fix(observation): carry snapshot units through capture coordination

Release/0.2.1

.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
+It gives the agent native `browser_*` tools and a live view of its browser sessions
-overlay of each Agent Window.
+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
+The plugin includes the `browser-skill` skill, so `bsk install-skill` is not needed
-for dsh — but the `bsk` CLI and the browser extension are still prerequisites. See
+for dsh. Installed plugins do not update automatically. To upgrade this plugin:
-the [plugin README](packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/README.md) for the tool list,
+
-configuration, and the observation overlay.
+```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/tools/__tests__/dispatcher.test.ts

@@ -49,6 +49,47 @@ 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({

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__/fill.test.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ interface ScriptParams {
 async function setup(markup = '<input value="old">') {
   document.body.innerHTML = markup;
   const element = document.body.firstElementChild as HTMLInputElement;
-  vi.spyOn(document, "hasFocus").mockReturnValue(true);
   const manager = new SessionManager({
     agentWindow: {
       create: async () => 100,
@@ -36,13 +35,24 @@ async function setup(markup = '<input value="old">') {
       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 ?? focused.value.length;
+    const start = focused.selectionStart ?? hiddenCaret.start;
-    const end = focused.selectionEnd ?? 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 () => ({}));
@@ -67,6 +77,11 @@ async function setup(markup = '<input value="old">') {
       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:
@@ -75,6 +90,8 @@ async function setup(markup = '<input value="old">') {
   });
   return {
     element,
+    hiddenCaret,
+    moveToEnd,
     script,
     insert,
     release,
@@ -106,7 +123,10 @@ describe("fill result verification", () => {
     "disabled",
   ])("preserves a %s field before rejecting it", async (attribute) => {
     const h = await setup(`<input ${attribute} value="old">`);
-    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({ code: "cdp_failed", message: /not editable/ });
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "invalid_params",
+      data: { reason: "target_not_fillable" },
+    });
     expect(h.element.value).toBe("old");
     expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
@@ -121,26 +141,87 @@ describe("fill result verification", () => {
   ])("rejects an unsupported %s input before clearing", async (type) => {
     const h = await setup(`<input type="${type}">`);
     const before = h.element.value;
-    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({ code: "cdp_failed", message: /input type/ });
+    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: "cdp_failed", message: /maxlength/ });
+    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("does not type into a field that gained focus during clearing", async () => {
+  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({ code: "cdp_failed", message: /lost 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([
@@ -159,14 +240,20 @@ describe("fill result verification", () => {
           h.element.value = "restored";
         });
     });
-    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({ code: "cdp_failed" });
+    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", message: /expected value/ });
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "fill_value_mismatch" },
+    });
     expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
   });
 
@@ -179,7 +266,10 @@ describe("fill result verification", () => {
       },
       { once: true },
     );
-    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({ code: "cdp_failed", message: /expected value/ });
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "fill_value_mismatch" },
+    });
     expect(h.element.value).toBe("hel");
   });
 
@@ -212,34 +302,39 @@ describe("fill result verification", () => {
   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", message: /expected value/ });
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "fill_target_changed" },
+    });
   });
 
   it.each([
-    1, 2, 3, 4,
+    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" });
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ code: "cdp_failed", data: { reason: "fill_failed" } });
     expect(JSON.stringify(result)).not.toContain("page secret");
-    if (phase <= 2) expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    if (phase <= 3) expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
   });
 
-  it.each([1, 2, 4])("rejects missing results at phase %s", async (phase) => {
+  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 <= 2) expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    if (phase <= 3) expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
   it.each(["input", "change"])("checks state after nested microtasks from %s", async (event) => {
@@ -270,7 +365,7 @@ describe("fill result verification", () => {
     const h = await setup();
     h.element.focus();
     h.element.setSelectionRange(3, 3);
-    expect(await h.fill("!", false)).toMatchObject({ value_length: 1 });
+    expect(await h.fill("!", false)).toMatchObject({ value_length: 4 });
     expect(h.element.value).toBe("old!");
   });
 
@@ -314,18 +409,126 @@ describe("fill result verification", () => {
     expect(await h.fill("one\n")).toMatchObject({ value_length: 4 });
   });
 
-  it("rejects a non-append selection before typing", async () => {
+  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(1, 1);
+    h.element.setSelectionRange(start, end);
-    expect(await h.fill("!", false)).toMatchObject({ code: "cdp_failed" });
+    expect(await h.fill("🙂", false)).toMatchObject({ value_length: 5 });
-    expect(h.element.value).toBe("old");
+    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: 0 });
+    expect(await h.fill("", clearBefore)).toMatchObject({ value_length: clearBefore ? 0 : 3 });
     expect(h.element.value).toBe(clearBefore ? "" : "old");
     expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });

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,
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   rectPolygon,
   regionBounds,
 } from "../geometry";
+import { GeometryContext } from "../geometry/frame-context";
 import type { CdpRunner } from "../shared";
 
 describe("frame geometry projection", () => {
@@ -82,28 +83,24 @@ describe("frame geometry projection", () => {
         throw new Error(`unexpected child command ${method}`);
       }) as CdpRunner["sendToTarget"],
     };
-    const projection = await resolveFrameProjection(
+    const projection = await new GeometryContext(cdp, 4, {
-      cdp,
+      rootFrameId: "main",
-      {
+      frames: [
-        rootFrameId: "main",
+        { frameId: "main", target: { tabId: 4 } },
-        frames: [
+        {
-          { frameId: "main", target: { tabId: 4 } },
+          frameId: "same-process-parent",
-          {
+          parentFrameId: "main",
-            frameId: "same-process-parent",
+          ownerBackendNodeId: 10,
-            parentFrameId: "main",
+          target: { tabId: 4 },
-            ownerBackendNodeId: 10,
+        },
-            target: { tabId: 4 },
+        {
-          },
+          frameId: "oopif",
-          {
+          parentFrameId: "same-process-parent",
-            frameId: "oopif",
+          ownerBackendNodeId: 20,
-            parentFrameId: "same-process-parent",
+          target: { tabId: 4, sessionId: "oopif-session" },
-            ownerBackendNodeId: 20,
+        },
-            target: { tabId: 4, sessionId: "oopif-session" },
+      ],
-          },
+    }).targetProjection("oopif");
-        ],
-      },
-      "oopif",
-    );
 
     expect(projection?.edges).toEqual([
       {

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__/interaction.test.ts

@@ -541,13 +541,16 @@ describe("handleHover", () => {
 });
 
 function successfulFillScript(params: unknown) {
-  const args = (params as { arguments?: Array<{ value: unknown }> }).arguments ?? [];
+  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, valueLength: String(args[0].value).length }
+          ? { before: "", expected: args[0].value }
-          : true,
+          : script.functionDeclaration.startsWith("function(expected)")
+            ? { connected: true, matches: true, valueLength: String(args[0].value).length }
+            : "ready",
     },
   };
 }
@@ -613,7 +616,7 @@ describe("handleFill", () => {
     expect(res.used_ref).toBe("e1");
     const insert = fake.sent.find((c) => c.method === "Input.insertText");
     expect(insert?.params).toEqual({ text: "hello" });
-    // Preparation, readiness, notifications, and final verification.
+    // Foreground replacement needs no extra caret-positioning round trip.
     const callFns = fake.sent.filter((c) => c.method === "Runtime.callFunctionOn");
     expect(callFns).toHaveLength(4);
   });
@@ -634,6 +637,7 @@ describe("handleFill", () => {
         if (args.length === 2) expect(args[1].value).toBe(false);
         return successfulFillScript(p);
       },
+      "Input.dispatchKeyEvent": () => ({}),
       "Runtime.releaseObject": () => ({}),
       "Input.insertText": () => ({}),
     });

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__/snapshot-coordinates.browser.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+// @vitest-environment node
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { CdpFrame, CdpFrameGraph, CdpTarget } from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
+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 = { probe: Rect; owners: Record<string, { x: number; y: number; scale: number }> };
+
+// 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 box = document.querySelector('#probe').getBoundingClientRect();
+  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 { probe: { x: box.x, y: box.y, w: box.width, h: box.height }, 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 },
+  ])("matches DOM geometry at device scale $deviceScale and zoom $zoom", async (configuration) => {
+    const evalRoot = new URL("../../../../../evals/browser/", import.meta.url);
+    const { createEvalServer } = await import(new URL("lib/server.mjs", evalRoot).href);
+    const { withChrome } = await import(
+      new URL("cases/regression/snapshot-coordinates/chrome.mjs", evalRoot).href
+    );
+    const server = createEvalServer();
+    const { baseUrl } = await server.start();
+    try {
+      await withChrome(
+        { executable: process.env.BSK_GEOMETRY_CHROME, ...configuration },
+        async (send: Send) => {
+          const { targetId } = await send<{ targetId: string }>("Target.createTarget", {
+            url: "about:blank",
+          });
+          const { sessionId: rootSession } = await send<{ sessionId: string }>(
+            "Target.attachToTarget",
+            { targetId, flatten: true },
+          );
+          await send(
+            "Page.navigate",
+            { url: `${baseUrl}/snapshot-coordinates?run=coordinates` },
+            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(2); // The cross-site fixture must actually be an OOPIF.
+          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(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}`);
+              return send(method, params, sessionFor(target));
+            },
+            getFrameGraph: async () => graph,
+          };
+          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 facts = await captureObservationFacts(cdp, 1);
+          expect(facts.issues).toEqual([]);
+          for (const frame of frames) {
+            const node = facts.documents
+              .find((doc) => doc.frame.frameId === frame.frameId)
+              ?.domNodes.find((node) => node.attrs.id === "probe");
+            expect(node, `missing probe in ${names.get(frame.frameId) || "root"}`).toBeDefined();
+            const local = oracles.get(frame.frameId)!.probe;
+            const top = { ...local };
+            let current = frame;
+            while (current.parentFrameId) {
+              const owner = oracles.get(current.parentFrameId)!.owners[names.get(current.frameId)!];
+              top.x = owner.x + top.x * owner.scale;
+              top.y = owner.y + top.y * owner.scale;
+              top.w *= owner.scale;
+              top.h *= owner.scale;
+              current = frames.find((item) => item.frameId === current.parentFrameId)!;
+            }
+            expect(
+              node!.rect,
+              JSON.stringify({
+                frame: names.get(frame.frameId),
+                local,
+                top,
+                viewport: facts.viewport,
+              }),
+            ).not.toBeNull();
+            for (const key of ["x", "y", "w", "h"] as const) {
+              expect(
+                Math.abs(node!.localRect![key] - local[key]),
+                `${names.get(frame.frameId)} local ${key}`,
+              ).toBeLessThan(2);
+              expect(
+                Math.abs(node!.rect![key] - top[key]),
+                `${names.get(frame.frameId)} top ${key}`,
+              ).toBeLessThan(2);
+            }
+          }
+          expect(calls.filter((call) => call.endsWith(":Page.getLayoutMetrics"))).toHaveLength(
+            sessions.length,
+          );
+          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/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";
@@ -239,7 +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") {

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 = await context.ancestry(frameId);
-  const ancestry = frameAncestry(graph, 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 frame = await context.frame(frameId);
-    const error = await scrollFrameOwners(cdp, tabId, graph, 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;
+  if (target.tabId !== tabId) return geometryError("node target belongs to another tab");
-  return scrollElementWithFrameGraph(cdp, tabId, target, backendNodeId, frameId, graph);
+  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,
@@ -267,7 +156,7 @@ 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);
@@ -290,7 +179,7 @@ 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 +198,13 @@ 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 +1,356 @@
+import {
+  type CdpFrame,
+  type CdpFrameGraph,
+  type CdpTarget,
+  cdpTargetKey,
+} from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
+import {
+  type GeometryProjection,
+  type Polygon,
+  type ProjectiveEdge,
+  parseCdpQuad,
+  type Quad,
+  type Size,
+} 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 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;
+  }
+
+  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);
+      const source = await this.viewport(root.target);
+      const parentRoot = this.targetRoot(frames, parent);
+      if (!destinationQuad || !source || !parentRoot) return null;
+      const destinationClips = await this.clips(frames, parent, parentRoot);
+      if (!destinationClips) return null;
+      edges.push({ sourceViewport: source, destinationQuad, destinationClips });
+      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

@@ -609,11 +609,28 @@ type SelectMutationResult =
 // tool.fill
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-interface FillPreparation {
+type FillFailureReason =
-  before?: string;
+  | "target_not_fillable"
-  expected?: string;
+  | "fill_value_invalid"
-  valueLength?: number;
+  | "fill_target_changed"
-  error?: string;
+  | "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> {
@@ -690,12 +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 {
+    return fillError("fill_failed", err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err));
-      code: "cdp_failed",
-      message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
-    };
   }
 
   if (throwIfAborted(deps.signal)) {
@@ -708,6 +721,31 @@ export async function handleFill(
   const clearBefore = params.clear_before ?? true;
 
