perf(observation): reduce document processing scheduling overhead

refactor(observation): isolate document processing from capture orchestration
fix(observation): preserve snapshot document provenance and URL metadata
2026-09-10 13:01:23 +08:00 · 2026-09-09 13:20:22 +08:00 · 2026-09-09 13:20:22 +08:00 · 2026-09-09 13:20:22 +08:00 · 2026-09-09 13:20:22 +08:00 · 2026-09-09 13:20:22 +08:00
147 changed files with 14446 additions and 1499 deletions
@@ -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
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to BrowserSkill will be documented in this file.
+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.
+
+## [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
+
+### Added
+- File transfer: upload and download support across CLI, Extension, and DSH Plugin
+- File transfer: drag-and-drop upload (`drop-to-upload`)
+- VOM semantic graph, name enrichment, and hover perception modules
+- VOM hover probing (opt-in via `observe` parameter)
+- DSH Plugin: browser tool parity with CLI commands
+- Edge Add-ons automated publishing in CI
+- Protocol upgrade reminder when CLI / Extension protocol versions differ
+- Browser evaluation harness (`evals/browser/`)
+- Unified release script (`scripts/release.mjs`)
+
+### Changed
+- **Version scheme**: all three components now share the same semver
+- VOM rendering algorithm optimizations
+- Leaner SKILL.md agent instructions
+- DSH Plugin: simplified browser commands
+- Borrow confirmation UX — proactive focus and longer timeout
+- PiP window now has a close button
+
+### Fixed
+- Screenshot media type detection (was hard-coded to `image/png`)
+- DSH Plugin session lifecycle stability
+- DSH Plugin Cordis package ID mismatch
+- Observation thumbnail media type sniffing
+- Upload/download race conditions and layout bypass issues
+- VOM repeated name and safety policy issues
+
+---
+
+*Previous releases used independent version numbers per component.*
+
+## CLI 0.1.11 / Extension 0.1.7 / DSH Plugin 0.1.2 — 2026-08-26 ~ 2026-08-29
+
+### Added
+- DSH Plugin sidebar integration, session lifecycle, and archive cleanup
+- Recorder iframe and OOPIF support
+
+### Changed
+- VOM functional refactor
+
+### Fixed
+- Recorder safety policy and bug fixes
+
+## CLI 0.1.10 / Extension 0.1.6 — 2026-08-08
+
+### Added
+- VOM observation recording and settled-state detection
+- Record overlay timer
+
+### Fixed
+- Browser keepalive disconnect handling
+
+## CLI 0.1.9 / Extension 0.1.5 — 2026-07-29
+
+### Added
+- CLI auto-update mechanism
+- Trace v3 protocol and recorder
+
+### Fixed
+- MV3 keepalive disconnect
+
+## CLI 0.1.8 / Extension 0.1.4 — 2026-07-22
+
+### Added
+- More browser interaction actions
+
+### Fixed
+- Windows named-pipe hash-only path issue
+
+## CLI 0.1.7 / Extension 0.1.3 — 2026-07-07
+
+Initial public release pair.
+
+## CLI 0.1.6 — 2026-06-30
+
+### Fixed
+- Minor CLI fixes
+
+## CLI 0.1.5 / Extension 0.1.2 — 2026-06-22
+
+First tagged releases.
@@ -134,9 +134,10 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "bsk"
-version = "0.1.11"
+version = "0.2.1"
 dependencies = [
 "anyhow",
+ "base64",
 "bsk-protocol",
 "clap",
 "console",
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ dependencies = [

 [[package]]
 name = "bsk-protocol"
-version = "0.1.11"
+version = "0.2.1"
 dependencies = [
 "schemars",
 "semver",
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ members = [
 default-members = ["crates/bsk-cli"]

 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.1.11"
+version = "0.2.1"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.85"
 license = "MIT"
@@ -36,13 +36,14 @@ flate2 = "1.1.9"
 tar = "0.4.46"
 zip = { version = "7.2.0", default-features = false, features = ["deflate"] }
 sha2 = "0.11.0"
+base64 = "0.22"
 tempfile = "3"
 nix = { version = "0.29", features = ["signal", "process"] }
 rand = "0.8"
 uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v4", "serde"] }

 # Workspace crates (version required for `cargo publish` of dependents)
-bsk-protocol = { version = "0.1.9", path = "crates/bsk-protocol" }
+bsk-protocol = { version = "0.2.1", path = "crates/bsk-protocol" }

 [profile.release]
 strip = "symbols"
@@ -147,20 +147,26 @@ Start a new Agent session and write a prompt that needs the browser, for example
 Using [DeepSeek Harness](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness) (`dsh`)?
 BrowserSkill ships a first-class dsh plugin on npm as
 [`@wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin).
-It injects native `browser_*` tools (no shelling out to `bsk`) and a live Web UI
-overlay of each Agent Window.
+It gives the agent native `browser_*` tools and a live view of its browser sessions
+in the Web UI. The plugin runs `bsk` on the agent's behalf.

-Add it to a dsh profile, then start that profile:
+Install the `bsk` CLI and connect the browser extension first. Then add the plugin
+to a dsh profile and start it (replace `web` with your profile name):

 ```sh
 dsh plugin --profile web add @wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin
 dsh --profile web
 ```

-The plugin carries its own copy of the skill, so `bsk install-skill` is not needed
-for dsh — but the `bsk` CLI and the browser extension are still prerequisites. See
-the [plugin README](packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/README.md) for the tool list,
-configuration, and the observation overlay.
+The plugin includes the `browser-skill` skill, so `bsk install-skill` is not needed
+for dsh. Installed plugins do not update automatically. To upgrade this plugin:
+
+```sh
+dsh plugin --profile web update @wxg-prc-cpg/browser-skill-dsh-plugin --latest
+```
+
+Restart the profile after upgrading. See the
+[plugin README](packages/dsh-plugin-browserskill/README.md) for usage and configuration.

 ## How It Works

@@ -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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # BrowserSkill — Privacy Policy

-**Last updated:** May 25, 2026
+**Last updated:** August 20, 2026

 This Privacy Policy describes how the **BrowserSkill** browser extension (the "Extension") handles information when you install and use it. BrowserSkill is published as part of the open-source [BrowserSkill](https://github.com/Tencent/BrowserSkill) project. The source code is publicly auditable.

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ BrowserSkill is a local automation bridge that lets AI coding agents (such as Cu

 ## 2. Single Purpose

-The Extension's single purpose is to expose browser automation primitives (navigation, DOM observation, screenshots, clicks, form filling, tab management) to a locally running BrowserSkill daemon over a WebSocket connection on `127.0.0.1`, so that an AI agent invoked by the user can interact with web pages on the user's behalf.
+The Extension's single purpose is to expose browser automation primitives (navigation, DOM observation, screenshots, clicks, form filling, task-scoped file transfer, and tab management) to a locally running BrowserSkill daemon over a WebSocket connection on `127.0.0.1`, so that an AI agent invoked by the user can interact with web pages on the user's behalf.

 ## 3. Data the Extension Accesses

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Depending on the commands the user (via their AI agent) sends to the local daemo
 | **User input simulated by the agent** | Mouse clicks, keystrokes, and form values that the AI agent dispatches through the Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP). | Required to perform automation actions the user has asked the agent to do. |
 | **Tab and window metadata** | Tab IDs, URLs, titles, window IDs of the Agent Window and any tabs the user explicitly authorizes. | Required to target automation commands at the correct tab/window. |
 | **Local extension storage** | A randomly generated 8-character instance ID and an optional user-supplied label. | Used so the local daemon can recognize this browser instance across reconnects. No personal data is stored. |
+| **File transfers requested by the agent** | Local files explicitly supplied to `bsk upload`, and the file created by a single `bsk download` action. | Required to attach a task file to a web page or return a browser-generated download to the invoking local agent. |
 | **OS notifications** | Permission to display a system notification when the agent requests to "borrow" one of the user's existing tabs. | Required to obtain explicit, per-tab user consent before the agent touches any pre-existing tab. |

 ## 4. Data the Extension Does **Not** Collect
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ BrowserSkill does **not**:

 - Send any data to remote servers, the Extension's authors, or any third party.
 - Call any LLM, AI, or cloud API. The Extension contains no API keys, model identifiers, or remote endpoints.
- Read or transmit cookies, browsing history, bookmarks, downloads, saved passwords, or autofill data.
+- Read or transmit cookies, browsing history, bookmarks, saved passwords, or autofill data. It observes only the download initiated by an active `bsk download` call, not download history generally.
 - Use webcam, microphone, geolocation, or any device sensor.
 - Include analytics, telemetry, crash reporting, advertising SDKs, or fingerprinting code.
 - Track users across websites or across sessions.
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ The Extension requests the following Chrome permissions. Each is used solely for
 - **`alarms`** — Periodically wake the service worker to keep the local WebSocket connection alive.
 - **`idle`** — Detect when the device returns from idle/locked so the Extension can promptly re-establish the local WebSocket connection after the machine wakes. No idle data is stored or transmitted.
 - **`notifications`** — Show a system notification to obtain user approval before the agent borrows a user-owned tab.
+- **`downloads`** — Correlate and route the one browser download initiated by an active `bsk download` command. If that claimed transaction fails, BrowserSkill cancels an in-progress file or removes its completed temporary browser file. It is not used to enumerate download history or alter unclaimed downloads.
 - **`storage`** — Persist a random instance ID and optional label in `chrome.storage.local`.
 - **Host permission `<all_urls>`** — Inject a small status overlay (showing "Agent Active") on pages controlled by the agent, and enable automation across whatever sites the user directs the agent to. The Extension does **not** read or transmit page content from sites the agent is not actively driving.

@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ All Extension activity stays on the user's local device. The only network traffi

 - The instance ID and optional label persist in `chrome.storage.local` until the user uninstalls the Extension or clears extension storage.
 - Page content, screenshots, DOM snapshots, and other observed data are returned to the local daemon in response to commands and are **not retained by the Extension**. They live only as long as the agent's tool call.
+- Upload and download bytes are staged by the local daemon in a private, session-scoped directory. Download staging is removed after it is copied to the requested destination. Upload staging is retained until the session ends so a later form submission can still read the attached file. Remaining staging is removed when the session ends or disconnects, or when the daemon next starts after a crash.

 ## 8. User Control

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8" />
+    <title>BrowserSkill file-transfer fixture</title>
+    <style>
+      body { font: 16px system-ui; max-width: 760px; margin: 48px auto; }
+      .actions { display: flex; gap: 12px; align-items: center; margin: 24px 0; }
+      button, a { padding: 10px 16px; border: 1px solid #777; border-radius: 8px; }
+      a[aria-disabled="true"] { opacity: .45; pointer-events: none; }
+      #drop { padding: 36px; border: 3px dashed #777; border-radius: 12px; text-align: center; }
+      #drop.dragging { border-color: #2563eb; background: #eff6ff; }
+      img { display: block; max-width: 480px; max-height: 360px; margin-top: 20px; }
+    </style>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <h1>Upload then download the same image</h1>
+    <p id="status">No image selected</p>
+    <div class="actions">
+      <button id="upload" type="button">Upload through file input</button>
+      <input id="file" type="file" accept="image/png" hidden />
+      <a id="download" aria-disabled="true">Download uploaded image</a>
+    </div>
+    <div id="drop" role="button" tabindex="0">Drop an image here</div>
+    <img id="preview" alt="Uploaded image preview" hidden />
+    <script>
+      const input = document.querySelector('#file');
+      const upload = document.querySelector('#upload');
+      const drop = document.querySelector('#drop');
+      const download = document.querySelector('#download');
+      const preview = document.querySelector('#preview');
+      const status = document.querySelector('#status');
+      let objectUrl;
+
+      window.__bskTransferFixture = { events: [], result: null };
+
+      function accept(file, mechanism) {
+        if (!file) return;
+        if (objectUrl) URL.revokeObjectURL(objectUrl);
+        objectUrl = URL.createObjectURL(file);
+        preview.src = objectUrl;
+        preview.hidden = false;
+        download.href = objectUrl;
+        download.download = file.name;
+        download.removeAttribute('aria-disabled');
+        status.textContent = `Ready via ${mechanism}: ${file.name} (${file.size} bytes)`;
+        window.__bskTransferFixture.result = {
+          mechanism,
+          name: file.name,
+          size: file.size,
+          type: file.type,
+          hasPathProperty: 'path' in file,
+        };
+      }
+
+      upload.addEventListener('click', () => input.click());
+      input.addEventListener('change', () => accept(input.files[0], 'input'));
+
+      for (const type of ['dragenter', 'dragover']) {
+        drop.addEventListener(type, event => {
+          const types = [...event.dataTransfer.types];
+          window.__bskTransferFixture.events.push({ type, types });
+          if (!types.includes('Files')) return;
+          event.preventDefault();
+          drop.classList.add('dragging');
+        });
+      }
+      drop.addEventListener('dragleave', () => drop.classList.remove('dragging'));
+      drop.addEventListener('drop', event => {
+        window.__bskTransferFixture.events.push({
+          type: 'drop',
+          types: [...event.dataTransfer.types],
+          fileCount: event.dataTransfer.files.length,
+        });
+        event.preventDefault();
+        drop.classList.remove('dragging');
+        accept(event.dataTransfer.files[0], 'drop');
+      });
+    </script>
+  </body>
+</html>
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@browser-skill/extension",
-  "version": "0.1.7",
+  "version": "0.2.1",
  "private": true,
  "type": "module",
  "scripts": {
@@ -254,6 +254,69 @@ describe("ChromiumCdp", () => {
    expect(cdp.isAttached(7)).toBe(false);
  });

+  it.each([
+    false,
+    true,
+  ])("waits for detach before reconnecting a returned tab (detach rejects: %s)", async (rejectDetach) => {
+    const { api } = fakeApi();
+    const attached = new Set<number>();
+    let finishDetach!: () => void;
+    vi.mocked(api.attach).mockImplementation(async ({ tabId }) => {
+      if (attached.has(tabId!)) throw new Error("Another debugger is already attached");
+      attached.add(tabId!);
+    });
+    vi.mocked(api.detach).mockImplementation(async ({ tabId }) => {
+      attached.delete(tabId!);
+    });
+    vi.mocked(api.detach).mockImplementationOnce(
+      ({ tabId }) =>
+        new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+          finishDetach = () => {
+            attached.delete(tabId!);
+            if (rejectDetach) reject(new Error("tab already detached"));
+            else resolve();
+          };
+        }),
+    );
+    const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(api);
+    cdp.trackSessionTab("aa11", 7);
+    await cdp.ensureAttached(7);
+    const returning = cdp.releaseSessionTab("aa11", 7);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(api.detach).toHaveBeenCalledOnce());
+    let duplicateDetachFinished = false;
+    const duplicateDetach = cdp.detach(7).then(() => {
+      duplicateDetachFinished = true;
+    });
+
+    cdp.trackSessionTab("bb22", 7);
+    // Register rejection handlers immediately; the pre-fix driver rejects
+    // both commands while the browser still has the previous attachment.
+    const pending = Promise.allSettled([
+      cdp.send(7, "Runtime.evaluate", { expression: "document.title" }),
+      cdp.send(7, "DOM.getDocument"),
+    ]);
+    await cdp.send(8, "DOM.getDocument");
+    const finishedEarly = duplicateDetachFinished;
+    finishDetach();
+    await Promise.all([returning, duplicateDetach]);
+
+    expect(await pending).toEqual([
+      { status: "fulfilled", value: { ok: true } },
+      { status: "fulfilled", value: { ok: true } },
+    ]);
+    expect(finishedEarly).toBe(false);
+    expect(vi.mocked(api.attach).mock.calls.filter(([target]) => target.tabId === 7)).toHaveLength(
+      2,
+    );
+    expect(cdp.isAttached(7)).toBe(true);
+    expect(cdp.isAttached(8)).toBe(true);
+    await cdp.detachSession("bb22");
+    expect(api.detach).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(cdp.isAttached(7)).toBe(false);
+    expect(attached.has(7)).toBe(false);
+    expect(cdp.isAttached(8)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
  it("detachAll() iterates every cached tab", async () => {
    const { api } = fakeApi();
    const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(api);
@@ -651,6 +714,155 @@ describe("ChromiumCdp", () => {
    expect(cdp.networkEntriesSince(33, 0, 50, 1000).entries[0].url).toBeUndefined();
  });

+  it("releases only the returning session's claim on a tab", async () => {
+    const { api } = fakeApi();
+    const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(api);
+    await cdp.ensureAttached(1);
+    await cdp.ensureAttached(2);
+    cdp.trackSessionTab("aa11", 1);
+    cdp.trackSessionTab("bb22", 1);
+    cdp.trackSessionTab("aa11", 2);
+
+    await cdp.releaseSessionTab("unknown", 1);
+    await cdp.releaseSessionTab("aa11", 1);
+    expect(api.detach).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    await cdp.releaseSessionTab("bb22", 1);
+    await cdp.releaseSessionTab("bb22", 1);
+    expect(api.detach).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith({ tabId: 1 });
+    expect(cdp.isAttached(2)).toBe(true);
+
+    await cdp.detachSession("aa11");
+    expect(api.detach).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(api.detach).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ tabId: 2 });
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    false,
+    true,
+  ])("releases a tab with an attachment in flight (new owner: %s)", async (newOwner) => {
+    const { api } = fakeApi();
+    let finishAttach!: () => void;
+    vi.mocked(api.attach).mockImplementationOnce(
+      () =>
+        new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+          finishAttach = resolve;
+        }),
+    );
+    const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(api);
+    cdp.trackSessionTab("aa11", 1);
+    const attaching = cdp.ensureAttached(1);
+    const releasing = cdp.releaseSessionTab("aa11", 1);
+    if (newOwner) cdp.trackSessionTab("bb22", 1);
+    finishAttach();
+    await Promise.all([attaching, releasing]);
+
+    expect(cdp.isAttached(1)).toBe(newOwner);
+    expect(api.detach).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(newOwner ? 0 : 1);
+  });
+
+  it("stops accepting dialogs on a returned tab even when another session keeps CDP attached", async () => {
+    const { api, onEvent } = fakeApi();
+    let controlled = true;
+    const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(api, { shouldAutoAcceptDialog: () => controlled });
+    cdp.trackSessionTab("aa11", 1);
+    cdp.trackSessionTab("bb22", 1);
+    await cdp.ensureAttached(1);
+    onEvent.fire({ tabId: 1 }, "Page.javascriptDialogOpening", {
+      type: "confirm",
+      message: "before return",
+    });
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(cdp.dialogsSince(1, 0)).toHaveLength(1));
+    vi.mocked(api.sendCommand).mockClear();
+
+    controlled = false;
+    await cdp.releaseSessionTab("aa11", 1);
+    expect(cdp.isAttached(1)).toBe(true);
+    onEvent.fire({ tabId: 1 }, "Page.javascriptDialogOpening", {
+      type: "confirm",
+      message: "after return",
+    });
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(api.sendCommand).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(cdp.dialogsSince(1, 0)).toHaveLength(1);
+
+    controlled = true;
+    onEvent.fire({ tabId: 1 }, "Page.javascriptDialogOpening", {
+      type: "alert",
+      message: "borrowed again",
+    });
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(cdp.dialogsSince(1, 0)).toHaveLength(2));
+    expect(api.sendCommand).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(
+      { tabId: 1 },
+      "Page.handleJavaScriptDialog",
+      { accept: true },
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("ignores dialog events after detach, including a pending eligibility check", async () => {
+    const { api, onEvent } = fakeApi();
+    let resolveEligibility!: (value: boolean) => void;
+    const shouldAutoAcceptDialog = vi.fn(
+      () =>
+        new Promise<boolean>((resolve) => {
+          resolveEligibility = resolve;
+        }),
+    );
+    const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(api, { shouldAutoAcceptDialog });
+    await cdp.ensureAttached(1);
+    onEvent.fire({ tabId: 1 }, "Page.javascriptDialogOpening", { type: "alert" });
+    await cdp.detach(1);
+    resolveEligibility(true);
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    onEvent.fire({ tabId: 1 }, "Page.javascriptDialogOpening", { type: "alert" });
+
+    expect(shouldAutoAcceptDialog).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(api.sendCommand).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.anything(),
+      "Page.handleJavaScriptDialog",
+      expect.anything(),
+    );
+    expect(cdp.dialogsSince(1, 0)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("does not accept dialogs when the tab's current scope cannot be determined", async () => {
+    const { api, onEvent } = fakeApi();
+    const shouldAutoAcceptDialog = vi.fn(async () => {
+      throw new Error("tab is gone");
+    });
+    const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(api, { shouldAutoAcceptDialog });
+    await cdp.ensureAttached(1);
+    vi.mocked(api.sendCommand).mockClear();
+
+    onEvent.fire({ tabId: 1 }, "Page.javascriptDialogOpening", { type: "confirm" });
+    await Promise.resolve();
+
+    expect(shouldAutoAcceptDialog).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1);
+    expect(api.sendCommand).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(cdp.dialogsSince(1, 0)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("does not restore dialog state when an acceptance completes after detach", async () => {
+    const { api, onEvent } = fakeApi();
+    const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(api);
+    await cdp.ensureAttached(1);
+    let finishAccept!: () => void;
+    vi.mocked(api.sendCommand).mockImplementationOnce(
+      () =>
+        new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+          finishAccept = resolve;
+        }),
+    );
+
+    onEvent.fire({ tabId: 1 }, "Page.javascriptDialogOpening", { type: "alert" });
+    await cdp.detach(1);
+    finishAccept();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+
+    expect(cdp.dialogsSince(1, 0)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(cdp.dialogCursor(1)).toBe(0);
+  });
+
  it("detachSession only detaches tabs no other session owns", async () => {
    const { api } = fakeApi();
    const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(api);
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ export class ChromiumCdp {
  private readonly api: CdpDebuggerApi;
  private readonly attachedTabs = new Set<number>();
  private readonly attachInFlight = new Map<number, Promise<void>>();
+  private readonly detachInFlight = new Map<number, Promise<void>>();
  private readonly tabOwners = new Map<number, Set<string>>();
  private readonly dialogBuffers = new Map<number, JavaScriptDialogInfo[]>();
  private readonly dialogSequences = new Map<number, number>();
@@ -182,7 +183,13 @@ export class ChromiumCdp {
  private networkSubscription: { dispose(): void } | null = null;
  private frameTargetSubscription: { dispose(): void } | null = null;

-  constructor(api: CdpDebuggerApi = chromeDebuggerApi) {
+  constructor(
+    api: CdpDebuggerApi = chromeDebuggerApi,
+    private readonly options: {
+      /** CDP observation alone does not authorize dismissing user dialogs. */
+      shouldAutoAcceptDialog?: (tabId: number) => boolean | Promise<boolean>;
+    } = {},
+  ) {
    this.api = api;
    this.bindAutoDetach();
    this.bindDialogHandler();
@@ -193,6 +200,10 @@ export class ChromiumCdp {

  /** Attach to `tabId` if we haven't already in this driver. */
  async ensureAttached(tabId: number): Promise<void> {
+    // Returning a tab clears the cache before Chrome finishes detaching.
+    // New observers must wait before opening the next connection to that tab.
+    const detaching = this.detachInFlight.get(tabId);
+    if (detaching) await detaching;
    if (this.attachedTabs.has(tabId)) return;
    const existing = this.attachInFlight.get(tabId);
    if (existing) {
@@ -425,6 +436,11 @@ export class ChromiumCdp {

  /** Detach if attached; never throws. */
  async detach(tabId: number): Promise<void> {
+    const existing = this.detachInFlight.get(tabId);
+    if (existing) {
+      await existing;
+      return;
+    }
    this.attachInFlight.delete(tabId);
    if (!this.attachedTabs.has(tabId)) return;
    this.attachedTabs.delete(tabId);
@@ -432,13 +448,19 @@ export class ChromiumCdp {
    this.clearConsoleState(tabId);
    this.clearNetworkState(tabId);
    this.clearFrameState(tabId);
-    try {
-      await this.api.detach({ tabId });
-    } catch (err) {
-      // Tab may already be gone — Chrome auto-detaches on close. Log
-      // at debug so production builds aren't noisy.
-      console.debug("[bsk cdp] detach failed (likely tab already closed)", err);
-    }
+    const detach = (async () => {
+      try {
+        await this.api.detach({ tabId });
+      } catch (err) {
+        // Tab may already be gone — Chrome auto-detaches on close. Log
+        // at debug so production builds aren't noisy.
+        console.debug("[bsk cdp] detach failed (likely tab already closed)", err);
+      }
+    })().finally(() => {
+      this.detachInFlight.delete(tabId);
+    });
+    this.detachInFlight.set(tabId, detach);
+    await detach;
  }

  /** True iff `ensureAttached(tabId)` has succeeded since the last detach. */
@@ -453,6 +475,17 @@ export class ChromiumCdp {
    this.tabOwners.set(tabId, owners);
  }

+  /** Release one session's claim, preserving attachments still used by another. */
+  async releaseSessionTab(sessionId: string, tabId: number): Promise<void> {
+    const owners = this.tabOwners.get(tabId);
+    if (!owners?.delete(sessionId) || owners.size > 0) return;
+    this.tabOwners.delete(tabId);
+    // An observation may still be attaching when the tab is returned. Wait
+    // for it so detach cannot miss the attachment or remove a new owner's claim.
+    await this.attachInFlight.get(tabId)?.catch(() => {});
+    if (!this.tabOwners.has(tabId)) await this.detach(tabId);
+  }
+
  /** Subscribe to all CDP events. Returned disposable removes the listener. */
  onEvent(handler: (source: CdpDebuggee, method: string, params: unknown) => void): {
    dispose(): void;
@@ -639,13 +672,23 @@ export class ChromiumCdp {
  }

  private async onJavaScriptDialogOpening(tabId: number, params: unknown): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this.attachedTabs.has(tabId) && !this.attachInFlight.has(tabId)) return;
    const parsed = parseDialogOpeningParams(params);
    try {
+      if (
+        this.options.shouldAutoAcceptDialog &&
+        !(await this.options.shouldAutoAcceptDialog(tabId))
+      ) {
+        return;
+      }
+      // The tab may have been returned while its current scope was checked.
+      if (!this.attachedTabs.has(tabId) && !this.attachInFlight.has(tabId)) return;
      const handleParams: { accept: boolean; promptText?: string } = { accept: true };
      if (parsed.type === "prompt") {
        handleParams.promptText = parsed.defaultPrompt ?? "";
      }
      await this.api.sendCommand({ tabId }, "Page.handleJavaScriptDialog", handleParams);
+      if (!this.attachedTabs.has(tabId) && !this.attachInFlight.has(tabId)) return;
      const sequence = (this.dialogSequences.get(tabId) ?? 0) + 1;
      this.dialogSequences.set(tabId, sequence);
      this.appendDialog(tabId, {
@@ -835,15 +878,9 @@ export class ChromiumCdp {

  /** Detach tabs only when no other live session has claimed them. */
  async detachSession(sessionId: string): Promise<void> {
-    const tabsToDetach: number[] = [];
-    for (const [tabId, owners] of this.tabOwners) {
-      owners.delete(sessionId);
-      if (owners.size === 0) {
-        this.tabOwners.delete(tabId);
-        tabsToDetach.push(tabId);
-      }
-    }
-    await Promise.all(tabsToDetach.map((tabId) => this.detach(tabId)));
+    await Promise.all(
+      Array.from(this.tabOwners.keys(), (tabId) => this.releaseSessionTab(sessionId, tabId)),
+    );
  }
 }

@@ -45,10 +45,32 @@ function portHarness() {

 describe("RecordFrameAgent", () => {
  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
    document.documentElement.removeAttribute(RECORD_DOCUMENT_ATTRIBUTE);
    document.body.replaceChildren();
  });

+  it("starts when crypto.randomUUID is unavailable", async () => {
+    const harness = portHarness();
+    const getRandomValues = vi.fn((bytes: Uint8Array) => {
+      bytes.fill(0x11);
+      return bytes;
+    });
+    vi.stubGlobal("crypto", { getRandomValues });
+    vi.stubGlobal("chrome", {
+      runtime: {
+        connect: vi.fn(() => harness.port),
+        sendMessage: vi.fn(),
+      },
+    });
+    const agent = new RecordFrameAgent();
+
+    await expect(
+      agent.start({ type: RECORD_FRAME_START, requestId: "rec-http", startedAtMs: 10 }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ ok: true });
+    expect(getRandomValues).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
  it("keeps a failed stop retryable and flushes the final dirty fill", async () => {
    const harness = portHarness();
    const sendMessage = vi
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { createRandomUuid } from "@/lib/random-uuid";
 import {
  isAcceptedRecordStepAck,
  RECORD_STEP,
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ export class RecordStepDelivery {
  constructor(
    requestId: string,
    send: SendRecordStepMessage = (message) => chrome.runtime.sendMessage(message),
-    producerId: string = crypto.randomUUID(),
+    producerId: string = createRandomUuid(),
  ) {
    this.#requestId = requestId;
    this.#producerId = producerId;
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { createRandomUuid } from "@/lib/random-uuid";
 import {
  markRecordingDocument,
  type RecordingDocumentMarker,
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ export class RecordFrameAgent {
  async #start(
    message: RecordFrameStartMessage,
  ): Promise<{ ok: true } | { ok: false; error: string }> {
-    const producerId = crypto.randomUUID();
+    const producerId = createRandomUuid();
    const root = await waitForDocumentElement();
    if (this.#disposed) return { ok: false, error: "recording document is disposed" };
    const marker = markRecordingDocument(producerId, root);
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { recordFrameCoordinator } from "@/lib/recording/frame-coordinator";
 import { attachSessionsLiveFlag } from "@/lib/sessions-live-flag";
 import { createDisconnectCleanup } from "@/session-manager/disconnect-cleanup";
 import { attachSessionEventHandler } from "@/session-manager/event-handler";
-import { SessionManager } from "@/session-manager/manager";
+import { isAgentControlledTab, SessionManager } from "@/session-manager/manager";
 import {
  attachBorrowNotificationButtonHandler,
  attachBorrowNotificationClickHandler,
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ import {
  attachRecordStepListener,
  type RecordRuntimeDeps,
 } from "@/tools/record";
+import { chromeTabsApi } from "@/tools/shared";
+import { chromeTabMutationApi } from "@/tools/tabs";
 import { detectBrowserMeta } from "@/transport/handshake";
 import type { Transport } from "@/transport/transport";
 import { WSTransport } from "@/transport/ws-transport";
@@ -49,7 +51,12 @@ export default defineBackground(() => {
  const controller = new ConnectionController();
  const transport = new WSTransport({ url: __BSK_DAEMON_WS_URL__ });
  const sessions = new SessionManager();
-  const cdp = new ChromiumCdp();
+  const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(undefined, {
+    shouldAutoAcceptDialog: async (tabId) => {
+      const tab = await chrome.tabs.get(tabId);
+      return sessions.findByWindowId(tab.windowId) !== null;
+    },
+  });
  const sessionsLive = attachSessionsLiveFlag({ manager: sessions });
  let overlayGeneration = 0;
  const controlModes = new Map<string, OverlayMode>();
@@ -80,6 +87,24 @@ export default defineBackground(() => {
    };
  }

+  /**
+   * Authoritative overlay state for a specific tab. Agent Window tabs are
+   * free by default; only tabs explicitly claimed through session startup,
+   * `tab_create`, or `tab_borrow` receive the control overlay.
+   */
+  function overlayStateForTab(tabId?: number, windowId?: number): OverlayAgentStateMessage {
+    if (typeof tabId === "number" && typeof windowId === "number") {
+      const ctx = sessions.findByWindowId(windowId);
+      if (ctx && isAgentControlledTab(ctx, tabId)) return overlayStateForWindow(windowId);
+    }
+    return {
+      type: OVERLAY_AGENT_STATE,
+      sessionId: null,
+      mode: "hidden",
+      generation: overlayGeneration,
+    };
+  }
+
  async function pushOverlayStateToTab(
    tabId: number,
    state: OverlayAgentStateMessage,
@@ -91,13 +116,18 @@ export default defineBackground(() => {
    }
  }

