method === "Runtime.evaluate" &&
+                (params as { expression?: string })?.expression?.includes("window.innerWidth")
+              )
+                calls.push(`${target.sessionId ?? target.tabId}:viewport-size`);
+              return send(method, params, sessionFor(target));
+            },
+            getFrameGraph: async () => graph,
+            getAttachmentId: () => rootSession,
+          };
+          const oracles = new Map<string, Oracle>();
+          for (const frame of frames) {
+            const session = sessionFor(frame.target);
+            const { executionContextId } = await send<{ executionContextId: number }>(
+              "Page.createIsolatedWorld",
+              { frameId: frame.frameId, worldName: "coordinate-oracle" },
+              session,
+            );
+            await expect
+              .poll(
+                async () => {
+                  const ready = await send<{ result: { value: boolean } }>(
+                    "Runtime.evaluate",
+                    {
+                      expression: 'document.documentElement.dataset.geometryReady === "true"',
+                      contextId: executionContextId,
+                      returnByValue: true,
+                    },
+                    session,
+                  );
+                  return ready.result.value;
+                },
+                { timeout: 5_000 },
+              )
+              .toBe(true);
+            // Establish scroll after cross-process target creation/layout settles.
+            const scroll = frame.parentFrameId
+              ? names.get(frame.frameId) === "nested"
+                ? [10, 20]
+                : [40, 100]
+              : [80, 240];
+            await send(
+              "Runtime.evaluate",
+              {
+                expression: `(async () => { scrollTo(${scroll.join(",")}); await new Promise(resolve => requestAnimationFrame(() => requestAnimationFrame(resolve))); })()`,
+                contextId: executionContextId,
+                awaitPromise: true,
+              },
+              session,
+            );
+            const reply = await send<{ result: { value: Oracle } }>(
+              "Runtime.evaluate",
+              { expression: oracleExpression, contextId: executionContextId, returnByValue: true },
+              session,
+            );
+            oracles.set(frame.frameId, reply.result.value);
+          }
+          const childViewport = await send<{
+            result: {
+              value: { width: number; height: number; clientWidth: number; clientHeight: number };
+            };
+          }>(
+            "Runtime.evaluate",
+            {
+              expression:
+                "({ width: innerWidth, height: innerHeight, clientWidth: document.documentElement.clientWidth, clientHeight: document.documentElement.clientHeight })",
+              returnByValue: true,
+            },
+            sessions[1],
+          );
+          for (const dimension of ["Width", "Height"] as const) {
+            const occupied =
+              childViewport.result.value[dimension === "Width" ? "width" : "height"] -
+              childViewport.result.value[`client${dimension}`];
+            if (
+              configuration.scrollbars === "both" ||
+              configuration.scrollbars === (dimension === "Width" ? "vertical" : "horizontal")
+            )
+              expect(occupied).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+            else expect(occupied).toBe(0);
+          }
+          const facts = await captureObservationFacts(cdp, 1);
+          expect(facts.issues).toEqual([]);
+          expect(calls.filter((call) => call.endsWith(":Page.getLayoutMetrics"))).toHaveLength(
+            sessions.length,
+          );
+          // Identity verification also uses Runtime.evaluate; count the full viewport reads separately.
+          const viewportReadsBeforeLive = calls.filter((call) => call.endsWith(":viewport-size"));
+          expect(new Set(viewportReadsBeforeLive).size).toBe(viewportReadsBeforeLive.length);
+          expect(viewportReadsBeforeLive.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(sessions.length - 1);
+          for (const frame of frames) {
+            for (const [id, local] of Object.entries(oracles.get(frame.frameId)!.probes)) {
+              const node = facts.documents
+                .find((doc) => doc.frame.frameId === frame.frameId)
+                ?.domNodes.find((node) => node.attrs.id === id);
+              expect(node, `missing ${id} in ${names.get(frame.frameId) || "root"}`).toBeDefined();
+              let top = clip(local, oracles.get(frame.frameId)!.viewport);
+              let current = frame;
+              while (top && current.parentFrameId) {
+                const parentOracle = oracles.get(current.parentFrameId)!;
+                const owner = parentOracle.owners[names.get(current.frameId)!];
+                top = clip(
+                  {
+                    x: owner.x + top.x * owner.scale,
+                    y: owner.y + top.y * owner.scale,
+                    w: top.w * owner.scale,
+                    h: top.h * owner.scale,
+                  },
+                  parentOracle.viewport,
+                );
+                current = frames.find((item) => item.frameId === current.parentFrameId)!;
+              }
+              for (const key of ["x", "y", "w", "h"] as const)
+                expect(
+                  Math.abs(node!.localRect![key] - local[key]),
+                  `${names.get(frame.frameId)} ${id} local ${key}`,
+                ).toBeLessThan(2);
+              if (!top) {
+                expect(node!.rect, `${id} must be clipped out`).toBeNull();
+                if (configuration.fixture === "oopif-scrollbars")
+                  expect(
+                    await resolveNodeGeometry(cdp, 1, {
+                      target: frame.target,
+                      frameId: frame.frameId,
+                      backendNodeId: node!.backendNodeId,
+                    }),
+                  ).toMatchObject({ code: "permission_denied" });
+                continue;
+              }
+              expect(node!.rect).not.toBeNull();
+              for (const key of ["x", "y", "w", "h"] as const)
+                expect(
+                  Math.abs(node!.rect![key] - top[key]),
+                  `${names.get(frame.frameId)} ${id} top ${key}`,
+                ).toBeLessThan(2);
+              if (configuration.fixture !== "oopif-scrollbars") continue;
+              const live = await resolveNodeGeometry(cdp, 1, {
+                target: frame.target,
+                frameId: frame.frameId,
+                backendNodeId: node!.backendNodeId,
+              });
+              if ("code" in live) throw new Error(live.message);
+              for (const [key, liveKey] of [
+                ["x", "x"],
+                ["y", "y"],
+                ["w", "width"],
+                ["h", "height"],
+              ] as const)
+                expect(
+                  Math.abs(live.topBounds[liveKey] - top[key]),
+                  `${id} live ${key}`,
+                ).toBeLessThan(2);
+              const before = server.snapshot("coordinates").events.length;
+              for (const type of ["mousePressed", "mouseReleased"])
+                await send(
+                  "Input.dispatchMouseEvent",
+                  { type, ...live.actionPoint, button: "left", clickCount: 1 },
+                  rootSession,
+                );
+              await expect
+                .poll(
+                  () =>
+                    server
+                      .snapshot("coordinates")
+                      .events.slice(before)
+                      .some(
+                        (event: { type: string; path: string; data: { probe?: string } }) =>
+                          event.type === "geometry.clicked" &&
+                          event.data.probe === id &&
+                          event.path ===
+                            (frame.parentFrameId
+                              ? names.get(frame.frameId) === "nested"
+                                ? "/oopif-scrollbars/nested"
+                                : "/oopif-scrollbars/frame"
+                              : "/oopif-scrollbars"),
+                      ),
+                  { timeout: 3000 },
+                )
+                .toBe(true);
+            }
+          }
+          const metrics = await send<{
+            cssVisualViewport: { zoom: number };
+            visualViewport: { clientWidth: number };
+          }>("Page.getLayoutMetrics", {}, rootSession);
+          expect(metrics.cssVisualViewport.zoom).toBeCloseTo(configuration.zoom, 4);
+        },
+      );
+    } finally {
+      await server.stop();
+    }
+  }, 30_000);
+});

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/snapshot-ref.test.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
       return id;
     },
     remove: async () => {},
-    ensureActiveTab: async () => {},
+    ensureActiveTab: async () => 1,
   };
 }
 

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/tabs.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { type CdpDebuggerApi, ChromiumCdp } from "@/browser-driver/chromium-cdp";
 import { SessionManager } from "@/session-manager/manager";
+import { handleHover } from "../interaction";
 import {
   type AgentOverlayResetApi,
   type ChromeWindowsApi,
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
       return id;
     }),
     remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
   };
 }
 
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ describe("handleTabCreate", () => {
       active: true,
     });
     expect(res).toMatchObject({ tab_id: 10, window_id: 100 });
+    expect(sm.get("aa11")?.agentCreatedTabs.has(10)).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it("forwards explicit url + index + active=false", async () => {
@@ -256,6 +259,41 @@ describe("handleTabCreate", () => {
     const res = await handleTabCreate(sm, { session_id: "aa11", index: -1 }, { tabs: api });
     expect(res).toMatchObject({ code: "invalid_params" });
   });
+
+  it("does not claim any tab when chrome.tabs.create fails", async () => {
+    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow([100]) });
+    await sm.start("aa11");
+    const state: FakeTabState = { tabs: new Map(), nextTabId: 10, windowsClosed: new Set() };
+    const { api, spies } = makeTabMutationApi(state);
+    spies.create.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("chrome.tabs.create failed"));
+
+    const res = await handleTabCreate(sm, { session_id: "aa11" }, { tabs: api });
+    expect(res).toMatchObject({ code: "protocol_error" });
+
+    expect(sm.get("aa11")?.agentCreatedTabs).toEqual(new Set([1]));
+  });
+
+  it("claims the returned id even when a user tab appears during tab creation", async () => {
+    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow([100]) });
+    const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+    const state: FakeTabState = { tabs: new Map(), nextTabId: 10, windowsClosed: new Set() };
+    const { api, spies } = makeTabMutationApi(state);
+    let resolveCreate!: (tab: chrome.tabs.Tab) => void;
+    const createResult = new Promise<chrome.tabs.Tab>((resolve) => {
+      resolveCreate = resolve;
+    });
+    spies.create.mockImplementationOnce(() => createResult);
+
+    const pending = handleTabCreate(sm, { session_id: "aa11" }, { tabs: api });
+    // A user can create an unrelated same-window tab while Chrome is still
+    // resolving the agent request. There is no pending slot for it to steal.
+    expect(ctx.agentCreatedTabs.has(99)).toBe(false);
+    resolveCreate({ id: 10, windowId: 100, active: true } as chrome.tabs.Tab);
+
+    await expect(pending).resolves.toMatchObject({ tab_id: 10 });
+    expect(ctx.agentCreatedTabs.has(10)).toBe(true);
+    expect(ctx.agentCreatedTabs.has(99)).toBe(false);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("handleTabClose", () => {
@@ -511,6 +549,148 @@ describe("handleTabBorrow", () => {
 });
 
 describe("handleTabReturn", () => {
+  it.each([
+    "not_found",
+    "cdp_failed",
+  ])("detaches after selector resolution fails with %s", async (code) => {
+    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow([100]) });
+    const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+    ctx.borrowedTabs.set(7, { tabId: 7, originalWindowId: 200, originalIndex: 4 });
+    const state: FakeTabState = {
+      tabs: new Map([[7, { id: 7, windowId: 100 } as chrome.tabs.Tab]]),
+      nextTabId: 50,
+      windowsClosed: new Set(),
+    };
+    const { api } = makeTabMutationApi(state);
+    const { api: windows } = makeWindowsApi(state);
+    const debuggerApi = {
+      attach: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      detach: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      sendCommand: vi.fn(async (_target: unknown, method: string) => {
+        if (method === "DOM.getDocument") return { root: { nodeId: 1 } };
+        if (method === "DOM.querySelector") {
+          if (code === "cdp_failed") throw new Error("selector query failed");
+          return { nodeId: 0 };
+        }
+        return {};
+      }),
+      onEvent: { addListener: vi.fn(), removeListener: vi.fn() },
+      onDetach: { addListener: vi.fn(), removeListener: vi.fn() },
+    };
+    const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(debuggerApi as unknown as CdpDebuggerApi);
+
+    const hover = await handleHover(
+      sm,
+      { session_id: "aa11", tab_id: 7, selector: "#missing" },
+      {
+        cdp,
+        tabsApi: { get: api.get, query: vi.fn(async () => []) },
+      },
+    );
+    expect(hover).toMatchObject({ code });
+    expect(cdp.isAttached(7)).toBe(true);
+
+    const returned = await handleTabReturn(
+      sm,
+      { session_id: "aa11", tab_id: 7 },
+      {
+        tabs: api,
+        windows,
+        cdp,
+        agentOverlayReset: { resetAgentOverlays: vi.fn(async () => {}) },
+      },
+    );
+    expect(returned).toMatchObject({ returned_to_window_id: 200 });
+    expect(ctx.borrowedTabs.has(7)).toBe(false);
+    expect(cdp.isAttached(7)).toBe(false);
+    expect(debuggerApi.detach).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith({ tabId: 7 });
+    cdp.dispose();
+  });
+
+  it("honours cancellation while preparing a validated return", async () => {
+    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow([100]) });
+    const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+    ctx.borrowedTabs.set(7, { tabId: 7, originalWindowId: 200, originalIndex: 4 });
+    const state: FakeTabState = {
+      tabs: new Map([[7, { id: 7, windowId: 100 } as chrome.tabs.Tab]]),
+      nextTabId: 50,
+      windowsClosed: new Set(),
+    };
+    const { api, spies } = makeTabMutationApi(state);
+    const { api: windows } = makeWindowsApi(state);
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const beforeReturn = vi.fn(async () => {
+      controller.abort();
+    });
+    const result = await handleTabReturn(
+      sm,
+      { session_id: "aa11", tab_id: 7 },
+      {
+        tabs: api,
+        windows,
+        signal: controller.signal,
+        beforeReturn,
+      },
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ code: "cancelled" });
+    expect(beforeReturn).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith("aa11", 7);
+    expect(spies.move).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(ctx.borrowedTabs.has(7)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "original",
+    "fallback",
+    "cleanup_failed",
+    "failed",
+    "cancelled",
+  ])("releases CDP only after a successful return (%s)", async (mode) => {
+    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow([100]) });
+    const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+    ctx.borrowedTabs.set(7, { tabId: 7, originalWindowId: 200, originalIndex: 4 });
+    const state: FakeTabState = {
+      tabs: new Map([[7, { id: 7, windowId: 100 } as chrome.tabs.Tab]]),
+      nextTabId: 50,
+      windowsClosed: new Set(),
+    };
+    const { api, spies } = makeTabMutationApi(state);
+    const { api: windowsApi } = makeWindowsApi(state, { lastFocused: 500 });
+    const success = mode !== "failed" && mode !== "cancelled";
+    if (mode === "fallback") spies.move.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("original move failed"));
+    if (mode === "failed") spies.move.mockRejectedValue(new Error("move failed"));
+    let windowAtRelease: number | undefined;
+    const cdp = {
+      releaseSessionTab: vi.fn(async () => {
+        windowAtRelease = state.tabs.get(7)?.windowId;
+        if (mode === "cleanup_failed") throw new Error("debugger release failed");
+      }),
+    };
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    if (mode === "cancelled") controller.abort();
+
+    const result = await handleTabReturn(
+      sm,
+      { session_id: "aa11", tab_id: 7 },
+      {
+        tabs: api,
+        windows: windowsApi,
+        cdp,
+        signal: controller.signal,
+        agentOverlayReset: { resetAgentOverlays: vi.fn(async () => {}) },
+      },
+    );
+
+    expect("code" in result).toBe(!success);
+    expect(ctx.borrowedTabs.has(7)).toBe(!success);
+    expect(cdp.releaseSessionTab).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(success ? 1 : 0);
+    if (success) {
+      expect(cdp.releaseSessionTab).toHaveBeenCalledWith("aa11", 7);
+      expect(windowAtRelease).toBe(mode === "fallback" ? 500 : 200);
+      expect(spies.move).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(mode === "fallback" ? 2 : 1);
+    }
+  });
+
   it("returns the tab to its original window/index and clears borrowedTabs", async () => {
     const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow([100]) });
     const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/waits.test.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
       return id;
     }),
     remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
   };
 }
 

apps/extension/src/tools/__tests__/window.test.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
     return id;
   });
   const remove = vi.fn(async () => {});
-  const ensureActiveTab = vi.fn(async () => {});
+  const ensureActiveTab = vi.fn(async () => 1);
   return { create, remove, ensureActiveTab };
 }
 

apps/extension/src/tools/browser-navigation.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import type { RpcError, WaitUntil } from "@/transport/types";
+import { cdpError } from "./errors";
+
+interface NavigationEvent {
+  tabId: number;
+  frameId: number;
+  documentId?: string;
+  error?: string;
+}
+
+interface NavigationEvents {
+  addListener(listener: (details: NavigationEvent) => void): void;
+  removeListener(listener: (details: NavigationEvent) => void): void;
+}
+
+/** Normal browser navigation remains available when chrome.debugger is denied. */
+export interface BrowserNavigationApi {
+  update(tabId: number, props: { url: string }): Promise<unknown>;
+  reload(tabId: number, props: { bypassCache: boolean }): Promise<void>;
+  onCommitted: NavigationEvents;
+  onDOMContentLoaded: NavigationEvents;
+  onCompleted: NavigationEvents;
+  onErrorOccurred: NavigationEvents;
+}
+
+export const chromeBrowserNavigationApi: BrowserNavigationApi = {
+  update: (tabId, props) => chrome.tabs.update(tabId, props),
+  reload: (tabId, props) => chrome.tabs.reload(tabId, props),
+  get onCommitted() {
+    return chrome.webNavigation.onCommitted;
+  },
+  get onDOMContentLoaded() {
+    return chrome.webNavigation.onDOMContentLoaded;
+  },
+  get onCompleted() {
+    return chrome.webNavigation.onCompleted;
+  },
+  get onErrorOccurred() {
+    return chrome.webNavigation.onErrorOccurred;
+  },
+};
+
+export type NavigationOutcome =
+  | { reached: "match" | "timeout" | "cancelled"; lastLifecycle?: string }
+  | { reached: "failed"; error: RpcError };
+
+/** Subscribe before dispatch and ignore the departing document's load events. */
+export async function navigateWithBrowserApi(
+  api: BrowserNavigationApi,
+  tabId: number,
+  action: () => Promise<unknown>,
+  waitUntil: Exclude<WaitUntil, "networkidle">,
+  timeoutMs: number,
+  signal?: AbortSignal,
+): Promise<NavigationOutcome> {
+  if (signal?.aborted) return { reached: "cancelled" };
+  if (timeoutMs <= 0) return { reached: "timeout" };
+  let committed = false;
+  let documentId: string | undefined;
+  let lastLifecycle: string | undefined;
+  let finish!: (outcome: NavigationOutcome) => void;
+  const outcome = new Promise<NavigationOutcome>((resolve) => {
+    finish = resolve;
+  });
+  const isMainFrame = (details: NavigationEvent) =>
+    details.tabId === tabId && details.frameId === 0;
+  const onCommitted = (details: NavigationEvent) => {
+    if (!isMainFrame(details)) return;
+    committed = true;
+    documentId = details.documentId;
+    lastLifecycle = "commit";
+    if (waitUntil === "commit") finish({ reached: "match", lastLifecycle });
+  };
+  const onDOMContentLoaded = (details: NavigationEvent) => {
+    if (!isMainFrame(details) || !committed || (documentId && details.documentId !== documentId))
+      return;
+    lastLifecycle = "DOMContentLoaded";
+    if (waitUntil === "domcontentloaded") finish({ reached: "match", lastLifecycle });
+  };
+  const onCompleted = (details: NavigationEvent) => {
+    if (!isMainFrame(details) || !committed || (documentId && details.documentId !== documentId))
+      return;
+    finish({ reached: "match", lastLifecycle: "load" });
+  };
+  const onError = (details: NavigationEvent) => {
+    if (!isMainFrame(details)) return;
+    finish({ reached: "failed", error: cdpError(details.error ?? "browser navigation failed") });
+  };
+  const onAbort = () => finish({ reached: "cancelled", lastLifecycle });
+  const subscriptions = [
+    [api.onCommitted, onCommitted],
+    [api.onDOMContentLoaded, onDOMContentLoaded],
+    [api.onCompleted, onCompleted],
+    [api.onErrorOccurred, onError],
+  ] as const;
+  for (const [event, listener] of subscriptions) event.addListener(listener);
+  signal?.addEventListener("abort", onAbort, { once: true });
+  const timer = setTimeout(() => finish({ reached: "timeout", lastLifecycle }), timeoutMs);
+  try {
+    if (signal?.aborted) return { reached: "cancelled" };
+    await action();
+    return await outcome;
+  } catch (error) {
+    return { reached: "failed", error: cdpError(error) };
+  } finally {
+    clearTimeout(timer);
+    signal?.removeEventListener("abort", onAbort);
+    for (const [event, listener] of subscriptions) event.removeListener(listener);
+  }
+}

apps/extension/src/tools/dispatcher.ts

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { isRequestFrame } from "@/transport/types";
 import { handleConsole } from "./console";
 import { handleDownload } from "./download";
 import { type EmulateCdpRunner, handleEmulate } from "./emulate";
+import { classifyCdpError } from "./errors";
 import { handleEvaluate } from "./evaluate";
 import { handleRequestHelp } from "./human-loop";
 import { handleClick, handleFill, handleHover, handlePress, handleSelect } from "./interaction";
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ import {
 import { chromeTabsApi, lookupSession, resolveTargetTab } from "./shared";
 import {
   type BorrowConfirmationApprover,
+  chromeTabMutationApi,
   handleTabBorrow,
   handleTabClose,
   handleTabCreate,
@@ -118,6 +120,8 @@ export interface DispatcherDeps {
   onSessionsChanged?: () => void;
   /** Invoked before a tool that dispatches page input or mutates browser state is forwarded. */
   onBrowserControlResumed?: (sessionId: string) => void;
+  /** Invoked after a tab is explicitly claimed so its overlay can be refreshed immediately. */
+  onAgentTabClaimed?: (tabId: number, windowId: number) => void;
   /** User approval for `tool.tab_borrow` (overlay in content script). */
   approveBorrow?: BorrowConfirmationApprover;
   /** i18n notification copy for `tool.request_help` (resolved per-call). */
@@ -147,6 +151,7 @@ export class ToolDispatcher {
   private readonly recording?: RecordRuntimeDeps;
   private readonly onSessionsChanged?: () => void;
   private readonly onBrowserControlResumed?: (sessionId: string) => void;
+  private readonly onAgentTabClaimed?: (tabId: number, windowId: number) => void;
   private readonly approveBorrow?: BorrowConfirmationApprover;
   private readonly helpNotificationCopy?: () => { title: string; body: string };
   private subscription: { dispose(): void } | null = null;
@@ -167,6 +172,7 @@ export class ToolDispatcher {
     this.recording = deps.recording;
     this.onSessionsChanged = deps.onSessionsChanged;
     this.onBrowserControlResumed = deps.onBrowserControlResumed;
+    this.onAgentTabClaimed = deps.onAgentTabClaimed;
     this.approveBorrow = deps.approveBorrow;
     this.helpNotificationCopy = deps.helpNotificationCopy;
   }
@@ -234,7 +240,7 @@ export class ToolDispatcher {
       if (sessionId) this.onBrowserControlResumed?.(sessionId);
       const result = await this.invoke(req, ac.signal);
       if (isRpcError(result)) {
-        body = { id: req.id, error: result };
+        body = { id: req.id, error: classifyCdpError(result) };
       } else {
         body = { id: req.id, result };
         if (req.method === "tool.session_start") {
@@ -302,13 +308,25 @@ export class ToolDispatcher {
         await this.releaseHoverLatch((req.params as SessionStopParams).session_id);
         return handleSessionStop(this.sessions, req.params as SessionStopParams, {
           cdp: this.cdp,
+          // Must be wired in production: the agent-tab cleanup and the
+          // window-release decision (issue #57) read these deps directly
+          // and silently no-op when they are absent.
+          tabManagement: { tabs: chromeTabMutationApi },
+          tabsQuery: chromeTabsApi,
           signal,
         });
       }
       case "tool.tab_list":
         return handleTabList(this.sessions, req.params as TabListParams, chromeTabsApi, signal);
-      case "tool.tab_create":
-        return handleTabCreate(this.sessions, req.params as TabCreateParams, { signal });
+      case "tool.tab_create": {
+        const result = await handleTabCreate(this.sessions, req.params as TabCreateParams, {
+          signal,
+        });
+        if (!isRpcError(result)) {
+          this.onAgentTabClaimed?.(result.tab_id, result.window_id);
+        }
+        return result;
+      }
       case "tool.tab_close":
         return this.withHoverReleaseForRequest(
           req.params as TabCloseParams,
@@ -317,13 +335,22 @@ export class ToolDispatcher {
         );
       case "tool.tab_select":
         return handleTabSelect(this.sessions, req.params as TabSelectParams, { signal });
-      case "tool.tab_borrow":
-        return handleTabBorrow(this.sessions, req.params as TabBorrowParams, {
+      case "tool.tab_borrow": {
+        const result = await handleTabBorrow(this.sessions, req.params as TabBorrowParams, {
           signal,
           approveBorrow: this.approveBorrow,
         });
+        if (!isRpcError(result)) {
+          this.onAgentTabClaimed?.(result.tab_id, result.agent_window_id);
+        }
+        return result;
+      }
       case "tool.tab_return":
-        return handleTabReturn(this.sessions, req.params as TabReturnParams, { signal });
+        return handleTabReturn(this.sessions, req.params as TabReturnParams, {
+          signal,
+          cdp: this.cdp,
+          beforeReturn: (sessionId, tabId) => this.releaseHoverLatch(sessionId, tabId),
+        });
       case "tool.window_resize":
         return handleWindowResize(
           this.sessions,

apps/extension/src/tools/errors.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,34 @@ import type {
 
 export type { RpcErrorData, RpcErrorReason };
 
+/** Chrome checks the whole tab's frame tree, including other extensions' frames. */
+export function isCdpExtensionAccessDenied(error: unknown): boolean {
+  const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+  return message.includes("Cannot access a chrome-extension:// URL of different extension");
+}
+
+/** Preserve more specific reasons, especially file-transfer outcome/cleanup details. */
+export function classifyCdpError(error: RpcError): RpcError {
+  if (
+    error.code !== "cdp_failed" ||
+    error.data?.reason ||
+    !isCdpExtensionAccessDenied(error.message)
+  ) {
+    return error;
+  }
+  return {
+    ...error,
+    data: { ...error.data, reason: "cdp_extension_access_denied" },
+  };
+}
+
+export function cdpError(error: unknown): RpcError {
+  return classifyCdpError({
+    code: "cdp_failed",
+    message: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
+  });
+}
+
 export interface TransferErrorOptions {
   effectState: TransferEffectState;
   phase: string;

apps/extension/src/tools/frame-geometry.ts

@@ -1,24 +1,21 @@
-import { type CdpFrame, type CdpFrameGraph, type CdpTarget } from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
+import { type CdpTarget, cdpTargetKey } from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
 import type { RpcError } from "@/transport/types";
 import { nodeContentRegion, scrollNodeIntoView } from "./element-geometry";
 import {
   clipPolygon,
-  type GeometryProjection,
   type Point,
   type Polygon,
-  type ProjectiveEdge,
-  parseCdpQuad,
   polygonArea,
   polygonCentroid,
   projectRegionToViewport,
-  type Quad,
   type Region,
   rectPolygon,
   regionBounds,
-  type Size,
   type ViewportRect,
 } from "./geometry";
-import { type CdpRunner, cdpRunnerForTarget, isRpcError, sendToCdpTarget } from "./shared";
+import type { CssViewport } from "./geometry/coordinate-types";
+import { cssViewport, GeometryContext } from "./geometry/frame-context";
+import { type CdpRunner, cdpRunnerForTarget, isRpcError } from "./shared";
 
 export interface NodeAddress {
   target: CdpTarget;
@@ -27,6 +24,8 @@ export interface NodeAddress {
 }
 
 export interface ResolvedNodeGeometry {
+  /** The same top-level measurement used by projection, for screenshot coordinate adaptation. */
+  topViewport: CssViewport;
   topVisibleRegions: Region;
   topBounds: ViewportRect;
   /** Point in the top-level tab viewport, used by root-target input events. */
@@ -39,145 +38,16 @@ function geometryError(message: string): RpcError {
   return { code: "cdp_failed", message };
 }
 
-function frameMap(graph: CdpFrameGraph): Map<string, CdpFrame> {
-  return new Map(graph.frames.map((frame) => [frame.frameId, frame]));
-}
-
-function targetRootFrame(byId: Map<string, CdpFrame>, frame: CdpFrame): CdpFrame | null {
-  const seen = new Set<string>();
-  let current = frame;
-  while (current.parentFrameId) {
-    if (seen.has(current.frameId)) return null;
-    seen.add(current.frameId);
-    const parent = byId.get(current.parentFrameId);
-    if (!parent || parent.target.sessionId !== current.target.sessionId) break;
-    current = parent;
-  }
-  return current;
-}
-
-function frameAncestry(graph: CdpFrameGraph, frameId: string): CdpFrame[] | null {
-  const byId = frameMap(graph);
-  const path: CdpFrame[] = [];
-  const seen = new Set<string>();
-  let current = byId.get(frameId);
-  if (!current) return null;
-  while (current.parentFrameId) {
-    if (seen.has(current.frameId)) return null;
-    seen.add(current.frameId);
-    path.push(current);
-    const parent = byId.get(current.parentFrameId);
-    if (!parent) return null;
-    current = parent;
-  }
-  return path;
-}
-
-async function targetViewport(cdp: CdpRunner, target: CdpTarget): Promise<Size | null> {
-  const metrics = await sendToCdpTarget<{
-    cssLayoutViewport?: { clientWidth?: number; clientHeight?: number };
-    layoutViewport?: { clientWidth?: number; clientHeight?: number };
-  }>(cdp, target, "Page.getLayoutMetrics", {});
-  const viewport = metrics.cssLayoutViewport ?? metrics.layoutViewport ?? {};
-  const width = viewport.clientWidth ?? 0;
-  const height = viewport.clientHeight ?? 0;
-  return width > 0 && height > 0 ? { width, height } : null;
-}
-
-async function ownerContentQuad(
-  cdp: CdpRunner,
-  parent: CdpFrame,
-  ownerBackendNodeId: number,
-): Promise<Quad | null> {
-  const result = await sendToCdpTarget<{ model?: { content?: number[] } }>(
-    cdp,
-    parent.target,
-    "DOM.getBoxModel",
-    { backendNodeId: ownerBackendNodeId },
-  );
-  return parseCdpQuad(result.model?.content);
-}
-
-async function sameTargetFrameClips(
-  cdp: CdpRunner,
-  byId: Map<string, CdpFrame>,
-  frame: CdpFrame,
-  targetRoot: CdpFrame,
-): Promise<Polygon[] | null> {
-  const clips: Polygon[] = [];
-  let current = frame;
-  const seen = new Set<string>();
-  while (current.frameId !== targetRoot.frameId) {
-    if (seen.has(current.frameId) || !current.parentFrameId) return null;
-    seen.add(current.frameId);
-    const parent = byId.get(current.parentFrameId);
-    if (!parent || current.ownerBackendNodeId === undefined) return null;
-    const clip = await ownerContentQuad(cdp, parent, current.ownerBackendNodeId);
-    if (!clip) return null;
-    clips.push(clip);
-    current = parent;
-  }
-  return clips;
-}
-
-export async function resolveFrameProjection(
-  cdp: CdpRunner,
-  graph: CdpFrameGraph,
-  frameId: string,
-): Promise<GeometryProjection | null> {
-  const byId = frameMap(graph);
-  const frame = byId.get(frameId);
-  if (!frame) return null;
-  let targetRoot = targetRootFrame(byId, frame);
-  if (!targetRoot) return null;
-  const sourceViewport = await targetViewport(cdp, targetRoot.target);
-  if (!sourceViewport) return null;
-  const sourceClips = await sameTargetFrameClips(cdp, byId, frame, targetRoot);
-  if (!sourceClips) return null;
-
-  const edges: ProjectiveEdge[] = [];
-  while (targetRoot.parentFrameId) {
-    const parent = byId.get(targetRoot.parentFrameId);
-    if (!parent || targetRoot.ownerBackendNodeId === undefined) return null;
-    const destinationQuad = await ownerContentQuad(cdp, parent, targetRoot.ownerBackendNodeId);
-    if (!destinationQuad) return null;
-    const source =
-      edges.length === 0 ? sourceViewport : await targetViewport(cdp, targetRoot.target);
-    if (!source) return null;
-    const parentTargetRoot = targetRootFrame(byId, parent);
-    if (!parentTargetRoot) return null;
-    const destinationClips = await sameTargetFrameClips(cdp, byId, parent, parentTargetRoot);
-    if (!destinationClips) return null;
-    edges.push({ sourceViewport: source, destinationQuad, destinationClips });
-    targetRoot = parentTargetRoot;
-  }
-
-  const topViewport =
-    edges.length === 0 ? sourceViewport : await targetViewport(cdp, targetRoot.target);
-  return topViewport ? { sourceClips, edges, topViewport } : null;
-}
-
-async function loadFrameGraph(cdp: CdpRunner, tabId: number): Promise<CdpFrameGraph | null> {
-  if (!cdp.getFrameGraph) return null;
-  try {
-    return await cdp.getFrameGraph(tabId);
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.debug("[bsk frame-geometry] frame graph resolution failed", error);
-    return null;
-  }
-}
-
 async function scrollFrameOwners(
   cdp: CdpRunner,
   tabId: number,
-  graph: CdpFrameGraph,
+  context: GeometryContext,
   frameId: string,
 ): Promise<RpcError | null> {
-  const byId = frameMap(graph);
-  const ancestry = frameAncestry(graph, frameId);
+  const ancestry = await context.ancestry(frameId);
   if (!ancestry) return geometryError(`could not resolve frame ancestry for ${frameId}`);
   for (const child of [...ancestry].reverse()) {
-    const parent = child.parentFrameId ? byId.get(child.parentFrameId) : undefined;
+    const parent = child.parentFrameId ? await context.frame(child.parentFrameId) : undefined;
     if (!parent || child.ownerBackendNodeId === undefined) {
       return geometryError(`could not resolve frame owner for ${child.frameId}`);
     }
@@ -191,17 +61,20 @@ async function scrollFrameOwners(
   return null;
 }
 
-async function scrollElementWithFrameGraph(
+async function scrollElementWithContext(
   cdp: CdpRunner,
   tabId: number,
   target: CdpTarget,
   backendNodeId: number,
   frameId: string | undefined,
-  graph: CdpFrameGraph | null,
+  context: GeometryContext,
 ): Promise<RpcError | null> {
   if (frameId) {
-    if (!graph) return geometryError(`could not resolve frame graph for ${frameId}`);
-    const error = await scrollFrameOwners(cdp, tabId, graph, frameId);
+    const frame = await context.frame(frameId);
+    if (!frame || cdpTargetKey(frame.target) !== cdpTargetKey(target)) {
+      return geometryError("node frame does not belong to its target");
+    }
+    const error = await scrollFrameOwners(cdp, tabId, context, frameId);
     if (error) return error;
   } else if (target.sessionId) {
     return geometryError("an OOPIF node address requires frameId");
@@ -216,8 +89,15 @@ export async function scrollElementAndFramesIntoView(
   backendNodeId: number,
   frameId?: string,
 ): Promise<RpcError | null> {
-  const graph = frameId ? await loadFrameGraph(cdp, tabId) : null;
-  return scrollElementWithFrameGraph(cdp, tabId, target, backendNodeId, frameId, graph);
+  if (target.tabId !== tabId) return geometryError("node target belongs to another tab");
+  return scrollElementWithContext(
+    cdp,
+    tabId,
+    target,
+    backendNodeId,
+    frameId,
+    new GeometryContext(cdp, tabId),
+  );
 }
 
 function largestRegion(regions: Region): Polygon | null {
@@ -240,23 +120,32 @@ export async function resolveNodeGeometry(
     if (address.target.sessionId && !address.frameId) {
       return geometryError("an OOPIF node address requires frameId");
     }
-    const graph = address.frameId ? await loadFrameGraph(cdp, tabId) : null;
+    if (address.target.tabId !== tabId) return geometryError("node target belongs to another tab");
+    const context = new GeometryContext(cdp, tabId);
+    const graph = address.frameId ? await context.graph() : null;
+    if (address.frameId && graph) {
+      const frame = await context.frame(address.frameId);
+      if (!frame || cdpTargetKey(frame.target) !== cdpTargetKey(address.target)) {
+        return geometryError("node frame does not belong to its target");
+      }
+    }
     if (address.frameId && !graph) {
       return geometryError(`could not resolve frame graph for ${address.frameId}`);
     }
 
     if (options.scrollIntoView) {
-      const scrollError = await scrollElementWithFrameGraph(
+      const scrollError = await scrollElementWithContext(
         cdp,
         tabId,
         address.target,
         address.backendNodeId,
         address.frameId,
-        graph,
+        context,
       );
       if (scrollError) return scrollError;
     }
 
+    // Only topology was read above. Begin live measurements after scrolling.
     const localRegion = await nodeContentRegion(
       cdpRunnerForTarget(cdp, address.target),
       tabId,
@@ -267,12 +156,13 @@ export async function resolveNodeGeometry(
     let topVisibleRegions: Region;
     let targetActionPoint: Point | null = null;
     if (address.frameId && graph) {
-      const projection = await resolveFrameProjection(cdp, graph, address.frameId);
+      const projection = await context.targetProjection(address.frameId);
       if (!projection)
         return geometryError(`could not resolve frame geometry for ${address.frameId}`);
       topVisibleRegions = projectRegionToViewport(localRegion, projection);
       if (address.target.sessionId) {
-        const localViewport = projection.edges[0]?.sourceViewport ?? projection.topViewport;
+        const localViewport = await context.viewport(address.target);
+        if (!localViewport) return geometryError("could not resolve target viewport geometry");
         const localVisibleRegions = localRegion
           .map((polygon) =>
             clipPolygon(
@@ -290,7 +180,7 @@ export async function resolveNodeGeometry(
         targetActionPoint = localActionRegion ? polygonCentroid(localActionRegion) : null;
       }
     } else {
-      const viewport = await targetViewport(cdp, address.target);
+      const viewport = await context.viewport(address.target);
       if (!viewport) return geometryError("could not resolve top viewport geometry");
       topVisibleRegions = localRegion
         .map((polygon) =>
@@ -309,7 +199,13 @@ export async function resolveNodeGeometry(
       return { code: "permission_denied", message: "element not visible in its target" };
     }
     targetActionPoint ??= actionPoint;
-    return { topVisibleRegions, topBounds, actionPoint, targetActionPoint };
+    return {
+      topVisibleRegions,
+      topBounds,
+      actionPoint,
+      targetActionPoint,
+      topViewport: cssViewport(await context.layoutMetrics({ tabId })),
+    };
   } catch (error) {
     return geometryError(error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
   }

apps/extension/src/tools/geometry.ts

@@ -245,22 +245,3 @@ export function projectRectToViewport(
   if (!rect) return null;
   return regionBounds(projectRegionToViewport([rectPolygon(rect)], projection));
 }
-
-export function childFrameProjection(
-  parent: GeometryProjection,
-  ownerRectInParent: { x: number; y: number; w: number; h: number },
-): GeometryProjection {
-  const destinationQuad = rectPolygon(ownerRectInParent);
-  return {
-    sourceClips: [],
-    edges: [
-      {
-        sourceViewport: { width: ownerRectInParent.w, height: ownerRectInParent.h },
-        destinationQuad,
-        destinationClips: parent.sourceClips,
-      },
-      ...parent.edges,
-    ],
-    topViewport: parent.topViewport,
-  };
-}

apps/extension/src/tools/geometry/coordinate-types.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+import { type CdpTarget, cdpTargetKey } from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
+import type { GeometryProjection, ViewportRect } from "../geometry";
+import { projectRectToViewport } from "../geometry";
+
+export interface CoordinateOwner {
+  target: CdpTarget;
+  frameId?: string;
+}
+
+export interface FrameViewportRect {
+  space: "frame-viewport-css";
+  owner: CoordinateOwner;
+  rect: ViewportRect;
+}
+
+export interface SnapshotProjection {
+  source: CoordinateOwner;
+  geometry: GeometryProjection;
+}
+
+/** A failed owner read is different from a successfully projected, clipped-out rect. */
+export interface UnavailableFrameProjection {
+  status: "unavailable";
+  source: CoordinateOwner;
+  ownerBackendNodeId: number;
+}
+
+export interface UnavailableSnapshotCoordinates {
+  status: "unavailable";
+  source: CoordinateOwner;
+  reason: "snapshot-coordinates-unavailable";
+}
+
+export type SnapshotProjectionResult =
+  | { status: "available"; projection: SnapshotProjection }
+  | UnavailableFrameProjection;
+
+/** Descendants inherit the failed boundary without attempting another owner read. */
+export type FrameProjectionIssue =
+  | UnavailableFrameProjection
+  | UnavailableSnapshotCoordinates
+  | {
+      status: "blocked";
+      source: CoordinateOwner;
+      cause: UnavailableFrameProjection | UnavailableSnapshotCoordinates;
+    };
+
+export type FrameProjectionState = SnapshotProjectionResult | FrameProjectionIssue;
+
+export interface SnapshotCoordinates {
+  layoutUnitsPerCssPixel: number;
+  scrollCss: { x: number; y: number };
+}
+
+/** Snapshot scroll offsets share the raw layout units of its bounds. Only a
+ * target's root document may fall back to that target's CSS layout viewport. */
+export function snapshotCoordinates(
+  document: { scrollOffsetX?: number; scrollOffsetY?: number },
+  layoutUnitsPerCssPixel: number | null,
+  rootScrollCss?: { x?: number; y?: number },
+): SnapshotCoordinates | null {
+  if (
+    layoutUnitsPerCssPixel === null ||
+    !Number.isFinite(layoutUnitsPerCssPixel) ||
+    layoutUnitsPerCssPixel <= 0
+  )
+    return null;
+  const x =
+    document.scrollOffsetX === undefined
+      ? rootScrollCss?.x
+      : document.scrollOffsetX / layoutUnitsPerCssPixel;
+  const y =
+    document.scrollOffsetY === undefined
+      ? rootScrollCss?.y
+      : document.scrollOffsetY / layoutUnitsPerCssPixel;
+  if (x === undefined || y === undefined || !Number.isFinite(x) || !Number.isFinite(y)) return null;
+  return { layoutUnitsPerCssPixel, scrollCss: { x, y } };
+}
+
+/** Convert raw document-relative Blink layout units exactly once, before any
+ * CSS viewport clipping or frame projection. This scale is not screenshot zoom. */
+export function snapshotViewportRect(
+  bounds: number[],
+  owner: CoordinateOwner,
+  coordinates: SnapshotCoordinates | null,
+): FrameViewportRect | null {
+  if (!coordinates || bounds.length < 4 || !bounds.slice(0, 4).every(Number.isFinite)) return null;
+  const { layoutUnitsPerCssPixel: scale, scrollCss: scroll } = coordinates;
+  const [x, y, width, height] = bounds;
+  if (
+    !Number.isFinite(scale) ||
+    scale <= 0 ||
+    width <= 0 ||
+    height <= 0 ||
+    !Number.isFinite(scroll.x) ||
+    !Number.isFinite(scroll.y)
+  ) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return {
+    space: "frame-viewport-css",
+    owner,
+    rect: {
+      x: x / scale - scroll.x,
+      y: y / scale - scroll.y,
+      width: width / scale,
+      height: height / scale,
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+export function projectSnapshotRect(
+  input: FrameViewportRect,
+  projection: SnapshotProjection,
+): ViewportRect | null {
+  if (
+    input.owner.frameId !== projection.source.frameId ||
+    cdpTargetKey(input.owner.target) !== cdpTargetKey(projection.source.target)
+  ) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const { x, y, width: w, height: h } = input.rect;
+  return projectRectToViewport({ x, y, w, h }, projection.geometry);
+}
+
+/** CSS viewport metadata; browser zoom is distinct from raster devicePixelRatio. */
+export interface CssViewport {
+  width: number;
+  height: number;
+  scrollX: number;
+  scrollY: number;
+  cssToDip: number;
+}
+
+/** Page.captureScreenshot takes page-relative DIP, not viewport-relative CSS pixels. */
+export function screenshotPageRect(
+  rect: ViewportRect,
+  viewport: CssViewport,
+): { space: "page-dip"; rect: ViewportRect } | null {
+  const { cssToDip, scrollX, scrollY } = viewport;
+  if (
+    ![rect.x, rect.y, rect.width, rect.height, cssToDip, scrollX, scrollY].every(Number.isFinite) ||
+    cssToDip <= 0 ||
+    rect.width <= 0 ||
+    rect.height <= 0
+  )
+    return null;
+  return {
+    space: "page-dip",
+    rect: {
+      x: (rect.x + scrollX) * cssToDip,
+      y: (rect.y + scrollY) * cssToDip,
+      width: rect.width * cssToDip,
+      height: rect.height * cssToDip,
+    },
+  };
+}