   try {
+    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" };
     }
@@ -721,14 +759,9 @@ export async function handleFill(
         functionDeclaration: `function(value, clearBefore) {
           const tag = this.tagName.toLowerCase();
           const native = tag === 'input' || tag === 'textarea';
-          if (!(${FILL_EDITABLE_FUNCTION}).call(this)) return { error: 'fill target is not editable or its input type is unsupported' };
+          if (!(${FILL_EDITABLE_FUNCTION}).call(this)) return { reason: 'target_not_fillable', error: 'fill target is not editable or its input type is unsupported' };
-          const focused = () => this.getRootNode().activeElement === this && this.ownerDocument.hasFocus();
+          if (this.getRootNode().activeElement !== this) return { reason: 'fill_focus_lost', error: 'fill target does not have focus' };
-          if (!focused()) return { error: 'fill target does not have focus' };
           const before = clearBefore ? '' : (${FILL_VALUE_FUNCTION}).call(this);
-          if (!clearBefore && value !== '' && native && typeof this.selectionStart === 'number' &&
-              (this.selectionStart !== before.length || this.selectionEnd !== before.length)) {
-            return { error: 'fill append requires the caret at the end of the field' };
-          }
           let expected = before + value;
           if (native) {
             // Use the browser's own value sanitization (e.g. textarea
@@ -742,11 +775,11 @@ export async function handleFill(
             if (tag === 'input') expected = expected.replace(/\\r\\n|\\r|\\n/g, ' ');
             normalizer.value = expected;
             if (expected !== '' && normalizer.value === '' && this.type === 'number') {
-              return { error: 'fill value is not valid for a number input' };
+              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 { error: 'fill value exceeds the target maxlength' };
+              return { reason: 'fill_value_invalid', error: 'fill value exceeds the target maxlength' };
             }
           } else {
             expected = expected.replace(/\\r\\n?/g, '\\n');
@@ -760,7 +793,7 @@ export async function handleFill(
             }
             this.dispatchEvent(new Event('input', { bubbles: true }));
           }
-          return { before, expected, valueLength: Math.max(0, expected.length - before.length) };
+          return { before, expected };
         }`,
         arguments: [{ value: params.value }, { value: clearBefore }],
         returnByValue: true,
@@ -770,44 +803,95 @@ export async function handleFill(
       return { code: "cancelled", message: "fill aborted" };
     }
     if (prepared.exceptionDetails) {
-      return { code: "cdp_failed", message: "fill preparation script failed" };
+      return fillError("fill_failed", "fill preparation script failed");
     }
     const preparation = prepared.result?.value;
-    if (
+    if (preparation && "error" in preparation) {
-      preparation?.error ||
+      return fillError(preparation.reason, preparation.error);
-      typeof preparation?.before !== "string" ||
+    }
-      typeof preparation?.expected !== "string" ||
+    if (typeof preparation?.before !== "string" || typeof preparation?.expected !== "string") {
-      typeof preparation.valueLength !== "number"
+      return fillError("fill_failed", "fill preparation returned an unexpected result");
-    ) {
-      return {
-        code: "cdp_failed",
-        message: preparation?.error ?? "fill preparation returned an unexpected result",
-      };
     }
     // A separate call runs after the clearing event's microtasks drain.
-    // Confirm the target before sending input to the focused element.
+    // DOM focus works in background tabs. Use document.hasFocus() only to
-    const ready = await nodeCdp.send<FillScriptReply<boolean>>(
+    // detect deferred focus events, never to reject background input.
-      target.tabId,
+    const checkReady = async (): Promise<FillReadiness | RpcError> => {
-      "Runtime.callFunctionOn",
+      const reply = await nodeCdp.send<FillScriptReply<FillReadiness>>(
-      {
+        target.tabId,
-        objectId,
+        "Runtime.callFunctionOn",
-        functionDeclaration: `function(before) {
+        {
-          return (${FILL_EDITABLE_FUNCTION}).call(this) &&
+          objectId,
-            this.getRootNode().activeElement === this && this.ownerDocument.hasFocus() &&
+          functionDeclaration: `function(before) {
-            (${FILL_VALUE_FUNCTION}).call(this) === before;
+            if (!(${FILL_EDITABLE_FUNCTION}).call(this) ||
-        }`,
+                (${FILL_VALUE_FUNCTION}).call(this) !== before) return 'fill_target_changed';
-        arguments: [{ value: preparation.before }],
+            if (this.getRootNode().activeElement !== this) return 'fill_focus_lost';
-        returnByValue: true,
+            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" };
     }
-    if (ready.exceptionDetails || ready.result?.value !== true) {
+    // Restore focus once only if clearing left this same target editable
-      return {
+    // and unchanged. Recheck after focus handlers have run.
-        code: "cdp_failed",
+    if (clearBefore && ready === "fill_focus_lost") {
-        message: "fill target changed, lost focus, or could not be checked before typing",
+      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`.
@@ -835,42 +919,51 @@ export async function handleFill(
       return { code: "cancelled", message: "fill aborted" };
     }
     if (notified.exceptionDetails) {
-      return { code: "cdp_failed", message: "fill notification script failed" };
+      return fillError("fill_failed", "fill notification script failed");
     }
-    const verified = await nodeCdp.send<FillScriptReply<boolean>>(
+    const verified = await nodeCdp.send<
-      target.tabId,
+      FillScriptReply<{ connected: boolean; matches: boolean; valueLength: number }>
-      "Runtime.callFunctionOn",
+    >(target.tabId, "Runtime.callFunctionOn", {
-      {
+      objectId,
-        objectId,
+      functionDeclaration: `function(expected) {
-        functionDeclaration: `function(expected) {
+          const value = (${FILL_VALUE_FUNCTION}).call(this);
-          return this.isConnected && (${FILL_VALUE_FUNCTION}).call(this) === expected;
+          return { connected: this.isConnected, matches: value === expected, valueLength: value.length };
         }`,
-        arguments: [{ value: preparation.expected }],
+      arguments: [{ value: preparation.expected }],
-        returnByValue: true,
+      returnByValue: true,
-      },
+    });
-    );
     if (throwIfAborted(deps.signal)) {
       return { code: "cancelled", message: "fill aborted" };
     }
-    if (verified.exceptionDetails || verified.result?.value !== true) {
+    const verification = verified.result?.value;
-      return {
+    if (
-        code: "cdp_failed",
+      verified.exceptionDetails ||
-        message: verified.exceptionDetails
+      typeof verification?.connected !== "boolean" ||
-          ? "fill verification script failed"
+      typeof verification?.matches !== "boolean" ||
-          : "fill could not verify the expected value; observe the page before retrying",
+      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: preparation.valueLength,
+      value_length: verification.valueLength,
     });
   } catch (err) {
-    return {
+    return fillError("fill_failed", err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err));
-      code: "cdp_failed",
-      message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
-    };
   } finally {
     await nodeCdp.send(target.tabId, "Runtime.releaseObject", { objectId }).catch(() => undefined);
   }

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 {
+    return cdpError(err);
-      code: "cdp_failed",
-      message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(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 {
+    return cdpError(err);
-      code: "cdp_failed",
-      message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(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 {
+import { type CapturedNode, type CapturedSurfaceProbe, probeHoverSurfaces } from "./vom/capture";
-  type CapturedNode,
+import { captureObservationFacts, semanticCapture } from "./vom/capture-coordinator";
-  type CapturedSurfaceProbe,
+import type { FrameDocument as CapturedFrameDocument } from "./vom/frame-document";
-  type CapturedViewModel,
-  captureViewModel,
-  collectOverlayExcludedBackendIds,
-  probeHoverSurfaces,
-} from "./vom/capture";
-import { type CapturedFrameDocument, captureFrameData } from "./vom/frame-capture";
 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,
+        ...clip.rect,
-        y: rect.y,
-        width: rect.width,
-        height: rect.height,
         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 +924,31 @@ 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 ${incompleteStages.join(", ")} data is unavailable or omitted.`,
+    );
+  const captureNotice = notices.join("\n");
   const rendered = renderVom(decoratedScene, {
     maxDepth: options.maxDepth,
-    maxTokens: options.maxTokens,
+    maxTokens:
+      !captureNotice || options.maxTokens === undefined
+        ? options.maxTokens
+        : Math.max(0, options.maxTokens - Math.ceil((captureNotice.length + 1) / 4)),
     redactValues: options.redactValues,
     activeRegionPolicy: options.activeRegionPolicy,
   });
+  if (captureNotice) rendered.text += `\n${captureNotice}`;
   throwIfAborted(options.signal, "observation");
   return projectRecordSafeObservation({
     rootFrameId: captured.rootFrameId ?? normalizedDocuments[0]?.frameId ?? "root",

apps/extension/src/tools/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],
@@ -210,7 +215,11 @@ 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 {
@@ -243,13 +252,11 @@ function makeCdp(snapshot: unknown) {
   };
 }
 
-describe("captureViewModel", () => {
+describe("snapshot capture and hover", () => {
   it("parses nodes, attrs, rects, paint order and styles", async () => {
-    const { nodes, viewport, iframeNodes } = await captureViewModel(
+    const { nodes, viewport } = semanticCapture(
-      makeCdp(fakeSnapshotReply()),
+      await captureObservationFacts(makeCdp(fakeSnapshotReply()), 4),
-      4,
+    ).captured;
-    );
-    expect(iframeNodes.size).toBe(0);
     expect(viewport).toEqual({ width: 1000, height: 800 });
     const div = nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 12);
     expect(div).toMatchObject({ tag: "div", position: "fixed", parentBackendNodeId: 11 });
@@ -261,35 +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({
-        serializationOptions: expect.objectContaining({ serialization: "deep" }),
-      }),
-    );
-    expect(cdp.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(4, "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup", expect.anything());
-    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 = {
@@ -298,6 +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 },
           };
         }
@@ -329,7 +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([
@@ -361,6 +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 },
           };
         }
@@ -389,7 +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([
@@ -409,6 +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 },
           };
         }
@@ -434,7 +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);
@@ -466,6 +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")],
@@ -496,7 +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);
@@ -527,6 +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")],
@@ -557,7 +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]));
   });
 
@@ -578,6 +571,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       strings: S,
       documents: [
         {
+          frameId: "root",
           nodes: {
             parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1],
             nodeName: [i("html"), i("body"), i(OVERLAY_HOST_NAME)],
@@ -600,7 +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]));
   });
@@ -623,6 +619,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       strings: S,
       documents: [
         {
+          frameId: "root",
           nodes: {
             parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1],
             nodeName: [i("html"), i("body"), i("div")],
@@ -645,7 +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]));
   });
@@ -668,6 +667,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       strings: S,
       documents: [
         {
+          frameId: "root",
           nodes: {
             parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1],
             nodeName: [i("html"), i("body"), i("div")],
@@ -690,7 +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");
   });
@@ -702,6 +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")],
@@ -728,7 +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);
@@ -742,25 +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")],
@@ -788,6 +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 },
           };
@@ -795,13 +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 () => {
@@ -825,6 +837,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       strings: S,
       documents: [
         {
+          frameId: "root",
           scrollOffsetX: 0,
           scrollOffsetY: 0,
           nodes: {
@@ -857,13 +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);
@@ -873,7 +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",
@@ -947,39 +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 {
+    const facts = await captureObservationFacts(cdp, 4);
-      nodes,
+    const root = facts.documents.find((doc) => doc.frame.frameId === "main-frame")!;
-      iframeNodes,
+    const child = facts.documents.find((doc) => doc.frame.frameId === "child-frame")!;
-      frameNodes,
+    expect(facts.documents).toHaveLength(2);
-      frameOwnerBackendNodeIds,
+    expect(root.domNodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 13)?.tag).toBe("iframe");
-      frameParentIds,
+    const subNodes = child.domNodes;
-      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 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(facts.rootFrameId).toBe("main-frame");
-    expect(frameNodes?.get("child-frame")).toBe(subNodes);
+    expect(child.frame.ownerBackendNodeId).toBe(13);
-    expect(frameOwnerBackendNodeIds?.get("child-frame")).toBe(13);
+    expect(child.frame.parentFrameId).toBe("main-frame");
-    expect(frameParentIds?.get("child-frame")).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",
@@ -997,6 +1011,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       strings: S,
       documents: [
         {
+          frameId: "root",
           scrollOffsetX: 0,
           scrollOffsetY: 0,
           nodes: {
@@ -1014,6 +1029,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
           },
         },
         {
+          frameId: "child",
           scrollOffsetX: 0,
           scrollOffsetY: 0,
           nodes: {
@@ -1037,18 +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 { documents } = await captureObservationFacts(cdp, 4);
-    const input = iframeNodes.get(13)?.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 101);
+    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 () => {
@@ -1069,6 +1095,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       strings: S,
       documents: [
         {
+          frameId: "root",
           nodes: {
             parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1],
             nodeName: [i("html"), i("body"), i("iframe")],
@@ -1090,6 +1117,9 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
           },
         },
         {
+          scrollOffsetX: 0,
+          scrollOffsetY: 0,
+          frameId: "child",
           nodes: {
             parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1],
             nodeName: [i("html"), i("body"), i("iframe")],
@@ -1111,6 +1141,9 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
           },
         },
         {
+          scrollOffsetX: 0,
+          scrollOffsetY: 0,
+          frameId: "nested",
           nodes: {
             parentIndex: [-1, 0],
             nodeName: [i("body"), i("input")],
@@ -1127,21 +1160,54 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
       ],
     };
     const cdp = {
-      send: vi.fn(async (_t: number, method: string) => {
+      send: vi.fn(
-        if (method === "DOMSnapshot.enable") return {};
+        async (
-        if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return snapshot;
+          _t: number,
-        if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
+          method: string,
-          return {
+          params?: { backendNodeId?: number; objectId?: string },
-            cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 800, pageX: 0, pageY: 0 },
+        ) => {
-          };
+          if (method === "DOMSnapshot.enable") return {};
-        }
+          if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return snapshot;
-        throw new Error(method);
+          if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
-      }) as unknown as <T>(tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => Promise<T>,
+            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 { documents } = await captureObservationFacts(cdp, 4);
-    const nestedIframe = iframeNodes.get(13)?.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 23);
+    const nestedIframe = documents
-    const input = iframeNodes.get(23)?.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 31);
+      .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 });
@@ -1150,13 +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")],
@@ -1184,6 +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 },
           };
@@ -1191,7 +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

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { type CdpRunner, cdpRunnerForTarget } from "../../shared";
-import { captureViewModel } from "../capture";
+import { enrichFormControlStates } from "../form-capture";
+import { decodeDocument } from "../snapshot";
 
 interface Control {
   id: number;
@@ -77,21 +78,32 @@ function reply(entries: Array<[number, unknown]>) {
   };
 }
 
-function fakeCdp(groups: Control[][], evaluate: (params: Record<string, unknown>) => unknown) {
+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 === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return snap;
     if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") return evaluate(params as Record<string, unknown>);
     return {};
   });
-  return { send, cdp: { send: send as CdpRunner["send"] } };
+  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 } = fakeCdp(
+    const { cdp, nodes } = await fakeCdp(
       [
         [
           { id: 10, value: "" },
@@ -106,21 +118,21 @@ describe("form state identity", () => {
           [11, state("alice@example.com")],
         ]),
     );
-    const captured = await captureViewModel(cdp, 7);
+    await enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes);
-    expect(captured.nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 10)).toMatchObject({
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 10)).toMatchObject({
       formValue: "",
       formState: "empty",
       formPlaceholder: "snapshot placeholder",
     });
-    expect(captured.nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11)).toMatchObject({
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11)).toMatchObject({
       formValue: "alice@example.com",
     });
-    expect(captured.nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 12)).toMatchObject({ formValue: "上海" });
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 12)).toMatchObject({ formValue: "上海" });
-    expect(captured.nodes.some((n) => n.backendNodeId === 99)).toBe(false);
+    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 } = fakeCdp(
+    const { cdp, nodes } = await fakeCdp(
       [
         [],
         [{ id: 11, value: "inaccessible frame" }],
@@ -133,8 +145,8 @@ describe("form state identity", () => {
           [21, state("second frame")],
         ]),
     );
-    const captured = await captureViewModel(cdp, 7);
+    await enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes);
-    const controls = [...captured.iframeNodes.values()].flat();
+    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");
@@ -142,7 +154,6 @@ describe("form state identity", () => {
 
   it("keeps identical backend ids in different OOPIF targets separate", async () => {
     const sendToTarget = vi.fn(async (target, method) => {
-      if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return snapshot([[{ id: 11, value: "old" }]]);
       if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") return reply([[11, state(target.sessionId)]]);
       return {};
     });
@@ -151,8 +162,9 @@ describe("form state identity", () => {
     });
     const cdp = { send, sendToTarget } as unknown as CdpRunner;
     for (const sessionId of ["left-frame", "right-frame"]) {
-      const captured = await captureViewModel(cdpRunnerForTarget(cdp, { tabId: 7, sessionId }), 7);
+      const nodes = await decodeControls(snapshot([[{ id: 11, value: "old" }]]));
-      expect(captured.nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11)?.formValue).toBe(sessionId);
+      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",
@@ -168,7 +180,7 @@ describe("form state identity", () => {
     "malformed",
     "invalid-state",
   ])("preserves snapshot data when enrichment is %s", async (mode) => {
-    const { cdp, send } = fakeCdp([[{ id: 11, value: "snapshot value" }]], () => {
+    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([
@@ -178,8 +190,8 @@ describe("form state identity", () => {
         result.result.deepSerializedValue.value[0].value[1].value = "not json";
       return result;
     });
-    const captured = await captureViewModel(cdp, 7);
+    expect(await enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes)).toBe(mode !== "unsupported");
-    expect(captured.nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11)).toMatchObject({
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11)).toMatchObject({
       formValue: "snapshot value",
       formPlaceholder: "snapshot placeholder",
     });
@@ -188,18 +200,34 @@ describe("form state identity", () => {
 
   it("releases the batch's remote objects when capture is cancelled", async () => {
     const controller = new AbortController();
-    const { cdp, send } = fakeCdp([[{ id: 11, value: "old" }]], () => {
+    const { cdp, send, nodes } = await fakeCdp([[{ id: 11, value: "old" }]], () => {
       controller.abort();
       return reply([[11, state("new")]]);
     });
-    await expect(captureViewModel(cdp, 7, { signal: controller.signal })).rejects.toMatchObject({
+    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 } = fakeCdp(
+    const { cdp, nodes } = await fakeCdp(
       [
         [
           { id: 11, value: "snapshot value" },
@@ -216,20 +244,20 @@ describe("form state identity", () => {
         return result;
       },
     );
-    const captured = await captureViewModel(cdp, 7);
+    await enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes);
-    expect(captured.nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11)?.formValue).toBe("snapshot value");
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11)?.formValue).toBe("snapshot value");
-    expect(captured.nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 12)?.formValue).toBe("live 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 } = fakeCdp([[{ id: 11, value: "secret", type }]], () =>
+    const { cdp, nodes } = await fakeCdp([[{ id: 11, value: "secret", type }]], () =>
       reply([[11, { ...state("secret"), sensitive: true }]]),
     );
-    const captured = await captureViewModel(cdp, 7);
+    await enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes);
-    const control = captured.nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11);
+    const control = nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11);
     expect(control?.formState).toBe("filled");
     expect(control?.formValue).toBeUndefined();
     expect(control?.formDefaultValue).toBeUndefined();
@@ -246,7 +274,7 @@ describe("form state identity", () => {
       defaultValue: "",
       placeholder: "",
     }));
-    const { cdp, send } = fakeCdp([controls], (params) => {
+    const { cdp, send, nodes } = await fakeCdp([controls], (params) => {
       const doc = {
         querySelectorAll: (selector: string) =>
           selector === "input,textarea,select" ? elements : [],
@@ -257,9 +285,9 @@ describe("form state identity", () => {
       expect(entries).toHaveLength(250);
       return reply(entries.map(([element, json]) => [element.backendNodeId, JSON.parse(json)]));
     });
-    const captured = await captureViewModel(cdp, 7);
+    await enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes);
-    expect(captured.nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 250)?.formValue).toBe("live 250");
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 250)?.formValue).toBe("live 250");
-    expect(captured.nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 251)?.formValue).toBe("old");
+    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"),