+  async function pushOverlayStateForTab(tabId: number, windowId?: number): Promise<void> {
+    const state = overlayStateForTab(tabId, windowId);
+    await pushOverlayStateToTab(tabId, state);
+  }
+
  async function pushOverlayStateForWindow(windowId: number): Promise<void> {
-    const state = overlayStateForWindow(windowId);
    const tabs = await chrome.tabs.query({ windowId });
    await Promise.all(
-      tabs.map((tab) =>
-        typeof tab.id === "number" ? pushOverlayStateToTab(tab.id, state) : Promise.resolve(),
-      ),
+      tabs.map((tab) => {
+        if (typeof tab.id !== "number") return Promise.resolve();
+        return pushOverlayStateForTab(tab.id, windowId);
+      }),
    );
  }

@@ -136,13 +166,30 @@ export default defineBackground(() => {
    if (typeof tab.windowId !== "number") return;
    pushOverlayStateForAgentWindow(tab.windowId);
  });
+  // Newly observed tabs are free unless the agent's own creation path has
+  // already claimed their concrete id. This listener only renders that
+  // state; it never infers or mutates ownership from event ordering.
+  chrome.tabs.onCreated.addListener((tab) => {
+    if (typeof tab.windowId !== "number" || typeof tab.id !== "number") return;
+    if (!sessions.findByWindowId(tab.windowId)) return;
+    void pushOverlayStateForTab(tab.id, tab.windowId);
+  });
+  chrome.tabs.onRemoved.addListener((tabId, removeInfo) => {
+    sessions.forgetClosedTab(tabId, { isWindowClosing: removeInfo.isWindowClosing });
+  });
  // Re-sync the storage.session flag on SW startup so a previous SW's
  // stale `true` does not keep waking us on every page load until the
  // first mutation (review M4/M5 round 3 m-R3-1).
  void sessionsLive.refresh();
  const cleanupAfterDisconnect = createDisconnectCleanup({
    manager: sessions,
-    sessionStopDeps: { cdp },
+    // Same contract as the dispatcher's `tool.session_stop`: without these
+    // deps the agent-tab cleanup and the window-release path are dead code.
+    sessionStopDeps: {
+      cdp,
+      tabManagement: { tabs: chromeTabMutationApi },
+      tabsQuery: chromeTabsApi,
+    },
    onSessionsChanged: () => {
      void sessionsLive.syncFromManager();
    },
@@ -176,6 +223,9 @@ export default defineBackground(() => {
    recording: recordDeps,
    onSessionsChanged: onOverlaySessionStateChanged,
    onBrowserControlResumed,
+    onAgentTabClaimed: (tabId, windowId) => {
+      void pushOverlayStateForTab(tabId, windowId);
+    },
    approveBorrow: (ctx) =>
      requestBorrowConfirmation(ctx.tabId, {
        ...(ctx.signal !== undefined ? { signal: ctx.signal } : {}),
@@ -309,7 +359,11 @@ export default defineBackground(() => {
    }

    if (msg.kind === OVERLAY_MSG_READY) {
-      sendResponse(overlayStateForWindow(sender.tab?.windowId));
+      // Resolve from explicit tab ownership before sending so free tabs never
+      // flash the control mask.
+      if (typeof sender.tab?.id === "number") {
+        void pushOverlayStateForTab(sender.tab.id, sender.tab.windowId);
+      }
      return false;
    }

@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ describe("App", () => {

    expect(screen.queryByText(/^扩展 v/)).toBeNull();
    expect(screen.queryByText(/^daemon v/)).toBeNull();
-    expect(screen.getByTitle("扩展版本").textContent).toBe(EXTENSION_VERSION);
-    expect(screen.getByTitle("bsk 版本").textContent).toBe(mockDaemonVersion);
+    expect(screen.getByTitle("扩展版本").textContent).toBe(`Ext ${EXTENSION_VERSION}`);
+    expect(screen.getByTitle("bsk 版本").textContent).toBe(`CLI ${mockDaemonVersion}`);
    expect(screen.getByText("03c3e47f")).toBeTruthy();

    const copyButton = screen.getByRole("button", { name: "复制实例 ID" });
@@ -267,9 +267,9 @@ export function App() {
            data-slot="popup-meta"
          >
            <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1">
-              <span title={t("popup.extensionVersionHint")}>{extensionVersion}</span>
+              <span title={t("popup.daemonVersionHint")}>CLI {daemonVersion}</span>
              <span aria-hidden>/</span>
-              <span title={t("popup.daemonVersionHint")}>{daemonVersion}</span>
+              <span title={t("popup.extensionVersionHint")}>Ext {extensionVersion}</span>
            </div>
            <div className="flex min-w-0 items-center justify-end gap-1">
              <span className="shrink-0">{t("popup.instanceTitle")}</span>
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import {
  CAPTURE_SUPPRESS,
  type CaptureSuppressMessage,
-  withOverlaysHiddenForCapture,
+  withExtensionOverlayHidden,
 } from "../capture-suppress-bridge";

 function recordingSendToTab(events: string[]) {
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ function recordingSendToTab(events: string[]) {
  });
 }

-describe("withOverlaysHiddenForCapture", () => {
+describe("withExtensionOverlayHidden", () => {
  it("sends begin → fn → end and returns fn's result", async () => {
    const events: string[] = [];
    const sendToTab = recordingSendToTab(events);

-    const result = await withOverlaysHiddenForCapture(
+    const result = await withExtensionOverlayHidden(
      7,
      async () => {
        events.push("capture");
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe("withOverlaysHiddenForCapture", () => {
    const sendToTab = recordingSendToTab(events);

    await expect(
-      withOverlaysHiddenForCapture(
+      withExtensionOverlayHidden(
        7,
        async () => {
          events.push("capture");
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ describe("withOverlaysHiddenForCapture", () => {
    });
    const fn = vi.fn(async () => "shot");

-    const result = await withOverlaysHiddenForCapture(7, fn, sendToTab);
+    const result = await withExtensionOverlayHidden(7, fn, sendToTab);

    expect(result).toBe("shot");
    expect(fn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ describe("withOverlaysHiddenForCapture", () => {
      return { type: CAPTURE_SUPPRESS, ok: true };
    });

-    const result = await withOverlaysHiddenForCapture(7, async () => "shot", sendToTab);
+    const result = await withExtensionOverlayHidden(7, async () => "shot", sendToTab);

    expect(result).toBe("shot");
    expect(sendToTab).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { createRandomUuid } from "../random-uuid";
+
+describe("createRandomUuid", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+  });
+
+  it("uses crypto.randomUUID when it is available", () => {
+    const randomUUID = vi.fn(() => "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000");
+    vi.stubGlobal("crypto", { randomUUID, getRandomValues: vi.fn() });
+
+    expect(createRandomUuid()).toBe("00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000");
+    expect(randomUUID).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to getRandomValues and sets UUID v4 bits", () => {
+    const bytes = new Uint8Array(16).fill(0xff);
+    const getRandomValues = vi.fn((target: Uint8Array) => {
+      target.set(bytes);
+      return target;
+    });
+    vi.stubGlobal("crypto", { getRandomValues });
+
+    const uuid = createRandomUuid();
+
+    expect(uuid).toBe("ffffffff-ffff-4fff-bfff-ffffffffffff");
+    expect(getRandomValues).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+});
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /**
- * Wire protocol and background-side helper for hiding the extension's
- * in-page overlay while a screenshot is captured, so captured frames only
- * contain the page itself.
+ * Wire protocol and background-side helper for temporarily excluding the
+ * extension's in-page overlay. Screenshots use it to avoid captured chrome;
+ * coordinate-driven native input uses it so Chrome hit-tests the page.
 *
- * The background wraps every capture in `withOverlaysHiddenForCapture`,
+ * The background wraps each bounded operation in `withExtensionOverlayHidden`,
 * which sends `begin` (the content script hides the overlay host and only
 * acks once the compositor has produced an overlay-free frame) and always
 * follows up with `end`, even when the capture throws. Tabs without the
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const defaultSendToTab: CaptureSuppressSendToTab = (tabId, message) =>
 * (or any other `begin` failure) simply skips suppression — there is no
 * overlay to hide in that tab.
 */
-export async function withOverlaysHiddenForCapture<T>(
+export async function withExtensionOverlayHidden<T>(
  tabId: number,
  fn: () => Promise<T>,
  sendToTab: CaptureSuppressSendToTab = defaultSendToTab,
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 * between the content-script control overlay and the background SW.
 *
 * Content script → background:
- *  - `{ kind: "overlay.ready" }` → background replies with the authoritative
- *      overlay state for the sender's window.
+ *  - `{ kind: "overlay.ready" }` → background decides the per-tab state first
+ *      (see overlayStateForTab) and pushes the authoritative overlay state for
+ *      that tab. It also proactively pushes on tab create and control-mode
+ *      change, so a tab usually receives state before it ever sends ready.
 *  - `{ kind: "overlay.interrupt", sessionId }` → background asks the
 *      daemon (via a `session.user_interrupt` WS event) to cancel
 *      every inflight + queued tool call for that session with
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+ * Generate a UUID v4 in browser contexts where randomUUID() is unavailable.
+ *
+ * Crypto.randomUUID() is restricted to secure contexts, while
+ * crypto.getRandomValues() is available to content scripts on ordinary HTTP
+ * origins. BrowserSkill records many intranet pages served over HTTP, so the
+ * fallback is required for recording to work on those pages.
+ */
+export function createRandomUuid(): string {
+  const cryptoApi = globalThis.crypto;
+  if (typeof cryptoApi.randomUUID === "function") return cryptoApi.randomUUID();
+
+  const bytes = new Uint8Array(16);
+  cryptoApi.getRandomValues(bytes);
+  bytes[6] = (bytes[6]! & 0x0f) | 0x40;
+  bytes[8] = (bytes[8]! & 0x3f) | 0x80;
+
+  const hex = Array.from(bytes, (byte) => byte.toString(16).padStart(2, "0")).join("");
+  return [
+    hex.slice(0, 8),
+    hex.slice(8, 12),
+    hex.slice(12, 16),
+    hex.slice(16, 20),
+    hex.slice(20),
+  ].join("-");
+}
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { createRandomUuid } from "../random-uuid";
 import {
  isRecordFrameQueryMessage,
  RECORD_FRAME_PORT,
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ export class RecordFrameCoordinator {
    const recording = this.#recordings.get(requestId);
    if (!recording) return true;
    recording.finishing = true;
-    const commandId = crypto.randomUUID();
+    const commandId = createRandomUuid();
    const results = await Promise.all(
      [...recording.agents.values()].map((agent) => this.#stopAgent(agent, requestId, commandId)),
    );
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe("disconnect session cleanup", () => {
    const manager = new SessionManager({
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => nextWindowId++),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
        remove,
      },
    });
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe("disconnect session cleanup", () => {
    const manager = new SessionManager({
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 100),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
        remove: vi.fn(() => removeGate),
      },
    });
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe("attachSessionEventHandler", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
        remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    await manager.start("aa11");
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe("attachSessionEventHandler", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
        remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    const ctx = await manager.start("aa11");
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ describe("attachSessionEventHandler", () => {
      windowEvents: events.api,
    });

+    manager.forgetClosedTab(7, { isWindowClosing: true });
    events.emit(4242);
    for (let i = 0; i < 4; i += 1) await Promise.resolve();

@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ describe("attachSessionEventHandler", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
        remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    const transport = fakeTransport();
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ describe("attachSessionEventHandler", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
        remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    const transport = fakeTransport();
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { AgentWindowApi, AgentWindowCreateOptions } from "../agent-window";
-import { SessionManager } from "../manager";
+import { isAgentControlledTab, SessionManager } from "../manager";

 function fakeAgentWindow(): AgentWindowApi & {
  createMock: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(): AgentWindowApi & {
    return id;
  });
  const removeMock = vi.fn(async (_id: number) => {});
-  const ensureActiveTabMock = vi.fn(async (_windowId: number, _url: string) => {});
+  const ensureActiveTabMock = vi.fn(async (_windowId: number, _url: string) => 0);
  return {
    create: createMock,
    remove: removeMock,
@@ -151,6 +151,76 @@ describe("SessionManager", () => {
    expect(sm.list()).toEqual([]);
  });

+  describe("explicit tab claims", () => {
+    it("claims the exact home tab returned by AgentWindowApi", async () => {
+      const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow() });
+      const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+      expect(ctx.agentCreatedTabs).toEqual(new Set([0]));
+      expect(isAgentControlledTab(ctx, 0)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("keeps every other tab free without classification state", async () => {
+      const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow() });
+      const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+      expect(isAgentControlledTab(ctx, 99)).toBe(false);
+      expect(ctx).not.toHaveProperty("userTabs");
+      expect(ctx).not.toHaveProperty("pendingAgentTabCount");
+    });
+
+    it("treats a committed borrow as an explicit claim", async () => {
+      const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow() });
+      const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+      const reservation = sm.tryReserveBorrow(42, ctx.sessionId);
+      if ("borrowedBy" in reservation) throw new Error("unexpected borrow conflict");
+      reservation.commit({ tabId: 42, originalWindowId: 7, originalIndex: 3 });
+      expect(isAgentControlledTab(ctx, 42)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("forgets an agent-created tab after Chrome removes it", async () => {
+      const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow() });
+      const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+      ctx.agentCreatedTabs.add(42);
+      sm.forgetClosedTab(42);
+      expect(ctx.agentCreatedTabs.has(42)).toBe(false);
+      expect(isAgentControlledTab(ctx, 0)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("forgets closed borrows idempotently without affecting other tabs or sessions", async () => {
+      const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow() });
+      const a = await sm.start("aa11");
+      const b = await sm.start("bb22");
+      a.borrowedTabs.set(42, { tabId: 42, originalWindowId: 7, originalIndex: 0 });
+      a.borrowedTabs.set(43, { tabId: 43, originalWindowId: 7, originalIndex: 1 });
+      b.borrowedTabs.set(44, { tabId: 44, originalWindowId: 8, originalIndex: 0 });
+
+      sm.forgetClosedTab(42);
+      sm.forgetClosedTab(42);
+      sm.forgetClosedTab(999);
+
+      expect(isAgentControlledTab(a, 42)).toBe(false);
+      expect(sm.findBorrowingSession(42, null)).toBeNull();
+      expect([...a.borrowedTabs.keys()]).toEqual([43]);
+      expect([...b.borrowedTabs.keys()]).toEqual([44]);
+      expect(sm.list()).toHaveLength(2);
+    });
+
+    it("prevents an in-flight borrow from reclaiming a closed tab", async () => {
+      const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow() });
+      const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+      const reservation = sm.tryReserveBorrow(42, ctx.sessionId);
+      if ("borrowedBy" in reservation) throw new Error("unexpected borrow conflict");
+
+      sm.forgetClosedTab(42);
+
+      expect(() =>
+        reservation.commit({ tabId: 42, originalWindowId: 7, originalIndex: 0 }),
+      ).toThrow(/reservation disappeared/);
+      reservation.release();
+      expect(sm.findBorrowingSession(42, null)).toBeNull();
+      expect(ctx.borrowedTabs.has(42)).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
  describe("findBorrowingSession", () => {
    it("returns null when no session has borrowed the tab", async () => {
      const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow() });
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ export interface AgentWindowApi {
   * Guarantee the Agent Window has an active, CDP-navigable tab.
   * `chrome://` pages (including the New Tab page) reject `Page.navigate`,
   * so sessions bootstrap with `about:blank` instead.
+   *
+   * Resolves with the id of the activated (or newly created) tab, so callers
+   * can track the session's home tab without re-querying Chrome.
   */
-  ensureActiveTab(windowId: number, url: string): Promise<void>;
+  ensureActiveTab(windowId: number, url: string): Promise<number>;
 }

 /** Creation hints for a new Agent Window. */
@@ -49,15 +52,19 @@ export const chromeAgentWindowApi: AgentWindowApi = {
    // cancellation success while the Agent Window remains open.
    await chrome.windows.remove(windowId);
  },
-  async ensureActiveTab(windowId: number, url: string): Promise<void> {
+  async ensureActiveTab(windowId: number, url: string): Promise<number> {
    const tabs = await chrome.tabs.query({ windowId });
    const first = tabs.find((t) => typeof t.id === "number");
-    if (first?.id) {
+    if (first?.id !== undefined) {
      if (!first.active) {
        await chrome.tabs.update(first.id, { active: true });
      }
-      return;
+      return first.id;
    }
-    await chrome.tabs.create({ windowId, url, active: true });
+    const created = await chrome.tabs.create({ windowId, url, active: true });
+    if (typeof created?.id !== "number") {
+      throw new Error("[bh] chrome.tabs.create returned no tab id");
+    }
+    return created.id;
  },
 };
@@ -6,9 +6,20 @@ export interface SessionContext {
  agentWindowId: number;
  refStore: RefStore;
  borrowedTabs: Map<number, BorrowedTab>;
+  /**
+   * Tabs explicitly claimed by the agent because it created them. This
+   * includes the Agent Window's home tab and tabs created by `tool.tab_create`.
+   * Tabs opened through Chrome UI never enter this set.
+   */
+  agentCreatedTabs: Set<number>;
  createdAtMs: number;
 }

+/** Whether this session has explicitly claimed control of `tabId`. */
+export function isAgentControlledTab(ctx: SessionContext, tabId: number): boolean {
+  return ctx.agentCreatedTabs.has(tabId) || ctx.borrowedTabs.has(tabId);
+}
+
 export interface BorrowedTab {
  tabId: number;
  originalWindowId: number;
@@ -106,6 +117,19 @@ export class SessionManager {
    return Array.from(this.sessions.values());
  }

+  /**
+   * Forget a tab Chrome has removed, including any uncommitted borrow.
+   * Whole-window closures keep committed borrows until the window-removed
+   * handler reports which user tabs could not be returned.
+   */
+  forgetClosedTab(tabId: number, { isWindowClosing = false } = {}): void {
+    this.borrowReservations.delete(tabId);
+    for (const ctx of this.sessions.values()) {
+      ctx.agentCreatedTabs.delete(tabId);
+      if (!isWindowClosing) ctx.borrowedTabs.delete(tabId);
+    }
+  }
+
  /**
   * Look up whether `tabId` is currently borrowed by some *other*
   * session than the one calling. Used by M8 `tab_borrow` to refuse
@@ -179,7 +203,7 @@ export class SessionManager {
      const { signal: _signal, ...createOptions } = opts;
      windowId = await this.agentWindow.create(AGENT_WINDOW_HOME, createOptions);
      throwIfSessionStartAborted(opts.signal);
-      await this.agentWindow.ensureActiveTab(windowId, AGENT_WINDOW_HOME);
+      const homeTabId = await this.agentWindow.ensureActiveTab(windowId, AGENT_WINDOW_HOME);
      throwIfSessionStartAborted(opts.signal);

      const ctx: SessionContext = {
@@ -187,6 +211,10 @@ export class SessionManager {
        agentWindowId: windowId,
        refStore: new RefStore(),
        borrowedTabs: new Map(),
+        // The home tab is the session's first explicit claim. Every other
+        // tab remains free until `tab_create` or `tab_borrow` identifies it
+        // by its concrete Chrome tab id.
+        agentCreatedTabs: new Set([homeTabId]),
        createdAtMs: this.now(),
      };
      this.sessions.set(sessionId, ctx);
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
      return id;
    }),
    remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
  };
 }

@@ -49,13 +49,54 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
  });

+  it.each([
+    "tool.snapshot",
+    "tool.evaluate",
+    "tool.get_html",
+    "tool.console",
+  ])("annotates Chrome extension-access failures from %s", async (method) => {
+    const tab = { id: 7, windowId: 4242, active: true, url: "https://example.test" };
+    vi.stubGlobal("chrome", {
+      tabs: {
+        get: vi.fn(async () => tab),
+        query: vi.fn(async () => [tab]),
+      },
+    });
+    const { transport, sent, deliver } = fakeTransport();
+    const sessions = new SessionManager({
+      agentWindow: {
+        create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
+        remove: vi.fn(),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(),
+      },
+    });
+    await sessions.start("test");
+    const error = new Error("Cannot access a chrome-extension:// URL of different extension");
+    const cdp = {
+      send: vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(error),
+      ensureConsoleCapture: vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(error),
+      consoleEntriesSince: vi.fn(),
+    } as unknown as TestDispatcherCdp;
+    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions, cdp });
+    dispatcher.start();
+    deliver(makeRequest(method, { session_id: "test", expression: "document.title" }));
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(sent).toHaveLength(1));
+    expect(sent[0]).toMatchObject({
+      error: {
+        code: "cdp_failed",
+        data: { reason: "cdp_extension_access_denied" },
+      },
+    });
+    dispatcher.stop();
+  });
+
  it("uses the configured recording runtime for start and stop", async () => {
    const { transport, sent, deliver } = fakeTransport();
    const sessions = new SessionManager({
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
        remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    await sessions.start("aa11");
@@ -117,7 +158,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
        remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -140,7 +181,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create,
        remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -158,7 +199,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
        remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    await sessions.start("aa11");
@@ -172,6 +213,47 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
    expect(sent[0]).toEqual({ id: "r-1", result: {} });
  });

+  it("wires the production tab APIs into tool.session_stop so a surviving user tab releases the window", async () => {
+    // Regression guard for the deps that session_stop reads directly: when
+    // `tabManagement.tabs` / `tabsQuery` are not injected by the dispatcher,
+    // the agent-tab cleanup and the release decision silently no-op and the
+    // Agent Window is closed even though a user tab is still open (issue #57).
+    const removeTab = vi.fn(async () => {});
+    const closeWindow = vi.fn(async () => {});
+    // After cleanup the window still holds one tab (id 99) that is neither
+    // the home tab nor an agent-created tab — i.e. a genuine user tab.
+    vi.stubGlobal("chrome", {
+      tabs: {
+        remove: removeTab,
+        query: vi.fn(async () => [{ id: 99, windowId: 4242, active: true }]),
+      },
+    });
+    const { transport, sent, deliver } = fakeTransport();
+    const sessions = new SessionManager({
+      agentWindow: {
+        create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
+        remove: closeWindow,
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
+      },
+    });
+    await sessions.start("aa11");
+    // Register the exact tab id returned by the agent's creation path.
+    sessions.get("aa11")?.agentCreatedTabs.add(7);
+
+    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
+    dispatcher.start();
+
+    deliver(makeRequest("tool.session_stop", { session_id: "aa11" }));
+    await flushMicrotasks();
+
+    // The agent tab is closed through the real chrome.tabs surface...
+    expect(removeTab).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7);
+    // ...and the window is released rather than closed, so the user's tab survives.
+    expect(closeWindow).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(sessions.has("aa11")).toBe(false);
+    expect(sent[0]).toEqual({ id: "r-1", result: { window_released: true } });
+  });
+
  it("routes tool.console through the CDP console buffer", async () => {
    vi.stubGlobal("chrome", {
      tabs: {
@@ -183,7 +265,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
        remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    await sessions.start("aa11");
@@ -232,13 +314,114 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
    });
  });

+  it("bypasses and restores the control overlay for an upload trigger click", async () => {
+    const sendMessage = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    vi.stubGlobal("chrome", {
+      tabs: {
+        get: vi.fn(async () => ({ id: 7, windowId: 4242, active: true })),
+        query: vi.fn(async () => [{ id: 7, windowId: 4242, active: true }]),
+        sendMessage,
+      },
+    });
+    const { transport, sent, deliver } = fakeTransport();
+    const sessions = new SessionManager({
+      agentWindow: {
+        create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
+        remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
+      },
+    });
+    const ctx = await sessions.start("aa11");
+    ctx.refStore.set("e1", 123, { tabId: 7 });
+    const send = vi.fn(async <T>(_tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => {
+      if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
+        return { cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1280, clientHeight: 720 } } as T;
+      }
+      if (method === "DOM.getContentQuads") {
+        return { quads: [[0, 0, 20, 0, 20, 20, 0, 20]] } as T;
+      }
+      if (method === "DOM.resolveNode") {
+        return { object: { objectId: "trigger-object" } } as T;
+      }
+      if (method === "DOM.describeNode") return { node: { backendNodeId: 456 } } as T;
+      if (method === "Runtime.callFunctionOn") {
+        const declaration = (params as { functionDeclaration?: string }).functionDeclaration ?? "";
+        if (declaration.includes("count: state.inputs.length")) {
+          return { result: { value: { count: 1, multiple: false } } } as T;
+        }
+        if (declaration.includes("inputs[0]")) {
+          return { result: { objectId: "input-object" } } as T;
+        }
+        return { result: { value: true } } as T;
+      }
+      if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") {
+        const expression = (params as { expression?: string }).expression ?? "";
+        if (expression.includes("overlayDetails")) {
+          return { result: { value: { hitIndex: 0 } } } as T;
+        }
+        if (expression.includes("overlayHostPresent")) {
+          return {
+            result: {
+              value: { overlayHostPresent: true, overlayHostConnected: true },
+            },
+          } as T;
+        }
+        if (expression.includes("count:")) {
+          return { result: { value: { count: 1, multiple: false } } } as T;
+        }
+        if (expression.includes("?.inputs[0]")) {
+          return { result: { objectId: "input-object" } } as T;
+        }
+        return { result: { value: true } } as T;
+      }
+      return {} as T;
+    });
+    const cdp = {
+      send,
+      detachSession: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      ensureNetworkCapture: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      networkEntriesSince: vi.fn(() => ({
+        tab_id: 7,
+        entries: [],
+        next_since: 0,
+        truncated: false,
+      })),
+      setDeviceMetricsOverride: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      clearDeviceMetricsOverride: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      setUserAgentOverride: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      setTouchEmulationEnabled: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    };
+    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions, cdp: cdp as TestDispatcherCdp });
+    dispatcher.start();
+
+    deliver(
+      makeRequest("tool.upload", {
+        session_id: "aa11",
+        ref: "@e1",
+        files: [{ transfer_id: "tr_1", name: "test.png", staged_path: "/stage/test.png" }],
+      }),
+    );
+    await flushMicrotasks();
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(sent).toHaveLength(1));
+
+    expect(sent[0]).toMatchObject({ result: { tab_id: 7, file_names: ["test.png"] } });
+    expect(sendMessage).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 7, {
+      type: "bh-automation-bypass",
+      enabled: true,
+    });
+    expect(sendMessage).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 7, {
+      type: "bh-automation-bypass",
+      enabled: false,
+    });
+  });
+
  it("detaches CDP state before stopping a session", async () => {
    const { transport, sent, deliver } = fakeTransport();
    const sessions = new SessionManager({
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
        remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    await sessions.start("aa11");
@@ -274,7 +457,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
        remove,
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    await sessions.start("aa11");
@@ -322,7 +505,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
        remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -342,7 +525,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
        remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -366,7 +549,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
        remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -383,7 +566,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
        remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -400,7 +583,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
        remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    const onSessionsChanged = vi.fn();
@@ -417,16 +600,32 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
  });

  it("invokes onBrowserControlResumed for browser-control tools but not passive reads", async () => {
+    vi.stubGlobal("chrome", {
+      tabs: {
+        create: vi.fn(async (props: chrome.tabs.CreateProperties) => ({
+          id: 7,
+          windowId: props.windowId,
+          url: props.url,
+          active: props.active,
+        })),
+      },
+    });
    const { transport, sent, deliver } = fakeTransport();
    const sessions = new SessionManager({
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
        remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    const onBrowserControlResumed = vi.fn();
-    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions, onBrowserControlResumed });
+    const onAgentTabClaimed = vi.fn();
+    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({
+      transport,
+      sessions,
+      onBrowserControlResumed,
+      onAgentTabClaimed,
+    });
    dispatcher.start();

    deliver(makeRequest("tool.session_start", { session_id: "aa11" }));
@@ -443,6 +642,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
    });
    await flushMicrotasks();
    expect(onBrowserControlResumed).toHaveBeenCalledWith("aa11");
+    expect(onAgentTabClaimed).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, 1);
  });

  it("reasserts remembered hover before follow-up work and releases only after actions", async () => {
@@ -456,7 +656,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
        remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    const order: string[] = [];
@@ -538,7 +738,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
        remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    const cdp = {
@@ -588,6 +788,135 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
    );
  });

+  it.each([
+    { tab_id: 7, code: "not_found" },
+    { tab_id: undefined, code: "invalid_params" },
+  ])("keeps hover when tab_return is rejected with $code", async ({ tab_id, code }) => {
+    const sendMessage = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    vi.stubGlobal("chrome", {
+      tabs: {
+        sendMessage,
+        get: vi.fn(async () => ({ id: 7, windowId: 100, active: true })),
+        query: vi.fn(async () => [{ id: 7, windowId: 100, active: true }]),
+      },
+    });
+    const { transport, sent, deliver } = fakeTransport();
+    const sessions = new SessionManager({
+      agentWindow: {
+        create: vi.fn(async () => 100),
+        remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
+      },
+    });
+    await sessions.start("aa11");
+    const cdp = {
+      send: vi.fn(async <T>() => ({}) as T),
+      detachSession: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      releaseSessionTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    };
+    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({
+      transport,
+      sessions,
+      cdp: cdp as unknown as TestDispatcherCdp,
+    });
+    const helpers = dispatcher as unknown as {
+      rememberHover: (sessionId: string, result: unknown) => unknown;
+      setHoverBypass: (sessionId: string, tabId: number, enabled: boolean) => Promise<void>;
+      withHoverReassert: <T>(
+        params: { session_id: string; tab_id?: number },
+        work: () => Promise<T>,
+      ) => Promise<T>;
+    };
+    helpers.rememberHover("aa11", { tab_id: 7, x: 10, y: 20 });
+    await helpers.setHoverBypass("aa11", 7, true);
+    dispatcher.start();
+    deliver(makeRequest("tool.tab_return", { session_id: "aa11", tab_id }));
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(sent).toHaveLength(1));
+
+    expect(sent[0]).toMatchObject({ error: { code } });
+    expect(cdp.releaseSessionTab).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(sendMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, expect.objectContaining({ enabled: false }));
+    await helpers.withHoverReassert({ session_id: "aa11", tab_id: 7 }, async () => ({}));
+    expect(cdp.send).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(7, "Input.dispatchMouseEvent", {
+      type: "mouseMoved",
+      x: 10,
+      y: 20,
+    });
+    dispatcher.stop();
+  });
+
+  it("releases the returned tab's hover before moving it and leaves other tabs alone", async () => {
+    const sendMessage = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    const move = vi.fn(async () => {
+      expect(sendMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, expect.objectContaining({ enabled: false }));
+      return { id: 7, windowId: 200, index: 4 };
+    });
+    vi.stubGlobal("chrome", {
+      tabs: { sendMessage, move },
+      windows: { get: vi.fn(async () => ({ id: 200 })) },
+    });
+    const { transport, sent, deliver } = fakeTransport();
+    const sessions = new SessionManager({
+      agentWindow: {
+        create: vi.fn(async () => 100),
+        remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
+      },
+    });
+    const ctx = await sessions.start("aa11");
+    ctx.borrowedTabs.set(7, { tabId: 7, originalWindowId: 200, originalIndex: 4 });
+    const cdp = {
+      send: vi.fn(async <T>() => ({}) as T),
+      detachSession: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      releaseSessionTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    };
+    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({
+      transport,
+      sessions,
+      cdp: cdp as unknown as TestDispatcherCdp,
+    });
+    const helpers = dispatcher as unknown as {
+      rememberHover: (sessionId: string, result: unknown) => unknown;
+      setHoverBypass: (sessionId: string, tabId: number, enabled: boolean) => Promise<void>;
+      withHoverReassert: <T>(
+        params: { session_id: string; tab_id?: number },
+        work: () => Promise<T>,
+      ) => Promise<T>;
+    };
+    for (const [sessionId, tabId] of [
+      ["aa11", 7],
+      ["aa11", 8],
+      ["bb22", 9],
+    ] as const) {
+      helpers.rememberHover(sessionId, { tab_id: tabId, x: 10, y: 20 });
+      await helpers.setHoverBypass(sessionId, tabId, true);
+    }
+    dispatcher.start();
+    deliver(makeRequest("tool.tab_return", { session_id: "aa11", tab_id: 7 }));
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(sent).toHaveLength(1));
+
+    expect(sent[0]).toMatchObject({ result: { tab_id: 7, returned_to_window_id: 200 } });
+    expect(cdp.releaseSessionTab).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith("aa11", 7);
+    await helpers.withHoverReassert({ session_id: "aa11", tab_id: 7 }, async () => ({}));
+    expect(cdp.send).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    for (const [sessionId, tabId] of [
+      ["aa11", 8],
+      ["bb22", 9],
+    ] as const) {
+      expect(sendMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        tabId,
+        expect.objectContaining({ enabled: false }),
+      );
+      await helpers.withHoverReassert({ session_id: sessionId, tab_id: tabId }, async () => ({}));
+      expect(cdp.send).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(tabId, "Input.dispatchMouseEvent", {
+        type: "mouseMoved",
+        x: 10,
+        y: 20,
+      });
+    }
+    dispatcher.stop();
+  });
+
  it("transfers hover overlay bypass ownership between sessions", async () => {
    vi.stubGlobal("chrome", {
      tabs: {
@@ -599,7 +928,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
        remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -636,7 +965,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
        remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    await sessions.start("aa11");
@@ -688,7 +1017,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
        remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -722,7 +1051,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 4242),
        remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    transport.send = () => {
@@ -744,7 +1073,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 5555),
        remove,
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    transport.send = () => {
@@ -772,7 +1101,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(() => createPromise),
        remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -823,7 +1152,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(async () => 1),
        remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -844,7 +1173,7 @@ describe("ToolDispatcher", () => {
      agentWindow: {
        create: vi.fn(() => createPromise),
        remove: vi.fn(),
-        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+        ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
      },
    });
    const dispatcher = new ToolDispatcher({ transport, sessions });
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
      return id;
    }),
    remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
  };
 }