apps/extension/src/tools/geometry/frame-context.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,395 @@
+import {
+  type CdpFrame,
+  type CdpFrameGraph,
+  type CdpTarget,
+  cdpTargetKey,
+} from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
+import {
+  type GeometryProjection,
+  type Polygon,
+  type ProjectiveEdge,
+  parseCdpQuad,
+  projectPolygon,
+  type Quad,
+  type Size,
+  viewportPolygon,
+} from "../geometry";
+import { type CdpRunner, sendToCdpTarget } from "../shared";
+import type { CoordinateOwner, CssViewport, SnapshotProjectionResult } from "./coordinate-types";
+
+import { readSnapshotOwnerSizes } from "./snapshot-owner-sizes";
+
+export interface LayoutMetrics {
+  cssVisualViewport?: { zoom?: number; clientWidth?: number; clientHeight?: number };
+  visualViewport?: { zoom?: number; clientWidth?: number; clientHeight?: number };
+  cssLayoutViewport?: {
+    clientWidth?: number;
+    clientHeight?: number;
+    pageX?: number;
+    pageY?: number;
+  };
+  layoutViewport?: { clientWidth?: number; clientHeight?: number; pageX?: number; pageY?: number };
+}
+
+/** Chromium emits these paired floating-point dimensions before/after dividing
+ * by LayoutZoomFactor. Integer layout viewport dimensions lose precision at
+ * fractional zoom. Neither visualViewport.scale nor .zoom is this conversion.
+ * See InspectorPageAgent::getLayoutMetrics in Chromium. */
+export function snapshotLayoutScale(metrics: LayoutMetrics): number | null {
+  for (const dimension of ["clientWidth", "clientHeight"] as const) {
+    const raw = metrics.visualViewport?.[dimension];
+    const css = metrics.cssVisualViewport?.[dimension];
+    if (
+      raw !== undefined &&
+      css !== undefined &&
+      Number.isFinite(raw) &&
+      Number.isFinite(css) &&
+      raw > 0 &&
+      css > 0
+    ) {
+      const scale = raw / css;
+      if (Number.isFinite(scale) && scale > 0) return scale;
+    }
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+/** The legacy field is a compatibility fallback, never a source of raster DPR. */
+export function cssViewport(metrics: LayoutMetrics): CssViewport {
+  const value = metrics.cssLayoutViewport ?? metrics.layoutViewport;
+  return {
+    width: value?.clientWidth ?? 0,
+    height: value?.clientHeight ?? 0,
+    scrollX: value?.pageX ?? 0,
+    scrollY: value?.pageY ?? 0,
+    cssToDip: metrics.cssVisualViewport?.zoom ?? metrics.visualViewport?.zoom ?? 1,
+  };
+}
+
+/** One read-only measurement phase. Discard after scrolling or any later operation. */
+export class GeometryContext {
+  private readonly metrics = new Map<string, Promise<LayoutMetrics>>();
+  private readonly frameViewports = new Map<string, Promise<Size | null>>();
+  private readonly owners = new Map<string, Promise<Quad | null>>();
+  private readonly projections = new Map<string, Promise<GeometryProjection | null>>();
+  private readonly snapshotOwners = new Map<string, Promise<{ quad: Quad; size: Size } | null>>();
+  private readonly sizeBatches = new Map<string, () => Promise<Map<number, Size>>>();
+  private active = 0;
+  private readonly waiting: Array<() => void> = [];
+  private graphPromise?: Promise<CdpFrameGraph | null>;
+  private framesPromise?: Promise<Map<string, CdpFrame>>;
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly cdp: CdpRunner,
+    private readonly tabId: number,
+    graph?: CdpFrameGraph,
+    private readonly signal?: AbortSignal,
+  ) {
+    if (graph) this.graphPromise = Promise.resolve(graph);
+  }
+
+  private async request<T>(
+    target: CdpTarget,
+    method: string,
+    params: object,
+    cleanup = false,
+  ): Promise<T> {
+    if (!cleanup && this.signal?.aborted) throw new DOMException("geometry aborted", "AbortError");
+    if (this.active >= 4) await new Promise<void>((resolve) => this.waiting.push(resolve));
+    else this.active++;
+    try {
+      if (!cleanup && this.signal?.aborted)
+        throw new DOMException("geometry aborted", "AbortError");
+      return await sendToCdpTarget<T>(this.cdp, target, method, params);
+    } finally {
+      const next = this.waiting.shift();
+      if (next) next();
+      else this.active--;
+    }
+  }
+
+  graph(): Promise<CdpFrameGraph | null> {
+    this.graphPromise ??=
+      this.cdp.getFrameGraph?.(this.tabId).catch(() => null) ?? Promise.resolve(null);
+    return this.graphPromise;
+  }
+
+  private frames(): Promise<Map<string, CdpFrame>> {
+    this.framesPromise ??= this.graph().then(
+      (graph) => new Map(graph?.frames.map((frame) => [frame.frameId, frame]) ?? []),
+    );
+    return this.framesPromise;
+  }
+
+  async frame(frameId: string): Promise<CdpFrame | undefined> {
+    return (await this.frames()).get(frameId);
+  }
+
+  /** Topology only: safe to resolve before the caller scrolls frame owners. */
+  async ancestry(frameId: string): Promise<CdpFrame[] | null> {
+    const frames = await this.frames();
+    const path: CdpFrame[] = [];
+    const seen = new Set<string>();
+    let current = frames.get(frameId);
+    if (!current) return null;
+    while (current.parentFrameId) {
+      if (seen.has(current.frameId)) return null;
+      seen.add(current.frameId);
+      path.push(current);
+      const parent = frames.get(current.parentFrameId);
+      if (!parent) return null;
+      current = parent;
+    }
+    return path;
+  }
+
+  layoutMetrics(target: CdpTarget): Promise<LayoutMetrics> {
+    const key = cdpTargetKey(target);
+    let promise = this.metrics.get(key);
+    if (!promise) {
+      promise = this.request<LayoutMetrics>(target, "Page.getLayoutMetrics", {});
+      this.metrics.set(key, promise);
+    }
+    return promise;
+  }
+
+  async viewport(target: CdpTarget): Promise<Size | null> {
+    const { width, height } = cssViewport(await this.layoutMetrics(target));
+    return Number.isFinite(width) && Number.isFinite(height) && width > 0 && height > 0
+      ? { width, height }
+      : null;
+  }
+
+  /** The full OOPIF viewport maps to its owner's content quad. Layout metrics
+   * exclude occupied scrollbars and remain the clipping boundary, not the scale. */
+  private frameViewport(target: CdpTarget): Promise<Size | null> {
+    const key = cdpTargetKey(target);
+    let promise = this.frameViewports.get(key);
+    if (!promise) {
+      promise = this.request<{ result?: { value?: Size }; exceptionDetails?: unknown }>(
+        target,
+        "Runtime.evaluate",
+        {
+          expression: "({ width: window.innerWidth, height: window.innerHeight })",
+          returnByValue: true,
+        },
+      ).then(({ result, exceptionDetails }) => {
+        const size = result?.value;
+        return !exceptionDetails &&
+          size &&
+          Number.isFinite(size.width) &&
+          Number.isFinite(size.height) &&
+          size.width > 0 &&
+          size.height > 0
+          ? size
+          : null;
+      });
+      this.frameViewports.set(key, promise);
+    }
+    return promise;
+  }
+
+  ownerContent(target: CdpTarget, backendNodeId: number): Promise<Quad | null> {
+    const key = `${cdpTargetKey(target)}:${backendNodeId}`;
+    let promise = this.owners.get(key);
+    if (!promise) {
+      promise = this.request<{ model?: { content?: number[] } }>(target, "DOM.getBoxModel", {
+        backendNodeId,
+      }).then((reply) => parseCdpQuad(reply.model?.content));
+      this.owners.set(key, promise);
+    }
+    return promise;
+  }
+
+  /** Same-target owner quads are already target-relative, including nested owners. */
+  async snapshotProjection(
+    source: CoordinateOwner,
+    ownerBackendNodeId: number,
+    ancestorClips: Polygon[],
+    viewport: Size,
+  ): Promise<SnapshotProjectionResult> {
+    const key = `${cdpTargetKey(source.target)}:${ownerBackendNodeId}`;
+    let promise = this.snapshotOwners.get(key);
+    if (!promise) {
+      promise = this.snapshotOwner(source.target, ownerBackendNodeId);
+      this.snapshotOwners.set(key, promise);
+    }
+    let owner: { quad: Quad; size: Size } | null;
+    try {
+      owner = await promise;
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error && typeof error === "object" && "name" in error && error.name === "AbortError")
+        throw error;
+      console.debug("[bsk geometry] frame owner unavailable", error);
+      owner = null;
+    }
+    return owner
+      ? {
+          status: "available",
+          projection: {
+            source,
+            geometry: {
+              sourceClips: [],
+              edges: [
+                {
+                  sourceViewport: owner.size,
+                  destinationQuad: owner.quad,
+                  destinationClips: ancestorClips,
+                },
+              ],
+              topViewport: viewport,
+            },
+          },
+        }
+      : { status: "unavailable", source, ownerBackendNodeId };
+  }
+
+  /** Register one target's snapshot owners; the batch starts only when a
+   * projection actually needs a size. Single owners keep the cheaper old path. */
+  registerSnapshotOwners(target: CdpTarget, owners: ReadonlySet<number>): void {
+    const key = cdpTargetKey(target);
+    if (owners.size < 2 || this.sizeBatches.has(key)) return;
+    let pending: Promise<Map<number, Size>> | undefined;
+    this.sizeBatches.set(key, () => {
+      pending ??= readSnapshotOwnerSizes(
+        (method, params, cleanup) => this.request(target, method, params, cleanup),
+        owners,
+      ).catch((error) => {
+        if (error && typeof error === "object" && "name" in error && error.name === "AbortError")
+          throw error;
+        return new Map<number, Size>();
+      });
+      return pending;
+    });
+  }
+
+  private async snapshotOwner(
+    target: CdpTarget,
+    backendNodeId: number,
+  ): Promise<{ quad: Quad; size: Size } | null> {
+    const quad = await this.ownerContent(target, backendNodeId);
+    if (!quad) return null;
+    const batchSize = (await this.sizeBatches.get(cdpTargetKey(target))?.())?.get(backendNodeId);
+    if (this.signal?.aborted) throw new DOMException("geometry aborted", "AbortError");
+    if (batchSize) return { quad, size: batchSize };
+    const resolved = await this.request<{ object?: { objectId?: string } }>(
+      target,
+      "DOM.resolveNode",
+      { backendNodeId },
+    );
+    const objectId = resolved.object?.objectId;
+    if (!objectId) return null;
+    try {
+      const reply = await this.request<{ result?: { value?: Size }; exceptionDetails?: unknown }>(
+        target,
+        "Runtime.callFunctionOn",
+        {
+          objectId,
+          functionDeclaration: `function() {
+          if (!this.isConnected) return null;
+          const style = getComputedStyle(this);
+          return {
+            width: this.clientWidth - parseFloat(style.paddingLeft) - parseFloat(style.paddingRight),
+            height: this.clientHeight - parseFloat(style.paddingTop) - parseFloat(style.paddingBottom)
+          };
+        }`,
+          returnByValue: true,
+        },
+      );
+      const size = reply.result?.value;
+      return !reply.exceptionDetails &&
+        size &&
+        Number.isFinite(size.width) &&
+        Number.isFinite(size.height) &&
+        size.width > 0 &&
+        size.height > 0
+        ? { quad, size }
+        : null;
+    } finally {
+      // Cleanup must still run if cancellation arrived after resolving the object.
+      await this.request(target, "Runtime.releaseObject", { objectId }, true).catch(() => {});
+    }
+  }
+
+  private targetRoot(frames: Map<string, CdpFrame>, frame: CdpFrame): CdpFrame | null {
+    const seen = new Set<string>();
+    let current = frame;
+    while (current.parentFrameId) {
+      if (seen.has(current.frameId)) return null;
+      seen.add(current.frameId);
+      const parent = frames.get(current.parentFrameId);
+      if (!parent) return null;
+      if (cdpTargetKey(parent.target) !== cdpTargetKey(current.target)) break;
+      current = parent;
+    }
+    return current;
+  }
+
+  private async clips(
+    frames: Map<string, CdpFrame>,
+    frame: CdpFrame,
+    root: CdpFrame,
+  ): Promise<Polygon[] | null> {
+    const clips: Polygon[] = [];
+    let current = frame;
+    const seen = new Set<string>();
+    while (current.frameId !== root.frameId) {
+      if (seen.has(current.frameId) || !current.parentFrameId) return null;
+      seen.add(current.frameId);
+      const parent = frames.get(current.parentFrameId);
+      if (!parent || current.ownerBackendNodeId === undefined) return null;
+      const quad = await this.ownerContent(parent.target, current.ownerBackendNodeId);
+      if (!quad) return null;
+      clips.push(quad);
+      current = parent;
+    }
+    return clips;
+  }
+
+  /** Input is already in the frame's CDP target viewport, not its local viewport. */
+  targetProjection(frameId: string): Promise<GeometryProjection | null> {
+    let promise = this.projections.get(frameId);
+    if (!promise) {
+      promise = this.buildTargetProjection(frameId);
+      this.projections.set(frameId, promise);
+    }
+    return promise;
+  }
+
+  private async buildTargetProjection(frameId: string): Promise<GeometryProjection | null> {
+    const frames = await this.frames();
+    const frame = frames.get(frameId);
+    if (!frame) return null;
+    let root = this.targetRoot(frames, frame);
+    if (!root) return null;
+    const sourceViewport = await this.viewport(root.target);
+    if (!sourceViewport) return null;
+    const sourceClips = await this.clips(frames, frame, root);
+    if (!sourceClips) return null;
+    const edges: ProjectiveEdge[] = [];
+    const seen = new Set<string>();
+    while (root.parentFrameId) {
+      if (seen.has(root.frameId)) return null;
+      seen.add(root.frameId);
+      const parent = frames.get(root.parentFrameId);
+      if (!parent || root.ownerBackendNodeId === undefined) return null;
+      const destinationQuad = await this.ownerContent(parent.target, root.ownerBackendNodeId);
+      if (!destinationQuad) return null;
+      const source = await this.frameViewport(root.target);
+      const visible = await this.viewport(root.target);
+      const parentRoot = this.targetRoot(frames, parent);
+      if (!source || !visible || !parentRoot) return null;
+      const destinationClips = await this.clips(frames, parent, parentRoot);
+      if (!destinationClips) return null;
+      const edge = { sourceViewport: source, destinationQuad, destinationClips };
+      // Keep scrollbar strips clipped at every target boundary, including
+      // intermediate OOPIFs. Project the clip with the same full-viewport scale.
+      if (source.width !== visible.width || source.height !== visible.height)
+        destinationClips.push(projectPolygon(viewportPolygon(visible), edge));
+      edges.push(edge);
+      root = parentRoot;
+    }
+    const topViewport = await this.viewport(root.target);
+    return topViewport ? { sourceClips, edges, topViewport } : null;
+  }
+}

apps/extension/src/tools/geometry/snapshot-owner-sizes.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import type { Size } from "../geometry";
+
+interface SerializedValue {
+  type: string;
+  value?: unknown;
+}
+
+type Send = <T>(method: string, params: object, cleanup?: boolean) => Promise<T>;
+
+/** Batch only accessible frame owners. Missing/shadow/cross-origin owners keep
+ * the existing node-scoped read; no page-wide style columns are requested. */
+export async function readSnapshotOwnerSizes(
+  send: Send,
+  owners: ReadonlySet<number>,
+): Promise<Map<number, Size>> {
+  const sizes = new Map<number, Size>();
+  const objectGroup = `bsk-frame-sizes-${crypto.randomUUID()}`;
+  try {
+    const reply = await send<{ result?: { deepSerializedValue?: SerializedValue } }>(
+      "Runtime.evaluate",
+      {
+        expression: `(() => {
+          const result = [];
+          const documents = [document];
+          for (let i = 0; i < documents.length && result.length < ${owners.size}; i++) {
+            for (const owner of documents[i].querySelectorAll('iframe,frame')) {
+              if (result.length >= ${owners.size}) break;
+              if (!owner.isConnected) continue;
+              const style = getComputedStyle(owner);
+              result.push([owner, JSON.stringify({
+                width: owner.clientWidth - parseFloat(style.paddingLeft) - parseFloat(style.paddingRight),
+                height: owner.clientHeight - parseFloat(style.paddingTop) - parseFloat(style.paddingBottom)
+              })]);
+              try { if (owner.contentDocument) documents.push(owner.contentDocument); } catch {}
+            }
+          }
+          return result;
+        })()`,
+        objectGroup,
+        serializationOptions: {
+          serialization: "deep",
+          maxDepth: 3,
+          additionalParameters: { maxNodeDepth: 0, includeShadowTree: "none" },
+        },
+      },
+    );
+    const result = reply.result?.deepSerializedValue;
+    if (result?.type !== "array" || !Array.isArray(result.value)) return sizes;
+    for (const entry of result.value as SerializedValue[]) {
+      if (entry.type !== "array" || !Array.isArray(entry.value)) continue;
+      const [node, data] = entry.value as SerializedValue[];
+      if (node?.type !== "node" || data?.type !== "string" || typeof data.value !== "string")
+        continue;
+      const id = (node.value as { backendNodeId?: number } | undefined)?.backendNodeId;
+      if (id === undefined || !owners.has(id)) continue;
+      try {
+        const size = JSON.parse(data.value) as Size;
+        if (
+          size &&
+          Number.isFinite(size.width) &&
+          Number.isFinite(size.height) &&
+          size.width > 0 &&
+          size.height > 0
+        )
+          sizes.set(id, size);
+      } catch {
+        /* An invalid entry uses the existing individual read. */
+      }
+    }
+  } finally {
+    await send("Runtime.releaseObjectGroup", { objectGroup }, true).catch(() => {});
+  }
+  return sizes;
+}

apps/extension/src/tools/interaction.ts

@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ export async function resolveBackendNode(
   }
   // selector path
   try {
+    // Selector lookup itself attaches CDP, even when no element is found.
+    cdp.trackSessionTab?.(ctx.sessionId, target.tabId);
     const doc = await cdp.send<{ root?: { nodeId?: number } }>(target.tabId, "DOM.getDocument", {
       depth: 0,
     });
@@ -607,6 +609,53 @@ type SelectMutationResult =
 // tool.fill
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+type FillFailureReason =
+  | "target_not_fillable"
+  | "fill_value_invalid"
+  | "fill_target_changed"
+  | "fill_focus_lost"
+  | "fill_value_mismatch"
+  | "fill_failed";
+
+type FillPreparation =
+  | { before: string; expected: string }
+  | { reason: FillFailureReason; error: string };
+
+type FillReadiness = "ready" | "background" | "fill_target_changed" | "fill_focus_lost";
+
+function fillError(reason: FillFailureReason, message: string): RpcError {
+  return rpcError(
+    reason === "target_not_fillable" || reason === "fill_value_invalid"
+      ? "invalid_params"
+      : "cdp_failed",
+    reason,
+    message,
+  );
+}
+
+interface FillScriptReply<T> {
+  result?: { value?: T };
+  exceptionDetails?: unknown;
+}
+
+const FILL_EDITABLE_FUNCTION = `function() {
+  const tag = this.tagName.toLowerCase();
+  const supported = tag === 'input'
+    ? ['text', 'search', 'tel', 'url', 'email', 'password', 'number'].includes(this.type)
+    : tag === 'textarea' || this.isContentEditable;
+  return this.isConnected && supported && !this.readOnly && !this.matches(':disabled');
+}`;
+
+// Chrome renders a trailing editable newline with an empty <div><br></div>.
+// innerText includes the padding break; it is not an extra typed character.
+const FILL_VALUE_FUNCTION = `function() {
+  if (!this.isContentEditable) return this.value;
+  const value = this.innerText;
+  const tail = this.lastChild;
+  const padding = tail && tail.nodeName === 'DIV' && tail.childNodes.length === 1 && tail.firstChild.nodeName === 'BR';
+  return padding && value.endsWith('\\n\\n') ? value.slice(0, -1) : value;
+}`;
+
 export async function handleFill(
   manager: SessionManager,
   params: FillParams,
@@ -658,12 +707,8 @@ export async function handleFill(
     if (throwIfAborted(deps.signal)) {
       return { code: "cancelled", message: "fill aborted" };
     }
-    await nodeCdp.send(target.tabId, "DOM.focus", { backendNodeId: node.backendNodeId });
   } catch (err) {
-    return {
-      code: "cdp_failed",
-      message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
-    };
+    return fillError("fill_failed", err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err));
   }
 
   if (throwIfAborted(deps.signal)) {
@@ -676,57 +721,252 @@ export async function handleFill(
   const clearBefore = params.clear_before ?? true;
 
   try {
-    if (clearBefore) {
-      // Clear input/textarea value or wipe contenteditable innerText,
-      // then fire `input` so frameworks observe the empty state.
-      await nodeCdp.send(target.tabId, "Runtime.callFunctionOn", {
-        objectId,
-        functionDeclaration: `function() {
-          if (this.isContentEditable) { this.textContent = ''; }
-          else {
-            const proto = this instanceof HTMLTextAreaElement
-              ? HTMLTextAreaElement.prototype
-              : HTMLInputElement.prototype;
-            const descriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(proto, 'value');
-            if (descriptor && descriptor.set) descriptor.set.call(this, '');
-            else this.value = '';
-          }
-          this.dispatchEvent(new Event('input', { bubbles: true }));
-        }`,
-        returnByValue: true,
-      });
+    if (throwIfAborted(deps.signal)) {
+      return { code: "cancelled", message: "fill aborted" };
+    }
+    try {
+      await nodeCdp.send(target.tabId, "DOM.focus", { backendNodeId: node.backendNodeId });
+    } catch (error) {
+      // Chrome rejects DOM.focus for disabled controls, including inherited
+      // fieldset state. Classify the live target before treating this as a
+      // browser failure; the normal path needs no extra round trip.
+      const editable = await nodeCdp.send<FillScriptReply<boolean>>(
+        target.tabId,
+        "Runtime.callFunctionOn",
+        { objectId, functionDeclaration: FILL_EDITABLE_FUNCTION, returnByValue: true },
+      );
+      if (throwIfAborted(deps.signal)) {
+        return { code: "cancelled", message: "fill aborted" };
+      }
+      if (!editable.exceptionDetails && editable.result?.value === false) {
+        return fillError(
+          "target_not_fillable",
+          "fill target is not editable or its input type is unsupported",
+        );
+      }
+      throw error;
     }
     if (throwIfAborted(deps.signal)) {
       return { code: "cancelled", message: "fill aborted" };
     }
+    // Check editability before clearing. Keep the expected result tied to
+    // this object, including the existing value on the append path.
+    const prepared = await nodeCdp.send<FillScriptReply<FillPreparation>>(
+      target.tabId,
+      "Runtime.callFunctionOn",
+      {
+        objectId,
+        functionDeclaration: `function(value, clearBefore) {
+          const tag = this.tagName.toLowerCase();
+          const native = tag === 'input' || tag === 'textarea';
+          if (!(${FILL_EDITABLE_FUNCTION}).call(this)) return { reason: 'target_not_fillable', error: 'fill target is not editable or its input type is unsupported' };
+          if (this.getRootNode().activeElement !== this) return { reason: 'fill_focus_lost', error: 'fill target does not have focus' };
+          const before = clearBefore ? '' : (${FILL_VALUE_FUNCTION}).call(this);
+          let expected = before + value;
+          if (native) {
+            // Use the browser's own value sanitization (e.g. textarea
+            // line endings) without changing the live control.
+            const normalizer = this.ownerDocument.createElement(tag);
+            if (tag === 'input') {
+              normalizer.type = this.type;
+              normalizer.multiple = this.multiple;
+            }
+            // insertText treats line breaks in a single-line input as spaces.
+            if (tag === 'input') expected = expected.replace(/\\r\\n|\\r|\\n/g, ' ');
+            normalizer.value = expected;
+            if (expected !== '' && normalizer.value === '' && this.type === 'number') {
+              return { reason: 'fill_value_invalid', error: 'fill value is not valid for a number input' };
+            }
+            expected = normalizer.value;
+            if (this.type !== 'number' && this.maxLength >= 0 && expected.length > this.maxLength) {
+              return { reason: 'fill_value_invalid', error: 'fill value exceeds the target maxlength' };
+            }
+          } else {
+            expected = expected.replace(/\\r\\n?/g, '\\n');
+          }
+          if (clearBefore) {
+            if (native) {
+              const proto = tag === 'textarea' ? HTMLTextAreaElement.prototype : HTMLInputElement.prototype;
+              Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(proto, 'value').set.call(this, '');
+            } else {
+              this.textContent = '';
+            }
+            this.dispatchEvent(new Event('input', { bubbles: true }));
+          }
+          return { before, expected };
+        }`,
+        arguments: [{ value: params.value }, { value: clearBefore }],
+        returnByValue: true,
+      },
+    );
+    if (throwIfAborted(deps.signal)) {
+      return { code: "cancelled", message: "fill aborted" };
+    }
+    if (prepared.exceptionDetails) {
+      return fillError("fill_failed", "fill preparation script failed");
+    }
+    const preparation = prepared.result?.value;
+    if (preparation && "error" in preparation) {
+      return fillError(preparation.reason, preparation.error);
+    }
+    if (typeof preparation?.before !== "string" || typeof preparation?.expected !== "string") {
+      return fillError("fill_failed", "fill preparation returned an unexpected result");
+    }
+    // A separate call runs after the clearing event's microtasks drain.
+    // DOM focus works in background tabs. Use document.hasFocus() only to
+    // detect deferred focus events, never to reject background input.
+    const checkReady = async (): Promise<FillReadiness | RpcError> => {
+      const reply = await nodeCdp.send<FillScriptReply<FillReadiness>>(
+        target.tabId,
+        "Runtime.callFunctionOn",
+        {
+          objectId,
+          functionDeclaration: `function(before) {
+            if (!(${FILL_EDITABLE_FUNCTION}).call(this) ||
+                (${FILL_VALUE_FUNCTION}).call(this) !== before) return 'fill_target_changed';
+            if (this.getRootNode().activeElement !== this) return 'fill_focus_lost';
+            return this.ownerDocument.hasFocus() ? 'ready' : 'background';
+          }`,
+          arguments: [{ value: preparation.before }],
+          returnByValue: true,
+        },
+      );
+      const state = reply.result?.value;
+      if (
+        reply.exceptionDetails ||
+        (state !== "ready" &&
+          state !== "background" &&
+          state !== "fill_target_changed" &&
+          state !== "fill_focus_lost")
+      ) {
+        return fillError(
+          "fill_failed",
+          "fill readiness script failed or returned an unexpected result",
+        );
+      }
+      return state;
+    };
+    let ready = await checkReady();
+    if (throwIfAborted(deps.signal)) {
+      return { code: "cancelled", message: "fill aborted" };
+    }
+    // Restore focus once only if clearing left this same target editable
+    // and unchanged. Recheck after focus handlers have run.
+    if (clearBefore && ready === "fill_focus_lost") {
+      await nodeCdp.send(target.tabId, "DOM.focus", { backendNodeId: node.backendNodeId });
+      if (throwIfAborted(deps.signal)) {
+        return { code: "cancelled", message: "fill aborted" };
+      }
+      ready = await checkReady();
+    }
+    if (throwIfAborted(deps.signal)) {
+      return { code: "cancelled", message: "fill aborted" };
+    }
+    if (typeof ready !== "string") return ready;
+    if (ready !== "ready" && ready !== "background") {
+      return fillError(ready, "fill target changed or lost focus before typing");
+    }
+    if (params.value !== "" && (!clearBefore || ready === "background")) {
+      // Native editing commands also support number/email inputs, whose
+      // selection APIs cannot set a caret, and multiline contenteditables.
+      // Also do this for background replacement: CDP input focuses the
+      // renderer, delivering deferred focus events before it inserts text.
+      // Use a command-only event so this does not invoke an End shortcut.
+      try {
+        await deps.cdp.send(target.tabId, "Input.dispatchKeyEvent", {
+          type: "rawKeyDown",
+          commands: ["moveToEndOfDocument"],
+        });
+      } finally {
+        await deps.cdp.send(target.tabId, "Input.dispatchKeyEvent", { type: "keyUp" });
+      }
+      if (throwIfAborted(deps.signal)) {
+        return { code: "cancelled", message: "fill aborted" };
+      }
+      // Focus and key handlers can change the target or move focus too.
+      ready = await checkReady();
+      if (throwIfAborted(deps.signal)) {
+        return { code: "cancelled", message: "fill aborted" };
+      }
+      if (typeof ready !== "string") return ready;
+      if (ready !== "ready" && ready !== "background") {
+        return fillError(ready, "fill target changed or lost focus while positioning the caret");
+      }
+    }
     // CDP `Input.insertText` handles IME / multi-byte input out of the
     // box, much more reliably than per-key `dispatchKeyEvent`.
-    await deps.cdp.send(target.tabId, "Input.insertText", { text: params.value });
+    if (params.value !== "") {
+      await deps.cdp.send(target.tabId, "Input.insertText", { text: params.value });
+    }
     if (throwIfAborted(deps.signal)) {
       return { code: "cancelled", message: "fill aborted" };
     }
-    // Fire `input` + `change` so React / Vue controlled inputs commit.
-    await nodeCdp.send(target.tabId, "Runtime.callFunctionOn", {
+    // Keep the existing notifications, then read in a separate call so
+    // nested microtasks queued by the page cannot race the verification.
+    const notified = await nodeCdp.send<FillScriptReply<unknown>>(
+      target.tabId,
+      "Runtime.callFunctionOn",
+      {
+        objectId,
+        functionDeclaration: `function() {
+          this.dispatchEvent(new Event('input', { bubbles: true }));
+          this.dispatchEvent(new Event('change', { bubbles: true }));
+        }`,
+        returnByValue: true,
+      },
+    );
+    if (throwIfAborted(deps.signal)) {
+      return { code: "cancelled", message: "fill aborted" };
+    }
+    if (notified.exceptionDetails) {
+      return fillError("fill_failed", "fill notification script failed");
+    }
+    const verified = await nodeCdp.send<
+      FillScriptReply<{ connected: boolean; matches: boolean; valueLength: number }>
+    >(target.tabId, "Runtime.callFunctionOn", {
       objectId,
-      functionDeclaration: `function() {
-        this.dispatchEvent(new Event('input', { bubbles: true }));
-        this.dispatchEvent(new Event('change', { bubbles: true }));
-      }`,
+      functionDeclaration: `function(expected) {
+          const value = (${FILL_VALUE_FUNCTION}).call(this);
+          return { connected: this.isConnected, matches: value === expected, valueLength: value.length };
+        }`,
+      arguments: [{ value: preparation.expected }],
       returnByValue: true,
     });
+    if (throwIfAborted(deps.signal)) {
+      return { code: "cancelled", message: "fill aborted" };
+    }
+    const verification = verified.result?.value;
+    if (
+      verified.exceptionDetails ||
+      typeof verification?.connected !== "boolean" ||
+      typeof verification?.matches !== "boolean" ||
+      typeof verification?.valueLength !== "number"
+    ) {
+      return fillError(
+        "fill_failed",
+        "fill verification script failed or returned an unexpected result",
+      );
+    }
+    if (!verification.connected) {
+      return fillError("fill_target_changed", "fill target was removed or replaced during input");
+    }
+    if (!verification.matches) {
+      return fillError(
+        "fill_value_mismatch",
+        "fill could not verify the expected value; observe the page before deciding whether to retry",
+      );
+    }
+    return attachDialogs(deps.cdp, target.tabId, dialogCursor, {
+      tab_id: target.tabId,
+      used_ref: node.usedRef,
+      used_selector: node.usedSelector,
+      value_length: verification.valueLength,
+    });
   } catch (err) {
-    return {
-      code: "cdp_failed",
-      message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
-    };
+    return fillError("fill_failed", err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err));
+  } finally {
+    await nodeCdp.send(target.tabId, "Runtime.releaseObject", { objectId }).catch(() => undefined);
   }
-
-  return attachDialogs(deps.cdp, target.tabId, dialogCursor, {
-    tab_id: target.tabId,
-    used_ref: node.usedRef,
-    used_selector: node.usedSelector,
-    value_length: params.value.length,
-  });
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

apps/extension/src/tools/navigation.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,13 @@ import type {
   RpcError,
   WaitUntil,
 } from "@/transport/types";
+import {
+  type BrowserNavigationApi,
+  chromeBrowserNavigationApi,
+  navigateWithBrowserApi,
+} from "./browser-navigation";
 import { attachDialogs, markDialogCursor } from "./dialogs";
+import { cdpError, isCdpExtensionAccessDenied } from "./errors";
 import {
   type CdpRunner,
   type ChromeTabsApi,
@@ -42,6 +48,7 @@ import {
 export interface NavigationDeps {
   cdp: CdpRunner;
   tabsApi: ChromeTabsApi;
+  browserNavigation?: BrowserNavigationApi;
   /** Optional AbortSignal — M7 abort hook (M10.2 will wire the full chain). */
   signal?: AbortSignal;
   /** Override default timeout when the caller omits `timeout_ms`. */
@@ -479,6 +486,81 @@ async function readTabUrl(api: ChromeTabsApi, tabId: number): Promise<string | u
   }
 }
 
+/** Recover only a failed preflight; never replay an already-dispatched navigation. */
+async function recoverBrowserNavigation(
+  deps: NavigationDeps,
+  tabId: number,
+  action: (api: BrowserNavigationApi) => Promise<unknown>,
+  waitUntil: WaitUntil,
+  timeoutMs: number,
+): Promise<ReloadResult | RpcError> {
+  const abort = linkedAbortSignal(deps.signal);
+  const deadline = Date.now() + timeoutMs;
+  const api = deps.browserNavigation ?? chromeBrowserNavigationApi;
+  try {
+    let outcome = await navigateWithBrowserApi(
+      api,
+      tabId,
+      () => action(api),
+      waitUntil === "networkidle" ? "commit" : waitUntil,
+      timeoutMs,
+      abort.signal,
+    );
+    if (outcome.reached === "failed") return outcome.error;
+    if (outcome.reached === "cancelled" || abort.signal.aborted) {
+      return { code: "cancelled", message: "navigation recovery aborted" };
+    }
+    if (outcome.reached === "match") {
+      // A completed reload is not a recovery if the restricted frame remains.
+      await deps.cdp.send(tabId, "Page.enable", {});
+      if (abort.signal.aborted)
+        return { code: "cancelled", message: "navigation recovery aborted" };
+      if (waitUntil === "networkidle") {
+        // webNavigation cannot prove network idle. Subscribe on the new
+        // document before enabling CDP lifecycle events after its commit.
+        const frame = await readMainFrameInfo(deps.cdp, tabId);
+        if (!frame.frameId) return cdpError("no main frame after navigation");
+        const remaining = deadline - Date.now();
+        if (remaining <= 0) {
+          outcome = { reached: "timeout", lastLifecycle: "commit" };
+        } else {
+          const wait = startLifecycleWait(
+            deps.cdp,
+            tabId,
+            frame.frameId,
+            "networkIdle",
+            remaining,
+            abort.signal,
+            { loaderId: frame.loaderId ?? undefined },
+          );
+          await deps.cdp.send(tabId, "Page.setLifecycleEventsEnabled", { enabled: true });
+          outcome = await wait.promise;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    if (outcome.reached === "cancelled" || abort.signal.aborted) {
+      return { code: "cancelled", message: "navigation recovery aborted" };
+    }
+    return {
+      tab_id: tabId,
+      final_url: await readTabUrl(deps.tabsApi, tabId),
+      reached: outcome.reached === "match" ? waitUntil : "timeout",
+      ...(outcome.reached === "timeout"
+        ? {
+            error_text: `timed out waiting for ${waitUntil} during navigation recovery after ${timeoutMs}ms`,
+          }
+        : {}),
+    };
+  } catch (error) {
+    return abort.signal.aborted
+      ? { code: "cancelled", message: "navigation recovery aborted" }
+      : cdpError(error);
+  } finally {
+    abort.abort();
+    abort.cleanup();
+  }
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // tool.navigate
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -505,7 +587,20 @@ export async function handleNavigate(
 
   try {
     deps.cdp.trackSessionTab?.(ctx.sessionId, target.tabId);
-    await ensureCdpReady(deps.cdp, target.tabId);
+    try {
+      await ensureCdpReady(deps.cdp, target.tabId);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (!isCdpExtensionAccessDenied(error)) throw error;
+      const recovered = await recoverBrowserNavigation(
+        deps,
+        target.tabId,
+        (api) => api.update(target.tabId, { url: params.url }),
+        waitUntil,
+        timeoutMs,
+      );
+      if (isRpcError(recovered)) return recovered;
+      return attachDialogs(deps.cdp, target.tabId, dialogCursor, { ...recovered, url: params.url });
+    }
     const expected = cdpLifecycleName(waitUntil);
     const beforeReadyState = await probeMainFrameReadyState(deps.cdp, target.tabId);
     const beforeFrame = await readMainFrameInfo(deps.cdp, target.tabId);
@@ -574,10 +669,7 @@ export async function handleNavigate(
       }`,
     });
   } catch (err) {
-    return {
-      code: "cdp_failed",
-      message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
-    };
+    return cdpError(err);
   }
 }
 
@@ -727,7 +819,24 @@ export async function handleReload(
 
   try {
     deps.cdp.trackSessionTab?.(ctx.sessionId, target.tabId);
-    await ensureCdpReady(deps.cdp, target.tabId);
+    try {
+      await ensureCdpReady(deps.cdp, target.tabId);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (!isCdpExtensionAccessDenied(error)) throw error;
+      const previousUrl = await readTabUrl(deps.tabsApi, target.tabId);
+      const recovered = await recoverBrowserNavigation(
+        deps,
+        target.tabId,
+        (api) => api.reload(target.tabId, { bypassCache: ignoreCache }),
+        waitUntil,
+        timeoutMs,
+      );
+      if (isRpcError(recovered)) return recovered;
+      return attachDialogs(deps.cdp, target.tabId, dialogCursor, {
+        ...recovered,
+        previous_url: previousUrl,
+      });
+    }
     const previousUrl = await readTabUrl(deps.tabsApi, target.tabId);
     const beforeFrame = await readMainFrameInfo(deps.cdp, target.tabId);
     const expected = cdpLifecycleName(waitUntil);
@@ -776,10 +885,7 @@ export async function handleReload(
       }`,
     });
   } catch (err) {
-    return {
-      code: "cdp_failed",
-      message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
-    };
+    return cdpError(err);
   }
 }
 

apps/extension/src/tools/observation.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { CapturedSceneInput } from "./vom/facts";
 // Observation handlers — `tool.snapshot`, `tool.get_html`, `tool.screenshot`,
 // and semantic `tool.observe` (design §7). Each handler resolves the target
 // tab (defaulting to the Agent Window's active tab when omitted) and
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ import type {
 import { attachDialogs, markDialogCursor } from "./dialogs";
 import { rpcError } from "./errors";
 import { resolveNodeGeometry } from "./frame-geometry";
+import { screenshotPageRect } from "./geometry/coordinate-types";
 import {
   type ChromeTabsApi,
   enforceToolTargetScope,
@@ -47,15 +49,9 @@ import {
   type ToolEffect,
 } from "./shared";
 import { resolveSnapshotRef } from "./snapshot-ref";
-import {
-  type CapturedNode,
-  type CapturedSurfaceProbe,
-  type CapturedViewModel,
-  captureViewModel,
-  collectOverlayExcludedBackendIds,
-  probeHoverSurfaces,
-} from "./vom/capture";
-import { type CapturedFrameDocument, captureFrameData } from "./vom/frame-capture";
+import { type CapturedNode, type CapturedSurfaceProbe, probeHoverSurfaces } from "./vom/capture";
+import { captureObservationFacts, semanticCapture } from "./vom/capture-coordinator";
+import type { FrameDocument as CapturedFrameDocument } from "./vom/frame-document";
 import { withOverlayBypass } from "./vom/hover-perception";
 import { probeTooltipNames } from "./vom/name-enrichment";
 import {
@@ -197,15 +193,14 @@ async function captureElementScreenshot(
   if (isRpcError(geometry)) return geometry;
   if (signal?.aborted) return cancelled("screenshot");
   const rect = geometry.topBounds;
+  const clip = screenshotPageRect(rect, geometry.topViewport);
+  if (!clip) return { code: "cdp_failed", message: "invalid screenshot coordinate space" };
 
   try {
     const shot = await cdp.send<{ data?: string }>(tabId, "Page.captureScreenshot", {
       format: "png",
       clip: {
-        x: rect.x,
-        y: rect.y,
-        width: rect.width,
-        height: rect.height,
+        ...clip.rect,
         scale: 1,
       },
     });
@@ -530,7 +525,7 @@ function buildActiveScopeBlocks(nodes: VomNode[], signals: VomNodeDomSignals): A
 
 function buildConditionalSurfaces(
   nodes: VomNode[],
-  captured: CapturedViewModel,
+  captured: CapturedSceneInput,
   probes: CapturedSurfaceProbe[],
 ): CondSurface[] {
   if (probes.length === 0) return [];
@@ -660,161 +655,9 @@ export interface BuildVomSceneOptions {
 
 export type VomFrameDocument = CapturedFrameDocument<CdpAxNode>;
 
-function legacyFrameDocuments(
-  axNodes: CdpAxNode[],
-  captured: CapturedViewModel,
-  pageUrl?: string,
-  rootTarget: VomFrameDocument["target"] = { tabId: 0 },
-): VomFrameDocument[] {
-  const rootFrameId = captured.rootFrameId ?? "root";
-  const documents: VomFrameDocument[] = [
-    {
-      frameId: rootFrameId,
-      contextScopeId: rootFrameId,
-      target: rootTarget,
-      ...(pageUrl ? { url: pageUrl } : {}),
-      axNodes: [],
-      domNodes: captured.nodes.map((node) => ({ ...node, frameId: node.frameId ?? rootFrameId })),
-    },
-  ];
-  const pending = [...captured.iframeNodes.entries()];
-  let progress = true;
-  let nextSyntheticFrame = 1;
-  while (pending.length > 0 && progress) {
-    progress = false;
-    for (let index = pending.length - 1; index >= 0; index -= 1) {
-      const [ownerBackendNodeId, domNodes] = pending[index];
-      const parent = documents.find((document) =>
-        document.domNodes.some((node) => node.backendNodeId === ownerBackendNodeId),
-      );
-      if (!parent) continue;
-      const frameId =
-        domNodes.find((node) => node.frameId)?.frameId ?? `legacy-frame-${nextSyntheticFrame++}`;
-      documents.push({
-        frameId,
-        parentFrameId: parent.frameId,
-        ownerBackendNodeId,
-        contextScopeId: frameId,
-        target: parent.target,
-        axNodes: [],
-        domNodes: domNodes.map((node) => ({ ...node, frameId: node.frameId ?? frameId })),
-      });
-      pending.splice(index, 1);
-      progress = true;
-    }
-  }
-
-  const documentByFrameId = new Map(documents.map((document) => [document.frameId, document]));
-  const backendFrame = new Map<number, string>();
-  const childFrameByOwner = new Map<number, string>();
-  for (const document of documents) {
-    if (document.ownerBackendNodeId !== undefined) {
-      childFrameByOwner.set(document.ownerBackendNodeId, document.frameId);
-    }
-    for (const node of document.domNodes) backendFrame.set(node.backendNodeId, document.frameId);
-  }
-  const axById = new Map(axNodes.map((node) => [node.nodeId, node]));
-  const ownership = new Map<string, string>();
-  const resolving = new Set<string>();
-  const frameForAx = (node: CdpAxNode): string => {
-    const cached = ownership.get(node.nodeId);
-    if (cached) return cached;
-    let frameId: string | undefined;
-    if (node.frameId && documentByFrameId.has(node.frameId)) frameId = node.frameId;
-    if (!frameId && typeof node.backendDOMNodeId === "number") {
-      frameId = backendFrame.get(node.backendDOMNodeId);
-    }
-    if (!frameId && node.parentId && !resolving.has(node.nodeId)) {
-      const parent = axById.get(node.parentId);
-      if (parent) {
-        frameId =
-          typeof parent.backendDOMNodeId === "number"
-            ? childFrameByOwner.get(parent.backendDOMNodeId)
-            : undefined;
-        if (!frameId) {
-          resolving.add(node.nodeId);
-          frameId = frameForAx(parent);
-          resolving.delete(node.nodeId);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    frameId ??= rootFrameId;
-    ownership.set(node.nodeId, frameId);
-    return frameId;
-  };
-  for (const node of axNodes) frameForAx(node);
-  for (const node of axNodes) {
-    const frameId = ownership.get(node.nodeId) ?? rootFrameId;
-    const document = documentByFrameId.get(frameId) ?? documents[0];
-    document.axNodes.push({
-      ...node,
-      frameId,
-      ...(node.parentId && ownership.get(node.parentId) === frameId
-        ? { parentId: node.parentId }
-        : { parentId: undefined }),
-      ...(node.childIds
-        ? { childIds: node.childIds.filter((childId) => ownership.get(childId) === frameId) }
-        : {}),
-    });
-  }
-  return documents;
-}
-
-function withLegacyBackendIds(scene: VomScene): VomScene {
-  const used = new Set<number>();
-  const idMap = new Map<number, number>();
-  let nextVirtualId = -1;
-  for (const node of scene.nodes) {
-    const preferred = node.backendNodeId;
-    const id = preferred !== undefined && !used.has(preferred) ? preferred : nextVirtualId--;
-    used.add(id);
-    idMap.set(node.id, id);
-  }
-  return {
-    ...scene,
-    nodes: scene.nodes.map((node) => ({
-      ...node,
-      id: idMap.get(node.id) as number,
-      parentId: node.parentId === null ? null : (idMap.get(node.parentId) ?? null),
-      ...(node.domParentId !== undefined
-        ? { domParentId: node.domParentId === null ? null : (idMap.get(node.domParentId) ?? null) }
-        : {}),
-      ...(node.domAncestorIds
-        ? { domAncestorIds: node.domAncestorIds.flatMap((id) => idMap.get(id) ?? []) }
-        : {}),
-    })),
-    ...(scene.surfaces
-      ? {
-          surfaces: scene.surfaces.map((surface) => ({
-            ...surface,
-            triggerId: idMap.get(surface.triggerId) ?? surface.triggerId,
-          })),
-        }
-      : {}),
-    ...(scene.activeScopeBlocks
-      ? {
-          activeScopeBlocks: scene.activeScopeBlocks.map((block) => ({
-            ...block,
-            triggerId: idMap.get(block.triggerId) ?? block.triggerId,
-          })),
-        }
-      : {}),
-  };
-}
-
-export function buildVomScene(
-  axNodes: CdpAxNode[],
-  captured: CapturedViewModel,
-  options: BuildVomSceneOptions = {},
-): VomScene {
-  return withLegacyBackendIds(
-    buildFrameVomScene(legacyFrameDocuments(axNodes, captured, options.pageUrl), captured, options),
-  );
-}
-
 export function buildFrameVomScene(
   documents: VomFrameDocument[],
-  captured: CapturedViewModel,
+  captured: CapturedSceneInput,
   options: BuildVomSceneOptions = {},
 ): VomScene {
   const scene = buildSemanticVomScene({
@@ -830,7 +673,7 @@ export function buildFrameVomScene(
 function attachCapturedSceneAnnotations(
   scene: VomScene,
   documents: VomFrameDocument[],
-  captured: CapturedViewModel,
+  captured: CapturedSceneInput,
   surfaceProbes: CapturedSurfaceProbe[],
 ): VomScene {
   const rootDocument = documents.find((document) => document.frameId === scene.rootFrameId);
@@ -980,51 +823,6 @@ export async function handleGetHtml(
   }
 }
 
-function emptyCapturedViewModel(viewport = { width: 0, height: 0 }): CapturedViewModel {
-  return { viewport, nodes: [], iframeNodes: new Map(), excludedBackendNodeIds: new Set() };
-}
-
-interface LayoutMetricsViewportReply {
-  cssLayoutViewport?: { clientWidth?: number; clientHeight?: number };
-  layoutViewport?: { clientWidth?: number; clientHeight?: number };
-}
-
-async function fallbackCapturedViewModel(
-  cdp: CdpRunner,
-  tabId: number,
-  signal?: AbortSignal,
-): Promise<CapturedViewModel> {
-  throwIfAborted(signal, "observation");
-  let viewport = { width: 0, height: 0 };
-  try {
-    const metrics = await cdp.send<LayoutMetricsViewportReply>(tabId, "Page.getLayoutMetrics", {});
-    throwIfAborted(signal, "observation");
-    const source = metrics.cssLayoutViewport ?? metrics.layoutViewport ?? {};
-    viewport = {
-      width: source.clientWidth ?? 0,
-      height: source.clientHeight ?? 0,
-    };
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (isAbortError(error)) throw error;
-  }
-  const excludedBackendNodeIds = await collectOverlayExcludedBackendIds(cdp, tabId, signal);
-  throwIfAborted(signal, "observation");
-  return { ...emptyCapturedViewModel(viewport), excludedBackendNodeIds };
-}
-
-async function captureForVom(
-  cdp: CdpRunner,
-  tabId: number,
-  options: CaptureVomObservationOptions,
-): Promise<CapturedViewModel> {
-  try {
-    return await captureViewModel(cdp, tabId, { signal: options.signal });
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (isAbortError(error)) throw error;
-    return fallbackCapturedViewModel(cdp, tabId, options.signal);
-  }
-}
-
 export interface HoverProbeOutcome {
   /** Whether any active hover was dispatched during this observation. */
   performed: boolean;
@@ -1057,7 +855,7 @@ const NO_HOVER_PROBES: HoverProbeOutcome = {
 async function runHoverProbes(
   cdp: CdpRunner,
   tabId: number,
-  captured: CapturedViewModel,
+  captured: CapturedSceneInput,
   documents: VomFrameDocument[],
   staticSemantics: ReturnType<typeof resolveSemanticGraph>,
   options: CaptureVomObservationOptions,
@@ -1096,14 +894,9 @@ export async function captureVomObservation(
   throwIfAborted(options.signal, "observation");
   await cdp.ensureAttachedToUrl?.(tabId, url);
   throwIfAborted(options.signal, "observation");
-  const captured = await captureForVom(cdp, tabId, options);
+  const facts = await captureObservationFacts<CdpAxNode>(cdp, tabId, options.signal, url);
+  const { captured, documents: normalizedDocuments } = semanticCapture(facts);
   throwIfAborted(options.signal, "observation");
-  const documents = await captureFrameData<CdpAxNode>(cdp, tabId, captured, options.signal);
-  throwIfAborted(options.signal, "observation");
-  const normalizedDocuments =
-    documents.length === 1 && captured.iframeNodes.size > 0
-      ? legacyFrameDocuments(documents[0].axNodes, captured, url, documents[0].target)
-      : documents;
   const semanticGraph = buildSemanticGraph({
     documents: normalizedDocuments,
     viewport: captured.viewport,
@@ -1131,12 +924,43 @@ export async function captureVomObservation(
     captured,
     hoverProbes.surfaceProbes,
   );
+  // Reserve space using the renderer's character-based token estimate. Like VOM
+  // headers, this integrity notice remains visible even under a tiny token budget.
+  const notices: string[] = [];
+  if (facts.issues.some((issue) => issue.stage === "geometry"))
+    notices.push(
+      "@warning geometry incomplete: some page or frame content has no top-level coordinates.",
+    );
+  const incompleteStages = ["dom", "ax", "forms", "ownership"].filter((stage) =>
+    facts.issues.some((issue) => issue.stage === stage),
+  );
+  if (incompleteStages.length)
+    notices.push(
+      `@warning observation incomplete: some ${incompleteStages.join(", ")} data is unavailable or omitted.`,
+    );
+  if (
+    facts.issues.some(
+      (issue) => issue.stage === "identity" && issue.reason !== "identity-unverified",
+    )
+  )
+    notices.push(
+      "@warning observation incomplete: some documents were omitted because their identity changed or could not be revalidated.",
+    );
+  if (facts.issues.some((issue) => issue.reason === "identity-unverified"))
+    notices.push(
+      "@warning document identity unverified: some retained documents could not be checked for changes during capture.",
+    );
+  const captureNotice = notices.join("\n");
   const rendered = renderVom(decoratedScene, {
     maxDepth: options.maxDepth,
-    maxTokens: options.maxTokens,
+    maxTokens:
+      !captureNotice || options.maxTokens === undefined
+        ? options.maxTokens
+        : Math.max(0, options.maxTokens - Math.ceil((captureNotice.length + 1) / 4)),
     redactValues: options.redactValues,
     activeRegionPolicy: options.activeRegionPolicy,
   });
+  if (captureNotice) rendered.text += `\n${captureNotice}`;
   throwIfAborted(options.signal, "observation");
   return projectRecordSafeObservation({
     rootFrameId: captured.rootFrameId ?? normalizedDocuments[0]?.frameId ?? "root",

apps/extension/src/tools/session.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { type SessionManager, SessionStartCleanupError } from "@/session-manager
 import type { RpcError } from "@/transport/types";
 import { rpcError } from "./errors";
 import { clearRecordingForSession } from "./record";
+import type { CdpRunner, ChromeTabsApi } from "./shared";
 import { isRpcError } from "./shared";
 import { returnBorrowedTab, type TabManagementDeps } from "./tabs";
 