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 type { CapturedNode } from "../capture";
-import { buildFrameDocuments, type FrameAxBatch, type FrameOwnedAxNode } from "../frame-document";
+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

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+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

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+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 type { CapturedSceneInput } 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[];
+  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);
+        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 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 (invalid.has(frame.frameId))
+      issues.push({
+        target: frame.target,
+        frameId: frame.frameId,
+        stage: "ownership",
+        reason: "frame-ownership-unresolved",
+      });
+  }
+  if (invalid.has(rootFrameId)) throw new Error("observation root document ownership is ambiguous");
+  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,
+      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

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+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

@@ -1,332 +1,22 @@
-// CDP capture adapter: DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot + Page.getLayoutMetrics
+// Browser-side hover probes and overlay exclusion fallback. Static collection
-// → CapturedNode[] + Viewport. This is the ONLY VOM module that touches
+// lives in capture-coordinator; snapshot decoding has no browser dependency.
-// 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";
 import { evaluateHoverTrigger } from "@/lib/hover-trigger-policy";
-import { isOverlayHostNode, OVERLAY_HOST_SELECTOR } from "../../lib/overlay-bridge";
+import { OVERLAY_HOST_SELECTOR } from "../../lib/overlay-bridge";
-import { childFrameProjection, type GeometryProjection, projectRectToViewport } from "../geometry";
 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 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 (!isFormControlTag(node.tag)) continue;
-    const state = states.get(node.backendNodeId);
-    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;
-  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
-    // use their own captureViewModel call and never share this lookup.
-    const states = formStatesByBackendId(result);
-    for (const nodes of frameNodeGroups) {
-      applyFormStates(nodes, states);
-    }
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (isAbortError(error)) throw error;
-    // Best-effort enrichment. DOMSnapshot/AX data still carries the nodes.
-  } finally {
-    await cdp.send(tabId, "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup", { objectGroup }).catch(() => undefined);
-  }
-}
-
 interface RuntimeEvaluateReply {
   result?: {
     value?: unknown;
-    deepSerializedValue?: DeepSerializedValue;
   };
 }
 
@@ -345,44 +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") {
@@ -791,358 +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/facts.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+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 };
+}
+
+/** 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" | "ownership" | "geometry" | "forms";
+  reason: "capture-unavailable" | "frame-ownership-unresolved" | "geometry-unavailable";
+}
+
+export interface DocumentFacts<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode> {
+  readonly frame: CdpFrame;
+  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

@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+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

@@ -1,181 +0,0 @@
-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() ?? []) {
+  return [...frames.values()];
-    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 } : {}),
-    };
-  });
 }
 
-export function buildFrameDocuments<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode>(
+export async function buildFrameDocuments<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode>(
   graph: CdpFrameGraph | null,
   batches: FrameAxBatch<T>[],
-  captured: CapturedViewModel,
+  captured: FrameDomInput,
-): FrameDocument<T>[] {
+  signal?: AbortSignal,
-  const frames = frameList(graph, batches, captured);
+  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 nodeById = new Map<string, T>();
-    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;
-    };
-
     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 +1,318 @@
+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;
+}
+
+/** 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,
+  };
+}
+
+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 &&
+          document.excludedBackendNodeIds?.has(dom.backendNodeId) === true ||
-          input.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 = wait_for_cancel(parent_cancel) => {
-            sig.context("install SIGINT handler").map_err(CliError::Local)?;
+            sig.context("wait for cancellation").map_err(CliError::Local)?;
-            debug!(rpc_id = %rpc_id_for_cancel, "SIGINT: forwarding cancel to daemon");
+            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
+/// Opt-in control pipe for parent processes that cannot send Ctrl-C (Node on
-/// the user has asked us to stop.
+/// 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,
+    DownloadParams, DownloadResult, TransferChunkParams, TransferChunkResult,
-    TransferReleaseResult,
 };
 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(
+    let _ = crate::cli::business_rpc::release_transfers(&info.sock_path, [transfer_id.as_str()]);
-        info.sock_path,
-        "transfer-release",
-        Method::TransferRelease,
-        Some(TransferIdParams { transfer_id }),
-        Duration::from_secs(5),
-    );
     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;
+mod windows;
-#[cfg(windows)]
-use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
 
 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
+/// CLI path this never stops the daemon. On Windows the helper starts
-/// its own restart once the binary is replaced.
+/// 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
+    /// Windows started a helper that will replace the executable and
-    /// daemon/terminal restart finishes it.
+    /// 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)
     }
 }
@@ -749,34 +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())?;
+    // The helper owns replacement/restart after this process exits. Do not
-    std::fs::write(&paths.binary_path, binary)
+    // report Staged until it has actually begun executing the script.
-        .with_context(|| format!("write {}", paths.binary_path.display()))?;
+    let _child = spawn_windows_replacement(target, binary, restart_args, 120)?;
-    std::fs::write(
+    Ok(InstallAction::Staged)
-        &paths.script_path,
+}
-        windows_replacement_script(target, &paths.binary_path, restart_daemon),
-    )
-    .with_context(|| format!("write {}", paths.script_path.display()))?;
 
-    const CREATE_NO_WINDOW: u32 = 0x0800_0000;
+#[cfg(windows)]
-    const CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP: u32 = 0x0000_0200;
+fn spawn_windows_replacement(
-    let command = format!("\"{}\"", paths.script_path.display());
+    target: &Path,
-    if let Err(err) = Command::new("cmd.exe")
+    binary: &[u8],
-        .args(["/D", "/S", "/C"])
+    restart_args: Option<&StartArgs>,
-        .arg(command)
+    attempts: u32,
-        .stdin(Stdio::null())
+) -> Result<windows::Helper> {
-        .stdout(Stdio::null())
+    let paths = staged_replacement_paths(target, std::process::id())?;
-        .stderr(Stdio::null())
+    let ready_path = paths.script_path.with_extension("ready");
-        .creation_flags(CREATE_NO_WINDOW | CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP)
+    let log_path = paths.script_path.with_extension("log");
-        .spawn()
+    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> {
@@ -793,25 +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 {
+fn windows_replacement_script(restart_args: Option<&StartArgs>, attempts: u32) -> String {
-    let target = target.display().to_string().replace('%', "%%");
+    // Only fixed switches and numeric values go into the ASCII script. Paths
-    let staged_binary = staged_binary.display().to_string().replace('%', "%%");
+    // stay in Unicode environment variables, including %, ! and shell symbols.
-    let restart = if restart_daemon {
+    let restart = restart_args.map_or_else(String::new, |args| {
-        format!("start \"\" /B \"{target}\" daemon start >nul 2>nul\r\n")
+        format!(
-    } else {
+            "\"%BSK_UPDATE_TARGET%\" daemon start --port {} --session-idle {}ms --daemon-idle {}ms\r\nif errorlevel 1 goto failed_restart\r\n",
-        String::new()
+            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\
+         move /Y \"%BSK_UPDATE_SOURCE%\" \"%BSK_UPDATE_TARGET%\" >nul\r\n\
-         if errorlevel 1 (\r\n\
+         if not errorlevel 1 goto replaced\r\n\
-           ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 >nul\r\n\
+         set /a attempts+=1\r\n\
-           goto retry\r\n\
+         if %attempts% geq {attempts} goto failed_replace\r\n\
-         )\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"
     )
 }
 
@@ -965,6 +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();
@@ -999,31 +1054,139 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn windows_replacement_script_retries_restarts_and_cleans_itself() {
+    fn windows_replacement_script_preserves_restart_config() {
-        let script = windows_replacement_script(
+        let args = StartArgs {
-            Path::new(r"C:\Program Files\bsk.exe"),
+            port: Some(54321),
-            Path::new(r"C:\Program Files\bsk.exe.update-42"),
+            session_idle: Some(Duration::from_millis(1234)),
-            true,
+            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!(!windows_replacement_script(None, 120).contains("daemon start"));
-        assert!(script.contains(":retry"));
-        assert!(script.contains("move /Y"));
-        assert!(script.contains("ping -n 2 127.0.0.1"));
-        assert!(!script.contains("timeout"));
-        assert!(script.contains(r#"start "" /B "C:\Program Files\bsk.exe" daemon start"#));
-        assert!(script.contains(r#"del /F /Q "%~f0""#));
     }
 
-    #[test]
+    #[cfg(windows)]
-    fn windows_replacement_script_omits_restart_when_daemon_was_not_running() {
+    fn wait_for_helper(mut child: windows::Helper) -> std::process::ExitStatus {
-        let script = windows_replacement_script(
+        let deadline = std::time::Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(10);
-            Path::new(r"C:\bsk.exe"),
+        loop {
-            Path::new(r"C:\bsk.exe.update-42"),
+            if let Some(status) = child.try_wait().unwrap() {
-            false,
+                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"));
+    #[cfg(windows)]
-        assert!(script.contains(r#"del /F /Q "%~f0""#));
+    #[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]
@@ -1282,10 +1445,9 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn auto_update_step_staged_outcome_requests_no_restart() {
+    fn auto_update_step_reports_staged_handoff() {
-        // The Windows shape: the replacement is staged next to the
+        // The helper, rather than this process, starts the new executable.
-        // running binary, so the outcome must not ask for the immediate
+        // The daemon must exit to let that staged handoff finish.
-        // self-restart that `Replaced` triggers.
         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,
+    TransferIdParams, TransferReadyResult, UploadFile, UploadMode, UploadParams, UploadResult,
-    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) {
+        if let Err(err) = stage_file(&info.sock_path, &args.session, path, &mut staged) {
-            Ok(file) => staged.push(file),
+            let _ = crate::cli::business_rpc::release_transfers(
-            Err(err) => {
+                &info.sock_path,
-                for (id, _) in &staged {
+                staged.iter().map(|(id, _)| id.as_str()),
-                    let _ = release(&info.sock_path, id);
+            );
-                }
+            return Err(err);
-                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 = (|| {
+    // Record ownership immediately so one error path releases both completed
-        let mut offset = 0u64;
+    // files and the current partially staged file.
-        let mut buf = vec![0u8; begin.chunk_size as usize];
+    staged.push((begin.transfer_id.clone(), name));
-        loop {
+    let mut offset = 0u64;
-            let n = file.read(&mut buf).map_err(|e| CliError::Local(e.into()))?;
+    let mut buf = vec![0u8; begin.chunk_size as usize];
-            if n == 0 {
+    loop {
-                break;
+        let n = file.read(&mut buf).map_err(|e| CliError::Local(e.into()))?;
-            }
+        if n == 0 {
-            let reply: TransferChunkResult = crate::cli::business_rpc::call(
+            break;
-                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;
         }
-        let _: TransferReadyResult = crate::cli::business_rpc::call(
+        let reply: TransferChunkResult = crate::cli::business_rpc::call(
             sock.to_path_buf(),
-            "transfer-finish",
+            "transfer-chunk",
-            Method::TransferFinish,
+            Method::TransferChunk,
-            Some(TransferIdParams {
+            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>(())
+        offset = reply.next_offset;
-    })();
-    if let Err(err) = staged {
-        let _ = release(sock, &begin.transfer_id);
-        return Err(err);
     }
-    Ok((begin.transfer_id, name))
+    let _: TransferReadyResult = crate::cli::business_rpc::call(
-}
-
-fn release(sock: &Path, id: &str) -> Result<TransferReleaseResult, CliError> {
-    crate::cli::business_rpc::call(
         sock.to_path_buf(),
-        "transfer-release",
+        "transfer-finish",
-        Method::TransferRelease,
+        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
+        // the replacement daemon (or Windows update helper) is ready, so
-        // process should shut down and let it take over.
+        // 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
+/// helper waits for this process to exit, replaces the binary, and starts
-/// needed.
+/// 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!(
+                update::AutoUpdateOutcome::Staged { latest } => {
-                    %latest,
+                    info!(%latest, "update helper ready; exiting so it can replace and restart the daemon");
-                    "auto-update staged the new binary but cannot replace the running daemon in place; restart the daemon (or terminal) to finish the upgrade"
+                    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

@@ -0,0 +1,343 @@
+//! 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/snapshot-coordinates/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# 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.
+
+## Separate existing boundary
+
+The OOPIF root uses non-occupying scrollbars in the unit-conversion regression. Root and
+same-process frames retain normal scrollbars. Append `&classic-scrollbars` to the fixture URL
+to reproduce the separate existing OOPIF projection issue: `targetProjection()` maps the CSS
+layout viewport (which excludes occupying scrollbars) onto the entire owner content quad.
+This inflates the projected coordinates when scrollbars occupy space. Main already has that
+mapping; fixing it also changes shared live geometry and is outside this snapshot-unit fix.
+The test does not relax its numeric tolerance to absorb that error.

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 +41,22 @@ test("case manifests are discovered, ordered, and grouped into suites", () => {
       "diagnostics",
       "mobile-emulation",
       "generated-form",
+      "snapshot-coordinates",
     ],
   );
-  assert.deepEqual(repositorySummary(cases, fixtureRegistry).suites, { core: 6, matrix: 1 });
+  assert.deepEqual(repositorySummary(cases, fixtureRegistry).suites, {
+    core: 6,
+    matrix: 1,
+    regression: 1,
+  });
 });
 
 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.cases, 8);
-  assert.equal(summary.fixtureModules, 8);
+  assert.equal(summary.fixtureModules, 9);
-  assert.equal(summary.fixtureRoutes, 12);
+  assert.equal(summary.fixtureRoutes, 15);
 });
 
 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 {
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ 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"
@@ -90,30 +91,59 @@ function Add-ToSessionPath {
 # ── 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"
+    # Single-quote the literal directory; only the existing PATH is expanded.
-    $exportLine = "export PATH=""${unixPath}:`$PATH""  # bsk CLI"
+    $shellQuote = "'" + [char]34 + "'" + [char]34 + "'"
+    $quotedPath = "'" + $unixPath.Replace("'", $shellQuote) + "'"
+    $exportLine = "export PATH=${quotedPath}:`"`$PATH`"  # bsk CLI"
 
-    if (Test-Path $bashRc) {
+    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $BashRc) {
-        $content = Get-Content $bashRc -Raw -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+        $content = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($BashRc)
-        if ($content -match [regex]::Escape($unixPath)) {
+        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, $staged)
+        if ([System.IO.File]::Exists($Target)) {
+            # Use the downloaded CLI: older versions have broken Windows
+            # liveness checks. Stop verifies daemon identity before terminating it.
+            & $Source daemon stop
+            if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "could not stop bsk daemon; existing installation was not replaced" }
+            # PowerShell 5.1 converts $null to an empty path for string parameters.
+            [System.IO.File]::Replace($staged, $Target, [NullString]::Value)
+            Write-Log "daemon will restart automatically on the next browser command"
+        }
+        else {
+            [System.IO.File]::Move($staged, $Target)
+        }
+    }
+    finally {
+        if ([System.IO.File]::Exists($staged)) { [System.IO.File]::Delete($staged) }
+    }
+}
+
 function Main {
     $platform = Get-PlatformTriple
 
@@ -184,7 +214,7 @@ function Main {
             New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $InstallDir -Force | 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"
 
@@ -199,12 +229,8 @@ function Main {
 
         # Verify
         $bskPath = Join-Path $InstallDir "bsk.exe"
-        if (Get-Command bsk -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
+        & $bskPath --version
-            & bsk --version
+        if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "installed bsk failed verification" }
-        }
-        else {
-            Write-Log "verify install: & ""$bskPath"" --version"
-        }
 
         Write-Log "done"
         Write-Host ""

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
+Use [BrowserSkill](https://github.com/Tencent/BrowserSkill) in
-[BrowserSkill](https://github.com/Tencent/BrowserSkill) (`bsk`) browser automation to the model.
+[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
+## Installation
-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.
+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
+Arbitrary page-script evaluation and interaction recording are not supported.
-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.
 