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

@@ -0,0 +1,988 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { SessionManager } from "@/session-manager/manager";
+import { type DownloadsApi, handleDownload } from "../download";
+import { captureBrowserDownload } from "../download-capture";
+import { uploadThroughFileDrop } from "../file-drop-transaction";
+import { uploadThroughActivatedFileInput } from "../file-input-transaction";
+import type { ResolvedActionTarget } from "../interaction";
+import type { CdpRunner } from "../shared";
+import { handleUpload } from "../upload";
+
+function sessions() {
+  return new SessionManager({
+    agentWindow: {
+      create: vi.fn(async () => 100),
+      remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+function tabsApi() {
+  return {
+    get: vi.fn(
+      async (tabId: number) => ({ id: tabId, windowId: 100, active: true }) as chrome.tabs.Tab,
+    ),
+    query: vi.fn(async () => [{ id: 4, windowId: 100, active: true } as chrome.tabs.Tab]),
+  };
+}
+
+function fakeEvent<T extends (...args: never[]) => unknown>() {
+  const listeners = new Set<T>();
+  return {
+    addListener: (listener: T) => listeners.add(listener),
+    removeListener: (listener: T) => listeners.delete(listener),
+    emit: (...args: Parameters<T>) => {
+      for (const listener of listeners) listener(...args);
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function actionTarget(frameId?: string, sessionId?: string): ResolvedActionTarget {
+  return {
+    tab: { tabId: 4, windowId: 100, active: true },
+    backendNodeId: 123,
+    cdpTarget: { tabId: 4, ...(sessionId ? { sessionId } : {}) },
+    ...(frameId ? { frameId } : {}),
+    usedRef: "e3",
+  };
+}
+
+function withoutOverlay<T>(operation: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
+  return operation();
+}
+
+function uploadCdp(
+  options: {
+    inputCount?: number;
+    multiple?: boolean;
+    chooser?: { frameId?: string; backendNodeId?: number; mode?: string };
+    pendingResolve?: boolean;
+  } = {},
+) {
+  const calls: Array<{ method: string; params?: object }> = [];
+  let cdpEvent: Parameters<NonNullable<CdpRunner["onEvent"]>>[0] | undefined;
+  const send = vi.fn(async (_tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => {
+    calls.push({ method, params });
+    if (method === "DOM.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded") return {};
+    if (method === "Page.setInterceptFileChooserDialog") return {};
+    if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics")
+      return { cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1280, clientHeight: 720 } };
+    if (method === "DOM.getContentQuads") return { quads: [[0, 0, 20, 0, 20, 20, 0, 20]] };
+    if (method === "DOM.resolveNode") {
+      if (options.pendingResolve) return new Promise<never>(() => {});
+      return { object: { objectId: "trigger-object" } };
+    }
+    if (method === "Runtime.callFunctionOn") {
+      const declaration = (params as { functionDeclaration?: string }).functionDeclaration ?? "";
+      if (declaration.includes("Object.defineProperty")) return { result: { value: true } };
+      if (declaration.includes("count: state.inputs.length")) {
+        return {
+          result: {
+            value: {
+              count: options.inputCount ?? 1,
+              multiple: options.multiple ?? true,
+            },
+          },
+        };
+      }
+      if (declaration.includes("inputs[0]")) {
+        return { result: { objectId: "input-object" } };
+      }
+      return { result: { value: true } };
+    }
+    if (method === "DOM.describeNode") return { node: { backendNodeId: 456 } };
+    if (
+      method === "Input.dispatchMouseEvent" &&
+      (params as { type?: string }).type === "mousePressed" &&
+      options.chooser
+    ) {
+      cdpEvent?.({ tabId: 4 }, "Page.fileChooserOpened", options.chooser);
+    }
+    return {};
+  });
+  const cdp: CdpRunner = {
+    send: send as unknown as CdpRunner["send"],
+    onEvent: (handler) => {
+      cdpEvent = handler;
+      return { dispose: vi.fn() };
+    },
+  };
+  return {
+    calls,
+    emitChooser: (event: { frameId?: string; backendNodeId?: number; mode?: string }) =>
+      cdpEvent?.({ tabId: 4 }, "Page.fileChooserOpened", event),
+    cdp,
+  };
+}
+
+function dropCdp(
+  options: {
+    targetContainsPoint?: boolean;
+    dispatchError?: (type: string) => Error | Promise<never> | undefined;
+    onCall?: (method: string) => void;
+  } = {},
+) {
+  const calls: Array<{ method: string; params?: object }> = [];
+  const detach = vi.fn(async () => {});
+  const send = vi.fn(async (_tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => {
+    calls.push({ method, params });
+    options.onCall?.(method);
+    if (method === "DOM.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded") return {};
+    if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
+      return { cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1280, clientHeight: 720 } };
+    }
+    if (method === "DOM.getContentQuads") {
+      return { quads: [[10, 20, 210, 20, 210, 120, 10, 120]] };
+    }
+    if (method === "DOM.getNodeForLocation") return { backendNodeId: 124 };
+    if (method === "DOM.resolveNode") {
+      const id = (params as { backendNodeId?: number }).backendNodeId;
+      return { object: { objectId: id === 123 ? "drop-target" : "hit-target" } };
+    }
+    if (method === "Runtime.callFunctionOn") {
+      return { result: { value: options.targetContainsPoint ?? true } };
+    }
+    if (method === "Input.dispatchDragEvent") {
+      const type = (params as { type?: string }).type ?? "";
+      const error = options.dispatchError?.(type);
+      if (error instanceof Promise) return error;
+      if (error) throw error;
+      return {};
+    }
+    if (method === "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup") return {};
+    throw new Error(`unexpected drop CDP command ${method}`);
+  });
+  const cdp: CdpRunner = {
+    send: send as unknown as CdpRunner["send"],
+    detach,
+  };
+  return { calls, cdp, detach };
+}
+
+describe("file transfer tools", () => {
+  it("captures the file input activated by the requested click and injects only staged paths", async () => {
+    const manager = sessions();
+    const ctx = await manager.start("s1");
+    ctx.refStore.set("e3", 123, { tabId: 4 });
+    const { cdp, calls } = uploadCdp();
+
+    const result = await handleUpload(
+      manager,
+      {
+        session_id: "s1",
+        ref: "@e3",
+        files: [
+          { transfer_id: "tr_1", name: "one.png", staged_path: "/private/stage/one" },
+          { transfer_id: "tr_2", name: "two.png", staged_path: "/private/stage/two" },
+        ],
+      },
+      { cdp, tabsApi: tabsApi() },
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ tab_id: 4, file_names: ["one.png", "two.png"] });
+    expect(calls[0]).toEqual({
+      method: "Page.setInterceptFileChooserDialog",
+      params: { enabled: true },
+    });
+    expect(calls).toContainEqual({
+      method: "Page.setInterceptFileChooserDialog",
+      params: { enabled: false, cancel: true },
+    });
+    expect(calls).toContainEqual({
+      method: "DOM.setFileInputFiles",
+      params: { files: ["/private/stage/one", "/private/stage/two"], backendNodeId: 456 },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("fails immediately when the trigger does not activate a file input", async () => {
+    const { cdp } = uploadCdp({ inputCount: 0 });
+    const result = await uploadThroughActivatedFileInput({
+      cdp,
+      actionTarget: actionTarget(),
+      files: ["/private/stage/one"],
+      timeoutMs: 100,
+      trigger: async () => ({ tab_id: 4, x: 10, y: 10 }),
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      code: "unsupported",
+      data: { reason: "file_input_not_activated", phase: "resolve_input" },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("fails before clicking when chooser interception is unavailable", async () => {
+    const trigger = vi.fn(async () => ({ tab_id: 4, x: 10, y: 10 }));
+    const cdp: CdpRunner = {
+      send: vi.fn(async (_tabId: number, method: string) => {
+        if (method === "Page.setInterceptFileChooserDialog") {
+          throw new Error("method unavailable");
+        }
+        return {};
+      }) as CdpRunner["send"],
+    };
+
+    const result = await uploadThroughActivatedFileInput({
+      cdp,
+      actionTarget: actionTarget(),
+      files: ["/private/stage/one"],
+      timeoutMs: 100,
+      trigger,
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { effect_state: "none", phase: "arm_interception" },
+    });
+    expect(trigger).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("uses an exact chooser event as an independent input-location signal", async () => {
+    const { cdp, calls, emitChooser } = uploadCdp({ inputCount: 0 });
+    const result = await uploadThroughActivatedFileInput({
+      cdp,
+      actionTarget: actionTarget("f1"),
+      files: ["/private/stage/one"],
+      timeoutMs: 100,
+      trigger: async () => {
+        emitChooser({ frameId: "f1", backendNodeId: 789, mode: "selectSingle" });
+        return { tab_id: 4, x: 10, y: 10 };
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ multiple: false });
+    expect(calls).toContainEqual({
+      method: "DOM.setFileInputFiles",
+      params: { files: ["/private/stage/one"], backendNodeId: 789 },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("reports a File System Access picker without waiting for a timeout", async () => {
+    const { cdp, emitChooser } = uploadCdp({
+      inputCount: 0,
+    });
+    const result = await uploadThroughActivatedFileInput({
+      cdp,
+      actionTarget: actionTarget("f1"),
+      files: ["/private/stage/one"],
+      timeoutMs: 100,
+      trigger: async () => {
+        emitChooser({ frameId: "f1", mode: "selectSingle" });
+        return { tab_id: 4, x: 10, y: 10 };
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      code: "unsupported",
+      message: "upload trigger invoked a non-input file picker",
+      data: { reason: "file_input_not_activated", phase: "resolve_input" },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("bounds a stuck file-input probe", async () => {
+    const { cdp } = uploadCdp({ pendingResolve: true });
+
+    const result = await uploadThroughActivatedFileInput({
+      cdp,
+      actionTarget: actionTarget(),
+      files: ["/private/stage/one"],
+      timeoutMs: 5,
+      trigger: vi.fn(),
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      code: "timeout",
+      data: { reason: "file_input_probe_failed", phase: "arm_input_probe" },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("marks a timed-out file assignment unknown and detaches browser state", async () => {
+    const fixture = uploadCdp();
+    const originalSend = fixture.cdp.send;
+    const detach = vi.fn(async () => {});
+    fixture.cdp.detach = detach;
+    fixture.cdp.send = vi.fn((tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => {
+      if (method === "DOM.setFileInputFiles") return new Promise<never>(() => {});
+      return originalSend(tabId, method, params);
+    }) as CdpRunner["send"];
+
+    const result = await uploadThroughActivatedFileInput({
+      cdp: fixture.cdp,
+      actionTarget: actionTarget(),
+      files: ["/private/stage/one"],
+      timeoutMs: 10,
+      trigger: async () => ({ tab_id: 4, x: 10, y: 10 }),
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      code: "timeout",
+      data: { effect_state: "unknown", phase: "set_files" },
+    });
+    expect(detach).toHaveBeenCalledWith(4);
+  });
+
+  it("delivers staged files through one explicit native drop without clicking", async () => {
+    const manager = sessions();
+    const ctx = await manager.start("s1");
+    ctx.refStore.set("e3", 123, { tabId: 4 });
+    const lifecycle: string[] = [];
+    const { cdp, calls } = dropCdp({ onCall: (method) => lifecycle.push(method) });
+    const overlayPhases: string[] = [];
+
+    const result = await handleUpload(
+      manager,
+      {
+        session_id: "s1",
+        ref: "@e3",
+        mode: "drop",
+        files: [{ transfer_id: "tr_1", name: "one.png", staged_path: "/stage/one.png" }],
+      },
+      {
+        cdp,
+        tabsApi: tabsApi(),
+        sendToTab: vi.fn(async (_tabId, message) => {
+          overlayPhases.push(message.phase);
+          lifecycle.push(`overlay:${message.phase}`);
+        }),
+      },
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ tab_id: 4, used_ref: "e3", file_names: ["one.png"] });
+    expect(calls.filter((call) => call.method === "Input.dispatchDragEvent")).toEqual([
+      {
+        method: "Input.dispatchDragEvent",
+        params: {
+          type: "dragEnter",
+          x: 110,
+          y: 70,
+          data: { items: [], files: ["/stage/one.png"], dragOperationsMask: 1 },
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        method: "Input.dispatchDragEvent",
+        params: {
+          type: "dragOver",
+          x: 110,
+          y: 70,
+          data: { items: [], files: ["/stage/one.png"], dragOperationsMask: 1 },
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        method: "Input.dispatchDragEvent",
+        params: {
+          type: "drop",
+          x: 110,
+          y: 70,
+          data: { items: [], files: ["/stage/one.png"], dragOperationsMask: 1 },
+        },
+      },
+    ]);
+    expect(calls.some((call) => call.method === "Input.dispatchMouseEvent")).toBe(false);
+    expect(overlayPhases).toEqual(["begin", "end"]);
+    expect(lifecycle.indexOf("DOM.getContentQuads")).toBeLessThan(
+      lifecycle.indexOf("overlay:begin"),
+    );
+    expect(lifecycle.indexOf("overlay:begin")).toBeLessThan(
+      lifecycle.indexOf("DOM.getNodeForLocation"),
+    );
+    expect(lifecycle.lastIndexOf("Input.dispatchDragEvent")).toBeLessThan(
+      lifecycle.indexOf("overlay:end"),
+    );
+    expect(lifecycle.indexOf("overlay:end")).toBeLessThan(
+      lifecycle.indexOf("Runtime.releaseObjectGroup"),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("fails closed before dragging when another element owns the action point", async () => {
+    const { cdp, calls } = dropCdp({ targetContainsPoint: false });
+    const result = await uploadThroughFileDrop({
+      cdp,
+      actionTarget: actionTarget(),
+      files: ["/stage/one.png"],
+      timeoutMs: 100,
+      withOverlayHidden: withoutOverlay,
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      code: "permission_denied",
+      data: {
+        reason: "file_drop_target_unavailable",
+        mechanism: "drop",
+        effect_state: "none",
+        phase: "resolve_target",
+      },
+    });
+    expect(calls.some((call) => call.method === "Input.dispatchDragEvent")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("dispatches an OOPIF file drop in the child target's local coordinates", async () => {
+    const rootCalls: Array<{ method: string; params?: object }> = [];
+    const childCalls: Array<{ method: string; params?: object }> = [];
+    const cdp: CdpRunner = {
+      send: vi.fn(async (_tabId, method, params) => {
+        rootCalls.push({ method, params });
+        if (method === "DOM.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded") return {};
+        if (method === "DOM.getBoxModel") {
+          return { model: { content: [100, 100, 300, 100, 300, 200, 100, 200] } };
+        }
+        if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
+          return { cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 800, clientHeight: 600 } };
+        }
+        throw new Error(`unexpected root command ${method}`);
+      }) as CdpRunner["send"],
+      sendToTarget: vi.fn(async (_target, method, params) => {
+        childCalls.push({ method, params });
+        if (method === "DOM.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded") return {};
+        if (method === "DOM.getContentQuads") {
+          return { quads: [[10, 20, 210, 20, 210, 120, 10, 120]] };
+        }
+        if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
+          return { cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 400, clientHeight: 300 } };
+        }
+        if (method === "DOM.getNodeForLocation") {
+          return { backendNodeId: 124, frameId: "child" };
+        }
+        if (method === "DOM.resolveNode") {
+          const id = (params as { backendNodeId?: number }).backendNodeId;
+          return { object: { objectId: id === 123 ? "drop-target" : "hit-target" } };
+        }
+        if (method === "Runtime.callFunctionOn") return { result: { value: true } };
+        if (method === "Input.dispatchDragEvent" || method === "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup") {
+          return {};
+        }
+        throw new Error(`unexpected child command ${method}`);
+      }) as 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 result = await uploadThroughFileDrop({
+      cdp,
+      actionTarget: actionTarget("child", "child-session"),
+      files: ["/stage/one.png"],
+      timeoutMs: 100,
+      withOverlayHidden: withoutOverlay,
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ x: 110, y: 70 });
+    expect(
+      childCalls
+        .filter((call) => call.method === "Input.dispatchDragEvent")
+        .map((call) => call.params),
+    ).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({ type: "dragEnter", x: 110, y: 70 }),
+      expect.objectContaining({ type: "dragOver", x: 110, y: 70 }),
+      expect.objectContaining({ type: "drop", x: 110, y: 70 }),
+    ]);
+    expect(rootCalls.some((call) => call.method === "Input.dispatchDragEvent")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("reports a missing native drag command as unsupported before commit", async () => {
+    const { cdp } = dropCdp({
+      dispatchError: (type) =>
+        type === "dragEnter" ? new Error("'Input.dispatchDragEvent' wasn't found") : undefined,
+    });
+    const result = await uploadThroughFileDrop({
+      cdp,
+      actionTarget: actionTarget(),
+      files: ["/stage/one.png"],
+      timeoutMs: 100,
+      withOverlayHidden: withoutOverlay,
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      code: "unsupported",
+      data: {
+        reason: "upload_mechanism_unsupported",
+        effect_state: "none",
+        phase: "drag_enter",
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("cancels an unresolved drag before returning a pre-commit timeout", async () => {
+    const { cdp, calls } = dropCdp({
+      dispatchError: (type) => (type === "dragEnter" ? new Promise<never>(() => {}) : undefined),
+    });
+    const result = await uploadThroughFileDrop({
+      cdp,
+      actionTarget: actionTarget(),
+      files: ["/stage/one.png"],
+      timeoutMs: 10,
+      withOverlayHidden: withoutOverlay,
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      code: "timeout",
+      data: { reason: "file_drop_failed", effect_state: "none", phase: "drag_enter" },
+    });
+    expect(calls).toContainEqual({
+      method: "Input.dispatchDragEvent",
+      params: expect.objectContaining({ type: "dragCancel" }),
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("marks an unresolved drop unknown and detaches browser state", async () => {
+    const { cdp, detach } = dropCdp({
+      dispatchError: (type) => (type === "drop" ? new Promise<never>(() => {}) : undefined),
+    });
+    const result = await uploadThroughFileDrop({
+      cdp,
+      actionTarget: actionTarget(),
+      files: ["/stage/one.png"],
+      timeoutMs: 10,
+      withOverlayHidden: withoutOverlay,
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      code: "timeout",
+      data: { reason: "file_drop_failed", effect_state: "unknown", phase: "drop" },
+    });
+    expect(detach).toHaveBeenCalledWith(4);
+  });
+
+  it("routes one exact-target download through a browser-relative capability", async () => {
+    const manager = sessions();
+    const ctx = await manager.start("s1");
+    ctx.refStore.set("e3", 123, { tabId: 4 });
+    const onCreated = fakeEvent<(item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem) => void>();
+    const onChanged = fakeEvent<(delta: chrome.downloads.DownloadDelta) => void>();
+    const onDeterminingFilename =
+      fakeEvent<
+        (
+          item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem,
+          suggest: (suggestion?: chrome.downloads.DownloadFilenameSuggestion) => void,
+        ) => void | true
+      >();
+    const initial = {
+      id: 9,
+      url: "https://example.test/result.zip",
+      finalUrl: "https://example.test/result.zip",
+      filename: "result.zip",
+      state: "in_progress",
+      fileSize: -1,
+      totalBytes: 12,
+      mime: "application/zip",
+      danger: "safe",
+    } as chrome.downloads.DownloadItem;
+    const completed = {
+      ...initial,
+      filename: "/profile/Downloads/BrowserSkill/tr_1/result.zip",
+      state: "complete",
+      fileSize: 12,
+    } as chrome.downloads.DownloadItem;
+    const downloads: DownloadsApi = {
+      onCreated,
+      onChanged,
+      onDeterminingFilename,
+      search: vi.fn(async () => [completed]),
+      cancel: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      removeFile: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    };
+    let cdpEvent: Parameters<NonNullable<CdpRunner["onEvent"]>>[0] | undefined;
+    let suggested: chrome.downloads.DownloadFilenameSuggestion | undefined;
+    const send = vi.fn(async (_tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => {
+      if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics")
+        return { cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1280, clientHeight: 720 } };
+      if (method === "DOM.getContentQuads") return { quads: [[0, 0, 20, 0, 20, 20, 0, 20]] };
+      if (
+        method === "Input.dispatchMouseEvent" &&
+        (params as { type?: string }).type === "mousePressed"
+      ) {
+        cdpEvent?.({ tabId: 4 }, "Page.downloadWillBegin", {
+          url: initial.url,
+          suggestedFilename: "result.zip",
+        });
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+          onDeterminingFilename.emit(initial, (value) => {
+            suggested = value;
+            resolve();
+          });
+        });
+        onCreated.emit(completed);
+      }
+      return {};
+    });
+    const cdp: CdpRunner = {
+      send: send as unknown as CdpRunner["send"],
+      onEvent: (handler) => {
+        cdpEvent = handler;
+        return { dispose: vi.fn() };
+      },
+    };
+
+    const result = await handleDownload(
+      manager,
+      { session_id: "s1", ref: "@e3", browser_relative_dir: "BrowserSkill/tr_1" },
+      { cdp, tabsApi: tabsApi(), downloads },
+    );
+
+    expect(suggested).toEqual({
+      filename: "BrowserSkill/tr_1/result.zip",
+      conflictAction: "overwrite",
+    });
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      tab_id: 4,
+      suggested_filename: "result.zip",
+      byte_size: 12,
+      browser_path: completed.filename,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("does not claim a download without an intent from the exact target", async () => {
+    const onCreated = fakeEvent<(item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem) => void>();
+    const onChanged = fakeEvent<(delta: chrome.downloads.DownloadDelta) => void>();
+    const onDeterminingFilename =
+      fakeEvent<
+        (
+          item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem,
+          suggest: (suggestion?: chrome.downloads.DownloadFilenameSuggestion) => void,
+        ) => void | true
+      >();
+    const downloads: DownloadsApi = {
+      onCreated,
+      onChanged,
+      onDeterminingFilename,
+      search: vi.fn(async () => []),
+      cancel: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      removeFile: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    };
+    let cdpEvent: Parameters<NonNullable<CdpRunner["onEvent"]>>[0] | undefined;
+    const cdp: CdpRunner = {
+      send: vi.fn(async () => ({})) as unknown as CdpRunner["send"],
+      onEvent: (handler) => {
+        cdpEvent = handler;
+        return { dispose: vi.fn() };
+      },
+    };
+    const unrelated = {
+      id: 17,
+      url: "https://example.test/unrelated.zip",
+      finalUrl: "https://example.test/unrelated.zip",
+      filename: "unrelated.zip",
+      state: "in_progress",
+    } as chrome.downloads.DownloadItem;
+    let defaultSuggestionCalled = false;
+
+    const result = await captureBrowserDownload({
+      cdp,
+      target: { tabId: 4, sessionId: "expected-child" },
+      downloads,
+      browserRelativeDir: "BrowserSkill/tr_1",
+      timeoutMs: 5,
+      trigger: async () => {
+        cdpEvent?.({ tabId: 4, sessionId: "other-child" }, "Page.downloadWillBegin", {
+          url: unrelated.url,
+          suggestedFilename: unrelated.filename,
+        });
+        onDeterminingFilename.emit(unrelated, (suggestion) => {
+          defaultSuggestionCalled = suggestion === undefined;
+        });
+        return { tab_id: 4, x: 10, y: 10 };
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(defaultSuggestionCalled).toBe(true);
+    expect(downloads.cancel).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "download_capture_failed" },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("correlates a filename candidate that arrives before the CDP intent", async () => {
+    const onCreated = fakeEvent<(item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem) => void>();
+    const onChanged = fakeEvent<(delta: chrome.downloads.DownloadDelta) => void>();
+    const onDeterminingFilename =
+      fakeEvent<
+        (
+          item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem,
+          suggest: (suggestion?: chrome.downloads.DownloadFilenameSuggestion) => void,
+        ) => void | true
+      >();
+    const initial = {
+      id: 21,
+      url: "https://example.test/candidate-first.bin",
+      finalUrl: "https://example.test/candidate-first.bin",
+      filename: "candidate-first.bin",
+      state: "in_progress",
+      fileSize: -1,
+      totalBytes: 4,
+      bytesReceived: 0,
+    } as chrome.downloads.DownloadItem;
+    const complete = {
+      ...initial,
+      state: "complete",
+      fileSize: 4,
+    } as chrome.downloads.DownloadItem;
+    const downloads: DownloadsApi = {
+      onCreated,
+      onChanged,
+      onDeterminingFilename,
+      search: vi.fn(async () => [complete]),
+      cancel: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      removeFile: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    };
+    let cdpEvent: Parameters<NonNullable<CdpRunner["onEvent"]>>[0] | undefined;
+    const cdp: CdpRunner = {
+      send: vi.fn(async () => ({})) as CdpRunner["send"],
+      onEvent: (handler) => {
+        cdpEvent = handler;
+        return { dispose: vi.fn() };
+      },
+    };
+    let suggestion: chrome.downloads.DownloadFilenameSuggestion | undefined;
+
+    const result = await captureBrowserDownload({
+      cdp,
+      target: { tabId: 4 },
+      downloads,
+      browserRelativeDir: "BrowserSkill/tr_21",
+      timeoutMs: 1_000,
+      trigger: async () => {
+        const suggested = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+          onDeterminingFilename.emit(initial, (value) => {
+            suggestion = value;
+            resolve();
+          });
+        });
+        cdpEvent?.({ tabId: 4 }, "Page.downloadWillBegin", {
+          url: initial.url,
+          suggestedFilename: initial.filename,
+        });
+        await suggested;
+        onCreated.emit(complete);
+        return { tab_id: 4, x: 10, y: 10 };
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(suggestion).toEqual({
+      filename: "BrowserSkill/tr_21/candidate-first.bin",
+      conflictAction: "overwrite",
+    });
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ item: { id: 21, state: "complete" } });
+  });
+
+  it("removes a completed download when the final size exceeds the limit", async () => {
+    const onCreated = fakeEvent<(item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem) => void>();
+    const onChanged = fakeEvent<(delta: chrome.downloads.DownloadDelta) => void>();
+    const onDeterminingFilename =
+      fakeEvent<
+        (
+          item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem,
+          suggest: (suggestion?: chrome.downloads.DownloadFilenameSuggestion) => void,
+        ) => void | true
+      >();
+    const initial = {
+      id: 22,
+      url: "https://example.test/oversized.bin",
+      finalUrl: "https://example.test/oversized.bin",
+      filename: "oversized.bin",
+      state: "in_progress",
+      fileSize: -1,
+      totalBytes: -1,
+      bytesReceived: 0,
+    } as chrome.downloads.DownloadItem;
+    const complete = {
+      ...initial,
+      filename: "/profile/Downloads/BrowserSkill/tr_22/oversized.bin",
+      state: "complete",
+      fileSize: 8,
+      totalBytes: 8,
+      bytesReceived: 8,
+    } as chrome.downloads.DownloadItem;
+    const downloads: DownloadsApi = {
+      onCreated,
+      onChanged,
+      onDeterminingFilename,
+      search: vi.fn(async () => [complete]),
+      cancel: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      removeFile: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    };
+    let cdpEvent: Parameters<NonNullable<CdpRunner["onEvent"]>>[0] | undefined;
+    const cdp: CdpRunner = {
+      send: vi.fn(async () => ({})) as CdpRunner["send"],
+      onEvent: (handler) => {
+        cdpEvent = handler;
+        return { dispose: vi.fn() };
+      },
+    };
+
+    const result = await captureBrowserDownload({
+      cdp,
+      target: { tabId: 4 },
+      downloads,
+      browserRelativeDir: "BrowserSkill/tr_22",
+      maxByteSize: 4,
+      timeoutMs: 1_000,
+      trigger: async () => {
+        cdpEvent?.({ tabId: 4 }, "Page.downloadWillBegin", {
+          url: initial.url,
+          suggestedFilename: initial.filename,
+        });
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+          onDeterminingFilename.emit(initial, () => resolve());
+        });
+        onCreated.emit(initial);
+        onChanged.emit({ id: initial.id, state: { current: "complete" } });
+        return { tab_id: 4, x: 10, y: 10 };
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "download_capture_failed", effect_state: "committed" },
+    });
+    expect(downloads.removeFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(initial.id);
+    expect(downloads.cancel).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("reconciles a download that completes while cancellation is being requested", async () => {
+    const onCreated = fakeEvent<(item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem) => void>();
+    const onChanged = fakeEvent<(delta: chrome.downloads.DownloadDelta) => void>();
+    const onDeterminingFilename =
+      fakeEvent<
+        (
+          item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem,
+          suggest: (suggestion?: chrome.downloads.DownloadFilenameSuggestion) => void,
+        ) => void | true
+      >();
+    const initial = {
+      id: 23,
+      url: "https://example.test/racing.bin",
+      finalUrl: "https://example.test/racing.bin",
+      filename: "racing.bin",
+      state: "in_progress",
+      fileSize: -1,
+      totalBytes: -1,
+      bytesReceived: 0,
+    } as chrome.downloads.DownloadItem;
+    const complete = {
+      ...initial,
+      filename: "/profile/Downloads/BrowserSkill/tr_23/racing.bin",
+      state: "complete",
+      fileSize: 4,
+      totalBytes: 4,
+      bytesReceived: 4,
+    } as chrome.downloads.DownloadItem;
+    const downloads: DownloadsApi = {
+      onCreated,
+      onChanged,
+      onDeterminingFilename,
+      search: vi.fn().mockResolvedValueOnce([initial]).mockResolvedValueOnce([complete]),
+      cancel: vi.fn(async () => {
+        throw new Error("download already complete");
+      }),
+      removeFile: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    };
+    let cdpEvent: Parameters<NonNullable<CdpRunner["onEvent"]>>[0] | undefined;
+    const cdp: CdpRunner = {
+      send: vi.fn(async () => ({})) as CdpRunner["send"],
+      onEvent: (handler) => {
+        cdpEvent = handler;
+        return { dispose: vi.fn() };
+      },
+    };
+
+    const result = await captureBrowserDownload({
+      cdp,
+      target: { tabId: 4 },
+      downloads,
+      browserRelativeDir: "BrowserSkill/tr_23",
+      timeoutMs: 80,
+      trigger: async () => {
+        cdpEvent?.({ tabId: 4 }, "Page.downloadWillBegin", {
+          url: initial.url,
+          suggestedFilename: initial.filename,
+        });
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+          onDeterminingFilename.emit(initial, () => resolve());
+        });
+        onCreated.emit(initial);
+        return { tab_id: 4, x: 10, y: 10 };
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "download_capture_failed", effect_state: "committed" },
+    });
+    expect(downloads.cancel).toHaveBeenCalledWith(initial.id);
+    expect(downloads.removeFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(initial.id);
+    expect(result).not.toMatchObject({ data: { cleanup_state: "failed" } });
+  });
+
+  it("rejects ambiguous attribution without cancelling either unclaimed download", async () => {
+    const onCreated = fakeEvent<(item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem) => void>();
+    const onChanged = fakeEvent<(delta: chrome.downloads.DownloadDelta) => void>();
+    const onDeterminingFilename =
+      fakeEvent<
+        (
+          item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem,
+          suggest: (suggestion?: chrome.downloads.DownloadFilenameSuggestion) => void,
+        ) => void | true
+      >();
+    const downloads: DownloadsApi = {
+      onCreated,
+      onChanged,
+      onDeterminingFilename,
+      search: vi.fn(async () => []),
+      cancel: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      removeFile: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    };
+    let cdpEvent: Parameters<NonNullable<CdpRunner["onEvent"]>>[0] | undefined;
+    const cdp: CdpRunner = {
+      send: vi.fn(async () => ({})) as CdpRunner["send"],
+      onEvent: (handler) => {
+        cdpEvent = handler;
+        return { dispose: vi.fn() };
+      },
+    };
+    const defaults: number[] = [];
+    const candidate = (id: number) =>
+      ({
+        id,
+        url: "https://example.test/same.bin",
+        finalUrl: "https://example.test/same.bin",
+        filename: "same.bin",
+        state: "in_progress",
+      }) as chrome.downloads.DownloadItem;
+
+    const result = await captureBrowserDownload({
+      cdp,
+      target: { tabId: 4 },
+      downloads,
+      browserRelativeDir: "BrowserSkill/tr_ambiguous",
+      timeoutMs: 100,
+      trigger: async () => {
+        cdpEvent?.({ tabId: 4 }, "Page.downloadWillBegin", {
+          url: "https://example.test/same.bin",
+          suggestedFilename: "same.bin",
+        });
+        for (const id of [31, 32]) {
+          onDeterminingFilename.emit(candidate(id), (value) => {
+            if (value === undefined) defaults.push(id);
+          });
+        }
+        return { tab_id: 4, x: 10, y: 10 };
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(defaults.sort()).toEqual([31, 32]);
+    expect(downloads.cancel).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { effect_state: "unknown", phase: "attribution" },
+    });
+  });
+});
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+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { SessionManager } from "@/session-manager/manager";
+import type { CdpRunner } from "@/tools/shared";
+import { handleFill } from "../interaction";
+
+interface ScriptParams {
+  functionDeclaration: string;
+  arguments?: Array<{ value: unknown }>;
+}
+
+async function setup(markup = '<input value="old">') {
+  document.body.innerHTML = markup;
+  const element = document.body.firstElementChild as HTMLInputElement;
+  const manager = new SessionManager({
+    agentWindow: {
+      create: async () => 100,
+      remove: async () => {},
+      ensureActiveTab: async () => 4,
+    },
+  });
+  const ctx = await manager.start("aa11");
+  ctx.refStore.set("e1", 12, { tabId: 4 });
+  const script = vi.fn(async (params: ScriptParams): Promise<unknown> => {
+    try {
+      const fn = new Function(`return (${params.functionDeclaration})`)();
+      return {
+        result: {
+          value: await fn.apply(
+            element,
+            (params.arguments ?? []).map((arg) => arg.value),
+          ),
+        },
+      };
+    } catch {
+      return { exceptionDetails: { text: "test page script failed" } };
+    }
+  });
+  // Number/email controls have a browser caret even though their selection
+  // getters return null. Model that caret instead of assuming it is at the end.
+  const hiddenCaret = { start: 0, end: 0 };
+  const moveToEnd = vi.fn(async () => {
+    if (typeof element.selectionStart === "number") {
+      element.setSelectionRange(element.value.length, element.value.length);
+    } else {
+      hiddenCaret.start = hiddenCaret.end = element.value.length;
+    }
+  });
+  const insert = vi.fn(async (text: string) => {
+    const focused = document.activeElement as HTMLInputElement;
+    if (focused.readOnly || focused.disabled) return;
+    const start = focused.selectionStart ?? hiddenCaret.start;
+    const end = focused.selectionEnd ?? hiddenCaret.end;
+    const value = focused.value.slice(0, start) + text + focused.value.slice(end);
+    focused.value = focused.maxLength >= 0 ? value.slice(0, focused.maxLength) : value;
+    hiddenCaret.start = hiddenCaret.end = Math.min(start + text.length, focused.value.length);
+    focused.dispatchEvent(new Event("input", { bubbles: true }));
+  });
+  const release = vi.fn(async () => ({}));
+  const send = vi.fn(async (_tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => {
+    switch (method) {
+      case "DOM.describeNode":
+        return {
+          node: {
+            nodeName: element.tagName,
+            attributes: Array.from(element.attributes).flatMap((attr) => [attr.name, attr.value]),
+          },
+        };
+      case "DOM.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded":
+        return {};
+      case "DOM.focus":
+        element.focus();
+        return {};
+      case "DOM.resolveNode":
+        return { object: { objectId: "fill-target" } };
+      case "Runtime.callFunctionOn":
+        return script(params as ScriptParams);
+      case "Input.insertText":
+        await insert((params as { text: string }).text);
+        return {};
+      case "Input.dispatchKeyEvent":
+        if ((params as { commands?: string[] }).commands?.includes("moveToEndOfDocument")) {
+          await moveToEnd();
+        }
+        return {};
+      case "Runtime.releaseObject":
+        return release();
+      default:
+        throw new Error(`unexpected ${method}`);
+    }
+  });
+  return {
+    element,
+    hiddenCaret,
+    moveToEnd,
+    script,
+    insert,
+    release,
+    send,
+    fill: (value = "hello", clearBefore = true, signal?: AbortSignal) =>
+      handleFill(
+        manager,
+        { session_id: "aa11", ref: "e1", value, clear_before: clearBefore },
+        {
+          cdp: { send: send as CdpRunner["send"] },
+          tabsApi: {
+            get: async (id) => ({ id, windowId: 100, active: true }) as chrome.tabs.Tab,
+            query: async () => [{ id: 4, windowId: 100, active: true } as chrome.tabs.Tab],
+          },
+          signal,
+        },
+      ),
+  };
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  document.body.innerHTML = "";
+});
+
+describe("fill result verification", () => {
+  it.each([
+    "readonly",
+    "disabled",
+  ])("preserves a %s field before rejecting it", async (attribute) => {
+    const h = await setup(`<input ${attribute} value="old">`);
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "invalid_params",
+      data: { reason: "target_not_fillable" },
+    });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("old");
+    expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "checkbox",
+    "radio",
+    "range",
+    "date",
+    "file",
+  ])("rejects an unsupported %s input before clearing", async (type) => {
+    const h = await setup(`<input type="${type}">`);
+    const before = h.element.value;
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "invalid_params",
+      data: { reason: "target_not_fillable" },
+    });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe(before);
+    expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("rejects an overlong value before clearing", async () => {
+    const h = await setup('<input maxlength="3" value="old">');
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "invalid_params",
+      message: /maxlength/,
+      data: { reason: "fill_value_invalid" },
+    });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("old");
+    expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    true,
+    false,
+  ])("classifies a DOM.focus rejection on a disabled=%s target", async (disabled) => {
+    const h = await setup(`<input ${disabled ? "disabled" : ""} value="old">`);
+    const send = h.send.getMockImplementation()!;
+    h.send.mockImplementation(async (tabId, method, params) => {
+      if (method === "DOM.focus") throw new Error("Element is not focusable");
+      return send(tabId, method, params);
+    });
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: disabled ? "invalid_params" : "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: disabled ? "target_not_fillable" : "fill_failed" },
+    });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("old");
+    expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("fills a background document without requiring foreground browser focus", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    vi.spyOn(document, "hasFocus").mockReturnValue(false);
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({ value_length: 5 });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("hello");
+  });
+
+  it("restores focus once after clearing without typing into another field", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    const other = document.createElement("input");
+    document.body.append(other);
+    h.element.addEventListener("input", () => other.focus());
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({ value_length: 5 });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("hello");
+    expect(other.value).toBe("");
+    expect(h.send.mock.calls.filter(([, method]) => method === "DOM.focus")).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "focus",
+    "value",
+  ])("rechecks %s after restoring focus, without retrying again", async (action) => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    const other = document.createElement("input");
+    document.body.append(other);
+    h.element.addEventListener(
+      "input",
+      () => {
+        other.focus();
+        h.element.addEventListener("focus", () => {
+          if (action === "focus") queueMicrotask(() => other.focus());
+          else h.element.value = "changed";
+        });
+      },
+      { once: true },
+    );
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: action === "focus" ? "fill_focus_lost" : "fill_target_changed" },
+    });
+    expect(other.value).toBe("");
+    expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(h.send.mock.calls.filter(([, method]) => method === "DOM.focus")).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "remove",
+    "readonly",
+    "restore",
+    "microtask-restore",
+  ])("stops when clearing causes the page to %s the target", async (action) => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.element.addEventListener("input", () => {
+      if (action === "remove") h.element.remove();
+      if (action === "readonly") h.element.readOnly = true;
+      if (action === "restore") h.element.value = "restored";
+      if (action === "microtask-restore")
+        queueMicrotask(() => {
+          h.element.value = "restored";
+        });
+    });
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "fill_target_changed" },
+    });
+    expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("fails when insertText is acknowledged without changing the value", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.insert.mockImplementation(async () => {});
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "fill_value_mismatch" },
+    });
+    expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("detects truncation when maxlength changes after preparation", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.element.addEventListener(
+      "input",
+      () => {
+        h.element.maxLength = 3;
+      },
+      { once: true },
+    );
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "fill_value_mismatch" },
+    });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("hel");
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "input",
+    "change",
+    "microtask-change",
+  ])("detects a value reverted by the %s handler", async (event) => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.element.addEventListener(event === "microtask-change" ? "change" : event, () => {
+      if (event === "microtask-change")
+        queueMicrotask(() => {
+          h.element.value = "";
+        });
+      else h.element.value = "";
+    });
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({ code: "cdp_failed", message: /expected value/ });
+  });
+
+  it("compares content rather than length without including field values in the error", async () => {
+    const h = await setup('<input type="password">');
+    h.element.addEventListener("change", () => {
+      h.element.value = "other-secret";
+    });
+    const result = await h.fill("given-secret");
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ code: "cdp_failed", message: /expected value/ });
+    expect(JSON.stringify(result)).not.toMatch(/given-secret|other-secret/);
+  });
+
+  it("does not report success for a target replaced by a change handler", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.element.addEventListener("change", () => h.element.replaceWith(h.element.cloneNode()));
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "fill_target_changed" },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
+  ])("rejects script exceptions at phase %s and releases the target", async (phase) => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    vi.spyOn(document, "hasFocus").mockReturnValue(false);
+    const run = h.script.getMockImplementation()!;
+    let count = 0;
+    h.script.mockImplementation(async (params) =>
+      ++count === phase ? { exceptionDetails: { text: "page secret" } } : run(params),
+    );
+    const result = await h.fill();
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ code: "cdp_failed", data: { reason: "fill_failed" } });
+    expect(JSON.stringify(result)).not.toContain("page secret");
+    if (phase <= 3) expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it.each([1, 2, 3, 5])("rejects missing results at phase %s", async (phase) => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    vi.spyOn(document, "hasFocus").mockReturnValue(false);
+    const run = h.script.getMockImplementation()!;
+    let count = 0;
+    h.script.mockImplementation(async (params) =>
+      ++count === phase ? { result: { type: "undefined" } } : run(params),
+    );
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({ code: "cdp_failed" });
+    if (phase <= 3) expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it.each(["input", "change"])("checks state after nested microtasks from %s", async (event) => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.element.addEventListener(event, () => {
+      queueMicrotask(() =>
+        queueMicrotask(() => {
+          h.element.value = "reverted";
+        }),
+      );
+    });
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({ code: "cdp_failed" });
+    if (event === "input") expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "<input>",
+    '<input type="password">',
+    "<textarea></textarea>",
+  ])("verifies successful text in %s", async (markup) => {
+    const h = await setup(markup);
+    expect(await h.fill("你好🙂")).toMatchObject({ value_length: 4 });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("你好🙂");
+    expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("verifies append against the old value plus the requested text", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.element.focus();
+    h.element.setSelectionRange(3, 3);
+    expect(await h.fill("!", false)).toMatchObject({ value_length: 4 });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("old!");
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["<textarea></textarea>", "a\r\nb", "a\nb"],
+    ["<input>", "a\nb", "a b"],
+    ["<input>", "a\r\nb", "a b"],
+    [
+      '<input type="email" multiple>',
+      " a@example.com , b@example.com ",
+      "a@example.com,b@example.com",
+    ],
+  ])("accepts native normalization for %s", async (markup, requested, normalized) => {
+    if (markup.startsWith("<textarea")) {
+      // Happy DOM does not implement Chrome's textarea line-ending normalization.
+      const setter = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(HTMLTextAreaElement.prototype, "value")!.set!;
+      vi.spyOn(HTMLTextAreaElement.prototype, "value", "set").mockImplementation(function (
+        this: HTMLTextAreaElement,
+        value,
+      ) {
+        setter.call(this, value.replace(/\r\n?/g, "\n"));
+      });
+    }
+    const h = await setup(markup);
+    h.insert.mockImplementation(async () => {
+      h.element.value = normalized;
+    });
+    expect(await h.fill(requested)).toMatchObject({ value_length: normalized.length });
+  });
+
+  it("does not count an editable padding break as an extra typed character", async () => {
+    const h = await setup('<div contenteditable="true" tabindex="0"></div>');
+    // These two layout/editability properties are missing in Happy DOM.
+    let innerText = "";
+    Object.defineProperty(h.element, "isContentEditable", { get: () => true });
+    Object.defineProperty(h.element, "innerText", { get: () => innerText });
+    h.insert.mockImplementation(async () => {
+      h.element.innerHTML = "one<div><br></div>";
+      innerText = "one\n\n";
+    });
+    expect(await h.fill("one\n")).toMatchObject({ value_length: 4 });
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    [0, 0],
+    [1, 1],
+    [0, 3],
+  ])("appends after moving selection %s:%s to the end", async (start, end) => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.element.focus();
+    h.element.setSelectionRange(start, end);
+    expect(await h.fill("🙂", false)).toMatchObject({ value_length: 5 });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("old🙂");
+  });
+
+  it.each(
+    ["number", "email"].flatMap((type) =>
+      [
+        [0, 0],
+        [1, 1],
+        [0, 2],
+      ].map(([start, end]) => ({ type, start, end })),
+    ),
+  )("appends to $type from selection $start:$end without using its unsupported API", async ({
+    type,
+    start,
+    end,
+  }) => {
+    const h = await setup(`<input type="${type}" value="12">`);
+    Object.assign(h.hiddenCaret, { start, end });
+    vi.spyOn(h.element, "selectionStart", "get").mockReturnValue(null);
+    vi.spyOn(h.element, "selectionEnd", "get").mockReturnValue(null);
+    const selection = vi.spyOn(h.element, "setSelectionRange").mockImplementation(() => {
+      throw new DOMException("unsupported", "InvalidStateError");
+    });
+    expect(await h.fill("3", false)).toMatchObject({ value_length: 3 });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("123");
+    expect(selection).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "number",
+    "email",
+  ])("does not report successful %s append when the caret command is ignored", async (type) => {
+    const h = await setup(`<input type="${type}" value="12">`);
+    vi.spyOn(h.element, "selectionStart", "get").mockReturnValue(null);
+    vi.spyOn(h.element, "selectionEnd", "get").mockReturnValue(null);
+    h.moveToEnd.mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined);
+    expect(await h.fill("3", false)).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "fill_value_mismatch" },
+    });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("312");
+    expect(h.insert).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("rejects invalid number text before clearing", async () => {
+    const h = await setup('<input type="number" value="12">');
+    expect(await h.fill("abc")).toMatchObject({
+      code: "invalid_params",
+      data: { reason: "fill_value_invalid" },
+    });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("12");
+    expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("reports page formatting as unconfirmed without retrying the write", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.element.addEventListener("change", () => {
+      h.element.value = h.element.value.toUpperCase();
+    });
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({
+      code: "cdp_failed",
+      data: { reason: "fill_value_mismatch" },
+    });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("HELLO");
+    expect(h.insert).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["focus", false],
+    ["focus", true],
+    ["value", false],
+    ["value", true],
+    ["cancel", false],
+    ["cancel", true],
+    ["throw", false],
+    ["throw", true],
+  ] as const)("stops when positioning triggers %s (clear=%s) and releases the key", async (action, clearBefore) => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    vi.spyOn(document, "hasFocus").mockReturnValue(false);
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const other = document.createElement("input");
+    document.body.append(other);
+    const send = h.send.getMockImplementation()!;
+    h.send.mockImplementation(async (tabId, method, params) => {
+      const reply = await send(tabId, method, params);
+      if (
+        method === "Input.dispatchKeyEvent" &&
+        (params as { type: string }).type === "rawKeyDown"
+      ) {
+        if (action === "focus") other.focus();
+        if (action === "value") h.element.value = "changed";
+        if (action === "cancel") controller.abort();
+        if (action === "throw") throw new Error("dispatch failed");
+      }
+      return reply;
+    });
+    const result = await h.fill("!", clearBefore, controller.signal);
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ code: action === "cancel" ? "cancelled" : "cdp_failed" });
+    expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(other.value).toBe("");
+    expect(h.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      4,
+      "Input.dispatchKeyEvent",
+      expect.objectContaining({ type: "keyUp" }),
+    );
+    expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it.each([true, false])("verifies an empty request with clear_before=%s", async (clearBefore) => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    expect(await h.fill("", clearBefore)).toMatchObject({ value_length: clearBefore ? 0 : 3 });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe(clearBefore ? "" : "old");
+    expect(h.insert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("cancels after insertion without sending change events", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    h.insert.mockImplementation(async () => controller.abort());
+    expect(await h.fill("hello", true, controller.signal)).toMatchObject({ code: "cancelled" });
+    expect(h.script).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("cancels after resolving the remote object without clearing the field", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const send = h.send.getMockImplementation()!;
+    h.send.mockImplementation(async (tabId, method, params) => {
+      const result = await send(tabId, method, params);
+      if (method === "DOM.resolveNode") controller.abort();
+      return result;
+    });
+    expect(await h.fill("hello", true, controller.signal)).toMatchObject({ code: "cancelled" });
+    expect(h.element.value).toBe("old");
+    expect(h.script).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("honors cancellation during verification", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    h.element.addEventListener("change", () => controller.abort());
+    expect(await h.fill("hello", true, controller.signal)).toMatchObject({ code: "cancelled" });
+    expect(h.release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the verified outcome when releasing the remote object fails", async () => {
+    const h = await setup();
+    h.release.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("target closed"));
+    expect(await h.fill()).toMatchObject({ value_length: 5 });
+  });
+});
@@ -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(
-      cdp,
-      {
-        rootFrameId: "main",
-        frames: [
-          { frameId: "main", target: { tabId: 4 } },
-          {
-            frameId: "same-process-parent",
-            parentFrameId: "main",
-            ownerBackendNodeId: 10,
-            target: { tabId: 4 },
-          },
-          {
-            frameId: "oopif",
-            parentFrameId: "same-process-parent",
-            ownerBackendNodeId: 20,
-            target: { tabId: 4, sessionId: "oopif-session" },
-          },
-        ],
-      },
-      "oopif",
-    );
+    const projection = await new GeometryContext(cdp, 4, {
+      rootFrameId: "main",
+      frames: [
+        { frameId: "main", target: { tabId: 4 } },
+        {
+          frameId: "same-process-parent",
+          parentFrameId: "main",
+          ownerBackendNodeId: 10,
+          target: { tabId: 4 },
+        },
+        {
+          frameId: "oopif",
+          parentFrameId: "same-process-parent",
+          ownerBackendNodeId: 20,
+          target: { tabId: 4, sessionId: "oopif-session" },
+        },
+      ],
+    }).targetProjection("oopif");