@@ -73,11 +74,17 @@ export interface SessionStopResult {
   /** Tab ids whose return path failed; those entries remain borrowed so
    *  shutdown can be retried without closing the Agent Window. */
   return_failures?: Array<{ tab_id: number; code: string; message: string }>;
+  /**
+   * True when the Agent Window was *released* to the user (instead of being
+   * closed) because it still contained user-created tabs after the agent's own
+   * tabs were closed. Single-session scope.
+   */
+  window_released?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface SessionStopDeps {
   signal?: AbortSignal;
-  cdp?: {
+  cdp?: Pick<CdpRunner, "releaseSessionTab"> & {
     detachSession(sessionId: string): Promise<void>;
   };
   /**
@@ -87,6 +94,13 @@ export interface SessionStopDeps {
    * without a real browser.
    */
   tabManagement?: TabManagementDeps;
+  /**
+   * Read-only Chrome tabs API used to *query* remaining tabs before deciding
+   * whether to release the window. Kept separate from `tabManagement.tabs`
+   * (a `TabMutationApi` that has no `query`) so the mutation interface stays
+   * pure. Tests can inject a fake `ChromeTabsApi` too.
+   */
+  tabsQuery?: ChromeTabsApi;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -152,8 +166,10 @@ export async function handleSessionStart(
  *      cleanly (review parity with M6).
  *   3. Detach CDP sessions the extension still holds for this
  *      session (no-op if M6/M7 didn't attach to any tab).
- *   4. Close the Agent Window. SessionManager.stop() removes the
- *      Chrome window and forgets the context.
+ *   4. Close the agent-created tabs and the home tab (design §3.2).
+ *   5. If any tab remains — those are user-created tabs — release the
+ *      window to the user (dropOnly) instead of closing it, so user
+ *      tabs survive. Otherwise close the window as before.
  *
  * Failures in step 1 keep the Agent Window open: a failed borrowed tab
  * may still be there, so closing the window would risk losing user
@@ -188,15 +204,19 @@ export async function handleSessionStop(
   const returnFailures: SessionStopResult["return_failures"] = [];
   const borrowedIds = Array.from(ctx.borrowedTabs.keys());
   for (const tabId of borrowedIds) {
+    // A close event may have removed this borrow while another tab returned.
+    if (!ctx.borrowedTabs.has(tabId)) continue;
     try {
       const tabManagement = {
         ...(deps.tabManagement ?? {}),
+        cdp: deps.cdp ?? deps.tabManagement?.cdp,
         signal: deps.signal,
         isAgentWindowId:
           deps.tabManagement?.isAgentWindowId ??
           ((windowId: number) => manager.findByWindowId(windowId) !== null),
       };
       const outcome = await returnBorrowedTab(ctx, tabId, tabManagement);
+      if (!ctx.borrowedTabs.has(tabId)) continue;
       if (typeof outcome === "object" && "code" in outcome) {
         console.warn(`[bsk session_stop] auto-return failed for tab ${tabId}`, outcome);
         returnFailures?.push({
@@ -209,6 +229,7 @@ export async function handleSessionStop(
         ctx.borrowedTabs.delete(tabId);
       }
     } catch (err) {
+      if (!ctx.borrowedTabs.has(tabId)) continue;
       const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
       console.warn(`[bsk session_stop] auto-return threw for tab ${tabId}: ${message}`);
       returnFailures?.push({
@@ -219,8 +240,15 @@ export async function handleSessionStop(
     }
   }
 
+  // A previously failed tab may have closed during a later return. Only
+  // confirmed close events remove borrows; ordinary move failures stay retryable.
+  const pendingReturnFailures = returnFailures.filter((failure) =>
+    ctx.borrowedTabs.has(failure.tab_id),
+  );
   if (deps.signal?.aborted) {
-    const nonCancelFailures = returnFailures?.filter((failure) => failure.code !== "cancelled");
+    const nonCancelFailures = pendingReturnFailures.filter(
+      (failure) => failure.code !== "cancelled",
+    );
     if (nonCancelFailures && nonCancelFailures.length > 0) {
       return {
         ...(returnedTabIds.length > 0 ? { returned_tab_ids: returnedTabIds } : {}),
@@ -232,8 +260,8 @@ export async function handleSessionStop(
 
   const result: SessionStopResult = {};
   if (returnedTabIds.length > 0) result.returned_tab_ids = returnedTabIds;
-  if (returnFailures && returnFailures.length > 0) {
-    result.return_failures = returnFailures;
+  if (pendingReturnFailures.length > 0) {
+    result.return_failures = pendingReturnFailures;
     // A failed return means at least one borrowed user tab may still be
     // inside the Agent Window. Keep the session/window alive so the user
     // can retry `bsk session stop` or explicitly `bsk tab return` after the
@@ -253,8 +281,66 @@ export async function handleSessionStop(
     return { code: "cancelled", message: "session_stop aborted before window close" };
   }
 
-  // Step 4: close the Agent Window and drop the context.
-  await manager.stop(params.session_id);
+  // Step 4: close every tab explicitly created by the agent, including the
+  // home tab. `tabsApi` is a
+  // TabMutationApi (remove only); `queryApi` is a separate read-only
+  // ChromeTabsApi. If neither is injected, we conservatively fall back to
+  // closing the window (see Step 5).
+  const tabsApi = deps.tabManagement?.tabs;
+  const queryApi = deps.tabsQuery;
+
+  if (tabsApi) {
+    // Close each agent-created tab that still exists.
+    const agentCreatedTabIds = Array.from(ctx.agentCreatedTabs);
+    for (const tabId of agentCreatedTabIds) {
+      try {
+        await tabsApi.remove(tabId);
+        ctx.agentCreatedTabs.delete(tabId);
+      } catch (err) {
+        // Tab may already be gone (closed by the user). Non-fatal.
+        console.warn(`[bsk session_stop] failed to close agent tab ${tabId}`, err);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Step 5: decide whether to release (keep) the window or close it.
+  let shouldRelease = false;
+  if (queryApi) {
+    try {
+      const liveWindowTabs = await queryApi.query({ windowId: ctx.agentWindowId });
+      // Only genuine *user* tabs count toward keeping the window open.
+      // An agent tab that failed to close in Step 4 may still be present
+      // here; if we counted it as a reason to release (dropOnly), the
+      // window would be kept and that agent tab would leak (issue #57
+      // regression). Exclude any id still tracked in agentCreatedTabs.
+      const userTabs = liveWindowTabs.filter((t) => {
+        if (t.id === undefined) return false;
+        return !ctx.agentCreatedTabs.has(t.id);
+      });
+      const leakedAgentTabs = liveWindowTabs.filter(
+        (t) => t.id !== undefined && ctx.agentCreatedTabs.has(t.id),
+      );
+      if (leakedAgentTabs.length > 0) {
+        console.warn(
+          `[bsk session_stop] ${leakedAgentTabs.length} agent tab(s) failed to close; forcing window close instead of release`,
+          leakedAgentTabs.map((t) => t.id),
+        );
+      }
+      shouldRelease = userTabs.length > 0;
+    } catch {
+      // Query failed (e.g. window already gone) — conservatively close it.
+      shouldRelease = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (shouldRelease) {
+    // Keep the window + its user tabs; only drop the session binding.
+    await manager.stop(params.session_id, { dropOnly: true });
+    result.window_released = true;
+  } else {
+    // Window is empty (or we couldn't verify state) — close it.
+    await manager.stop(params.session_id);
+  }
 
   return result;
 }

apps/extension/src/tools/shared.ts

@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ export interface CdpRunner {
   sendToTarget?<T = unknown>(target: CdpTarget, method: string, params?: object): Promise<T>;
   detach?(tabId: number): Promise<void>;
   getFrameGraph?(tabId: number): Promise<CdpFrameGraph>;
+  getAttachmentId?(tabId: number): string | undefined;
   ensureAttachedToUrl?(tabId: number, expectedUrl: string | undefined): Promise<void>;
   trackSessionTab?(sessionId: string, tabId: number): void;
+  releaseSessionTab?(sessionId: string, tabId: number): Promise<void>;
   onEvent?(handler: (source: CdpDebuggee, method: string, params: unknown) => void): {
     dispose(): void;
   };

apps/extension/src/tools/tabs.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 import type { SessionContext, SessionManager } from "@/session-manager/manager";
 import type { RpcError } from "@/transport/types";
 import { rpcError } from "./errors";
-import { isRpcError, lookupSession } from "./shared";
+import { type CdpRunner, isRpcError, lookupSession } from "./shared";
 
 export type TabScope = "user" | "agent" | "all";
 
@@ -287,6 +287,10 @@ export interface TabManagementDeps {
   approveBorrow?: BorrowConfirmationApprover;
   /** Clears Agent-scoped overlays after a borrowed tab is returned. */
   agentOverlayReset?: AgentOverlayResetApi;
+  /** Releases this session's CDP claim after a borrowed tab is returned. */
+  cdp?: Pick<CdpRunner, "releaseSessionTab">;
+  /** Runs after tab_return validation, before moving the borrowed tab. */
+  beforeReturn?: (sessionId: string, tabId: number) => Promise<void>;
   /**
    * Reports whether `windowId` is any live session's Agent Window.
    * `tab_return`'s fallback window picker uses this to avoid moving a
@@ -369,6 +373,7 @@ function buildCreateProps(
  * Returns the created tab on success, or an `RpcError` on failure.
  */
 async function createTabAndCleanup(
+  ctx: SessionContext,
   deps: TabManagementDeps,
   createProps: chrome.tabs.CreateProperties,
 ): Promise<CreatedChromeTab | RpcError> {
@@ -381,25 +386,28 @@ async function createTabAndCleanup(
       message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
     };
   }
-  if (aborted(deps.signal, "tab_create")) {
-    // We already opened the tab; close it on abort so we don't leak.
-    if (typeof tab.id === "number") {
-      try {
-        await getTabsApi(deps).remove(tab.id);
-      } catch (cleanupErr) {
-        return rpcError(
-          "protocol_error",
-          "cleanup_failed",
-          `tab_create aborted but cleanup of tab ${tab.id} failed: ${describeError(cleanupErr)}`,
-          { resource_type: "tab", resource_id: tab.id },
-        );
-      }
-    }
-    return { code: "cancelled", message: "tab_create aborted" };
-  }
   if (typeof tab.id !== "number") {
     return { code: "protocol_error", message: "chrome.tabs.create returned no tab id" };
   }
+  // Claim the concrete id returned by Chrome. Ownership never depends on
+  // matching this request to an asynchronous onCreated event.
+  ctx.agentCreatedTabs.add(tab.id);
+  if (aborted(deps.signal, "tab_create")) {
+    try {
+      await getTabsApi(deps).remove(tab.id);
+      ctx.agentCreatedTabs.delete(tab.id);
+    } catch (cleanupErr) {
+      // Keep the claim when cleanup fails so session_stop can retry instead
+      // of releasing an agent-owned tab to the user.
+      return rpcError(
+        "protocol_error",
+        "cleanup_failed",
+        `tab_create aborted but cleanup of tab ${tab.id} failed: ${describeError(cleanupErr)}`,
+        { resource_type: "tab", resource_id: tab.id },
+      );
+    }
+    return { code: "cancelled", message: "tab_create aborted" };
+  }
   return { ...tab, id: tab.id };
 }
 
@@ -426,7 +434,7 @@ export async function handleTabCreate(
   const paramErr = validateTabCreateParams(params);
   if (paramErr) return paramErr;
 
-  const tab = await createTabAndCleanup(deps, buildCreateProps(ctx, params));
+  const tab = await createTabAndCleanup(ctx, deps, buildCreateProps(ctx, params));
   if (isRpcError(tab)) return tab;
 
   return {
@@ -526,6 +534,9 @@ export async function handleTabClose(
   }
   try {
     await getTabsApi(deps).remove(params.tab_id);
+    // Keep the tracking set accurate so session_stop won't try to close a
+    // tab that's already gone (design §3.1).
+    ctx.agentCreatedTabs.delete(params.tab_id);
   } catch (err) {
     return {
       code: "protocol_error",
@@ -753,13 +764,6 @@ async function executeBorrowCore(
   );
   if (moveErr) return moveErr;
 
-  // Best-effort activation — failure is non-fatal.
-  try {
-    await p.tabsApi.update(p.tabId, { active: true });
-  } catch (err) {
-    console.debug("[bsk tab_borrow] activate after move failed", err);
-  }
-
   return { originalWindowId, originalIndex };
 }
 
@@ -823,6 +827,12 @@ export async function handleTabBorrow(
         message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
       };
     }
+    // Activate after commit so overlay/event observers see the tab as claimed.
+    try {
+      await tabsApi.update(params.tab_id, { active: true });
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.debug("[bsk tab_borrow] activate after move failed", err);
+    }
     return {
       tab_id: params.tab_id,
       original_window_id: coreResult.originalWindowId,
@@ -939,16 +949,22 @@ async function cleanupUnusedFallbackWindow(
   }
 }
 
-function resetAgentOverlaysInReturnedTab(
+async function releaseReturnedTabState(
   ctx: SessionContext,
   tabId: number,
   deps: TabManagementDeps,
-): void {
+): Promise<void> {
   void getAgentOverlayResetApi(deps)
     .resetAgentOverlays(tabId, ctx.sessionId)
     .catch((err) => {
       console.debug("[bsk tab_return] agent overlay reset failed", err);
     });
+  try {
+    await deps.cdp?.releaseSessionTab?.(ctx.sessionId, tabId);
+  } catch (err) {
+    // A successful move must not be retried because debugger cleanup failed.
+    console.debug("[bsk tab_return] CDP release failed", err);
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1022,7 +1038,7 @@ export async function returnBorrowedTab(
     });
     const movedTab = Array.isArray(moved) ? moved[0] : moved;
     const finalIndex = typeof movedTab?.index === "number" ? movedTab.index : targetIndex;
-    resetAgentOverlaysInReturnedTab(ctx, tabId, deps);
+    await releaseReturnedTabState(ctx, tabId, deps);
     return {
       tabId,
       toWindowId: targetWindowId,
@@ -1064,7 +1080,7 @@ export async function returnBorrowedTab(
         });
         const movedTab = Array.isArray(moved) ? moved[0] : moved;
         const finalIndex = typeof movedTab?.index === "number" ? movedTab.index : target.index;
-        resetAgentOverlaysInReturnedTab(ctx, tabId, deps);
+        await releaseReturnedTabState(ctx, tabId, deps);
         return {
           tabId,
           toWindowId: target.windowId,
@@ -1110,6 +1126,7 @@ export async function handleTabReturn(
       message: `tab_return: tab ${params.tab_id} is not borrowed by this session`,
     };
   }
+  await deps.beforeReturn?.(ctx.sessionId, params.tab_id);
   const outcome = await returnBorrowedTab(ctx, params.tab_id, {
     ...deps,
     isAgentWindowId:

apps/extension/src/tools/vom/__tests__/capture.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { OVERLAY_HOST_MARKER_ATTR, OVERLAY_HOST_NAME } from "../../../lib/overlay-bridge";
-import { captureViewModel, collectOverlayExcludedBackendIds, probeHoverSurfaces } from "../capture";
+import { collectOverlayExcludedBackendIds, probeHoverSurfaces } from "../capture";
+import { captureObservationFacts, semanticCapture } from "../capture-coordinator";
 
 // Minimal but format-accurate captureSnapshot reply: a body with one
 // fixed full-screen overlay div carrying a password input.
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ function fakeSnapshotReply() {
     strings: S,
     documents: [
       {
+        frameId: "root",
         nodes: {
           parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1, 2],
           nodeType: [1, 1, 1, 1],
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ function hoverTriggerSnapshotReply() {
     strings: S,
     documents: [
       {
+        frameId: "root",
         nodes: {
           parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1],
           nodeType: [1, 1, 1],
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@ function twoHoverTriggerSnapshotReply() {
     strings: S,
     documents: [
       {
+        frameId: "root",
         nodes: {
           parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1, 1],
           nodeType: [1, 1, 1, 1],
@@ -170,6 +174,7 @@ function nestedHoverTriggerSnapshotReply() {
     strings: S,
     documents: [
       {
+        frameId: "root",
         nodes: {
           parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1, 2, 3],
           nodeType: [1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
@@ -210,38 +215,48 @@ function makeCdp(snapshot: unknown) {
       if (method === "DOMSnapshot.enable") return {};
       if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return snapshot;
       if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
-        return { cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 800, pageX: 0, pageY: 0 } };
+        return {
+          visualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
+          cssVisualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
+          cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 800, pageX: 0, pageY: 0 },
+        };
       }
       if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") {
         return {
           result: {
-            value: {
-              controls: [
+            deepSerializedValue: {
+              type: "array",
+              value: [
                 {
-                  state: "filled",
-                  sensitive: true,
-                  defaultValue: "hunter2",
-                  value: "hunter2",
-                  placeholder: "secret",
+                  type: "array",
+                  value: [
+                    { type: "node", value: { backendNodeId: 13 } },
+                    {
+                      type: "string",
+                      value: JSON.stringify({
+                        state: "filled",
+                        sensitive: true,
+                        placeholder: "secret",
+                      }),
+                    },
+                  ],
                 },
               ],
-              childFrames: [],
             },
           },
         };
       }
+      if (method === "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup") return {};
       throw new Error(`unexpected ${method}`);
     }) as unknown as <T>(tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => Promise<T>,
   };
 }
 
-describe("captureViewModel", () => {
+describe("snapshot capture and hover", () => {
   it("parses nodes, attrs, rects, paint order and styles", async () => {
-    const { nodes, viewport, iframeNodes } = await captureViewModel(
-      makeCdp(fakeSnapshotReply()),
-      4,
-    );
-    expect(iframeNodes.size).toBe(0);
+    const { nodes, viewport } = semanticCapture(
+      await captureObservationFacts(makeCdp(fakeSnapshotReply()), 4),
+    ).captured;
     expect(viewport).toEqual({ width: 1000, height: 800 });
     const div = nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 12);
     expect(div).toMatchObject({ tag: "div", position: "fixed", parentBackendNodeId: 11 });
@@ -253,32 +268,11 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
 
   it("never hovers the page while capturing", async () => {
     const cdp = makeCdp(fakeSnapshotReply());
-    await captureViewModel(cdp, 4);
+    semanticCapture(await captureObservationFacts(cdp, 4)).captured;
 
     expect(cdp.send).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(4, "Input.dispatchMouseEvent", expect.anything());
   });
 
-  it("batch-enriches form controls without per-node object resolution", async () => {
-    const cdp = makeCdp(fakeSnapshotReply());
-    const result = await captureViewModel(cdp, 4);
-    const input = result.nodes.find((node) => node.backendNodeId === 13);
-
-    expect(input).toMatchObject({
-      formState: "filled",
-      formPlaceholder: "secret",
-      attrs: { type: "password" },
-    });
-    expect(input?.formValue).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(input?.formDefaultValue).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(cdp.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      4,
-      "Runtime.evaluate",
-      expect.objectContaining({ returnByValue: true }),
-    );
-    expect(cdp.send).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(4, "DOM.resolveNode", expect.anything());
-    expect(cdp.send).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(4, "Runtime.callFunctionOn", expect.anything());
-  });
-
   it("runs hover surface probes when explicitly enabled", async () => {
     let hoverStateCalls = 0;
     const cdp = {
@@ -287,6 +281,8 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
         if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return hoverTriggerSnapshotReply();
         if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
           return {
+            visualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
+            cssVisualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
             cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 800, pageX: 0, pageY: 0 },
           };
         }
@@ -318,7 +314,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       }) as unknown as <T>(tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => Promise<T>,
     };
 
-    const captured = await captureViewModel(cdp, 4);
+    const captured = semanticCapture(await captureObservationFacts(cdp, 4)).captured;
     const surfaceProbes = await probeHoverSurfaces(cdp, 4, captured.nodes);
 
     expect(surfaceProbes).toEqual([
@@ -350,6 +346,8 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
         if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return twoHoverTriggerSnapshotReply();
         if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
           return {
+            visualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
+            cssVisualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
             cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 800, pageX: 0, pageY: 0 },
           };
         }
@@ -378,7 +376,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       }) as unknown as <T>(tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => Promise<T>,
     };
 
-    const captured = await captureViewModel(cdp, 4);
+    const captured = semanticCapture(await captureObservationFacts(cdp, 4)).captured;
     const surfaceProbes = await probeHoverSurfaces(cdp, 4, captured.nodes);
 
     expect(surfaceProbes).toEqual([
@@ -398,6 +396,8 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
         if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return nestedHoverTriggerSnapshotReply();
         if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
           return {
+            visualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
+            cssVisualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
             cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 800, pageX: 0, pageY: 0 },
           };
         }
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       }) as unknown as <T>(tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => Promise<T>,
     };
 
-    const captured = await captureViewModel(cdp, 4);
+    const captured = semanticCapture(await captureObservationFacts(cdp, 4)).captured;
     await probeHoverSurfaces(cdp, 4, captured.nodes);
 
     expect(hoverMoves).toBe(1);
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       strings: S,
       documents: [
         {
+          frameId: "root",
           nodes: {
             parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1, 0, 3, 4],
             nodeName: [i("html"), i("body"), i("div"), i(OVERLAY_HOST_NAME), i("div"), i("button")],
@@ -485,7 +486,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       ],
     };
 
-    const { nodes } = await captureViewModel(makeCdp(snapshot), 4);
+    const { nodes } = semanticCapture(await captureObservationFacts(makeCdp(snapshot), 4)).captured;
     const ids = nodes.map((n) => n.backendNodeId);
     // Real page nodes survive.
     expect(ids).toContain(12);
@@ -516,6 +517,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       strings: S,
       documents: [
         {
+          frameId: "root",
           nodes: {
             parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1, 0, 3, 4],
             nodeName: [i("html"), i("body"), i("div"), i(OVERLAY_HOST_NAME), i("div"), i("button")],
@@ -546,7 +548,9 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       ],
     };
 
-    const { excludedBackendNodeIds } = await captureViewModel(makeCdp(snapshot), 4);
+    const { excludedBackendNodeIds } = semanticCapture(
+      await captureObservationFacts(makeCdp(snapshot), 4),
+    ).captured;
     expect(excludedBackendNodeIds).toEqual(new Set([13, 14, 15]));
   });
 
@@ -567,6 +571,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       strings: S,
       documents: [
         {
+          frameId: "root",
           nodes: {
             parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1],
             nodeName: [i("html"), i("body"), i(OVERLAY_HOST_NAME)],
@@ -589,7 +594,9 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       ],
     };
 
-    const { nodes, excludedBackendNodeIds } = await captureViewModel(makeCdp(snapshot), 4);
+    const { nodes, excludedBackendNodeIds } = semanticCapture(
+      await captureObservationFacts(makeCdp(snapshot), 4),
+    ).captured;
     expect(nodes.map((n) => n.backendNodeId)).not.toContain(13);
     expect(excludedBackendNodeIds).toEqual(new Set([13]));
   });
@@ -612,6 +619,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       strings: S,
       documents: [
         {
+          frameId: "root",
           nodes: {
             parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1],
             nodeName: [i("html"), i("body"), i("div")],
@@ -634,7 +642,9 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       ],
     };
 
-    const { nodes, excludedBackendNodeIds } = await captureViewModel(makeCdp(snapshot), 4);
+    const { nodes, excludedBackendNodeIds } = semanticCapture(
+      await captureObservationFacts(makeCdp(snapshot), 4),
+    ).captured;
     expect(nodes.map((n) => n.backendNodeId)).not.toContain(13);
     expect(excludedBackendNodeIds).toEqual(new Set([13]));
   });
@@ -657,6 +667,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       strings: S,
       documents: [
         {
+          frameId: "root",
           nodes: {
             parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1],
             nodeName: [i("html"), i("body"), i("div")],
@@ -679,7 +690,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
         },
       ],
     };
-    const { nodes } = await captureViewModel(makeCdp(snapshot), 4);
+    const { nodes } = semanticCapture(await captureObservationFacts(makeCdp(snapshot), 4)).captured;
     expect(nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 12)?.cursor).toBe("pointer");
     expect(nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11)?.cursor).toBe("auto");
   });
@@ -691,6 +702,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       strings: S,
       documents: [
         {
+          frameId: "root",
           nodes: {
             parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1, 1, 1],
             nodeName: [i("html"), i("body"), i("button"), i("button"), i("button")],
@@ -717,7 +729,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       ],
     };
 
-    const { nodes } = await captureViewModel(makeCdp(snapshot), 4);
+    const { nodes } = semanticCapture(await captureObservationFacts(makeCdp(snapshot), 4)).captured;
 
     expect(nodes.find((node) => node.backendNodeId === 12)?.rendered).toBe(true);
     expect(nodes.find((node) => node.backendNodeId === 13)?.rendered).toBe(false);
@@ -731,25 +743,28 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
         if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return fakeSnapshotReply();
         if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
           return {
+            visualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
+            cssVisualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
             cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 800, pageX: 0, pageY: 200 },
           };
         }
         throw new Error(method);
       }) as unknown as <T>(tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => Promise<T>,
     };
-    const { nodes } = await captureViewModel(cdp, 4);
+    const { nodes } = semanticCapture(await captureObservationFacts(cdp, 4)).captured;
     const div = nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 12);
     expect(div?.localRect?.y).toBe(-200);
     expect(div?.rect).toMatchObject({ y: 0, h: 600 });
   });
 
-  it("normalizes device-pixel bounds by devicePixelRatio", async () => {
+  it("normalizes raw snapshot bounds before viewport clipping", async () => {
     const S = ["html", "body", "div", "position", "fixed", "static", "pointer-events", "auto"];
     const i = (s: string) => S.indexOf(s);
     const snapshot = {
       strings: S,
       documents: [
         {
+          frameId: "root",
           nodes: {
             parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1],
             nodeName: [i("html"), i("body"), i("div")],
@@ -777,6 +792,8 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
         if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return snapshot;
         if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
           return {
+            visualViewport: { clientWidth: 2000 },
+            cssVisualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
             cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 800, pageX: 0, pageY: 0 },
             layoutViewport: { clientWidth: 2000, clientHeight: 1600 },
           };
@@ -784,13 +801,19 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
         throw new Error(method);
       }) as unknown as <T>(tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => Promise<T>,
     };
-    const { nodes } = await captureViewModel(cdp, 4);
+    const { nodes } = semanticCapture(await captureObservationFacts(cdp, 4)).captured;
     expect(nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 12)?.rect).toEqual({
       x: 0,
       y: 0,
       w: 1000,
       h: 800,
     });
+    expect(nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 12)?.localRect).toEqual({
+      x: 0,
+      y: 0,
+      w: 1000,
+      h: 800,
+    });
   });
 
   it("extracts textContent from #text child nodes via nodeValue", async () => {
@@ -814,6 +837,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       strings: S,
       documents: [
         {
+          frameId: "root",
           scrollOffsetX: 0,
           scrollOffsetY: 0,
           nodes: {
@@ -846,13 +870,15 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
         if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return snapshot;
         if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
           return {
+            visualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
+            cssVisualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
             cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 800, pageX: 0, pageY: 0 },
           };
         }
         throw new Error(method);
       }) as unknown as <T>(tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => Promise<T>,
     };
-    const { nodes } = await captureViewModel(cdp, 4);
+    const { nodes } = semanticCapture(await captureObservationFacts(cdp, 4)).captured;
     const btn = nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 12);
     expect(btn?.textContent).toBe("登录");
     const link = nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 14);
@@ -862,7 +888,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
     expect(body?.textContent).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
-  it("parses iframe sub-documents and returns iframeNodes keyed by iframe backendNodeId", async () => {
+  it("retains explicit iframe document ownership and projected nodes", async () => {
     const S = [
       "html",
       "body",
@@ -936,39 +962,38 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
         if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return snapshot;
         if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
           return {
+            visualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
+            cssVisualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
             cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 800, pageX: 0, pageY: 0 },
           };
         }
+        if (method === "DOM.getBoxModel")
+          return { model: { content: [100, 300, 900, 300, 900, 700, 100, 700] } };
+        if (method === "DOM.resolveNode") return { object: { objectId: "owner" } };
+        if (method === "Runtime.callFunctionOn")
+          return { result: { value: { width: 800, height: 400 } } };
+        if (method === "Runtime.releaseObject") return {};
         throw new Error(method);
       }) as unknown as <T>(tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => Promise<T>,
     };
-    const {
-      nodes,
-      iframeNodes,
-      frameNodes,
-      frameOwnerBackendNodeIds,
-      frameParentIds,
-      rootFrameId,
-    } = await captureViewModel(cdp, 4);
-    // Main frame has 4 nodes; iframe is included
-    expect(nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 13)?.tag).toBe("iframe");
-    // iframeNodes keyed by the <iframe> element's backendNodeId=13
-    expect(iframeNodes.size).toBe(1);
-    expect(iframeNodes.has(13)).toBe(true);
-    const subNodes = iframeNodes.get(13)!;
+    const facts = await captureObservationFacts(cdp, 4);
+    const root = facts.documents.find((doc) => doc.frame.frameId === "main-frame")!;
+    const child = facts.documents.find((doc) => doc.frame.frameId === "child-frame")!;
+    expect(facts.documents).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(root.domNodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 13)?.tag).toBe("iframe");
+    const subNodes = child.domNodes;
     const input = subNodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 101);
     expect(input?.tag).toBe("input");
     expect(input?.attrs.type).toBe("text");
     expect(input?.ownerFrameBackendNodeId).toBe(13);
     expect(input?.localRect).toEqual({ x: 0, y: 0, w: 200, h: 40 });
     expect(input?.rect).toEqual({ x: 100, y: 300, w: 200, h: 40 });
-    expect(rootFrameId).toBe("main-frame");
-    expect(frameNodes?.get("child-frame")).toBe(subNodes);
-    expect(frameOwnerBackendNodeIds?.get("child-frame")).toBe(13);
-    expect(frameParentIds?.get("child-frame")).toBe("main-frame");
+    expect(facts.rootFrameId).toBe("main-frame");
+    expect(child.frame.ownerBackendNodeId).toBe(13);
+    expect(child.frame.parentFrameId).toBe("main-frame");
   });
 
-  it("captures iframe documents without requiring owner-frame geometry", async () => {
+  it("projects iframe documents independently of owner snapshot geometry", async () => {
     const S = [
       "html",
       "body",
@@ -986,6 +1011,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       strings: S,
       documents: [
         {
+          frameId: "root",
           scrollOffsetX: 0,
           scrollOffsetY: 0,
           nodes: {
@@ -1003,6 +1029,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
           },
         },
         {
+          frameId: "child",
           scrollOffsetX: 0,
           scrollOffsetY: 0,
           nodes: {
@@ -1026,18 +1053,28 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
         if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return snapshot;
         if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
           return {
+            visualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
+            cssVisualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
             cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 800, pageX: 0, pageY: 0 },
           };
         }
+        if (method === "DOM.getBoxModel")
+          return { model: { content: [100, 300, 900, 300, 900, 700, 100, 700] } };
+        if (method === "DOM.resolveNode") return { object: { objectId: "owner" } };
+        if (method === "Runtime.callFunctionOn")
+          return { result: { value: { width: 800, height: 400 } } };
+        if (method === "Runtime.releaseObject") return {};
         throw new Error(method);
       }) as unknown as <T>(tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => Promise<T>,
     };
 
-    const { iframeNodes } = await captureViewModel(cdp, 4);
-    const input = iframeNodes.get(13)?.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 101);
+    const { documents } = await captureObservationFacts(cdp, 4);
+    const input = documents
+      .find((doc) => doc.frame.frameId === "child")
+      ?.domNodes?.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 101);
 
     expect(input?.localRect).toEqual({ x: 20, y: 20, w: 120, h: 60 });
-    expect(input?.rect).toBeNull();
+    expect(input?.rect).toEqual({ x: 120, y: 320, w: 120, h: 60 });
   });
 
   it("recursively normalizes nested iframe sub-documents", async () => {
@@ -1058,6 +1095,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       strings: S,
       documents: [
         {
+          frameId: "root",
           nodes: {
             parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1],
             nodeName: [i("html"), i("body"), i("iframe")],
@@ -1079,6 +1117,9 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
           },
         },
         {
+          scrollOffsetX: 0,
+          scrollOffsetY: 0,
+          frameId: "child",
           nodes: {
             parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1],
             nodeName: [i("html"), i("body"), i("iframe")],
@@ -1100,6 +1141,9 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
           },
         },
         {
+          scrollOffsetX: 0,
+          scrollOffsetY: 0,
+          frameId: "nested",
           nodes: {
             parentIndex: [-1, 0],
             nodeName: [i("body"), i("input")],
@@ -1116,21 +1160,54 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       ],
     };
     const cdp = {
-      send: vi.fn(async (_t: number, method: string) => {
-        if (method === "DOMSnapshot.enable") return {};
-        if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return snapshot;
-        if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
-          return {
-            cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 800, pageX: 0, pageY: 0 },
-          };
-        }
-        throw new Error(method);
-      }) as unknown as <T>(tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => Promise<T>,
+      send: vi.fn(
+        async (
+          _t: number,
+          method: string,
+          params?: { backendNodeId?: number; objectId?: string },
+        ) => {
+          if (method === "DOMSnapshot.enable") return {};
+          if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return snapshot;
+          if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
+            return {
+              visualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
+              cssVisualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
+              cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 800, pageX: 0, pageY: 0 },
+            };
+          }
+          if (method === "DOM.getBoxModel")
+            return {
+              model: {
+                content:
+                  params?.backendNodeId === 13
+                    ? [10, 20, 310, 20, 310, 220, 10, 220]
+                    : [15, 26, 115, 26, 115, 106, 15, 106],
+              },
+            };
+          if (method === "DOM.resolveNode")
+            return { object: { objectId: String(params?.backendNodeId) } };
+          if (method === "Runtime.callFunctionOn")
+            return {
+              result: {
+                value:
+                  params?.objectId === "13"
+                    ? { width: 300, height: 200 }
+                    : { width: 100, height: 80 },
+              },
+            };
+          if (method === "Runtime.releaseObject") return {};
+          throw new Error(method);
+        },
+      ) as unknown as <T>(tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => Promise<T>,
     };
 
-    const { iframeNodes } = await captureViewModel(cdp, 4);
-    const nestedIframe = iframeNodes.get(13)?.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 23);
-    const input = iframeNodes.get(23)?.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 31);
+    const { documents } = await captureObservationFacts(cdp, 4);
+    const nestedIframe = documents
+      .find((doc) => doc.frame.frameId === "child")
+      ?.domNodes?.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 23);
+    const input = documents
+      .find((doc) => doc.frame.frameId === "nested")
+      ?.domNodes?.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 31);
 
     expect(nestedIframe?.localRect).toEqual({ x: 5, y: 6, w: 100, h: 80 });
     expect(nestedIframe?.rect).toEqual({ x: 15, y: 26, w: 100, h: 80 });
@@ -1139,13 +1216,14 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
     expect(input?.rect).toEqual({ x: 16, y: 28, w: 40, h: 20 });
   });
 
-  it("normalizes bounds then subtracts CSS scroll at dpr>1", async () => {
+  it("subtracts CSS scroll once without dividing snapshot bounds by a metrics ratio", async () => {
     const S = ["html", "body", "div", "position", "fixed", "static", "pointer-events", "auto"];
     const i = (s: string) => S.indexOf(s);
     const snapshot = {
       strings: S,
       documents: [
         {
+          frameId: "root",
           nodes: {
             parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1],
             nodeName: [i("html"), i("body"), i("div")],
@@ -1173,6 +1251,8 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
         if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return snapshot;
         if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
           return {
+            visualViewport: { clientWidth: 2000 },
+            cssVisualViewport: { clientWidth: 1000 },
             cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 800, pageX: 0, pageY: 100 },
             layoutViewport: { clientWidth: 2000, clientHeight: 1600 },
           };
@@ -1180,7 +1260,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
         throw new Error(method);
       }) as unknown as <T>(tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => Promise<T>,
     };
-    const { nodes } = await captureViewModel(cdp, 4);
+    const { nodes } = semanticCapture(await captureObservationFacts(cdp, 4)).captured;
     expect(nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 12)?.rect?.y).toBe(400 / 2 - 100);
   });
 

apps/extension/src/tools/vom/__tests__/facts.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { OVERLAY_HOST_MARKER_ATTR } from "@/lib/overlay-bridge";
+import { createCaptureCheckpoint } from "../capture-abort";
+import { buildDocumentIndex, type DecodedNode } from "../facts";
+import { decodeDocument, REQUESTED_STYLES } from "../snapshot";
+
+function node(id: number, parent: number | null): DecodedNode {
+  return {
+    backendNodeId: id,
+    parentBackendNodeId: parent,
+    tag: "div",
+    attrs: {},
+    paintOrder: 0,
+    position: "static",
+    pointerEvents: "auto",
+  };
+}
+
+describe("document facts", () => {
+  it.each([
+    1_000, 10_000, 100_000,
+  ])("indexes deep and wide inputs of %i without copying ancestors", async (count) => {
+    for (const wide of [false, true]) {
+      let reads = 0;
+      const input = Array.from({ length: count }, (_, i) => {
+        const item = node(i, i ? (wide ? 0 : i - 1) : null);
+        if (i === 0) item.attrs[OVERLAY_HOST_MARKER_ATTR] = "";
+        Object.defineProperty(item, "parentBackendNodeId", {
+          get: () => {
+            reads++;
+            return i ? (wide ? 0 : i - 1) : null;
+          },
+        });
+        return item;
+      }).reverse(); // parent need not precede child
+      const index = await buildDocumentIndex(input);
+      expect(index.nodes.size).toBe(count);
+      expect(index.excludedBackendNodeIds.size).toBe(count);
+      expect(reads).toBeLessThanOrEqual(count * 8);
+      expect(index.nodes.get(count - 1)).toBe(input[0]);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("handles cycles and orphans and propagates overlay through shadow roots", async () => {
+    const host = { ...node(1, null), attrs: { [OVERLAY_HOST_MARKER_ATTR]: "" } };
+    const input = [
+      node(3, 2),
+      { ...node(2, 1), tag: "#document-fragment" },
+      host,
+      node(4, 99),
+      node(5, 6),
+      node(6, 5),
+      node(7, 6),
+    ];
+    const index = await buildDocumentIndex(input);
+    expect([...index.excludedBackendNodeIds].sort()).toEqual([1, 2, 3]);
+    expect(index.nodes.size).toBe(input.length);
+  });
+
+  it("does not propagate a descendant overlay backwards into a cycle", async () => {
+    const overlay = { ...node(3, 1), attrs: { [OVERLAY_HOST_MARKER_ATTR]: "" } };
+    const index = await buildDocumentIndex([overlay, node(1, 2), node(2, 1)]);
+    expect([...index.excludedBackendNodeIds]).toEqual([3]);
+  });
+
+  it("decodes current observation bounds, styles and attributes without projecting coordinates", async () => {
+    const strings = ["div", "aria-hidden", "true", "inert", "", "visible", "0", "static", "auto"];
+    const styles = REQUESTED_STYLES.map((style) =>
+      style === "visibility" ? 5 : style === "opacity" ? 6 : style === "position" ? 7 : 8,
+    );
+    const { nodes } = await decodeDocument(
+      {
+        nodes: { backendNodeId: [1], parentIndex: [-1], nodeName: [0], attributes: [[1, 2, 3, 4]] },
+        layout: { nodeIndex: [0], bounds: [[10, 20, 120, 40]], styles: [styles] },
+      },
+      strings,
+    );
+    expect(nodes[0].attrs).toEqual({ "aria-hidden": "true", inert: "" });
+    expect(nodes[0].layout).toEqual({
+      boundsSpace: "snapshot-document-layout",
+      bounds: [10, 20, 120, 40],
+      styles: {
+        position: "static",
+        "pointer-events": "auto",
+        cursor: "auto",
+        visibility: "visible",
+        opacity: "0",
+      },
+    });
+    expect(nodes[0]).not.toHaveProperty("rect");
+    expect(nodes[0]).not.toHaveProperty("excluded");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps short blocks synchronous and checks cancellation after yielding", async () => {
+    const clock = vi.spyOn(performance, "now").mockReturnValue(0);
+    try {
+      const controller = new AbortController();
+      const checkpoint = createCaptureCheckpoint(controller.signal);
+      for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) expect(checkpoint()).toBeUndefined();
+      clock.mockReturnValue(9);
+      const pending = checkpoint();
+      expect(pending).toBeInstanceOf(Promise);
+      controller.abort();
+      await expect(pending).rejects.toMatchObject({ name: "AbortError" });
+    } finally {
+      clock.mockRestore();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("checks cancellation at bounded indexing blocks", async () => {
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const input = Array.from({ length: 100_000 }, (_, i) => node(i, i ? i - 1 : null));
+    let reads = 0;
+    for (const item of input)
+      Object.defineProperty(item, "attrs", {
+        get: () => {
+          reads++;
+          if (reads === 100) controller.abort();
+          return {};
+        },
+      });
+    await expect(buildDocumentIndex(input, controller.signal)).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      name: "AbortError",
+    });
+    expect(reads).toBeLessThanOrEqual(356);
+  });
+});