 ## 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
+- id: browserskill
-- insert:
+  config:
-    - id: browserskill
+    bskPath: bsk
-      name: "@wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin"
+    defaultTimeoutMs: 120000
-      config:
+    maxSessions: 5
-        bskPath: bsk          # path to the bsk binary (default: resolve from PATH)
+    observationEnabled: true
-        defaultTimeoutMs: 120000
+    thumbnailIntervalMs: 1500
-        maxSessions: 5
+    idleIntervalMs: 8000
-        # observationEnabled: true     # live PiP/overlay observation (below)
+    lazyTools: true
-        # 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
 ```
 
-- **`lazyTools` (default `true`)** — the final progressive-disclosure stage: the six
+Change `bskPath` to the full path of your CLI binary if it is not on dsh's `PATH`.
-  `browser_*` tool schemas stay OUT of the system prompt (zero schema tokens) until the
+A patch replaces the entry's entire `config` object, so keep all overrides you need
-  `browser-skill` skill is actually invoked — the skill catalog entry is the only
+together in that object.
-  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.
 
-## 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
+All fields are optional; omitted fields use the defaults below:
-(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.
 
-- **Lifecycle**: hidden while the plugin owns no sessions; appears on the first
+| Option | Default | Purpose |
-  `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
+| `bskPath` | `bsk` | Path to the CLI binary. |
-  frame (refreshes every ~1.5s while active, ~8s when idle; the last good frame stays on
+| `defaultTimeoutMs` | `120000` | Default command timeout in milliseconds. |
-  stage while the next one loads, and is kept on errors so the card does not flash),
+| `maxSessions` | `5` | Maximum concurrent sessions started by this plugin. |
-  and a compact icon toolbar (Interrupt + Pop out, hover for the label).
+| `observationEnabled` | `true` | Enable live browser observation. |
-- **Interrupt**: one click kills the in-flight bsk command of the focus session (same semantics
+| `thumbnailIntervalMs` | `1500` | Screenshot interval for active sessions, in milliseconds. |
-  as the chat Stop button — the current action fails, the agent run may continue). Strip items
+| `idleIntervalMs` | `8000` | Screenshot interval for idle sessions and the recent-activity window, in milliseconds. |
-  carry their own hover interrupt button.
+| `lazyTools` | `true` | Reveal the browser tools when the skill is invoked. Set `false` to register them at startup. |
-- **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`.
 
-## 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,
+## Live browser view
-  matching BrowserSkill's cooperative tool-cancellation model.
+
-- **UI cards**: calls render as terminal cards (command line as title, output as the completed
+The dsh Web UI shows the plugin's browser sessions in a floating panel. If your
-  card). Screenshots additionally attach the image itself when the host mounts an attachment store
+profile provides the `dsh-better-sidebar` integration, the view appears in a
-  and the active model route declares image input; otherwise the PNG path is returned.
+**Browser Skill** sidebar tab instead.
-- **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
+- See the current action, elapsed time, and recent screenshot for each session.
-  custom view keeps a terminal block for every inspect action and, when a screenshot result carries
+- Select a session to focus on it. The sidebar view follows the current conversation.
-  an image block, resolves the durable attachment through the client session's authorized
+- Use **Interrupt** to cancel the current browser command. The agent may continue
-  `readAttachment` RPC and renders it with the shared `MessageImage` thumbnail/lightbox atoms.
+  with another action afterward.
-  The other five tools keep the stock terminal card. The bundle follows the dsh client
+- Drag or resize the floating panel, or use **Pop out** to open a Picture-in-Picture
-  contract: a CJS closure factory handed to `window.__ModuleLoader__.load`, platform modules
+  window in browsers that support it.
-  (`react`, `dsh-client-ui-*`) external, everything else inlined, CSS Modules compiled by
+- Periodic screenshots are requested while a browser observation view is visible.
-  lightningcss.
+  Configure the active and idle intervals with the options above.
-- **Errors**: non-zero bsk exits surface the CLI's JSON error envelope (`code`, `message`, `hint`)
+
-  so the model gets the daemon's actionable guidance.
+The observation endpoints require a loopback address such as `localhost` or
-- **Long-running work** (e.g. `bsk record`) is not backgrounded via `ctx.jobs` yet — tracked as a
+`127.0.0.1`. Access through a LAN hostname or non-loopback reverse proxy is not supported.
-  follow-up.
 
 ## 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
+The [Release dsh plugin workflow](https://github.com/Tencent/BrowserSkill/blob/main/.github/workflows/release-dsh-plugin.yml)
-as `@wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin`. The Cordis plugin id, client
+publishes the package and this README to npm. Pushing a `dsh-plugin-vX.Y.Z` tag
-bundle registration, and `cordis.patch.yml` name are the same specifier so
+triggers it; ordinary commits to `main` do not.
-dsh can import and materialize the plugin without a ModuleLoader id mismatch.
 
-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
+   ```sh
-git tag dsh-plugin-v0.1.2
+   node scripts/release.mjs <version>
-git push origin dsh-plugin-v0.1.2
+   ```
-```
 
-Or run the workflow from the Actions tab (`workflow_dispatch`). The job reads the
+3. Push the version commit to the release branch, then push the DSH plugin tag
-`NPM_TOKEN` secret from the `npm-publish` GitHub Environment.
+   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
 

packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/docs/development.md

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# DSH plugin development notes
+
+For installation, usage, and configuration, see the [plugin README](../README.md).
+These notes describe the current source on this branch; a published npm version may
+not include later changes.
+
+## Tool execution
+
+The plugin runs the `bsk` CLI and parses its JSON output. The daemon and browser
+extension perform the browser operations. The published package name is also the
+Cordis plugin id, client bundle registration id, and `cordis.patch.yml` plugin name.
+Keep these identifiers aligned so dsh can load both halves of the plugin.
+
+## Agent skill
+
+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.
+
+With `lazyTools: true`, the six tool schemas stay out of the system prompt until
+the skill is successfully invoked. Registration happens once and lasts until the
+plugin is unloaded. Repeated invocations do not register duplicate tools. Entering
+a resumed conversation whose history contains a successful skill invocation also
+registers the tools. Setting `lazyTools: false` registers them at plugin startup.
+
+## Observation subscriptions and routes
+
+- **Screenshot demand**: the client requests periodic screenshots while an observation view is
+  visible, using the PiP document's visibility when popped out. Hidden or collapsed views can
+  keep subscribing to state without requesting screenshots. The first screenshot subscriber
+  starts capture scheduling; the last one's departure cancels timers and skips queued captures.
+  An already running capture may finish. Demand applies to the service's owned sessions, not just
+  the selected session.
+- **Wire**: `GET /bsk-observation/events` is the live synchronization channel (SSE). Every connection,
+  including reconnects, starts with `{ type: "snapshot", sessions, available }`, followed by
+  `upsert`, `remove`, `reset`, and `availability` events on the same stream. Replace local state
+  with each snapshot before applying subsequent events. Use `?thumbnails=0` for state-only
+  subscriptions or `?thumbnails=1` to request screenshots; omitting the parameter defaults to
+  requesting screenshots for compatibility. Closing the stream releases its screenshot demand.
+  `GET /bsk-observation/state` remains a one-time `{ sessions, available }` read and does not
+  request screenshots. It has no ordering guarantee relative to a separate SSE connection;
+  live clients should initialize and resynchronize from the stream's snapshot instead.
+  The host also serves `POST /bsk-observation/interrupt`, `POST /bsk-observation/stop`, and
+  `GET /bsk-observation/thumbnail/<attachmentId>` through 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.
+- **Programmatic subscription**: `ObservationService.subscribe(listener, { thumbnails: false })`
+  subscribes to state without requesting screenshots. On an active service, the listener receives
+  the initial `snapshot` synchronously, before `subscribe` returns, then receives subsequent
+  changes. `thumbnails` defaults to `true`, so callers should choose it explicitly. The returned
+  unsubscribe function is safe to call repeatedly and releases this subscription's screenshot
+  demand. Subscribing after service disposal is a no-op.
+- **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.
+
+## Tool results and cancellation
+
+- **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.

packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin",
   "description": "DeepSeek Harness tool plugin that exposes BrowserSkill browser automation (browser_* tools) to the model",
-  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "version": "0.2.1",
   "license": "MIT",
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public",
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
     "client": {
       "platform": "web",
       "inject": [
-        "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-runtime",
         "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-tool",
         "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-layout"
       ],
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@deepseek-ai/cordis": "^4.0.1",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-attachment": "^0.1.0-rc.6",
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-runtime": "^0.1.0-rc.6",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-attachment": "^0.1.0-rc.6",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-primitives": "^0.1.0-rc.6",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-tool": "^0.1.0-rc.6",
@@ -82,9 +80,6 @@
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-attachment": {
       "optional": true
     },
-    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-runtime": {
-      "optional": true
-    },
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-attachment": {
       "optional": true
     },

packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/skill/SKILL.md

@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ Continue from returned sequence cursors instead of rereading the same buffer.
 - Unknown tab: list tabs instead of guessing.
 - Unknown session: list owned sessions or start one; never try foreign ids.
 - Timeout: inspect current state before deciding whether one longer purposeful wait is useful.
+- Fill result unconfirmed: 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.
 - Unrecoverable failure: report the blocker and stop the owned session.
 
 Arbitrary page-script evaluation and interaction recording are intentionally unsupported. Do not

packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/src/client/ObservationOverlay.module.css

@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@
   right: 6px;
   width: 16px;
   height: 16px;
+  padding: 0;
+  cursor: pointer;
   border-radius: 50%;
   display: inline-flex;
   align-items: center;

packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/src/client/ObservationOverlay.tsx

@@ -48,7 +48,13 @@ import { createPortal } from "react-dom";
 import type { SessionObservation } from "../observation";
 import css from "./ObservationOverlay.module.css";
 import type { ObservationClientStore } from "./observation-store";
-import { focusOf, statusOf, useObservationView, usePip } from "./observation-view";
+import {
+  focusOf,
+  statusOf,
+  useObservationView,
+  usePip,
+  useThumbnailObservation,
+} from "./observation-view";
 import { getSidebarMode, subscribeSidebarMode } from "./sidebar-mode";
 
 // The pure view helpers live in observation-view (shared with the sidebar
@@ -341,6 +347,7 @@ export function OverlayBody(props: {
     onHeaderPointerDown,
   } = props;
   const [interrupting, setInterrupting] = useState(false);
+  const viewRef = useThumbnailObservation(store, sessions.length > 0);
 
   const thumbId = focus?.thumbnailAttachmentId;
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -373,7 +380,12 @@ export function OverlayBody(props: {
   const state = !available ? "error" : focus !== undefined ? statusOf(focus) : "idle";
 
   return (
-    <div className={cn(css.body, "bsk-obs")} data-state={state} data-in-pip={inPip || undefined}>
+    <div
+      ref={viewRef}
+      className={cn(css.body, "bsk-obs")}
+      data-state={state}
+      data-in-pip={inPip || undefined}
+    >
       <div
         className={css.header}
         data-testid="obs-header"
@@ -421,9 +433,15 @@ export function OverlayBody(props: {
           </div>
         )}
         {thumb?.status === "error" ? (
-          <span className={css.badge} aria-label="thumbnail failed">
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            className={css.badge}
+            aria-label="Retry thumbnail"
+            title="Frame unavailable — retry"
+            onClick={() => store.retryThumbnail(thumbId)}
+          >
             <IconWarn size={12} />
-          </span>
+          </button>
         ) : null}
       </div>
       {sessions.length >= 2 ? (

packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/src/client/index.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { ImageAttachmentRef } from "@deepseek-ai/dsh-attachment";
+// Development-only types for the injected services; newer hosts no longer ship this package.
 import type { ClientContext, ISessions, SessionId } from "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-runtime/client";
 // Type-only: pulls the 'shell.overlay' SlotMap merge into scope.
 import type {} from "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-layout/client";

packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/src/client/observation-store.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 /**
- * Client-side data layer for the observation overlay: initial state fetch,
+ * Client-side data layer for the observation overlay: an ordered SSE snapshot
- * SSE increment stream (with a state refetch on every (re)open — events that
+ * and increment stream (each reconnect starts with a fresh snapshot), on-demand
- * fired while the stream was down are otherwise lost forever), on-demand
+ * thumbnail blob loading through the host's ephemeral-frame route,
- * thumbnail blob loading through the session-authorized readAttachment path,
  * and the interrupt call. The last ready blob per session is held until its
- * replacement decodes so the overlay can swap frames in place. All I/O is
+ * replacement loads so the overlay can swap frames in place. All I/O is
  * injected so tests never touch a network.
  */
 
@@ -12,8 +11,6 @@ import type { ObservationEvent, SessionObservation } from "../observation";
 
 export interface EventSourceLike {
   onmessage: ((event: { data: string }) => void) | null;
-  /** Fires on the initial connect AND on every automatic reconnect. */
-  onopen?: (() => void) | null;
   close(): void;
 }
 
@@ -50,10 +47,10 @@ export interface OverlaySnapshot {
   readonly available: boolean;
 }
 
-const STATE_URL = "/bsk-observation/state";
 const EVENTS_URL = "/bsk-observation/events";
 const INTERRUPT_URL = "/bsk-observation/interrupt";
 const STOP_URL = "/bsk-observation/stop";
+const THUMBNAIL_RETRY_DELAYS_MS = [1000, 3000];
 
 function revoke(url: string | undefined): void {
   if (url !== undefined && typeof URL.revokeObjectURL === "function") {
@@ -66,8 +63,10 @@ export class ObservationClientStore {
   private thumbs = new Map<string, ThumbnailState>();
   /** sessionId → the attachment id currently advertised for it. */
   private readonly thumbBySession = new Map<string, string>();
-  /** sessionId → last successfully decoded frame (held across the next load). */
+  /** sessionId → last successfully loaded frame (held across the next load). */
   private readonly lastReady = new Map<string, { attachmentId: string; url: string }>();
+  private readonly retryTimers = new Map<string, ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>();
+  private readonly retryCounts = new Map<string, number>();
   private listeners = new Set<() => void>();
   private events: EventSourceLike | undefined;
   private snapshot: OverlaySnapshot = {
@@ -81,6 +80,7 @@ export class ObservationClientStore {
   private started = false;
   /** Refcount of mounted consumers (overlay card, sidebar tab, sidebar fiber). */
   private consumers = 0;
+  private thumbnailConsumers = 0;
 
   constructor(private readonly deps: ObservationClientDeps) {}
 
@@ -133,37 +133,16 @@ export class ObservationClientStore {
     return undefined;
   }
 
-  /** (Re)pull the full state: initial load and every SSE (re)open. */
+  private connectEvents(): void {
-  private refreshState(): void {
+    const previous = this.events;
-    void this.deps
+    this.events = undefined;
-      .fetchFn(STATE_URL)
+    previous?.close();
-      .then(async (res) => {