    expect(projection?.edges).toEqual([
      {
@@ -169,6 +166,7 @@ describe("frame geometry projection", () => {
    expect(geometry).toMatchObject({
      topBounds: { x: 100, y: 100, width: 200, height: 100 },
      actionPoint: { x: 200, y: 150 },
+      targetActionPoint: { x: 100, y: 50 },
    });
  });

@@ -261,6 +259,7 @@ describe("frame geometry projection", () => {
    expect(geometry).toMatchObject({
      topBounds: { x: 100, y: 100, width: 200, height: 100 },
      actionPoint: { x: 200, y: 150 },
+      targetActionPoint: { x: 200, y: 150 },
    });
  });

@@ -0,0 +1,380 @@
+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,
+  snapshotViewportRect,
+} from "../geometry/coordinate-types";
+import { GeometryContext } 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 { 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("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, { 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, { 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" },
+      { 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 }, { x: 0, y: 0 })).toBeNull();
+    expect(snapshotViewportRect([0, 0, 10, 40], { target }, { 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" },
+      { 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 { 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,
+    });
+  });
+});
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
      return id;
    }),
    remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
  };
 }

@@ -540,6 +540,21 @@ describe("handleHover", () => {
  });
 });

+function successfulFillScript(params: unknown) {
+  const script = params as { arguments?: Array<{ value: unknown }>; functionDeclaration: string };
+  const args = script.arguments ?? [];
+  return {
+    result: {
+      value:
+        args.length === 2
+          ? { before: "", expected: args[0].value }
+          : script.functionDeclaration.startsWith("function(expected)")
+            ? { connected: true, matches: true, valueLength: String(args[0].value).length }
+            : "ready",
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 describe("handleFill", () => {
  it("returns not_found for unknown ref", async () => {
    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow([100]) });
@@ -586,7 +601,8 @@ describe("handleFill", () => {
      "DOM.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded": () => ({}),
      "DOM.focus": () => ({}),
      "DOM.resolveNode": () => ({ object: { objectId: "obj-1" } }),
-      "Runtime.callFunctionOn": () => ({ result: { type: "undefined" } }),
+      "Runtime.callFunctionOn": successfulFillScript,
+      "Runtime.releaseObject": () => ({}),
      "Input.insertText": () => ({}),
    });
    const res = await handleFill(
@@ -600,13 +616,12 @@ describe("handleFill", () => {
    expect(res.used_ref).toBe("e1");
    const insert = fake.sent.find((c) => c.method === "Input.insertText");
    expect(insert?.params).toEqual({ text: "hello" });
-    // clear_before defaults to true → callFunctionOn invoked once to
-    // clear, once to fire input/change after typing.
+    // Foreground replacement needs no extra caret-positioning round trip.
    const callFns = fake.sent.filter((c) => c.method === "Runtime.callFunctionOn");
-    expect(callFns.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
+    expect(callFns).toHaveLength(4);
  });

-  it("clear_before=false skips the wipe call", async () => {
+  it("passes clear_before=false to preparation and verifies the result", async () => {
    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow([100]) });
    const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
    ctx.refStore.set("e1", 1, { tabId: 4 });
@@ -618,12 +633,12 @@ describe("handleFill", () => {
      "DOM.focus": () => ({}),
      "DOM.resolveNode": () => ({ object: { objectId: "obj-2" } }),
      "Runtime.callFunctionOn": (p) => {
-        const fn = (p as { functionDeclaration?: string }).functionDeclaration ?? "";
-        // No "this.value = ''" clearing on a no-clear path; only the
-        // post-input dispatchEvent.
-        expect(fn).not.toMatch(/this\.value\s*=\s*''/);
-        return { result: { type: "undefined" } };
+        const args = (p as { arguments?: Array<{ value: unknown }> }).arguments ?? [];
+        if (args.length === 2) expect(args[1].value).toBe(false);
+        return successfulFillScript(p);
      },
+      "Input.dispatchKeyEvent": () => ({}),
+      "Runtime.releaseObject": () => ({}),
      "Input.insertText": () => ({}),
    });
    const res = await handleFill(
@@ -650,7 +665,8 @@ describe("handleFill", () => {
      "DOM.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded": () => ({}),
      "DOM.focus": () => ({}),
      "DOM.resolveNode": () => ({ object: { objectId: "obj-3" } }),
-      "Runtime.callFunctionOn": () => ({ result: { type: "undefined" } }),
+      "Runtime.callFunctionOn": successfulFillScript,
+      "Runtime.releaseObject": () => ({}),
      "Input.insertText": () => ({}),
    });
    const res = await handleFill(
@@ -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();
+  });
+});
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
      return id;
    }),
    remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
  };
 }

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

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
      return id;
    }),
    remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
  };
 }

@@ -266,7 +266,15 @@ describe("handleScreenshot", () => {
    expect(sent.find((c) => c.method === "Page.captureScreenshot")).toBeUndefined();
  });

-  it("captures a clipped PNG when ref is given", async () => {
+  it.each([
+    { zoom: 1, scroll: 0, expected: { x: 10, y: 20, width: 100, height: 40 } },
+    { zoom: 0.9, scroll: 100, expected: { x: 9, y: 108, width: 90, height: 36 } },
+    { zoom: 1.25, scroll: 100, expected: { x: 12.5, y: 150, width: 125, height: 50 } },
+  ])("captures a ref in page DIP at zoom $zoom and scroll $scroll", async ({
+    zoom,
+    scroll,
+    expected,
+  }) => {
    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow([100]) });
    const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
    ctx.refStore.set("e5", 999, { tabId: 7 });
@@ -274,6 +282,10 @@ describe("handleScreenshot", () => {
      "DOM.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded": () => ({}),
      "DOM.getContentQuads": () => ({ quads: [[10, 20, 110, 20, 110, 60, 10, 60]] }),
      "Page.captureScreenshot": () => ({ data: TINY_PNG }),
+      "Page.getLayoutMetrics": () => ({
+        cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1280, clientHeight: 720, pageX: 0, pageY: scroll },
+        cssVisualViewport: { zoom },
+      }),
    });
    const captureVisibleTab = vi.fn();
    const res = await handleScreenshot(
@@ -297,7 +309,8 @@ describe("handleScreenshot", () => {
        clip?: { x: number; y: number; width: number; height: number };
      }
    )?.clip;
-    expect(clip).toMatchObject({ x: 10, y: 20, width: 100, height: 40 });
+    expect(clip).toMatchObject(expected);
+    expect(sent.filter((c) => c.method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics")).toHaveLength(1);
  });

  it("returns not_found for unknown ref", async () => {
@@ -655,6 +668,60 @@ describe("buildVomScene", () => {
    expect(nestedInput?.parentId).toBe(result.nodes.find((item) => item.backendNodeId === 210)?.id);
  });

+  it("excludes an overlay only in its owning document when target backend ids collide", () => {
+    const owner = (id: number): CapturedNode => ({
+      backendNodeId: id,
+      parentBackendNodeId: null,
+      frameId: "main",
+      tag: "iframe",
+      attrs: {},
+      rect: { x: id * 10, y: 0, w: 200, h: 100 },
+      paintOrder: 0,
+      position: "static",
+      pointerEvents: "auto",
+    });
+    const owners = [owner(10), owner(20)];
+    const result = buildFrameVomScene(
+      [
+        {
+          frameId: "main",
+          contextScopeId: "main",
+          target: { tabId: 7 },
+          domNodes: owners,
+          axNodes: [],
+        },
+        ...["left", "right"].map((frameId, i) => ({
+          frameId,
+          contextScopeId: frameId,
+          parentFrameId: "main",
+          ownerBackendNodeId: owners[i].backendNodeId,
+          target: { tabId: 7, sessionId: frameId },
+          excludedBackendNodeIds: new Set(i === 0 ? [7] : []),
+          domNodes: [],
+          axNodes: [
+            {
+              nodeId: "button",
+              frameId,
+              backendDOMNodeId: 7,
+              role: { type: "role", value: "button" },
+              name: { type: "computedString", value: frameId + " action" },
+            },
+          ],
+        })),
+      ],
+      {
+        nodes: owners,
+        viewport: { width: 800, height: 600 },
+        iframeNodes: new Map(),
+        excludedBackendNodeIds: new Set(),
+      },
+    );
+    const rendered = renderVom(result);
+    expect(rendered.text).not.toContain("left action");
+    expect(rendered.text).toContain("right action");
+    expect(rendered.refs.find((ref) => ref.backendNodeId === 7)?.frameId).toBe("right");
+  });
+
  it("does not place a child document at the page root when its frame boundary is unresolved", () => {
    const childNode: CapturedNode = {
      backendNodeId: 101,
@@ -3134,7 +3201,9 @@ describe("handleSnapshot", () => {
    cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 800, pageX: 0, pageY: 0 },
  };

-  function makeFrameAwareDeps() {
+  function makeFrameAwareDeps(
+    ownerGeometry: "unavailable" | "available" | "clipped" = "unavailable",
+  ) {
    const strings = ["html", "body", "iframe", "button", "title", "Remote", "static", "auto"];
    const i = (value: string) => strings.indexOf(value);
    const styles = [i("static"), i("auto"), i("auto")];
@@ -3214,6 +3283,16 @@ describe("handleSnapshot", () => {
    ];
    const send = vi.fn(async (_tabId: number, method: string) => {
      if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") return VP_METRICS;
+      if (ownerGeometry !== "unavailable") {
+        if (method === "DOM.getBoxModel") {
+          const x = ownerGeometry === "clipped" ? 10000 : 100;
+          return { model: { content: [x, 100, x + 400, 100, x + 400, 400, x, 400] } };
+        }
+        if (method === "DOM.resolveNode") return { object: { objectId: "owner" } };
+        if (method === "Runtime.callFunctionOn")
+          return { result: { value: { width: 400, height: 300 } } };
+        if (method === "Runtime.releaseObject") return {};
+      }
      if (method === "DOMSnapshot.enable" || method === "Accessibility.enable") return {};
      if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return snapshot;
      if (method === "Accessibility.getFullAXTree") return { nodes: mainAx };
@@ -3454,6 +3533,43 @@ describe("handleSnapshot", () => {
    expect(result.text).toContain("•••");
  });

+  it.each([
+    undefined,
+    100,
+    0,
+  ])("reports unavailable iframe geometry within the observation budget %s", async (maxTokens) => {
+    const result = await captureVomObservation(makeFrameAwareDeps().cdp, 4, "https://example.com", {
+      maxTokens,
+    });
+    expect(result.text.match(/@warning/g)).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result.text).toContain("iframe geometry incomplete");
+    expect(result.text.startsWith("@vom 1\n")).toBe(true);
+    if (maxTokens === undefined) {
+      expect(result.truncated).toBe(false);
+      expect(result.text).toContain("Frame action");
+      expect(result.matchNodes.find((node) => node.backendNodeId === 22)).toMatchObject({
+        rect: null,
+        localRect: { x: 20, y: 30, w: 120, h: 40 },
+      });
+    }
+    if (maxTokens === 100) expect(Math.ceil(result.text.length / 4)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(maxTokens);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "available",
+    "clipped",
+  ] as const)("does not report successful %s geometry as an observation failure", async (ownerGeometry) => {
+    const result = await captureVomObservation(
+      makeFrameAwareDeps(ownerGeometry).cdp,
+      4,
+      "https://example.com",
+    );
+    expect(result.text).not.toContain("@warning");
+    const node = result.matchNodes.find((item) => item.backendNodeId === 22);
+    if (ownerGeometry === "clipped") expect(node?.rect).toBeNull();
+    else expect(node?.rect).toEqual({ x: 120, y: 130, w: 120, h: 40 });
+  });
+
  it("keeps frames and rendered refs on the same frame identity", async () => {
    const deps = makeFrameAwareDeps();

@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { SessionManager } from "@/session-manager/manager";
 import { handleSessionStop } from "../session";
+import type { ChromeTabsApi } from "../shared";
 import { type AgentOverlayResetApi, type ChromeWindowsApi, type TabMutationApi } from "../tabs";

+/** Build a read-only query api over a FakeState. */
+function makeQuery(state: FakeState): ChromeTabsApi {
+  return {
+    get: vi.fn(async (id) => {
+      const t = state.tabs.get(id);
+      if (!t) throw new Error(`tab ${id} not found`);
+      return t;
+    }),
+    query: vi.fn(async (q: chrome.tabs.QueryInfo) => {
+      const w = q.windowId;
+      return Array.from(state.tabs.values()).filter(
+        (t) => typeof w !== "number" || t.windowId === w,
+      );
+    }),
+  };
+}
+
 function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
  let i = 0;
  const create = vi.fn(async () => {
@@ -11,7 +29,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
    return id;
  });
  const remove = vi.fn(async () => {});
-  const ensureActiveTab = vi.fn(async () => {});
+  const ensureActiveTab = vi.fn(async () => 0);
  return { create, remove, ensureActiveTab };
 }