apps/extension/src/tools/vom/__tests__/form-state.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,298 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { type CdpRunner, cdpRunnerForTarget } from "../../shared";
+import { enrichFormControlStates } from "../form-capture";
+import { decodeDocument } from "../snapshot";
+
+interface Control {
+  id: number;
+  value: string;
+  type?: string;
+}
+
+function snapshot(groups: Control[][]) {
+  const strings: string[] = [];
+  const str = (value: string) => {
+    let index = strings.indexOf(value);
+    if (index < 0) index = strings.push(value) - 1;
+    return index;
+  };
+  const documents = groups.map((controls, groupIndex) => ({
+    frameId: `frame-${groupIndex}`,
+    nodes: {
+      parentIndex: [-1, 0, ...controls.map(() => 1)],
+      nodeName: [str("html"), str("body"), ...controls.map(() => str("input"))],
+      backendNodeId: [8000 + groupIndex * 2, 8001 + groupIndex * 2, ...controls.map((c) => c.id)],
+      attributes: [
+        [],
+        [],
+        ...controls.map((c) => [
+          str("type"),
+          str(c.type ?? "text"),
+          str("placeholder"),
+          str("snapshot placeholder"),
+        ]),
+      ],
+      inputValue: {
+        index: controls.map((_, i) => i + 2),
+        value: controls.map((c) => str(c.value)),
+      },
+      contentDocumentIndex: { index: [] as number[], value: [] as number[] },
+    },
+  }));
+  const root = documents[0].nodes;
+  for (let i = 1; i < documents.length; i++) {
+    root.contentDocumentIndex.index.push(root.backendNodeId.length);
+    root.contentDocumentIndex.value.push(i);
+    root.parentIndex.push(1);
+    root.nodeName.push(str("iframe"));
+    root.backendNodeId.push(9000 + i);
+    root.attributes.push([]);
+  }
+  return { strings, documents };
+}
+
+function state(value: string) {
+  return {
+    value,
+    defaultValue: "",
+    placeholder: "live placeholder",
+    state: value ? "filled" : "empty",
+    sensitive: false,
+  };
+}
+
+function reply(entries: Array<[number, unknown]>) {
+  return {
+    result: {
+      deepSerializedValue: {
+        type: "array",
+        value: entries.map(([backendNodeId, fields]) => ({
+          type: "array",
+          value: [
+            { type: "node", value: { backendNodeId } },
+            { type: "string", value: JSON.stringify(fields) },
+          ],
+        })),
+      },
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+async function fakeCdp(
+  groups: Control[][],
+  evaluate: (params: Record<string, unknown>) => unknown,
+) {
+  const snap = snapshot(groups);
+  const send = vi.fn(async (_tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => {
+    if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") return evaluate(params as Record<string, unknown>);
+    return {};
+  });
+  const nodes = await decodeControls(snap);
+  return { send, cdp: { send: send as CdpRunner["send"] }, nodes };
+}
+
+async function decodeControls(snap: ReturnType<typeof snapshot>) {
+  return Promise.all(
+    snap.documents.map(async (doc) =>
+      (await decodeDocument(doc, snap.strings)).nodes.map((node) => ({ ...node, rect: null })),
+    ),
+  );
+}
+
+describe("form state identity", () => {
+  it("matches reordered controls by identity and preserves controls missing from the batch", async () => {
+    // The snapshot includes a shadow input. The runtime query skips it,
+    // encounters a new input, and sees the remaining inputs in a new order.
+    const { cdp, nodes } = await fakeCdp(
+      [
+        [
+          { id: 10, value: "" },
+          { id: 11, value: "old email" },
+          { id: 12, value: "old city" },
+        ],
+      ],
+      () =>
+        reply([
+          [99, state("new control")],
+          [12, state("上海")],
+          [11, state("alice@example.com")],
+        ]),
+    );
+    await enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes);
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 10)).toMatchObject({
+      formValue: "",
+      formState: "empty",
+      formPlaceholder: "snapshot placeholder",
+    });
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11)).toMatchObject({
+      formValue: "alice@example.com",
+    });
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 12)).toMatchObject({ formValue: "上海" });
+    expect(nodes[0].some((n) => n.backendNodeId === 99)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("does not shift state between frames when one frame is absent from the runtime batch", async () => {
+    const { cdp, nodes } = await fakeCdp(
+      [
+        [],
+        [{ id: 11, value: "inaccessible frame" }],
+        [{ id: 21, value: "old second" }],
+        [{ id: 31, value: "old third" }],
+      ],
+      () =>
+        reply([
+          [31, state("third frame")],
+          [21, state("second frame")],
+        ]),
+    );
+    await enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes);
+    const controls = nodes.slice(1).flat();
+    expect(controls.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11)?.formValue).toBe("inaccessible frame");
+    expect(controls.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 21)?.formValue).toBe("second frame");
+    expect(controls.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 31)?.formValue).toBe("third frame");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps identical backend ids in different OOPIF targets separate", async () => {
+    const sendToTarget = vi.fn(async (target, method) => {
+      if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") return reply([[11, state(target.sessionId)]]);
+      return {};
+    });
+    const send = vi.fn(async () => {
+      throw new Error("unexpected top-level target");
+    });
+    const cdp = { send, sendToTarget } as unknown as CdpRunner;
+    for (const sessionId of ["left-frame", "right-frame"]) {
+      const nodes = await decodeControls(snapshot([[{ id: 11, value: "old" }]]));
+      await enrichFormControlStates(cdpRunnerForTarget(cdp, { tabId: 7, sessionId }), 7, nodes);
+      expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11)?.formValue).toBe(sessionId);
+      expect(sendToTarget).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        { tabId: 7, sessionId },
+        "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup",
+        expect.anything(),
+      );
+    }
+    expect(send).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "unsupported",
+    "legacy",
+    "malformed",
+    "invalid-state",
+  ])("preserves snapshot data when enrichment is %s", async (mode) => {
+    const { cdp, send, nodes } = await fakeCdp([[{ id: 11, value: "snapshot value" }]], () => {
+      if (mode === "unsupported") throw new Error("serialization unsupported");
+      if (mode === "legacy") return { result: { value: { controls: [state("wrong value")] } } };
+      const result = reply([
+        [11, mode === "invalid-state" ? { value: "wrong value" } : state("wrong value")],
+      ]);
+      if (mode === "malformed")
+        result.result.deepSerializedValue.value[0].value[1].value = "not json";
+      return result;
+    });
+    expect(await enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes)).toBe(mode !== "unsupported");
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11)).toMatchObject({
+      formValue: "snapshot value",
+      formPlaceholder: "snapshot placeholder",
+    });
+    expect(send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup", expect.anything());
+  });
+
+  it("releases the batch's remote objects when capture is cancelled", async () => {
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const { cdp, send, nodes } = await fakeCdp([[{ id: 11, value: "old" }]], () => {
+      controller.abort();
+      return reply([[11, state("new")]]);
+    });
+    await expect(enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes, controller.signal)).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      name: "AbortError",
+    });
+    expect(send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup", expect.anything());
+  });
+
+  it("does not report success when cancelled during object cleanup", async () => {
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const nodes = await decodeControls(snapshot([[{ id: 11, value: "old" }]]));
+    const cdp: CdpRunner = {
+      send: vi.fn(async (_tabId, method) => {
+        if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") return reply([[11, state("new")]]);
+        if (method === "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup") controller.abort();
+        return {};
+      }) as CdpRunner["send"],
+    };
+    await expect(enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes, controller.signal)).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      name: "AbortError",
+    });
+    expect(cdp.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup", expect.anything());
+  });
+
+  it("skips entries without node identity while still applying valid entries", async () => {
+    const { cdp, nodes } = await fakeCdp(
+      [
+        [
+          { id: 11, value: "snapshot value" },
+          { id: 12, value: "old value" },
+        ],
+      ],
+      () => {
+        const result = reply([
+          [11, state("wrong value")],
+          [12, state("live value")],
+        ]);
+        const element = result.result.deepSerializedValue.value[0].value[0];
+        delete (element.value as { backendNodeId?: number }).backendNodeId;
+        return result;
+      },
+    );
+    await enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes);
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11)?.formValue).toBe("snapshot value");
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 12)?.formValue).toBe("live value");
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "password",
+    "text",
+  ])("redacts a sensitive %s control after identity matching", async (type) => {
+    const { cdp, nodes } = await fakeCdp([[{ id: 11, value: "secret", type }]], () =>
+      reply([[11, { ...state("secret"), sensitive: true }]]),
+    );
+    await enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes);
+    const control = nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11);
+    expect(control?.formState).toBe("filled");
+    expect(control?.formValue).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(control?.formDefaultValue).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(control?.attrs.value).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps one bounded batch without per-control CDP queries", async () => {
+    const controls = Array.from({ length: 251 }, (_, i) => ({ id: i + 1, value: "old" }));
+    const elements = controls.map((c) => ({
+      backendNodeId: c.id,
+      tagName: "INPUT",
+      type: "text",
+      value: `live ${c.id}`,
+      defaultValue: "",
+      placeholder: "",
+    }));
+    const { cdp, send, nodes } = await fakeCdp([controls], (params) => {
+      const doc = {
+        querySelectorAll: (selector: string) =>
+          selector === "input,textarea,select" ? elements : [],
+      };
+      const entries = new Function("document", `return ${params.expression}`)(doc) as Array<
+        [{ backendNodeId: number }, string]
+      >;
+      expect(entries).toHaveLength(250);
+      return reply(entries.map(([element, json]) => [element.backendNodeId, JSON.parse(json)]));
+    });
+    await enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes);
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 250)?.formValue).toBe("live 250");
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 251)?.formValue).toBe("old");
+    expect(send.mock.calls.filter(([, method]) => method === "Runtime.evaluate")).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(
+      send.mock.calls.filter(([, method]) => method === "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup"),
+    ).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(send).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, "DOM.resolveNode", expect.anything());
+    expect(send).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, "Runtime.callFunctionOn", expect.anything());
+  });
+});

apps/extension/src/tools/vom/__tests__/frame-capture.test.ts

@@ -1,198 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import type { CdpRunner } from "../../shared";
-import type { CapturedNode, CapturedViewModel } from "../capture";
-import { captureFrameData } from "../frame-capture";
-
-function ownerNode(backendNodeId: number, x: number): CapturedNode {
-  return {
-    backendNodeId,
-    parentBackendNodeId: 1,
-    frameId: "main",
-    ownerFrameBackendNodeId: null,
-    tag: "iframe",
-    attrs: {},
-    rect: { x, y: 100, w: 300, h: 200 },
-    localRect: { x, y: 100, w: 300, h: 200 },
-    paintOrder: 1,
-    position: "static",
-    pointerEvents: "auto",
-  };
-}
-
-function childSnapshot(frameId: string, backendNodeId: number) {
-  const strings = [frameId, "body", "button", "static", "auto", "pointer"];
-  return {
-    strings,
-    documents: [
-      {
-        frameId,
-        nodes: {
-          parentIndex: [-1, 0],
-          nodeName: [1, 2],
-          backendNodeId: [backendNodeId - 1, backendNodeId],
-          attributes: [[], []],
-        },
-        layout: {
-          nodeIndex: [0, 1],
-          styles: [
-            [3, 4, 4],
-            [3, 4, 5],
-          ],
-          bounds: [
-            [0, 0, 300, 200],
-            [10, 20, 100, 40],
-          ],
-          paintOrders: [0, 1],
-        },
-      },
-    ],
-  };
-}
-
-describe("captureFrameData", () => {
-  it("captures and positions multiple OOPIF documents missing from the root snapshot", async () => {
-    const leftOwner = ownerNode(10, 50);
-    const rightOwner = ownerNode(20, 500);
-    const captured: CapturedViewModel = {
-      nodes: [leftOwner, rightOwner],
-      viewport: { width: 1000, height: 800 },
-      iframeNodes: new Map(),
-      frameNodes: new Map([["main", [leftOwner, rightOwner]]]),
-      frameOwnerBackendNodeIds: new Map(),
-      rootFrameId: "main",
-      excludedBackendNodeIds: new Set(),
-    };
-    const sendToTarget = vi.fn(async (target, method) => {
-      if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
-        return { cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 300, clientHeight: 200, pageX: 0, pageY: 0 } };
-      }
-      if (method === "DOMSnapshot.enable" || method === "Accessibility.enable") return {};
-      if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") {
-        return target.sessionId === "left-session"
-          ? childSnapshot("left", 101)
-          : childSnapshot("right", 201);
-      }
-      if (method === "Accessibility.getFullAXTree") return { nodes: [] };
-      throw new Error(`unexpected ${method}`);
-    });
-    const cdp: CdpRunner = {
-      send: vi.fn(async (_tabId, method, params) => {
-        if (method === "Accessibility.enable") return {};
-        if (method === "Accessibility.getFullAXTree") return { nodes: [] };
-        if (method === "DOM.getBoxModel") {
-          const backendNodeId = (params as { backendNodeId?: number })?.backendNodeId;
-          const x = backendNodeId === 10 ? 50 : 500;
-          return { model: { content: [x, 100, x + 300, 100, x + 300, 300, x, 300] } };
-        }
-        if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
-          return { cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 800 } };
-        }
-        throw new Error(`unexpected root ${method}`);
-      }) as CdpRunner["send"],
-      sendToTarget: sendToTarget as unknown as NonNullable<CdpRunner["sendToTarget"]>,
-      getFrameGraph: vi.fn(async () => ({
-        rootFrameId: "main",
-        frames: [
-          { frameId: "main", target: { tabId: 4 } },
-          {
-            frameId: "left",
-            parentFrameId: "main",
-            ownerBackendNodeId: 10,
-            target: { tabId: 4, sessionId: "left-session" },
-          },
-          {
-            frameId: "right",
-            parentFrameId: "main",
-            ownerBackendNodeId: 20,
-            target: { tabId: 4, sessionId: "right-session" },
-          },
-        ],
-      })),
-    };
-
-    const trees = await captureFrameData(cdp, 4, captured);
-
-    expect(trees.map((tree) => tree.frameId)).toEqual(["main", "left", "right"]);
-    expect(
-      captured.frameNodes?.get("left")?.find((node) => node.backendNodeId === 101)?.rect,
-    ).toEqual({ x: 60, y: 120, w: 100, h: 40 });
-    expect(
-      captured.frameNodes?.get("right")?.find((node) => node.backendNodeId === 201)?.rect,
-    ).toEqual({ x: 510, y: 120, w: 100, h: 40 });
-    expect(captured.frameOwnerBackendNodeIds).toEqual(
-      new Map([
-        ["left", 10],
-        ["right", 20],
-      ]),
-    );
-    expect(captured.frameParentIds).toEqual(
-      new Map([
-        ["left", "main"],
-        ["right", "main"],
-      ]),
-    );
-  });
-
-  it("keeps OOPIF semantics when viewport projection is unavailable", async () => {
-    const owner = { ...ownerNode(10, 50), rect: null, localRect: null };
-    const captured: CapturedViewModel = {
-      nodes: [owner],
-      viewport: { width: 1000, height: 800 },
-      iframeNodes: new Map(),
-      frameNodes: new Map([["main", [owner]]]),
-      rootFrameId: "main",
-      excludedBackendNodeIds: new Set(),
-    };
-    const cdp: CdpRunner = {
-      send: vi.fn(async (_tabId, method) => {
-        if (method === "Accessibility.enable") return {};
-        if (method === "Accessibility.getFullAXTree") return { nodes: [] };
-        if (method === "DOM.getBoxModel") throw new Error("owner geometry unavailable");
-        if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
-          return { cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 800 } };
-        }
-        throw new Error(`unexpected root ${method}`);
-      }) as CdpRunner["send"],
-      sendToTarget: vi.fn(async (_target, method) => {
-        if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") throw new Error("viewport unavailable");
-        if (method === "DOMSnapshot.enable" || method === "Accessibility.enable") return {};
-        if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return childSnapshot("child", 101);
-        if (method === "Accessibility.getFullAXTree") {
-          return {
-            nodes: [
-              {
-                nodeId: "button",
-                backendDOMNodeId: 101,
-                role: { type: "role", value: "button" },
-                name: { type: "computedString", value: "Continue" },
-              },
-            ],
-          };
-        }
-        throw new Error(`unexpected ${method}`);
-      }) as unknown as NonNullable<CdpRunner["sendToTarget"]>,
-      getFrameGraph: vi.fn(async () => ({
-        rootFrameId: "main",
-        frames: [
-          { frameId: "main", target: { tabId: 4 } },
-          {
-            frameId: "child",
-            parentFrameId: "main",
-            ownerBackendNodeId: 10,
-            target: { tabId: 4, sessionId: "child-session" },
-          },
-        ],
-      })),
-    };
-
-    const documents = await captureFrameData(cdp, 4, captured);
-    const childDocument = documents.find((document) => document.frameId === "child");
-
-    expect(childDocument?.axNodes).toEqual([
-      expect.objectContaining({ backendDOMNodeId: 101, frameId: "child" }),
-    ]);
-    expect(childDocument?.domNodes.find((node) => node.backendNodeId === 101)).toEqual(
-      expect.objectContaining({ rect: null, localRect: { x: 10, y: 20, w: 100, h: 40 } }),
-    );
-  });
-});

apps/extension/src/tools/vom/__tests__/frame-document.test.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { CdpFrameGraph } from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
-import type { CapturedNode, CapturedViewModel } from "../capture";
-import { buildFrameDocuments, type FrameAxBatch, type FrameOwnedAxNode } from "../frame-document";
+import type { CapturedNode } from "../capture";
+import {
+  buildFrameDocuments,
+  type FrameAxBatch,
+  type FrameDomInput,
+  type FrameOwnedAxNode,
+} from "../frame-document";
 
 function domNode(frameId: string, backendNodeId: number): CapturedNode {
   return {
@@ -17,19 +22,16 @@ function domNode(frameId: string, backendNodeId: number): CapturedNode {
   };
 }
 
-function captured(frameNodes: Map<string, CapturedNode[]>): CapturedViewModel {
+function captured(frameNodes: Map<string, CapturedNode[]>): FrameDomInput {
   return {
     nodes: frameNodes.get("main") ?? [],
-    viewport: { width: 800, height: 600 },
-    iframeNodes: new Map(),
     frameNodes,
     rootFrameId: "main",
-    excludedBackendNodeIds: new Set(),
   };
 }
 
 describe("buildFrameDocuments", () => {
-  it("partitions mixed AX results by node ownership and cuts cross-frame parent edges", () => {
+  it("partitions mixed AX results by node ownership and cuts cross-frame parent edges", async () => {
     const graph: CdpFrameGraph = {
       rootFrameId: "main",
       frames: [
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ describe("buildFrameDocuments", () => {
       },
     ];
 
-    const documents = buildFrameDocuments(
+    const documents = await buildFrameDocuments(
       graph,
       batches,
       captured(
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ describe("buildFrameDocuments", () => {
     expect(childNodes.find((node) => node.nodeId === "virtual")?.frameId).toBe("child");
   });
 
-  it("deduplicates overlapping same-target AX results using the strongest ownership", () => {
+  it("deduplicates overlapping same-target AX results using the strongest ownership", async () => {
     const graph: CdpFrameGraph = {
       rootFrameId: "main",
       frames: [
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ describe("buildFrameDocuments", () => {
       },
     ];
 
-    const documents = buildFrameDocuments(
+    const documents = await buildFrameDocuments(
       graph,
       batches,
       captured(
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ describe("buildFrameDocuments", () => {
     expect(documents.find((document) => document.frameId === "child")?.axNodes).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 
-  it("uses target-scoped backend ownership when OOPIF backend ids collide", () => {
+  it("uses target-scoped backend ownership when OOPIF backend ids collide", async () => {
     const graph: CdpFrameGraph = {
       rootFrameId: "main",
       frames: [
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ describe("buildFrameDocuments", () => {
       nodes: [{ nodeId: `${frame.frameId}-node`, backendDOMNodeId: 7 }],
     }));
 
-    const documents = buildFrameDocuments(
+    const documents = await buildFrameDocuments(
       graph,
       batches,
       captured(
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ describe("buildFrameDocuments", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("uses captured frame parent identity instead of guessing from backend ids", () => {
+  it("uses captured frame parent identity instead of guessing from backend ids", async () => {
     const frameNodes = new Map([
       ["main", [domNode("main", 1)]],
       ["left", [domNode("left", 7)]],
@@ -157,18 +159,51 @@ describe("buildFrameDocuments", () => {
       ["child", [domNode("child", 9)]],
     ]);
     const capture = captured(frameNodes);
-    capture.frameOwnerBackendNodeIds = new Map([["child", 7]]);
-    capture.frameParentIds = new Map([["child", "left"]]);
     const frames = ["main", "left", "right", "child"].map((frameId) => ({
-      frame: { frameId, target: { tabId: 4 } },
+      frame: {
+        frameId,
+        target: { tabId: 4 },
+        ...(frameId === "child" ? { parentFrameId: "left", ownerBackendNodeId: 7 } : {}),
+      },
       nodes: [],
     }));
 
-    const documents = buildFrameDocuments(null, frames, capture);
+    const documents = await buildFrameDocuments(null, frames, capture);
 
     expect(documents.find((document) => document.frameId === "child")).toMatchObject({
       parentFrameId: "left",
       ownerBackendNodeId: 7,
     });
   });
+  it("rejects explicit AX frame ownership in a different target", async () => {
+    const frames = [
+      { frameId: "main", target: { tabId: 4 } },
+      { frameId: "remote", target: { tabId: 4, sessionId: "remote" } },
+    ];
+    const unresolved = vi.fn();
+    const documents = await buildFrameDocuments(
+      { rootFrameId: "main", frames },
+      [{ frame: frames[0], nodes: [{ nodeId: "wrong", frameId: "remote" }] }],
+      captured(new Map()),
+      undefined,
+      unresolved,
+    );
+    expect(documents.every((doc) => doc.axNodes.length === 0)).toBe(true);
+    expect(unresolved).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("resolves a reverse-ordered deep AX parent chain without recursion", async () => {
+    const frame = { frameId: "main", target: { tabId: 4 } };
+    const nodes: FrameOwnedAxNode[] = Array.from({ length: 10000 }, (_, i) => ({
+      nodeId: String(i),
+      ...(i ? { parentId: String(i - 1) } : { frameId: "main" }),
+    })).reverse();
+    const documents = await buildFrameDocuments(
+      { rootFrameId: "main", frames: [frame] },
+      [{ frame, nodes }],
+      captured(new Map()),
+    );
+    expect(documents[0].axNodes).toHaveLength(10000);
+    expect(documents[0].axNodes[0].frameId).toBe("main");
+  });
 });

apps/extension/src/tools/vom/capture-abort.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+function captureAbortError(): Error {
+  const error = new Error("observation aborted");
+  error.name = "AbortError";
+  return error;
+}
+
+export function isAbortError(error: unknown): boolean {
+  return (
+    typeof error === "object" &&
+    error !== null &&
+    (error as { name?: string }).name === "AbortError"
+  );
+}
+
+export function throwIfAborted(signal: AbortSignal | undefined): void {
+  if (signal?.aborted) throw captureAbortError();
+}
+
+/** Check at bounded work blocks; yield only after a processing slice is spent.
+ * Each caller owns its deadline, so unrelated captures do not share state. */
+export function createCaptureCheckpoint(signal?: AbortSignal): () => Promise<void> | undefined {
+  throwIfAborted(signal);
+  let deadline = performance.now() + 8;
+  return () => {
+    throwIfAborted(signal);
+    if (performance.now() < deadline) return;
+    return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      const channel = new MessageChannel();
+      channel.port1.onmessage = () => {
+        channel.port1.close();
+        channel.port2.close();
+        resolve();
+      };
+      channel.port2.postMessage(null);
+    }).then(() => {
+      throwIfAborted(signal);
+      deadline = performance.now() + 8;
+    });
+  };
+}

apps/extension/src/tools/vom/capture-coordinator.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,413 @@
+import {
+  type CdpFrame,
+  type CdpFrameGraph,
+  type CdpTarget,
+  cdpTargetKey,
+} from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
+import { cssViewport, GeometryContext } from "../geometry/frame-context";
+import { type CdpRunner, cdpRunnerForTarget } from "../shared";
+import { collectOverlayExcludedBackendIds } from "./capture";
+import {
+  isAbortError as isCaptureAbort,
+  throwIfAborted as throwCaptureAborted,
+} from "./capture-abort";
+import { verifyDocumentIdentity } from "./document-identity";
+import type { CapturedSceneInput, DocumentIdentity } from "./facts";
+import { buildDocumentIndex, type CaptureIssue, type ObservationFacts } from "./facts";
+import { enrichFormControlStates } from "./form-capture";
+import {
+  buildFrameDocuments,
+  type FrameAxBatch,
+  type FrameDocument,
+  type FrameOwnedAxNode,
+} from "./frame-document";
+import { type NormalizedFrameDocument, normalizeSnapshot } from "./normalize";
+import { describeSnapshotFrames, REQUESTED_STYLES, type SnapshotReply } from "./snapshot";
+
+interface TargetBatch<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode> {
+  target: CdpTarget;
+  frames: CdpFrame[];
+  snapshotAttachmentId?: string;
+  documents: NormalizedFrameDocument[];
+  ax: FrameAxBatch<T>[];
+  fallbackExcluded: Set<number>;
+  snapshotFrameIds?: Set<string>;
+  rootFrameId?: string;
+}
+
+/** A fixed worker pool scoped to one capture; each worker issues at most one
+ * collection request at a time. Geometry has its own measurement-phase bound. */
+async function collectTasks<T>(
+  items: readonly T[],
+  collect: (item: T) => Promise<void>,
+  signal?: AbortSignal,
+): Promise<void> {
+  let cursor = 0;
+  let failed = false;
+  let failure: unknown;
+  await Promise.all(
+    Array.from({ length: Math.min(4, items.length) }, async () => {
+      try {
+        while (cursor < items.length && !failed && !signal?.aborted) {
+          const item = items[cursor++];
+          await collect(item);
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (!failed) failure = error;
+        failed = true;
+      }
+    }),
+  );
+  // A worker's rejection must not let the capture outlive its own task scope.
+  // In-flight reads and their finally blocks settle before cancellation/failure.
+  throwCaptureAborted(signal);
+  if (failed) throw failure;
+}
+
+export async function captureObservationFacts<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode>(
+  cdp: CdpRunner,
+  tabId: number,
+  signal?: AbortSignal,
+  pageUrl?: string,
+): Promise<ObservationFacts<T>> {
+  const startedAt = Date.now();
+  throwCaptureAborted(signal);
+  let graph: CdpFrameGraph | undefined;
+  try {
+    graph = await cdp.getFrameGraph?.(tabId);
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (isCaptureAbort(error)) throw error;
+  }
+  throwCaptureAborted(signal);
+  const geometry = new GeometryContext(cdp, tabId, graph, signal);
+  const issues: CaptureIssue[] = [];
+  const graphFrames = new Map(graph?.frames.map((frame) => [frame.frameId, frame]) ?? []);
+  const groups = new Map<string, TargetBatch<T>>();
+  for (const frame of graph?.frames ?? []) {
+    const key = cdpTargetKey(frame.target);
+    let group = groups.get(key);
+    if (!group) {
+      group = {
+        target: frame.target,
+        frames: [],
+        documents: [],
+        ax: [],
+        fallbackExcluded: new Set(),
+      };
+      groups.set(key, group);
+    }
+    group.frames.push(
+      !frame.target.sessionId && frame.frameId === graph?.rootFrameId && !frame.url && pageUrl
+        ? { ...frame, url: pageUrl }
+        : frame,
+    );
+  }
+  if (!groups.has(cdpTargetKey({ tabId })))
+    groups.set(cdpTargetKey({ tabId }), {
+      target: { tabId },
+      frames: [],
+      documents: [],
+      ax: [],
+      fallbackExcluded: new Set(),
+    });
+  const batches = [...groups.values()];
+  const unavailable = (batch: TargetBatch<T>, stage: CaptureIssue["stage"], frameId?: string) =>
+    issues.push({ target: batch.target, frameId, stage, reason: "capture-unavailable" });
+  let firstFailure: unknown;
+  const axReady = new Set<TargetBatch<T>>();
+  await collectTasks(
+    batches,
+    async (batch) => {
+      const scoped = cdpRunnerForTarget(cdp, batch.target);
+      try {
+        throwCaptureAborted(signal);
+        await scoped.send(tabId, "DOMSnapshot.enable", {});
+        throwCaptureAborted(signal);
+        batch.snapshotAttachmentId = cdp.getAttachmentId?.(tabId);
+        const snapshot = await scoped.send<SnapshotReply>(tabId, "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot", {
+          computedStyles: REQUESTED_STYLES,
+          includePaintOrder: true,
+          includeDOMRects: true,
+        });
+        throwCaptureAborted(signal);
+        const observed = describeSnapshotFrames(snapshot, batch.target, graphFrames, pageUrl);
+        batch.snapshotFrameIds = observed.ids;
+        batch.rootFrameId = observed.rootFrameId;
+        // Keep graph-only frames for AX fallback, never in preference to observed membership.
+        batch.frames = [
+          ...observed.frames,
+          ...batch.frames.filter((frame) => !observed.ids.has(frame.frameId)),
+        ];
+        batch.documents = await normalizeSnapshot(
+          snapshot,
+          batch.target,
+          batch.frames.filter((frame) => observed.ids.has(frame.frameId)),
+          geometry,
+          issues,
+          signal,
+          observed.rootFrameId,
+        );
+        const formsAvailable = await enrichFormControlStates(
+          scoped,
+          tabId,
+          batch.documents.map((doc) => doc.nodes),
+          signal,
+        );
+        throwCaptureAborted(signal);
+        if (!formsAvailable) unavailable(batch, "forms");
+        const present = new Set(batch.documents.map((doc) => doc.frame.frameId));
+        for (const frame of batch.frames)
+          if (!present.has(frame.frameId)) unavailable(batch, "dom", frame.frameId);
+      } catch (error) {
+        throwCaptureAborted(signal);
+        if (isCaptureAbort(error)) throw error;
+        firstFailure ??= error;
+        unavailable(batch, "dom");
+        batch.fallbackExcluded = await collectOverlayExcludedBackendIds(scoped, tabId, signal);
+      }
+      if (!batch.frames.length && !graph)
+        batch.frames = [
+          {
+            frameId: "root",
+            target: batch.target,
+            ...(!batch.target.sessionId && pageUrl ? { url: pageUrl } : {}),
+          },
+        ];
+      try {
+        throwCaptureAborted(signal);
+        await scoped.send(tabId, "Accessibility.enable", {});
+      } catch (error) {
+        throwCaptureAborted(signal);
+        if (isCaptureAbort(error)) throw error;
+        firstFailure ??= error;
+        unavailable(batch, "ax");
+        return;
+      }
+      axReady.add(batch);
+    },
+    signal,
+  );
+
+  // Schedule AX by frame across all ready targets, rather than nesting pools.
+  // Keep result slots in source order even when CDP replies arrive out of order.
+  const axTasks: { batch: TargetBatch<T>; frame: CdpFrame; result?: FrameAxBatch<T> }[] =
+    batches.flatMap((batch) =>
+      axReady.has(batch) ? batch.frames.map((frame) => ({ batch, frame })) : [],
+    );
+  await collectTasks(
+    axTasks,
+    async (task) => {
+      const { batch, frame } = task;
+      try {
+        throwCaptureAborted(signal);
+        const result = await cdpRunnerForTarget(cdp, batch.target).send<{ nodes?: T[] }>(
+          tabId,
+          "Accessibility.getFullAXTree",
+          frame.frameId === "root" ? {} : { frameId: frame.frameId },
+        );
+        throwCaptureAborted(signal);
+        task.result = { frame, nodes: result.nodes ?? [] };
+      } catch (error) {
+        throwCaptureAborted(signal);
+        if (isCaptureAbort(error)) throw error;
+        firstFailure ??= error;
+        unavailable(batch, "ax", frame.frameId);
+      }
+    },
+    signal,
+  );
+  for (const task of axTasks) if (task.result) task.batch.ax.push(task.result);
+
+  let viewport = { width: 0, height: 0 };
+  try {
+    const measured = cssViewport(await geometry.layoutMetrics({ tabId }));
+    viewport = { width: measured.width, height: measured.height };
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (isCaptureAbort(error)) throw error;
+  }
+
+  // A snapshot claim outranks an old graph hint. Conflicting actual claims
+  // cannot be resolved by completion order or by overwriting a frameId map.
+  const claims = new Map<string, string>();
+  const invalid = new Set<string>();
+  for (const batch of batches) {
+    const targetKey = cdpTargetKey(batch.target);
+    for (const id of batch.snapshotFrameIds ?? []) {
+      const previous = claims.get(id);
+      if (previous !== undefined && previous !== targetKey) invalid.add(id);
+      claims.set(id, targetKey);
+    }
+    const accepted = new Set(batch.frames.map((frame) => frame.frameId));
+    for (const id of batch.snapshotFrameIds ?? []) if (!accepted.has(id)) invalid.add(id);
+  }
+  const currentFrames = batches.flatMap((batch) =>
+    batch.frames.filter(
+      (frame) =>
+        !claims.has(frame.frameId) || claims.get(frame.frameId) === cdpTargetKey(batch.target),
+    ),
+  );
+  const rootBatch = batches.find((batch) => !batch.target.sessionId);
+  const rootFrameId =
+    rootBatch?.rootFrameId ?? graph?.rootFrameId ?? rootBatch?.frames[0]?.frameId ?? "root";
+  const ownershipInvalid = new Set(invalid);
+  const identities = new Map<string, DocumentIdentity>();
+  const selected = new Map(currentFrames.map((frame) => [frame.frameId, frame]));
+  const checks = batches.flatMap((batch) => {
+    const docs = new Map(batch.documents.map((doc) => [doc.frame.frameId, doc]));
+    return batch.frames
+      .filter(
+        (frame) =>
+          !invalid.has(frame.frameId) &&
+          cdpTargetKey(selected.get(frame.frameId)!.target) === cdpTargetKey(batch.target),
+      )
+      .map((frame) => ({ batch, frame, doc: docs.get(frame.frameId) }));
+  });
+  await collectTasks(
+    checks,
+    async ({ batch, frame, doc }) => {
+      throwCaptureAborted(signal);
+      if (!batch.snapshotAttachmentId || doc?.documentElementBackendNodeId === undefined) {
+        issues.push({
+          target: frame.target,
+          frameId: frame.frameId,
+          stage: "identity",
+          reason: "identity-unverified",
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+      const identity: DocumentIdentity = {
+        attachmentId: batch.snapshotAttachmentId,
+        target: frame.target,
+        frameId: frame.frameId,
+        documentElementBackendNodeId: doc.documentElementBackendNodeId,
+      };
+      const verified = await verifyDocumentIdentity(cdp, identity, signal);
+      const status = cdp.getAttachmentId?.(tabId) === identity.attachmentId ? verified : "changed";
+      if (status === "current") identities.set(frame.frameId, identity);
+      else {
+        invalid.add(frame.frameId);
+        issues.push({
+          target: frame.target,
+          frameId: frame.frameId,
+          stage: "identity",
+          reason: status === "changed" ? "document-changed" : "identity-unavailable",
+        });
+      }
+    },
+    signal,
+  );
+  const children = new Map<string, string[]>();
+  for (const frame of currentFrames) {
+    if (!frame.parentFrameId) continue;
+    const siblings = children.get(frame.parentFrameId);
+    if (siblings) siblings.push(frame.frameId);
+    else children.set(frame.parentFrameId, [frame.frameId]);
+  }
+  const blocked = [...invalid];
+  for (let i = 0; i < blocked.length; i++) {
+    for (const child of children.get(blocked[i]) ?? []) {
+      if (!invalid.has(child)) {
+        invalid.add(child);
+        blocked.push(child);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  for (const frame of currentFrames) {
+    if (ownershipInvalid.has(frame.frameId))
+      issues.push({
+        target: frame.target,
+        frameId: frame.frameId,
+        stage: "ownership",
+        reason: "frame-ownership-unresolved",
+      });
+  }
+  if (invalid.has(rootFrameId))
+    throw new Error(
+      ownershipInvalid.has(rootFrameId)
+        ? "observation root document ownership is ambiguous"
+        : "observation document identity changed or could not be verified; observe again",
+    );
+  const frames = currentFrames.filter((frame) => !invalid.has(frame.frameId));
+  const frameById = new Map(frames.map((frame) => [frame.frameId, frame]));
+  const belongs = (frame: CdpFrame) => {
+    const current = frameById.get(frame.frameId);
+    return current && cdpTargetKey(current.target) === cdpTargetKey(frame.target);
+  };
+  const decoded = new Map(
+    batches
+      .flatMap((batch) => batch.documents)
+      .filter((doc) => belongs(doc.frame))
+      .map((doc) => [doc.frame.frameId, doc]),
+  );
+  const ax = batches.flatMap((batch) => batch.ax).filter((batch) => belongs(batch.frame));
+  const documents = await buildFrameDocuments(
+    { rootFrameId, frames },
+    ax,
+    {
+      nodes: [],
+      rootFrameId,
+      frameNodes: new Map([...decoded].map(([id, doc]) => [id, doc.nodes])),
+      frameExcludedBackendNodeIds: new Map(
+        [...decoded].map(([id, doc]) => [id, doc.index.excludedBackendNodeIds]),
+      ),
+    },
+    signal,
+    (frame) =>
+      issues.push({
+        target: frame.target,
+        frameId: frame.frameId,
+        stage: "ownership",
+        reason: "frame-ownership-unresolved",
+      }),
+  );
+  const facts: ObservationFacts<T>["documents"][number][] = [];
+  for (const document of documents) {
+    const doc = decoded.get(document.frameId);
+    const index = doc?.index ?? (await buildDocumentIndex([], signal));
+    const fallback = groups.get(cdpTargetKey(document.target))?.fallbackExcluded;
+    const {
+      domNodes,
+      axNodes,
+      contextScopeId: _scope,
+      excludedBackendNodeIds: _excluded,
+      ...frame
+    } = document;
+    facts.push({
+      frame,
+      identity: identities.get(document.frameId),
+      index: fallback?.size ? { ...index, excludedBackendNodeIds: fallback } : index,
+      domNodes,
+      axNodes,
+    });
+  }
+  throwCaptureAborted(signal);
+  if (firstFailure && facts.every((doc) => !doc.domNodes.length && !doc.axNodes.length))
+    throw firstFailure;
+  return { rootFrameId, viewport, documents: facts, issues, startedAt, finishedAt: Date.now() };
+}
+
+/** Existing semantic consumers get a narrow view; no raw snapshot
+ * data can leak through recording's allowlisted output DTO. */
+export function semanticCapture<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode>(
+  facts: ObservationFacts<T>,
+): { captured: CapturedSceneInput; documents: FrameDocument<T>[] } {
+  const documents = facts.documents.map((doc) => ({
+    ...doc.frame,
+    contextScopeId: doc.frame.frameId,
+    domNodes: doc.domNodes.filter(
+      (node) => !doc.index.excludedBackendNodeIds.has(node.backendNodeId),
+    ),
+    axNodes: doc.axNodes,
+    excludedBackendNodeIds: doc.index.excludedBackendNodeIds,
+  }));
+  const root = documents.find((doc) => doc.frameId === facts.rootFrameId);
+  return {
+    documents,
+    captured: {
+      nodes: root?.domNodes ?? [],
+      viewport: facts.viewport,
+      rootFrameId: facts.rootFrameId,
+      excludedBackendNodeIds: root?.excludedBackendNodeIds ?? new Set(),
+    },
+  };
+}

apps/extension/src/tools/vom/capture-types.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import type { Rect } from "@browser-skill/vom";
+
+export interface CapturedNode {
+  backendNodeId: number;
+  parentBackendNodeId: number | null;
+  frameId?: string;
+  /** Owning iframe backend node id; `null` for the top-level document. */
+  ownerFrameBackendNodeId?: number | null;
+  tag: string;
+  attrs: Record<string, string>;
+  /** Top-level viewport-relative CSS px, clipped to the owning frame viewport. */
+  rect: Rect | null;
+  /** Frame-local viewport-relative CSS px before top-level projection. */
+  localRect?: Rect | null;
+  paintOrder: number;
+  position: string;
+  pointerEvents: string;
+  /**
+   * computed `cursor`. `cursor: pointer` is the strongest CDP-free signal
+   * that a non-semantic element (a `<div>`/`<span>` with a click handler)
+   * is actually an interactive control — used by the adapter to surface
+   * custom buttons/checkboxes the AX tree drops as `generic`. Optional like
+   * `textContent`: the live parser always sets it, hand-built fixtures may not.
+   */
+  cursor?: string;
+  /**
+   * Whether the live DOM snapshot provides a painted, non-hidden box for this
+   * node. Semantic resolution uses this only for DOM fallback nodes; AX-backed
+   * nodes remain authoritative even when they are outside the viewport.
+   */
+  rendered?: boolean;
+  textContent?: string;
+  formState?: "empty" | "filled" | "default";
+  formValue?: string;
+  formDefaultValue?: string;
+  formPlaceholder?: string;
+}

apps/extension/src/tools/vom/capture.ts

@@ -1,298 +1,19 @@
-// CDP capture adapter: DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot + Page.getLayoutMetrics
-// → CapturedNode[] + Viewport. This is the ONLY VOM module that touches
-// raw CDP. The captureSnapshot reply is columnar (parallel arrays + a
-// shared string table); requested computed styles are decoded through
-// STYLE_COL so capture and visibility policy share one explicit contract.
-
-import type { Rect, Viewport } from "@browser-skill/vom";
+// Browser-side hover probes and overlay exclusion fallback. Static collection
+// lives in capture-coordinator; snapshot decoding has no browser dependency.
 import { evaluateHoverTrigger } from "@/lib/hover-trigger-policy";
-import { isOverlayHostNode, OVERLAY_HOST_SELECTOR } from "../../lib/overlay-bridge";
-import { childFrameProjection, type GeometryProjection, projectRectToViewport } from "../geometry";
+import { OVERLAY_HOST_SELECTOR } from "../../lib/overlay-bridge";
 import type { CdpRunner } from "../shared";
+import type { CapturedNode } from "./capture-types";
+import type { CapturedSurfaceProbe } from "./facts";
+
+export type {
+  CapturedNode,
+  CapturedSurfaceProbe,
+} from "./facts";
+
+import { isAbortError, throwIfAborted } from "./capture-abort";
 import { clearHover, ProbeBudget, waitForHover } from "./hover-perception";
 
-const REQUESTED_STYLES = ["position", "pointer-events", "cursor", "visibility", "opacity"] as const;
-const STYLE_COL = Object.fromEntries(
-  REQUESTED_STYLES.map((name, index) => [name, index]),
-) as Record<(typeof REQUESTED_STYLES)[number], number>;
-
-export interface CapturedNode {
-  backendNodeId: number;
-  parentBackendNodeId: number | null;
-  frameId?: string;
-  /** Owning iframe backend node id; `null` for the top-level document. */
-  ownerFrameBackendNodeId?: number | null;
-  tag: string;
-  attrs: Record<string, string>;
-  /** Top-level viewport-relative CSS px, clipped to the owning frame viewport. */
-  rect: Rect | null;
-  /** Frame-local viewport-relative CSS px before top-level projection. */
-  localRect?: Rect | null;
-  paintOrder: number;
-  position: string;
-  pointerEvents: string;
-  /**
-   * computed `cursor`. `cursor: pointer` is the strongest CDP-free signal
-   * that a non-semantic element (a `<div>`/`<span>` with a click handler)
-   * is actually an interactive control — used by the adapter to surface
-   * custom buttons/checkboxes the AX tree drops as `generic`. Optional like
-   * `textContent`: the live parser always sets it, hand-built fixtures may not.
-   */
-  cursor?: string;
-  /**
-   * Whether the live DOM snapshot provides a painted, non-hidden box for this
-   * node. Semantic resolution uses this only for DOM fallback nodes; AX-backed
-   * nodes remain authoritative even when they are outside the viewport.
-   */
-  rendered?: boolean;
-  textContent?: string;
-  formState?: "empty" | "filled" | "default";
-  formValue?: string;
-  formDefaultValue?: string;
-  formPlaceholder?: string;
-}
-
-export type CapturedIframeNodes = Map<number, CapturedNode[]>;
-
-export interface CapturedSurfaceProbe {
-  triggerBackendNodeId: number;
-  triggerPoint?: { x: number; y: number };
-  triggerAction: "hover" | "focus" | string;
-  subItems: string[];
-  confidence?: "high" | "medium" | "low";
-}
-
-export interface CapturedViewModel {
-  nodes: CapturedNode[];
-  viewport: Viewport;
-  iframeNodes: CapturedIframeNodes;
-  frameNodes?: Map<string, CapturedNode[]>;
-  frameOwnerBackendNodeIds?: Map<string, number>;
-  /** Explicit DOMSnapshot frame ancestry; never inferred from backend node ids. */
-  frameParentIds?: Map<string, string>;
-  rootFrameId?: string;
-  /** Backend node ids belonging to the agent overlay host + its shadow subtree. */
-  excludedBackendNodeIds: Set<number>;
-}
-
-export interface CaptureViewModelOptions {
-  signal?: AbortSignal;
-}
-
-function captureAbortError(): Error {
-  const error = new Error("observation aborted");
-  error.name = "AbortError";
-  return error;
-}
-
-function isAbortError(error: unknown): boolean {
-  return (
-    typeof error === "object" &&
-    error !== null &&
-    (error as { name?: string }).name === "AbortError"
-  );
-}
-
-function throwIfAborted(signal: AbortSignal | undefined): void {
-  if (signal?.aborted) throw captureAbortError();
-}
-
-/** Sparse array format Chrome uses for infrequently-set per-node fields. */
-interface SparseArray {
-  index: number[];
-  value: number[];
-}
-
-interface RareBooleanData {
-  index: number[];
-}
-
-interface SnapshotDocument {
-  frameId?: string | number;
-  scrollOffsetX?: number;
-  scrollOffsetY?: number;
-  nodes?: {
-    parentIndex?: number[];
-    nodeName?: number[];
-    backendNodeId?: number[];
-    attributes?: number[][];
-    /**
-     * Per-node text value (index into strings), set for `#text` / CDATA nodes.
-     * Element nodes carry -1. Same length as `backendNodeId`.
-     */
-    nodeValue?: number[];
-    /** Maps node array index → index into `documents[]` for frame content. */
-    contentDocumentIndex?: SparseArray;
-    inputValue?: SparseArray;
-    textValue?: SparseArray;
-    inputChecked?: RareBooleanData;
-    optionSelected?: RareBooleanData;
-  };
-  layout?: {
-    nodeIndex?: number[];
-    styles?: number[][];
-    bounds?: number[][];
-    paintOrders?: number[];
-  };
-}
-
-function snapshotFrameId(document: SnapshotDocument, strings: string[]): string | undefined {
-  if (typeof document.frameId === "string") return document.frameId || undefined;
-  if (typeof document.frameId === "number") return str(strings, document.frameId) || undefined;
-  return undefined;
-}
-
-interface SnapshotReply {
-  strings?: string[];
-  documents?: SnapshotDocument[];
-}
-
-interface LayoutMetricsReply {
-  cssLayoutViewport?: {
-    clientWidth?: number;
-    clientHeight?: number;
-    pageX?: number;
-    pageY?: number;
-  };
-  layoutViewport?: { clientWidth?: number; clientHeight?: number; pageX?: number; pageY?: number };
-}
-
-function isFormControlTag(tag: string): boolean {
-  return tag === "input" || tag === "textarea" || tag === "select";
-}
-
-function isSensitiveFormControl(node: Pick<CapturedNode, "tag" | "attrs">): boolean {
-  return node.tag === "input" && (node.attrs.type ?? "").toLowerCase() === "password";
-}
-
-function snapshotFormState(
-  value: string | undefined,
-  defaultValue: string,
-  hasDefaultValue: boolean,
-  sensitive: boolean,
-): CapturedNode["formState"] {
-  if (sensitive) {
-    if (value === undefined && !hasDefaultValue) return undefined;
-    return (value ?? defaultValue) === "" ? "empty" : "filled";
-  }
-  if (value === undefined) return undefined;
-  if (value === "") return "empty";
-  return value === defaultValue ? "default" : "filled";
-}
-
-const MAX_FORM_ENRICH_CONTROLS = 250;
-
-interface CapturedFormState {
-  value?: string;
-  defaultValue?: string;
-  placeholder?: string;
-  state?: "empty" | "filled" | "default";
-  sensitive?: boolean;
-}
-
-interface CapturedFrameFormState {
-  controls: CapturedFormState[];
-  childFrames: CapturedFrameFormState[];
-}
-
-function formStateBatchExpression(maxControls: number): string {
-  return `(() => {
-    const maxControls = ${JSON.stringify(maxControls)};
-    let remaining = maxControls;
-    const controlSelector = "input,textarea,select";
-    const controlState = (el) => {
-      const tag = el.tagName.toLowerCase();
-      const type = tag === "input" ? String(el.type || "text").toLowerCase() : tag;
-      const sensitive = type === "password" || type === "credit-card";
-      const rawValue = typeof el.value === "string" ? el.value : "";
-      const defaultValue = typeof el.defaultValue === "string" ? el.defaultValue : "";
-      const placeholder = typeof el.placeholder === "string" ? el.placeholder : "";
-      const state = rawValue === "" ? "empty" : rawValue === defaultValue ? "default" : "filled";
-      return {
-        state,
-        sensitive,
-        placeholder,
-        ...(sensitive ? {} : { value: rawValue, defaultValue }),
-      };
-    };
-    const collect = (doc) => {
-      const controls = [];
-      for (const el of Array.from(doc.querySelectorAll(controlSelector))) {
-        if (remaining <= 0) break;
-        controls.push(controlState(el));
-        remaining -= 1;
-      }
-      const childFrames = [];
-      for (const frame of Array.from(doc.querySelectorAll("iframe"))) {
-        let childDoc = null;
-        try { childDoc = frame.contentDocument; } catch { childDoc = null; }
-        childFrames.push(childDoc && remaining > 0 ? collect(childDoc) : { controls: [], childFrames: [] });
-      }
-      return { controls, childFrames };
-    };
-    return collect(document);
-  })()`;
-}
-
-function flattenFrameFormStates(
-  frame: CapturedFrameFormState | undefined,
-  out: CapturedFormState[][] = [],
-): CapturedFormState[][] {
-  if (!frame) return out;
-  out.push(Array.isArray(frame.controls) ? frame.controls : []);
-  for (const child of Array.isArray(frame.childFrames) ? frame.childFrames : []) {
-    flattenFrameFormStates(child, out);
-  }
-  return out;
-}
-
-function applyFormStates(nodes: CapturedNode[], states: CapturedFormState[]): void {
-  let index = 0;
-  for (const node of nodes) {
-    if (!isFormControlTag(node.tag)) continue;
-    const state = states[index];
-    index += 1;
-    if (!state) continue;
-    node.formState = state.state;
-    node.formPlaceholder = state.placeholder ?? "";
-    if (state.sensitive || isSensitiveFormControl(node)) {
-      delete node.formValue;
-      delete node.formDefaultValue;
-      delete node.attrs.value;
-    } else {
-      node.formDefaultValue = state.defaultValue ?? "";
-      if (state.value !== undefined) node.formValue = state.value;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-async function enrichFormControlStates(
-  cdp: CdpRunner,
-  tabId: number,
-  frameNodeGroups: CapturedNode[][],
-  signal?: AbortSignal,
-): Promise<void> {
-  const hasControls = frameNodeGroups.some((nodes) =>
-    nodes.some((node) => isFormControlTag(node.tag)),
-  );
-  if (!hasControls) return;
-  try {
-    throwIfAborted(signal);
-    const result = await cdp.send<RuntimeEvaluateReply>(tabId, "Runtime.evaluate", {
-      expression: formStateBatchExpression(MAX_FORM_ENRICH_CONTROLS),
-      returnByValue: true,
-    });
-    throwIfAborted(signal);
-    const frameStates = flattenFrameFormStates(runtimeValue<CapturedFrameFormState>(result));
-    for (let i = 0; i < frameNodeGroups.length; i += 1) {
-      applyFormStates(frameNodeGroups[i], frameStates[i] ?? []);
-    }
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (isAbortError(error)) throw error;
-    // Best-effort enrichment. DOMSnapshot/AX data still carries the nodes.
-  }
-}
-
 interface RuntimeEvaluateReply {
   result?: {
     value?: unknown;
@@ -314,44 +35,6 @@ interface CdpDomNode {
   shadowRoots?: CdpDomNode[];
 }
 