+    const events = this.deps.eventSourceFactory(
-        if (!res.ok) return;
+      `${EVENTS_URL}?thumbnails=${this.thumbnailConsumers > 0 ? "1" : "0"}`,
-        const body = (await res.json()) as {
+    );
-          sessions?: SessionObservation[];
+    this.events = events;
-          available?: boolean;
-        };
-        const sessions = body.sessions ?? [];
-        this.sessions = new Map(sessions.map((s) => [s.sessionId, s]));
-        // Prune thumbnails of sessions that vanished while we were away.
-        const alive = new Set(sessions.map((s) => s.sessionId));
-        for (const sessionId of [...this.thumbBySession.keys()]) {
-          if (!alive.has(sessionId)) this.dropThumb(sessionId);
-        }
-        for (const s of sessions) this.trackThumb(s.sessionId, s.thumbnailAttachmentId);
-        if (typeof body.available === "boolean") this.available = body.available;
-        this.publish();
-      })
-      .catch(() => {});
-  }
-
-  /** Initial fetch + SSE subscription. Idempotent. */
-  start(): void {
-    if (this.started) return;
-    this.started = true;
-    this.refreshState();
-    const events = this.deps.eventSourceFactory(EVENTS_URL);
     events.onmessage = (message) => {
+      if (!this.started || this.events !== events) return;
       let event: ObservationEvent;
       try {
         event = JSON.parse(message.data) as ObservationEvent;
@@ -172,23 +151,24 @@ export class ObservationClientStore {
       }
       this.apply(event);
     };
-    events.onopen = () => {
+  }
-      // Reconnects lose every event fired during the outage — resync.
+
-      if (this.events === events) this.refreshState();
+  /** Every initial connection and reconnect starts with the server's snapshot. */
-    };
+  start(): void {
-    this.events = events;
+    if (this.started) return;
+    this.started = true;
+    this.connectEvents();
     this.publish();
   }
 
   stop(): void {
-    this.events?.close();
+    const previous = this.events;
     this.events = undefined;
     this.started = false;
-    for (const thumb of this.thumbs.values()) revoke(thumb.url);
+    previous?.close();
-    this.thumbs.clear();
+    this.clearThumbnails();
-    this.thumbBySession.clear();
-    this.lastReady.clear();
     this.sessions.clear();
+    this.available = true;
     this.publish();
   }
 
@@ -209,6 +189,33 @@ export class ObservationClientStore {
     if (this.consumers === 0) this.stop();
   }
 
+  /** Only visible image surfaces request screenshots; metadata watchers do not. */
+  watchThumbnails(): () => void {
+    this.thumbnailConsumers += 1;
+    if (this.thumbnailConsumers === 1 && this.started) this.connectEvents();
+    let released = false;
+    return () => {
+      if (released) return;
+      released = true;
+      this.thumbnailConsumers -= 1;
+      if (this.thumbnailConsumers === 0 && this.started) this.connectEvents();
+    };
+  }
+
+  private forgetThumbnail(attachmentId: string): void {
+    clearTimeout(this.retryTimers.get(attachmentId));
+    this.retryTimers.delete(attachmentId);
+    this.retryCounts.delete(attachmentId);
+    revoke(this.thumbs.get(attachmentId)?.url);
+    this.thumbs.delete(attachmentId);
+  }
+
+  private clearThumbnails(): void {
+    for (const attachmentId of this.thumbs.keys()) this.forgetThumbnail(attachmentId);
+    this.thumbBySession.clear();
+    this.lastReady.clear();
+  }
+
   /** Forget one session's tracked + held frames, revoking their blob URLs. */
   private dropThumb(sessionId: string): void {
     const attachmentId = this.thumbBySession.get(sessionId);
@@ -216,39 +223,45 @@ export class ObservationClientStore {
     this.thumbBySession.delete(sessionId);
     this.lastReady.delete(sessionId);
     if (attachmentId !== undefined) {
-      revoke(this.thumbs.get(attachmentId)?.url);
+      this.forgetThumbnail(attachmentId);
-      this.thumbs.delete(attachmentId);
     }
     if (held !== undefined && held.attachmentId !== attachmentId) {
-      revoke(held.url);
+      this.forgetThumbnail(held.attachmentId);
-      this.thumbs.delete(held.attachmentId);
     }
   }
 
   /**
    * Track the frame a session currently advertises. The last *ready* blob is
-   * kept until the replacement decodes — dropping it on the upsert is what
+   * kept until the replacement loads — dropping it on the upsert is what
    * made the overlay flash a placeholder between breaths.
    */
   private trackThumb(sessionId: string, attachmentId: string | undefined): void {
+    if (attachmentId === undefined) {
+      this.dropThumb(sessionId);
+      return;
+    }
     const previous = this.thumbBySession.get(sessionId);
     if (previous === attachmentId) return;
-    if (attachmentId !== undefined) this.thumbBySession.set(sessionId, attachmentId);
+    this.thumbBySession.set(sessionId, attachmentId);
-    else this.thumbBySession.delete(sessionId);
     const heldId = this.lastReady.get(sessionId)?.attachmentId;
     if (previous !== undefined && previous !== heldId) {
-      revoke(this.thumbs.get(previous)?.url);
+      this.forgetThumbnail(previous);
-      this.thumbs.delete(previous);
     }
   }
 
   private apply(event: ObservationEvent): void {
-    if (event.type === "reset") {
+    if (event.type === "snapshot") {
+      this.sessions = new Map(event.sessions.map((session) => [session.sessionId, session]));
+      for (const sessionId of this.thumbBySession.keys()) {
+        if (!this.sessions.has(sessionId)) this.dropThumb(sessionId);
+      }
+      for (const session of event.sessions) {
+        this.trackThumb(session.sessionId, session.thumbnailAttachmentId);
+      }
+      this.available = event.available;
+    } else if (event.type === "reset") {
       this.sessions.clear();
-      for (const thumb of this.thumbs.values()) revoke(thumb.url);
+      this.clearThumbnails();
-      this.thumbs.clear();
-      this.thumbBySession.clear();
-      this.lastReady.clear();
     } else if (event.type === "remove" && event.session !== undefined) {
       this.sessions.delete(event.session.sessionId);
       this.dropThumb(event.session.sessionId);
@@ -259,44 +272,77 @@ export class ObservationClientStore {
       this.available = event.available;
     }
     this.publish();
+    if (event.type === "snapshot") {
+      for (const session of event.sessions) this.retryThumbnail(session.thumbnailAttachmentId);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
    * Ensure a thumbnail load is in flight for one attachment reference. New
-   * frames replace the old URL only after they decode; failures keep the last
+   * frames replace the old URL only after they load; failures keep the last
    * good frame (the caller renders `status: 'error'` as a small badge over
    * the old image).
    */
   ensureThumbnail(attachmentId: string | undefined): void {
-    if (attachmentId === undefined || this.thumbs.has(attachmentId)) return;
+    if (
-    this.thumbs.set(attachmentId, { status: "loading" });
+      !this.started ||
+      attachmentId === undefined ||
+      this.sessionOf(attachmentId) === undefined ||
+      this.thumbs.has(attachmentId)
+    )
+      return;
+    const loading: ThumbnailState = { status: "loading" };
+    this.thumbs.set(attachmentId, loading);
     this.publish();
     this.deps.loadImage(attachmentId).then(
       (url) => {
-        if (!this.thumbs.has(attachmentId)) {
+        if (this.thumbs.get(attachmentId) !== loading) {
           // Replaced or removed while loading: never resurrect (or leak) it.
           revoke(url);
           return;
         }
+        this.retryCounts.delete(attachmentId);
         this.thumbs.set(attachmentId, { status: "ready", url });
         const sessionId = this.sessionOf(attachmentId);
         if (sessionId !== undefined) {
           const previous = this.lastReady.get(sessionId);
           if (previous !== undefined && previous.attachmentId !== attachmentId) {
-            revoke(previous.url);
+            this.forgetThumbnail(previous.attachmentId);
-            this.thumbs.delete(previous.attachmentId);
           }
           this.lastReady.set(sessionId, { attachmentId, url });
         }
         this.publish();
       },
       () => {
-        this.thumbs.set(attachmentId, { status: "error" });
+        if (this.thumbs.get(attachmentId) !== loading) return;
+        const failed: ThumbnailState = { status: "error" };
+        this.thumbs.set(attachmentId, failed);
+        const attempts = this.retryCounts.get(attachmentId) ?? 0;
+        const delay = THUMBNAIL_RETRY_DELAYS_MS[attempts];
+        if (delay !== undefined) {
+          this.retryCounts.set(attachmentId, attempts + 1);
+          this.retryTimers.set(
+            attachmentId,
+            setTimeout(() => {
+              this.retryTimers.delete(attachmentId);
+              if (this.thumbs.get(attachmentId) !== failed) return;
+              this.thumbs.delete(attachmentId);
+              this.ensureThumbnail(attachmentId);
+            }, delay),
+          );
+        }
         this.publish();
       },
     );
   }
 
+  /** Explicit retry (also used on a fresh connection after an outage). */
+  retryThumbnail(attachmentId: string | undefined): void {
+    if (attachmentId === undefined || this.thumbs.get(attachmentId)?.status !== "error") return;
+    this.forgetThumbnail(attachmentId);
+    this.ensureThumbnail(attachmentId);
+  }
+
   /** Interrupt the current or named session's in-flight call. */
   async interrupt(sessionId?: string): Promise<boolean> {
     try {

packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/src/client/observation-view.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * without duplicating hooks.
  */
 
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useState, useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState, useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
 import type { SessionObservation } from "../observation";
 import type { ObservationClientStore, OverlaySnapshot } from "./observation-store";
 
@@ -114,6 +114,49 @@ export function useObservationView(
   };
 }
 
+/** A mounted metadata watcher is not necessarily a visible screenshot viewer. */
+export function useThumbnailObservation(store: ObservationClientStore, enabled: boolean) {
+  const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const element = ref.current;
+    if (!enabled || element === null) return;
+    // A portal uses its PiP document's visibility, independently of the main tab.
+    const doc = element.ownerDocument;
+    const Observer = doc.defaultView?.IntersectionObserver;
+    let active = true;
+    let intersecting = Observer === undefined;
+    let release: (() => void) | undefined;
+    const update = () => {
+      if (!active) return;
+      const visible = intersecting && doc.visibilityState !== "hidden";
+      if (visible && release === undefined) release = store.watchThumbnails();
+      else if (!visible && release !== undefined) {
+        release();
+        release = undefined;
+      }
+    };
+    const observer =
+      Observer === undefined
+        ? undefined
+        : new Observer((entries) => {
+            intersecting = entries.some(
+              (entry) => entry.target === element && entry.isIntersecting,
+            );
+            update();
+          });
+    observer?.observe(element);
+    doc.addEventListener("visibilitychange", update);
+    update();
+    return () => {
+      active = false;
+      observer?.disconnect();
+      doc.removeEventListener("visibilitychange", update);
+      release?.();
+    };
+  }, [store, enabled]);
+  return ref;
+}
+
 export interface PipHandle {
   /** The open PiP window, or null while the content renders in its carrier. */
   readonly pipWindow: Window | null;

packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/src/observation-http.ts

@@ -5,12 +5,19 @@
  * the event allowlist lives in dsh-api-remotes), so the plugin serves its
  * observation channel through the documented `webServer` route seam instead:
  *
- *   GET  /bsk-observation/state      → { sessions, available }
+ *   GET  /bsk-observation/state      → one-time { sessions, available } read
- *   GET  /bsk-observation/events     → SSE stream of ObservationEvent
+ *   GET  /bsk-observation/events     → SSE snapshot, then ObservationEvent increments
+ *                                    (on every connection, including reconnects)
+ *                                    ?thumbnails=0: state only; =1: request screenshots
+ *                                    Omitted parameter defaults to screenshots.
  *   POST /bsk-observation/interrupt  → body {sessionId?} → {interrupted: boolean}
  *   POST /bsk-observation/stop       → body {sessionId} → {stopped: boolean}
  *   GET  /bsk-observation/thumbnail/<attachmentId> → image bytes
  *
+ * Live clients initialize/resynchronize from the SSE snapshot; a separate
+ * /state read has no ordering guarantee relative to the stream and does not
+ * request screenshots. Closing an SSE connection releases its screenshot demand.
+ *
  * Routes exist only when a webServer service is mounted (web composition);
  * headless deployments skip registration entirely.
  */
@@ -99,6 +106,7 @@ export function registerObservationRoutes(
   if (webServer === undefined) {
     return () => {};
   }
+  const streams = new Set<() => void>();
   const disposers = [
     webServer.register({
       kind: "exact",
@@ -129,14 +137,42 @@ export function registerObservationRoutes(
           "cache-control": "no-cache",
           connection: "keep-alive",
         });
-        const unsubscribe = observation.subscribe((event) => {
+        const thumbnails =
-          res.write(`data: ${JSON.stringify(event)}\n\n`);
+          new URL(req.url ?? "/", "http://localhost").searchParams.get("thumbnails") !== "0";
-        });
+        let unsubscribe: (() => void) | undefined;
-        const heartbeat = setInterval(() => res.write(": heartbeat\n\n"), SSE_HEARTBEAT_MS);
+        let heartbeat: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | undefined;
-        res.on("close", () => {
+        let closed = false;
+        const close = () => {
+          if (closed) return;
+          closed = true;
           clearInterval(heartbeat);
-          unsubscribe();
+          unsubscribe?.();
-        });
+          streams.delete(close);
+          res.end();
+        };
+        const write = (data: string) => {
+          if (closed) return;
+          try {
+            res.write(data);
+          } catch {
+            close();
+          }
+        };
+        streams.add(close);
+        res.on("close", close);
+        res.on("error", close);
+        try {
+          unsubscribe = observation.subscribe(
+            (event) => {
+              write(`data: ${JSON.stringify(event)}\n\n`);
+            },
+            { thumbnails },
+          );
+          if (closed) unsubscribe();
+          else heartbeat = setInterval(() => write(": heartbeat\n\n"), SSE_HEARTBEAT_MS);
+        } catch {
+          close();
+        }
       },
     }),
     webServer.register({
@@ -228,6 +264,7 @@ export function registerObservationRoutes(
     }),
   ];
   return () => {
+    for (const close of streams) close();
     for (const dispose of disposers) dispose();
   };
 }

packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/src/observation.ts

@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ export interface SessionObservation {
   dshSessionIds?: string[];
 }
 
-/** Incremental event carried to subscribers (SSE on the wire). */
+/** Initial snapshot or incremental change carried to subscribers (SSE on the wire). */
 export type ObservationEvent =
+  | { type: "snapshot"; sessions: SessionObservation[]; available: boolean }
   | { type: "upsert" | "remove" | "reset"; session?: SessionObservation }
   | { type: "availability"; available: boolean };
 
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ export class ObservationService {
   private readonly scratchNamespace = randomUUID();
   private readonly observations = new Map<string, SessionObservation>();
   private readonly listeners = new Set<(event: ObservationEvent) => void>();
+  private thumbnailViewers = 0;
   private readonly captureTimers = new Map<string, unknown>();
   private readonly captureInFlight = new Set<string>();
   /** Captures intentionally cancelled to make way for foreground work. */
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ export class ObservationService {
     return this.deps.scheduler ?? DEFAULT_SCHEDULER;
   }
 
-  /** All current entries (client initial/resync snapshot). */
+  /** One-time state read; use subscribe for an ordered snapshot and subsequent changes. */
   getState(): SessionObservation[] {
     return [...this.observations.values()].map((entry) => ({ ...entry }));
   }
@@ -141,10 +143,42 @@ export class ObservationService {
     this.emit({ type: "availability", available });
   }
 
-  /** Subscribe to incremental changes; returns an unsubscribe function. */
+  /**
-  subscribe(listener: (event: ObservationEvent) => void): () => void {
+   * Subscribe to an ordered initial snapshot and subsequent changes. On an
-    this.listeners.add(listener);
+   * active service, listener receives the snapshot synchronously before this
-    return () => this.listeners.delete(listener);
+   * method returns. Subscribing after disposal is a no-op.
+   *
+   * `thumbnails` defaults to true for compatibility: this subscription counts
+   * as a screenshot viewer for the service's owned sessions. Pass false for
+   * state-only observation. The first viewer starts capture scheduling.
+   *
+   * @returns An idempotent unsubscribe function releasing this subscription's
+   * screenshot demand. When the last viewer leaves, scheduled/queued captures