@@ -30,7 +48,9 @@ function makeApis(
 } {
  const tabs: TabMutationApi = {
    create: vi.fn(),
-    remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    remove: vi.fn(async (id: number) => {
+      state.tabs.delete(id);
+    }),
    update: vi.fn(async (_id, _p) => undefined),
    get: vi.fn(async (id) => {
      const t = state.tabs.get(id);
@@ -237,11 +257,15 @@ describe("handleSessionStop with auto-return", () => {
      moves: [],
    };
    const { tabs, windows } = makeApis(state, { moveThrowsFor: new Set([1]) });
+    const cdp = {
+      detachSession: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      releaseSessionTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    };

    const res = await handleSessionStop(
      sm,
      { session_id: "aa11" },
-      { tabManagement: { tabs, windows } },
+      { cdp, tabManagement: { tabs, windows } },
    );
    if ("code" in res) throw new Error(`unexpected error: ${JSON.stringify(res)}`);
    expect(res.return_failures?.map((f) => f.tab_id)).toEqual([1]);
@@ -249,6 +273,8 @@ describe("handleSessionStop with auto-return", () => {
    expect(sm.has("aa11")).toBe(true);
    expect(ctx.borrowedTabs.has(1)).toBe(true);
    expect(ctx.borrowedTabs.has(2)).toBe(false);
+    expect(cdp.releaseSessionTab).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith("aa11", 2);
+    expect(cdp.detachSession).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    expect(aw.remove).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
  });

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

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

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { type CdpDebuggerApi, ChromiumCdp } from "@/browser-driver/chromium-cdp";
 import { SessionManager } from "@/session-manager/manager";
+import { handleHover } from "../interaction";
 import {
  type AgentOverlayResetApi,
  type ChromeWindowsApi,
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
      return id;
    }),
    remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
  };
 }

@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ describe("handleTabCreate", () => {
      active: true,
    });
    expect(res).toMatchObject({ tab_id: 10, window_id: 100 });
+    expect(sm.get("aa11")?.agentCreatedTabs.has(10)).toBe(true);
  });

  it("forwards explicit url + index + active=false", async () => {
@@ -256,6 +259,41 @@ describe("handleTabCreate", () => {
    const res = await handleTabCreate(sm, { session_id: "aa11", index: -1 }, { tabs: api });
    expect(res).toMatchObject({ code: "invalid_params" });
  });
+
+  it("does not claim any tab when chrome.tabs.create fails", async () => {
+    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow([100]) });
+    await sm.start("aa11");
+    const state: FakeTabState = { tabs: new Map(), nextTabId: 10, windowsClosed: new Set() };
+    const { api, spies } = makeTabMutationApi(state);
+    spies.create.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("chrome.tabs.create failed"));
+
+    const res = await handleTabCreate(sm, { session_id: "aa11" }, { tabs: api });
+    expect(res).toMatchObject({ code: "protocol_error" });
+
+    expect(sm.get("aa11")?.agentCreatedTabs).toEqual(new Set([1]));
+  });
+
+  it("claims the returned id even when a user tab appears during tab creation", async () => {
+    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow([100]) });
+    const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+    const state: FakeTabState = { tabs: new Map(), nextTabId: 10, windowsClosed: new Set() };
+    const { api, spies } = makeTabMutationApi(state);
+    let resolveCreate!: (tab: chrome.tabs.Tab) => void;
+    const createResult = new Promise<chrome.tabs.Tab>((resolve) => {
+      resolveCreate = resolve;
+    });
+    spies.create.mockImplementationOnce(() => createResult);
+
+    const pending = handleTabCreate(sm, { session_id: "aa11" }, { tabs: api });
+    // A user can create an unrelated same-window tab while Chrome is still
+    // resolving the agent request. There is no pending slot for it to steal.
+    expect(ctx.agentCreatedTabs.has(99)).toBe(false);
+    resolveCreate({ id: 10, windowId: 100, active: true } as chrome.tabs.Tab);
+
+    await expect(pending).resolves.toMatchObject({ tab_id: 10 });
+    expect(ctx.agentCreatedTabs.has(10)).toBe(true);
+    expect(ctx.agentCreatedTabs.has(99)).toBe(false);
+  });
 });

 describe("handleTabClose", () => {
@@ -511,6 +549,148 @@ describe("handleTabBorrow", () => {
 });

 describe("handleTabReturn", () => {
+  it.each([
+    "not_found",
+    "cdp_failed",
+  ])("detaches after selector resolution fails with %s", async (code) => {
+    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow([100]) });
+    const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+    ctx.borrowedTabs.set(7, { tabId: 7, originalWindowId: 200, originalIndex: 4 });
+    const state: FakeTabState = {
+      tabs: new Map([[7, { id: 7, windowId: 100 } as chrome.tabs.Tab]]),
+      nextTabId: 50,
+      windowsClosed: new Set(),
+    };
+    const { api } = makeTabMutationApi(state);
+    const { api: windows } = makeWindowsApi(state);
+    const debuggerApi = {
+      attach: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      detach: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      sendCommand: vi.fn(async (_target: unknown, method: string) => {
+        if (method === "DOM.getDocument") return { root: { nodeId: 1 } };
+        if (method === "DOM.querySelector") {
+          if (code === "cdp_failed") throw new Error("selector query failed");
+          return { nodeId: 0 };
+        }
+        return {};
+      }),
+      onEvent: { addListener: vi.fn(), removeListener: vi.fn() },
+      onDetach: { addListener: vi.fn(), removeListener: vi.fn() },
+    };
+    const cdp = new ChromiumCdp(debuggerApi as unknown as CdpDebuggerApi);
+
+    const hover = await handleHover(
+      sm,
+      { session_id: "aa11", tab_id: 7, selector: "#missing" },
+      {
+        cdp,
+        tabsApi: { get: api.get, query: vi.fn(async () => []) },
+      },
+    );
+    expect(hover).toMatchObject({ code });
+    expect(cdp.isAttached(7)).toBe(true);
+
+    const returned = await handleTabReturn(
+      sm,
+      { session_id: "aa11", tab_id: 7 },
+      {
+        tabs: api,
+        windows,
+        cdp,
+        agentOverlayReset: { resetAgentOverlays: vi.fn(async () => {}) },
+      },
+    );
+    expect(returned).toMatchObject({ returned_to_window_id: 200 });
+    expect(ctx.borrowedTabs.has(7)).toBe(false);
+    expect(cdp.isAttached(7)).toBe(false);
+    expect(debuggerApi.detach).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith({ tabId: 7 });
+    cdp.dispose();
+  });
+
+  it("honours cancellation while preparing a validated return", async () => {
+    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow([100]) });
+    const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+    ctx.borrowedTabs.set(7, { tabId: 7, originalWindowId: 200, originalIndex: 4 });
+    const state: FakeTabState = {
+      tabs: new Map([[7, { id: 7, windowId: 100 } as chrome.tabs.Tab]]),
+      nextTabId: 50,
+      windowsClosed: new Set(),
+    };
+    const { api, spies } = makeTabMutationApi(state);
+    const { api: windows } = makeWindowsApi(state);
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const beforeReturn = vi.fn(async () => {
+      controller.abort();
+    });
+    const result = await handleTabReturn(
+      sm,
+      { session_id: "aa11", tab_id: 7 },
+      {
+        tabs: api,
+        windows,
+        signal: controller.signal,
+        beforeReturn,
+      },
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ code: "cancelled" });
+    expect(beforeReturn).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith("aa11", 7);
+    expect(spies.move).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(ctx.borrowedTabs.has(7)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "original",
+    "fallback",
+    "cleanup_failed",
+    "failed",
+    "cancelled",
+  ])("releases CDP only after a successful return (%s)", async (mode) => {
+    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow([100]) });
+    const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
+    ctx.borrowedTabs.set(7, { tabId: 7, originalWindowId: 200, originalIndex: 4 });
+    const state: FakeTabState = {
+      tabs: new Map([[7, { id: 7, windowId: 100 } as chrome.tabs.Tab]]),
+      nextTabId: 50,
+      windowsClosed: new Set(),
+    };
+    const { api, spies } = makeTabMutationApi(state);
+    const { api: windowsApi } = makeWindowsApi(state, { lastFocused: 500 });
+    const success = mode !== "failed" && mode !== "cancelled";
+    if (mode === "fallback") spies.move.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("original move failed"));
+    if (mode === "failed") spies.move.mockRejectedValue(new Error("move failed"));
+    let windowAtRelease: number | undefined;
+    const cdp = {
+      releaseSessionTab: vi.fn(async () => {
+        windowAtRelease = state.tabs.get(7)?.windowId;
+        if (mode === "cleanup_failed") throw new Error("debugger release failed");
+      }),
+    };
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    if (mode === "cancelled") controller.abort();
+
+    const result = await handleTabReturn(
+      sm,
+      { session_id: "aa11", tab_id: 7 },
+      {
+        tabs: api,
+        windows: windowsApi,
+        cdp,
+        signal: controller.signal,
+        agentOverlayReset: { resetAgentOverlays: vi.fn(async () => {}) },
+      },
+    );
+
+    expect("code" in result).toBe(!success);
+    expect(ctx.borrowedTabs.has(7)).toBe(!success);
+    expect(cdp.releaseSessionTab).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(success ? 1 : 0);
+    if (success) {
+      expect(cdp.releaseSessionTab).toHaveBeenCalledWith("aa11", 7);
+      expect(windowAtRelease).toBe(mode === "fallback" ? 500 : 200);
+      expect(spies.move).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(mode === "fallback" ? 2 : 1);
+    }
+  });
+
  it("returns the tab to its original window/index and clears borrowedTabs", async () => {
    const sm = new SessionManager({ agentWindow: fakeAgentWindow([100]) });
    const ctx = await sm.start("aa11");
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function fakeAgentWindow(ids: number[]) {
      return id;
    }),
    remove: vi.fn(async () => {}),
-    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+    ensureActiveTab: vi.fn(async () => 1),
  };
 }

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

@@ -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);
+  }
+}
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { Transport } from "@/transport/transport";
 import type {
  ClickParams,
  ConsoleParams,
+  DownloadParams,
  EmulateParams,
  EvaluateParams,
  FillParams,
@@ -28,11 +29,14 @@ import type {
  ScreenshotParams,
  SelectParams,
  SnapshotParams,
+  UploadParams,
  WaitForNavigationParams,
 } from "@/transport/types";
 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";
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ import {
 import { chromeTabsApi, lookupSession, resolveTargetTab } from "./shared";
 import {
  type BorrowConfirmationApprover,
+  chromeTabMutationApi,
  handleTabBorrow,
  handleTabClose,
  handleTabCreate,
@@ -79,6 +84,7 @@ import {
  type TabReturnParams,
  type TabSelectParams,
 } from "./tabs";
+import { handleUpload } from "./upload";
 import { handleWaitForNavigation } from "./waits";
 import { handleWindowResize, type WindowResizeParams } from "./window";

@@ -114,6 +120,8 @@ export interface DispatcherDeps {
  onSessionsChanged?: () => void;
  /** Invoked before a tool that dispatches page input or mutates browser state is forwarded. */
  onBrowserControlResumed?: (sessionId: string) => void;
+  /** Invoked after a tab is explicitly claimed so its overlay can be refreshed immediately. */
+  onAgentTabClaimed?: (tabId: number, windowId: number) => void;
  /** User approval for `tool.tab_borrow` (overlay in content script). */
  approveBorrow?: BorrowConfirmationApprover;
  /** i18n notification copy for `tool.request_help` (resolved per-call). */
@@ -143,6 +151,7 @@ export class ToolDispatcher {
  private readonly recording?: RecordRuntimeDeps;
  private readonly onSessionsChanged?: () => void;
  private readonly onBrowserControlResumed?: (sessionId: string) => void;
+  private readonly onAgentTabClaimed?: (tabId: number, windowId: number) => void;
  private readonly approveBorrow?: BorrowConfirmationApprover;
  private readonly helpNotificationCopy?: () => { title: string; body: string };
  private subscription: { dispose(): void } | null = null;
@@ -163,6 +172,7 @@ export class ToolDispatcher {
    this.recording = deps.recording;
    this.onSessionsChanged = deps.onSessionsChanged;
    this.onBrowserControlResumed = deps.onBrowserControlResumed;
+    this.onAgentTabClaimed = deps.onAgentTabClaimed;
    this.approveBorrow = deps.approveBorrow;
    this.helpNotificationCopy = deps.helpNotificationCopy;
  }
@@ -230,7 +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") {
@@ -298,13 +308,25 @@ export class ToolDispatcher {
        await this.releaseHoverLatch((req.params as SessionStopParams).session_id);
        return handleSessionStop(this.sessions, req.params as SessionStopParams, {
          cdp: this.cdp,
+          // Must be wired in production: the agent-tab cleanup and the
+          // window-release decision (issue #57) read these deps directly
+          // and silently no-op when they are absent.
+          tabManagement: { tabs: chromeTabMutationApi },
+          tabsQuery: chromeTabsApi,
          signal,
        });
      }
      case "tool.tab_list":
        return handleTabList(this.sessions, req.params as TabListParams, chromeTabsApi, signal);
-      case "tool.tab_create":
-        return handleTabCreate(this.sessions, req.params as TabCreateParams, { signal });
+      case "tool.tab_create": {
+        const result = await handleTabCreate(this.sessions, req.params as TabCreateParams, {
+          signal,
+        });
+        if (!isRpcError(result)) {
+          this.onAgentTabClaimed?.(result.tab_id, result.window_id);
+        }
+        return result;
+      }
      case "tool.tab_close":
        return this.withHoverReleaseForRequest(
          req.params as TabCloseParams,
@@ -313,13 +335,22 @@ export class ToolDispatcher {
        );
      case "tool.tab_select":
        return handleTabSelect(this.sessions, req.params as TabSelectParams, { signal });
-      case "tool.tab_borrow":
-        return handleTabBorrow(this.sessions, req.params as TabBorrowParams, {
+      case "tool.tab_borrow": {
+        const result = await handleTabBorrow(this.sessions, req.params as TabBorrowParams, {
          signal,
          approveBorrow: this.approveBorrow,
        });
+        if (!isRpcError(result)) {
+          this.onAgentTabClaimed?.(result.tab_id, result.agent_window_id);
+        }
+        return result;
+      }
      case "tool.tab_return":
-        return handleTabReturn(this.sessions, req.params as TabReturnParams, { signal });
+        return handleTabReturn(this.sessions, req.params as TabReturnParams, {
+          signal,
+          cdp: this.cdp,
+          beforeReturn: (sessionId, tabId) => this.releaseHoverLatch(sessionId, tabId),
+        });
      case "tool.window_resize":
        return handleWindowResize(
          this.sessions,
@@ -517,6 +548,40 @@ export class ToolDispatcher {
            ),
          signal,
        );
+      case "tool.upload":
+        return this.withHoverReleaseForRequest(
+          req.params as UploadParams,
+          () =>
+            this.cdp
+              ? handleUpload(this.sessions, req.params as UploadParams, {
+                  cdp: this.cdp,
+                  tabsApi: chromeTabsApi,
+                  signal,
+                  bypassOverlay,
+                })
+              : Promise.resolve({
+                  code: "unsupported",
+                  message: "upload requires CDP",
+                } satisfies RpcError),
+          signal,
+        );
+      case "tool.download":
+        return this.withHoverReleaseForRequest(
+          req.params as DownloadParams,
+          () =>
+            this.cdp
+              ? handleDownload(this.sessions, req.params as DownloadParams, {
+                  cdp: this.cdp,
+                  tabsApi: chromeTabsApi,
+                  signal,
+                  bypassOverlay,
+                })
+              : Promise.resolve({
+                  code: "unsupported",
+                  message: "download requires CDP",
+                } satisfies RpcError),
+          signal,
+        );
      case "tool.evaluate":
        return handleEvaluate(
          this.sessions,
@@ -723,6 +788,8 @@ function sessionIdForBrowserControlMethod(req: RequestFrame): string | null {
    case "tool.fill":
    case "tool.press":
    case "tool.select":
+    case "tool.upload":
+    case "tool.download":
    case "tool.evaluate":
    case "tool.observe":
    case "tool.request_help":
@@ -0,0 +1,364 @@
+// Order-independent coordinator for one browser download. CDP supplies the
+// exact target/frame intent while chrome.downloads supplies the download id
+// and filename routing hook; neither event is assumed to arrive first.
+
+import type { CdpTarget } from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
+import type { ClickResult, RpcError, TransferEffectState } from "@/transport/types";
+import { transferError } from "./errors";
+import { type CdpRunner, isRpcError } from "./shared";
+
+const CORRELATION_GRACE_MS = 750;
+const UNIQUE_SETTLE_MS = 50;
+const SIZE_POLL_MS = 250;
+
+type DeterminingFilenameListener = (
+  item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem,
+  suggest: (suggestion?: chrome.downloads.DownloadFilenameSuggestion) => void,
+) => void | true;
+
+interface ListenerEvent<T> {
+  addListener(listener: T): void;
+  removeListener(listener: T): void;
+}
+
+export interface DownloadsApi {
+  onCreated: ListenerEvent<(item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem) => void>;
+  onChanged: ListenerEvent<(delta: chrome.downloads.DownloadDelta) => void>;
+  onDeterminingFilename: ListenerEvent<DeterminingFilenameListener>;
+  search(query: chrome.downloads.DownloadQuery): Promise<chrome.downloads.DownloadItem[]>;
+  cancel(downloadId: number): Promise<void>;
+  removeFile(downloadId: number): Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export const chromeDownloadsApi: DownloadsApi = {
+  get onCreated() {
+    return chrome.downloads.onCreated;
+  },
+  get onChanged() {
+    return chrome.downloads.onChanged;
+  },
+  get onDeterminingFilename() {
+    return chrome.downloads.onDeterminingFilename;
+  },
+  search: (query) => chrome.downloads.search(query),
+  cancel: (id) => chrome.downloads.cancel(id),
+  removeFile: (id) => chrome.downloads.removeFile(id),
+};
+
+export interface DownloadCaptureOptions {
+  cdp: CdpRunner;
+  target: CdpTarget;
+  expectedFrameId?: string;
+  downloads: DownloadsApi;
+  browserRelativeDir: string;
+  maxByteSize?: number;
+  timeoutMs: number;
+  signal?: AbortSignal;
+  trigger(): Promise<ClickResult | RpcError>;
+}
+
+export interface DownloadCaptureResult {
+  click: ClickResult;
+  item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem;
+}
+
+interface DownloadIntent {
+  url: string;
+  suggestedFilename: string;
+  frameId?: string;
+}
+
+interface DownloadCandidate {
+  item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem;
+  suggest: (suggestion?: chrome.downloads.DownloadFilenameSuggestion) => void;
+  suggested: boolean;
+  graceTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
+}
+
+function safeBasename(filename: string): string {
+  const basename = filename.split(/[\\/]/).pop()?.trim();
+  return basename && basename !== "." && basename !== ".." ? basename : "download";
+}
+
+function sameTarget(source: { tabId?: number; sessionId?: string }, target: CdpTarget): boolean {
+  return source.tabId === target.tabId && source.sessionId === target.sessionId;
+}
+
+function matchesIntent(item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem, intent: DownloadIntent): boolean {
+  const urlMatches = item.url === intent.url || item.finalUrl === intent.url;
+  return urlMatches && safeBasename(item.filename) === safeBasename(intent.suggestedFilename);
+}
+
+function knownSize(item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem): number | undefined {
+  if (item.fileSize >= 0) return item.fileSize;
+  if (item.totalBytes >= 0) return item.totalBytes;
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+function captureError(
+  message: string,
+  effectState: TransferEffectState,
+  phase: string,
+  cleanupFailed = false,
+): RpcError {
+  return transferError("cdp_failed", "download_capture_failed", message, {
+    effectState,
+    phase,
+    ...(cleanupFailed ? { cleanupState: "failed" } : {}),
+  });
+}
+
+async function cleanupClaimedDownload(downloads: DownloadsApi, downloadId: number): Promise<void> {
+  const lookup = async () => (await downloads.search({ id: downloadId }))[0];
+  const item = await lookup();
+  if (!item || item.state === "interrupted") return;
+  if (item.state === "complete") {
+    await downloads.removeFile(downloadId);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    await downloads.cancel(downloadId);
+  } catch (cancelError) {
+    // Completion can win the race after the lookup but before cancellation.
+    // Reconcile against Chrome's authoritative state before declaring cleanup
+    // failed so every terminal state has one explicit cleanup path.
+    const reconciled = await lookup();
+    if (!reconciled || reconciled.state === "interrupted") return;
+    if (reconciled.state === "complete") {
+      await downloads.removeFile(downloadId);
+      return;
+    }
+    throw cancelError;
+  }
+}
+
+export async function captureBrowserDownload(
+  options: DownloadCaptureOptions,
+): Promise<DownloadCaptureResult | RpcError> {
+  let click: ClickResult | undefined;
+  let intent: DownloadIntent | undefined;
+  let capturedId: number | undefined;
+  let settled = false;
+  let succeeded = false;
+  let failureResult: RpcError | undefined;
+  let uniquenessTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined;
+  let operationTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined;
+  let sizePoll: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | undefined;
+  const candidates = new Map<number, DownloadCandidate>();
+  const createdItems = new Map<number, chrome.downloads.DownloadItem>();
+
+  let resolveCompletion!: (item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem) => void;
+  let rejectCompletion!: (error: Error) => void;
+  const completion = new Promise<chrome.downloads.DownloadItem>((resolve, reject) => {
+    resolveCompletion = resolve;
+    rejectCompletion = reject;
+  });
+  const fail = (error: Error) => {
+    if (settled) return;
+    settled = true;
+    rejectCompletion(error);
+  };
+  const complete = (item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem) => {
+    if (settled) return;
+    const size = knownSize(item);
+    if (size !== undefined && options.maxByteSize !== undefined && size > options.maxByteSize) {
+      fail(new Error(`download exceeds transfer limit ${options.maxByteSize}`));
+      return;
+    }
+    settled = true;
+    resolveCompletion(item);
+  };
+  const suggestDefault = (candidate: DownloadCandidate) => {
+    if (candidate.suggested) return;
+    candidate.suggested = true;
+    candidate.suggest();
+  };
+  const matchingCandidates = (): DownloadCandidate[] => {
+    const currentIntent = intent;
+    return currentIntent
+      ? [...candidates.values()].filter(
+          (candidate) => !candidate.suggested && matchesIntent(candidate.item, currentIntent),
+        )
+      : [];
+  };
+
+  const claimUnique = () => {
+    uniquenessTimer = undefined;
+    if (settled || capturedId !== undefined || !intent) return;
+    const matches = matchingCandidates();
+    if (matches.length !== 1) {
+      if (matches.length > 1) {
+        for (const candidate of matches) suggestDefault(candidate);
+        fail(new Error("download attribution is ambiguous"));
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+    const candidate = matches[0];
+    candidate.suggested = true;
+    clearTimeout(candidate.graceTimer);
+    capturedId = candidate.item.id;
+    candidate.suggest({
+      filename: `${options.browserRelativeDir}/${safeBasename(intent.suggestedFilename)}`,
+      conflictAction: "overwrite",
+    });
+    const size = knownSize(candidate.item);
+    if (size !== undefined && options.maxByteSize !== undefined && size > options.maxByteSize) {
+      fail(new Error(`download exceeds transfer limit ${options.maxByteSize}`));
+      return;
+    }
+    const created = createdItems.get(candidate.item.id);
+    if (created?.state === "interrupted") {
+      fail(new Error(created.error ?? "download interrupted"));
+    } else if (created?.state === "complete") {
+      complete(created);
+    }
+  };
+  const reconcile = () => {
+    if (settled || capturedId !== undefined || !intent) return;
+    const matches = matchingCandidates();
+    if (matches.length > 1) {
+      for (const candidate of matches) suggestDefault(candidate);
+      fail(new Error("download attribution is ambiguous"));
+      return;
+    }
+    if (matches.length === 1 && !uniquenessTimer) {
+      uniquenessTimer = setTimeout(claimUnique, UNIQUE_SETTLE_MS);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const determiningListener: DeterminingFilenameListener = (item, suggest) => {
+    const candidate: DownloadCandidate = {
+      item,
+      suggest,
+      suggested: false,
+      graceTimer: setTimeout(() => {
+        suggestDefault(candidate);
+        candidates.delete(item.id);
+        if (intent && matchesIntent(item, intent) && capturedId === undefined) {
+          fail(new Error("download correlation grace elapsed before unique attribution"));
+        }
+      }, CORRELATION_GRACE_MS),
+    };
+    candidates.set(item.id, candidate);
+    reconcile();
+    return true;
+  };
+  const createdListener = (item: chrome.downloads.DownloadItem) => {
+    createdItems.set(item.id, item);
+    if (capturedId !== item.id) return;
+    if (item.state === "interrupted") {
+      fail(new Error(item.error ?? "download interrupted"));
+    } else if (item.state === "complete") {
+      complete(item);
+    }
+  };
+  const changedListener = async (delta: chrome.downloads.DownloadDelta) => {
+    if (capturedId === undefined || delta.id !== capturedId || settled) return;
+    if (delta.state?.current === "interrupted" || delta.error?.current) {
+      fail(new Error(delta.error?.current ?? "download interrupted"));
+      return;
+    }
+    if (delta.state?.current === "complete") {
+      try {
+        const [item] = await options.downloads.search({ id: delta.id });
+        if (item) complete(item);
+        else fail(new Error("completed download disappeared"));
+      } catch (err) {
+        fail(err instanceof Error ? err : new Error(String(err)));
+      }
+    }
+  };
+  const onAbort = () => fail(new DOMException("aborted", "AbortError"));
+  const cdpSubscription = options.cdp.onEvent?.((source, method, raw) => {
+    if (method !== "Page.downloadWillBegin" || !sameTarget(source, options.target)) return;
+    const event = raw as { url?: unknown; suggestedFilename?: unknown; frameId?: unknown };
+    if (typeof event.url !== "string" || typeof event.suggestedFilename !== "string") return;
+    if (options.expectedFrameId && event.frameId !== options.expectedFrameId) {
+      fail(new Error("download originated from a different frame"));
+      return;
+    }
+    if (intent) {
+      fail(new Error("download trigger produced more than one browser download intent"));
+      return;
+    }
+    intent = {
+      url: event.url,
+      suggestedFilename: event.suggestedFilename,
+      ...(typeof event.frameId === "string" ? { frameId: event.frameId } : {}),
+    };
+    reconcile();
+  });
+  if (!cdpSubscription) {
+    return captureError("CDP download intent subscription unavailable", "none", "arm");
+  }
+
+  options.downloads.onDeterminingFilename.addListener(determiningListener);
+  options.downloads.onCreated.addListener(createdListener);
+  options.downloads.onChanged.addListener(changedListener);
+  options.signal?.addEventListener("abort", onAbort, { once: true });
+  operationTimer = setTimeout(
+    () => fail(new Error("download did not complete before timeout")),
+    options.timeoutMs,
+  );
+  sizePoll = setInterval(() => {
+    if (capturedId === undefined || settled || options.maxByteSize === undefined) return;
+    void options.downloads
+      .search({ id: capturedId })
+      .then(([item]) => {
+        if (!item || settled) return;
+        if (item.bytesReceived > (options.maxByteSize as number)) {
+          fail(new Error(`download exceeds transfer limit ${options.maxByteSize}`));
+        }
+      })
+      .catch((err) => fail(err instanceof Error ? err : new Error(String(err))));
+  }, SIZE_POLL_MS);
+
+  try {
+    const triggered = await options.trigger();
+    if (isRpcError(triggered)) {
+      void completion.catch(() => undefined);
+      const effect: TransferEffectState =
+        capturedId !== undefined ? "committed" : intent ? "unknown" : "none";
+      failureResult = {
+        ...triggered,
+        data: { ...triggered.data, effect_state: effect, phase: "trigger" },
+      };
+      return failureResult;
+    }
+    click = triggered;
+    const item = await completion;
+    succeeded = true;
+    return { click, item };
+  } catch (err) {
+    const effect: TransferEffectState =
+      capturedId !== undefined ? "committed" : click ? "unknown" : "none";
+    failureResult = captureError(
+      err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
+      effect,
+      capturedId !== undefined ? "download" : "attribution",
+    );
+    return failureResult;
+  } finally {
+    settled = true;
+    if (operationTimer) clearTimeout(operationTimer);
+    if (uniquenessTimer) clearTimeout(uniquenessTimer);
+    if (sizePoll) clearInterval(sizePoll);
+    options.signal?.removeEventListener("abort", onAbort);
+    options.downloads.onDeterminingFilename.removeListener(determiningListener);
+    options.downloads.onCreated.removeListener(createdListener);
+    options.downloads.onChanged.removeListener(changedListener);
+    cdpSubscription.dispose();
+    for (const candidate of candidates.values()) {
+      clearTimeout(candidate.graceTimer);
+      if (candidate.item.id !== capturedId) suggestDefault(candidate);
+    }
+    if (!succeeded && capturedId !== undefined) {
+      try {
+        await cleanupClaimedDownload(options.downloads, capturedId);
+      } catch {
+        if (failureResult?.data) failureResult.data.cleanup_state = "failed";
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// Download orchestration: validate session/tab ownership, then delegate one
+// browser-global chrome.downloads transaction to download-capture.ts.
+
+import type { SessionManager } from "@/session-manager/manager";
+import type { DownloadParams, DownloadResult, RpcError } from "@/transport/types";
+import { captureBrowserDownload, chromeDownloadsApi, type DownloadsApi } from "./download-capture";
+import { clickResolvedTarget, type InteractionDeps, resolveActionTarget } from "./interaction";
+import { enforceAgentWindow, isRpcError, lookupSession, resolveTargetTab } from "./shared";
+
+let downloadActive = false;
+
+export type { DownloadsApi } from "./download-capture";
+
+export interface DownloadDeps extends InteractionDeps {
+  downloads?: DownloadsApi;
+}
+
+export async function handleDownload(
+  manager: SessionManager,
+  params: DownloadParams,
+  deps: DownloadDeps,
+): Promise<DownloadResult | RpcError> {
+  if (downloadActive) return { code: "invalid_params", message: "another bsk download is active" };
+  downloadActive = true;
+  try {
+    const ctx = lookupSession(manager, params, "download");
+    if (isRpcError(ctx)) return ctx;
+    const target = await resolveTargetTab(manager, ctx, params.tab_id, deps.tabsApi);
+    if (isRpcError(target)) return target;
+    const denied = enforceAgentWindow(ctx, target, "download");
+    if (denied) return denied;
+    if (!params.browser_relative_dir) {
+      return { code: "invalid_params", message: "download requires a daemon capability directory" };
+    }
+    const address = await resolveActionTarget(deps.cdp, ctx, target, params, "download");
+    if (isRpcError(address)) return address;
+
+    const capture = await captureBrowserDownload({
+      cdp: deps.cdp,
+      target: address.cdpTarget,
+      downloads: deps.downloads ?? chromeDownloadsApi,
+      browserRelativeDir: params.browser_relative_dir,
+      maxByteSize: params.max_byte_size,
+      timeoutMs: params.timeout_ms ?? 120_000,
+      signal: deps.signal,
+      expectedFrameId: address.frameId,
+      trigger: () => clickResolvedTarget(ctx, address, {}, deps),
+    });
+    if (isRpcError(capture)) return capture;
+    const { click, item } = capture;
+    return {
+      tab_id: target.tabId,
+      used_ref: click.used_ref,
+      used_selector: click.used_selector,
+      suggested_filename: item.filename.split(/[\\/]/).pop() ?? "download",
+      byte_size: item.fileSize >= 0 ? item.fileSize : item.totalBytes,
+      mime: item.mime || undefined,
+      danger: item.danger,
+      browser_path: item.filename,
+    };
+  } finally {
+    downloadActive = false;
+  }
+}
@@ -2,10 +2,51 @@
 // rendering. Extension handlers attach reasons here; human-facing copy
 // lives in bsk-cli `render_error.rs`.