-interface ParseDocumentResult {
-  nodes: CapturedNode[];
-  excludedBackendNodeIds: Set<number>;
-}
-
-interface FrameContext {
-  frameId?: string;
-  ownerFrameBackendNodeId: number | null;
-  projection: GeometryProjection | null;
-  scrollX: number;
-  scrollY: number;
-}
-
-function str(strings: string[], idx: number | undefined): string {
-  if (idx === undefined || idx < 0) return "";
-  return strings[idx] ?? "";
-}
-
-function devicePixelRatio(metrics: LayoutMetricsReply): number {
-  const layoutW = metrics.layoutViewport?.clientWidth ?? 0;
-  const cssW = metrics.cssLayoutViewport?.clientWidth ?? 0;
-  if (!layoutW || !cssW) return 1;
-  const dpr = layoutW / cssW;
-  if (!Number.isFinite(dpr) || dpr <= 0) return 1;
-  return dpr >= 1 ? dpr : 1;
-}
-
-function sparseIndexMap(sparse: SparseArray | undefined): Map<number, number> {
-  const out = new Map<number, number>();
-  if (!sparse?.index || !sparse.value) return out;
-  for (let i = 0; i < sparse.index.length; i++) {
-    const nodeIndex = sparse.index[i];
-    const docIndex = sparse.value[i];
-    if (nodeIndex !== undefined && docIndex !== undefined) out.set(nodeIndex, docIndex);
-  }
-  return out;
-}
-
 function collectBackendIdsFromDomNode(node: CdpDomNode | undefined, out: Set<number>): void {
   if (!node) return;
   if (typeof node.backendNodeId === "number") {
@@ -760,358 +443,3 @@ export async function collectOverlayExcludedBackendIds(
   }
   return excluded;
 }
-
-/**
- * Parse one DOMSnapshot document into CapturedNode[].
- *
- * @param doc   - the raw DOMSnapshot document object
- * @param strings - the shared string table for the whole snapshot
- * @param dpr   - device-pixel-ratio from Page.getLayoutMetrics
- * @param context - frame coordinate context; output rects are top viewport-relative
- */
-function parseDocumentNodes(
-  doc: SnapshotDocument,
-  strings: string[],
-  dpr: number,
-  context: FrameContext,
-): ParseDocumentResult {
-  const dn = doc.nodes;
-  const dl = doc.layout;
-  if (!dn?.backendNodeId) {
-    return { nodes: [], excludedBackendNodeIds: new Set() };
-  }
-
-  const count = dn.backendNodeId.length;
-  const layoutByNode = new Map<number, number>();
-  (dl?.nodeIndex ?? []).forEach((nodeIdx, layoutIdx) => layoutByNode.set(nodeIdx, layoutIdx));
-
-  // The agent's own overlay (WXT shadow host, marked with OVERLAY_HOST_MARKER_ATTR)
-  // is injected into the page and its open shadow root
-  // is inlined by DOMSnapshot as descendants of the host. Its fixed
-  // full-viewport click-blocker would otherwise dominate occlusion detection
-  // and hide the real page, so mark the host + its whole subtree excluded.
-  // parentIndex always references an earlier node, so one forward pass suffices.
-  const excluded = new Array<boolean>(count).fill(false);
-  const excludedBackendNodeIds = new Set<number>();
-  for (let n = 0; n < count; n++) {
-    const parentIdx = dn.parentIndex?.[n] ?? -1;
-    const inherited = parentIdx >= 0 && excluded[parentIdx];
-    let isOverlayHost = inherited;
-    if (!isOverlayHost) {
-      const pairs = dn.attributes?.[n] ?? [];
-      const attrNames: string[] = [];
-      for (let a = 0; a + 1 < pairs.length; a += 2) {
-        attrNames.push(str(strings, pairs[a]));
-      }
-      isOverlayHost = isOverlayHostNode(str(strings, dn.nodeName?.[n]), attrNames);
-    }
-    if (!isOverlayHost) continue;
-    excluded[n] = true;
-    const backendNodeId = dn.backendNodeId[n];
-    if (backendNodeId !== undefined) {
-      excludedBackendNodeIds.add(backendNodeId);
-    }
-  }
-
-  const posCol = STYLE_COL.position;
-  const peCol = STYLE_COL["pointer-events"];
-  const cursorCol = STYLE_COL.cursor;
-  const visibilityCol = STYLE_COL.visibility;
-  const opacityCol = STYLE_COL.opacity;
-  const inputValues = sparseIndexMap(dn.inputValue);
-  const textValues = sparseIndexMap(dn.textValue);
-  const checkedInputs = new Set(dn.inputChecked?.index ?? []);
-  const selectedOptions = new Set(dn.optionSelected?.index ?? []);
-
-  // Collect visible text from #text child nodes so element CapturedNodes
-  // carry a textContent value usable as a button/link label fallback.
-  // nodeValue is a parallel array: string index for text nodes, -1 otherwise.
-  const nodeTextContent = new Map<number, string>();
-  if (dn.nodeValue) {
-    for (let n = 0; n < count; n++) {
-      const nvIdx = dn.nodeValue[n] ?? -1;
-      if (nvIdx < 0) continue;
-      const text = str(strings, nvIdx).trim();
-      if (!text) continue;
-      const parentIdx = dn.parentIndex?.[n] ?? -1;
-      if (parentIdx >= 0) {
-        const existing = nodeTextContent.get(parentIdx);
-        nodeTextContent.set(parentIdx, existing ? `${existing} ${text}` : text);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Build CapturedNodes.
-  const nodes: CapturedNode[] = [];
-  for (let n = 0; n < count; n++) {
-    if (excluded[n]) continue;
-    const backendNodeId = dn.backendNodeId[n];
-    const parentIdx = dn.parentIndex?.[n] ?? -1;
-    const parentBackendNodeId = parentIdx >= 0 ? (dn.backendNodeId[parentIdx] ?? null) : null;
-    const tag = str(strings, dn.nodeName?.[n]).toLowerCase();
-
-    const attrs: Record<string, string> = {};
-    const pairs = dn.attributes?.[n] ?? [];
-    for (let a = 0; a + 1 < pairs.length; a += 2) {
-      attrs[str(strings, pairs[a]).toLowerCase()] = str(strings, pairs[a + 1]);
-    }
-
-    let rect: Rect | null = null;
-    let localRect: Rect | null = null;
-    let paintOrder = 0;
-    let position = "static";
-    let pointerEvents = "auto";
-    let cursor = "auto";
-    let rendered = false;
-    const li = layoutByNode.get(n);
-    if (li !== undefined) {
-      const b = dl?.bounds?.[li];
-      if (b && b.length >= 4 && b[2] > 0 && b[3] > 0) {
-        localRect = {
-          x: b[0] / dpr - context.scrollX,
-          y: b[1] / dpr - context.scrollY,
-          w: b[2] / dpr,
-          h: b[3] / dpr,
-        };
-        const bounds = context.projection
-          ? projectRectToViewport(localRect, context.projection)
-          : null;
-        rect = bounds ? { x: bounds.x, y: bounds.y, w: bounds.width, h: bounds.height } : null;
-      }
-      paintOrder = dl?.paintOrders?.[li] ?? 0;
-      const styleRow = dl?.styles?.[li] ?? [];
-      position = str(strings, styleRow[posCol]) || "static";
-      pointerEvents = str(strings, styleRow[peCol]) || "auto";
-      cursor = str(strings, styleRow[cursorCol]) || "auto";
-      const visibility = str(strings, styleRow[visibilityCol]) || "visible";
-      const opacity = str(strings, styleRow[opacityCol]) || "1";
-      rendered =
-        localRect !== null &&
-        visibility !== "hidden" &&
-        visibility !== "collapse" &&
-        (Number.parseFloat(opacity) || 0) > 0;
-    }
-
-    // Skip non-element nodes (#text, #cdata-section, etc.) — they carry no
-    // geometry and are never queried by callers.
-    if (tag.startsWith("#")) continue;
-
-    const textContent = nodeTextContent.get(n);
-
-    const rawFormValueIndex = tag === "textarea" ? textValues.get(n) : inputValues.get(n);
-    const rawFormValue =
-      rawFormValueIndex !== undefined ? str(strings, rawFormValueIndex) : undefined;
-    const sensitive = isSensitiveFormControl({ tag, attrs });
-    const formDefaultValue = attrs.value ?? "";
-    const formValue = sensitive ? undefined : rawFormValue;
-    const formState = snapshotFormState(
-      rawFormValue,
-      formDefaultValue,
-      Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(attrs, "value"),
-      sensitive,
-    );
-    if (sensitive) delete attrs.value;
-
-    nodes.push({
-      backendNodeId,
-      parentBackendNodeId,
-      ...(context.frameId ? { frameId: context.frameId } : {}),
-      ownerFrameBackendNodeId: context.ownerFrameBackendNodeId,
-      tag,
-      attrs,
-      rect,
-      localRect,
-      paintOrder,
-      position,
-      pointerEvents,
-      cursor,
-      rendered,
-      textContent,
-      ...(formValue !== undefined ? { formValue } : {}),
-      ...(tag === "input" || tag === "textarea"
-        ? {
-            formPlaceholder: attrs.placeholder ?? "",
-            ...(!sensitive ? { formDefaultValue } : {}),
-            ...(formState ? { formState } : {}),
-          }
-        : {}),
-      ...(checkedInputs.has(n) ? { formValue: "true", formState: "filled" } : {}),
-      ...(selectedOptions.has(n) ? { formValue: attrs.value ?? textContent ?? "" } : {}),
-    });
-  }
-  return { nodes, excludedBackendNodeIds };
-}
-
-interface ParseFrameDocumentsResult {
-  iframeNodes: CapturedIframeNodes;
-  frameOwnerBackendNodeIds: Map<string, number>;
-  frameParentIds: Map<string, string>;
-  excludedBackendNodeIds: Set<number>;
-}
-
-function parseChildFrameDocuments(
-  documents: SnapshotDocument[],
-  strings: string[],
-  dpr: number,
-  parentDocIndex: number,
-  parentNodes: CapturedNode[],
-  parentContext: FrameContext,
-  visited = new Set<number>(),
-): ParseFrameDocumentsResult {
-  const iframeNodes: CapturedIframeNodes = new Map();
-  const frameOwnerBackendNodeIds = new Map<string, number>();
-  const frameParentIds = new Map<string, string>();
-  const excludedBackendNodeIds = new Set<number>();
-  const parentDoc = documents[parentDocIndex];
-  const cdi = sparseIndexMap(parentDoc?.nodes?.contentDocumentIndex);
-  if (cdi.size === 0) {
-    return { iframeNodes, frameOwnerBackendNodeIds, frameParentIds, excludedBackendNodeIds };
-  }
-
-  const parentBackendIds = parentDoc?.nodes?.backendNodeId ?? [];
-  const parentNodeByBackendId = new Map(parentNodes.map((node) => [node.backendNodeId, node]));
-
-  for (const [nodeArrayIdx, childDocIndex] of cdi) {
-    if (visited.has(childDocIndex)) continue;
-    const childDoc = documents[childDocIndex];
-    if (!childDoc) continue;
-    const iframeBackendId = parentBackendIds[nodeArrayIdx];
-    if (iframeBackendId === undefined) continue;
-    const iframeNode = parentNodeByBackendId.get(iframeBackendId);
-    const projection =
-      parentContext.projection && iframeNode?.localRect
-        ? childFrameProjection(parentContext.projection, iframeNode.localRect)
-        : null;
-
-    const childContext: FrameContext = {
-      frameId: snapshotFrameId(childDoc, strings),
-      ownerFrameBackendNodeId: iframeBackendId,
-      projection,
-      scrollX: childDoc.scrollOffsetX ?? 0,
-      scrollY: childDoc.scrollOffsetY ?? 0,
-    };
-    const nextVisited = new Set(visited);
-    nextVisited.add(childDocIndex);
-    const parsed = parseDocumentNodes(childDoc, strings, dpr, childContext);
-    iframeNodes.set(iframeBackendId, parsed.nodes);
-    if (childContext.frameId) {
-      frameOwnerBackendNodeIds.set(childContext.frameId, iframeBackendId);
-      if (parentContext.frameId) frameParentIds.set(childContext.frameId, parentContext.frameId);
-    }
-    for (const id of parsed.excludedBackendNodeIds) excludedBackendNodeIds.add(id);
-
-    const nested = parseChildFrameDocuments(
-      documents,
-      strings,
-      dpr,
-      childDocIndex,
-      parsed.nodes,
-      childContext,
-      nextVisited,
-    );
-    for (const [nestedFrameId, nestedNodes] of nested.iframeNodes) {
-      iframeNodes.set(nestedFrameId, nestedNodes);
-    }
-    for (const [frameId, ownerBackendNodeId] of nested.frameOwnerBackendNodeIds) {
-      frameOwnerBackendNodeIds.set(frameId, ownerBackendNodeId);
-    }
-    for (const [frameId, parentFrameId] of nested.frameParentIds) {
-      frameParentIds.set(frameId, parentFrameId);
-    }
-    for (const id of nested.excludedBackendNodeIds) excludedBackendNodeIds.add(id);
-  }
-
-  return { iframeNodes, frameOwnerBackendNodeIds, frameParentIds, excludedBackendNodeIds };
-}
-
-export async function captureViewModel(
-  cdp: CdpRunner,
-  tabId: number,
-  options: CaptureViewModelOptions = {},
-): Promise<CapturedViewModel> {
-  throwIfAborted(options.signal);
-  let metrics: LayoutMetricsReply = {};
-  try {
-    metrics = await cdp.send<LayoutMetricsReply>(tabId, "Page.getLayoutMetrics", {});
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (isAbortError(error)) throw error;
-    console.debug("[bsk capture] layout metrics unavailable", error);
-  }
-  throwIfAborted(options.signal);
-  const dpr = devicePixelRatio(metrics);
-  const vpSrc = metrics.cssLayoutViewport ?? metrics.layoutViewport ?? {};
-  const viewport: Viewport = {
-    width: vpSrc.clientWidth ?? 0,
-    height: vpSrc.clientHeight ?? 0,
-  };
-  const scrollX = vpSrc.pageX ?? 0;
-  const scrollY = vpSrc.pageY ?? 0;
-
-  await cdp.send(tabId, "DOMSnapshot.enable", {});
-  throwIfAborted(options.signal);
-  const snap = await cdp.send<SnapshotReply>(tabId, "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot", {
-    computedStyles: REQUESTED_STYLES,
-    includePaintOrder: true,
-    includeDOMRects: true,
-  });
-  throwIfAborted(options.signal);
-
-  const strings = snap.strings ?? [];
-  const documents = snap.documents ?? [];
-  const doc0 = documents[0];
-  if (!doc0?.nodes?.backendNodeId) {
-    return {
-      nodes: [],
-      viewport,
-      iframeNodes: new Map(),
-      excludedBackendNodeIds: new Set(),
-    };
-  }
-
-  const topContext: FrameContext = {
-    frameId: snapshotFrameId(doc0, strings),
-    ownerFrameBackendNodeId: null,
-    projection: {
-      sourceClips: [],
-      edges: [],
-      topViewport: viewport,
-    },
-    scrollX,
-    scrollY,
-  };
-  const mainParsed = parseDocumentNodes(doc0, strings, dpr, topContext);
-  const nodes = mainParsed.nodes;
-  const excludedBackendNodeIds = new Set(mainParsed.excludedBackendNodeIds);
-
-  const frameParsed = parseChildFrameDocuments(documents, strings, dpr, 0, nodes, topContext);
-  const iframeNodes = frameParsed.iframeNodes;
-  for (const id of frameParsed.excludedBackendNodeIds) {
-    excludedBackendNodeIds.add(id);
-  }
-
-  await enrichFormControlStates(cdp, tabId, [nodes, ...iframeNodes.values()], options.signal);
-  throwIfAborted(options.signal);
-
-  const frameNodes = new Map<string, CapturedNode[]>();
-  if (topContext.frameId) frameNodes.set(topContext.frameId, nodes);
-  for (const iframeFrameNodes of iframeNodes.values()) {
-    const frameId = iframeFrameNodes.find((node) => node.frameId)?.frameId;
-    if (frameId) frameNodes.set(frameId, iframeFrameNodes);
-  }
-  for (const [frameId, ownerBackendNodeId] of frameParsed.frameOwnerBackendNodeIds) {
-    if (!frameNodes.has(frameId)) {
-      frameNodes.set(frameId, iframeNodes.get(ownerBackendNodeId) ?? []);
-    }
-  }
-
-  return {
-    nodes,
-    viewport,
-    iframeNodes,
-    frameNodes,
-    frameOwnerBackendNodeIds: frameParsed.frameOwnerBackendNodeIds,
-    frameParentIds: frameParsed.frameParentIds,
-    ...(topContext.frameId ? { rootFrameId: topContext.frameId } : {}),
-    excludedBackendNodeIds,
-  };
-}

apps/extension/src/tools/vom/document-identity.ts

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+import type { CdpRunner } from "../shared";
+import { sendToCdpTarget } from "../shared";
+import { isAbortError, throwIfAborted } from "./capture-abort";
+import type { DocumentIdentity } from "./facts";
+
+/** Compare the snapshot root with the current root in that exact frame.
+ * Deep serialization supplies the backend ID without a separate describeNode. */
+export async function verifyDocumentIdentity(
+  cdp: CdpRunner,
+  identity: DocumentIdentity,
+  signal?: AbortSignal,
+): Promise<"current" | "changed" | "unavailable"> {
+  const attached = () => cdp.getAttachmentId?.(identity.target.tabId) === identity.attachmentId;
+  throwIfAborted(signal);
+  if (!attached()) return "changed";
+  const objectGroup = `bsk-document-identity-${crypto.randomUUID()}`;
+  const send = <T>(method: string, params: object) => {
+    throwIfAborted(signal);
+    return sendToCdpTarget<T>(cdp, identity.target, method, params);
+  };
+  try {
+    const world = await send<{ executionContextId: number }>("Page.createIsolatedWorld", {
+      frameId: identity.frameId,
+      worldName: "bsk-document-identity",
+    });
+    const reply = await send<{
+      result?: { deepSerializedValue?: { type: string; value?: { backendNodeId?: number } } };
+    }>("Runtime.evaluate", {
+      expression: "document.documentElement",
+      contextId: world.executionContextId,
+      objectGroup,
+      serializationOptions: {
+        serialization: "deep",
+        additionalParameters: { maxNodeDepth: 0, includeShadowTree: "none" },
+      },
+    });
+    if (!attached()) return "changed";
+    const root = reply.result?.deepSerializedValue;
+    if (root?.type === "null") return "changed";
+    const id = root?.type === "node" ? root.value?.backendNodeId : undefined;
+    if (id === undefined) return "unavailable";
+    return id === identity.documentElementBackendNodeId ? "current" : "changed";
+  } catch (error) {
+    throwIfAborted(signal);
+    if (isAbortError(error)) throw error;
+    return attached() ? "unavailable" : "changed";
+  } finally {
+    await sendToCdpTarget(cdp, identity.target, "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup", {
+      objectGroup,
+    }).catch(() => {});
+    throwIfAborted(signal);
+  }
+}

apps/extension/src/tools/vom/facts.ts

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+import type { Viewport } from "@browser-skill/vom";
+import type { CdpFrame, CdpTarget } from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
+import { isOverlayHostNode } from "@/lib/overlay-bridge";
+import type { FrameProjectionIssue } from "../geometry/coordinate-types";
+import { createCaptureCheckpoint } from "./capture-abort";
+import type { CapturedNode } from "./capture-types";
+import type { FrameOwnedAxNode } from "./frame-document";
+
+/** Bounds retain their raw snapshot document layout units until normalization. */
+export interface SnapshotLayout {
+  readonly boundsSpace: "snapshot-document-layout";
+  bounds?: number[];
+  styles: Readonly<Record<string, string>>;
+}
+
+export interface DecodedNode extends Omit<CapturedNode, "rect" | "localRect" | "rendered"> {
+  nodeType?: number;
+  layout?: SnapshotLayout;
+}
+
+export interface NodeFacts extends CapturedNode {
+  nodeType?: number;
+  layout?: SnapshotLayout;
+}
+
+export interface DocumentIndex<T extends DecodedNode = NodeFacts> {
+  readonly nodes: ReadonlyMap<number, T>;
+  readonly excludedBackendNodeIds: ReadonlySet<number>;
+}
+
+export interface DecodedDocument {
+  nodes: DecodedNode[];
+}
+
+/** All snapshot nodes participate, including document and shadow roots. This
+ * preserves overlay propagation when the semantic adapter omits those nodes. */
+export async function buildDocumentIndex<T extends DecodedNode>(
+  input: readonly T[],
+  signal?: AbortSignal,
+): Promise<DocumentIndex<T>> {
+  const checkpoint = createCaptureCheckpoint(signal);
+  const nodes = new Map<number, T>();
+  const overlayByNode = new Map<number, boolean>();
+  const excludedBackendNodeIds = new Set<number>();
+  for (let i = 0; i < input.length; i++) {
+    if (i % 256 === 0) {
+      const pending = checkpoint();
+      if (pending) await pending;
+    }
+    const node = input[i];
+    nodes.set(node.backendNodeId, node);
+  }
+  let work = 0;
+  for (const node of input) {
+    if (work++ % 256 === 0) {
+      const pending = checkpoint();
+      if (pending) await pending;
+    }
+    if (overlayByNode.has(node.backendNodeId)) continue;
+    const path: DecodedNode[] = [];
+    const visiting = new Set<number>();
+    let current: DecodedNode | undefined = node;
+    let overlay = false;
+    while (current && !overlayByNode.has(current.backendNodeId)) {
+      if (work++ % 256 === 0) {
+        const pending = checkpoint();
+        if (pending) await pending;
+      }
+      if (visiting.has(current.backendNodeId)) {
+        // Only an overlay inside the cycle may mark the cycle and its descendants.
+        overlay = path
+          .slice(path.findIndex((item) => item.backendNodeId === current!.backendNodeId))
+          .some((item) => isOverlayHostNode(item.tag, Object.keys(item.attrs)));
+        break;
+      }
+      visiting.add(current.backendNodeId);
+      path.push(current);
+      if (current.parentBackendNodeId === null) {
+        current = undefined;
+        break;
+      }
+      current = nodes.get(current.parentBackendNodeId);
+    }
+    if (current && overlayByNode.has(current.backendNodeId))
+      overlay = overlayByNode.get(current.backendNodeId)!;
+    for (let i = path.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      if (work++ % 256 === 0) {
+        const pending = checkpoint();
+        if (pending) await pending;
+      }
+      const item = path[i];
+      overlay = overlay || isOverlayHostNode(item.tag, Object.keys(item.attrs));
+      overlayByNode.set(item.backendNodeId, overlay);
+      if (overlay) excludedBackendNodeIds.add(item.backendNodeId);
+    }
+  }
+  return { nodes, excludedBackendNodeIds };
+}
+
+export interface DocumentIdentity {
+  attachmentId: string;
+  target: CdpTarget;
+  frameId: string;
+  documentElementBackendNodeId: number;
+}
+
+/** Narrow input shared by the existing semantic scene/hover consumers. */
+export interface CapturedSceneInput {
+  nodes: CapturedNode[];
+  viewport: Viewport;
+  rootFrameId?: string;
+  excludedBackendNodeIds: ReadonlySet<number>;
+}
+
+export interface CaptureIssue {
+  /** Owner failure or inherited blockage; absent for other geometry failures. */
+  projectionIssue?: FrameProjectionIssue;
+  target: CdpTarget;
+  frameId?: string;
+  stage: "dom" | "ax" | "identity" | "ownership" | "geometry" | "forms";
+  reason:
+    | "document-changed"
+    | "identity-unavailable"
+    | "identity-unverified"
+    | "capture-unavailable"
+    | "frame-ownership-unresolved"
+    | "geometry-unavailable";
+}
+
+export interface DocumentFacts<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode> {
+  readonly frame: CdpFrame;
+  readonly identity?: DocumentIdentity;
+  readonly index: DocumentIndex;
+  readonly domNodes: CapturedNode[];
+  readonly axNodes: T[];
+}
+
+export interface ObservationFacts<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode> {
+  readonly rootFrameId: string;
+  readonly viewport: Viewport;
+  readonly documents: readonly DocumentFacts<T>[];
+  readonly issues: readonly CaptureIssue[];
+  readonly startedAt: number;
+  readonly finishedAt: number;
+}
+
+export interface CapturedSurfaceProbe {
+  triggerBackendNodeId: number;
+  triggerPoint?: { x: number; y: number };
+  triggerAction: "hover" | "focus" | string;
+  subItems: string[];
+  confidence?: "high" | "medium" | "low";
+}
+
+export type { CapturedNode } from "./capture-types";

apps/extension/src/tools/vom/form-capture.ts

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+import type { CdpRunner } from "../shared";
+import { isAbortError, throwIfAborted } from "./capture-abort";
+import type { CapturedNode } from "./capture-types";
+
+interface RuntimeEvaluateReply {
+  result?: { deepSerializedValue?: DeepSerializedValue };
+}
+const MAX_FORM_ENRICH_CONTROLS = 250;
+
+interface CapturedFormState {
+  value?: string;
+  defaultValue?: string;
+  placeholder?: string;
+  state?: "empty" | "filled" | "default";
+  sensitive?: boolean;
+}
+
+interface DeepSerializedValue {
+  type: string;
+  value?: unknown;
+}
+
+function formStateBatchExpression(maxControls: number): string {
+  return `(() => {
+    const maxControls = ${JSON.stringify(maxControls)};
+    let remaining = maxControls;
+    const controlSelector = "input,textarea,select";
+    const controlState = (el) => {
+      const tag = el.tagName.toLowerCase();
+      const type = tag === "input" ? String(el.type || "text").toLowerCase() : tag;
+      const sensitive = type === "password" || type === "credit-card";
+      const rawValue = typeof el.value === "string" ? el.value : "";
+      const defaultValue = typeof el.defaultValue === "string" ? el.defaultValue : "";
+      const placeholder = typeof el.placeholder === "string" ? el.placeholder : "";
+      const state = rawValue === "" ? "empty" : rawValue === defaultValue ? "default" : "filled";
+      return {
+        state,
+        sensitive,
+        placeholder,
+        ...(sensitive ? {} : { value: rawValue, defaultValue }),
+      };
+    };
+    const controls = [];
+    const collect = (doc) => {
+      for (const el of Array.from(doc.querySelectorAll(controlSelector))) {
+        if (remaining <= 0) break;
+        // Deep serialization supplies the node's backend id. Keep the
+        // state as JSON so decoding needs no general-purpose V8 deserializer.
+        controls.push([el, JSON.stringify(controlState(el))]);
+        remaining -= 1;
+      }
+      for (const frame of Array.from(doc.querySelectorAll("iframe"))) {
+        if (remaining <= 0) break;
+        let childDoc = null;
+        try { childDoc = frame.contentDocument; } catch { childDoc = null; }
+        if (childDoc) collect(childDoc);
+      }
+    };
+    collect(document);
+    return controls;
+  })()`;
+}
+
+function formStatesByBackendId(result: RuntimeEvaluateReply): Map<number, CapturedFormState> {
+  const states = new Map<number, CapturedFormState>();
+  const serialized = result.result?.deepSerializedValue;
+  if (serialized?.type !== "array" || !Array.isArray(serialized.value)) return states;
+  for (const entry of serialized.value as DeepSerializedValue[]) {
+    if (entry?.type !== "array" || !Array.isArray(entry.value)) continue;
+    const [element, json] = entry.value as DeepSerializedValue[];
+    if (element?.type !== "node" || json?.type !== "string" || typeof json.value !== "string") {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const backendNodeId = (element.value as { backendNodeId?: number } | undefined)?.backendNodeId;
+    if (typeof backendNodeId !== "number" || !Number.isSafeInteger(backendNodeId)) continue;
+    try {
+      const state = JSON.parse(json.value) as CapturedFormState | null;
+      if (
+        !state ||
+        !["empty", "filled", "default"].includes(state.state ?? "") ||
+        typeof state.sensitive !== "boolean" ||
+        typeof state.placeholder !== "string" ||
+        (!state.sensitive &&
+          (typeof state.value !== "string" || typeof state.defaultValue !== "string"))
+      ) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      states.set(backendNodeId, state);
+    } catch {
+      // A malformed entry must not overwrite the snapshot's own state.
+    }
+  }
+  return states;
+}
+
+function applyFormStates(nodes: CapturedNode[], states: Map<number, CapturedFormState>): void {
+  for (const node of nodes) {
+    if (!["input", "textarea", "select"].includes(node.tag)) continue;
+    const state = states.get(node.backendNodeId);
+    if (!state) continue;
+    node.formState = state.state;
+    node.formPlaceholder = state.placeholder ?? "";
+    if (
+      state.sensitive ||
+      (node.tag === "input" && (node.attrs.type ?? "").toLowerCase() === "password")
+    ) {
+      delete node.formValue;
+      delete node.formDefaultValue;
+      delete node.attrs.value;
+    } else {
+      node.formDefaultValue = state.defaultValue ?? "";
+      if (state.value !== undefined) node.formValue = state.value;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export async function enrichFormControlStates(
+  cdp: CdpRunner,
+  tabId: number,
+  frameNodeGroups: CapturedNode[][],
+  signal?: AbortSignal,
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  const hasControls = frameNodeGroups.some((nodes) =>
+    nodes.some((node) => ["input", "textarea", "select"].includes(node.tag)),
+  );
+  if (!hasControls) return true;
+  const objectGroup = `bsk-vom-forms-${crypto.randomUUID()}`;
+  try {
+    throwIfAborted(signal);
+    const result = await cdp.send<RuntimeEvaluateReply>(tabId, "Runtime.evaluate", {
+      expression: formStateBatchExpression(MAX_FORM_ENRICH_CONTROLS),
+      objectGroup,
+      serializationOptions: {
+        serialization: "deep",
+        maxDepth: 3,
+        additionalParameters: { maxNodeDepth: 0, includeShadowTree: "none" },
+      },
+    });
+    throwIfAborted(signal);
+    // Backend ids are scoped to this capture's CDP target. OOPIF targets
+    // have separate enrichment calls and never share this lookup.
+    const states = formStatesByBackendId(result);
+    for (const nodes of frameNodeGroups) {
+      applyFormStates(nodes, states);
+    }
+    return true;
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (isAbortError(error)) throw error;
+    // Best-effort enrichment. DOMSnapshot/AX data still carries the nodes.
+    return false;
+  } finally {
+    await cdp.send(tabId, "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup", { objectGroup }).catch(() => undefined);
+    throwIfAborted(signal);
+  }
+}

apps/extension/src/tools/vom/frame-capture.ts

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-import type { CdpFrame, CdpFrameGraph } from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
-import { resolveFrameProjection } from "../frame-geometry";
-import { type GeometryProjection, projectRectToViewport } from "../geometry";
-import { type CdpRunner, cdpRunnerForTarget, sendToCdpTarget } from "../shared";
-import { type CapturedNode, type CapturedViewModel, captureViewModel } from "./capture";
-import {
-  buildFrameDocuments,
-  type FrameAxBatch,
-  type FrameDocument,
-  type FrameOwnedAxNode,
-} from "./frame-document";
-
-export type FrameAxNode = FrameOwnedAxNode;
-export type CapturedFrameDocument<T extends FrameAxNode> = FrameDocument<T>;
-
-function throwIfAborted(signal?: AbortSignal): void {
-  if (signal?.aborted) throw new DOMException("observation aborted", "AbortError");
-}
-
-function isAbortError(err: unknown): boolean {
-  return err instanceof Error && err.name === "AbortError";
-}
-
-async function discoverFrameGraph(cdp: CdpRunner, tabId: number): Promise<CdpFrameGraph | null> {
-  if (!cdp.getFrameGraph) return null;
-  try {
-    return await cdp.getFrameGraph(tabId);
-  } catch (err) {
-    console.debug("[bsk observation] frame graph capture failed", err);
-    return null;
-  }
-}
-
-function transformFrameNodes(
-  nodes: CapturedNode[],
-  projection: GeometryProjection | null,
-): CapturedNode[] {
-  return nodes.map((node) => ({
-    ...node,
-    rect: projection
-      ? (() => {
-          const bounds = projectRectToViewport(node.rect, projection);
-          return bounds ? { x: bounds.x, y: bounds.y, w: bounds.width, h: bounds.height } : null;
-        })()
-      : null,
-  }));
-}
-
-async function captureMissingFrameDocuments(
-  cdp: CdpRunner,
-  tabId: number,
-  graph: CdpFrameGraph,
-  captured: CapturedViewModel,
-  signal?: AbortSignal,
-): Promise<void> {
-  if (!captured.frameNodes) captured.frameNodes = new Map();
-  if (!captured.frameOwnerBackendNodeIds) captured.frameOwnerBackendNodeIds = new Map();
-  if (!captured.frameParentIds) captured.frameParentIds = new Map();
-
-  for (const frame of graph.frames) {
-    if (!frame.target.sessionId || captured.frameNodes.has(frame.frameId)) continue;
-    try {
-      const child = await captureViewModel(cdpRunnerForTarget(cdp, frame.target), tabId, {
-        signal,
-      });
-      let projection: GeometryProjection | null = null;
-      try {
-        projection = await resolveFrameProjection(cdp, graph, frame.frameId);
-      } catch (err) {
-        if (isAbortError(err)) throw err;
-        console.debug("[bsk observation] child frame geometry projection failed", {
-          frameId: frame.frameId,
-          err,
-        });
-      }
-      const rootFrameId = child.rootFrameId ?? frame.frameId;
-      const childFrames = child.frameNodes ?? new Map<string, CapturedNode[]>();
-      if (!childFrames.has(rootFrameId)) childFrames.set(rootFrameId, child.nodes);
-      if (rootFrameId !== frame.frameId && !childFrames.has(frame.frameId)) {
-        childFrames.set(
-          frame.frameId,
-          child.nodes.map((node) => ({ ...node, frameId: frame.frameId })),
-        );
-      }
-      for (const [childFrameId, nodes] of childFrames) {
-        captured.frameNodes.set(childFrameId, transformFrameNodes(nodes, projection));
-      }
-      if (frame.ownerBackendNodeId !== undefined) {
-        captured.iframeNodes.set(
-          frame.ownerBackendNodeId,
-          captured.frameNodes.get(frame.frameId) ?? [],
-        );
-        captured.frameOwnerBackendNodeIds.set(frame.frameId, frame.ownerBackendNodeId);
-      }
-      if (frame.parentFrameId) captured.frameParentIds.set(frame.frameId, frame.parentFrameId);
-      for (const [childFrameId, ownerBackendNodeId] of child.frameOwnerBackendNodeIds ?? []) {
-        captured.frameOwnerBackendNodeIds.set(childFrameId, ownerBackendNodeId);
-      }
-      for (const [childFrameId, parentFrameId] of child.frameParentIds ?? []) {
-        captured.frameParentIds.set(childFrameId, parentFrameId);
-      }
-    } catch (err) {
-      if (isAbortError(err)) throw err;
-      console.debug("[bsk observation] child frame DOM capture failed", {
-        frameId: frame.frameId,
-        err,
-      });
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-async function captureAxTrees<T extends FrameAxNode>(
-  cdp: CdpRunner,
-  tabId: number,
-  discoveredFrames: CdpFrame[],
-  captured: CapturedViewModel,
-  signal?: AbortSignal,
-): Promise<FrameAxBatch<T>[]> {
-  let frames = [...discoveredFrames];
-  const capturedFrameIds = [...(captured.frameNodes?.keys() ?? [])];
-  if (frames.length === 0) {
-    const rootFrameId = captured.rootFrameId ?? capturedFrameIds[0] ?? "root";
-    frames = [{ frameId: rootFrameId, target: { tabId } }];
-  }
-  for (const frameId of capturedFrameIds) {
-    if (!frames.some((frame) => frame.frameId === frameId)) {
-      frames.push({ frameId, target: { tabId } });
-    }
-  }
-
-  let firstFailure: unknown;
-  const trees = await Promise.all(
-    frames.map(async (frame): Promise<FrameAxBatch<T>> => {
-      try {
-        throwIfAborted(signal);
-        await sendToCdpTarget(cdp, frame.target, "Accessibility.enable", {});
-        const result = await sendToCdpTarget<{ nodes?: T[] }>(
-          cdp,
-          frame.target,
-          "Accessibility.getFullAXTree",
-          frame.frameId === "root" ? {} : { frameId: frame.frameId },
-        );
-        throwIfAborted(signal);
-        return {
-          frame,
-          nodes: result.nodes ?? [],
-        };
-      } catch (err) {
-        if (isAbortError(err)) throw err;
-        firstFailure ??= err;
-        console.debug("[bsk observation] frame AX capture failed", {
-          frameId: frame.frameId,
-          err,
-        });
-        return { frame, nodes: [] };
-      }
-    }),
-  );
-  const capturedNodeCount = [...captured.iframeNodes.values()].reduce(
-    (count, nodes) => count + nodes.length,
-    captured.nodes.length,
-  );
-  if (firstFailure && capturedNodeCount === 0 && trees.every((tree) => tree.nodes.length === 0)) {
-    throw firstFailure;
-  }
-  return trees;
-}
-
-export async function captureFrameData<T extends FrameAxNode>(
-  cdp: CdpRunner,
-  tabId: number,
-  captured: CapturedViewModel,
-  signal?: AbortSignal,
-): Promise<CapturedFrameDocument<T>[]> {
-  const graph = await discoverFrameGraph(cdp, tabId);
-  const frames = graph?.frames ?? [];
-  if (graph) await captureMissingFrameDocuments(cdp, tabId, graph, captured, signal);
-  throwIfAborted(signal);
-  const batches = await captureAxTrees<T>(cdp, tabId, frames, captured, signal);
-  return buildFrameDocuments(graph, batches, captured);
-}

apps/extension/src/tools/vom/frame-document.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import {
   type CdpTarget,
   cdpTargetKey,
 } from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
-import type { CapturedNode, CapturedViewModel } from "./capture";
+import { createCaptureCheckpoint } from "./capture-abort";
+import type { CapturedNode } from "./capture-types";
 
 export interface FrameOwnedAxNode {
   nodeId: string;
@@ -23,6 +24,15 @@ export interface FrameDocument<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode> extends CdpFrame {
   contextScopeId: string;
   axNodes: T[];
   domNodes: CapturedNode[];
+  excludedBackendNodeIds?: ReadonlySet<number>;
+}
+
+/** Explicit snapshot document data used to join DOM and AX ownership. */
+export interface FrameDomInput {
+  nodes: CapturedNode[];
+  rootFrameId?: string;
+  frameNodes?: ReadonlyMap<string, CapturedNode[]>;
+  frameExcludedBackendNodeIds?: ReadonlyMap<string, ReadonlySet<number>>;
 }
 
 interface Ownership {
@@ -47,35 +57,25 @@ function targetBackendKey(target: CdpTarget, backendNodeId: number): string {
 function frameList<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode>(
   graph: CdpFrameGraph | null,
   batches: FrameAxBatch<T>[],
-  captured: CapturedViewModel,
 ): CdpFrame[] {
   const frames = new Map<string, CdpFrame>();
   for (const frame of graph?.frames ?? []) frames.set(frame.frameId, frame);
   for (const batch of batches) {
     if (!frames.has(batch.frame.frameId)) frames.set(batch.frame.frameId, batch.frame);
   }
-  for (const frameId of captured.frameNodes?.keys() ?? []) {
-    if (!frames.has(frameId))
-      frames.set(frameId, { frameId, target: { tabId: batches[0]?.frame.target.tabId ?? 0 } });
-  }
-  return [...frames.values()].map((frame) => {
-    const ownerBackendNodeId =
-      frame.ownerBackendNodeId ?? captured.frameOwnerBackendNodeIds?.get(frame.frameId);
-    const parentFrameId = frame.parentFrameId ?? captured.frameParentIds?.get(frame.frameId);
-    return {
-      ...frame,
-      ...(ownerBackendNodeId !== undefined ? { ownerBackendNodeId } : {}),
-      ...(parentFrameId ? { parentFrameId } : {}),
-    };
-  });
+  return [...frames.values()];
 }
 
-export function buildFrameDocuments<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode>(
+export async function buildFrameDocuments<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode>(
   graph: CdpFrameGraph | null,
   batches: FrameAxBatch<T>[],
-  captured: CapturedViewModel,
-): FrameDocument<T>[] {
-  const frames = frameList(graph, batches, captured);
+  captured: FrameDomInput,
+  signal?: AbortSignal,
+  unresolved?: (frame: CdpFrame) => void,
+): Promise<FrameDocument<T>[]> {
+  const checkpoint = createCaptureCheckpoint(signal);
+  let work = 0;
+  const frames = frameList(graph, batches);
   const frameById = new Map(frames.map((frame) => [frame.frameId, frame]));
   const rootFrameId = graph?.rootFrameId ?? captured.rootFrameId ?? frames[0]?.frameId;
   const domNodesForFrame = (frameId: string): CapturedNode[] =>
@@ -83,54 +83,80 @@ export function buildFrameDocuments<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode>(
   const backendOwner = new Map<string, string>();
   for (const frame of frames) {
     for (const node of domNodesForFrame(frame.frameId)) {
+      if (work++ % 256 === 0) {
+        const pending = checkpoint();
+        if (pending) await pending;
+      }
       backendOwner.set(targetBackendKey(frame.target, node.backendNodeId), frame.frameId);
     }
   }
 
   const candidates = new Map<string, OwnedCandidate<T>>();
   for (const batch of batches) {
-    const nodeById = new Map(batch.nodes.map((node) => [node.nodeId, node]));
-    const ownershipByNodeId = new Map<string, Ownership>();
-    const resolving = new Set<string>();
-    const resolveOwnership = (node: T): Ownership => {
-      const cached = ownershipByNodeId.get(node.nodeId);
-      if (cached) return cached;
-      if (node.frameId && frameById.has(node.frameId)) {
-        const ownership = { frameId: node.frameId, strength: 4 };
-        ownershipByNodeId.set(node.nodeId, ownership);
-        return ownership;
-      }
-      if (typeof node.backendDOMNodeId === "number") {
-        const frameId = backendOwner.get(
-          targetBackendKey(batch.frame.target, node.backendDOMNodeId),
-        );
-        if (frameId) {
-          const ownership = { frameId, strength: 3 };
-          ownershipByNodeId.set(node.nodeId, ownership);
-          return ownership;
-        }
-      }
-      if (node.parentId && !resolving.has(node.nodeId)) {
-        const parent = nodeById.get(node.parentId);
-        if (parent) {
-          resolving.add(node.nodeId);
-          const inherited = resolveOwnership(parent);
-          resolving.delete(node.nodeId);
-          const ownership = {
-            frameId: inherited.frameId,
-            strength: Math.min(2, inherited.strength),
-          };
-          ownershipByNodeId.set(node.nodeId, ownership);
-          return ownership;
-        }
-      }
-      const ownership = { frameId: batch.frame.frameId, strength: 1 };
-      ownershipByNodeId.set(node.nodeId, ownership);
-      return ownership;
-    };
-
+    const nodeById = new Map<string, T>();
     for (const node of batch.nodes) {
-      const ownership = resolveOwnership(node);
+      if (work++ % 256 === 0) {
+        const pending = checkpoint();
+        if (pending) await pending;
+      }
+      nodeById.set(node.nodeId, node);
+    }
+    let reported = false;
+    const ownershipByNodeId = new Map<string, Ownership>();
+    for (const node of batch.nodes) {
+      const path: T[] = [];
+      const visiting = new Set<string>();
+      let current: T | undefined = node;
+      let ownership: Ownership = { frameId: batch.frame.frameId, strength: 1 };
+      while (current) {
+        if (work++ % 256 === 0) {
+          const pending = checkpoint();
+          if (pending) await pending;
+        }
+        const cached = ownershipByNodeId.get(current.nodeId);
+        if (cached) {
+          ownership = cached;
+          break;
+        }
+        if (visiting.has(current.nodeId)) break;
+        visiting.add(current.nodeId);
+        if (current.frameId) {
+          const frame = frameById.get(current.frameId);
+          // An explicit contradiction must not fall through to a guessed owner.
+          if (!frame || cdpTargetKey(frame.target) !== cdpTargetKey(batch.frame.target)) {
+            if (!reported) {
+              unresolved?.(batch.frame);
+              reported = true;
+            }
+            ownership = { frameId: "", strength: 0 };
+            break;
+          }
+          ownership = { frameId: frame.frameId, strength: 4 };
+          ownershipByNodeId.set(current.nodeId, ownership);
+          break;
+        }
+        const frameId =
+          typeof current.backendDOMNodeId === "number"
+            ? backendOwner.get(targetBackendKey(batch.frame.target, current.backendDOMNodeId))
+            : undefined;
+        if (frameId) {
+          ownership = { frameId, strength: 3 };
+          ownershipByNodeId.set(current.nodeId, ownership);
+          break;
+        }
+        path.push(current);
+        current = current.parentId ? nodeById.get(current.parentId) : undefined;
+      }
+      for (let i = path.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+        if (work++ % 256 === 0) {
+          const pending = checkpoint();
+          if (pending) await pending;
+        }
+        ownership = { frameId: ownership.frameId, strength: Math.min(2, ownership.strength) };
+        ownershipByNodeId.set(path[i].nodeId, ownership);
+      }
+      if (!ownershipByNodeId.has(node.nodeId)) ownershipByNodeId.set(node.nodeId, ownership);
+      if (!ownership.frameId) continue;
       const key = targetNodeKey(batch.frame.target, node.nodeId);
       const existing = candidates.get(key);
       if (!existing || ownership.strength > existing.ownership.strength) {
@@ -144,6 +170,10 @@ export function buildFrameDocuments<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode>(
   );
   const axNodesByFrame = new Map<string, T[]>();
   for (const candidate of candidates.values()) {
+    if (work++ % 256 === 0) {
+      const pending = checkpoint();
+      if (pending) await pending;
+    }
     const { node, target, ownership } = candidate;
     const parentFrameId = node.parentId
       ? ownershipByTargetNode.get(targetNodeKey(target, node.parentId))
@@ -169,5 +199,6 @@ export function buildFrameDocuments<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode>(
     contextScopeId: frame.frameId,
     axNodes: axNodesByFrame.get(frame.frameId) ?? [],
     domNodes: domNodesForFrame(frame.frameId),
+    excludedBackendNodeIds: captured.frameExcludedBackendNodeIds?.get(frame.frameId),
   }));
 }