+   * are cancelled/skipped; an already running capture may finish.
+   */
+  subscribe(
+    listener: (event: ObservationEvent) => void,
+    { thumbnails = true }: { thumbnails?: boolean } = {},
+  ): () => void {
+    if (this.disposed) return () => {};
+    // Each subscription owns its lease, even if a caller reuses a callback.
+    const receive = (event: ObservationEvent) => listener(event);
+    this.listeners.add(receive);
+    try {
+      listener({ type: "snapshot", sessions: this.getState(), available: this.available });
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.listeners.delete(receive);
+      throw error;
+    }
+    if (thumbnails && ++this.thumbnailViewers === 1) {
+      for (const sessionId of this.observations.keys()) this.scheduleCapture(sessionId, 0);
+    }
+    return () => {
+      if (!this.listeners.delete(receive)) return;
+      if (thumbnails && --this.thumbnailViewers === 0) {
+        for (const sessionId of this.captureTimers.keys()) this.cancelCapture(sessionId);
+      }
+    };
   }
 
   private emit(event: ObservationEvent): void {
@@ -355,6 +389,7 @@ export class ObservationService {
     this.observations.clear();
     this.emit({ type: "reset" });
     this.listeners.clear();
+    this.thumbnailViewers = 0;
   }
 
   // ------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -369,12 +404,21 @@ export class ObservationService {
     }
   }
 
+  private canCapture(sessionId: string): boolean {
+    const entry = this.observations.get(sessionId);
+    return (
+      this.deps.options.enabled &&
+      !this.disposed &&
+      this.thumbnailViewers > 0 &&
+      !this.foregroundDepth.has(sessionId) &&
+      entry !== undefined &&
+      entry.dead !== true
+    );
+  }
+
   /** Schedule the next capture for a session; `delayMs` 0 means "as soon as the event loop allows". */
   private scheduleCapture(sessionId: string, delayMs?: number): void {
-    if (!this.deps.options.enabled || this.disposed) return;
+    if (!this.canCapture(sessionId)) return;
-    if (this.foregroundDepth.has(sessionId)) return;
-    const entry = this.observations.get(sessionId);
-    if (entry === undefined || entry.dead === true) return;
     this.cancelCapture(sessionId);
     const now = this.scheduler.now();
     const lastSeen = this.lastActivity.get(sessionId) ?? 0;
@@ -399,9 +443,7 @@ export class ObservationService {
    * Failures keep the previous frame and back off silently.
    */
   private async capture(sessionId: string): Promise<void> {
-    if (this.disposed) return;
+    if (!this.canCapture(sessionId)) return;
-    const current = this.observations.get(sessionId);
-    if (current === undefined || current.dead === true) return;
     if (this.captureInFlight.has(sessionId)) return;
     this.captureInFlight.add(sessionId);
     // Stable within this service, isolated from captures owned by other instances.
@@ -410,8 +452,8 @@ export class ObservationService {
     let writtenPath = outPath;
     try {
       const result = await this.deps.queue.run(sessionId, () => {
-        // A foreground lease may have arrived while this capture was queued.
+        // The last viewer may have left, or foreground work arrived, while queued.
-        if (this.foregroundDepth.has(sessionId)) return Promise.resolve(undefined);
+        if (!this.canCapture(sessionId)) return Promise.resolve(undefined);
         return this.deps.runner.run(["screenshot", "--session", sessionId, "--out", outPath], {
           timeoutMs: 15_000,
           tag: `observation:${sessionId}`,
@@ -445,6 +487,7 @@ export class ObservationService {
       this.setAvailable(true);
       this.publishFrame(sessionId, entry, data);
     } catch {
+      if (this.disposed || !this.observations.has(sessionId)) return;
       // Foreground preemption is healthy scheduling, not browser/daemon
       // unavailability; do not let normal tool traffic trip capture backoff.
       if (!this.capturePreempted.delete(sessionId)) {

packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/src/runner.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * map the CLI's JSON error envelope onto a thrown `BskError`.
  */
 
-import { type ChildProcess, spawn } from "node:child_process";
+import { type ChildProcess, type SpawnOptionsWithoutStdio, spawn } from "node:child_process";
 
 /** Shape of the JSON error envelope `bsk --json` prints on failure. */
 export interface BskErrorBody {
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ export interface BskRunOptions {
 }
 
 /** Minimal spawn signature so tests can substitute a fake child process. */
-export type SpawnImpl = (command: string, args: string[]) => ChildProcess;
+export type SpawnImpl = (
+  command: string,
+  args: string[],
+  options?: SpawnOptionsWithoutStdio,
+) => ChildProcess;
 
 export interface BskRunner {
   /** Run `bsk <args...> --json` and collect its output. */
@@ -64,29 +68,66 @@ export interface BskRunner {
   killFor(tag: string): number;
 }
 
-// Business RPCs translate SIGINT into the daemon's cancel(rpc_id) protocol.
+// Business RPCs translate Ctrl-C / opt-in stdin EOF into cancel(rpc_id).
-// Give that bounded reconciliation path time to settle before the hard kill.
+// Allow reconciliation before hard-killing an old or unresponsive CLI.
 const KILL_GRACE_MS = 3000;
+// Windows IPC may spend 5s connecting, 2s cancelling, 2s settling,
+// and up to 5s releasing the entire batch of caller-owned transfers.
+const WINDOWS_KILL_GRACE_MS = 15_000;
 const SESSION_BUSY_RETRY_DELAY_MS = 100;
 
 export function createBskRunner(bskPath: string, spawnImpl: SpawnImpl = spawn): BskRunner {
   const live = new Map<ChildProcess, string | undefined>();
+  const windows = process.platform === "win32";
+  const cancelling = new Set<ChildProcess>();
 
   function killChild(child: ChildProcess): void {
-    if (child.exitCode !== null || child.signalCode !== null) return;
+    if (child.exitCode !== null || child.signalCode !== null || cancelling.has(child)) return;
-    child.kill("SIGINT");
+    cancelling.add(child);
-    const force = setTimeout(() => {
+    // Node kills Windows children outright for SIGINT. EOF asks the CLI to
-      if (child.exitCode === null && child.signalCode === null) child.kill("SIGKILL");
+    // send its existing cancel RPC and wait for browser reconciliation.
-    }, KILL_GRACE_MS);
+    if (windows && child.stdin) child.stdin.end();
+    else child.kill("SIGINT");
+    const force = setTimeout(
+      () => {
+        if (child.exitCode === null && child.signalCode === null) child.kill("SIGKILL");
+      },
+      windows ? WINDOWS_KILL_GRACE_MS : KILL_GRACE_MS,
+    );
     force.unref();
+    child.once("close", () => {
+      clearTimeout(force);
+      cancelling.delete(child);
+    });
   }
 
   return {
     run(args, options = {}) {
+      if (options.signal?.aborted) {
+        return Promise.resolve({
+          code: null,
+          stdout: "",
+          stderr: "",
+          timedOut: false,
+          aborted: true,
+        });
+      }
       return new Promise<BskRunResult>((resolve, reject) => {
         let child: ChildProcess;
         try {
-          child = spawnImpl(bskPath, [...args, "--json"]);
+          child = spawnImpl(
+            bskPath,
+            [...args, "--json"],
+            windows
+              ? {
+                  windowsHide: true,
+                  env: { ...process.env, BSK_CANCEL_ON_STDIN_CLOSE: "1" },
+                }
+              : undefined,
+          );
+          // A child exiting while cancellation closes stdin may report EPIPE.
+          // Its close/error event remains the authority for the run result.
+          child.stdin?.on("error", () => {});
         } catch (error) {
           reject(error);
           return;

packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/src/tools.ts

@@ -636,7 +636,9 @@ function defineBrowserOperations(deps: ToolDeps, register: DefinitionRegistrar):
         session: SESSION_PARAM,
         noClear: {
           type: "boolean",
-          description: "Skip the default wipe-the-field-first pass (append instead).",
+          description:
+            "Append to the end of the existing value instead of clearing it. " +
+            "The tool moves the caret automatically; no prior click or selection is needed.",
         },
       },
       output: {

packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/tests/client/observation-overlay.test.tsx

@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ interface Harness {
   emitRaw: (event: unknown) => void;
   fetches: { url: string; init?: { body?: string } }[];
   loadImage: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+  eventUrls: string[];
 }
 
 function makeHarness(initial: SessionObservation[]): Harness {
   const fetches: Harness["fetches"] = [];
+  const eventUrls: string[] = [];
   let es: EventSourceLike | undefined;
   let current = initial;
   const loadImage = vi.fn(async (id: string) => `blob:${id}`);
@@ -34,9 +36,16 @@ function makeHarness(initial: SessionObservation[]): Harness {
       }
       return { ok: true, json: async () => ({ interrupted: true }) };
     },
-    eventSourceFactory: () => {
+    eventSourceFactory: (url) => {
-      es = { onmessage: null, close: vi.fn() };
+      eventUrls.push(url);
-      return es;
+      const connection = { onmessage: null, close: vi.fn() } as EventSourceLike;
+      es = connection;
+      queueMicrotask(() =>
+        connection.onmessage?.({
+          data: JSON.stringify({ type: "snapshot", sessions: current, available: true }),
+        }),
+      );
+      return connection;
     },
     loadImage,
   });
@@ -58,10 +67,120 @@ function makeHarness(initial: SessionObservation[]): Harness {
     },
     fetches,
     loadImage,
+    eventUrls,
   };
 }
 
-afterEach(cleanup);
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanup();
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+});
+
+describe("visible thumbnail demand", () => {
+  function intersections() {
+    const observers: Array<{
+      notify: (visible: boolean) => void;
+      disconnect: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+    }> = [];
+    vi.stubGlobal(
+      "IntersectionObserver",
+      class {
+        private target?: Element;
+        disconnect = vi.fn();
+        constructor(private callback: IntersectionObserverCallback) {
+          observers.push(this);
+        }
+        observe(target: Element) {
+          this.target = target;
+        }
+        notify(visible: boolean) {
+          this.callback(
+            [{ target: this.target, isIntersecting: visible } as IntersectionObserverEntry],
+            this as unknown as IntersectionObserver,
+          );
+        }
+      },
+    );
+    return observers;
+  }
+
+  it("pauses screenshots on collapse while keeping the metadata feed", async () => {
+    const observers = intersections();
+    const h = makeHarness([BUSY]);
+    const { unmount } = render(<ObservationOverlay store={h.store} />);
+    await screen.findByTestId("obs-card");
+    expect(h.eventUrls.at(-1)).toBe("/bsk-observation/events?thumbnails=0");
+    act(() => observers[0].notify(true));
+    expect(h.eventUrls.at(-1)).toBe("/bsk-observation/events?thumbnails=1");
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Collapse" }));
+    expect(h.eventUrls.at(-1)).toBe("/bsk-observation/events?thumbnails=0");
+    expect(h.es().close).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(observers[0].disconnect).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    // A callback queued before disconnect must not reclaim screenshot demand.
+    act(() => observers[0].notify(true));
+    expect(h.eventUrls.at(-1)).toBe("/bsk-observation/events?thumbnails=0");
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /Expand browser observation/ }));
+    act(() => observers[1].notify(true));
+    expect(h.eventUrls.at(-1)).toBe("/bsk-observation/events?thumbnails=1");
+    unmount();
+    expect(h.es().close).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("ignores an initial visibility notification delivered after collapse", async () => {
+    const observers = intersections();
+    const h = makeHarness([BUSY]);
+    render(<ObservationOverlay store={h.store} />);
+    await screen.findByTestId("obs-card");
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Collapse" }));
+    act(() => observers[0].notify(true));
+    expect(h.eventUrls).toEqual(["/bsk-observation/events?thumbnails=0"]);
+  });
+
+  it("pauses for a hidden document or hidden panel and resumes when visible", async () => {
+    const observers = intersections();
+    let visibility: DocumentVisibilityState = "visible";
+    vi.spyOn(document, "visibilityState", "get").mockImplementation(() => visibility);
+    const h = makeHarness([BUSY]);
+    render(<ObservationOverlay store={h.store} />);
+    await screen.findByTestId("obs-card");
+    act(() => observers[0].notify(true));
+    expect(h.eventUrls.at(-1)).toContain("thumbnails=1");
+    act(() => {
+      visibility = "hidden";
+      document.dispatchEvent(new Event("visibilitychange"));
+    });
+    expect(h.eventUrls.at(-1)).toContain("thumbnails=0");
+    act(() => {
+      visibility = "visible";
+      document.dispatchEvent(new Event("visibilitychange"));
+    });
+    expect(h.eventUrls.at(-1)).toContain("thumbnails=1");
+    act(() => observers[0].notify(false));
+    expect(h.eventUrls.at(-1)).toContain("thumbnails=0");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps a visible PiP watching when the main document is hidden", async () => {
+    // The detached PiP test document has no window/IntersectionObserver.
+    vi.stubGlobal("IntersectionObserver", undefined);
+    let visibility: DocumentVisibilityState = "visible";
+    vi.spyOn(document, "visibilityState", "get").mockImplementation(() => visibility);
+    const pipDoc = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument("pip");
+    Object.defineProperty(pipDoc, "visibilityState", { value: "visible" });
+    (window as unknown as Record<string, unknown>).documentPictureInPicture = {
+      requestWindow: async () => ({ document: pipDoc, addEventListener: () => {}, close: vi.fn() }),
+    };
+    const h = makeHarness([BUSY]);
+    render(<ObservationOverlay store={h.store} />);
+    fireEvent.click(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: /Pop out/ }));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(pipDoc.body.textContent).toContain("s1"));
+    act(() => {
+      visibility = "hidden";
+      document.dispatchEvent(new Event("visibilitychange"));
+    });
+    expect(h.eventUrls.at(-1)).toContain("thumbnails=1");
+  });
+});
 
 describe("ObservationOverlay", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
@@ -92,6 +211,16 @@ describe("ObservationOverlay", () => {
     await screen.findByRole("img", { name: "session s1 view" });
   });
 
+  it("offers a retry after a thumbnail fails without requiring a new frame id", async () => {
+    const h = makeHarness([{ ...BUSY, thumbnailAttachmentId: "att-9" }]);
+    h.loadImage.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("temporary failure"));
+    render(<ObservationOverlay store={h.store} />);
+    fireEvent.click(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "Retry thumbnail" }));
+    await screen.findByRole("img", { name: "session s1 view" });
+    expect(h.loadImage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "Retry thumbnail" })).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it("keeps the current frame on stage while the next thumbnail loads", async () => {
     let resolveNext: ((url: string) => void) | undefined;
     const h = makeHarness([{ ...BUSY, thumbnailAttachmentId: "att-1" }]);

packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/tests/client/observation-sidebar.test.tsx

@@ -53,8 +53,14 @@ function makeHarness(initial: SessionObservation[]): Harness {
       return { ok: true, json: async () => ({ interrupted: true }) };
     },
     eventSourceFactory: () => {
-      es = { onmessage: null, close: vi.fn() };
+      const connection = { onmessage: null, close: vi.fn() } as EventSourceLike;
-      return es;
+      es = connection;
+      queueMicrotask(() =>
+        connection.onmessage?.({
+          data: JSON.stringify({ type: "snapshot", sessions: current, available: true }),
+        }),
+      );
+      return connection;
     },
     loadImage: async (id: string) => `blob:${id}`,
   });

packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/tests/client/observation-store.test.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
-// ObservationClientStore: initial fetch + SSE application, thumbnail loading
+// ObservationClientStore: ordered SSE snapshots/increments, thumbnail loading
 // lifecycle, interrupt wire shape. All I/O faked.
 
-import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { type EventSourceLike, ObservationClientStore } from "../../src/client/observation-store";
 import type { ObservationEvent, SessionObservation } from "../../src/observation";
 
 const OBS_IDLE: SessionObservation = { sessionId: "s1", action: "idle", since: 1000 };
 const OBS_BUSY: SessionObservation = { sessionId: "s1", action: "clicking", since: 2000 };
+const stores: ObservationClientStore[] = [];
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  for (const store of stores.splice(0)) store.stop();
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  vi.useRealTimers();
+});
 
 function harness(state: SessionObservation[] = []) {
   const fetches: {
@@ -14,6 +21,7 @@ function harness(state: SessionObservation[] = []) {
     init?: { method?: string; body?: string; headers?: Record<string, string> };
   }[] = [];
   const esInstances: EventSourceLike[] = [];