-import type { ErrorCode, RpcError, RpcErrorData, RpcErrorReason } from "@/transport/types";
+import type {
+  ErrorCode,
+  RpcError,
+  RpcErrorData,
+  RpcErrorReason,
+  TransferCleanupState,
+  TransferEffectState,
+} from "@/transport/types";

 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;
+  cleanupState?: TransferCleanupState;
+}
+
 export function rpcError(
  code: ErrorCode,
  reason: RpcErrorReason,
@@ -15,3 +56,16 @@ export function rpcError(
  const data: RpcErrorData = { reason, ...extra };
  return { code, message, data };
 }
+
+export function transferError(
+  code: ErrorCode,
+  reason: RpcErrorReason,
+  message: string,
+  options: TransferErrorOptions,
+): RpcError {
+  return rpcError(code, reason, message, {
+    effect_state: options.effectState,
+    phase: options.phase,
+    ...(options.cleanupState ? { cleanup_state: options.cleanupState } : {}),
+  });
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,319 @@
+// One native file-drop transaction bound to an explicit page target. CDP drag
+// events are sent to the target that owns the node: root targets use top-level
+// coordinates, while OOPIF targets require coordinates local to their session.
+
+import type { RpcError, TransferEffectState } from "@/transport/types";
+import { transferError } from "./errors";
+import { resolveNodeGeometry } from "./frame-geometry";
+import type { ResolvedActionTarget } from "./interaction";
+import { type CdpRunner, isRpcError, sendToCdpTarget } from "./shared";
+import { BoundedWaitError, waitBounded } from "./transfer-transaction";
+
+const CLEANUP_TIMEOUT_MS = 1_000;
+
+type FileDropPhase = "resolve_target" | "drag_enter" | "drag_over" | "drop" | "cleanup";
+
+interface RuntimeReply {
+  result?: { value?: unknown; objectId?: string };
+  exceptionDetails?: { text?: string; exception?: { description?: string } };
+}
+
+interface DragData {
+  items: [];
+  files: string[];
+  dragOperationsMask: number;
+}
+
+export interface FileDropTransactionOptions {
+  cdp: CdpRunner;
+  actionTarget: ResolvedActionTarget;
+  files: string[];
+  timeoutMs: number;
+  signal?: AbortSignal;
+  withOverlayHidden: <T>(operation: () => Promise<T>) => Promise<T>;
+}
+
+export interface FileDropTransactionResult {
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+}
+
+function failure(
+  code: RpcError["code"],
+  reason: "upload_mechanism_unsupported" | "file_drop_target_unavailable" | "file_drop_failed",
+  message: string,
+  effectState: TransferEffectState,
+  phase: FileDropPhase,
+): RpcError {
+  const error = transferError(code, reason, message, { effectState, phase });
+  error.data = { ...error.data, mechanism: "drop" };
+  return error;
+}
+
+function enrichFailure(
+  error: RpcError,
+  effectState: TransferEffectState,
+  phase: FileDropPhase,
+): RpcError {
+  return {
+    ...error,
+    data: {
+      ...error.data,
+      mechanism: "drop",
+      effect_state: effectState,
+      phase,
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function messageOf(error: unknown): string {
+  return error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+}
+
+function methodUnavailable(error: unknown): boolean {
+  return /(?:method|command).*(?:not found|wasn't found|unsupported)|wasn't found|-32601/i.test(
+    messageOf(error),
+  );
+}
+
+function runtimeError(reply: RuntimeReply, fallback: string): Error | null {
+  if (!reply.exceptionDetails) return null;
+  return new Error(
+    reply.exceptionDetails.exception?.description ?? reply.exceptionDetails.text ?? fallback,
+  );
+}
+
+async function pointBelongsToTarget(
+  options: FileDropTransactionOptions,
+  x: number,
+  y: number,
+  objectGroup: string,
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  const target = options.actionTarget.cdpTarget;
+  const hit = await sendToCdpTarget<{ backendNodeId?: number; frameId?: string }>(
+    options.cdp,
+    target,
+    "DOM.getNodeForLocation",
+    { x: Math.round(x), y: Math.round(y), includeUserAgentShadowDOM: true },
+  );
+  if (typeof hit.backendNodeId !== "number") return false;
+  if (options.actionTarget.frameId && hit.frameId !== options.actionTarget.frameId) return false;
+
+  const [resolvedTarget, resolvedHit] = await Promise.all([
+    sendToCdpTarget<{ object?: { objectId?: string } }>(options.cdp, target, "DOM.resolveNode", {
+      backendNodeId: options.actionTarget.backendNodeId,
+      objectGroup,
+    }),
+    sendToCdpTarget<{ object?: { objectId?: string } }>(options.cdp, target, "DOM.resolveNode", {
+      backendNodeId: hit.backendNodeId,
+      objectGroup,
+    }),
+  ]);
+  const targetObjectId = resolvedTarget.object?.objectId;
+  const hitObjectId = resolvedHit.object?.objectId;
+  if (!targetObjectId || !hitObjectId) return false;
+
+  const reply = await sendToCdpTarget<RuntimeReply>(options.cdp, target, "Runtime.callFunctionOn", {
+    objectId: targetObjectId,
+    functionDeclaration: `function(hit) {
+        for (let node = hit; node; ) {
+          if (node === this) return true;
+          if (this.contains?.(node)) return true;
+          const root = node.getRootNode?.();
+          node = node.parentNode || (root && root !== node ? root.host : null);
+        }
+        return false;
+      }`,
+    arguments: [{ objectId: hitObjectId }],
+    returnByValue: true,
+  });
+  const error = runtimeError(reply, "failed to verify file-drop target");
+  if (error) throw error;
+  return reply.result?.value === true;
+}
+
+export async function uploadThroughFileDrop(
+  options: FileDropTransactionOptions,
+): Promise<FileDropTransactionResult | RpcError> {
+  const deadline = Date.now() + options.timeoutMs;
+  const target = options.actionTarget.cdpTarget;
+  const objectGroup = `bsk-file-drop-${crypto.randomUUID()}`;
+  const dragData: DragData = {
+    items: [],
+    files: options.files,
+    dragOperationsMask: 1,
+  };
+  let dragStarted = false;
+  let dropSent = false;
+  let dragPoint = { x: 0, y: 0 };
+  let cleanupFailed = false;
+  let outcome: FileDropTransactionResult | RpcError = failure(
+    "protocol_error",
+    "file_drop_failed",
+    "file-drop transaction ended without an outcome",
+    "none",
+    "cleanup",
+  );
+
+  try {
+    const geometry = await waitBounded(
+      resolveNodeGeometry(
+        options.cdp,
+        options.actionTarget.tab.tabId,
+        {
+          target,
+          backendNodeId: options.actionTarget.backendNodeId,
+          ...(options.actionTarget.frameId ? { frameId: options.actionTarget.frameId } : {}),
+        },
+        { scrollIntoView: true },
+      ),
+      deadline,
+      options.signal,
+      "resolving file-drop target timed out",
+    );
+    if (isRpcError(geometry)) {
+      outcome = enrichFailure(geometry, "none", "resolve_target");
+      return outcome;
+    }
+    const point = geometry.targetActionPoint;
+    dragPoint = point;
+
+    outcome = await options.withOverlayHidden(async () => {
+      try {
+        try {
+          const belongs = await waitBounded(
+            pointBelongsToTarget(options, point.x, point.y, objectGroup),
+            deadline,
+            options.signal,
+            "verifying file-drop target timed out",
+          );
+          if (!belongs) {
+            return failure(
+              "permission_denied",
+              "file_drop_target_unavailable",
+              "file-drop target is not the topmost element at its action point",
+              "none",
+              "resolve_target",
+            );
+          }
+        } catch (error) {
+          return failure(
+            error instanceof BoundedWaitError ? "timeout" : "cdp_failed",
+            "file_drop_target_unavailable",
+            messageOf(error),
+            "none",
+            "resolve_target",
+          );
+        }
+
+        for (const [type, phase] of [
+          ["dragEnter", "drag_enter"],
+          ["dragOver", "drag_over"],
+        ] as const) {
+          try {
+            if (type === "dragEnter") dragStarted = true;
+            await waitBounded(
+              sendToCdpTarget(options.cdp, target, "Input.dispatchDragEvent", {
+                type,
+                x: point.x,
+                y: point.y,
+                data: dragData,
+              }),
+              deadline,
+              options.signal,
+              `${type} timed out`,
+            );
+          } catch (error) {
+            const unsupported = methodUnavailable(error);
+            if (type === "dragEnter" && unsupported) dragStarted = false;
+            return failure(
+              unsupported
+                ? "unsupported"
+                : error instanceof BoundedWaitError
+                  ? "timeout"
+                  : "cdp_failed",
+              unsupported ? "upload_mechanism_unsupported" : "file_drop_failed",
+              messageOf(error),
+              "none",
+              phase,
+            );
+          }
+        }
+
+        try {
+          dropSent = true;
+          await waitBounded(
+            sendToCdpTarget(options.cdp, target, "Input.dispatchDragEvent", {
+              type: "drop",
+              x: point.x,
+              y: point.y,
+              data: dragData,
+            }),
+            deadline,
+            options.signal,
+            "file drop timed out",
+          );
+          return { x: point.x, y: point.y };
+        } catch (error) {
+          outcome = failure(
+            error instanceof BoundedWaitError ? "timeout" : "cdp_failed",
+            "file_drop_failed",
+            messageOf(error),
+            "unknown",
+            "drop",
+          );
+          return outcome;
+        }
+      } finally {
+        if (dragStarted && !dropSent) {
+          try {
+            await waitBounded(
+              sendToCdpTarget(options.cdp, target, "Input.dispatchDragEvent", {
+                type: "dragCancel",
+                x: dragPoint.x,
+                y: dragPoint.y,
+                data: dragData,
+              }),
+              Date.now() + CLEANUP_TIMEOUT_MS,
+              undefined,
+              "cancelling file drag timed out",
+            );
+          } catch {
+            cleanupFailed = true;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    });
+    return outcome;
+  } catch (error) {
+    outcome = failure(
+      error instanceof BoundedWaitError ? "timeout" : "cdp_failed",
+      "file_drop_target_unavailable",
+      messageOf(error),
+      "none",
+      "resolve_target",
+    );
+    return outcome;
+  } finally {
+    try {
+      await waitBounded(
+        sendToCdpTarget(options.cdp, target, "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup", { objectGroup }),
+        Date.now() + CLEANUP_TIMEOUT_MS,
+        undefined,
+        "releasing file-drop object group timed out",
+      );
+    } catch {
+      cleanupFailed = true;
+    }
+
+    const effect = isRpcError(outcome)
+      ? (outcome.data?.effect_state as TransferEffectState | undefined)
+      : "committed";
+    if (effect === "unknown" || cleanupFailed) {
+      await options.cdp.detach?.(target.tabId);
+    }
+    if (cleanupFailed && isRpcError(outcome)) {
+      outcome.data = { ...outcome.data, cleanup_state: "failed" };
+    }
+  }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,445 @@
+// One upload transaction with an explicit browser-side commit boundary.
+// Chrome interception prevents a native chooser from escaping automation;
+// chooser events and a frame-scoped DOM probe are independent input-location
+// signals, so event delivery is not required for standard file inputs.
+
+import type { ClickResult, RpcError, TransferEffectState } from "@/transport/types";
+import { transferError } from "./errors";
+import type { ResolvedActionTarget } from "./interaction";
+import { type CdpRunner, isRpcError, sendToCdpTarget } from "./shared";
+import { BoundedWaitError, remainingMs, waitBounded } from "./transfer-transaction";
+
+const CLEANUP_TIMEOUT_MS = 1_000;
+const ACTIVATION_GRACE_MS = 1_000;
+const PROBE_INTERVAL_MS = 20;
+
+type UploadPhase =
+  | "arm_interception"
+  | "arm_input_probe"
+  | "trigger"
+  | "resolve_input"
+  | "set_files"
+  | "cleanup";
+
+interface RuntimeReply {
+  result?: { value?: unknown; objectId?: string };
+  exceptionDetails?: { text?: string; exception?: { description?: string } };
+}
+
+interface ChooserEvent {
+  frameId?: string;
+  backendNodeId?: number;
+  mode?: "selectSingle" | "selectMultiple";
+}
+
+export interface FileInputTransactionOptions {
+  cdp: CdpRunner;
+  actionTarget: ResolvedActionTarget;
+  files: string[];
+  timeoutMs: number;
+  signal?: AbortSignal;
+  trigger(): Promise<ClickResult | RpcError>;
+}
+
+export interface FileInputTransactionResult {
+  click: ClickResult;
+  multiple: boolean;
+}
+
+function runtimeError(reply: RuntimeReply, fallback: string): Error | null {
+  if (!reply.exceptionDetails) return null;
+  return new Error(
+    reply.exceptionDetails.exception?.description ?? reply.exceptionDetails.text ?? fallback,
+  );
+}
+
+function transferFailure(
+  code: RpcError["code"],
+  reason: "file_input_probe_failed" | "file_input_not_activated" | "set_file_input_failed",
+  message: string,
+  effectState: TransferEffectState,
+  phase: UploadPhase,
+): RpcError {
+  return transferError(code, reason, message, { effectState, phase });
+}
+
+function enrichFailure(
+  error: RpcError,
+  effectState: TransferEffectState,
+  phase: UploadPhase,
+): RpcError {
+  return {
+    ...error,
+    data: { ...error.data, effect_state: effectState, phase },
+  };
+}
+
+function sameTarget(
+  source: { tabId?: number; sessionId?: string },
+  target: { tabId: number; sessionId?: string },
+): boolean {
+  return source.tabId === target.tabId && source.sessionId === target.sessionId;
+}
+
+async function delay(ms: number, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<void> {
+  await waitBounded(
+    new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms)),
+    Date.now() + ms + 1,
+    signal,
+    "upload activation probe timed out",
+  );
+}
+
+async function callOnTrigger<T = RuntimeReply>(
+  options: FileInputTransactionOptions,
+  objectId: string,
+  functionDeclaration: string,
+  args: unknown[],
+  returnByValue: boolean,
+): Promise<T> {
+  return sendToCdpTarget<T>(options.cdp, options.actionTarget.cdpTarget, "Runtime.callFunctionOn", {
+    objectId,
+    functionDeclaration,
+    arguments: args.map((value) => ({ value })),
+    returnByValue,
+    awaitPromise: false,
+  });
+}
+
+export async function uploadThroughActivatedFileInput(
+  options: FileInputTransactionOptions,
+): Promise<FileInputTransactionResult | RpcError> {
+  const deadline = Date.now() + options.timeoutMs;
+  const target = options.actionTarget.cdpTarget;
+  const objectGroup = `bsk-upload-${crypto.randomUUID()}`;
+  const stateKey = `__bskUpload_${crypto.randomUUID().replaceAll("-", "")}`;
+  const chooserEvents: ChooserEvent[] = [];
+  let interceptionArmed = false;
+  let probeArmed = false;
+  let triggerObjectId: string | undefined;
+  let outcome: FileInputTransactionResult | RpcError = transferFailure(
+    "protocol_error",
+    "file_input_probe_failed",
+    "upload transaction ended without an outcome",
+    "none",
+    "cleanup",
+  );
+
+  const chooserSubscription = options.cdp.onEvent?.((source, method, raw) => {
+    if (method !== "Page.fileChooserOpened" || !sameTarget(source, target)) return;
+    const event = raw as ChooserEvent;
+    chooserEvents.push(event);
+  });
+
+  try {
+    try {
+      await waitBounded(
+        sendToCdpTarget(options.cdp, target, "Page.setInterceptFileChooserDialog", {
+          enabled: true,
+        }),
+        deadline,
+        options.signal,
+        "arming native file chooser interception timed out",
+      );
+      interceptionArmed = true;
+    } catch (err) {
+      outcome = transferFailure(
+        err instanceof BoundedWaitError ? "timeout" : "cdp_failed",
+        "file_input_probe_failed",
+        err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
+        "none",
+        "arm_interception",
+      );
+      return outcome;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const resolved = await waitBounded(
+        sendToCdpTarget<{ object?: { objectId?: string } }>(
+          options.cdp,
+          target,
+          "DOM.resolveNode",
+          {
+            backendNodeId: options.actionTarget.backendNodeId,
+            objectGroup,
+          },
+        ),
+        deadline,
+        options.signal,
+        "resolving upload trigger timed out",
+      );
+      triggerObjectId = resolved.object?.objectId;
+      if (!triggerObjectId) throw new Error("DOM.resolveNode returned no trigger objectId");
+
+      const armed = await waitBounded(
+        callOnTrigger<RuntimeReply>(
+          options,
+          triggerObjectId,
+          `function(key) {
+            const doc = this.ownerDocument;
+            const owner = doc.defaultView;
+            if (!owner) return false;
+            const state = { inputs: [], listener: null };
+            Object.defineProperty(owner, key, { value: state, configurable: true });
+            state.listener = event => {
+              const path = typeof event.composedPath === "function" ? event.composedPath() : [];
+              const candidate = path[0] || event.target;
+              if (candidate && candidate.nodeType === 1 &&
+                  candidate.localName === "input" && candidate.type === "file") {
+                if (!state.inputs.includes(candidate)) state.inputs.push(candidate);
+                event.preventDefault();
+              }
+            };
+            doc.addEventListener("click", state.listener, true);
+            return true;
+          }`,
+          [stateKey],
+          true,
+        ),
+        deadline,
+        options.signal,
+        "arming frame-scoped file input probe timed out",
+      );
+      const armError = runtimeError(armed, "failed to arm file input probe");
+      if (armError || armed.result?.value !== true) {
+        throw armError ?? new Error("file input probe did not arm");
+      }
+      probeArmed = true;
+    } catch (err) {
+      outcome = transferFailure(
+        err instanceof BoundedWaitError ? "timeout" : "cdp_failed",
+        "file_input_probe_failed",
+        err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
+        "none",
+        "arm_input_probe",
+      );
+      return outcome;
+    }
+
+    let click: ClickResult | RpcError;
+    try {
+      click = await waitBounded(
+        options.trigger(),
+        deadline,
+        options.signal,
+        "upload trigger timed out",
+      );
+    } catch (err) {
+      outcome = transferFailure(
+        err instanceof BoundedWaitError ? "timeout" : "cdp_failed",
+        "file_input_probe_failed",
+        err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
+        "none",
+        "trigger",
+      );
+      return outcome;
+    }
+    if (isRpcError(click)) {
+      outcome = enrichFailure(click, "none", "trigger");
+      return outcome;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const activationDeadline = Math.min(deadline, Date.now() + ACTIVATION_GRACE_MS);
+      let summary: { count: number; multiple: boolean } = { count: 0, multiple: false };
+      while (Date.now() < activationDeadline) {
+        if (chooserEvents.length > 0) break;
+        const reply = await callOnTrigger<RuntimeReply>(
+          options,
+          triggerObjectId,
+          `function(key) {
+            const state = this.ownerDocument.defaultView?.[key];
+            return state
+              ? { count: state.inputs.length, multiple: state.inputs[0]?.multiple === true }
+              : { count: 0, multiple: false };
+          }`,
+          [stateKey],
+          true,
+        );
+        const summaryError = runtimeError(reply, "failed to inspect activated file input");
+        if (summaryError) throw summaryError;
+        const value = reply.result?.value as { count?: unknown; multiple?: unknown } | undefined;
+        summary = {
+          count: typeof value?.count === "number" ? value.count : 0,
+          multiple: value?.multiple === true,
+        };
+        if (summary.count > 0) break;
+        await delay(Math.min(PROBE_INTERVAL_MS, remainingMs(activationDeadline)), options.signal);
+      }
+
+      if (chooserEvents.length > 1) {
+        outcome = transferFailure(
+          "unsupported",
+          "file_input_not_activated",
+          "upload trigger activated more than one file chooser",
+          "none",
+          "resolve_input",
+        );
+        return outcome;
+      }
+
+      const chooser = chooserEvents[0];
+      let backendNodeId: number | undefined;
+      let multiple = summary.multiple;
+      if (chooser) {
+        if (options.actionTarget.frameId && chooser.frameId !== options.actionTarget.frameId) {
+          outcome = transferFailure(
+            "unsupported",
+            "file_input_not_activated",
+            "upload trigger activated a file chooser in a different frame",
+            "none",
+            "resolve_input",
+          );
+          return outcome;
+        }
+        if (typeof chooser.backendNodeId !== "number") {
+          outcome = transferFailure(
+            "unsupported",
+            "file_input_not_activated",
+            "upload trigger invoked a non-input file picker",
+            "none",
+            "resolve_input",
+          );
+          return outcome;
+        }
+        backendNodeId = chooser.backendNodeId;
+        multiple = chooser.mode === "selectMultiple";
+      } else {
+        if (summary.count !== 1) {
+          outcome = transferFailure(
+            "unsupported",
+            "file_input_not_activated",
+            summary.count === 0
+              ? "upload trigger did not activate an input[type=file]"
+              : "upload trigger activated more than one input[type=file]",
+            "none",
+            "resolve_input",
+          );
+          return outcome;
+        }
+        const input = await callOnTrigger<RuntimeReply>(
+          options,
+          triggerObjectId,
+          `function(key) { return this.ownerDocument.defaultView?.[key]?.inputs[0]; }`,
+          [stateKey],
+          false,
+        );
+        const inputError = runtimeError(input, "failed to resolve activated file input object");
+        if (inputError) throw inputError;
+        if (!input.result?.objectId) throw new Error("activated file input returned no objectId");
+        const described = await sendToCdpTarget<{ node?: { backendNodeId?: number } }>(
+          options.cdp,
+          target,
+          "DOM.describeNode",
+          { objectId: input.result.objectId },
+        );
+        backendNodeId = described.node?.backendNodeId;
+        if (typeof backendNodeId !== "number") {
+          throw new Error("DOM.describeNode returned no file input backendNodeId");
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (!multiple && options.files.length !== 1) {
+        outcome = enrichFailure(
+          { code: "invalid_params", message: "file input accepts exactly one file" },
+          "none",
+          "resolve_input",
+        );
+        return outcome;
+      }
+
+      try {
+        await waitBounded(
+          sendToCdpTarget(options.cdp, target, "DOM.setFileInputFiles", {
+            files: options.files,
+            backendNodeId,
+          }),
+          deadline,
+          options.signal,
+          "setting file input files timed out",
+        );
+      } catch (err) {
+        outcome = transferFailure(
+          err instanceof BoundedWaitError ? "timeout" : "cdp_failed",
+          "set_file_input_failed",
+          err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
+          "unknown",
+          "set_files",
+        );
+        return outcome;
+      }
+      outcome = { click, multiple };
+      return outcome;
+    } catch (err) {
+      outcome = transferFailure(
+        err instanceof BoundedWaitError ? "timeout" : "cdp_failed",
+        "file_input_probe_failed",
+        err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
+        "none",
+        "resolve_input",
+      );
+      return outcome;
+    }
+  } finally {
+    chooserSubscription?.dispose();
+    let cleanupFailed = false;
+    if (probeArmed && triggerObjectId) {
+      try {
+        await waitBounded(
+          callOnTrigger(
+            options,
+            triggerObjectId,
+            `function(key) {
+              const owner = this.ownerDocument.defaultView;
+              const state = owner?.[key];
+              if (state?.listener) this.ownerDocument.removeEventListener("click", state.listener, true);
+              if (owner) delete owner[key];
+            }`,
+            [stateKey],
+            true,
+          ),
+          Date.now() + CLEANUP_TIMEOUT_MS,
+          undefined,
+          "cleaning file input probe timed out",
+        );
+      } catch {
+        cleanupFailed = true;
+      }
+    }
+    if (interceptionArmed) {
+      try {
+        await waitBounded(
+          sendToCdpTarget(options.cdp, target, "Page.setInterceptFileChooserDialog", {
+            enabled: false,
+            cancel: true,
+          }),
+          Date.now() + CLEANUP_TIMEOUT_MS,
+          undefined,
+          "disabling file chooser interception timed out",
+        );
+      } catch {
+        cleanupFailed = true;
+      }
+    }
+    try {
+      await waitBounded(
+        sendToCdpTarget(options.cdp, target, "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup", { objectGroup }),
+        Date.now() + CLEANUP_TIMEOUT_MS,
+        undefined,
+        "releasing upload object group timed out",
+      );
+    } catch {
+      cleanupFailed = true;
+    }
+
+    const effect = isRpcError(outcome)
+      ? (outcome.data?.effect_state as TransferEffectState | undefined)
+      : "committed";
+    if (effect === "unknown" || cleanupFailed) {
+      await options.cdp.detach?.(target.tabId);
+    }
+    if (cleanupFailed && isRpcError(outcome)) {
+      outcome.data = { ...outcome.data, cleanup_state: "failed" };
+    }
+  }
+}
@@ -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;
@@ -27,154 +24,30 @@ 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. */
  actionPoint: Point;
+  /** Point in the addressed CDP target's viewport, used by OOPIF-local input events. */
+  targetActionPoint: Point;
 }

 function geometryError(message: string): RpcError {
  return { code: "cdp_failed", message };
 }

-function frameMap(graph: CdpFrameGraph): Map<string, CdpFrame> {
-  return new Map(graph.frames.map((frame) => [frame.frameId, frame]));
-}
-
-function targetRootFrame(byId: Map<string, CdpFrame>, frame: CdpFrame): CdpFrame | null {
-  const seen = new Set<string>();
-  let current = frame;
-  while (current.parentFrameId) {
-    if (seen.has(current.frameId)) return null;
-    seen.add(current.frameId);
-    const parent = byId.get(current.parentFrameId);
-    if (!parent || parent.target.sessionId !== current.target.sessionId) break;
-    current = parent;
-  }
-  return current;
-}
-
-function frameAncestry(graph: CdpFrameGraph, frameId: string): CdpFrame[] | null {
-  const byId = frameMap(graph);
-  const path: CdpFrame[] = [];
-  const seen = new Set<string>();
-  let current = byId.get(frameId);
-  if (!current) return null;
-  while (current.parentFrameId) {
-    if (seen.has(current.frameId)) return null;
-    seen.add(current.frameId);
-    path.push(current);
-    const parent = byId.get(current.parentFrameId);
-    if (!parent) return null;
-    current = parent;
-  }
-  return path;
-}
-
-async function targetViewport(cdp: CdpRunner, target: CdpTarget): Promise<Size | null> {
-  const metrics = await sendToCdpTarget<{
-    cssLayoutViewport?: { clientWidth?: number; clientHeight?: number };
-    layoutViewport?: { clientWidth?: number; clientHeight?: number };
-  }>(cdp, target, "Page.getLayoutMetrics", {});
-  const viewport = metrics.cssLayoutViewport ?? metrics.layoutViewport ?? {};
-  const width = viewport.clientWidth ?? 0;
-  const height = viewport.clientHeight ?? 0;
-  return width > 0 && height > 0 ? { width, height } : null;
-}
-
-async function ownerContentQuad(
-  cdp: CdpRunner,
-  parent: CdpFrame,
-  ownerBackendNodeId: number,
-): Promise<Quad | null> {
-  const result = await sendToCdpTarget<{ model?: { content?: number[] } }>(
-    cdp,
-    parent.target,
-    "DOM.getBoxModel",
-    { backendNodeId: ownerBackendNodeId },
-  );
-  return parseCdpQuad(result.model?.content);
-}
-
-async function sameTargetFrameClips(
-  cdp: CdpRunner,
-  byId: Map<string, CdpFrame>,
-  frame: CdpFrame,
-  targetRoot: CdpFrame,
-): Promise<Polygon[] | null> {
-  const clips: Polygon[] = [];
-  let current = frame;
-  const seen = new Set<string>();
-  while (current.frameId !== targetRoot.frameId) {
-    if (seen.has(current.frameId) || !current.parentFrameId) return null;
-    seen.add(current.frameId);
-    const parent = byId.get(current.parentFrameId);
-    if (!parent || current.ownerBackendNodeId === undefined) return null;
-    const clip = await ownerContentQuad(cdp, parent, current.ownerBackendNodeId);
-    if (!clip) return null;
-    clips.push(clip);
-    current = parent;
-  }
-  return clips;
-}
-
-export async function resolveFrameProjection(
-  cdp: CdpRunner,
-  graph: CdpFrameGraph,
-  frameId: string,
-): Promise<GeometryProjection | null> {
-  const byId = frameMap(graph);
-  const frame = byId.get(frameId);
-  if (!frame) return null;
-  let targetRoot = targetRootFrame(byId, frame);
-  if (!targetRoot) return null;
-  const sourceViewport = await targetViewport(cdp, targetRoot.target);
-  if (!sourceViewport) return null;
-  const sourceClips = await sameTargetFrameClips(cdp, byId, frame, targetRoot);
-  if (!sourceClips) return null;
-
-  const edges: ProjectiveEdge[] = [];
-  while (targetRoot.parentFrameId) {
-    const parent = byId.get(targetRoot.parentFrameId);
-    if (!parent || targetRoot.ownerBackendNodeId === undefined) return null;
-    const destinationQuad = await ownerContentQuad(cdp, parent, targetRoot.ownerBackendNodeId);
-    if (!destinationQuad) return null;
-    const source =
-      edges.length === 0 ? sourceViewport : await targetViewport(cdp, targetRoot.target);
-    if (!source) return null;
-    const parentTargetRoot = targetRootFrame(byId, parent);
-    if (!parentTargetRoot) return null;
-    const destinationClips = await sameTargetFrameClips(cdp, byId, parent, parentTargetRoot);
-    if (!destinationClips) return null;
-    edges.push({ sourceViewport: source, destinationQuad, destinationClips });
-    targetRoot = parentTargetRoot;
-  }
-
-  const topViewport =
-    edges.length === 0 ? sourceViewport : await targetViewport(cdp, targetRoot.target);
-  return topViewport ? { sourceClips, edges, topViewport } : null;
-}
-
-async function loadFrameGraph(cdp: CdpRunner, tabId: number): Promise<CdpFrameGraph | null> {
-  if (!cdp.getFrameGraph) return null;
-  try {
-    return await cdp.getFrameGraph(tabId);
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.debug("[bsk frame-geometry] frame graph resolution failed", error);
-    return null;
-  }
-}
-
 async function scrollFrameOwners(
  cdp: CdpRunner,
  tabId: number,
-  graph: CdpFrameGraph,
+  context: GeometryContext,
  frameId: string,
 ): Promise<RpcError | null> {
-  const byId = frameMap(graph);
-  const ancestry = frameAncestry(graph, frameId);
+  const ancestry = await context.ancestry(frameId);
  if (!ancestry) return geometryError(`could not resolve frame ancestry for ${frameId}`);
  for (const child of [...ancestry].reverse()) {
-    const parent = child.parentFrameId ? byId.get(child.parentFrameId) : undefined;
+    const parent = child.parentFrameId ? await context.frame(child.parentFrameId) : undefined;
    if (!parent || child.ownerBackendNodeId === undefined) {
      return geometryError(`could not resolve frame owner for ${child.frameId}`);
    }
@@ -188,17 +61,20 @@ async function scrollFrameOwners(
  return null;
 }