apps/extension/src/tools/vom/normalize.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+import type { Viewport } from "@browser-skill/vom";
+import { type CdpFrame, type CdpTarget, cdpTargetKey } from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
+import { type GeometryProjection, projectRectToViewport } from "../geometry";
+import {
+  type FrameProjectionState,
+  projectSnapshotRect,
+  type SnapshotCoordinates,
+  snapshotCoordinates,
+  snapshotViewportRect,
+} from "../geometry/coordinate-types";
+import {
+  GeometryContext,
+  type LayoutMetrics,
+  snapshotLayoutScale,
+} from "../geometry/frame-context";
+import {
+  createCaptureCheckpoint,
+  isAbortError as isCaptureAbort,
+  throwIfAborted as throwCaptureAborted,
+} from "./capture-abort";
+import { buildDocumentIndex, type CaptureIssue, type DocumentIndex, type NodeFacts } from "./facts";
+import {
+  decodeDocument,
+  type SnapshotDocument,
+  type SnapshotReply,
+  snapshotFrameId,
+} from "./snapshot";
+
+export interface FrameContext {
+  frameId?: string;
+  ownerFrameBackendNodeId: number | null;
+  projection: FrameProjectionState | null;
+  targetProjection?: GeometryProjection | null;
+  target: CdpTarget;
+  coordinates: SnapshotCoordinates | null;
+}
+
+export interface NormalizedDocument {
+  nodes: NodeFacts[];
+  index: DocumentIndex;
+  documentElementBackendNodeId?: number;
+}
+
+/** Interpret one document using a supplied projection. No live reads or frame scheduling. */
+export async function normalizeDocument(
+  doc: SnapshotDocument,
+  strings: string[],
+  context: FrameContext,
+  signal?: AbortSignal,
+): Promise<NormalizedDocument> {
+  const decoded = await decodeDocument(doc, strings, signal);
+  const checkpoint = createCaptureCheckpoint(signal);
+  const nodes: NodeFacts[] = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < decoded.nodes.length; i++) {
+    if (i % 256 === 0) {
+      const pending = checkpoint();
+      if (pending) await pending;
+    }
+    const node = decoded.nodes[i];
+    const bounds = node.layout?.bounds ?? [];
+    const input = snapshotViewportRect(
+      bounds,
+      { target: context.target, frameId: context.frameId },
+      context.coordinates,
+    );
+    const local = input?.rect;
+    let rect =
+      input && context.projection?.status === "available"
+        ? projectSnapshotRect(input, context.projection.projection)
+        : null;
+    if (rect && context.targetProjection !== undefined)
+      rect = context.targetProjection
+        ? projectRectToViewport(
+            { x: rect.x, y: rect.y, w: rect.width, h: rect.height },
+            context.targetProjection,
+          )
+        : null;
+    const visibility = node.layout?.styles.visibility || "visible";
+    const opacity = node.layout?.styles.opacity || "1";
+    nodes.push({
+      ...node,
+      ...(context.frameId ? { frameId: context.frameId } : {}),
+      ownerFrameBackendNodeId: context.ownerFrameBackendNodeId,
+      localRect: local ? { x: local.x, y: local.y, w: local.width, h: local.height } : null,
+      rect: rect ? { x: rect.x, y: rect.y, w: rect.width, h: rect.height } : null,
+      rendered:
+        bounds.length >= 4 &&
+        bounds.slice(0, 4).every(Number.isFinite) &&
+        bounds[2] > 0 &&
+        bounds[3] > 0 &&
+        visibility !== "hidden" &&
+        visibility !== "collapse" &&
+        (Number.parseFloat(opacity) || 0) > 0,
+    });
+  }
+  const index = await buildDocumentIndex(nodes, signal);
+  return {
+    nodes: nodes.filter(
+      (node) => !node.tag.startsWith("#") && !index.excludedBackendNodeIds.has(node.backendNodeId),
+    ),
+    index,
+    documentElementBackendNodeId: nodes.find(
+      (node) =>
+        node.nodeType === 1 &&
+        node.parentBackendNodeId !== null &&
+        index.nodes.get(node.parentBackendNodeId)?.nodeType === 9,
+    )?.backendNodeId,
+  };
+}
+
+export interface NormalizedFrameDocument extends NormalizedDocument {
+  frame: CdpFrame;
+}
+
+/** One target's snapshot. Source ownership is checked before interpreting any
+ * coordinates. Snapshot and live quad coordinates are deliberately not conflated. */
+export async function normalizeSnapshot(
+  snapshot: SnapshotReply,
+  target: CdpTarget,
+  frames: readonly CdpFrame[],
+  geometry: GeometryContext,
+  issues: CaptureIssue[],
+  signal?: AbortSignal,
+  rootFrameId?: string,
+): Promise<NormalizedFrameDocument[]> {
+  const strings = snapshot.strings ?? [];
+  const raw = snapshot.documents ?? [];
+  const ownerIds = new Set<number>();
+  for (const document of raw) {
+    for (const index of document.nodes?.contentDocumentIndex?.index ?? []) {
+      const id = document.nodes?.backendNodeId?.[index];
+      if (id !== undefined) ownerIds.add(id);
+    }
+  }
+  geometry.registerSnapshotOwners(target, ownerIds);
+  const frameById = new Map(frames.map((frame) => [frame.frameId, frame]));
+  const sources = new Map<string, SnapshotDocument>();
+  for (const doc of raw) {
+    const id = snapshotFrameId(doc, strings);
+    if (!id || !frameById.has(id) || sources.has(id)) {
+      issues.push({
+        target,
+        frameId: id,
+        stage: "ownership",
+        reason: "frame-ownership-unresolved",
+      });
+      continue;
+    }
+    sources.set(id, doc);
+  }
+  let metrics: LayoutMetrics = {};
+  try {
+    metrics = await geometry.layoutMetrics(target);
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (isCaptureAbort(error)) throw error;
+  }
+  const viewport: Viewport = {
+    width: metrics.cssLayoutViewport?.clientWidth ?? 0,
+    height: metrics.cssLayoutViewport?.clientHeight ?? 0,
+  };
+  const layoutUnitsPerCssPixel = snapshotLayoutScale(metrics);
+  const viewportAvailable = [viewport.width, viewport.height].every(
+    (size) => Number.isFinite(size) && size > 0,
+  );
+
+  const children = new Map<string, CdpFrame[]>();
+  const pending: CdpFrame[] = [];
+  for (const frame of frames) {
+    if (!frame.parentFrameId || !frameById.has(frame.parentFrameId)) pending.push(frame);
+    else {
+      const siblings = children.get(frame.parentFrameId);
+      if (siblings) siblings.push(frame);
+      else children.set(frame.parentFrameId, [frame]);
+    }
+  }
+  const projections = new Map<string, FrameProjectionState | null>();
+  const result: NormalizedFrameDocument[] = [];
+  let targetProjection: GeometryProjection | null = null;
+  const targetRoot = rootFrameId ? frameById.get(rootFrameId) : undefined;
+  if (target.sessionId && targetRoot) {
+    try {
+      const known = await geometry.frame(targetRoot.frameId);
+      if (known && cdpTargetKey(known.target) === cdpTargetKey(target))
+        targetProjection = await geometry.targetProjection(targetRoot.frameId);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (isCaptureAbort(error)) throw error;
+    }
+  }
+  const checkpoint = createCaptureCheckpoint(signal);
+  const visited = new Set<string>();
+  const remaining = frames[Symbol.iterator]();
+  for (let cursor = 0; visited.size < frames.length; cursor++) {
+    if (cursor >= pending.length) {
+      let next = remaining.next();
+      while (!next.done && visited.has(next.value.frameId)) next = remaining.next();
+      if (next.done) break;
+      pending.push(next.value);
+    }
+    if (cursor % 256 === 0) {
+      const pending = checkpoint();
+      if (pending) await pending;
+    }
+    const frame = pending[cursor];
+    if (visited.has(frame.frameId)) continue;
+    visited.add(frame.frameId);
+    for (const child of children.get(frame.frameId) ?? []) pending.push(child);
+    const doc = sources.get(frame.frameId);
+    if (!doc) continue;
+    const source = { target, frameId: frame.frameId };
+    const coordinates = snapshotCoordinates(
+      doc,
+      layoutUnitsPerCssPixel,
+      frame.frameId === rootFrameId
+        ? { x: metrics.cssLayoutViewport?.pageX, y: metrics.cssLayoutViewport?.pageY }
+        : undefined,
+    );
+    let state: FrameProjectionState | null =
+      frame.frameId === rootFrameId
+        ? viewportAvailable && coordinates
+          ? {
+              status: "available",
+              projection: {
+                source,
+                geometry: { sourceClips: [], edges: [], topViewport: viewport },
+              },
+            }
+          : { status: "unavailable", source, reason: "snapshot-coordinates-unavailable" }
+        : (projections.get(frame.frameId) ?? null);
+    if (!state && frame.frameId !== rootFrameId)
+      issues.push({
+        target,
+        frameId: frame.frameId,
+        stage: "ownership",
+        reason: "frame-ownership-unresolved",
+      });
+    if (!coordinates && (!state || state.status === "available"))
+      state = { status: "unavailable", source, reason: "snapshot-coordinates-unavailable" };
+    projections.set(frame.frameId, state);
+    const projection = state?.status === "available" ? state.projection : null;
+    if (!projection || (target.sessionId && !targetProjection))
+      issues.push({
+        target,
+        frameId: frame.frameId,
+        stage: "geometry",
+        reason: "geometry-unavailable",
+        ...(state && state.status !== "available" ? { projectionIssue: state } : {}),
+      });
+
+    // Only direct siblings share this pool. Keep normalization in its existing
+    // breadth-first order, independent of owner read completion order.
+    const siblings = (children.get(frame.frameId) ?? []).filter((child) =>
+      sources.has(child.frameId),
+    );
+    const edge = projection?.geometry.edges[0];
+    const clips = edge
+      ? [edge.destinationQuad, ...(edge.destinationClips ?? [])]
+      : (projection?.geometry.sourceClips ?? []);
+    let next = 0;
+    let failure: unknown;
+    await Promise.all(
+      Array.from({ length: Math.min(4, siblings.length) }, async () => {
+        while (next < siblings.length && !signal?.aborted && !failure) {
+          const child = siblings[next++];
+          const childSource = { target, frameId: child.frameId };
+          if (!projection) {
+            projections.set(
+              child.frameId,
+              state && state.status !== "available"
+                ? {
+                    status: "blocked",
+                    source: childSource,
+                    cause: state.status === "blocked" ? state.cause : state,
+                  }
+                : null,
+            );
+            continue;
+          }
+          if (child.ownerBackendNodeId === undefined) {
+            projections.set(child.frameId, null);
+            continue;
+          }
+          if (!snapshotCoordinates(sources.get(child.frameId)!, layoutUnitsPerCssPixel)) {
+            projections.set(child.frameId, {
+              status: "unavailable",
+              source: childSource,
+              reason: "snapshot-coordinates-unavailable",
+            });
+            continue;
+          }
+          try {
+            projections.set(
+              child.frameId,
+              await geometry.snapshotProjection(
+                childSource,
+                child.ownerBackendNodeId,
+                clips,
+                viewport,
+              ),
+            );
+          } catch (error) {
+            failure ??= error;
+          }
+        }
+      }),
+    );
+    // Join active reads and their cleanup before returning cancellation.
+    if (failure) throw failure;
+    throwCaptureAborted(signal);
+    const normalized = await normalizeDocument(
+      doc,
+      strings,
+      {
+        frameId: frame.frameId,
+        ownerFrameBackendNodeId: frame.ownerBackendNodeId ?? null,
+        projection: state,
+        target,
+        ...(target.sessionId ? { targetProjection } : {}),
+        coordinates,
+      },
+      signal,
+    );
+    result.push({ ...normalized, frame });
+  }
+  return result;
+}

apps/extension/src/tools/vom/record-safe-observation.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ import type { Rect, RenderedRef, VomResult } from "@browser-skill/vom";
 import type { CdpTarget } from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
 import { readRecordingDocumentIdentity } from "@/shared/recording-document-identity";
 import type { CapturedSurfaceProbe } from "./capture";
-import type { CapturedFrameDocument, FrameAxNode } from "./frame-capture";
+import type {
+  FrameDocument as CapturedFrameDocument,
+  FrameOwnedAxNode as FrameAxNode,
+} from "./frame-document";
 
 /** Frame identity needed to resolve an `@eN` that lives in an iframe. */
 export interface CaptureVomFrame {

apps/extension/src/tools/vom/semantic-graph/build.ts

@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ export function buildSemanticGraph(input: BuildSemanticGraphInput): SemanticGrap
         dom,
         sourceOrder: index,
         excluded:
-          document.frameId === rootFrameId &&
-          input.excludedBackendNodeIds?.has(dom.backendNodeId) === true,
+          document.excludedBackendNodeIds?.has(dom.backendNodeId) === true ||
+          (document.frameId === rootFrameId &&
+            input.excludedBackendNodeIds?.has(dom.backendNodeId) === true),
       };
       nodes.set(id, node);
       frameNodeIds.push(id);
@@ -90,9 +91,10 @@ export function buildSemanticGraph(input: BuildSemanticGraphInput): SemanticGrap
           ax,
           sourceOrder: document.domNodes.length + index,
           excluded:
-            document.frameId === rootFrameId &&
             typeof ax.backendDOMNodeId === "number" &&
-            input.excludedBackendNodeIds?.has(ax.backendDOMNodeId) === true,
+            (document.excludedBackendNodeIds?.has(ax.backendDOMNodeId) === true ||
+              (document.frameId === rootFrameId &&
+                input.excludedBackendNodeIds?.has(ax.backendDOMNodeId) === true)),
         });
         frameNodeIds.push(id);
       }

apps/extension/src/tools/vom/snapshot.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,291 @@
+import { type CdpFrame, type CdpTarget, cdpTargetKey } from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
+import { createCaptureCheckpoint } from "./capture-abort";
+import type { CapturedNode } from "./capture-types";
+import type { DecodedDocument, DecodedNode } from "./facts";
+export const REQUESTED_STYLES = [
+  "position",
+  "pointer-events",
+  "cursor",
+  "visibility",
+  "opacity",
+] as const;
+const STYLE_COL = Object.fromEntries(
+  REQUESTED_STYLES.map((name, index) => [name, index]),
+) as Record<(typeof REQUESTED_STYLES)[number], number>;
+/** Sparse array format Chrome uses for infrequently-set per-node fields. */
+interface SparseArray {
+  index: number[];
+  value: number[];
+}
+
+interface RareBooleanData {
+  index: number[];
+}
+
+export interface SnapshotDocument {
+  frameId?: string | number;
+  documentURL?: number;
+  scrollOffsetX?: number;
+  scrollOffsetY?: number;
+  nodes?: {
+    parentIndex?: number[];
+    nodeName?: number[];
+    nodeType?: number[];
+    backendNodeId?: number[];
+    attributes?: number[][];
+    /**
+     * Per-node text value (index into strings), set for `#text` / CDATA nodes.
+     * Element nodes carry -1. Same length as `backendNodeId`.
+     */
+    nodeValue?: number[];
+    /** Maps node array index → index into `documents[]` for frame content. */
+    contentDocumentIndex?: SparseArray;
+    inputValue?: SparseArray;
+    textValue?: SparseArray;
+    inputChecked?: RareBooleanData;
+    optionSelected?: RareBooleanData;
+  };
+  layout?: {
+    nodeIndex?: number[];
+    styles?: number[][];
+    bounds?: number[][];
+    paintOrders?: number[];
+  };
+}
+
+export function snapshotFrameId(document: SnapshotDocument, strings: string[]): string | undefined {
+  if (typeof document.frameId === "string") return document.frameId || undefined;
+  if (typeof document.frameId === "number") return str(strings, document.frameId) || undefined;
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+export interface SnapshotReply {
+  strings?: string[];
+  documents?: SnapshotDocument[];
+}
+
+function isSensitiveFormControl(node: Pick<CapturedNode, "tag" | "attrs">): boolean {
+  return node.tag === "input" && (node.attrs.type ?? "").toLowerCase() === "password";
+}
+
+function snapshotFormState(
+  value: string | undefined,
+  defaultValue: string,
+  hasDefaultValue: boolean,
+  sensitive: boolean,
+): CapturedNode["formState"] {
+  if (sensitive) {
+    if (value === undefined && !hasDefaultValue) return undefined;
+    return (value ?? defaultValue) === "" ? "empty" : "filled";
+  }
+  if (value === undefined) return undefined;
+  if (value === "") return "empty";
+  return value === defaultValue ? "default" : "filled";
+}
+
+function str(strings: string[], idx: number | undefined): string {
+  if (idx === undefined || idx < 0) return "";
+  return strings[idx] ?? "";
+}
+
+export function sparseIndexMap(sparse: SparseArray | undefined): Map<number, number> {
+  const out = new Map<number, number>();
+  if (!sparse?.index || !sparse.value) return out;
+  for (let i = 0; i < sparse.index.length; i++) {
+    const nodeIndex = sparse.index[i];
+    const docIndex = sparse.value[i];
+    if (nodeIndex !== undefined && docIndex !== undefined) out.set(nodeIndex, docIndex);
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+export async function decodeDocument(
+  doc: SnapshotDocument,
+  strings: string[],
+  signal?: AbortSignal,
+): Promise<DecodedDocument> {
+  const checkpoint = createCaptureCheckpoint(signal);
+  const dn = doc.nodes;
+  const dl = doc.layout;
+  if (!dn?.backendNodeId) {
+    return { nodes: [] };
+  }
+
+  const count = dn.backendNodeId.length;
+  const layoutByNode = new Map<number, number>();
+  for (let i = 0; i < (dl?.nodeIndex?.length ?? 0); i++) {
+    if (i % 256 === 0) {
+      const pending = checkpoint();
+      if (pending) await pending;
+    }
+    layoutByNode.set(dl!.nodeIndex![i], i);
+  }
+
+  const inputValues = sparseIndexMap(dn.inputValue);
+  const textValues = sparseIndexMap(dn.textValue);
+  const checkedInputs = new Set(dn.inputChecked?.index ?? []);
+  const selectedOptions = new Set(dn.optionSelected?.index ?? []);
+
+  // Collect visible text from #text child nodes so element CapturedNodes
+  // carry a textContent value usable as a button/link label fallback.
+  // nodeValue is a parallel array: string index for text nodes, -1 otherwise.
+  const nodeTextContent = new Map<number, string[]>();
+  if (dn.nodeValue) {
+    for (let n = 0; n < count; n++) {
+      if (n % 256 === 0) {
+        const pending = checkpoint();
+        if (pending) await pending;
+      }
+      const nvIdx = dn.nodeValue[n] ?? -1;
+      if (nvIdx < 0) continue;
+      const text = str(strings, nvIdx).trim();
+      if (!text) continue;
+      const parentIdx = dn.parentIndex?.[n] ?? -1;
+      if (parentIdx >= 0) {
+        const existing = nodeTextContent.get(parentIdx);
+        if (existing) existing.push(text);
+        else nodeTextContent.set(parentIdx, [text]);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Decode fields without assigning a coordinate projection or semantic policy.
+  const nodes: DecodedNode[] = [];
+  for (let n = 0; n < count; n++) {
+    if (n % 256 === 0) {
+      const pending = checkpoint();
+      if (pending) await pending;
+    }
+    const backendNodeId = dn.backendNodeId[n];
+    const parentIdx = dn.parentIndex?.[n] ?? -1;
+    const parentBackendNodeId = parentIdx >= 0 ? (dn.backendNodeId[parentIdx] ?? null) : null;
+    const tag = str(strings, dn.nodeName?.[n]).toLowerCase();
+
+    const attrs: Record<string, string> = {};
+    const pairs = dn.attributes?.[n] ?? [];
+    for (let a = 0; a + 1 < pairs.length; a += 2) {
+      attrs[str(strings, pairs[a]).toLowerCase()] = str(strings, pairs[a + 1]);
+    }
+
+    const li = layoutByNode.get(n);
+    const styleRow = li === undefined ? [] : (dl?.styles?.[li] ?? []);
+    const styles: Record<string, string> = {};
+    for (const name of REQUESTED_STYLES) styles[name] = str(strings, styleRow[STYLE_COL[name]]);
+    const layout =
+      li === undefined
+        ? undefined
+        : {
+            boundsSpace: "snapshot-document-layout" as const,
+            bounds: dl?.bounds?.[li],
+            styles,
+          };
+
+    const textContent = nodeTextContent.get(n)?.join(" ");
+
+    const rawFormValueIndex = tag === "textarea" ? textValues.get(n) : inputValues.get(n);
+    const rawFormValue =
+      rawFormValueIndex !== undefined ? str(strings, rawFormValueIndex) : undefined;
+    const sensitive = isSensitiveFormControl({ tag, attrs });
+    const formDefaultValue = attrs.value ?? "";
+    const formValue = sensitive ? undefined : rawFormValue;
+    const formState = snapshotFormState(
+      rawFormValue,
+      formDefaultValue,
+      Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(attrs, "value"),
+      sensitive,
+    );
+    if (sensitive) delete attrs.value;
+
+    nodes.push({
+      backendNodeId,
+      nodeType: dn.nodeType?.[n],
+      parentBackendNodeId,
+
+      tag,
+      attrs,
+      layout,
+      paintOrder: li === undefined ? 0 : (dl?.paintOrders?.[li] ?? 0),
+      position: styles.position || "static",
+      pointerEvents: styles["pointer-events"] || "auto",
+      cursor: styles.cursor || "auto",
+
+      textContent,
+      ...(formValue !== undefined ? { formValue } : {}),
+      ...(tag === "input" || tag === "textarea"
+        ? {
+            formPlaceholder: attrs.placeholder ?? "",
+            ...(!sensitive ? { formDefaultValue } : {}),
+            ...(formState ? { formState } : {}),
+          }
+        : {}),
+      ...(checkedInputs.has(n) ? { formValue: "true", formState: "filled" } : {}),
+      ...(selectedOptions.has(n) ? { formValue: attrs.value ?? textContent ?? "" } : {}),
+    });
+  }
+  return { nodes };
+}
+
+/** Snapshot membership and same-target edges are current response evidence.
+ * The earlier graph only supplies compatible metadata and cross-target edges. */
+export function describeSnapshotFrames(
+  snapshot: SnapshotReply,
+  target: CdpTarget,
+  hintById: ReadonlyMap<string, CdpFrame>,
+  pageUrl?: string,
+): { frames: CdpFrame[]; ids: Set<string>; rootFrameId?: string } {
+  const raw = snapshot.documents ?? [];
+  const strings = snapshot.strings ?? [];
+  const ids = new Set<string>();
+  const invalid = new Set<string>();
+  const frames = raw.map((doc) => {
+    const frameId = snapshotFrameId(doc, strings);
+    if (!frameId) return undefined;
+    if (ids.has(frameId)) invalid.add(frameId);
+    ids.add(frameId);
+    const hint = hintById.get(frameId);
+    const compatible =
+      hint && cdpTargetKey(hint.target) === cdpTargetKey(target) ? hint : undefined;
+    const url =
+      (doc.documentURL === undefined ? undefined : strings[doc.documentURL]) || compatible?.url;
+    return { frameId, target, ...(url ? { url } : {}) } as CdpFrame;
+  });
+  const root = frames[0];
+  if (root) {
+    const hint = hintById.get(root.frameId);
+    const parent = hint?.parentFrameId ? hintById.get(hint.parentFrameId) : undefined;
+    if (
+      target.sessionId &&
+      hint &&
+      cdpTargetKey(hint.target) === cdpTargetKey(target) &&
+      parent &&
+      cdpTargetKey(parent.target) !== cdpTargetKey(target)
+    ) {
+      root.parentFrameId = parent.frameId;
+      root.ownerBackendNodeId = hint.ownerBackendNodeId;
+    }
+    if (!target.sessionId && !root.url && pageUrl) root.url = pageUrl;
+  }
+  const owned = new Set<string>();
+  for (let i = 0; i < raw.length; i++) {
+    const edges = raw[i].nodes?.contentDocumentIndex;
+    const parent = frames[i];
+    if (!parent || !edges) continue;
+    for (let e = 0; e < edges.index.length; e++) {
+      const child = frames[edges.value[e]];
+      const owner = raw[i].nodes?.backendNodeId?.[edges.index[e]];
+      if (!child || owner === undefined) continue;
+      if (child === root || child === parent || owned.has(child.frameId)) {
+        invalid.add(child.frameId);
+        continue;
+      }
+      owned.add(child.frameId);
+      child.parentFrameId = parent.frameId;
+      child.ownerBackendNodeId = owner;
+    }
+  }
+  return {
+    frames: frames.filter((frame): frame is CdpFrame => !!frame && !invalid.has(frame.frameId)),
+    ids,
+    rootFrameId: root?.frameId,
+  };
+}

apps/extension/src/transport/types.ts

@@ -26,11 +26,17 @@ export type RpcErrorReason =
   | "ref_not_found"
   | "selector_not_found"
   | "target_not_fillable"
+  | "fill_value_invalid"
+  | "fill_target_changed"
+  | "fill_focus_lost"
+  | "fill_value_mismatch"
+  | "fill_failed"
   | "target_not_select"
   | "option_not_found"
   | "single_select_value_count"
   | "tab_not_active"
   | "restricted_tab_url"
+  | "cdp_extension_access_denied"
   | "borrow_conflict"
   | "screenshot_capture_failed"
   | "file_input_probe_failed"

crates/bsk-cli/skill/SKILL.md

@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ intended. Read `bsk upload --help` and `bsk download --help` for all flags and e
 - Stale ref: observe again and retry the intended action once.
 - Unknown tab or session: list current tabs/sessions; never guess identifiers.
 - Timeout: inspect current page state before deciding whether one longer purposeful wait is useful.
+- Fill result unconfirmed (`fill_value_mismatch`): observe the field first; the page may have
+  formatted the value. Continue if the visible result satisfies the user's intent. Otherwise correct
+  the remaining difference; do not blindly repeat fill or immediately request human help. For other
+  fill errors, follow the returned hint and inspect current state before retrying.
 - Unsupported command: continue with available capabilities; suggest updating only when the missing
   command is necessary.
 - Unrecoverable failure: report the blocker and stop the session in a finally-style path.

crates/bsk-cli/src/cli/business_rpc.rs

@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ where
     P: Serialize + Send + 'static,
     R: DeserializeOwned + Send + 'static,
 {
+    let parent_cancel = stdin_cancellation();
+    if parent_cancel.as_ref().is_some_and(|rx| *rx.borrow()) {
+        return Err(CliError::from_rpc(RpcError {
+            code: ErrorCode::Cancelled,
+            message: "parent closed the cancellation pipe".into(),
+            data: Some(serde_json::json!({"reason": "cancelled_before_dispatch"})),
+        }));
+    }
     let rpc_id: RpcId = format!("{}-{}", rpc_id_prefix, random_short_id());
     let mut client = IpcClient::connect(sock.clone()).await?;
     let rpc_id_for_call = rpc_id.clone();
@@ -88,16 +96,16 @@ where
     let outcome = tokio::select! {
         biased;
         res = &mut main_fut => res?,
-        sig = wait_for_sigint() => {
-            sig.context("install SIGINT handler").map_err(CliError::Local)?;
-            debug!(rpc_id = %rpc_id_for_cancel, "SIGINT: forwarding cancel to daemon");
+        sig = wait_for_cancel(parent_cancel) => {
+            sig.context("wait for cancellation").map_err(CliError::Local)?;
+            debug!(rpc_id = %rpc_id_for_cancel, "forwarding cancel to daemon");
             let _ = send_cancel(&sock, &rpc_id_for_cancel).await;
             match tokio::time::timeout(CANCEL_RESPONSE_GRACE, &mut main_fut).await {
                 Ok(res) => res?,
                 Err(_) => {
                     debug!(
                         rpc_id = %rpc_id_for_cancel,
-                        "SIGINT: cancel grace elapsed; synthesising cancelled error"
+                        "cancel grace elapsed; synthesising cancelled error"
                     );
                     return Err(CliError::from_rpc(RpcError {
                         code: ErrorCode::Cancelled,
@@ -112,6 +120,46 @@ where
     outcome.map_err(CliError::from_rpc)
 }
 
+/// Release caller-owned staging even after cancellation. This deliberately
+/// exposes only transfer.release, not a general bypass for business RPCs.
+/// The entire batch, including connection setup, shares one bounded budget.
+pub fn release_transfers<'a>(
+    sock: &Path,
+    transfer_ids: impl IntoIterator<Item = &'a str>,
+) -> Result<(), CliError> {
+    use bsk_protocol::tools::{TransferIdParams, TransferReleaseResult};
+    const CLEANUP_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);
+    let ids: Vec<_> = transfer_ids.into_iter().collect();
+    if ids.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    let rt = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+        .enable_all()
+        .build()
+        .context("build runtime for transfer cleanup")?;
+    rt.block_on(async {
+        tokio::time::timeout(CLEANUP_TIMEOUT, async {
+            let mut client = IpcClient::connect(sock).await?;
+            for id in ids {
+                client
+                    .call::<_, TransferReleaseResult>(
+                        "transfer-release",
+                        Method::TransferRelease,
+                        Some(TransferIdParams {
+                            transfer_id: id.to_string(),
+                        }),
+                        CLEANUP_TIMEOUT,
+                    )
+                    .await?
+                    .map_err(CliError::from_rpc)?;
+            }
+            Ok::<_, CliError>(())
+        })
+        .await
+        .context("transfer cleanup exceeded its total time budget")?
+    })
+}
+
 /// Send a `cancel { rpc_id }` frame over a fresh connection so it
 /// lands on the daemon while the original call is still parked.
 ///
@@ -146,8 +194,57 @@ fn random_short_id() -> String {
     bytes.iter().map(|b| format!("{b:02x}")).collect()
 }
 
-/// Wait for either Ctrl-C or process SIGTERM. Returning here means
-/// the user has asked us to stop.
+/// Opt-in control pipe for parent processes that cannot send Ctrl-C (Node on
+/// Windows). One reader survives the short-lived runtimes used by multi-RPC
+/// commands such as upload. Ordinary CLI stdin and terminal Ctrl-C are unchanged.
+fn stdin_cancellation() -> Option<tokio::sync::watch::Receiver<bool>> {
+    if std::env::var("BSK_CANCEL_ON_STDIN_CLOSE").as_deref() != Ok("1") {
+        return None;
+    }
+    static CANCEL: std::sync::OnceLock<tokio::sync::watch::Receiver<bool>> =
+        std::sync::OnceLock::new();
+    Some(
+        CANCEL
+            .get_or_init(|| {
+                let (tx, rx) = tokio::sync::watch::channel(false);
+                std::thread::spawn(move || {
+                    use std::io::Read;
+                    let mut stdin = std::io::stdin().lock();
+                    let mut buf = [0; 64];
+                    loop {
+                        match stdin.read(&mut buf) {
+                            Ok(0) => break,
+                            Ok(_) => {}
+                            Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::Interrupted => continue,
+                            Err(_) => break,
+                        }
+                    }
+                    let _ = tx.send(true);
+                });
+                rx
+            })
+            .clone(),
+    )
+}
+
+async fn wait_for_cancel(
+    parent_cancel: Option<tokio::sync::watch::Receiver<bool>>,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let parent_closed = async move {
+        match parent_cancel {
+            Some(mut rx) => {
+                let _ = rx.wait_for(|closed| *closed).await;
+            }
+            None => std::future::pending::<()>().await,
+        }
+    };
+    tokio::select! {
+        result = wait_for_sigint() => result,
+        _ = parent_closed => Ok(()),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Wait for terminal Ctrl-C.
 async fn wait_for_sigint() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     tokio::signal::ctrl_c().await.context("listen for SIGINT")?;
     Ok(())

crates/bsk-cli/src/cli/download.rs

@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ use anyhow::Context;
 use base64::Engine;
 use bsk_protocol::Method;
 use bsk_protocol::tools::{
-    DownloadParams, DownloadResult, TransferChunkParams, TransferChunkResult, TransferIdParams,
-    TransferReleaseResult,
+    DownloadParams, DownloadResult, TransferChunkParams, TransferChunkResult,
 };
 use clap::Args;
 use uuid::Uuid;
@@ -70,13 +69,7 @@ pub fn dispatch(args: DownloadArgs, format: Format) -> Result<(), CliError> {
         CliError::Local(anyhow::anyhow!("daemon returned no download transfer id"))
     })?;
     let write_result = write_transfer(&info.sock_path, &transfer_id, &args.out, args.overwrite);
-    let _: Result<TransferReleaseResult, CliError> = crate::cli::business_rpc::call(
-        info.sock_path,
-        "transfer-release",
-        Method::TransferRelease,
-        Some(TransferIdParams { transfer_id }),
-        Duration::from_secs(5),
-    );
+    let _ = crate::cli::business_rpc::release_transfers(&info.sock_path, [transfer_id.as_str()]);
     write_result?;
     match format {
         Format::Json => {

crates/bsk-cli/src/cli/render_error.rs

@@ -43,10 +43,16 @@ pub mod reason {
     pub const REF_NOT_FOUND: &str = "ref_not_found";
     pub const SELECTOR_NOT_FOUND: &str = "selector_not_found";
     pub const TARGET_NOT_FILLABLE: &str = "target_not_fillable";
+    pub const FILL_VALUE_INVALID: &str = "fill_value_invalid";
+    pub const FILL_TARGET_CHANGED: &str = "fill_target_changed";
+    pub const FILL_FOCUS_LOST: &str = "fill_focus_lost";
+    pub const FILL_VALUE_MISMATCH: &str = "fill_value_mismatch";
+    pub const FILL_FAILED: &str = "fill_failed";
     pub const TARGET_NOT_SELECT: &str = "target_not_select";
     pub const OPTION_NOT_FOUND: &str = "option_not_found";
     pub const SINGLE_SELECT_VALUE_COUNT: &str = "single_select_value_count";
     pub const TAB_NOT_ACTIVE: &str = "tab_not_active";
+    pub const CDP_EXTENSION_ACCESS_DENIED: &str = "cdp_extension_access_denied";
     pub const BORROW_CONFLICT: &str = "borrow_conflict";
     pub const SCREENSHOT_CAPTURE_FAILED: &str = "screenshot_capture_failed";
     pub const FILE_INPUT_PROBE_FAILED: &str = "file_input_probe_failed";
@@ -206,6 +212,13 @@ pub fn info_for_error(code: ErrorCode, data: Option<&serde_json::Value>) -> Rend
         return base;
     };
     match (code, reason) {
+        (ErrorCode::CdpFailed, reason::CDP_EXTENSION_ACCESS_DENIED) => RenderInfo {
+            summary: "Chrome blocked CDP access to another extension's content in this tab",
+            hint: Some(
+                "a web page can contain a restricted extension frame; disable the conflicting extension and reload, or use `bsk navigate <url>` to leave this page; reconnecting BrowserSkill alone does not remove the restriction",
+            ),
+            exit_code: base.exit_code,
+        },
         (_, reason::TRANSFER_OUTCOME_UNKNOWN) => RenderInfo {
             summary: "the file transfer outcome could not be confirmed",
             hint: Some(
@@ -247,7 +260,42 @@ pub fn info_for_error(code: ErrorCode, data: Option<&serde_json::Value>) -> Rend
         (ErrorCode::InvalidParams, reason::TARGET_NOT_FILLABLE) => RenderInfo {
             summary: "target element is not fillable",
             hint: Some(
-                "choose an input, textarea, or contenteditable element from the latest snapshot",
+                "observe the page and choose an enabled, editable text input, textarea, or contenteditable; use the appropriate interaction for other control types",
+            ),
+            exit_code: base.exit_code,
+        },
+        (ErrorCode::InvalidParams, reason::FILL_VALUE_INVALID) => RenderInfo {
+            summary: "the requested text does not fit the field constraints",
+            hint: Some(
+                "check the field's input type and maxlength; use a compatible value without silently truncating or changing the user's intended data",
+            ),
+            exit_code: base.exit_code,
+        },
+        (ErrorCode::CdpFailed, reason::FILL_TARGET_CHANGED) => RenderInfo {
+            summary: "the fill target changed during the action",
+            hint: Some(
+                "observe the current page and field value; if the intended result is missing, use a fresh editable target before retrying",
+            ),
+            exit_code: base.exit_code,
+        },
+        (ErrorCode::CdpFailed, reason::FILL_FOCUS_LOST) => RenderInfo {
+            summary: "the page moved focus away from the fill target",
+            hint: Some(
+                "observe the page for a dialog or rerender and resolve it before retrying; fill manages field focus and does not require bringing the browser to the foreground",
+            ),
+            exit_code: base.exit_code,
+        },
+        (ErrorCode::CdpFailed, reason::FILL_VALUE_MISMATCH) => RenderInfo {
+            summary: "the fill result could not be confirmed",
+            hint: Some(
+                "observe the field before retrying; the page may have formatted the value. Continue if the visible result satisfies the user's intent; otherwise correct the remaining difference. Do not blindly repeat fill or immediately request human help",
+            ),
+            exit_code: base.exit_code,
+        },
+        (ErrorCode::CdpFailed, reason::FILL_FAILED) => RenderInfo {
+            summary: "fill encountered a browser or page-script error",
+            hint: Some(
+                "observe the page before retrying because the field may already have changed; retry only if the intended result is missing and the target is still available",
             ),
             exit_code: base.exit_code,
         },
@@ -442,6 +490,56 @@ mod tests {
         ErrorCode::NoBrowserConnected,
     ];
 
+    #[test]
+    fn fill_reasons_provide_recovery_without_changing_exit_codes() {
+        for (code, reason, hint_fragment) in [
+            (
+                ErrorCode::InvalidParams,
+                reason::TARGET_NOT_FILLABLE,
+                "enabled, editable",
+            ),
+            (
+                ErrorCode::InvalidParams,
+                reason::FILL_VALUE_INVALID,
+                "maxlength",
+            ),
+            (
+                ErrorCode::CdpFailed,
+                reason::FILL_TARGET_CHANGED,
+                "fresh editable target",
+            ),
+            (
+                ErrorCode::CdpFailed,
+                reason::FILL_FOCUS_LOST,
+                "does not require bringing the browser",
+            ),
+            (
+                ErrorCode::CdpFailed,
+                reason::FILL_VALUE_MISMATCH,
+                "Continue if the visible result satisfies",
+            ),
+            (
+                ErrorCode::CdpFailed,
+                reason::FILL_FAILED,
+                "may already have changed",
+            ),
+        ] {
+            let data = serde_json::json!({ "reason": reason });
+            let info = info_for_error(code, Some(&data));
+            assert!(info.hint.unwrap().contains(hint_fragment), "{reason}");
+            assert_eq!(info.exit_code, info_for(code).exit_code);
+        }
+        let mismatch = serde_json::json!({ "reason": reason::FILL_VALUE_MISMATCH });
+        let info = info_for_error(ErrorCode::CdpFailed, Some(&mismatch));
+        assert_eq!(info.summary, "the fill result could not be confirmed");
+        assert!(info.hint.unwrap().contains("Do not blindly repeat fill"));
+        let unknown = serde_json::json!({ "reason": "future_fill_reason" });
+        assert_eq!(
+            info_for_error(ErrorCode::CdpFailed, Some(&unknown)),
+            info_for(ErrorCode::CdpFailed)
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn element_not_visible_overrides_permission_denied_copy() {
         let data = serde_json::json!({ "reason": reason::ELEMENT_NOT_VISIBLE });
@@ -454,6 +552,18 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!info.summary.contains("sandbox"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn extension_access_denied_explains_the_frame_restriction_and_navigation_recovery() {
+        let data = serde_json::json!({ "reason": reason::CDP_EXTENSION_ACCESS_DENIED });
+        let info = info_for_error(ErrorCode::CdpFailed, Some(&data));
+        assert!(info.summary.contains("another extension"));
+        let hint = info.hint.unwrap();
+        assert!(hint.contains("restricted extension frame"));
+        assert!(hint.contains("bsk navigate <url>"));
+        assert!(hint.contains("disable the conflicting extension"));
+        assert_eq!(info.exit_code, 3);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn session_busy_overrides_timeout_copy() {
         let data = serde_json::json!({ "reason": reason::SESSION_BUSY });

crates/bsk-cli/src/cli/update.rs

@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
 
 #[cfg(windows)]
-use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
-#[cfg(windows)]
-use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+mod windows;
 
 use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
 use clap::Args;
@@ -363,7 +361,8 @@ fn install_candidate_with_client(
         crate::daemon::start::run_stop().context("stop bsk daemon before update")?;
     }
 
-    let action = replace_binary_for_update(&target, &binary, daemon_was_running)?;
+    let restart_args = daemon_was_running.then(StartArgs::default);
+    let action = replace_binary_for_update(&target, &binary, restart_args.as_ref())?;
 
     if daemon_was_running && matches!(action, InstallAction::Replaced) {
         crate::daemon::start::run_start(StartArgs::default())
@@ -394,8 +393,8 @@ pub(crate) fn download_candidate_binary(
 
 /// Daemon-side install: download, verify, and replace the executable at
 /// `target` (on Windows: stage the replacement next to it). Unlike the
-/// CLI path this never stops or starts the daemon — the daemon drives
-/// its own restart once the binary is replaced.
+/// CLI path this never stops the daemon. On Windows the helper starts
+/// its replacement after exit; elsewhere the daemon drives its own restart.
 ///
 /// `target` must be captured *before* any replacement happens: on Linux
 /// `std::env::current_exe` starts returning a ` (deleted)`-suffixed
@@ -403,10 +402,11 @@ pub(crate) fn download_candidate_binary(
 pub(crate) fn self_install_candidate(
     candidate: &UpdateCandidate,
     target: &Path,
+    restart_args: &StartArgs,
 ) -> Result<InstallAction> {
     let client = update_http_client(ARCHIVE_FETCH_TIMEOUT)?;
     let binary = download_candidate_binary(candidate, &client)?;
-    replace_binary_at_path(target, &binary)
+    replace_binary_for_update(target, &binary, Some(restart_args))
 }
 
 /// Outcome of one daemon auto-update step (see [`auto_update_step`]).
@@ -423,8 +423,8 @@ pub(crate) enum AutoUpdateOutcome {
     /// The new binary replaced the old one; the daemon should now
     /// restart into it.
     Replaced { latest: String },
-    /// Windows staged the replacement next to the running binary; a
-    /// daemon/terminal restart finishes it.
+    /// Windows started a helper that will replace the executable and
+    /// restart the daemon once the current process exits.
     Staged { latest: String },
 }
 
@@ -668,6 +668,7 @@ fn render_report(format: Format, report: &UpdateReport) -> Result<()> {
             }
             if matches!(report.install_action, Some("staged")) {
                 println!("the detached update helper will apply the replacement after exit");
+                println!("if it fails, see the *.update-*.log file next to the executable");
             }
         }
         Format::Json => {
@@ -688,22 +689,22 @@ pub fn extract_bsk_binary(archive_bytes: &[u8], kind: ArchiveKind) -> Result<Vec
 }
 
 pub fn replace_binary_at_path(target: &Path, binary: &[u8]) -> Result<InstallAction> {
-    replace_binary_for_update(target, binary, false)
+    replace_binary_for_update(target, binary, None)
 }
 
 fn replace_binary_for_update(
     target: &Path,
     binary: &[u8],
-    restart_daemon: bool,
+    restart_args: Option<&StartArgs>,
 ) -> Result<InstallAction> {
     #[cfg(windows)]
     {
-        stage_windows_replacement(target, binary, restart_daemon)
+        stage_windows_replacement(target, binary, restart_args)
     }
 
     #[cfg(not(windows))]
     {
-        let _ = restart_daemon;
+        let _ = restart_args;
         replace_binary_atomically(target, binary)
     }
 }
@@ -749,33 +750,69 @@ fn replace_binary_atomically(target: &Path, binary: &[u8]) -> Result<InstallActi
 fn stage_windows_replacement(
     target: &Path,
     binary: &[u8],
-    restart_daemon: bool,
+    restart_args: Option<&StartArgs>,
 ) -> Result<InstallAction> {
-    let paths = staged_replacement_paths(target, std::process::id())?;
-    std::fs::write(&paths.binary_path, binary)
-        .with_context(|| format!("write {}", paths.binary_path.display()))?;
-    std::fs::write(
-        &paths.script_path,
-        windows_replacement_script(target, &paths.binary_path, restart_daemon),
-    )
-    .with_context(|| format!("write {}", paths.script_path.display()))?;
+    // The helper owns replacement/restart after this process exits. Do not
+    // report Staged until it has actually begun executing the script.
+    let _child = spawn_windows_replacement(target, binary, restart_args, 120)?;
+    Ok(InstallAction::Staged)
+}
 
-    const CREATE_NO_WINDOW: u32 = 0x0800_0000;
-    let command = format!("\"{}\"", paths.script_path.display());
-    if let Err(err) = Command::new("cmd.exe")
-        .args(["/D", "/S", "/C"])
-        .arg(command)
-        .stdin(Stdio::null())
-        .stdout(Stdio::null())
-        .stderr(Stdio::null())
-        .creation_flags(CREATE_NO_WINDOW)
-        .spawn()
-    {
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn spawn_windows_replacement(
+    target: &Path,
+    binary: &[u8],
+    restart_args: Option<&StartArgs>,
+    attempts: u32,
+) -> Result<windows::Helper> {
+    let paths = staged_replacement_paths(target, std::process::id())?;
+    let ready_path = paths.script_path.with_extension("ready");
+    let log_path = paths.script_path.with_extension("log");
+    let result = (|| {
+        // A previous failed attempt by this process must not acknowledge a
+        // new helper. All paths are private to this target and process id.
+        match std::fs::remove_file(&ready_path) {
+            Ok(()) => {}
+            Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => {}
+            Err(err) => return Err(err.into()),
+        }
+        std::fs::write(&paths.binary_path, binary)
+            .with_context(|| format!("write {}", paths.binary_path.display()))?;
+        std::fs::write(
+            &paths.script_path,
+            windows_replacement_script(restart_args, attempts),
+        )
+        .with_context(|| format!("write {}", paths.script_path.display()))?;
+        let mut child = windows::spawn(
+            &paths.script_path,
+            &paths.binary_path,
+            target,
+            &ready_path,
+            &log_path,
+        )
+        .context("launch detached Windows update helper")?;
+        let deadline = std::time::Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(5);
+        loop {
+            if std::fs::remove_file(&ready_path).is_ok() {
+                return Ok(child);
+            }
+            if let Some(status) = child.try_wait()? {
+                bail!("Windows update helper exited before becoming ready: {status}");
+            }
+            if std::time::Instant::now() >= deadline {
+                let _ = child.kill();
+                let _ = child.wait();
+                bail!("Windows update helper did not become ready within 5 seconds");
+            }
+            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20));
+        }
+    })();
+    if result.is_err() {
         let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&paths.binary_path);
         let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&paths.script_path);
-        return Err(err).context("launch detached Windows update helper");
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&ready_path);
     }
-    Ok(InstallAction::Staged)
+    result.with_context(|| format!("Windows update helper failed; see {}", log_path.display()))
 }
 
 pub fn staged_replacement_paths(target: &Path, pid: u32) -> Result<StagedReplacementPaths> {
@@ -792,25 +829,43 @@ pub fn staged_replacement_paths(target: &Path, pid: u32) -> Result<StagedReplace
 }
 
 #[cfg(any(windows, test))]
-fn windows_replacement_script(target: &Path, staged_binary: &Path, restart_daemon: bool) -> String {
-    let target = target.display().to_string().replace('%', "%%");
-    let staged_binary = staged_binary.display().to_string().replace('%', "%%");
-    let restart = if restart_daemon {
-        format!("start \"\" /B \"{target}\" daemon start >nul 2>nul\r\n")
-    } else {
-        String::new()
-    };
+fn windows_replacement_script(restart_args: Option<&StartArgs>, attempts: u32) -> String {
+    // Only fixed switches and numeric values go into the ASCII script. Paths
+    // stay in Unicode environment variables, including %, ! and shell symbols.
+    let restart = restart_args.map_or_else(String::new, |args| {
+        format!(
+            "\"%BSK_UPDATE_TARGET%\" daemon start --port {} --session-idle {}ms --daemon-idle {}ms\r\nif errorlevel 1 goto failed_restart\r\n",
+            args.resolved_port(),
+            args.resolved_session_idle().as_millis(),
+            args.resolved_daemon_idle().as_millis(),
+        )
+    });
     format!(
         "@echo off\r\n\
-         setlocal\r\n\
+         setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion\r\n\
+         > \"%BSK_UPDATE_READY%\" echo ready\r\n\
+         if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1\r\n\
+         set /a attempts=0\r\n\
          :retry\r\n\
-         move /Y \"{staged_binary}\" \"{target}\" >nul 2>nul\r\n\
-         if errorlevel 1 (\r\n\
-           timeout /t 1 /nobreak >nul\r\n\
-           goto retry\r\n\
-         )\r\n\
+         move /Y \"%BSK_UPDATE_SOURCE%\" \"%BSK_UPDATE_TARGET%\" >nul\r\n\
+         if not errorlevel 1 goto replaced\r\n\
+         set /a attempts+=1\r\n\
+         if %attempts% geq {attempts} goto failed_replace\r\n\
+         if not exist \"%BSK_UPDATE_SOURCE%\" goto failed_replace\r\n\
+         ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 >nul\r\n\
+         goto retry\r\n\
+         :failed_replace\r\n\
+         echo Failed to replace the executable after %attempts% attempts.\r\n\
+         goto failed\r\n\
+         :replaced\r\n\
          {restart}\
-         del /F /Q \"%~f0\" >nul 2>nul\r\n"
+         del /F /Q \"%BSK_UPDATE_LOG%\" >nul 2>nul\r\n\
+         (del /F /Q \"%BSK_UPDATE_SCRIPT%\" >nul 2>nul & exit 0)\r\n\
+         :failed_restart\r\n\
+         echo Replaced the executable but failed to restart the daemon.\r\n\
+         :failed\r\n\
+         del /F /Q \"%BSK_UPDATE_SOURCE%\" >nul 2>nul\r\n\
+         (del /F /Q \"%BSK_UPDATE_SCRIPT%\" >nul 2>nul & exit 1)\r\n"
     )
 }
 