+  const eventUrls: string[] = [];
   const fetchFn = vi.fn(
     async (
       url: string,
@@ -29,11 +37,14 @@ function harness(state: SessionObservation[] = []) {
   const eventSourceFactory = (url: string) => {
     const es: EventSourceLike = { onmessage: null, close: vi.fn() };
     esInstances.push(es);
+    eventUrls.push(url);
+    queueMicrotask(() => emit(es, { type: "snapshot", sessions: state, available: true }));
     return es;
   };
   const loadImage = vi.fn(async (id: string) => `blob:url-${id}`);
   const store = new ObservationClientStore({ fetchFn, eventSourceFactory, loadImage });
-  return { store, fetches, esInstances, loadImage };
+  stores.push(store);
+  return { store, fetches, esInstances, eventUrls, loadImage };
 }
 
 function emit(es: EventSourceLike, event: ObservationEvent): void {
@@ -73,7 +84,9 @@ describe("ObservationClientStore", () => {
   });
 
   it("loads each thumbnail once and reports ready", async () => {
-    const { store, loadImage } = harness();
+    const { store, loadImage } = harness([{ ...OBS_IDLE, thumbnailAttachmentId: "att-1" }]);
+    store.start();
+    await Promise.resolve();
     store.ensureThumbnail("att-1");
     store.ensureThumbnail("att-1");
     expect(loadImage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@@ -86,7 +99,9 @@ describe("ObservationClientStore", () => {
   });
 
   it("marks failed thumbnail loads as error", async () => {
-    const { store, loadImage } = harness();
+    const { store, loadImage } = harness([{ ...OBS_IDLE, thumbnailAttachmentId: "att-bad" }]);
+    store.start();
+    await Promise.resolve();
     loadImage.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("nope"));
     store.ensureThumbnail("att-bad");
     await vi.waitFor(() => expect(store.getSnapshot().thumbnails["att-bad"].status).toBe("error"));
@@ -124,9 +139,7 @@ describe("ObservationClientStore", () => {
 
 describe("thumbnail blob URL lifecycle", () => {
   function withRevokeSpy() {
-    const revoke = vi.fn();
+    return vi.spyOn(URL, "revokeObjectURL").mockImplementation(() => {});
-    (URL as unknown as { revokeObjectURL: unknown }).revokeObjectURL = revoke;
-    return revoke;
   }
 
   it("holds the last ready frame until the replacement decodes", async () => {
@@ -231,16 +244,216 @@ describe("thumbnail blob URL lifecycle", () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe("SSE (re)open resync", () => {
+describe("SSE snapshot ordering", () => {
-  it("refetches the full state when the stream (re)opens", async () => {
+  it("ignores events from a stopped connection after a restart", async () => {
+    const { store, esInstances } = harness([OBS_IDLE]);
+    store.start();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    const old = esInstances[0];
+    store.stop();
+    emit(old, { type: "upsert", session: OBS_BUSY });
+    expect(store.getSnapshot().sessions).toEqual([]);
+    store.start();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    emit(esInstances[1], { type: "upsert", session: OBS_BUSY });
+    emit(old, { type: "snapshot", sessions: [], available: false });
+    emit(old, { type: "remove", session: OBS_BUSY });
+    expect(store.getSnapshot()).toMatchObject({ sessions: [OBS_BUSY], available: true });
+  });
+
+  it("does not apply a queued initial snapshot after stop", async () => {
+    const { store } = harness([OBS_BUSY]);
+    store.start();
+    store.stop();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(store.getSnapshot()).toMatchObject({ sessions: [], thumbnails: {}, subscribed: false });
+  });
+
+  it("replaces state on reconnect before applying subsequent events, without a competing fetch", async () => {
     const { store, fetches, esInstances } = harness([OBS_IDLE]);
     store.start();
     await vi.waitFor(() => expect(store.getSnapshot().sessions).toHaveLength(1));
-    const before = fetches.filter((f) => f.url === "/bsk-observation/state").length;
+    emit(esInstances[0], { type: "snapshot", sessions: [], available: false });
-    esInstances[0].onopen?.();
+    expect(store.getSnapshot()).toMatchObject({ sessions: [], available: false });
-    await vi.waitFor(() =>
+    emit(esInstances[0], { type: "upsert", session: OBS_BUSY });
-      expect(fetches.filter((f) => f.url === "/bsk-observation/state").length).toBe(before + 1),
+    await Promise.resolve();
-    );
+    expect(store.getSnapshot().sessions).toEqual([OBS_BUSY]);
+    expect(fetches).toEqual([]);
     store.stop();
   });
 });
+
+describe("thumbnail recovery and stale loads", () => {
+  function deferred<T>() {
+    let resolve!: (value: T) => void;
+    let reject!: (reason: Error) => void;
+    const promise = new Promise<T>((yes, no) => {
+      resolve = yes;
+      reject = no;
+    });
+    return { promise, resolve, reject };
+  }
+
+  it("retries a transient failure without needing a different frame id", async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers({ toFake: ["setTimeout", "clearTimeout"] });
+    const { store, loadImage } = harness([{ ...OBS_IDLE, thumbnailAttachmentId: "a1" }]);
+    store.start();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    loadImage.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("temporary"));
+    store.ensureThumbnail("a1");
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(store.getSnapshot().thumbnails.a1.status).toBe("error");
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1000);
+    expect(loadImage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(store.getSnapshot().displayFrames.s1).toEqual({ status: "ready", url: "blob:url-a1" });
+    expect(vi.getTimerCount()).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("bounds automatic retries and allows an explicit recovery", async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers({ toFake: ["setTimeout", "clearTimeout"] });
+    const { store, loadImage } = harness([{ ...OBS_IDLE, thumbnailAttachmentId: "a1" }]);
+    store.start();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    loadImage.mockRejectedValue(new Error("offline"));
+    store.ensureThumbnail("a1");
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(60_000);
+    expect(loadImage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(vi.getTimerCount()).toBe(0);
+    store.ensureThumbnail("a1");
+    expect(loadImage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    loadImage.mockResolvedValue("blob:recovered");
+    store.retryThumbnail("a1");
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(store.getSnapshot().displayFrames.s1.url).toBe("blob:recovered");
+  });
+
+  it("cancels backoff when a reconnect retries the current frame", async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers({ toFake: ["setTimeout", "clearTimeout"] });
+    const session = { ...OBS_IDLE, thumbnailAttachmentId: "a1" };
+    const { store, esInstances, loadImage } = harness([session]);
+    store.start();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    loadImage.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("offline"));
+    store.ensureThumbnail("a1");
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    emit(esInstances[0], { type: "snapshot", sessions: [session], available: true });
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(store.getSnapshot().thumbnails.a1.status).toBe("ready");
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(60_000);
+    expect(loadImage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "remove",
+    "reset",
+    "stop",
+    "missing-thumbnail",
+    "snapshot-removal",
+  ])("cleans frames and cancels retries on %s", async (action) => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers({ toFake: ["setTimeout", "clearTimeout"] });
+    const revoke = vi.spyOn(URL, "revokeObjectURL").mockImplementation(() => {});
+    const { store, esInstances, loadImage } = harness([
+      { ...OBS_IDLE, thumbnailAttachmentId: "a1" },
+    ]);
+    store.start();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    store.ensureThumbnail("a1");
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    emit(esInstances[0], { type: "upsert", session: { ...OBS_IDLE, thumbnailAttachmentId: "a2" } });
+    loadImage.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("no frame"));
+    store.ensureThumbnail("a2");
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(store.getSnapshot().displayFrames.s1).toEqual({ status: "error", url: "blob:url-a1" });
+    if (action === "stop") store.stop();
+    else if (action === "remove") emit(esInstances[0], { type: "remove", session: OBS_IDLE });
+    else if (action === "reset") emit(esInstances[0], { type: "reset" });
+    else if (action === "missing-thumbnail")
+      emit(esInstances[0], { type: "upsert", session: OBS_IDLE });
+    else emit(esInstances[0], { type: "snapshot", sessions: [], available: true });
+    expect(store.getSnapshot().thumbnails).toEqual({});
+    expect(store.getSnapshot().displayFrames).toEqual({});
+    expect(revoke).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith("blob:url-a1");
+    expect(vi.getTimerCount()).toBe(0);
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(60_000);
+    expect(loadImage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "resolve",
+    "reject",
+  ])("ignores a stale load's %s even when the same id is loaded again", async (outcome) => {
+    const revoke = vi.spyOn(URL, "revokeObjectURL").mockImplementation(() => {});
+    const { store, esInstances, loadImage } = harness([
+      { ...OBS_IDLE, thumbnailAttachmentId: "a1" },
+    ]);
+    const old = deferred<string>();
+    loadImage.mockReturnValueOnce(old.promise);
+    store.start();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    store.ensureThumbnail("a1");
+    emit(esInstances[0], { type: "upsert", session: { ...OBS_IDLE, thumbnailAttachmentId: "a2" } });
+    emit(esInstances[0], { type: "upsert", session: { ...OBS_IDLE, thumbnailAttachmentId: "a1" } });
+    store.ensureThumbnail("a1");
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    if (outcome === "resolve") old.resolve("blob:stale");
+    else old.reject(new Error("stale error"));
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(store.getSnapshot().displayFrames.s1).toEqual({ status: "ready", url: "blob:url-a1" });
+    expect(revoke).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith("blob:url-a1");
+    if (outcome === "resolve") expect(revoke).toHaveBeenCalledWith("blob:stale");
+  });
+
+  it.each(["resolve", "reject"])("ignores an in-flight load's %s after stop", async (outcome) => {
+    const revoke = vi.spyOn(URL, "revokeObjectURL").mockImplementation(() => {});
+    const { store, loadImage } = harness([{ ...OBS_IDLE, thumbnailAttachmentId: "a1" }]);
+    const pending = deferred<string>();
+    loadImage.mockReturnValueOnce(pending.promise);
+    store.start();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    store.ensureThumbnail("a1");
+    store.stop();
+    if (outcome === "resolve") pending.resolve("blob:late");
+    else pending.reject(new Error("late error"));
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(store.getSnapshot()).toMatchObject({ sessions: [], thumbnails: {}, displayFrames: {} });
+    if (outcome === "resolve") expect(revoke).toHaveBeenCalledWith("blob:late");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("thumbnail viewer leases", () => {
+  it("keeps metadata subscribed while the last screenshot viewer leaves", async () => {
+    const { store, eventUrls, esInstances } = harness([OBS_IDLE]);
+    store.acquire();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(eventUrls).toEqual(["/bsk-observation/events?thumbnails=0"]);
+    const first = store.watchThumbnails();
+    expect(eventUrls.at(-1)).toBe("/bsk-observation/events?thumbnails=1");
+    const second = store.watchThumbnails();
+    expect(eventUrls).toHaveLength(2);
+    first();
+    first();
+    expect(eventUrls).toHaveLength(2);
+    second();
+    expect(eventUrls.at(-1)).toBe("/bsk-observation/events?thumbnails=0");
+    expect(store.getSnapshot().subscribed).toBe(true);
+    store.release();
+    expect(esInstances.at(-1)?.close).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(store.getSnapshot().subscribed).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("ignores delayed snapshots from a replaced stream without clearing the displayed state", async () => {
+    const { store, esInstances } = harness([OBS_IDLE]);
+    store.start();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    emit(esInstances[0], { type: "upsert", session: OBS_BUSY });
+    const release = store.watchThumbnails();
+    expect(store.getSnapshot().sessions).toEqual([OBS_BUSY]);
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    emit(esInstances[1], { type: "upsert", session: OBS_BUSY });
+    emit(esInstances[0], { type: "snapshot", sessions: [], available: false });
+    expect(store.getSnapshot()).toMatchObject({ sessions: [OBS_BUSY], available: true });
+    store.stop();
+    release();
+    expect(esInstances).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+});

packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/tests/observation.test.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { existsSync, mkdtempSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import type { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from "node:http";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { basename, dirname } from "node:path";
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import {
   actionForLabel,
   type ObservationEvent,
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ function setup(opts: {
   runner?: FakeRunner;
   registry?: SessionRegistry;
   scheduler?: ReturnType<typeof fakeScheduler>;
+  thumbnails?: boolean;
+  queue?: KeyedExecutor;
 }) {
   const registry = opts.registry ?? new SessionRegistry(5);
   const runner = opts.runner ?? fakeRunner();
@@ -146,13 +148,18 @@ function setup(opts: {
     ctx: fakeCtx(),
     runner,
     registry,
-    queue: new KeyedExecutor(),
+    queue: opts.queue ?? new KeyedExecutor(),
     options: OPTIONS,
     scheduler,
   });
   const events: ObservationEvent[] = [];
-  service.subscribe((event) => events.push(event));
+  const unsubscribe = service.subscribe(
-  return { service, registry, runner, scheduler, events };
+    (event) => {
+      if (event.type !== "snapshot") events.push(event);
+    },
+    { thumbnails: opts.thumbnails ?? true },
+  );
+  return { service, registry, runner, scheduler, events, unsubscribe };
 }
 
 /** Drive the registry through a real start so the session is owned. */
@@ -224,6 +231,111 @@ describe("state machine", () => {
 });
 
 describe("thumbnail cadence", () => {
+  it("keeps metadata current without screenshots and resumes when a viewer arrives", async () => {
+    const { service, scheduler, runner, events } = setup({ thumbnails: false });
+    service.addSession("s1");
+    service.beginAction("s1", "clicking");
+    service.endAction("s1");
+    const releaseForeground = service.acquireForeground("s1");
+    releaseForeground();
+    expect(service.getState()[0].action).toBe("idle");
+    expect(events).toHaveLength(3);
+    expect(scheduler.pending()).toEqual([]);
+    expect(runner.calls).toEqual([]);
+    const snapshots: ObservationEvent[] = [];
+    const leave = service.subscribe((event) => snapshots.push(event));
+    expect(snapshots[0]).toEqual({
+      type: "snapshot",
+      sessions: service.getState(),
+      available: true,
+    });
+    expect(scheduler.pending()).toEqual([0]);
+    scheduler.runNext();
+    await waitFor(() => scheduler.pending().length === 1);
+    expect(runner.calls).toHaveLength(1);
+    leave();
+    leave();
+    expect(scheduler.pending()).toEqual([]);
+    service.endAction("s1");
+    expect(scheduler.pending()).toEqual([]);
+    const resume = service.subscribe(() => {});
+    expect(scheduler.pending()).toEqual([0]);
+    resume();
+    service.dispose();
+  });
+
+  it("does not capture in a headless service with no subscribers", () => {
+    const { service, scheduler, unsubscribe } = setup({});
+    unsubscribe();
+    service.addSession("s1");
+    service.endAction("s1");
+    expect(scheduler.pending()).toEqual([]);
+    expect(service.getState()).toHaveLength(1);
+    service.dispose();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps capturing until the last viewer leaves, including reused callbacks", () => {
+    const { service, scheduler } = setup({ thumbnails: false });
+    service.addSession("s1");
+    const listener = () => {};
+    const first = service.subscribe(listener);
+    const second = service.subscribe(listener);
+    expect(scheduler.pending()).toEqual([0]);
+    first();
+    first();
+    expect(scheduler.pending()).toEqual([0]);
+    second();
+    expect(scheduler.pending()).toEqual([]);
+    service.dispose();
+  });
+
+  it("skips a queued screenshot if its last viewer leaves before execution", async () => {
+    const queue = new KeyedExecutor();
+    let unblock!: () => void;
+    const gate = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      unblock = resolve;
+    });
+    const busy = queue.run("s1", () => gate);
+    const { service, scheduler, runner, unsubscribe } = setup({ queue });
+    service.addSession("s1");
+    scheduler.runNext();
+    unsubscribe();
+    unblock();
+    await busy;
+    await queue.run("s1", async () => {});
+    expect(runner.calls).toEqual([]);
+    expect(scheduler.pending()).toEqual([]);
+    service.dispose();
+  });
+
+  it("lets an already running capture finish without restarting the loop after the last viewer leaves", async () => {
+    const runner = fakeRunner();
+    const run = runner.run.bind(runner);
+    let finish!: () => void;
+    let started = false;