-async function scrollElementWithFrameGraph(
+async function scrollElementWithContext(
  cdp: CdpRunner,
  tabId: number,
  target: CdpTarget,
  backendNodeId: number,
  frameId: string | undefined,
-  graph: CdpFrameGraph | null,
+  context: GeometryContext,
 ): Promise<RpcError | null> {
  if (frameId) {
-    if (!graph) return geometryError(`could not resolve frame graph for ${frameId}`);
-    const error = await scrollFrameOwners(cdp, tabId, graph, frameId);
+    const frame = await context.frame(frameId);
+    if (!frame || cdpTargetKey(frame.target) !== cdpTargetKey(target)) {
+      return geometryError("node frame does not belong to its target");
+    }
+    const error = await scrollFrameOwners(cdp, tabId, context, frameId);
    if (error) return error;
  } else if (target.sessionId) {
    return geometryError("an OOPIF node address requires frameId");
@@ -213,8 +89,15 @@ export async function scrollElementAndFramesIntoView(
  backendNodeId: number,
  frameId?: string,
 ): Promise<RpcError | null> {
-  const graph = frameId ? await loadFrameGraph(cdp, tabId) : null;
-  return scrollElementWithFrameGraph(cdp, tabId, target, backendNodeId, frameId, graph);
+  if (target.tabId !== tabId) return geometryError("node target belongs to another tab");
+  return scrollElementWithContext(
+    cdp,
+    tabId,
+    target,
+    backendNodeId,
+    frameId,
+    new GeometryContext(cdp, tabId),
+  );
 }

 function largestRegion(regions: Region): Polygon | null {
@@ -237,23 +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,
@@ -262,13 +154,32 @@ export async function resolveNodeGeometry(
    if (isRpcError(localRegion)) return localRegion;

    let topVisibleRegions: Region;
+    let targetActionPoint: Point | null = null;
    if (address.frameId && graph) {
-      const projection = await resolveFrameProjection(cdp, graph, address.frameId);
+      const projection = await context.targetProjection(address.frameId);
      if (!projection)
        return geometryError(`could not resolve frame geometry for ${address.frameId}`);
      topVisibleRegions = projectRegionToViewport(localRegion, projection);
+      if (address.target.sessionId) {
+        const localViewport = projection.edges[0]?.sourceViewport ?? projection.topViewport;
+        const localVisibleRegions = localRegion
+          .map((polygon) =>
+            clipPolygon(
+              polygon,
+              rectPolygon({
+                x: 0,
+                y: 0,
+                w: localViewport.width,
+                h: localViewport.height,
+              }),
+            ),
+          )
+          .filter((polygon) => polygon.length >= 3);
+        const localActionRegion = largestRegion(localVisibleRegions);
+        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) =>
@@ -283,7 +194,17 @@ export async function resolveNodeGeometry(
    if (!topBounds || !actionPoint) {
      return { code: "permission_denied", message: "element not visible" };
    }
-    return { topVisibleRegions, topBounds, actionPoint };
+    if (address.target.sessionId && !targetActionPoint) {
+      return { code: "permission_denied", message: "element not visible in its target" };
+    }
+    targetActionPoint ??= actionPoint;
+    return {
+      topVisibleRegions,
+      topBounds,
+      actionPoint,
+      targetActionPoint,
+      topViewport: cssViewport(await context.layoutMetrics({ tabId })),
+    };
  } catch (error) {
    return geometryError(error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
  }
@@ -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,
-  };
-}
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+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 type SnapshotProjectionResult =
+  | { status: "available"; projection: SnapshotProjection }
+  | UnavailableFrameProjection;
+
+/** Descendants inherit the failed boundary without attempting another owner read. */
+export type FrameProjectionIssue =
+  | UnavailableFrameProjection
+  | { status: "blocked"; source: CoordinateOwner; cause: UnavailableFrameProjection };
+
+export type FrameProjectionState = SnapshotProjectionResult | FrameProjectionIssue;
+
+/** DOMSnapshot bounds are document-relative CSS pixels, independent of raster DPR. */
+export function snapshotViewportRect(
+  bounds: number[],
+  owner: CoordinateOwner,
+  scroll: { x: number; y: number },
+): FrameViewportRect | null {
+  if (bounds.length < 4 || !bounds.slice(0, 4).every(Number.isFinite)) return null;
+  const [x, y, width, height] = bounds;
+  if (width <= 0 || height <= 0 || !Number.isFinite(scroll.x) || !Number.isFinite(scroll.y)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return {
+    space: "frame-viewport-css",
+    owner,
+    rect: { x: x - scroll.x, y: y - scroll.y, width, height },
+  };
+}
+
+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,
+    },
+  };
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,333 @@
+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 };
+  visualViewport?: { zoom?: number };
+  cssLayoutViewport?: {
+    clientWidth?: number;
+    clientHeight?: number;
+    pageX?: number;
+    pageY?: number;
+  };
+  layoutViewport?: { clientWidth?: number; clientHeight?: number; pageX?: number; pageY?: number };
+}
+
+/** 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;
+  }
+}
@@ -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;
+}
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import {
  enforceAgentWindow,
  isRpcError,
  lookupSession,
+  type ResolvedTargetTab,
  resolveTargetTab,
 } from "./shared";
 import { resolveSnapshotRef } from "./snapshot-ref";
@@ -56,6 +57,15 @@ export interface InteractionDeps {
  keepOverlayBypassAfterHover?: boolean;
 }

+export interface ResolvedActionTarget {
+  tab: ResolvedTargetTab;
+  backendNodeId: number;
+  cdpTarget: CdpTarget;
+  frameId?: string;
+  usedRef?: string;
+  usedSelector?: string;
+}
+
 const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
 const DEFAULT_HOVER_SETTLE_MS = 200;

@@ -128,7 +138,7 @@ async function wait(ms: number, signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<void> {
 * `RpcError` if the caller supplied neither (or both), or if neither
 * lookup matched.
 */
-async function resolveBackendNode(
+export async function resolveBackendNode(
  cdp: CdpRunner,
  ctx: SessionContext,
  target: { tabId: number },
@@ -173,6 +183,8 @@ async function resolveBackendNode(
  }
  // selector path
  try {
+    // Selector lookup itself attaches CDP, even when no element is found.
+    cdp.trackSessionTab?.(ctx.sessionId, target.tabId);
    const doc = await cdp.send<{ root?: { nodeId?: number } }>(target.tabId, "DOM.getDocument", {
      depth: 0,
    });
@@ -215,6 +227,17 @@ async function resolveBackendNode(
  }
 }

+export async function resolveActionTarget(
+  cdp: CdpRunner,
+  ctx: SessionContext,
+  target: ResolvedTargetTab,
+  params: { ref?: string; selector?: string },
+  toolName: string,
+): Promise<ResolvedActionTarget | RpcError> {
+  const node = await resolveBackendNode(cdp, ctx, target, params, toolName);
+  return isRpcError(node) ? node : { tab: target, ...node };
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // tool.click
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -233,10 +256,19 @@ export async function handleClick(
  if (isRpcError(target)) return target;
  const denied = enforceAgentWindow(ctx, target, "click");
  if (denied) return denied;
-  const dialogCursor = markDialogCursor(deps.cdp, target.tabId);
+  const resolved = await resolveActionTarget(deps.cdp, ctx, target, params, "click");
+  if (isRpcError(resolved)) return resolved;
+  return clickResolvedTarget(ctx, resolved, params, deps);
+}

-  const node = await resolveBackendNode(deps.cdp, ctx, target, params, "click");
-  if (isRpcError(node)) return node;
+export async function clickResolvedTarget(
+  ctx: SessionContext,
+  resolved: ResolvedActionTarget,
+  params: Pick<ClickParams, "button" | "click_count" | "modifiers">,
+  deps: InteractionDeps,
+): Promise<ClickResult | RpcError> {
+  const { tab: target } = resolved;
+  const dialogCursor = markDialogCursor(deps.cdp, target.tabId);

  if (throwIfAborted(deps.signal)) {
    return { code: "cancelled", message: "click aborted" };
@@ -247,9 +279,9 @@ export async function handleClick(
    deps.cdp,
    target.tabId,
    {
-      target: node.cdpTarget,
-      backendNodeId: node.backendNodeId,
-      ...(node.frameId ? { frameId: node.frameId } : {}),
+      target: resolved.cdpTarget,
+      backendNodeId: resolved.backendNodeId,
+      ...(resolved.frameId ? { frameId: resolved.frameId } : {}),
    },
    { scrollIntoView: true },
  );
@@ -337,8 +369,8 @@ export async function handleClick(

  return attachDialogs(deps.cdp, target.tabId, dialogCursor, {
    tab_id: target.tabId,
-    used_ref: node.usedRef,
-    used_selector: node.usedSelector,
+    used_ref: resolved.usedRef,
+    used_selector: resolved.usedSelector,
    x: centre.x,
    y: centre.y,
  });
@@ -577,6 +609,53 @@ type SelectMutationResult =
 // tool.fill
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

+type FillFailureReason =
+  | "target_not_fillable"
+  | "fill_value_invalid"
+  | "fill_target_changed"
+  | "fill_focus_lost"
+  | "fill_value_mismatch"
+  | "fill_failed";
+
+type FillPreparation =
+  | { before: string; expected: string }
+  | { reason: FillFailureReason; error: string };
+
+type FillReadiness = "ready" | "background" | "fill_target_changed" | "fill_focus_lost";
+
+function fillError(reason: FillFailureReason, message: string): RpcError {
+  return rpcError(
+    reason === "target_not_fillable" || reason === "fill_value_invalid"
+      ? "invalid_params"
+      : "cdp_failed",
+    reason,
+    message,
+  );
+}
+
+interface FillScriptReply<T> {
+  result?: { value?: T };
+  exceptionDetails?: unknown;
+}
+
+const FILL_EDITABLE_FUNCTION = `function() {
+  const tag = this.tagName.toLowerCase();
+  const supported = tag === 'input'
+    ? ['text', 'search', 'tel', 'url', 'email', 'password', 'number'].includes(this.type)
+    : tag === 'textarea' || this.isContentEditable;
+  return this.isConnected && supported && !this.readOnly && !this.matches(':disabled');
+}`;
+
+// Chrome renders a trailing editable newline with an empty <div><br></div>.
+// innerText includes the padding break; it is not an extra typed character.
+const FILL_VALUE_FUNCTION = `function() {
+  if (!this.isContentEditable) return this.value;
+  const value = this.innerText;
+  const tail = this.lastChild;
+  const padding = tail && tail.nodeName === 'DIV' && tail.childNodes.length === 1 && tail.firstChild.nodeName === 'BR';
+  return padding && value.endsWith('\\n\\n') ? value.slice(0, -1) : value;
+}`;
+
 export async function handleFill(
  manager: SessionManager,
  params: FillParams,
@@ -628,12 +707,8 @@ export async function handleFill(
    if (throwIfAborted(deps.signal)) {
      return { code: "cancelled", message: "fill aborted" };
    }
-    await nodeCdp.send(target.tabId, "DOM.focus", { backendNodeId: node.backendNodeId });
  } catch (err) {
-    return {
-      code: "cdp_failed",
-      message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
-    };
+    return fillError("fill_failed", err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err));
  }

  if (throwIfAborted(deps.signal)) {
@@ -646,57 +721,252 @@ export async function handleFill(
  const clearBefore = params.clear_before ?? true;

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

 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -28,7 +28,13 @@ import type {
  RpcError,
  WaitUntil,
 } from "@/transport/types";
+import {
+  type BrowserNavigationApi,
+  chromeBrowserNavigationApi,
+  navigateWithBrowserApi,
+} from "./browser-navigation";
 import { attachDialogs, markDialogCursor } from "./dialogs";
+import { cdpError, isCdpExtensionAccessDenied } from "./errors";
 import {
  type CdpRunner,
  type ChromeTabsApi,
@@ -42,6 +48,7 @@ import {
 export interface NavigationDeps {
  cdp: CdpRunner;
  tabsApi: ChromeTabsApi;
+  browserNavigation?: BrowserNavigationApi;
  /** Optional AbortSignal — M7 abort hook (M10.2 will wire the full chain). */
  signal?: AbortSignal;
  /** Override default timeout when the caller omits `timeout_ms`. */
@@ -479,6 +486,81 @@ async function readTabUrl(api: ChromeTabsApi, tabId: number): Promise<string | u
  }
 }

+/** Recover only a failed preflight; never replay an already-dispatched navigation. */
+async function recoverBrowserNavigation(
+  deps: NavigationDeps,
+  tabId: number,
+  action: (api: BrowserNavigationApi) => Promise<unknown>,
+  waitUntil: WaitUntil,
+  timeoutMs: number,
+): Promise<ReloadResult | RpcError> {
+  const abort = linkedAbortSignal(deps.signal);
+  const deadline = Date.now() + timeoutMs;
+  const api = deps.browserNavigation ?? chromeBrowserNavigationApi;
+  try {
+    let outcome = await navigateWithBrowserApi(
+      api,
+      tabId,
+      () => action(api),
+      waitUntil === "networkidle" ? "commit" : waitUntil,
+      timeoutMs,
+      abort.signal,
+    );
+    if (outcome.reached === "failed") return outcome.error;
+    if (outcome.reached === "cancelled" || abort.signal.aborted) {
+      return { code: "cancelled", message: "navigation recovery aborted" };
+    }
+    if (outcome.reached === "match") {
+      // A completed reload is not a recovery if the restricted frame remains.
+      await deps.cdp.send(tabId, "Page.enable", {});
+      if (abort.signal.aborted)
+        return { code: "cancelled", message: "navigation recovery aborted" };
+      if (waitUntil === "networkidle") {
+        // webNavigation cannot prove network idle. Subscribe on the new
+        // document before enabling CDP lifecycle events after its commit.
+        const frame = await readMainFrameInfo(deps.cdp, tabId);
+        if (!frame.frameId) return cdpError("no main frame after navigation");
+        const remaining = deadline - Date.now();
+        if (remaining <= 0) {
+          outcome = { reached: "timeout", lastLifecycle: "commit" };
+        } else {
+          const wait = startLifecycleWait(
+            deps.cdp,
+            tabId,
+            frame.frameId,
+            "networkIdle",
+            remaining,
+            abort.signal,
+            { loaderId: frame.loaderId ?? undefined },
+          );
+          await deps.cdp.send(tabId, "Page.setLifecycleEventsEnabled", { enabled: true });
+          outcome = await wait.promise;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    if (outcome.reached === "cancelled" || abort.signal.aborted) {
+      return { code: "cancelled", message: "navigation recovery aborted" };
+    }
+    return {
+      tab_id: tabId,
+      final_url: await readTabUrl(deps.tabsApi, tabId),
+      reached: outcome.reached === "match" ? waitUntil : "timeout",
+      ...(outcome.reached === "timeout"
+        ? {
+            error_text: `timed out waiting for ${waitUntil} during navigation recovery after ${timeoutMs}ms`,
+          }
+        : {}),
+    };
+  } catch (error) {
+    return abort.signal.aborted
+      ? { code: "cancelled", message: "navigation recovery aborted" }
+      : cdpError(error);
+  } finally {
+    abort.abort();
+    abort.cleanup();
+  }
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // tool.navigate
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -505,7 +587,20 @@ export async function handleNavigate(

  try {
    deps.cdp.trackSessionTab?.(ctx.sessionId, target.tabId);
-    await ensureCdpReady(deps.cdp, target.tabId);
+    try {
+      await ensureCdpReady(deps.cdp, target.tabId);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (!isCdpExtensionAccessDenied(error)) throw error;
+      const recovered = await recoverBrowserNavigation(
+        deps,
+        target.tabId,
+        (api) => api.update(target.tabId, { url: params.url }),
+        waitUntil,
+        timeoutMs,
+      );
+      if (isRpcError(recovered)) return recovered;
+      return attachDialogs(deps.cdp, target.tabId, dialogCursor, { ...recovered, url: params.url });
+    }
    const expected = cdpLifecycleName(waitUntil);
    const beforeReadyState = await probeMainFrameReadyState(deps.cdp, target.tabId);
    const beforeFrame = await readMainFrameInfo(deps.cdp, target.tabId);
@@ -574,10 +669,7 @@ export async function handleNavigate(
      }`,
    });
  } catch (err) {
-    return {
-      code: "cdp_failed",
-      message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
-    };
+    return cdpError(err);
  }
 }

@@ -727,7 +819,24 @@ export async function handleReload(

  try {
    deps.cdp.trackSessionTab?.(ctx.sessionId, target.tabId);
-    await ensureCdpReady(deps.cdp, target.tabId);
+    try {
+      await ensureCdpReady(deps.cdp, target.tabId);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (!isCdpExtensionAccessDenied(error)) throw error;
+      const previousUrl = await readTabUrl(deps.tabsApi, target.tabId);
+      const recovered = await recoverBrowserNavigation(
+        deps,
+        target.tabId,
+        (api) => api.reload(target.tabId, { bypassCache: ignoreCache }),
+        waitUntil,
+        timeoutMs,
+      );
+      if (isRpcError(recovered)) return recovered;
+      return attachDialogs(deps.cdp, target.tabId, dialogCursor, {
+        ...recovered,
+        previous_url: previousUrl,
+      });
+    }
    const previousUrl = await readTabUrl(deps.tabsApi, target.tabId);
    const beforeFrame = await readMainFrameInfo(deps.cdp, target.tabId);
    const expected = cdpLifecycleName(waitUntil);
@@ -776,10 +885,7 @@ export async function handleReload(
      }`,
    });
  } catch (err) {
-    return {
-      code: "cdp_failed",
-      message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
-    };
+    return cdpError(err);
  }
 }

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { ChromiumCdp } from "@/browser-driver/chromium-cdp";
 import type { CdpTarget } from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
 import {
  type CaptureSuppressSendToTab,
-  withOverlaysHiddenForCapture,
+  withExtensionOverlayHidden,
 } from "@/lib/capture-suppress-bridge";
 import type { SessionContext, SessionManager } from "@/session-manager/manager";
 import type {
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import type {
 import { attachDialogs, markDialogCursor } from "./dialogs";
 import { rpcError } from "./errors";
 import { resolveNodeGeometry } from "./frame-geometry";
+import { screenshotPageRect } from "./geometry/coordinate-types";
+import { cssViewport, GeometryContext } from "./geometry/frame-context";
 import {
  type ChromeTabsApi,
  enforceToolTargetScope,
@@ -197,15 +199,14 @@ async function captureElementScreenshot(
  if (isRpcError(geometry)) return geometry;
  if (signal?.aborted) return cancelled("screenshot");
  const rect = geometry.topBounds;
+  const clip = screenshotPageRect(rect, geometry.topViewport);
+  if (!clip) return { code: "cdp_failed", message: "invalid screenshot coordinate space" };

  try {
    const shot = await cdp.send<{ data?: string }>(tabId, "Page.captureScreenshot", {
      format: "png",
      clip: {
-        x: rect.x,
-        y: rect.y,
-        width: rect.width,
-        height: rect.height,
+        ...clip.rect,
        scale: 1,
      },
    });
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ export async function handleScreenshot(
      tabId: target.tabId,
      ...(node.cdpSessionId ? { sessionId: node.cdpSessionId } : {}),
    };
-    const captured = await withOverlaysHiddenForCapture(
+    const captured = await withExtensionOverlayHidden(
      target.tabId,
      () =>
        captureElementScreenshot(
@@ -356,7 +357,7 @@ export async function handleScreenshot(
    );
  }

-  const captured = await withOverlaysHiddenForCapture(
+  const captured = await withExtensionOverlayHidden(
    target.tabId,
    () => captureFullTabPng(deps, ctx, target, signal),
    deps.sendToTab,
@@ -675,6 +676,7 @@ function legacyFrameDocuments(
      ...(pageUrl ? { url: pageUrl } : {}),
      axNodes: [],
      domNodes: captured.nodes.map((node) => ({ ...node, frameId: node.frameId ?? rootFrameId })),
+      excludedBackendNodeIds: captured.frameExcludedBackendNodeIds?.get(rootFrameId),
    },
  ];
  const pending = [...captured.iframeNodes.entries()];
@@ -698,6 +700,7 @@ function legacyFrameDocuments(
        target: parent.target,
        axNodes: [],
        domNodes: domNodes.map((node) => ({ ...node, frameId: node.frameId ?? frameId })),
+        excludedBackendNodeIds: captured.frameExcludedBackendNodeIds?.get(frameId),
      });
      pending.splice(index, 1);
      progress = true;
@@ -984,26 +987,19 @@ function emptyCapturedViewModel(viewport = { width: 0, height: 0 }): CapturedVie
  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,
+  geometry: GeometryContext,
  signal?: AbortSignal,
 ): Promise<CapturedViewModel> {
  throwIfAborted(signal, "observation");
  let viewport = { width: 0, height: 0 };
  try {
-    const metrics = await cdp.send<LayoutMetricsViewportReply>(tabId, "Page.getLayoutMetrics", {});
+    const metrics = await geometry.layoutMetrics({ tabId });
    throwIfAborted(signal, "observation");
-    const source = metrics.cssLayoutViewport ?? metrics.layoutViewport ?? {};
-    viewport = {
-      width: source.clientWidth ?? 0,
-      height: source.clientHeight ?? 0,
-    };
+    const source = cssViewport(metrics);
+    viewport = { width: source.width, height: source.height };
  } catch (error) {
    if (isAbortError(error)) throw error;
  }
@@ -1016,12 +1012,13 @@ async function captureForVom(
  cdp: CdpRunner,
  tabId: number,
  options: CaptureVomObservationOptions,
+  geometry: GeometryContext,
 ): Promise<CapturedViewModel> {
  try {
-    return await captureViewModel(cdp, tabId, { signal: options.signal });
+    return await captureViewModel(cdp, tabId, { signal: options.signal, geometry });
  } catch (error) {
    if (isAbortError(error)) throw error;
-    return fallbackCapturedViewModel(cdp, tabId, options.signal);
+    return fallbackCapturedViewModel(cdp, tabId, geometry, options.signal);
  }
 }

@@ -1096,9 +1093,16 @@ 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 geometry = new GeometryContext(cdp, tabId, undefined, options.signal);
+  const captured = await captureForVom(cdp, tabId, options, geometry);
  throwIfAborted(options.signal, "observation");
-  const documents = await captureFrameData<CdpAxNode>(cdp, tabId, captured, options.signal);
+  const documents = await captureFrameData<CdpAxNode>(
+    cdp,
+    tabId,
+    captured,
+    options.signal,
+    geometry,
+  );
  throwIfAborted(options.signal, "observation");
  const normalizedDocuments =
    documents.length === 1 && captured.iframeNodes.size > 0
@@ -1131,12 +1135,21 @@ 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 geometryNotice = captured.frameGeometryIssues?.length
+    ? "@warning iframe geometry incomplete: some frame content has no top-level coordinates.\n"
+    : "";
  const rendered = renderVom(decoratedScene, {
    maxDepth: options.maxDepth,
-    maxTokens: options.maxTokens,
+    maxTokens:
+      !geometryNotice || options.maxTokens === undefined
+        ? options.maxTokens
+        : Math.max(0, options.maxTokens - Math.ceil(geometryNotice.length / 4)),
    redactValues: options.redactValues,
    activeRegionPolicy: options.activeRegionPolicy,
  });
+  if (geometryNotice) rendered.text += `\n${geometryNotice.trimEnd()}`;
  throwIfAborted(options.signal, "observation");
  return projectRecordSafeObservation({
    rootFrameId: captured.rootFrameId ?? normalizedDocuments[0]?.frameId ?? "root",
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { type SessionManager, SessionStartCleanupError } from "@/session-manager
 import type { RpcError } from "@/transport/types";
 import { rpcError } from "./errors";
 import { clearRecordingForSession } from "./record";
+import type { CdpRunner, ChromeTabsApi } from "./shared";
 import { isRpcError } from "./shared";
 import { returnBorrowedTab, type TabManagementDeps } from "./tabs";

@@ -73,11 +74,17 @@ export interface SessionStopResult {
  /** Tab ids whose return path failed; those entries remain borrowed so
   *  shutdown can be retried without closing the Agent Window. */
  return_failures?: Array<{ tab_id: number; code: string; message: string }>;
+  /**
+   * True when the Agent Window was *released* to the user (instead of being
+   * closed) because it still contained user-created tabs after the agent's own
+   * tabs were closed. Single-session scope.
+   */
+  window_released?: boolean;
 }

 export interface SessionStopDeps {
  signal?: AbortSignal;
-  cdp?: {
+  cdp?: Pick<CdpRunner, "releaseSessionTab"> & {
    detachSession(sessionId: string): Promise<void>;
  };
  /**
@@ -87,6 +94,13 @@ export interface SessionStopDeps {
   * without a real browser.
   */
  tabManagement?: TabManagementDeps;
+  /**
+   * Read-only Chrome tabs API used to *query* remaining tabs before deciding
+   * whether to release the window. Kept separate from `tabManagement.tabs`
+   * (a `TabMutationApi` that has no `query`) so the mutation interface stays
+   * pure. Tests can inject a fake `ChromeTabsApi` too.
+   */
+  tabsQuery?: ChromeTabsApi;
 }

 /**
@@ -152,8 +166,10 @@ export async function handleSessionStart(
 *      cleanly (review parity with M6).
 *   3. Detach CDP sessions the extension still holds for this
 *      session (no-op if M6/M7 didn't attach to any tab).
- *   4. Close the Agent Window. SessionManager.stop() removes the
- *      Chrome window and forgets the context.
+ *   4. Close the agent-created tabs and the home tab (design §3.2).
+ *   5. If any tab remains — those are user-created tabs — release the
+ *      window to the user (dropOnly) instead of closing it, so user
+ *      tabs survive. Otherwise close the window as before.
 *
 * Failures in step 1 keep the Agent Window open: a failed borrowed tab
 * may still be there, so closing the window would risk losing user
@@ -188,15 +204,19 @@ export async function handleSessionStop(
  const returnFailures: SessionStopResult["return_failures"] = [];
  const borrowedIds = Array.from(ctx.borrowedTabs.keys());
  for (const tabId of borrowedIds) {
+    // A close event may have removed this borrow while another tab returned.
+    if (!ctx.borrowedTabs.has(tabId)) continue;
    try {
      const tabManagement = {
        ...(deps.tabManagement ?? {}),
+        cdp: deps.cdp ?? deps.tabManagement?.cdp,
        signal: deps.signal,
        isAgentWindowId:
          deps.tabManagement?.isAgentWindowId ??
          ((windowId: number) => manager.findByWindowId(windowId) !== null),
      };
      const outcome = await returnBorrowedTab(ctx, tabId, tabManagement);
+      if (!ctx.borrowedTabs.has(tabId)) continue;
      if (typeof outcome === "object" && "code" in outcome) {
        console.warn(`[bsk session_stop] auto-return failed for tab ${tabId}`, outcome);
        returnFailures?.push({
@@ -209,6 +229,7 @@ export async function handleSessionStop(
        ctx.borrowedTabs.delete(tabId);
      }
    } catch (err) {
+      if (!ctx.borrowedTabs.has(tabId)) continue;
      const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
      console.warn(`[bsk session_stop] auto-return threw for tab ${tabId}: ${message}`);
      returnFailures?.push({
@@ -219,8 +240,15 @@ export async function handleSessionStop(
    }
  }

+  // A previously failed tab may have closed during a later return. Only
+  // confirmed close events remove borrows; ordinary move failures stay retryable.
+  const pendingReturnFailures = returnFailures.filter((failure) =>
+    ctx.borrowedTabs.has(failure.tab_id),
+  );
  if (deps.signal?.aborted) {
-    const nonCancelFailures = returnFailures?.filter((failure) => failure.code !== "cancelled");
+    const nonCancelFailures = pendingReturnFailures.filter(
+      (failure) => failure.code !== "cancelled",
+    );
    if (nonCancelFailures && nonCancelFailures.length > 0) {
      return {
        ...(returnedTabIds.length > 0 ? { returned_tab_ids: returnedTabIds } : {}),
@@ -232,8 +260,8 @@ export async function handleSessionStop(

  const result: SessionStopResult = {};
  if (returnedTabIds.length > 0) result.returned_tab_ids = returnedTabIds;
-  if (returnFailures && returnFailures.length > 0) {
-    result.return_failures = returnFailures;
+  if (pendingReturnFailures.length > 0) {
+    result.return_failures = pendingReturnFailures;
    // A failed return means at least one borrowed user tab may still be
    // inside the Agent Window. Keep the session/window alive so the user
    // can retry `bsk session stop` or explicitly `bsk tab return` after the
@@ -253,8 +281,66 @@ export async function handleSessionStop(
    return { code: "cancelled", message: "session_stop aborted before window close" };
  }

-  // Step 4: close the Agent Window and drop the context.
-  await manager.stop(params.session_id);
+  // Step 4: close every tab explicitly created by the agent, including the
+  // home tab. `tabsApi` is a
+  // TabMutationApi (remove only); `queryApi` is a separate read-only
+  // ChromeTabsApi. If neither is injected, we conservatively fall back to
+  // closing the window (see Step 5).
+  const tabsApi = deps.tabManagement?.tabs;
+  const queryApi = deps.tabsQuery;
+
+  if (tabsApi) {
+    // Close each agent-created tab that still exists.
+    const agentCreatedTabIds = Array.from(ctx.agentCreatedTabs);
+    for (const tabId of agentCreatedTabIds) {
+      try {
+        await tabsApi.remove(tabId);
+        ctx.agentCreatedTabs.delete(tabId);
+      } catch (err) {
+        // Tab may already be gone (closed by the user). Non-fatal.
+        console.warn(`[bsk session_stop] failed to close agent tab ${tabId}`, err);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Step 5: decide whether to release (keep) the window or close it.
+  let shouldRelease = false;
+  if (queryApi) {
+    try {
+      const liveWindowTabs = await queryApi.query({ windowId: ctx.agentWindowId });
+      // Only genuine *user* tabs count toward keeping the window open.
+      // An agent tab that failed to close in Step 4 may still be present
+      // here; if we counted it as a reason to release (dropOnly), the
+      // window would be kept and that agent tab would leak (issue #57
+      // regression). Exclude any id still tracked in agentCreatedTabs.
+      const userTabs = liveWindowTabs.filter((t) => {
+        if (t.id === undefined) return false;
+        return !ctx.agentCreatedTabs.has(t.id);
+      });
+      const leakedAgentTabs = liveWindowTabs.filter(
+        (t) => t.id !== undefined && ctx.agentCreatedTabs.has(t.id),
+      );
+      if (leakedAgentTabs.length > 0) {
+        console.warn(
+          `[bsk session_stop] ${leakedAgentTabs.length} agent tab(s) failed to close; forcing window close instead of release`,
+          leakedAgentTabs.map((t) => t.id),
+        );
+      }
+      shouldRelease = userTabs.length > 0;
+    } catch {
+      // Query failed (e.g. window already gone) — conservatively close it.
+      shouldRelease = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (shouldRelease) {
+    // Keep the window + its user tabs; only drop the session binding.
+    await manager.stop(params.session_id, { dropOnly: true });
+    result.window_released = true;
+  } else {
+    // Window is empty (or we couldn't verify state) — close it.
+    await manager.stop(params.session_id);
+  }

  return result;
 }
@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ export type { DialogCursor };
 export interface CdpRunner {
  send<T = unknown>(tabId: number, method: string, params?: object): Promise<T>;
  sendToTarget?<T = unknown>(target: CdpTarget, method: string, params?: object): Promise<T>;
+  detach?(tabId: number): Promise<void>;
  getFrameGraph?(tabId: number): Promise<CdpFrameGraph>;
  ensureAttachedToUrl?(tabId: number, expectedUrl: string | undefined): Promise<void>;
  trackSessionTab?(sessionId: string, tabId: number): void;
+  releaseSessionTab?(sessionId: string, tabId: number): Promise<void>;
  onEvent?(handler: (source: CdpDebuggee, method: string, params: unknown) => void): {
    dispose(): void;
  };
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 import type { SessionContext, SessionManager } from "@/session-manager/manager";
 import type { RpcError } from "@/transport/types";
 import { rpcError } from "./errors";
-import { isRpcError, lookupSession } from "./shared";
+import { type CdpRunner, isRpcError, lookupSession } from "./shared";

 export type TabScope = "user" | "agent" | "all";