@@ -964,6 +1019,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(extracted, b"windows binary");
     }
 
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
     #[test]
     fn replaces_binary_at_path() {
         let tmp = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();
@@ -998,29 +1054,139 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn windows_replacement_script_retries_restarts_and_cleans_itself() {
-        let script = windows_replacement_script(
-            Path::new(r"C:\Program Files\bsk.exe"),
-            Path::new(r"C:\Program Files\bsk.exe.update-42"),
-            true,
+    fn windows_replacement_script_preserves_restart_config() {
+        let args = StartArgs {
+            port: Some(54321),
+            session_idle: Some(Duration::from_millis(1234)),
+            daemon_idle: Some(Duration::from_secs(75)),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let script = windows_replacement_script(Some(&args), 120);
+        assert!(script.is_ascii());
+        assert!(
+            script
+                .contains("daemon start --port 54321 --session-idle 1234ms --daemon-idle 75000ms")
         );
-
-        assert!(script.contains(":retry"));
-        assert!(script.contains("move /Y"));
-        assert!(script.contains(r#"start "" /B "C:\Program Files\bsk.exe" daemon start"#));
-        assert!(script.contains(r#"del /F /Q "%~f0""#));
+        assert!(!windows_replacement_script(None, 120).contains("daemon start"));
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn windows_replacement_script_omits_restart_when_daemon_was_not_running() {
-        let script = windows_replacement_script(
-            Path::new(r"C:\bsk.exe"),
-            Path::new(r"C:\bsk.exe.update-42"),
-            false,
-        );
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    fn wait_for_helper(mut child: windows::Helper) -> std::process::ExitStatus {
+        let deadline = std::time::Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(10);
+        loop {
+            if let Some(status) = child.try_wait().unwrap() {
+                return status;
+            }
+            if std::time::Instant::now() >= deadline {
+                let _ = child.kill();
+                let _ = child.wait();
+                panic!("Windows update helper did not exit");
+            }
+            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20));
+        }
+    }
 
-        assert!(!script.contains("daemon start"));
-        assert!(script.contains(r#"del /F /Q "%~f0""#));
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    #[test]
+    fn windows_helper_replaces_in_unicode_spaces_and_shell_symbol_paths() {
+        let tmp = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        for name in [
+            "ascii",
+            "with space",
+            "中文目录",
+            "literal %PATH% ! & (folder)",
+        ] {
+            let dir = tmp.path().join(name);
+            std::fs::create_dir(&dir).unwrap();
+            let target = dir.join("bsk.exe");
+            std::fs::write(&target, b"old binary").unwrap();
+            let child = spawn_windows_replacement(&target, b"new binary", None, 5).unwrap();
+            let paths = staged_replacement_paths(&target, std::process::id()).unwrap();
+            let status = wait_for_helper(child);
+            assert!(
+                status.success(),
+                "{name}: {:?}",
+                std::fs::read_to_string(paths.script_path.with_extension("log"))
+            );
+            assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&target).unwrap(), b"new binary", "{name}");
+            // Successful updates leave no helper, staged binary, ready file or log.
+            assert_eq!(std::fs::read_dir(&dir).unwrap().count(), 1, "{name}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    #[test]
+    fn windows_helper_waits_for_unlock_then_replaces() {
+        use std::os::windows::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
+        let tmp = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let target = tmp.path().join("bsk.exe");
+        std::fs::write(&target, b"old binary").unwrap();
+        // Deny delete sharing, like a running Windows executable.
+        let lock = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+            .read(true)
+            .share_mode(1)
+            .open(&target)
+            .unwrap();
+        let mut child = spawn_windows_replacement(&target, b"new binary", None, 5).unwrap();
+        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(150));
+        assert!(child.try_wait().unwrap().is_none());
+        assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&target).unwrap(), b"old binary");
+        drop(lock);
+        assert!(wait_for_helper(child).success());
+        assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&target).unwrap(), b"new binary");
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    #[test]
+    fn windows_helper_bounds_retries_and_preserves_old_binary_on_failure() {
+        use std::os::windows::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
+        let tmp = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let target = tmp.path().join("bsk.exe");
+        std::fs::write(&target, b"old binary").unwrap();
+        let _lock = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+            .read(true)
+            .share_mode(1)
+            .open(&target)
+            .unwrap();
+        let child = spawn_windows_replacement(&target, b"new binary", None, 2).unwrap();
+        assert!(!wait_for_helper(child).success());
+        let paths = staged_replacement_paths(&target, std::process::id()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&target).unwrap(), b"old binary");
+        assert!(!paths.binary_path.exists());
+        assert!(!paths.script_path.exists());
+        let log_bytes = std::fs::read(paths.script_path.with_extension("log")).unwrap();
+        let log = String::from_utf8_lossy(&log_bytes);
+        assert!(
+            log.contains("Failed to replace the executable after 2 attempts."),
+            "{log}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    #[test]
+    fn windows_helper_reports_restart_failure_without_losing_replacement() {
+        let tmp = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let target = tmp.path().join("bsk.exe");
+        std::fs::write(&target, b"old binary").unwrap();
+        // Not a valid PE executable: replacement succeeds but restart fails.
+        let child = spawn_windows_replacement(
+            &target,
+            b"invalid executable",
+            Some(&StartArgs::default()),
+            2,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        assert!(!wait_for_helper(child).success());
+        let paths = staged_replacement_paths(&target, std::process::id()).unwrap();
+        let bytes = std::fs::read(paths.script_path.with_extension("log")).unwrap();
+        let log = String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes);
+        assert!(
+            log.contains("Replaced the executable but failed to restart the daemon."),
+            "{log}"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&target).unwrap(), b"invalid executable");
+        assert!(!paths.script_path.exists());
+        assert!(!paths.binary_path.exists());
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -1279,10 +1445,9 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn auto_update_step_staged_outcome_requests_no_restart() {
-        // The Windows shape: the replacement is staged next to the
-        // running binary, so the outcome must not ask for the immediate
-        // self-restart that `Replaced` triggers.
+    fn auto_update_step_reports_staged_handoff() {
+        // The helper, rather than this process, starts the new executable.
+        // The daemon must exit to let that staged handoff finish.
         let candidate = test_candidate();
         let outcome =
             auto_update_step(Some(&candidate), true, 0, |_| Ok(InstallAction::Staged)).unwrap();

crates/bsk-cli/src/cli/update/windows.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+//! Launch the update helper with only its stdio handles inherited.
+//!
+//! std::process::Command on Windows also inherits other inheritable handles.
+//! A daemon's listening socket must not survive in the helper: it would keep
+//! the port occupied after the daemon exits and prevent its replacement starting.
+
+use std::ffi::OsStr;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io;
+use std::os::windows::ffi::OsStrExt;
+use std::os::windows::io::{AsRawHandle, FromRawHandle, OwnedHandle};
+use std::os::windows::process::ExitStatusExt;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::process::ExitStatus;
+
+use windows_sys::Win32::Foundation::{
+    HANDLE, HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT, SetHandleInformation, WAIT_OBJECT_0, WAIT_TIMEOUT,
+};
+use windows_sys::Win32::System::Threading::{
+    CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP, CREATE_NO_WINDOW, CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT, CreateProcessW,
+    DeleteProcThreadAttributeList, EXTENDED_STARTUPINFO_PRESENT, GetExitCodeProcess,
+    InitializeProcThreadAttributeList, PROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_HANDLE_LIST, PROCESS_INFORMATION,
+    STARTF_USESTDHANDLES, STARTUPINFOEXW, TerminateProcess, UpdateProcThreadAttribute,
+    WaitForSingleObject,
+};
+
+pub(super) struct Helper(OwnedHandle);
+
+impl Helper {
+    pub(super) fn try_wait(&mut self) -> io::Result<Option<ExitStatus>> {
+        // SAFETY: the owned process handle remains valid for both calls.
+        match unsafe { WaitForSingleObject(self.0.as_raw_handle(), 0) } {
+            WAIT_OBJECT_0 => {
+                let mut code = 0;
+                if unsafe { GetExitCodeProcess(self.0.as_raw_handle(), &mut code) } == 0 {
+                    return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+                }
+                Ok(Some(ExitStatus::from_raw(code)))
+            }
+            WAIT_TIMEOUT => Ok(None),
+            _ => Err(io::Error::last_os_error()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(super) fn kill(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        // SAFETY: this handle belongs to the helper we created.
+        if unsafe { TerminateProcess(self.0.as_raw_handle(), 1) } == 0 {
+            return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub(super) fn wait(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        // Only used after kill(); do not leave a live helper on startup failure.
+        if unsafe { WaitForSingleObject(self.0.as_raw_handle(), 5000) } != WAIT_OBJECT_0 {
+            return Err(io::Error::new(
+                io::ErrorKind::TimedOut,
+                "update helper did not exit",
+            ));
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+// The opaque attribute list needs pointer-aligned storage and explicit teardown.
+struct AttributeList(Vec<usize>);
+
+impl Drop for AttributeList {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // SAFETY: this wrapper is constructed only after successful initialization.
+        unsafe { DeleteProcThreadAttributeList(self.0.as_mut_ptr().cast()) };
+    }
+}
+
+pub(super) fn spawn(
+    script: &Path,
+    source: &Path,
+    target: &Path,
+    ready: &Path,
+    log_path: &Path,
+) -> io::Result<Helper> {
+    let root = std::env::var_os("SystemRoot")
+        .ok_or_else(|| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::NotFound, "SystemRoot is not set"))?;
+    let application = wide(Path::new(&root).join("System32/cmd.exe").as_os_str());
+    // /S /C strips one outer pair of quotes. Environment expansion keeps paths
+    // Unicode and avoids CRT escaping, batch-file encoding, and CALL expansion.
+    let mut command = wide(OsStr::new(
+        "cmd.exe /D /V:OFF /S /C \"\"%BSK_UPDATE_SCRIPT%\"\"",
+    ));
+    let overrides = [
+        ("BSK_UPDATE_SCRIPT", script.as_os_str()),
+        ("BSK_UPDATE_SOURCE", source.as_os_str()),
+        ("BSK_UPDATE_TARGET", target.as_os_str()),
+        ("BSK_UPDATE_READY", ready.as_os_str()),
+        ("BSK_UPDATE_LOG", log_path.as_os_str()),
+    ];
+    let mut env: Vec<_> = std::env::vars_os()
+        .filter(|(key, _)| {
+            let key = key.to_string_lossy();
+            !overrides
+                .iter()
+                .any(|(name, _)| key.eq_ignore_ascii_case(name))
+                && !key.eq_ignore_ascii_case(crate::daemon::start::DAEMONIZED_ENV)
+                && !key.eq_ignore_ascii_case(crate::daemon::start::DAEMON_REPLACEMENT_WAIT_ENV)
+        })
+        .collect();
+    env.extend(
+        overrides
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|(key, value)| (key.into(), value.to_owned())),
+    );
+    env.sort_by_key(|(key, _)| key.to_string_lossy().to_uppercase());
+    let mut environment = Vec::new();
+    for (key, value) in env {
+        environment.extend(key.encode_wide());
+        environment.push(b'=' as u16);
+        environment.extend(value.encode_wide());
+        environment.push(0);
+    }
+    environment.push(0);
+
+    let input = File::open("NUL")?;
+    let log = File::create(log_path)?;
+    let handles: [HANDLE; 2] = [input.as_raw_handle(), log.as_raw_handle()];
+    for &handle in &handles {
+        // SAFETY: these are dedicated helper stdio handles, held until spawn
+        // finishes. The explicit handle list excludes every other parent handle.
+        if unsafe { SetHandleInformation(handle, HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT, HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT) } == 0 {
+            return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+        }
+    }
+
+    let mut size = 0;
+    // SAFETY: the first call queries the allocation size, as required by Win32.
+    unsafe { InitializeProcThreadAttributeList(std::ptr::null_mut(), 1, 0, &mut size) };
+    if size == 0 {
+        return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+    }
+    let mut storage = vec![0usize; size.div_ceil(std::mem::size_of::<usize>())];
+    // SAFETY: storage has the requested size and pointer alignment.
+    if unsafe { InitializeProcThreadAttributeList(storage.as_mut_ptr().cast(), 1, 0, &mut size) }
+        == 0
+    {
+        return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+    }
+    let mut attributes = AttributeList(storage);
+    // SAFETY: the handle array and attribute storage outlive CreateProcessW.
+    if unsafe {
+        UpdateProcThreadAttribute(
+            attributes.0.as_mut_ptr().cast(),
+            0,
+            PROC_THREAD_ATTRIBUTE_HANDLE_LIST as usize,
+            handles.as_ptr().cast(),
+            std::mem::size_of_val(&handles),
+            std::ptr::null_mut(),
+            std::ptr::null(),
+        )
+    } == 0
+    {
+        return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+    }
+    // SAFETY: these Win32 structs permit zero initialization; required fields
+    // are populated below before the process is created.
+    let mut startup: STARTUPINFOEXW = unsafe { std::mem::zeroed() };
+    startup.StartupInfo.cb = std::mem::size_of::<STARTUPINFOEXW>() as u32;
+    startup.StartupInfo.dwFlags = STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
+    startup.StartupInfo.hStdInput = handles[0];
+    startup.StartupInfo.hStdOutput = handles[1];
+    startup.StartupInfo.hStdError = handles[1];
+    startup.lpAttributeList = attributes.0.as_mut_ptr().cast();
+    let mut process: PROCESS_INFORMATION = unsafe { std::mem::zeroed() };
+    // SAFETY: strings are NUL-terminated UTF-16, the environment is double-NUL
+    // terminated, and all buffers/handles remain alive for the duration of spawn.
+    if unsafe {
+        CreateProcessW(
+            application.as_ptr(),
+            command.as_mut_ptr(),
+            std::ptr::null(),
+            std::ptr::null(),
+            1,
+            CREATE_NO_WINDOW
+                | CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP
+                | CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT
+                | EXTENDED_STARTUPINFO_PRESENT,
+            environment.as_ptr().cast(),
+            std::ptr::null(),
+            &startup.StartupInfo,
+            &mut process,
+        )
+    } == 0
+    {
+        return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+    }
+    // SAFETY: successful CreateProcessW transfers these two handles to us.
+    let _thread = unsafe { OwnedHandle::from_raw_handle(process.hThread) };
+    Ok(Helper(unsafe {
+        OwnedHandle::from_raw_handle(process.hProcess)
+    }))
+}
+
+fn wide(value: &OsStr) -> Vec<u16> {
+    value.encode_wide().chain(Some(0)).collect()
+}

crates/bsk-cli/src/cli/upload.rs

@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ use base64::Engine;
 use bsk_protocol::Method;
 use bsk_protocol::tools::{
     TransferBeginParams, TransferBeginResult, TransferChunkParams, TransferChunkResult,
-    TransferIdParams, TransferReadyResult, TransferReleaseResult, UploadFile, UploadMode,
-    UploadParams, UploadResult,
+    TransferIdParams, TransferReadyResult, UploadFile, UploadMode, UploadParams, UploadResult,
 };
 use clap::{Args, ValueEnum};
 
@@ -69,14 +68,12 @@ pub fn dispatch(args: UploadArgs, format: Format) -> Result<(), CliError> {
     let (ref_, selector) = split_target(args.target, args.ref_, args.selector)?;
     let mut staged = Vec::new();
     for path in &args.files {
-        match stage_file(&info.sock_path, &args.session, path) {
-            Ok(file) => staged.push(file),
-            Err(err) => {
-                for (id, _) in &staged {
-                    let _ = release(&info.sock_path, id);
-                }
-                return Err(err);
-            }
+        if let Err(err) = stage_file(&info.sock_path, &args.session, path, &mut staged) {
+            let _ = crate::cli::business_rpc::release_transfers(
+                &info.sock_path,
+                staged.iter().map(|(id, _)| id.as_str()),
+            );
+            return Err(err);
         }
     }
     let params = UploadParams {
@@ -102,6 +99,17 @@ pub fn dispatch(args: UploadArgs, format: Format) -> Result<(), CliError> {
         Some(params),
         ipc_timeout(args.timeout),
     );
+    // The helper can reject cancellation before handing any request to the
+    // daemon. In that case staging still belongs to this CLI.
+    if result.as_ref().is_err_and(|err| {
+        err.data()
+            .is_some_and(|data| data["reason"] == "cancelled_before_dispatch")
+    }) {
+        let _ = crate::cli::business_rpc::release_transfers(
+            &info.sock_path,
+            staged.iter().map(|(id, _)| id.as_str()),
+        );
+    }
     // Once tool.upload is dispatched, staging ownership belongs to the
     // session. A transport timeout cannot prove that Chrome did not attach
     // the file, so releasing here could invalidate a late successful attach.
@@ -118,7 +126,12 @@ pub fn dispatch(args: UploadArgs, format: Format) -> Result<(), CliError> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn stage_file(sock: &Path, session: &str, path: &PathBuf) -> Result<(String, String), CliError> {
+fn stage_file(
+    sock: &Path,
+    session: &str,
+    path: &PathBuf,
+    staged: &mut Vec<(String, String)>,
+) -> Result<(), CliError> {
     let mut file = File::open(path)
         .with_context(|| format!("open upload file {}", path.display()))
         .map_err(CliError::Local)?;
@@ -149,55 +162,39 @@ fn stage_file(sock: &Path, session: &str, path: &PathBuf) -> Result<(String, Str
         }),
         Duration::from_secs(10),
     )?;
-    let staged = (|| {
-        let mut offset = 0u64;
-        let mut buf = vec![0u8; begin.chunk_size as usize];
-        loop {
-            let n = file.read(&mut buf).map_err(|e| CliError::Local(e.into()))?;
-            if n == 0 {
-                break;
-            }
-            let reply: TransferChunkResult = crate::cli::business_rpc::call(
-                sock.to_path_buf(),
-                "transfer-chunk",
-                Method::TransferChunk,
-                Some(TransferChunkParams {
-                    transfer_id: begin.transfer_id.clone(),
-                    offset,
-                    data_base64: base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(&buf[..n]),
-                }),
-                Duration::from_secs(30),
-            )?;
-            offset = reply.next_offset;
+    // Record ownership immediately so one error path releases both completed
+    // files and the current partially staged file.
+    staged.push((begin.transfer_id.clone(), name));
+    let mut offset = 0u64;
+    let mut buf = vec![0u8; begin.chunk_size as usize];
+    loop {
+        let n = file.read(&mut buf).map_err(|e| CliError::Local(e.into()))?;
+        if n == 0 {
+            break;
         }
-        let _: TransferReadyResult = crate::cli::business_rpc::call(
+        let reply: TransferChunkResult = crate::cli::business_rpc::call(
             sock.to_path_buf(),
-            "transfer-finish",
-            Method::TransferFinish,
-            Some(TransferIdParams {
+            "transfer-chunk",
+            Method::TransferChunk,
+            Some(TransferChunkParams {
                 transfer_id: begin.transfer_id.clone(),
+                offset,
+                data_base64: base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(&buf[..n]),
             }),
-            Duration::from_secs(10),
+            Duration::from_secs(30),
         )?;
-        Ok::<_, CliError>(())
-    })();
-    if let Err(err) = staged {
-        let _ = release(sock, &begin.transfer_id);
-        return Err(err);
+        offset = reply.next_offset;
     }
-    Ok((begin.transfer_id, name))
-}
-
-fn release(sock: &Path, id: &str) -> Result<TransferReleaseResult, CliError> {
-    crate::cli::business_rpc::call(
+    let _: TransferReadyResult = crate::cli::business_rpc::call(
         sock.to_path_buf(),
-        "transfer-release",
-        Method::TransferRelease,
+        "transfer-finish",
+        Method::TransferFinish,
         Some(TransferIdParams {
-            transfer_id: id.to_string(),
+            transfer_id: begin.transfer_id.clone(),
         }),
-        Duration::from_secs(5),
-    )
+        Duration::from_secs(10),
+    )?;
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 fn ipc_timeout(timeout_ms: u32) -> Duration {

crates/bsk-cli/src/daemon/ipc.rs

@@ -1399,6 +1399,28 @@ mod windows {
                 connected = pipe.connect() => {
                     match connected {
                         Ok(()) => {
+                            // Keep the connected instance alive until its replacement
+                            // exists. Otherwise a fast handler can close the last
+                            // instance and make new clients fail with NotFound.
+                            loop {
+                                match ServerOptions::new()
+                                    .access_inbound(true)
+                                    .access_outbound(true)
+                                    .create(&listener.pipe_name)
+                                {
+                                    Ok(next) => {
+                                        listener.first = Some(next);
+                                        break;
+                                    }
+                                    Err(err) => {
+                                        warn!(?err, "create next named-pipe instance failed");
+                                        tokio::select! {
+                                            _ = &mut shutdown => return,
+                                            _ = tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(50)) => {}
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
                             on_open();
                             let handler = handler.clone();
                             let on_act = on_activity.clone();
@@ -1467,6 +1489,118 @@ mod windows {
         }
         Ok(())
     }
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    mod tests {
+        use super::*;
+        use std::sync::Mutex;
+        use std::time::Duration;
+        use tokio::net::windows::named_pipe::ClientOptions;
+        use tokio::sync::oneshot;
+
+        fn isolated_listener() -> NamedPipeListener {
+            let pipe_name = format!(r"\\.\pipe\bsk-test-{}", uuid::Uuid::new_v4());
+            let first = ServerOptions::new()
+                .first_pipe_instance(true)
+                .create(&pipe_name)
+                .unwrap();
+            NamedPipeListener {
+                pipe_name,
+                first: Some(first),
+            }
+        }
+
+        #[tokio::test]
+        async fn next_instance_exists_before_connection_is_handed_off() {
+            let listener = isolated_listener();
+            let name = listener.pipe_name.clone();
+            let probe_name = name.clone();
+            let (probe_tx, probe_rx) = oneshot::channel();
+            let probe_tx = Mutex::new(Some(probe_tx));
+            let (stop_tx, stop_rx) = oneshot::channel();
+            let server = tokio::spawn(serve(
+                listener,
+                crate::daemon::ipc::default_ping_handler(),
+                move || {
+                    if let Some(tx) = probe_tx.lock().unwrap().take() {
+                        // This callback runs before the connection task can finish.
+                        // A second client must already have an instance to open.
+                        let result = ClientOptions::new().open(&probe_name).map(drop);
+                        let _ = tx.send(result);
+                    }
+                },
+                || {},
+                || {},
+                async {
+                    let _ = stop_rx.await;
+                },
+            ));
+            let client = ClientOptions::new().open(&name).unwrap();
+            let result = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), probe_rx).await;
+            drop(client);
+            let _ = stop_tx.send(());
+            server.await.unwrap();
+            result
+                .expect("accept callback ran")
+                .unwrap()
+                .expect("next pipe instance is ready");
+        }
+
+        #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
+        async fn rapid_disconnects_and_concurrent_rpc_connections() {
+            let listener = isolated_listener();
+            let name = listener.pipe_name.clone();
+            let (stop_tx, stop_rx) = oneshot::channel();
+            let server = tokio::spawn(serve(
+                listener,
+                crate::daemon::ipc::default_ping_handler(),
+                || {},
+                || {},
+                || {},
+                async {
+                    let _ = stop_rx.await;
+                },
+            ));
+            let exercise = async {
+                // Include clients that close without sending any request.
+                for _ in 0..64 {
+                    drop(
+                        crate::ipc_client::Client::connect_path(name.clone().into())
+                            .await
+                            .unwrap(),
+                    );
+                }
+                let mut clients = tokio::task::JoinSet::new();
+                for _ in 0..8 {
+                    let name = name.clone();
+                    clients.spawn(async move {
+                        for _ in 0..32 {
+                            let mut client =
+                                crate::ipc_client::Client::connect_path(name.clone().into())
+                                    .await
+                                    .unwrap();
+                            let reply: bsk_protocol::PingResult = client
+                                .call(
+                                    bsk_protocol::Method::SystemPing,
+                                    &serde_json::json!({}),
+                                    Duration::from_secs(5),
+                                )
+                                .await
+                                .unwrap()
+                                .unwrap();
+                            assert!(reply.pong);
+                        }
+                    });
+                }
+                while let Some(result) = clients.join_next().await {
+                    result.unwrap();
+                }
+            };
+            let result = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(30), exercise).await;
+            let _ = stop_tx.send(());
+            server.await.unwrap();
+            result.expect("connection exercise completed");
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(windows)]

crates/bsk-cli/src/daemon/lockfile.rs

@@ -90,17 +90,21 @@ pub fn pid_alive(pid: u32) -> bool {
 
     #[cfg(windows)]
     {
-        use windows_sys::Win32::Foundation::CloseHandle;
+        use windows_sys::Win32::Foundation::{CloseHandle, WAIT_TIMEOUT};
         use windows_sys::Win32::System::Threading::{
-            OpenProcess, PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION,
+            OpenProcess, PROCESS_SYNCHRONIZE, WaitForSingleObject,
         };
         unsafe {
-            let handle = OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION, 0, pid);
+            let handle = OpenProcess(PROCESS_SYNCHRONIZE, 0, pid);
             if handle.is_null() {
                 return false;
             }
+            // An exited process can still be opened while another handle
+            // keeps its kernel object alive. Poll its termination signal;
+            // unlike checking STILL_ACTIVE, this also handles exit code 259.
+            let alive = WaitForSingleObject(handle, 0) == WAIT_TIMEOUT;
             CloseHandle(handle);
-            true
+            alive
         }
     }
 
@@ -110,3 +114,39 @@ pub fn pid_alive(pid: u32) -> bool {
         false
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(all(test, windows))]
+mod tests {
+    use super::pid_alive;
+    use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
+    use std::process::Command;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn current_process_is_alive() {
+        assert!(pid_alive(std::process::id()));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn invalid_process_is_not_alive() {
+        assert!(!pid_alive(0));
+        assert!(!pid_alive(u32::MAX));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn exited_process_with_retained_handle_is_not_alive() {
+        for exit_code in [0, 259] {
+            let mut child = Command::new("cmd.exe")
+                .args(["/D", "/C", &format!("exit {exit_code}")])
+                .creation_flags(0x0800_0000) // CREATE_NO_WINDOW
+                .spawn()
+                .expect("spawn short-lived process");
+            assert_eq!(child.wait().unwrap().code(), Some(exit_code));
+            // Keep Child (and its process handle) alive during the probe.
+            assert!(
+                !pid_alive(child.id()),
+                "exited process with code {exit_code}"
+            );
+            drop(child);
+        }
+    }
+}

crates/bsk-cli/src/daemon/start.rs

@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ pub fn run_foreground(cfg: DaemonConfig) -> Result<()> {
         let session_idle_task = spawn_session_idle_reaper(Arc::clone(&state));
         let browser_liveness_task = spawn_browser_liveness_reaper(Arc::clone(&state));
         // Fired by the update check task after a successful auto-update:
-        // the replacement daemon has already been spawned, so this
-        // process should shut down and let it take over.
+        // the replacement daemon (or Windows update helper) is ready, so
+        // this process should shut down and let it take over.
         let restart_notify = Arc::new(tokio::sync::Notify::new());
         let update_check_task =
             spawn_update_check_task(Arc::clone(&state), Arc::clone(&restart_notify));
@@ -539,8 +539,8 @@ pub(crate) fn spawn_session_idle_reaper(state: Arc<DaemonState>) -> tokio::task:
 /// task spawns the replacement daemon (see
 /// [`DAEMON_REPLACEMENT_WAIT_ENV`]) and fires `restart` so this process
 /// shuts down and the new version takes over; on Windows the
-/// replacement can only be staged, so it just logs that a restart is
-/// needed.
+/// helper waits for this process to exit, replaces the binary, and starts
+/// the new daemon with the same configuration.
 pub(crate) fn spawn_update_check_task(
     state: Arc<DaemonState>,
     restart: Arc<tokio::sync::Notify>,
@@ -605,7 +605,11 @@ pub(crate) fn spawn_update_check_task(
                         |candidate| {
                             let target =
                                 exe_path.as_deref().context("current executable unknown")?;
-                            update::self_install_candidate(candidate, target)
+                            update::self_install_candidate(
+                                candidate,
+                                target,
+                                &restart_start_args(&state.config),
+                            )
                         },
                     )
                 })
@@ -635,10 +639,11 @@ pub(crate) fn spawn_update_check_task(
                     sessions,
                     "auto-update postponed: agent session(s) active; will retry on the next tick"
                 ),
-                update::AutoUpdateOutcome::Staged { latest } => warn!(
-                    %latest,
-                    "auto-update staged the new binary but cannot replace the running daemon in place; restart the daemon (or terminal) to finish the upgrade"
-                ),
+                update::AutoUpdateOutcome::Staged { latest } => {
+                    info!(%latest, "update helper ready; exiting so it can replace and restart the daemon");
+                    restart.notify_one();
+                    return;
+                }
                 update::AutoUpdateOutcome::Replaced { latest } => {
                     info!(
                         current = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),

crates/bsk-cli/tests/windows_parent_cancel.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,342 @@
+//! Real Windows CLI cancellation, including caller-owned transfer cleanup.
+#![cfg(windows)]
+
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use bsk::daemon::{file_transfer::TransferRegistry, info::DaemonInfo};
+use bsk_protocol::tools::{TransferBeginParams, TransferIdParams};
+use bsk_protocol::{ErrorCode, Frame, Method, ResponseBody, ResponseFrame, RpcError};
+use serde_json::json;
+use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufReader};
+use tokio::net::windows::named_pipe::ServerOptions;
+use tokio::process::Command;
+use tokio::sync::{Notify, watch};
+
+fn response<T: serde::Serialize>(result: Result<T, RpcError>) -> ResponseBody {
+    match result {
+        Ok(value) => ResponseBody::Ok(serde_json::to_value(value).unwrap()),
+        Err(err) => ResponseBody::Err(err),
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn stdin_close_cancels_business_but_releases_resources_with_a_bounded_budget() {
+    // Resolve the production registry's root before starting any runtime threads.
+    let registry_home = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let original_home = std::env::var_os("BSK_HOME");
+    unsafe {
+        std::env::set_var("BSK_HOME", registry_home.path());
+    }
+    let transfers = Arc::new(TransferRegistry::new().unwrap());
+    unsafe {
+        match original_home {
+            Some(value) => std::env::set_var("BSK_HOME", value),
+            None => std::env::remove_var("BSK_HOME"),
+        }
+    }
+    transfers.initialize().unwrap();
+    tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+        .enable_all()
+        .build()
+        .unwrap()
+        .block_on(exercise(
+            transfers,
+            &registry_home.path().join("run/transfers"),
+        ));
+}
+
+async fn exercise(transfers: Arc<TransferRegistry>, staging_root: &Path) {
+    for mode in [
+        "wait",
+        "upload",
+        "upload-multi",
+        "upload-before-dispatch",
+        "download",
+        "upload-multi-stall",
+        "ordinary",
+    ] {
+        let home = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let pipe_name = format!(r"\\.\pipe\bsk-parent-cancel-{}", uuid::Uuid::new_v4());
+        let info = DaemonInfo::now(std::process::id(), (&pipe_name).into(), 0, "0.2.0");
+        std::fs::write(
+            home.path().join("daemon.json"),
+            serde_json::to_vec(&info).unwrap(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        let mut pipe = ServerOptions::new()
+            .first_pipe_instance(true)
+            .create(&pipe_name)
+            .unwrap();
+        let registered = Arc::new(Notify::new());
+        let pending = Arc::new(Mutex::new(None::<String>));
+        let ids = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::<String>::new()));
+        let released = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::<String>::new()));
+        let received = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::<Method>::new()));
+        let download_id = if mode == "download" {
+            let staging = transfers.begin_download("fixture").unwrap();
+            let browser_dir = home.path().join("BrowserSkill").join(&staging.transfer_id);
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(&browser_dir).unwrap();
+            let file = browser_dir.join("download.txt");
+            std::fs::write(&file, b"download fixture").unwrap();
+            transfers
+                .import_download(&staging.transfer_id, &file)
+                .unwrap();
+            ids.lock().unwrap().push(staging.transfer_id.clone());
+            Some(staging.transfer_id)
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+        let (cancel, cancelled) = watch::channel(false);
+        let ready = Arc::clone(&registered);
+        let name = pipe_name.clone();
+        let registry = Arc::clone(&transfers);
+        let server_ids = Arc::clone(&ids);
+        let server_released = Arc::clone(&released);
+        let server_received = Arc::clone(&received);
+        let server = tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let mut connections = tokio::task::JoinSet::new();
+            loop {
+                pipe.connect().await.unwrap();
+                let next = ServerOptions::new().create(&name).unwrap();
+                let connection = std::mem::replace(&mut pipe, next);
+                let ready = Arc::clone(&ready);
+                let pending = Arc::clone(&pending);
+                let cancel = cancel.clone();
+                let mut cancelled = cancelled.clone();
+                let name = name.clone();
+                let registry = Arc::clone(&registry);
+                let ids = Arc::clone(&server_ids);
+                let released = Arc::clone(&server_released);
+                let received = Arc::clone(&server_received);
+                let download_id = download_id.clone();
+                connections.spawn(async move {
+                    let (read, mut write) = tokio::io::split(connection);
+                    let mut reader = BufReader::new(read);
+                    let mut line = String::new();
+                    while reader.read_line(&mut line).await.unwrap_or(0) > 0 {
+                        let Frame::Request(req) = serde_json::from_str::<Frame>(&line).unwrap()
+                        else {
+                            panic!("expected request");
+                        };
+                        line.clear();
+                        received.lock().unwrap().push(req.method.clone());
+                        let params = req.params.clone().unwrap_or_default();
+                        let body = match req.method {
+                            Method::SystemStatus => ResponseBody::Ok(json!({
+                                "daemon_version": "0.2.0", "protocol_version": "1.1",
+                                "pid": std::process::id(), "uptime_secs": 0,
+                                "ws_port": 0, "sock_path": name,
+                                "browsers": [], "sessions": [], "version_skew_browsers": []
+                            })),
+                            Method::TransferBegin => {
+                                let begin = registry
+                                    .begin_upload(serde_json::from_value(params).unwrap())
+                                    .unwrap();
+                                ids.lock().unwrap().push(begin.transfer_id.clone());
+                                response(Ok(begin))
+                            }
+                            Method::ToolDownload => ResponseBody::Ok(json!({
+                                "tab_id": 1, "suggested_filename": "download.txt",
+                                "byte_size": 16, "transfer_id": download_id,
+                            })),
+                            Method::ToolWaitMs if mode == "ordinary" => {
+                                ResponseBody::Ok(json!({"waited_ms": 1}))
+                            }
+                            Method::TransferChunk
+                                if mode == "upload-before-dispatch"
+                                    || (mode.contains("multi")
+                                        && ids.lock().unwrap().len() == 1) =>
+                            {
+                                response(
+                                    registry.write_chunk(serde_json::from_value(params).unwrap()),
+                                )
+                            }
+                            Method::TransferFinish if mode != "upload-before-dispatch" => response(
+                                registry.finish_upload(serde_json::from_value(params).unwrap()),
+                            ),
+                            Method::ToolWaitMs
+                            | Method::TransferChunk
+                            | Method::TransferRead
+                            | Method::TransferFinish => {
+                                *pending.lock().unwrap() = Some(req.id.clone());
+                                ready.notify_one();
+                                cancelled.wait_for(|value| *value).await.unwrap();
+                                if mode == "upload-before-dispatch" {
+                                    // Finish won the race with cancellation, but tool.upload must
+                                    // not be dispatched and the CLI still owns the staging.
+                                    response(
+                                        registry
+                                            .finish_upload(serde_json::from_value(params).unwrap()),
+                                    )
+                                } else {
+                                    ResponseBody::Err(RpcError {
+                                        code: ErrorCode::Cancelled,
+                                        message: "parent cancellation reached daemon".into(),
+                                        data: None,
+                                    })
+                                }
+                            }
+                            Method::Cancel => {
+                                let target = params["rpc_id"].as_str().unwrap();
+                                assert_eq!(pending.lock().unwrap().as_deref(), Some(target));
+                                cancel.send(true).unwrap();
+                                ResponseBody::Ok(json!({"cancelled": true}))
+                            }
+                            Method::TransferRelease => {
+                                let params: TransferIdParams =
+                                    serde_json::from_value(params).unwrap();
+                                released.lock().unwrap().push(params.transfer_id.clone());
+                                if mode.contains("stall") {
+                                    std::future::pending::<()>().await;
+                                }
+                                response(Ok(registry.release(params)))
+                            }
+                            other => panic!("unexpected request after cancellation: {other:?}"),
+                        };
+                        let response = Frame::Response(ResponseFrame { id: req.id, body });
+                        let mut bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&response).unwrap();
+                        bytes.push(b'\n');
+                        if write.write_all(&bytes).await.is_err() {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+        });
+
+        let mut cmd = Command::new(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_bsk"));
+        cmd.env("BSK_HOME", home.path())
+            .env("BSK_AUTO_UPDATE", "off")
+            .env_remove("BSK_CANCEL_ON_STDIN_CLOSE")
+            .stdout(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+            .stderr(std::process::Stdio::piped())
+            .creation_flags(0x0800_0000)
+            .kill_on_drop(true);
+        if mode.starts_with("upload") {
+            let source = home.path().join("upload.txt");
+            // Declare 300 MiB without allocating or transferring that much data.
+            std::fs::File::create(&source)
+                .unwrap()
+                .set_len(if mode == "upload-before-dispatch" {
+                    16
+                } else {
+                    300 * 1024 * 1024
+                })
+                .unwrap();
+            cmd.args(["upload", "--session", "fixture", "--selector", "input"]);
+            if mode.contains("multi") {
+                let first = home.path().join("first.txt");
+                std::fs::write(&first, b"first file").unwrap();
+                cmd.arg("--file").arg(first);
+            }
+            cmd.arg("--file").arg(source);
+        } else if mode == "download" {
+            let out = home.path().join("out.txt");
+            std::fs::write(&out, b"existing output").unwrap();
+            cmd.args([
+                "download",
+                "--session",
+                "fixture",
+                "--selector",
+                "a",
+                "--overwrite",
+                "--out",
+            ])
+            .arg(out);
+        } else {
+            cmd.args(["wait-ms", if mode == "ordinary" { "1ms" } else { "60s" }]);
+        }
+        cmd.arg("--json");
+        if mode == "ordinary" {
+            cmd.stdin(std::process::Stdio::null());
+        } else {
+            cmd.env("BSK_CANCEL_ON_STDIN_CLOSE", "1")
+                .stdin(std::process::Stdio::piped());
+        }
+        let mut child = cmd.spawn().unwrap();
+        if mode != "ordinary" {
+            tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(10), registered.notified())
+                .await
+                .expect("CLI registered business RPC");
+            child
+                .stdin
+                .as_mut()
+                .unwrap()
+                .write_all(b"still connected")
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+            drop(child.stdin.take());
+        }
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        let output = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(8), child.wait_with_output())
+            .await
+            .expect("CLI must settle promptly, including cleanup")
+            .unwrap();
+        server.abort();
+        let _ = server.await;
+        assert_eq!(
+            output.status.code(),
+            Some(if mode == "ordinary" { 0 } else { 2 }),
+            "{mode}: stdout={} stderr={}",
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout),
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
+        );
+        if mode != "ordinary" {
+            let body: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&output.stdout).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(body["code"], "cancelled");
+            if mode != "upload-before-dispatch" {
+                assert_eq!(body["message"], "parent cancellation reached daemon");
+            }
+            let received = received.lock().unwrap();
+            let cancel = received.iter().position(|m| *m == Method::Cancel).unwrap();
+            assert!(
+                received[cancel + 1..]
+                    .iter()
+                    .all(|m| *m == Method::TransferRelease),
+                "only cleanup may follow cancellation: {received:?}"
+            );
+        }
+        let ids = ids.lock().unwrap();
+        if mode.contains("stall") {
+            assert_eq!(released.lock().unwrap().len(), 1);
+            assert!(start.elapsed() >= Duration::from_secs(4));
+            // The CLI cannot force an unresponsive daemon to clean up.
+            transfers.release_session("fixture");
+        } else {
+            assert_eq!(
+                *released.lock().unwrap(),
+                *ids,
+                "{mode}: every allocation must be released"
+            );
+            for id in ids.iter() {
+                assert!(!staging_root.join(id).exists(), "staging leaked: {id}");
+            }
+            if mode.starts_with("upload") {
+                let retry = transfers
+                    .begin_upload(TransferBeginParams {
+                        session_id: "fixture".into(),
+                        name: "retry.txt".into(),
+                        byte_size: 300 * 1024 * 1024,
+                    })
+                    .expect("same session must have room for another 300 MiB upload");
+                transfers.release(TransferIdParams {
+                    transfer_id: retry.transfer_id,
+                });
+            }
+        }
+        if mode == "download" {
+            assert_eq!(
+                std::fs::read(home.path().join("out.txt")).unwrap(),
+                b"existing output"
+            );
+            assert!(
+                !std::fs::read_dir(home.path())
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .flatten()
+                    .any(|entry| entry.file_name().to_string_lossy().ends_with(".part"))
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}

crates/bsk-cli/tests/windows_update.rs

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+//! Exercise self-update with a real executable and a local release server.
+#![cfg(windows)]
+
+use std::fs;
+use std::io::{Cursor, Read, Write};
+use std::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
+use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::{Child, Command, Stdio};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+use std::thread;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use bsk::daemon::info::DaemonInfo;
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+
+const MARKER: &[u8] = b"windows-update-regression-fixture";
+
+struct ReleaseServer {
+    url: String,
+    requests: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
+    stop: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+    worker: Option<thread::JoinHandle<()>>,
+}
+
+impl ReleaseServer {
+    fn new(binary: &[u8]) -> Self {
+        let mut archive = zip::ZipWriter::new(Cursor::new(Vec::new()));
+        archive
+            .start_file(
+                "bsk.exe",
+                zip::write::SimpleFileOptions::default()
+                    .compression_method(zip::CompressionMethod::Stored),
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+        archive.write_all(binary).unwrap();
+        let archive = archive.finish().unwrap().into_inner();
+        let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap();
+        listener.set_nonblocking(true).unwrap();
+        let url = format!("http://{}", listener.local_addr().unwrap());
+        let manifest = serde_json::to_vec(&serde_json::json!({
+            "version": "999.0.0",
+            "assets": {"windows-x64": {
+                "url": format!("{url}/bsk.zip"),
+                "sha256": Sha256::digest(&archive).iter().map(|byte| format!("{byte:02x}")).collect::<String>(),
+            }},
+        }))
+        .unwrap();
+        let stop = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+        let worker_stop = Arc::clone(&stop);
+        let requests = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+        let worker_requests = Arc::clone(&requests);
+        let worker = thread::spawn(move || {
+            while !worker_stop.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
+                let (mut stream, _) = match listener.accept() {
+                    Ok(connection) => connection,
+                    Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
+                        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    Err(err) => panic!("accept release request: {err}"),
+                };
+                // Windows accept() inherits the listener's nonblocking mode.
+                // Keep accept polling for shutdown, but read/write each request
+                // in blocking mode with the bounded timeouts below.
+                stream.set_nonblocking(false).unwrap();
+                stream
+                    .set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(5)))
+                    .unwrap();
+                stream
+                    .set_write_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(5)))
+                    .unwrap();
+                let mut request = Vec::new();
+                let mut chunk = [0; 1024];
+                while !request.windows(4).any(|window| window == b"\r\n\r\n") {
+                    let len = stream.read(&mut chunk).unwrap();
+                    if len == 0 {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    request.extend_from_slice(&chunk[..len]);
+                }
+                let body = if request.starts_with(b"GET /bsk.zip ") {
+                    worker_requests.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
+                    &archive
+                } else {
+                    &manifest
+                };
+                write!(
+                    stream,
+                    "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n",
+                    body.len()
+                )
+                .unwrap();
+                stream.write_all(body).unwrap();
+            }
+        });
+        Self {
+            url: format!("{url}/version.json"),
+            requests,
+            stop,
+            worker: Some(worker),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for ReleaseServer {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.stop.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
+        let _ = self.worker.take().unwrap().join();
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn release_server_waits_for_delayed_and_fragmented_request_headers() {
+    let server = ReleaseServer::new(b"test binary");
+    let address = server
+        .url
+        .strip_prefix("http://")
+        .unwrap()
+        .strip_suffix("/version.json")
+        .unwrap();
+    let mut stream = TcpStream::connect(address).unwrap();
+    stream
+        .set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(5)))
+        .unwrap();
+    stream
+        .set_write_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(5)))
+        .unwrap();
+    // Give accept() time to run before any bytes arrive, then split the
+    // headers across writes. Both reads must wait rather than return WouldBlock.
+    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
+    stream.write_all(b"GET /version.json HTTP/1.1\r\n").unwrap();
+    thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
+    stream.write_all(b"Host: localhost\r\n\r\n").unwrap();
+    let mut response = String::new();
+    stream.read_to_string(&mut response).unwrap();
+    assert!(response.starts_with("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"), "{response}");
+    let (_, body) = response.split_once("\r\n\r\n").unwrap();
+    let manifest: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(body).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(manifest["version"], "999.0.0");
+}
+
+struct Fixture {
+    _tmp: tempfile::TempDir,
+    exe: PathBuf,
+    home: PathBuf,
+    binary: Vec<u8>,
+    server: ReleaseServer,
+    daemon: Option<Child>,
+}
+
+impl Fixture {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        let tmp = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let dir = tmp.path().join("中文 space %PATH% ! & (update)");
+        fs::create_dir(&dir).unwrap();
+        let exe = dir.join("bsk.exe");
+        let home = tmp.path().join("home");
+        fs::create_dir(&home).unwrap();
+        fs::copy(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_bsk"), &exe).unwrap();
+        // A PE overlay distinguishes the replacement without requiring a
+        // second build or changing the executable's behavior/version.
+        let mut binary = fs::read(&exe).unwrap();
+        binary.extend_from_slice(MARKER);
+        let server = ReleaseServer::new(&binary);
+        Self {
+            _tmp: tmp,
+            exe,
+            home,
+            binary,
+            server,
+            daemon: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn command(&self) -> Command {
+        let mut cmd = Command::new(&self.exe);
+        cmd.env("BSK_HOME", &self.home)
+            .env("BSK_UPDATE_MANIFEST_URL", &self.server.url)
+            .env("BSK_AUTO_UPDATE", "off")
+            .env("RUST_LOG", "info")
+            .env("NO_PROXY", "127.0.0.1,localhost")
+            .env_remove("BSK_DAEMONIZED")
+            .env_remove("BSK_DAEMON_REPLACES_PID")
+            .stdin(Stdio::null())
+            .creation_flags(0x0800_0000);
+        cmd
+    }
+
+    fn wait_for(&self, description: &str, mut check: impl FnMut() -> bool) {
+        let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(30);
+        while Instant::now() < deadline {
+            if check() {
+                return;
+            }
+            thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
+        }
+        let diagnostics: Vec<_> = fs::read_dir(self.exe.parent().unwrap())
+            .unwrap()
+            .flatten()
+            .filter(|entry| entry.path().extension().is_some_and(|ext| ext == "log"))
+            .map(|entry| {
+                (
+                    entry.path(),
+                    String::from_utf8_lossy(&fs::read(entry.path()).unwrap_or_default())
+                        .into_owned(),
+                )
+            })
+            .collect();
+        let home_logs: Vec<_> = fs::read_dir(&self.home)
+            .unwrap()
+            .flatten()
+            .filter(|entry| entry.file_name().to_string_lossy().contains("log"))
+            .map(|entry| {
+                (
+                    entry.path(),
+                    String::from_utf8_lossy(&fs::read(entry.path()).unwrap_or_default())
+                        .into_owned(),
+                )
+            })
+            .collect();
+        panic!(
+            "timed out waiting for {description}; helper logs: {diagnostics:?}; daemon logs: {home_logs:?}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    fn info(&self) -> Option<DaemonInfo> {
+        serde_json::from_slice(&fs::read(self.home.join("daemon.json")).ok()?).ok()
+    }
+
+    fn updated(&self) -> bool {
+        // A locked executable may briefly reject reads during replacement.
+        fs::read(&self.exe).is_ok_and(|binary| binary == self.binary)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for Fixture {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // Stop only the daemon belonging to this isolated BSK_HOME. Also reap
+        // the foreground process on assertion failures to avoid leaking locks.
+        let _ = self.command().args(["daemon", "stop"]).output();
+        if let Some(child) = self.daemon.as_mut() {
+            let _ = child.kill();
+            let _ = child.wait();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn manual_update_replaces_the_running_executable_after_cli_exit() {
+    let fixture = Fixture::new();
+    let out = fixture
+        .command()
+        .args(["--json", "update", "--yes"])
+        .output()
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        out.status.success(),
+        "{}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr)
+    );
+    let report: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&out.stdout).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(report["status"], "staged");
+    fixture.wait_for("CLI replacement and helper cleanup", || {
+        fixture.updated() && fs::read_dir(fixture.exe.parent().unwrap()).unwrap().count() == 1
+    });
+    assert!(
+        fixture.info().is_none(),
+        "an update must not start a previously absent daemon"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(fixture.server.requests.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 1);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn automatic_update_exits_old_daemon_and_restarts_on_the_same_port() {
+    let mut fixture = Fixture::new();
+    let port = unused_port();
+    let log = fs::File::create(fixture.home.join("foreground.log")).unwrap();
+    let child = fixture
+        .command()
+        .env("BSK_AUTO_UPDATE", "on")
+        // Exercise the environment inherited by a normally detached daemon.
+        .env("BSK_DAEMONIZED", "1")
+        .args([
+            "daemon",
+            "start",
+            "--port",
+            &port.to_string(),
+            "--session-idle",
+            "1234ms",
+            "--daemon-idle",
+            "30s",
+        ])
+        .stdout(Stdio::from(log.try_clone().unwrap()))
+        .stderr(Stdio::from(log))
+        .spawn()
+        .unwrap();
+    let old_pid = child.id();
+    fixture.daemon = Some(child);
+    fixture.wait_for("replacement daemon", || {
+        fixture.updated()
+            && fixture
+                .info()
+                .is_some_and(|info| info.pid != old_pid && info.ws_port == port)
+    });
+    assert!(
+        fixture
+            .daemon
+            .as_mut()
+            .unwrap()
+            .try_wait()
+            .unwrap()
+            .is_some(),
+        "old daemon must exit"
+    );
+    fixture.wait_for("helper cleanup", || {
+        fs::read_dir(fixture.exe.parent().unwrap()).unwrap().count() == 1
+    });
+    let status = fixture
+        .command()
+        .args(["--json", "status"])
+        .output()
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        status.status.success(),
+        "{}",
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&status.stderr)
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        fixture.server.requests.load(Ordering::SeqCst),
+        1,
+        "the replacement must not stage another update immediately"
+    );
+}
+
+fn unused_port() -> u16 {
+    TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0")
+        .unwrap()
+        .local_addr()
+        .unwrap()
+        .port()
+}

evals/browser/cases/regression/oopif-scrollbars/README.md

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+# OOPIF occupied-scrollbar regression
+
+An iframe's content quad includes its child viewport's scrollbar space, while
+`Page.getLayoutMetrics().cssLayoutViewport` excludes that space. Mapping the latter
+onto the whole quad stretches positions and sizes. The full target-local viewport
+must determine scale; the visible viewport must still clip content at every OOPIF
+boundary and constrain target-local action points.
+
+This fixture alternates loopback hostnames across two nested OOPIFs. It includes
+scrolling, borders, padding, scaled iframe owners, a partially clipped button and
+a fully clipped button. Custom scrollbars occupy different widths and heights.
+The `scrollbars` query parameter accepts `both` (default), `vertical`, `horizontal`
+or `none`.
+
+Run the numerical regression with Node 22+ and a local Chrome executable:
+
+```sh
+BSK_GEOMETRY_CHROME=/path/to/chrome pnpm --filter @browser-skill/extension exec vitest run \
+  src/tools/__tests__/snapshot-coordinates.browser.test.ts
+```
+
+The existing browser runner is shared with the snapshot-unit regression. The test:
+
+- Verifies actual OOPIF targets and occupied scrollbar dimensions.
+- Compares snapshot and live geometry with independent DOM rectangles and clipping.
+- Dispatches real root-target clicks and verifies the intended frame/button received them.
+- Rejects fully clipped controls and checks snapshot measurement reuse per target.
+- Covers five device-scale/browser-zoom combinations plus single-axis and no-scrollbar cases.
+
+The runner creates and removes isolated browser profiles. It is opt-in and skipped
+in normal unit runs when `BSK_GEOMETRY_CHROME` is unset.
+
+Run the CLI fixture smoke with a connected test extension:
+
+```sh
+BSK_AUTO_UPDATE=off pnpm eval:browser smoke --case oopif-scrollbars --bsk ./target/debug/bsk
+```
+
+The smoke assertions verify both nested frames have occupied scrollbars, that the
+marker is observed and that the session is closed. Numeric geometry and actual
+click assertions are exercised by the browser test above, not by smoke alone.