+    runner.run = async (args, options) => {
+      started = true;
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        finish = resolve;
+      });
+      return run(args, options);
+    };
+    const { service, scheduler, unsubscribe } = setup({ runner });
+    service.addSession("s1");
+    scheduler.runNext();
+    await waitFor(() => started);
+    unsubscribe();
+    finish();
+    await waitFor(() => service.getState()[0]?.thumbnailAttachmentId !== undefined);
+    const args = runner.calls[0].args;
+    await waitFor(() => !existsSync(args[args.indexOf("--out") + 1]));
+    expect(scheduler.pending()).toEqual([]);
+    const leave = service.subscribe(() => {});
+    expect(scheduler.pending()).toEqual([0]);
+    leave();
+    service.dispose();
+  });
+
   it("gives foreground work priority and resumes with one fresh capture", async () => {
     const scheduler = fakeScheduler();
     let finishCapture: ((result: BskRunResult) => void) | undefined;
@@ -540,6 +652,12 @@ describe("HTTP/SSE interface", () => {
     const eventsRes = fakeRes();
     await eventsRoute?.handler(fakeReq(), eventsRes.res as never);
     service.beginAction("s1", "clicking");
+    const streamed = eventsRes.chunks.map((chunk) => JSON.parse(chunk.slice(6)));
+    expect(streamed.map((event) => event.type)).toEqual(["snapshot", "upsert"]);
+    expect(streamed[0]).toMatchObject({
+      sessions: [{ sessionId: "s1", action: "idle" }],
+      available: true,
+    });
     expect(eventsRes.res.body()).toContain('"action":"clicking"');
     eventsRes.res.close();
 
@@ -566,6 +684,47 @@ describe("HTTP/SSE interface", () => {
     service.dispose();
   });
 
+  it("state-only SSE does not capture, and route disposal releases every active viewer", async () => {
+    const { service, scheduler } = setup({ thumbnails: false });
+    service.addSession("s1");
+    const { routes, webServer } = routeHarness();
+    const dispose = registerObservationRoutes({ get: () => webServer } as never, service);
+    const route = routes.get("/bsk-observation/events")!;
+    const metadata = fakeRes();
+    await route.handler(fakeReq({ url: "/bsk-observation/events?thumbnails=0" }), metadata.res);
+    expect(scheduler.pending()).toEqual([]);
+    const viewing = fakeRes();
+    await route.handler(fakeReq({ url: "/bsk-observation/events?thumbnails=1" }), viewing.res);
+    expect(scheduler.pending()).toEqual([0]);
+    const endMetadata = vi.spyOn(metadata.res, "end");
+    const endViewing = vi.spyOn(viewing.res, "end");
+    dispose();
+    expect(endMetadata).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(endViewing).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(scheduler.pending()).toEqual([]);
+    viewing.res.close();
+    metadata.res.close();
+    expect(endViewing).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    service.dispose();
+  });
+
+  it("releases a viewer when writing its initial snapshot fails", async () => {
+    const { service, scheduler } = setup({ thumbnails: false });
+    service.addSession("s1");
+    const { routes, webServer } = routeHarness();
+    const dispose = registerObservationRoutes({ get: () => webServer } as never, service);
+    const response = fakeRes();
+    vi.spyOn(response.res, "write").mockImplementation(() => {
+      throw new Error("closed socket");
+    });
+    const end = vi.spyOn(response.res, "end");
+    await routes.get("/bsk-observation/events")!.handler(fakeReq(), response.res);
+    expect(end).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(scheduler.pending()).toEqual([]);
+    dispose();
+    service.dispose();
+  });
+
   it("refuses a stop without a sessionId", async () => {
     const registry = new SessionRegistry(5);
     own(registry, "s1");

packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/tests/runner.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { ChildProcess } from "node:child_process";
 import { EventEmitter } from "node:events";
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { PassThrough } from "node:stream";
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import {
   type BskRunResult,
   createBskRunner,
@@ -92,6 +93,77 @@ describe("createBskRunner", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("Windows parent cancellation", () => {
+  const originalPlatform = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(process, "platform")!;
+  beforeEach(() => Object.defineProperty(process, "platform", { value: "win32" }));
+  afterEach(() => {
+    Object.defineProperty(process, "platform", originalPlatform);
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
+  it("opts in to stdin cancellation and waits for CLI reconciliation", async () => {
+    const child = Object.assign(new FakeChild(), { stdin: new PassThrough() });
+    const spawn = vi.fn(() => child as unknown as ChildProcess);
+    const runner = createBskRunner("bsk", spawn);
+    const abort = new AbortController();
+    const result = runner.run(["snapshot"], { signal: abort.signal });
+    expect(spawn.mock.calls[0]).toEqual([
+      "bsk",
+      ["snapshot", "--json"],
+      {
+        windowsHide: true,
+        env: { ...process.env, BSK_CANCEL_ON_STDIN_CLOSE: "1" },
+      },
+    ]);
+    abort.abort();
+    expect(child.stdin.writableEnded).toBe(true);
+    expect(child.killedWith).toEqual([]);
+    // Closing an already-exited child's pipe must not crash the host.
+    child.stdin.emit("error", Object.assign(new Error("closed"), { code: "EPIPE" }));
+    child.finish(2, '{"code":"cancelled"}');
+    expect(await result).toMatchObject({ code: 2, aborted: true });
+  });
+
+  it("bounds cancellation of an old or unresponsive CLI", async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    const child = Object.assign(new FakeChild(), { stdin: new PassThrough() });
+    const runner = createBskRunner("bsk", fakeSpawn([child]));
+    const result = runner.run(["snapshot"], { timeoutMs: 5 });
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(5);
+    expect(child.stdin.writableEnded).toBe(true);
+    expect(child.killedWith).toEqual([]);
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(10_000);
+    expect(child.killedWith).toEqual([]);
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(5_000);
+    expect(child.killedWith).toEqual(["SIGKILL"]);
+    expect(await result).toMatchObject({ timedOut: true });
+  });
+
+  it("cancels only the requested tag and clears the fallback after exit", async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    const a = Object.assign(new FakeChild(), { stdin: new PassThrough() });
+    const b = Object.assign(new FakeChild(), { stdin: new PassThrough() });
+    const runner = createBskRunner("bsk", fakeSpawn([a, b]));
+    const first = runner.run(["snapshot"], { tag: "a" });
+    const second = runner.run(["snapshot"], { tag: "b" });
+    expect(runner.killFor("a")).toBe(1);
+    expect(a.stdin.writableEnded).toBe(true);
+    expect(b.stdin.writableEnded).toBe(false);
+    a.finish(2);
+    b.finish(0);
+    await Promise.all([first, second]);
+    expect(vi.getTimerCount()).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("does not start work for an already-aborted call", async () => {
+    const spawn = vi.fn();
+    const runner = createBskRunner("bsk", spawn);
+    const signal = AbortSignal.abort();
+    expect(await runner.run(["snapshot"], { signal })).toMatchObject({ aborted: true });
+    expect(spawn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
+
 describe("parseBskJson", () => {
   const base: BskRunResult = { code: 0, stdout: "", stderr: "", timedOut: false, aborted: false };
 
@@ -124,6 +196,28 @@ describe("parseBskJson", () => {
     expect(() => parseBskJson({ ...base, code: 1, stderr: "boom" }, "x")).toThrow(/boom/);
   });
 
+  it("surfaces fill recovery guidance to the model without retrying", async () => {
+    const hint =
+      "observe the field before retrying; the page may have formatted the value. Continue if the visible result satisfies the user's intent";
+    const reply = {
+      ...base,
+      code: 3,
+      stdout: JSON.stringify({
+        code: "cdp_failed",
+        message: "fill could not verify the expected value",
+        data: { reason: "fill_value_mismatch" },
+        hint,
+      }),
+    };
+    let calls = 0;
+    const result = await runWithSessionBusyRetry(async () => {
+      calls++;
+      return reply;
+    });
+    expect(calls).toBe(1);
+    expect(() => parseBskJson(result, "fill")).toThrow(hint);
+  });
+
   it("reports killed-by-interrupt children (null exit code) as interrupted", () => {
     expect(() => parseBskJson({ ...base, code: null }, "navigate")).toThrow(/interrupted/);
   });

packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/tsdown.config.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ const CLIENT_EXTERNALS: readonly string[] = [
   "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-primitives",
   "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-attachment",
   "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-schema-form",
-  "@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-runtime/client",
 ];
 
 /** Wire/type layers with no shared runtime identity: safe to inline. */

scripts/install-windows.test.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+#Requires -Version 5.1
+param([string]$BskPath = (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "../target/debug/bsk.exe"))
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+
+# Load definitions, never Main: no downloads or changes to the real user PATH.
+$installer = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "../install.ps1"
+$tokens = $null
+$errors = $null
+$ast = [System.Management.Automation.Language.Parser]::ParseFile($installer, [ref]$tokens, [ref]$errors)
+if ($errors.Count) { throw ($errors | Out-String) }
+foreach ($statement in $ast.EndBlock.Statements) {
+    if ($statement -is [System.Management.Automation.Language.FunctionDefinitionAst]) {
+        $definition = $statement.Extent.Text
+        if ($statement.Name -eq "Add-ToUserPath") {
+            $definition = $definition.Replace('[Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", "User")', '$script:UserPath')
+            $definition = $definition.Replace('[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", $newUserPath, "User")', '$script:UserPath = $newUserPath')
+        }
+        Invoke-Expression $definition
+    }
+}
+function Assert-Equal($Actual, $Expected) {
+    if ($Actual -cne $Expected) { throw "expected [$Expected], got [$Actual]" }
+}
+function Assert-Fails([scriptblock]$Action) {
+    $failed = $false
+    try { & $Action } catch { $failed = $true }
+    if (-not $failed) { throw "expected failure" }
+}
+
+$dir = 'C:\Users\Alice\.local\bin'
+foreach ($existing in @('', 'C:\WindowsApps', 'C:\A;C:\B')) {
+    $script:UserPath = $existing
+    Add-ToUserPath $dir
+    $expected = if ($existing) { "$existing;$dir" } else { $dir }
+    Assert-Equal $script:UserPath $expected
+    Add-ToUserPath $dir
+    Assert-Equal $script:UserPath $expected
+}
+
+$root = Join-Path ([IO.Path]::GetTempPath()) ("bsk-install-test-" + [Guid]::NewGuid().ToString('N'))
+[IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($root) | Out-Null
+$oldBskHome = $env:BSK_HOME
+$oldAutoUpdate = $env:BSK_AUTO_UPDATE
+$daemon = $null
+try {
+    $utf8 = New-Object System.Text.UTF8Encoding($false)
+    $bashRc = Join-Path $root ".bashrc"
+    $existing = "# existing 中文 configuration" + [char]10
+    [IO.File]::WriteAllText($bashRc, $existing, $utf8)
+    $special = 'C:\Users\张三 space $HOME $(echo unsafe) ! & [x] O''Brien\.local\bin'
+    Add-ToBashProfile $special $bashRc
+    $first = [IO.File]::ReadAllText($bashRc)
+    if (-not $first.StartsWith($existing)) { throw "existing bashrc content changed" }
+    if (-not $first.Contains('张三')) { throw "Unicode path was lost" }
+    Add-ToBashProfile $special $bashRc
+    Assert-Equal ([IO.File]::ReadAllText($bashRc)) $first
+    $bytes = [IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($bashRc)
+    if ($bytes[0] -eq 0xEF) { throw "unexpected UTF-8 BOM" }
+
+    $bash = [IO.Path]::GetFullPath((Join-Path (Split-Path (Get-Command git).Source -Parent) "../bin/bash.exe"))
+    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $bash)) { throw "Git Bash is required for quoting regression" }
+    $env:BSK_TEST_RC = $bashRc
+    $probe = Join-Path $root 'probe.sh'
+    [IO.File]::WriteAllText($probe, 'source "$BSK_TEST_RC"; printf "%s\n" "${PATH%%:*}"', $utf8)
+    $actual = & $bash --noprofile --norc $probe
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "Git Bash failed" }
+    Assert-Equal $actual ('/c' + $special.Substring(2).Replace('\', '/'))
+
+    $env:BSK_HOME = Join-Path $root "home"
+    $env:BSK_AUTO_UPDATE = "off"
+    [IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($env:BSK_HOME) | Out-Null
+    $sourceDir = Join-Path $root "download"
+    [IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($sourceDir) | Out-Null
+    $source = Join-Path $sourceDir "bsk.exe"
+    [IO.File]::Copy((Resolve-Path -LiteralPath $BskPath).Path, $source)
+    $targetDir = Join-Path $root "中文 space [x] & install"
+    [IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($targetDir) | Out-Null
+    $target = Join-Path $targetDir "bsk.exe"
+    Install-Binary $source $target
+    Assert-Equal (Get-FileHash -LiteralPath $target).Hash (Get-FileHash -LiteralPath $source).Hash
+
+    $daemon = Start-Process -FilePath $target -ArgumentList @('daemon', 'start', '--foreground', '--port', '0') -WindowStyle Hidden -PassThru
+    $infoPath = Join-Path $env:BSK_HOME "daemon.json"
+    $deadline = [DateTime]::UtcNow.AddSeconds(15)
+    while (-not [IO.File]::Exists($infoPath)) {
+        if ($daemon.HasExited -or [DateTime]::UtcNow -gt $deadline) { throw "daemon failed to start" }
+        Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 50
+    }
+    # PE overlays distinguish old/new executables without another build.
+    $stream = [IO.File]::OpenWrite($source)
+    try {
+        $stream.Seek(0, [IO.SeekOrigin]::End) | Out-Null
+        $marker = $utf8.GetBytes("installer replacement regression")
+        $stream.Write($marker, 0, $marker.Length)
+    } finally { $stream.Dispose() }
+    Install-Binary $source $target
+    if (-not $daemon.WaitForExit(5000)) { throw "old daemon still running" }
+    Assert-Equal (Get-FileHash -LiteralPath $target).Hash (Get-FileHash -LiteralPath $source).Hash
+    & $target --version
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "replacement is not executable" }
+
+    # Refuse replacement when daemon identity cannot be verified.
+    [IO.File]::WriteAllText($infoPath, 'invalid daemon metadata')
+    $before = (Get-FileHash -LiteralPath $target).Hash
+    Assert-Fails { Install-Binary $source $target }
+    Assert-Equal (Get-FileHash -LiteralPath $target).Hash $before
+    [IO.File]::Delete($infoPath)
+
+    # A remaining lock must fail without truncation or staging debris.
+    $lock = [IO.File]::Open($target, [IO.FileMode]::Open, [IO.FileAccess]::Read, [IO.FileShare]::None)
+    try { Assert-Fails { Install-Binary $source $target } } finally { $lock.Dispose() }
+    Assert-Equal (Get-FileHash -LiteralPath $target).Hash $before
+    if (@(Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $targetDir -Filter "*.install-*").Count) { throw "staging files leaked" }
+    Write-Host "Windows installer regressions passed ($($PSVersionTable.PSVersion))"
+}
+catch {
+    Write-Host ($_ | Out-String)
+    Write-Host $_.ScriptStackTrace
+    throw
+}
+finally {
+    if ($daemon -and -not $daemon.HasExited) {
+        Stop-Process -Id $daemon.Id -Force
+        $daemon.WaitForExit(5000) | Out-Null
+    }
+    $env:BSK_HOME = $oldBskHome
+    $env:BSK_AUTO_UPDATE = $oldAutoUpdate
+    Remove-Item Env:BSK_TEST_RC -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+    # Resolve and verify before recursive cleanup; only this fixture is removed.
+    $resolvedRoot = [IO.Path]::GetFullPath($root)
+    $tempRoot = [IO.Path]::GetFullPath([IO.Path]::GetTempPath()).TrimEnd('\') + '\'
+    if (-not $resolvedRoot.StartsWith($tempRoot, [StringComparison]::OrdinalIgnoreCase) -or
+        -not ([IO.Path]::GetFileName($resolvedRoot)).StartsWith('bsk-install-test-')) { throw "invalid cleanup path" }
+    Remove-Item -LiteralPath $resolvedRoot -Recurse -Force
+}

scripts/release.mjs

@@ -174,16 +174,22 @@ function updateChangelog(version) {
 
   const today = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10);
   const escapedVer = version.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
+  const versionHeading = new RegExp(`^## \\[${escapedVer}\\](?:\\s|$)`, "m");
 
   // First: fill in any date-placeholder line for this version (e.g. "## [0.2.0] - 2026-09-XX")
   const versionPlaceholder = new RegExp(`^## \\[${escapedVer}\\]\\s*-\\s*\\d{4}-\\d{2}-XX`, "m");
   if (versionPlaceholder.test(content)) {
     content = content.replace(versionPlaceholder, `## [${version}] - ${today}`);
-  } else {
+  } else if (!versionHeading.test(content)) {
-    // Otherwise: insert a new section after [Unreleased]
+    // Preserve prepared release entries; new versions go before the release history.
+    const heading = `## [${version}] - ${today}`;
     const unreleased = /^## \[Unreleased\]/m;
     if (unreleased.test(content)) {
-      content = content.replace(unreleased, `## [Unreleased]\n\n## [${version}] - ${today}`);
+      content = content.replace(unreleased, `## [Unreleased]\n\n${heading}`);
+    } else if (/^## /m.test(content)) {
+      content = content.replace(/^## /m, `${heading}\n\n## `);
+    } else {
+      content = `${content.trimEnd()}\n\n${heading}\n`;
     }
   }
 

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.