evals/browser/cases/regression/oopif-scrollbars/oopif-scrollbars.case.json

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+{
+  "$schema": "../../../schemas/case.schema.json",
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "id": "oopif-scrollbars",
+  "title": "Nested OOPIFs with occupied scrollbars and clipped controls",
+  "suite": "regression",
+  "tags": ["geometry", "iframe", "scroll"],
+  "fixture": { "startPath": "/oopif-scrollbars" },
+  "prompts": {
+    "en": "Open {url}, observe the page and its frames, report the OOPIF-SCROLLBARS marker, then close the session.",
+    "zh-CN": "打开 {url}，观察页面及其 iframe，报告 OOPIF-SCROLLBARS 标记，然后关闭会话。"
+  },
+  "coverage": ["session.start", "session.stop", "page.navigate", "inspect.observe"],
+  "assertions": {
+    "site": [
+      {
+        "label": "nested frame fixture settled",
+        "type": "geometry.ready",
+        "where": { "data.root": true },
+        "minCount": 1
+      },
+      {
+        "label": "both child frames have occupied scrollbars",
+        "type": "geometry.scrollbars",
+        "where": { "data.vertical": true, "data.horizontal": true },
+        "minCount": 2
+      }
+    ],
+    "response": [{ "label": "observed the fixture marker", "includes": "OOPIF-SCROLLBARS" }],
+    "adapter": [{ "label": "browser session was closed", "key": "sessionStopped" }]
+  },
+  "smoke": {
+    "steps": [
+      { "action": "navigate" },
+      { "action": "wait-site-event", "type": "geometry.ready", "where": { "root": true } },
+      { "action": "observe" }
+    ]
+  }
+}

evals/browser/cases/regression/oopif-scrollbars/oopif-scrollbars.fixture.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { page, withRun } from "../../../lib/fixtures.mjs";
+
+export default {
+  id: "oopif-scrollbars",
+  routes: ["/oopif-scrollbars", "/oopif-scrollbars/frame", "/oopif-scrollbars/nested"],
+  render({ pathname, runId, query }) {
+    const root = pathname === "/oopif-scrollbars";
+    const nested = pathname.endsWith("/nested");
+    const mode = query.get("scrollbars") ?? "both";
+    return page({
+      title: "OOPIF scrollbar geometry regression",
+      body: `
+        <style>
+          main { margin: 0; width: auto; }
+          body { width: 2000px; height: 2400px; }
+          html { overflow-anchor: none; }
+          ${!root ? `html { overflow-x: ${mode === "vertical" || mode === "none" ? "hidden" : "scroll"}; overflow-y: ${mode === "horizontal" || mode === "none" ? "hidden" : "scroll"}; } html::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 17px; height: 11px; }` : ""}
+          button { position: absolute; padding: 0; border: 0; border-radius: 0; }
+          #probe { left: ${root ? 180 : nested ? 30 : 100}px; top: ${root ? 360 : nested ? 40 : 160}px; width: 60px; height: 20px; }
+          #edge { position: fixed; right: -20px; bottom: -15px; width: 80px; height: 60px; }
+          #outside { position: fixed; left: calc(100% + 2px); top: calc(100% + 2px); width: 10px; height: 10px; }
+          iframe { position: absolute; box-sizing: content-box; width: 420px; height: 320px;
+            left: 340px; top: 400px; border: 6px solid black; padding: 8px; transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 0 0; }
+          #nested { left: 150px; top: 210px; width: 200px; height: 120px; border-width: 4px; padding: 6px; transform: scale(0.8); }
+        </style>
+        <button id="probe" data-geometry-probe>OOPIF-SCROLLBARS</button>
+        ${!root ? '<button id="edge" data-geometry-probe>EDGE</button><button id="outside" data-geometry-probe>OUTSIDE</button>' : ""}
+        ${!nested ? `<iframe id="${root ? "cross" : "nested"}" name="${root ? "cross" : "nested"}" title="${root ? "outer" : "nested"} cross-site frame"></iframe>` : ""}
+      `,
+      script: `
+        history.scrollRestoration = "manual";
+        const child = document.querySelector("iframe");
+        if (child) {
+          const url = new URL(${JSON.stringify(withRun(root ? "/oopif-scrollbars/frame" : "/oopif-scrollbars/nested", runId, { scrollbars: mode }))}, location.href);
+          url.hostname = location.hostname === "127.0.0.1" ? "localhost" : "127.0.0.1";
+          child.src = url.href;
+        }
+        document.addEventListener("click", event => {
+          const probe = event.target.closest("[data-geometry-probe]");
+          if (probe) browserEval.send("geometry.clicked", { probe: probe.id });
+        });
+        window.addEventListener("load", () => {
+          scrollTo(${root ? "80, 240" : nested ? "10, 20" : "40, 100"});
+          requestAnimationFrame(() => requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+            document.documentElement.dataset.geometryReady = "true";
+            if (!${root}) browserEval.send("geometry.scrollbars", {
+              vertical: innerWidth > document.documentElement.clientWidth,
+              horizontal: innerHeight > document.documentElement.clientHeight,
+            });
+            browserEval.send("geometry.ready", { root: ${root} });
+          }));
+        });
+      `,
+    });
+  },
+};

evals/browser/cases/regression/snapshot-coordinates/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# DOMSnapshot layout-unit regression (#195)
+
+Source: https://github.com/Tencent/BrowserSkill/pull/195
+
+DOMSnapshot bounds and document scroll offsets retain Blink layout units. Treating them as CSS
+pixels changes both positions and sizes under device scaling/browser zoom, before iframe
+projection or viewport clipping even starts.
+
+The fixture contains a scrolled root, a scrolled same-process iframe, an OOPIF served from the
+other loopback hostname, and a nested iframe in each. Owners have borders, padding and CSS
+transforms. The geometry test compares the production capture's local and top-level rectangles
+against independent DOM border boxes, with at most 2 CSS pixels of layout rounding. It also
+checks that each target reads layout metrics only once. No credentials or personal tabs are used.
+
+Run the geometric assertions with Node 22+ and a local Chrome executable:
+
+```sh
+BSK_GEOMETRY_CHROME=/path/to/chrome pnpm --filter @browser-skill/extension exec vitest run \
+  src/tools/__tests__/snapshot-coordinates.browser.test.ts
+```
+
+The test launches and cleans up its own headless Chrome profiles. It explicitly verifies the
+requested browser zoom and OOPIF topology, so unsupported setups fail rather than silently
+testing a different configuration. It is skipped in ordinary unit runs unless the executable
+is specified. No browser download or new package dependency is required.
+
+The corpus smoke case checks fixture readiness and observable semantics through the real CLI:
+
+```sh
+BSK_AUTO_UPDATE=off pnpm eval:browser smoke --case snapshot-coordinates --bsk ./target/debug/bsk
+```
+
+Smoke alone does **not** certify coordinate accuracy; CLI observations do not expose raw boxes.
+Use the geometric test above for the regression's numeric assertions.
+
+## Related scrollbar regression
+
+The unit-conversion fixture keeps non-occupying OOPIF scrollbars by default. The same
+browser test also runs the dedicated [OOPIF scrollbar fixture](../oopif-scrollbars/README.md),
+which covers occupied scrollbars, two OOPIF boundaries, clipping and real clicks.
+Append `&classic-scrollbars` to this fixture's URL to enable its normal OOPIF scrollbars.

evals/browser/cases/regression/snapshot-coordinates/chrome.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+import { once } from "node:events";
+import { mkdir, mkdtemp, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+
+// This regression owns its browser/profile. It never attaches to a user's Chrome.
+export async function withChrome({ executable, deviceScale, zoom }, run) {
+  const profile = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "bsk-snapshot-coordinates-"));
+  let chrome;
+  let socket;
+  const pending = new Map();
+  try {
+    await mkdir(join(profile, "Default"));
+    await writeFile(
+      join(profile, "Default", "Preferences"),
+      JSON.stringify({
+        partition: { default_zoom_level: { x: Math.log(zoom) / Math.log(1.2) } },
+      }),
+    );
+    chrome = spawn(
+      executable,
+      [
+        "--headless=new",
+        "--no-first-run",
+        "--no-default-browser-check",
+        "--disable-extensions",
+        "--site-per-process",
+        "--remote-debugging-port=0",
+        "--window-size=1600,1200",
+        `--force-device-scale-factor=${deviceScale}`,
+        `--user-data-dir=${profile}`,
+        "about:blank",
+      ],
+      { stdio: ["ignore", "ignore", "pipe"] },
+    );
+    const endpoint = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      let output = "";
+      const timeout = setTimeout(
+        () => reject(new Error(`Chrome startup timed out: ${output}`)),
+        15_000,
+      );
+      const fail = (error) => {
+        clearTimeout(timeout);
+        reject(error);
+      };
+      chrome.once("error", fail);
+      chrome.once("exit", (code) => fail(new Error(`Chrome exited (${code}): ${output}`)));
+      chrome.stderr.on("data", (chunk) => {
+        output += chunk;
+        const match = output.match(/DevTools listening on (ws:\/\/\S+)/);
+        if (match) {
+          clearTimeout(timeout);
+          resolve(match[1]);
+        }
+      });
+    });
+    socket = new WebSocket(endpoint);
+    await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      socket.addEventListener("open", resolve, { once: true });
+      socket.addEventListener("error", reject, { once: true });
+    });
+    socket.addEventListener("message", ({ data }) => {
+      const reply = JSON.parse(data);
+      const request = pending.get(reply.id);
+      if (!request) return;
+      clearTimeout(request.timeout);
+      pending.delete(reply.id);
+      if (reply.error) request.reject(new Error(JSON.stringify(reply.error)));
+      else request.resolve(reply.result);
+    });
+    let sequence = 0;
+    const send = (method, params = {}, sessionId) =>
+      new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const id = ++sequence;
+        const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+          pending.delete(id);
+          reject(new Error(`CDP timed out: ${method}`));
+        }, 10_000);
+        pending.set(id, { resolve, reject, timeout });
+        socket.send(JSON.stringify({ id, method, params, sessionId }));
+      });
+    await run(send);
+  } finally {
+    for (const request of pending.values()) {
+      clearTimeout(request.timeout);
+      request.reject(new Error("regression browser closed"));
+    }
+    socket?.close();
+    if (chrome && chrome.exitCode === null && chrome.signalCode === null) {
+      const exited = once(chrome, "exit");
+      const timeout = setTimeout(() => chrome.kill("SIGKILL"), 5_000);
+      chrome.kill();
+      await exited;
+      clearTimeout(timeout);
+    }
+    await rm(profile, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+}

evals/browser/cases/regression/snapshot-coordinates/snapshot-coordinates.case.json

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "../../../schemas/case.schema.json",
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "id": "snapshot-coordinates",
+  "title": "Scrolled and nested frame coordinate fixture",
+  "suite": "regression",
+  "tags": ["geometry", "iframe", "scroll"],
+  "fixture": { "startPath": "/snapshot-coordinates" },
+  "prompts": {
+    "en": "Open {url}, observe the page and its frames, report the GEOMETRY marker, then close the session.",
+    "zh-CN": "打开 {url}，观察页面及其 iframe，报告 GEOMETRY 标记，然后关闭会话。"
+  },
+  "coverage": ["session.start", "session.stop", "page.navigate", "inspect.observe"],
+  "assertions": {
+    "site": [
+      {
+        "label": "root fixture scrolled and settled",
+        "type": "geometry.ready",
+        "where": { "data.root": true },
+        "minCount": 1
+      }
+    ],
+    "response": [{ "label": "observed the fixture marker", "includes": "GEOMETRY-195" }],
+    "adapter": [{ "label": "browser session was closed", "key": "sessionStopped" }]
+  },
+  "smoke": {
+    "steps": [
+      { "action": "navigate" },
+      { "action": "wait-site-event", "type": "geometry.ready", "where": { "root": true } },
+      { "action": "observe" }
+    ]
+  }
+}

evals/browser/cases/regression/snapshot-coordinates/snapshot-coordinates.fixture.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { page, withRun } from "../../../lib/fixtures.mjs";
+
+export default {
+  id: "snapshot-coordinates",
+  routes: ["/snapshot-coordinates", "/snapshot-coordinates/frame", "/snapshot-coordinates/nested"],
+  render({ pathname, runId, query }) {
+    const root = pathname === "/snapshot-coordinates";
+    const nested = pathname.endsWith("/nested");
+    return page({
+      title: "Snapshot coordinate regression",
+      body: `
+        <style>
+          main { margin: 0; width: auto; }
+          body { width: 2000px; height: 2400px; }
+          html { overflow-anchor: none; }
+          ${query.get("scrollbars") === "none" ? "html { scrollbar-width: none; }" : ""}
+          button { position: absolute; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0; border: 2px solid black; border-radius: 0; }
+          #probe { left: ${root ? 180 : 100}px; top: ${root ? 360 : 160}px; width: 120px; height: 40px; }
+          iframe { position: absolute; box-sizing: content-box; width: 320px; height: 220px;
+            border: 6px solid black; padding: 8px; transform: scale(1.25); transform-origin: 0 0; }
+          #same { left: 340px; top: 400px; }
+          #cross { left: 820px; top: 400px; }
+          #nested { left: 150px; top: 210px; width: 130px; height: 70px; border-width: 2px; padding: 4px; transform: scale(0.8); }
+          ${nested ? "#probe { left: 30px; top: 40px; width: 60px; height: 20px; }" : ""}
+        </style>
+        <button id="probe" data-geometry-probe>GEOMETRY-195</button>
+        ${root ? `<iframe id="same" name="same" title="same-process frame" src="${withRun("/snapshot-coordinates/frame", runId)}"></iframe><iframe id="cross" name="cross" title="cross-site frame"></iframe>` : ""}
+        ${!root && !nested ? `<iframe id="nested" name="nested" title="nested frame" src="${withRun("/snapshot-coordinates/nested", runId)}"></iframe>` : ""}
+      `,
+      script: `
+        history.scrollRestoration = "manual";
+        const cross = document.querySelector("#cross");
+        if (cross) {
+          const url = new URL(${JSON.stringify(withRun("/snapshot-coordinates/frame", runId))}, location.href);
+          url.hostname = location.hostname === "127.0.0.1" ? "localhost" : "127.0.0.1";
+          // Isolate unit conversion from the pre-existing OOPIF scrollbar-width
+          // projection issue. ?classic-scrollbars retains that separate reproduction.
+          if (!new URLSearchParams(location.search).has("classic-scrollbars")) url.searchParams.set("scrollbars", "none");
+          cross.src = url.href;
+        }
+        window.addEventListener("load", () => {
+          scrollTo(${root ? "80, 240" : nested ? "10, 20" : "40, 100"});
+          requestAnimationFrame(() => requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+            window.geometryReady = true;
+            document.documentElement.dataset.geometryReady = "true";
+            browserEval.send("geometry.ready", { root: ${root} });
+          }));
+        });
+      `,
+    });
+  },
+};

evals/browser/tests/eval.test.mjs

@@ -41,17 +41,23 @@ test("case manifests are discovered, ordered, and grouped into suites", () => {
       "diagnostics",
       "mobile-emulation",
       "generated-form",
+      "oopif-scrollbars",
+      "snapshot-coordinates",
     ],
   );
-  assert.deepEqual(repositorySummary(cases, fixtureRegistry).suites, { core: 6, matrix: 1 });
+  assert.deepEqual(repositorySummary(cases, fixtureRegistry).suites, {
+    core: 6,
+    matrix: 1,
+    regression: 2,
+  });
 });
 
 test("repository validation links every case to a fixture and valid workflow evidence", () => {
   assert.deepEqual(validateRepositoryCases(cases, fixtureRegistry), []);
   const summary = repositorySummary(cases, fixtureRegistry);
-  assert.equal(summary.cases, 7);
-  assert.equal(summary.fixtureModules, 8);
-  assert.equal(summary.fixtureRoutes, 12);
+  assert.equal(summary.cases, 9);
+  assert.equal(summary.fixtureModules, 10);
+  assert.equal(summary.fixtureRoutes, 18);
 });
 
 test("manifest validation rejects unknown operations and incomplete workflow steps", () => {

install.ps1

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
 
 $Repo = if ($env:BSK_REPO) { $env:BSK_REPO } else { "Tencent/BrowserSkill" }
 $InstallDir = if ($env:BSK_INSTALL_DIR) { $env:BSK_INSTALL_DIR } else { Join-Path $HOME ".local\bin" }
+$InstallDir = $ExecutionContext.SessionState.Path.GetUnresolvedProviderPathFromPSPath($InstallDir)
 $GitHub = "https://github.com/${Repo}"
 
 function Write-Log {
@@ -37,11 +38,17 @@ function Write-Die {
 # ── Platform / architecture detection ─────────────────────────────────────────
 
 function Get-PlatformTriple {
-    $arch = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::ProcessArchitecture
+    # RuntimeInformation.ProcessArchitecture can be unavailable in Windows PowerShell 5.1.
+    # WOW64 exposes the native architecture separately from the 32-bit process.
+    $arch = $env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432
+    if (-not $arch) { $arch = $env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE }
+    if (-not $arch) {
+        Write-Die "could not detect Windows architecture: PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432 and PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE are empty"
+    }
 
     switch ($arch) {
-        "X64"  { $archId = "x64" }
-        "Arm64" { $archId = "arm64" }
+        "AMD64" { $archId = "x64" }
+        "ARM64" { $archId = "arm64" }
         default { Write-Die "unsupported architecture: $arch (x64 and ARM64 only)" }
     }
 
@@ -64,56 +71,86 @@ function Get-PlatformTriple {
 function Add-ToUserPath {
     param([string]$Dir)
 
-    $currentUserPath = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", "User") -split ";" | Where-Object { $_ }
+    $currentUserPath = @([Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", "User") -split ";" | Where-Object { $_ })
 
-    if ($currentUserPath -contains $Dir) {
-        Write-Log "$Dir is already in your user PATH"
+    $newUserPath = (@($Dir) + @($currentUserPath | Where-Object { $_ -ine $Dir })) -join ";"
+    if (($currentUserPath -join ";") -ceq $newUserPath) {
+        Write-Log "$Dir is already first in your user PATH"
         return
     }
 
-    $newUserPath = ($currentUserPath + $Dir) -join ";"
     [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", $newUserPath, "User")
-    Write-Log "added ${Dir} to user PATH"
+    Write-Log "placed ${Dir} first in user PATH"
 }
 
 function Add-ToSessionPath {
     param([string]$Dir)
 
-    $pathEntries = $env:PATH -split ";" | Where-Object { $_ }
-    if ($pathEntries -contains $Dir) {
-        return
-    }
-
-    $env:PATH = "$Dir;$env:PATH"
+    $pathEntries = @($env:PATH -split ";" | Where-Object { $_ -and $_ -ine $Dir })
+    $env:PATH = (@($Dir) + $pathEntries) -join ";"
 }
 
 # ── Git Bash (bash environment) PATH helper ──────────────────────────────────
 
 function Add-ToBashProfile {
-    param([string]$Dir)
+    param([string]$Dir, [string]$BashRc = (Join-Path $HOME ".bashrc"))
 
     # Convert Windows path (e.g. C:\Users\foo\.local\bin) to Git-Bash Unix-style (/c/Users/foo/.local/bin)
     $unixPath = $Dir -replace '\\', '/'
     if ($unixPath -match '^([A-Z]):(.*)$') {
         $unixPath = '/' + $matches[1].ToLower() + $matches[2]
     }
-    $bashRc = Join-Path $HOME ".bashrc"
-    $exportLine = "export PATH=""${unixPath}:`$PATH""  # bsk CLI"
+    # Single-quote the literal directory; only the existing PATH is expanded.
+    $shellQuote = "'" + [char]34 + "'" + [char]34 + "'"
+    $quotedPath = "'" + $unixPath.Replace("'", $shellQuote) + "'"
+    $exportLine = "export PATH=${quotedPath}:`"`$PATH`"  # bsk CLI"
 
-    if (Test-Path $bashRc) {
-        $content = Get-Content $bashRc -Raw -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-        if ($content -match [regex]::Escape($unixPath)) {
+    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $BashRc) {
+        $content = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($BashRc)
+        if ($content.Contains($exportLine)) {
             Write-Log "$unixPath is already in ~/.bashrc"
             return
         }
     }
 
-    Add-Content $bashRc "`n$exportLine" -Encoding ASCII
+    # Explicit BOM-less UTF-8 also works in Windows PowerShell 5.1.
+    [System.IO.File]::AppendAllText($BashRc, "`n$exportLine`n", (New-Object System.Text.UTF8Encoding($false)))
     Write-Log "added ${unixPath} to ~/.bashrc"
 }
 
 # ── Main ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+# Stage on the destination volume before stopping the daemon. Never truncate
+# the installed executable: failed replacement must leave it usable.
+function Install-Binary {
+    param([string]$Source, [string]$Target)
+
+    $staged = "$Target.install-$([Guid]::NewGuid().ToString('N'))"
+    try {
+        [System.IO.File]::Copy($Source, $staged)
+        # The running daemon may come from another installation directory.
+        # Use the downloaded CLI: older versions have broken Windows liveness checks.
+        # Stop verifies daemon identity and uses the current BSK_HOME.
+        # Fail closed for both new installs and replacements; never discard daemon metadata here.
+        & $Source daemon stop
+        if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
+            $daemonHome = if ($env:BSK_HOME) { $env:BSK_HOME } else { Join-Path $HOME ".bsk" }
+            $daemonInfoPath = $ExecutionContext.SessionState.Path.GetUnresolvedProviderPathFromPSPath((Join-Path $daemonHome "daemon.json"))
+            throw "could not stop bsk daemon; installation was not changed. Stop any running bsk daemon, remove '$daemonInfoPath', then retry the installer."
+        }
+        if ([System.IO.File]::Exists($Target)) {
+            # PowerShell 5.1 converts $null to an empty path for string parameters.
+            [System.IO.File]::Replace($staged, $Target, [NullString]::Value)
+        }
+        else {
+            [System.IO.File]::Move($staged, $Target)
+        }
+    }
+    finally {
+        if ([System.IO.File]::Exists($staged)) { [System.IO.File]::Delete($staged) }
+    }
+}
+
 function Main {
     $platform = Get-PlatformTriple
 
@@ -136,14 +173,20 @@ function Main {
         Write-Log "latest version is ${version}"
     }
 
+    $platformKey = $platform.PlatformKey
+    $asset = $null
+    if ($manifest -and $manifest.assets) {
+        $asset = $manifest.assets.$platformKey
+    }
+    # ARM64 is not in the current release matrix. Require a published entry
+    # before attempting it, while preserving legacy x64 installs without a manifest.
+    if ($platform.ArchId -eq "arm64" -and -not $asset) {
+        Write-Die "version.json does not list a Windows ARM64 package for bsk $version"
+    }
+
     $archiveName = "bsk-v${version}-$($platform.TargetTriple).zip"
     $downloadUrl = "${GitHub}/releases/download/${tag}/${archiveName}"
-
-    $expectedSha = $null
-    $platformKey = $platform.PlatformKey
-    if ($manifest -and $manifest.assets) {
-        $expectedSha = $manifest.assets.$platformKey.sha256
-    }
+    $expectedSha = if ($asset) { $asset.sha256 } else { $null }
     if (-not $expectedSha) {
         if (-not $manifest) {
             Write-Log "warning: could not fetch version.json; skipping checksum verification"
@@ -154,17 +197,21 @@ function Main {
     }
 
     $tempDir = Join-Path ([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()) ([System.IO.Path]::GetRandomFileName())
-    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $tempDir -Force | Out-Null
+    [System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($tempDir) | Out-Null
 
     try {
         $archivePath = Join-Path $tempDir $archiveName
 
         Write-Log "downloading ${downloadUrl}"
-        Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $downloadUrl -OutFile $archivePath -UseBasicParsing -ErrorAction Stop
+        # PowerShell 5.1's -OutFile treats brackets as wildcards. Write raw HTTP bytes literally.
+        $response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $downloadUrl -UseBasicParsing -ErrorAction Stop
+        try {
+            [System.IO.File]::WriteAllBytes($archivePath, $response.RawContentStream.ToArray())
+        } finally { $response.RawContentStream.Dispose() }
 
         if ($expectedSha) {
             Write-Log "verifying checksum"
-            $actualSha = (Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 -Path $archivePath).Hash
+            $actualSha = (Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 -LiteralPath $archivePath).Hash
             if ($actualSha -ieq $expectedSha) {
                 Write-Log "checksum OK"
             }
@@ -174,17 +221,17 @@ function Main {
         }
 
         Write-Log "extracting ${archiveName}"
-        Expand-Archive -Path $archivePath -DestinationPath $tempDir -Force
+        # PowerShell 5.1's Expand-Archive treats the destination as a wildcard path.
+        Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
+        [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory($archivePath, $tempDir)
 
-        if (-not (Test-Path (Join-Path $tempDir "bsk.exe"))) {
+        if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath (Join-Path $tempDir "bsk.exe"))) {
             Write-Die "bsk.exe not found in archive"
         }
 
-        if (-not (Test-Path $InstallDir)) {
-            New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $InstallDir -Force | Out-Null
-        }
+        [System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($InstallDir) | Out-Null
 
-        Copy-Item -Path (Join-Path $tempDir "bsk.exe") -Destination (Join-Path $InstallDir "bsk.exe") -Force
+        Install-Binary -Source (Join-Path $tempDir "bsk.exe") -Target (Join-Path $InstallDir "bsk.exe")
 
         Write-Log "installed bsk to $InstallDir\bsk.exe"
 
@@ -199,19 +246,21 @@ function Main {
 
         # Verify
         $bskPath = Join-Path $InstallDir "bsk.exe"
-        if (Get-Command bsk -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
-            & bsk --version
-        }
-        else {
-            Write-Log "verify install: & ""$bskPath"" --version"
+        & $bskPath --version
+        if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "installed bsk failed verification" }
+
+        $command = Get-Command bsk -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+        if (-not $command -or $command.CommandType -ne "Application" -or $command.Source -ine $bskPath) {
+            Write-Log "warning: 'bsk' does not resolve to $bskPath in this session; check Get-Command bsk -All for a conflicting command"
         }
 
         Write-Log "done"
         Write-Host ""
-        Write-Host "Open a new terminal (PowerShell / Git Bash) for PATH changes to take full effect."
+        Write-Host "This PATH check covers the current session only; a new terminal may prefer a Machine PATH entry or alias."
+        Write-Host "In a new PowerShell terminal, run Get-Command bsk -All and confirm the first result is $bskPath."
     }
     finally {
-        Remove-Item -Recurse -Force $tempDir -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+        Remove-Item -LiteralPath $tempDir -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
     }
 }
 

packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/README.md

@@ -1,13 +1,51 @@
-# dsh-plugin-browserskill
+# BrowserSkill for DeepSeek Harness
 
-npm: [`@wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin)
+[![npm version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin)
 
-A [DeepSeek Harness](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness) (dsh) tool plugin that exposes
-[BrowserSkill](https://github.com/Tencent/BrowserSkill) (`bsk`) browser automation to the model.
+Use [BrowserSkill](https://github.com/Tencent/BrowserSkill) in
+[DeepSeek Harness](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness) (`dsh`) to browse
+websites, fill forms, and capture screenshots through native `browser_*` tools.
+Browser tasks run in Agent Windows, with a live view in the dsh Web UI.
 
-Each action maps to one `bsk <cmd> --json` invocation: the plugin spawns the bsk CLI, parses its
-structured JSON output, and returns a canonical typed value. The bsk daemon, browser, and browser
-extension keep owning the actual browser control — this package is a thin, well-typed bridge.
+## Installation
+
+Before installing the plugin:
+
+- Install [DeepSeek Harness](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness) and
+  [pnpm](https://pnpm.io/installation), which dsh uses to manage plugins.
+- Install the `bsk` CLI and connect the BrowserSkill extension in Chrome or Edge.
+  Follow the [BrowserSkill setup guide](https://github.com/Tencent/BrowserSkill#quick-start).
+- Make sure `bsk` is on the `PATH` used to start dsh, or set `bskPath` in the plugin configuration.
+
+Install the plugin into the `web` profile, then start it:
+
+```sh
+dsh plugin --profile web add @wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin
+dsh --profile web
+```
+
+Replace `web` with your profile name if you use a different profile. The plugin
+includes the `browser-skill` skill; no separate `bsk install-skill` step is needed.
+
+In a conversation, try:
+
+```text
+/browser-skill open example.com and summarize the page.
+```
+
+By default, the browser tools become available when the skill is invoked.
+
+## Updating
+
+Installed plugins do not update automatically. To upgrade this plugin to npm's
+`latest` version, including versions outside the profile's saved dependency range:
+
+```sh
+dsh plugin --profile web update @wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin --latest
+```
+
+Restart that dsh profile after upgrading. This command updates the plugin; update
+the `bsk` CLI and browser extension separately when a release requires it.
 
 ## Tools
 
@@ -20,23 +58,7 @@ extension keep owning the actual browser control — this package is a thin, wel
 | `browser_tabs` | `list`, `create`, `select`, `close`, `borrow`, `return` | Manage Agent Window tabs and temporarily borrow user tabs. |
 | `browser_assist` | `resize`, `emulate`, `request-help` | Resize or emulate the browser and pause for human-only steps. |
 
-`bsk evaluate` and `bsk record` are intentionally not exposed by this plugin: arbitrary page
-evaluation is a higher-risk capability, while recording is long-running and needs a dedicated
-DeepSeek Harness lifecycle before it can be added safely.
-
-## Agent skill (progressive disclosure)
-
-Beyond the tools, the plugin publishes the **`browser-skill` agent skill** through the harness's
-official skill seam (`ctx.skills.register`): the catalog entry (name + routing description) is
-resident in `<available_skills>`, and the body is loaded only when the model invokes the `skill`
-tool. Its single source is the DSH-specific `skill/SKILL.md`, which documents only structured
-`browser_*` calls and their plugin semantics. The repository-root CLI skill is intentionally not
-concatenated: its command examples belong to a different execution interface and would bypass
-the plugin's ownership, live observation UI, cancellation, and cleanup path if followed directly.
-The build rejects internal CLI-name leakage, command-line code blocks, unknown browser tools, and
-missing supported browser tools before embedding the Markdown. Registration and every pre-step
-catalog snapshot are pure in-memory reads (no disk/process/daemon); compositions without the skill
-seam degrade silently.
+Arbitrary page-script evaluation and interaction recording are not supported.
 
 ## Multi-session model
 
@@ -55,115 +77,73 @@ an explicit `session` argument naming a foreign or unknown id is rejected, the `
 `browser_session` shows plugin-created sessions only (no daemon-wide view), and stop/unload cleanup
 can never touch a session owned by another program.
 
-## Installation
-
-The plugin follows the standard dsh bundle layout (`dsh.bundle` manifest + `cordis.patch.yml`):
-
-```sh
-dsh plugin --profile <name> add @wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin
-dsh --profile <name>
-```
-
-Prerequisite: the `bsk` CLI must be installed and on `PATH`, and the BrowserSkill browser extension
-(Chrome or Edge) must be connected — see the
-[BrowserSkill README](https://github.com/Tencent/BrowserSkill). When bsk is missing, tool calls fail
-with install guidance instead of a bare spawn error.
-
 ## Configuration
 
-All fields are optional and validated through the plugin's Schemastery `Config`:
+After installing the plugin, edit your profile's `cordis.patch.yml`. For the `web`
+profile, the default location is `~/.dsh/profiles/web/cordis.patch.yml`. If you set
+`DSH_HOME`, use `$DSH_HOME/profiles/web/cordis.patch.yml` instead. Replace `web` with
+your profile name as needed.
+
+If the file contains only comments and `[]`, keep the comments and replace `[]`
+with the YAML below. If it already contains patch entries, add this entry to the
+existing list or edit its existing `id: browserskill` entry. Keep a single
+top-level YAML list. This overrides the plugin registered by the installed bundle:
 
 ```yaml
-# cordis.patch.yml override example
-- insert:
-    - id: browserskill
-      name: "@wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin"
-      config:
-        bskPath: bsk          # path to the bsk binary (default: resolve from PATH)
-        defaultTimeoutMs: 120000
-        maxSessions: 5
-        # observationEnabled: true     # live PiP/overlay observation (below)
-        # thumbnailIntervalMs: 1500    # frame cadence while a session is active
-        # idleIntervalMs: 8000         # idle cadence / recent-activity window
-        # lazyTools: true              # reveal browser_* tools only after the skill is invoked
+- id: browserskill
+  config:
+    bskPath: bsk
+    defaultTimeoutMs: 120000
+    maxSessions: 5
+    observationEnabled: true
+    thumbnailIntervalMs: 1500
+    idleIntervalMs: 8000
+    lazyTools: true
 ```
 
-- **`lazyTools` (default `true`)** — the final progressive-disclosure stage: the six
-  `browser_*` tool schemas stay OUT of the system prompt (zero schema tokens) until the
-  `browser-skill` skill is actually invoked — the skill catalog entry is the only
-  advertisement. One successful invocation (model tool call, or a `/browser-skill` user
-  gesture) registers the whole suite for the rest of the process; repeated invocations are
-  no-ops, and sessions resumed with a past invocation in their durable log reveal the suite
-  on entry. Set `false` for the legacy always-on registration.
+Change `bskPath` to the full path of your CLI binary if it is not on dsh's `PATH`.
+A patch replaces the entry's entire `config` object, so keep all overrides you need
+together in that object.
 
-## Observation overlay (PiP mini-window)
+Configuration changes follow `dsh.profile.patchReload` in the profile's
+`package.json`: `live` (the default for `web`) applies changes when you save the
+patch file; `startup` requires restarting the profile. Restart after upgrading
+the plugin in either case.
 
-When the plugin runs inside the dsh Web UI, an **observation overlay** floats over the app
-(registered into the `shell.overlay` seat): a breathing thumbnail per owned session plus its
-current action and elapsed time. The card docks at the top-right of the content area (clear of
-the composer and the shell's header controls) and wears the **BrowserSkill product family's own
-look**: the overlay reuses `@browser-skill/ui` components (`Button`, `cn`) and its oklch design
-tokens (`--card`, `--primary`, `--destructive`, `--ring`, …), status dots spec'd after the
-extension popup's connection indicator, and Remix icons. The BSK utility sheet is compiled
-scoped under the `.bsk-obs` root class (`scripts/build-client-css.mjs`), so the overlay looks
-like the BrowserSkill extension without leaking a single selector into the host shell — and the
-shell's theme cannot bleed back in.
+All fields are optional; omitted fields use the defaults below:
 
-- **Lifecycle**: hidden while the plugin owns no sessions; appears on the first
-  `browser_session` start action; disappears when all sessions stop (or the plugin unloads).
-- **Focus view**: status row (green/idle/red dot + session + action + mm:ss), the latest page
-  frame (refreshes every ~1.5s while active, ~8s when idle; the last good frame stays on
-  stage while the next one loads, and is kept on errors so the card does not flash),
-  and a compact icon toolbar (Interrupt + Pop out, hover for the label).
-- **Interrupt**: one click kills the in-flight bsk command of the focus session (same semantics
-  as the chat Stop button — the current action fails, the agent run may continue). Strip items
-  carry their own hover interrupt button.
-- **Multi-session strip**: every session gets a tile (mini frame + id + status dot); focus
-  auto-follows the most recently active session; clicking a tile pins focus (pin badge, click
-  again to release); errored sessions get a red edge without stealing focus; sessions the daemon
-  lost are greyed out; prolonged daemon/browser outage shows "browser unavailable" and greys
-  the interrupt button until captures recover.
-- **Drag & resize**: drag the header to move the card; drag any of the four
-  corners to resize (min 240×180, max 80% of the viewport; no visible grip).
-  Both are remembered for the page lifetime.
-- **Pop out (PiP)**: upgrades the card into a native Document PiP window (requires a user
-  gesture, per browser rules), sized from the current card; closing the PiP falls back to the
-  in-page card with state intact. Browsers without Document PiP simply hide the button.
-- **Wire**: the host serves `GET /bsk-observation/state`, `GET /bsk-observation/events` (SSE),
-  `POST /bsk-observation/interrupt`, and `GET /bsk-observation/thumbnail/<attachmentId>` over
-  the dsh `webServer` route seam (dsh 0.1's Typert Remote pipeline is closed to out-of-tree
-  packages). All commands for one session — tool calls and frame captures alike — run through a
-  per-session FIFO, because the daemon accepts only one unfinished command per session.
-- **Trust model**: these routes expose live screenshots (and an interrupt write), so they
-  replicate the browser-trust fence dsh applies to its own `/api` routes: the request Host
-  must be a loopback authority (`localhost`, `127.0.0.0/8`, `[::1]`), a present Origin must
-  match the Host, `sec-fetch-site: cross-site` is refused, and POST requires an
-  `application/json` body (cross-site simple requests can never satisfy that). The channel is
-  therefore built for **loopback-only serving** — binding the dsh web server to `0.0.0.0` and
-  reaching it through a LAN address will (deliberately) fail the fence; do not put these
-  routes behind a non-loopback reverse proxy without adding your own authentication.
-- Configure with `observationEnabled` / `thumbnailIntervalMs` / `idleIntervalMs`.
+| Option | Default | Purpose |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `bskPath` | `bsk` | Path to the CLI binary. |
+| `defaultTimeoutMs` | `120000` | Default command timeout in milliseconds. |
+| `maxSessions` | `5` | Maximum concurrent sessions started by this plugin. |
+| `observationEnabled` | `true` | Enable live browser observation. |
+| `thumbnailIntervalMs` | `1500` | Screenshot interval for active sessions, in milliseconds. |
+| `idleIntervalMs` | `8000` | Screenshot interval for idle sessions and the recent-activity window, in milliseconds. |
+| `lazyTools` | `true` | Reveal the browser tools when the skill is invoked. Set `false` to register them at startup. |
 
-## Behavior notes
+With `lazyTools: true`, only the skill's catalog entry is initially advertised to
+the model. The six `browser_*` tool schemas are added to the system prompt after
+the `browser-skill` skill is successfully invoked, either by the model or through
+`/browser-skill`. Set `lazyTools: false` to make the tools available immediately.
 
-- **Cancellation**: aborting a tool call (`exec.signal`) kills the underlying bsk child process,
-  matching BrowserSkill's cooperative tool-cancellation model.
-- **UI cards**: calls render as terminal cards (command line as title, output as the completed
-  card). Screenshots additionally attach the image itself when the host mounts an attachment store
-  and the active model route declares image input; otherwise the PNG path is returned.
-- **Web UI toolview (browser half)**: the package is dual-face. `dsh.client` (platform `web`) ships
-  `lib/client.cjs`, which registers a keyed `tool.call.toolview` view for `browser_inspect`. The
-  custom view keeps a terminal block for every inspect action and, when a screenshot result carries
-  an image block, resolves the durable attachment through the client session's authorized
-  `readAttachment` RPC and renders it with the shared `MessageImage` thumbnail/lightbox atoms.
-  The other five tools keep the stock terminal card. The bundle follows the dsh client
-  contract: a CJS closure factory handed to `window.__ModuleLoader__.load`, platform modules
-  (`react`, `dsh-client-ui-*`) external, everything else inlined, CSS Modules compiled by
-  lightningcss.
-- **Errors**: non-zero bsk exits surface the CLI's JSON error envelope (`code`, `message`, `hint`)
-  so the model gets the daemon's actionable guidance.
-- **Long-running work** (e.g. `bsk record`) is not backgrounded via `ctx.jobs` yet — tracked as a
-  follow-up.
+## Live browser view
+
+The dsh Web UI shows the plugin's browser sessions in a floating panel. If your
+profile provides the `dsh-better-sidebar` integration, the view appears in a
+**Browser Skill** sidebar tab instead.
+
+- See the current action, elapsed time, and recent screenshot for each session.
+- Select a session to focus on it. The sidebar view follows the current conversation.
+- Use **Interrupt** to cancel the current browser command. The agent may continue
+  with another action afterward.
+- Drag or resize the floating panel, or use **Pop out** to open a Picture-in-Picture
+  window in browsers that support it.
+- Periodic screenshots are requested while a browser observation view is visible.
+  Configure the active and idle intervals with the options above.
+
+The observation endpoints require a loopback address such as `localhost` or
+`127.0.0.1`. Access through a LAN hostname or non-loopback reverse proxy is not supported.
 
 ## Development
 
@@ -174,22 +154,47 @@ pnpm --filter @wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin test     # unit tests mock b
 pnpm --filter @wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin build    # tsdown -> lib/
 ```
 
+See the [development notes](https://github.com/Tencent/BrowserSkill/blob/main/packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/docs/development.md)
+for skill registration, tool results, and observation APIs in the current source.
+
 ## Publishing
 
-The GitHub Actions workflow **Release dsh plugin** publishes this package to npm
-as `@wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin`. The Cordis plugin id, client
-bundle registration, and `cordis.patch.yml` name are the same specifier so
-dsh can import and materialize the plugin without a ModuleLoader id mismatch.
+The [Release dsh plugin workflow](https://github.com/Tencent/BrowserSkill/blob/main/.github/workflows/release-dsh-plugin.yml)
+publishes the package and this README to npm. Pushing a `dsh-plugin-vX.Y.Z` tag
+triggers it; ordinary commits to `main` do not.
 
-Trigger it by pushing a tag that matches `package.json`'s `version`:
+1. Commit this README and any other changes intended for the release.
+2. From the repository root, run the
+   [release script](https://github.com/Tencent/BrowserSkill/blob/main/scripts/release.mjs)
+   with a new stable version, replacing `<version>` below. The script updates the
+   CLI, extension, and DSH plugin versions, commits the version changes, and creates
+   their release tags:
 
-```sh
-git tag dsh-plugin-v0.1.2
-git push origin dsh-plugin-v0.1.2
-```
+   ```sh
+   node scripts/release.mjs <version>
+   ```
 
-Or run the workflow from the Actions tab (`workflow_dispatch`). The job reads the
-`NPM_TOKEN` secret from the `npm-publish` GitHub Environment.
+3. Push the version commit to the release branch, then push the DSH plugin tag
+   created by the script, using the same `<version>`:
+
+   ```sh
+   git push origin HEAD
+   git push origin dsh-plugin-v<version>
+   ```
+
+   This publishes the DSH plugin. Push the CLI and extension tags separately when
+   those components are ready for release.
+
+The workflow checks the version, runs typechecks and tests, builds the package,
+and publishes it to npm.
+
+You can also run the workflow manually from GitHub Actions on the intended release
+ref. Both triggers require an unpublished version and the `NPM_TOKEN` secret in the
+`npm-publish` GitHub Environment.
+
+npm updates the package README only when a new version is published, including
+for documentation-only changes. Published versions cannot be overwritten. See
+[npm's README update rules](https://docs.npmjs.com/about-package-readme-files/).
 
 ## License