@@ -287,6 +287,10 @@ export interface TabManagementDeps {
  approveBorrow?: BorrowConfirmationApprover;
  /** Clears Agent-scoped overlays after a borrowed tab is returned. */
  agentOverlayReset?: AgentOverlayResetApi;
+  /** Releases this session's CDP claim after a borrowed tab is returned. */
+  cdp?: Pick<CdpRunner, "releaseSessionTab">;
+  /** Runs after tab_return validation, before moving the borrowed tab. */
+  beforeReturn?: (sessionId: string, tabId: number) => Promise<void>;
  /**
   * Reports whether `windowId` is any live session's Agent Window.
   * `tab_return`'s fallback window picker uses this to avoid moving a
@@ -369,6 +373,7 @@ function buildCreateProps(
 * Returns the created tab on success, or an `RpcError` on failure.
 */
 async function createTabAndCleanup(
+  ctx: SessionContext,
  deps: TabManagementDeps,
  createProps: chrome.tabs.CreateProperties,
 ): Promise<CreatedChromeTab | RpcError> {
@@ -381,25 +386,28 @@ async function createTabAndCleanup(
      message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
    };
  }
-  if (aborted(deps.signal, "tab_create")) {
-    // We already opened the tab; close it on abort so we don't leak.
-    if (typeof tab.id === "number") {
-      try {
-        await getTabsApi(deps).remove(tab.id);
-      } catch (cleanupErr) {
-        return rpcError(
-          "protocol_error",
-          "cleanup_failed",
-          `tab_create aborted but cleanup of tab ${tab.id} failed: ${describeError(cleanupErr)}`,
-          { resource_type: "tab", resource_id: tab.id },
-        );
-      }
-    }
-    return { code: "cancelled", message: "tab_create aborted" };
-  }
  if (typeof tab.id !== "number") {
    return { code: "protocol_error", message: "chrome.tabs.create returned no tab id" };
  }
+  // Claim the concrete id returned by Chrome. Ownership never depends on
+  // matching this request to an asynchronous onCreated event.
+  ctx.agentCreatedTabs.add(tab.id);
+  if (aborted(deps.signal, "tab_create")) {
+    try {
+      await getTabsApi(deps).remove(tab.id);
+      ctx.agentCreatedTabs.delete(tab.id);
+    } catch (cleanupErr) {
+      // Keep the claim when cleanup fails so session_stop can retry instead
+      // of releasing an agent-owned tab to the user.
+      return rpcError(
+        "protocol_error",
+        "cleanup_failed",
+        `tab_create aborted but cleanup of tab ${tab.id} failed: ${describeError(cleanupErr)}`,
+        { resource_type: "tab", resource_id: tab.id },
+      );
+    }
+    return { code: "cancelled", message: "tab_create aborted" };
+  }
  return { ...tab, id: tab.id };
 }

@@ -426,7 +434,7 @@ export async function handleTabCreate(
  const paramErr = validateTabCreateParams(params);
  if (paramErr) return paramErr;

-  const tab = await createTabAndCleanup(deps, buildCreateProps(ctx, params));
+  const tab = await createTabAndCleanup(ctx, deps, buildCreateProps(ctx, params));
  if (isRpcError(tab)) return tab;

  return {
@@ -526,6 +534,9 @@ export async function handleTabClose(
  }
  try {
    await getTabsApi(deps).remove(params.tab_id);
+    // Keep the tracking set accurate so session_stop won't try to close a
+    // tab that's already gone (design §3.1).
+    ctx.agentCreatedTabs.delete(params.tab_id);
  } catch (err) {
    return {
      code: "protocol_error",
@@ -753,13 +764,6 @@ async function executeBorrowCore(
  );
  if (moveErr) return moveErr;

-  // Best-effort activation — failure is non-fatal.
-  try {
-    await p.tabsApi.update(p.tabId, { active: true });
-  } catch (err) {
-    console.debug("[bsk tab_borrow] activate after move failed", err);
-  }
-
  return { originalWindowId, originalIndex };
 }

@@ -823,6 +827,12 @@ export async function handleTabBorrow(
        message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
      };
    }
+    // Activate after commit so overlay/event observers see the tab as claimed.
+    try {
+      await tabsApi.update(params.tab_id, { active: true });
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.debug("[bsk tab_borrow] activate after move failed", err);
+    }
    return {
      tab_id: params.tab_id,
      original_window_id: coreResult.originalWindowId,
@@ -939,16 +949,22 @@ async function cleanupUnusedFallbackWindow(
  }
 }

-function resetAgentOverlaysInReturnedTab(
+async function releaseReturnedTabState(
  ctx: SessionContext,
  tabId: number,
  deps: TabManagementDeps,
-): void {
+): Promise<void> {
  void getAgentOverlayResetApi(deps)
    .resetAgentOverlays(tabId, ctx.sessionId)
    .catch((err) => {
      console.debug("[bsk tab_return] agent overlay reset failed", err);
    });
+  try {
+    await deps.cdp?.releaseSessionTab?.(ctx.sessionId, tabId);
+  } catch (err) {
+    // A successful move must not be retried because debugger cleanup failed.
+    console.debug("[bsk tab_return] CDP release failed", err);
+  }
 }

 /**
@@ -1022,7 +1038,7 @@ export async function returnBorrowedTab(
    });
    const movedTab = Array.isArray(moved) ? moved[0] : moved;
    const finalIndex = typeof movedTab?.index === "number" ? movedTab.index : targetIndex;
-    resetAgentOverlaysInReturnedTab(ctx, tabId, deps);
+    await releaseReturnedTabState(ctx, tabId, deps);
    return {
      tabId,
      toWindowId: targetWindowId,
@@ -1064,7 +1080,7 @@ export async function returnBorrowedTab(
        });
        const movedTab = Array.isArray(moved) ? moved[0] : moved;
        const finalIndex = typeof movedTab?.index === "number" ? movedTab.index : target.index;
-        resetAgentOverlaysInReturnedTab(ctx, tabId, deps);
+        await releaseReturnedTabState(ctx, tabId, deps);
        return {
          tabId,
          toWindowId: target.windowId,
@@ -1110,6 +1126,7 @@ export async function handleTabReturn(
      message: `tab_return: tab ${params.tab_id} is not borrowed by this session`,
    };
  }
+  await deps.beforeReturn?.(ctx.sessionId, params.tab_id);
  const outcome = await returnBorrowedTab(ctx, params.tab_id, {
    ...deps,
    isAgentWindowId:
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Shared time boundary for browser-side file-transfer transactions. Concrete
+// upload/download mechanisms own their state machines and effect semantics.
+
+export class BoundedWaitError extends Error {
+  constructor(
+    readonly kind: "timeout" | "aborted",
+    message: string,
+  ) {
+    super(message);
+  }
+}
+
+export function remainingMs(deadline: number): number {
+  return Math.max(0, deadline - Date.now());
+}
+
+export async function waitBounded<T>(
+  promise: Promise<T>,
+  deadline: number,
+  signal: AbortSignal | undefined,
+  timeoutMessage: string,
+): Promise<T> {
+  const remaining = remainingMs(deadline);
+  if (signal?.aborted) throw new BoundedWaitError("aborted", "file transfer aborted");
+  if (remaining === 0) throw new BoundedWaitError("timeout", timeoutMessage);
+
+  let timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined;
+  let onAbort: (() => void) | undefined;
+  const boundary = new Promise<never>((_resolve, reject) => {
+    timer = setTimeout(() => reject(new BoundedWaitError("timeout", timeoutMessage)), remaining);
+    if (signal) {
+      onAbort = () => reject(new BoundedWaitError("aborted", "file transfer aborted"));
+      signal.addEventListener("abort", onAbort, { once: true });
+    }
+  });
+  try {
+    return await Promise.race([promise, boundary]);
+  } finally {
+    if (timer) clearTimeout(timer);
+    if (signal && onAbort) signal.removeEventListener("abort", onAbort);
+  }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// Upload orchestration: validate the session-scoped request, resolve its click
+// target, then delegate the browser protocol transaction to the file-input
+// transaction module.
+
+import {
+  type CaptureSuppressSendToTab,
+  withExtensionOverlayHidden,
+} from "@/lib/capture-suppress-bridge";
+import type { SessionManager } from "@/session-manager/manager";
+import type { RpcError, UploadParams, UploadResult } from "@/transport/types";
+import { uploadThroughFileDrop } from "./file-drop-transaction";
+import { uploadThroughActivatedFileInput } from "./file-input-transaction";
+import { clickResolvedTarget, type InteractionDeps, resolveActionTarget } from "./interaction";
+import {
+  type CdpRunner,
+  enforceAgentWindow,
+  isRpcError,
+  lookupSession,
+  resolveTargetTab,
+} from "./shared";
+
+const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS = 120_000;
+
+export interface UploadDeps extends InteractionDeps {
+  cdp: CdpRunner;
+  sendToTab?: CaptureSuppressSendToTab;
+}
+
+export async function handleUpload(
+  manager: SessionManager,
+  params: UploadParams,
+  deps: UploadDeps,
+): Promise<UploadResult | RpcError> {
+  const ctx = lookupSession(manager, params, "upload");
+  if (isRpcError(ctx)) return ctx;
+  const target = await resolveTargetTab(manager, ctx, params.tab_id, deps.tabsApi);
+  if (isRpcError(target)) return target;
+  const denied = enforceAgentWindow(ctx, target, "upload");
+  if (denied) return denied;
+  if (
+    params.files.length === 0 ||
+    params.files.length > 20 ||
+    params.files.some((file) => !file.staged_path)
+  ) {
+    return { code: "invalid_params", message: "upload requires daemon-staged files" };
+  }
+  const address = await resolveActionTarget(deps.cdp, ctx, target, params, "upload");
+  if (isRpcError(address)) return address;
+  const timeoutMs = params.timeout_ms ?? DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS;
+  const files = params.files.map((file) => file.staged_path as string);
+  const mode = params.mode ?? "input";
+  let usedRef = address.usedRef;
+  let usedSelector = address.usedSelector;
+  if (mode === "drop") {
+    deps.cdp.trackSessionTab?.(ctx.sessionId, target.tabId);
+    const transaction = await uploadThroughFileDrop({
+      cdp: deps.cdp,
+      actionTarget: address,
+      files,
+      timeoutMs,
+      signal: deps.signal,
+      withOverlayHidden: (operation) =>
+        withExtensionOverlayHidden(target.tabId, operation, deps.sendToTab),
+    });
+    if (isRpcError(transaction)) return transaction;
+  } else {
+    const transaction = await uploadThroughActivatedFileInput({
+      cdp: deps.cdp,
+      actionTarget: address,
+      files,
+      timeoutMs,
+      signal: deps.signal,
+      trigger: () => clickResolvedTarget(ctx, address, {}, deps),
+    });
+    if (isRpcError(transaction)) return transaction;
+    usedRef = transaction.click.used_ref;
+    usedSelector = transaction.click.used_selector;
+  }
+  return {
+    tab_id: target.tabId,
+    used_ref: usedRef,
+    used_selector: usedSelector,
+    file_names: params.files.map((file) => file.name),
+  };
+}
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { OVERLAY_HOST_MARKER_ATTR, OVERLAY_HOST_NAME } from "../../../lib/overlay-bridge";
+import type { CdpRunner } from "../../shared";
 import { captureViewModel, collectOverlayExcludedBackendIds, probeHoverSurfaces } from "../capture";

 // Minimal but format-accurate captureSnapshot reply: a body with one
@@ -215,21 +216,29 @@ function makeCdp(snapshot: unknown) {
      if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") {
        return {
          result: {
-            value: {
-              controls: [
+            deepSerializedValue: {
+              type: "array",
+              value: [
                {
-                  state: "filled",
-                  sensitive: true,
-                  defaultValue: "hunter2",
-                  value: "hunter2",
-                  placeholder: "secret",
+                  type: "array",
+                  value: [
+                    { type: "node", value: { backendNodeId: 13 } },
+                    {
+                      type: "string",
+                      value: JSON.stringify({
+                        state: "filled",
+                        sensitive: true,
+                        placeholder: "secret",
+                      }),
+                    },
+                  ],
                },
              ],
-              childFrames: [],
            },
          },
        };
      }
+      if (method === "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup") return {};
      throw new Error(`unexpected ${method}`);
    }) as unknown as <T>(tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => Promise<T>,
  };
@@ -273,8 +282,11 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
    expect(cdp.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
      4,
      "Runtime.evaluate",
-      expect.objectContaining({ returnByValue: true }),
+      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());
  });
@@ -516,6 +528,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
      strings: S,
      documents: [
        {
+          frameId: "main",
          nodes: {
            parentIndex: [-1, 0, 1, 0, 3, 4],
            nodeName: [i("html"), i("body"), i("div"), i(OVERLAY_HOST_NAME), i("div"), i("button")],
@@ -546,8 +559,12 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
      ],
    };

-    const { excludedBackendNodeIds } = await captureViewModel(makeCdp(snapshot), 4);
+    const { excludedBackendNodeIds, frameExcludedBackendNodeIds } = await captureViewModel(
+      makeCdp(snapshot),
+      4,
+    );
    expect(excludedBackendNodeIds).toEqual(new Set([13, 14, 15]));
+    expect(frameExcludedBackendNodeIds?.get("main")).toEqual(excludedBackendNodeIds);
  });

  it("excludes overlay host matched by tag name only", async () => {
@@ -743,7 +760,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
    expect(div?.rect).toMatchObject({ y: 0, h: 600 });
  });

-  it("normalizes device-pixel bounds by devicePixelRatio", async () => {
+  it("keeps CSS snapshot bounds independent of legacy metrics ratio", async () => {
    const S = ["html", "body", "div", "position", "fixed", "static", "pointer-events", "auto"];
    const i = (s: string) => S.indexOf(s);
    const snapshot = {
@@ -791,6 +808,12 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
      w: 1000,
      h: 800,
    });
+    expect(nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 12)?.localRect).toEqual({
+      x: 0,
+      y: 0,
+      w: 2000,
+      h: 1600,
+    });
  });

  it("extracts textContent from #text child nodes via nodeValue", async () => {
@@ -939,6 +962,12 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
            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>,
    };
@@ -968,7 +997,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
    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",
@@ -1029,6 +1058,12 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
            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>,
    };
@@ -1037,7 +1072,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
    const input = iframeNodes.get(13)?.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 () => {
@@ -1116,16 +1151,43 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
      ],
    };
    const cdp = {
-      send: vi.fn(async (_t: number, method: string) => {
-        if (method === "DOMSnapshot.enable") return {};
-        if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return snapshot;
-        if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
-          return {
-            cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 800, pageX: 0, pageY: 0 },
-          };
-        }
-        throw new Error(method);
-      }) as unknown as <T>(tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => Promise<T>,
+      send: vi.fn(
+        async (
+          _t: number,
+          method: string,
+          params?: { backendNodeId?: number; objectId?: string },
+        ) => {
+          if (method === "DOMSnapshot.enable") return {};
+          if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return snapshot;
+          if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics") {
+            return {
+              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);
@@ -1139,7 +1201,7 @@ 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 = {
@@ -1181,7 +1243,7 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
      }) as unknown as <T>(tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => Promise<T>,
    };
    const { nodes } = await captureViewModel(cdp, 4);
-    expect(nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 12)?.rect?.y).toBe(400 / 2 - 100);
+    expect(nodes.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 12)?.rect?.y).toBe(400 - 100);
  });

  it("collectOverlayExcludedBackendIds walks the pierced overlay host subtree", async () => {
@@ -1206,3 +1268,194 @@ describe("captureViewModel", () => {
    expect(excluded).toEqual(new Set([200, 201, 202]));
  });
 });
+
+// Six sibling frames and one nested frame exercise scheduling through the real capture entry.
+function siblingCaptureFixture(
+  beforeReply: (method: string, params: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<void> = async () => {},
+) {
+  const document = (id: number, owners: number[], childIndexes: number[]) => ({
+    frameId: `frame-${id}`,
+    nodes: {
+      parentIndex: [-1, ...owners.map(() => 0)],
+      nodeName: [0, ...owners.map(() => 1)],
+      backendNodeId: [1000 + id, ...owners],
+      attributes: [[], ...owners.map(() => [])],
+      contentDocumentIndex: { index: owners.map((_, i) => i + 1), value: childIndexes },
+    },
+    layout: {
+      nodeIndex: [0, ...owners.map((_, i) => i + 1)],
+      bounds: [[0, 0, 200, 100], ...owners.map(() => [0, 0, 200, 100])],
+    },
+  });
+  const snapshot = {
+    strings: ["body", "iframe"],
+    documents: [
+      document(0, [100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105], [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]),
+      document(1, [200], [7]),
+      ...Array.from({ length: 6 }, (_, i) => document(i + 2, [], [])),
+    ],
+  };
+  let active = 0;
+  let peak = 0;
+  const send = vi.fn(async (_tabId: number, method: string, params: object = {}) => {
+    const args = params as Record<string, unknown>;
+    active++;
+    peak = Math.max(peak, active);
+    try {
+      await beforeReply(method, args);
+      if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return snapshot;
+      if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics")
+        return { cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 1000, clientHeight: 800 } };
+      if (method === "DOM.getBoxModel")
+        return { model: { content: [0, 0, 200, 0, 200, 100, 0, 100] } };
+      if (method === "DOM.resolveNode") return { object: { objectId: String(args.backendNodeId) } };
+      if (method === "Runtime.callFunctionOn")
+        return { result: { value: { width: 200, height: 100 } } };
+      return {};
+    } finally {
+      active--;
+    }
+  });
+  return {
+    cdp: { send: send as CdpRunner["send"] },
+    send,
+    peak: () => peak,
+    active: () => active,
+    measured: () =>
+      send.mock.calls
+        .filter(([, method]) => method === "DOM.getBoxModel")
+        .map(([, , params]) => (params as { backendNodeId: number }).backendNodeId),
+  };
+}
+
+describe("sibling frame measurement scheduling", () => {
+  it("batches same-target owner sizes without changing projected results", async () => {
+    const fixture = siblingCaptureFixture();
+    const original = fixture.cdp.send;
+    const methods: string[] = [];
+    fixture.cdp.send = async (tabId, method, params) => {
+      methods.push(method);
+      if (method === "Runtime.evaluate")
+        return {
+          result: {
+            deepSerializedValue: {
+              type: "array",
+              value: [100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 200].map((backendNodeId) => ({
+                type: "array",
+                value: [
+                  { type: "node", value: { backendNodeId } },
+                  { type: "string", value: JSON.stringify({ width: 200, height: 100 }) },
+                ],
+              })),
+            },
+          },
+        } as never;
+      return original(tabId, method, params);
+    };
+    const captured = await captureViewModel(fixture.cdp, 4);
+    expect(captured.frameGeometryIssues).toEqual([]);
+    expect([...captured.iframeNodes.keys()]).toEqual([100, 200, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105]);
+    expect(captured.iframeNodes.get(200)?.[0].rect).toEqual({ x: 0, y: 0, w: 200, h: 100 });
+    expect(methods.filter((method) => method === "DOM.getBoxModel")).toHaveLength(7);
+    expect(methods.filter((method) => method === "Runtime.evaluate")).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(methods.filter((method) => method === "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup")).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(methods).not.toContain("DOM.resolveNode");
+    expect(methods).not.toContain("Runtime.callFunctionOn");
+  });
+
+  it("bounds concurrent reads, fills free slots and preserves depth-first output despite reordered replies", async () => {
+    const pending = new Map<number, () => void>();
+    const fixture = siblingCaptureFixture(async (method, params) => {
+      if (method === "DOM.getBoxModel" && Number(params.backendNodeId) < 200)
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) => pending.set(Number(params.backendNodeId), resolve));
+    });
+    const capture = captureViewModel(fixture.cdp, 4);
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(pending.size).toBe(4));
+    expect(fixture.measured()).toEqual([100, 101, 102, 103]);
+    pending.get(103)!();
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(pending.has(104)).toBe(true));
+    pending.get(104)!();
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(pending.has(105)).toBe(true));
+    expect(fixture.measured()).not.toContain(200);
+    for (const id of [105, 102, 101, 100]) pending.get(id)!();
+    const captured = await capture;
+    expect(captured.frameGeometryIssues).toEqual([]);
+    expect(fixture.peak()).toBe(4);
+    expect(fixture.active()).toBe(0);
+    expect(fixture.measured()).toEqual([100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 200]);
+    expect([...captured.iframeNodes.keys()]).toEqual([100, 200, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105]);
+    expect(captured.iframeNodes.get(200)?.[0].rect).toEqual({ x: 0, y: 0, w: 200, h: 100 });
+    for (const method of [
+      "DOM.getBoxModel",
+      "DOM.resolveNode",
+      "Runtime.callFunctionOn",
+      "Runtime.releaseObject",
+    ])
+      expect(fixture.send.mock.calls.filter(([, name]) => name === method)).toHaveLength(7);
+  });
+
+  it("does not measure descendants of a failed owner and retains sibling geometry and local nodes", async () => {
+    const fixture = siblingCaptureFixture(async (method, params) => {
+      if (method === "DOM.resolveNode" && params.backendNodeId === 100)
+        throw new Error("owner replaced");
+    });
+    const captured = await captureViewModel(fixture.cdp, 4);
+    expect(captured.frameGeometryIssues).toEqual([
+      {
+        status: "unavailable",
+        source: { target: { tabId: 4 }, frameId: "frame-1" },
+        ownerBackendNodeId: 100,
+      },
+      {
+        status: "blocked",
+        source: { target: { tabId: 4 }, frameId: "frame-7" },
+        cause: captured.frameGeometryIssues?.[0],
+      },
+    ]);
+    expect(fixture.measured()).not.toContain(200);
+    expect(captured.iframeNodes.get(200)?.[0]).toMatchObject({
+      tag: "body",
+      rect: null,
+      localRect: { x: 0, y: 0, w: 200, h: 100 },
+    });
+    expect(captured.iframeNodes.get(101)?.[0].rect).toEqual({ x: 0, y: 0, w: 200, h: 100 });
+    expect([...captured.iframeNodes.keys()]).toEqual([100, 200, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105]);
+  });
+
+  it("stops scheduling on cancellation and waits for resolved objects to be released", async () => {
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const resolutions = new Map<string, () => void>();
+    const releases = new Map<string, () => void>();
+    const fixture = siblingCaptureFixture(async (method, params) => {
+      if (method === "DOM.resolveNode")
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) =>
+          resolutions.set(String(params.backendNodeId), resolve),
+        );
+      if (method === "Runtime.releaseObject")
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) => releases.set(String(params.objectId), resolve));
+    });
+    let settled = false;
+    const capture = captureViewModel(fixture.cdp, 4, { signal: controller.signal });
+    const rejected = expect(capture).rejects.toMatchObject({ name: "AbortError" });
+    void capture.then(
+      () => {
+        settled = true;
+      },
+      () => {
+        settled = true;
+      },
+    );
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(resolutions.size).toBe(4));
+    controller.abort();
+    for (const resolve of resolutions.values()) resolve();
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(releases.size).toBe(4));
+    expect(settled).toBe(false);
+    expect(fixture.measured()).toEqual([100, 101, 102, 103]);
+    for (const release of releases.values()) release();
+    await rejected;
+    expect(fixture.active()).toBe(0);
+    expect(fixture.send.mock.calls.some(([, method]) => method === "Runtime.callFunctionOn")).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+  });
+});
@@ -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-css",
+      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);
+  });
+});
@@ -0,0 +1,298 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { type CdpRunner, cdpRunnerForTarget } from "../../shared";
+import { enrichFormControlStates } from "../form-capture";
+import { decodeDocument } from "../snapshot";
+
+interface Control {
+  id: number;
+  value: string;
+  type?: string;
+}
+
+function snapshot(groups: Control[][]) {
+  const strings: string[] = [];
+  const str = (value: string) => {
+    let index = strings.indexOf(value);
+    if (index < 0) index = strings.push(value) - 1;
+    return index;
+  };
+  const documents = groups.map((controls, groupIndex) => ({
+    frameId: `frame-${groupIndex}`,
+    nodes: {
+      parentIndex: [-1, 0, ...controls.map(() => 1)],
+      nodeName: [str("html"), str("body"), ...controls.map(() => str("input"))],
+      backendNodeId: [8000 + groupIndex * 2, 8001 + groupIndex * 2, ...controls.map((c) => c.id)],
+      attributes: [
+        [],
+        [],
+        ...controls.map((c) => [
+          str("type"),
+          str(c.type ?? "text"),
+          str("placeholder"),
+          str("snapshot placeholder"),
+        ]),
+      ],
+      inputValue: {
+        index: controls.map((_, i) => i + 2),
+        value: controls.map((c) => str(c.value)),
+      },
+      contentDocumentIndex: { index: [] as number[], value: [] as number[] },
+    },
+  }));
+  const root = documents[0].nodes;
+  for (let i = 1; i < documents.length; i++) {
+    root.contentDocumentIndex.index.push(root.backendNodeId.length);
+    root.contentDocumentIndex.value.push(i);
+    root.parentIndex.push(1);
+    root.nodeName.push(str("iframe"));
+    root.backendNodeId.push(9000 + i);
+    root.attributes.push([]);
+  }
+  return { strings, documents };
+}
+
+function state(value: string) {
+  return {
+    value,
+    defaultValue: "",
+    placeholder: "live placeholder",
+    state: value ? "filled" : "empty",
+    sensitive: false,
+  };
+}
+
+function reply(entries: Array<[number, unknown]>) {
+  return {
+    result: {
+      deepSerializedValue: {
+        type: "array",
+        value: entries.map(([backendNodeId, fields]) => ({
+          type: "array",
+          value: [
+            { type: "node", value: { backendNodeId } },
+            { type: "string", value: JSON.stringify(fields) },
+          ],
+        })),
+      },
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+async function fakeCdp(
+  groups: Control[][],
+  evaluate: (params: Record<string, unknown>) => unknown,
+) {
+  const snap = snapshot(groups);
+  const send = vi.fn(async (_tabId: number, method: string, params?: object) => {
+    if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") return evaluate(params as Record<string, unknown>);
+    return {};
+  });
+  const nodes = await decodeControls(snap);
+  return { send, cdp: { send: send as CdpRunner["send"] }, nodes };
+}
+
+async function decodeControls(snap: ReturnType<typeof snapshot>) {
+  return Promise.all(
+    snap.documents.map(async (doc) =>
+      (await decodeDocument(doc, snap.strings)).nodes.map((node) => ({ ...node, rect: null })),
+    ),
+  );
+}
+
+describe("form state identity", () => {
+  it("matches reordered controls by identity and preserves controls missing from the batch", async () => {
+    // The snapshot includes a shadow input. The runtime query skips it,
+    // encounters a new input, and sees the remaining inputs in a new order.
+    const { cdp, nodes } = await fakeCdp(
+      [
+        [
+          { id: 10, value: "" },
+          { id: 11, value: "old email" },
+          { id: 12, value: "old city" },
+        ],
+      ],
+      () =>
+        reply([
+          [99, state("new control")],
+          [12, state("上海")],
+          [11, state("alice@example.com")],
+        ]),
+    );
+    await enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes);
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 10)).toMatchObject({
+      formValue: "",
+      formState: "empty",
+      formPlaceholder: "snapshot placeholder",
+    });
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11)).toMatchObject({
+      formValue: "alice@example.com",
+    });
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 12)).toMatchObject({ formValue: "上海" });
+    expect(nodes[0].some((n) => n.backendNodeId === 99)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("does not shift state between frames when one frame is absent from the runtime batch", async () => {
+    const { cdp, nodes } = await fakeCdp(
+      [
+        [],
+        [{ id: 11, value: "inaccessible frame" }],
+        [{ id: 21, value: "old second" }],
+        [{ id: 31, value: "old third" }],
+      ],
+      () =>
+        reply([
+          [31, state("third frame")],
+          [21, state("second frame")],
+        ]),
+    );
+    await enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes);
+    const controls = nodes.slice(1).flat();
+    expect(controls.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11)?.formValue).toBe("inaccessible frame");
+    expect(controls.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 21)?.formValue).toBe("second frame");
+    expect(controls.find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 31)?.formValue).toBe("third frame");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps identical backend ids in different OOPIF targets separate", async () => {
+    const sendToTarget = vi.fn(async (target, method) => {
+      if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") return reply([[11, state(target.sessionId)]]);
+      return {};
+    });
+    const send = vi.fn(async () => {
+      throw new Error("unexpected top-level target");
+    });
+    const cdp = { send, sendToTarget } as unknown as CdpRunner;
+    for (const sessionId of ["left-frame", "right-frame"]) {
+      const nodes = await decodeControls(snapshot([[{ id: 11, value: "old" }]]));
+      await enrichFormControlStates(cdpRunnerForTarget(cdp, { tabId: 7, sessionId }), 7, nodes);
+      expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11)?.formValue).toBe(sessionId);
+      expect(sendToTarget).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        { tabId: 7, sessionId },
+        "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup",
+        expect.anything(),
+      );
+    }
+    expect(send).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "unsupported",
+    "legacy",
+    "malformed",
+    "invalid-state",
+  ])("preserves snapshot data when enrichment is %s", async (mode) => {
+    const { cdp, send, nodes } = await fakeCdp([[{ id: 11, value: "snapshot value" }]], () => {
+      if (mode === "unsupported") throw new Error("serialization unsupported");
+      if (mode === "legacy") return { result: { value: { controls: [state("wrong value")] } } };
+      const result = reply([
+        [11, mode === "invalid-state" ? { value: "wrong value" } : state("wrong value")],
+      ]);
+      if (mode === "malformed")
+        result.result.deepSerializedValue.value[0].value[1].value = "not json";
+      return result;
+    });
+    expect(await enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes)).toBe(mode !== "unsupported");
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11)).toMatchObject({
+      formValue: "snapshot value",
+      formPlaceholder: "snapshot placeholder",
+    });
+    expect(send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup", expect.anything());
+  });
+
+  it("releases the batch's remote objects when capture is cancelled", async () => {
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const { cdp, send, nodes } = await fakeCdp([[{ id: 11, value: "old" }]], () => {
+      controller.abort();
+      return reply([[11, state("new")]]);
+    });
+    await expect(enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes, controller.signal)).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      name: "AbortError",
+    });
+    expect(send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup", expect.anything());
+  });
+
+  it("does not report success when cancelled during object cleanup", async () => {
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const nodes = await decodeControls(snapshot([[{ id: 11, value: "old" }]]));
+    const cdp: CdpRunner = {
+      send: vi.fn(async (_tabId, method) => {
+        if (method === "Runtime.evaluate") return reply([[11, state("new")]]);
+        if (method === "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup") controller.abort();
+        return {};
+      }) as CdpRunner["send"],
+    };
+    await expect(enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes, controller.signal)).rejects.toMatchObject({
+      name: "AbortError",
+    });
+    expect(cdp.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup", expect.anything());
+  });
+
+  it("skips entries without node identity while still applying valid entries", async () => {
+    const { cdp, nodes } = await fakeCdp(
+      [
+        [
+          { id: 11, value: "snapshot value" },
+          { id: 12, value: "old value" },
+        ],
+      ],
+      () => {
+        const result = reply([
+          [11, state("wrong value")],
+          [12, state("live value")],
+        ]);
+        const element = result.result.deepSerializedValue.value[0].value[0];
+        delete (element.value as { backendNodeId?: number }).backendNodeId;
+        return result;
+      },
+    );
+    await enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes);
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11)?.formValue).toBe("snapshot value");
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 12)?.formValue).toBe("live value");
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "password",
+    "text",
+  ])("redacts a sensitive %s control after identity matching", async (type) => {
+    const { cdp, nodes } = await fakeCdp([[{ id: 11, value: "secret", type }]], () =>
+      reply([[11, { ...state("secret"), sensitive: true }]]),
+    );
+    await enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes);
+    const control = nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 11);
+    expect(control?.formState).toBe("filled");
+    expect(control?.formValue).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(control?.formDefaultValue).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(control?.attrs.value).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps one bounded batch without per-control CDP queries", async () => {
+    const controls = Array.from({ length: 251 }, (_, i) => ({ id: i + 1, value: "old" }));
+    const elements = controls.map((c) => ({
+      backendNodeId: c.id,
+      tagName: "INPUT",
+      type: "text",
+      value: `live ${c.id}`,
+      defaultValue: "",
+      placeholder: "",
+    }));
+    const { cdp, send, nodes } = await fakeCdp([controls], (params) => {
+      const doc = {
+        querySelectorAll: (selector: string) =>
+          selector === "input,textarea,select" ? elements : [],
+      };
+      const entries = new Function("document", `return ${params.expression}`)(doc) as Array<
+        [{ backendNodeId: number }, string]
+      >;
+      expect(entries).toHaveLength(250);
+      return reply(entries.map(([element, json]) => [element.backendNodeId, JSON.parse(json)]));
+    });
+    await enrichFormControlStates(cdp, 7, nodes);
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 250)?.formValue).toBe("live 250");
+    expect(nodes[0].find((n) => n.backendNodeId === 251)?.formValue).toBe("old");
+    expect(send.mock.calls.filter(([, method]) => method === "Runtime.evaluate")).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(
+      send.mock.calls.filter(([, method]) => method === "Runtime.releaseObjectGroup"),
+    ).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(send).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, "DOM.resolveNode", expect.anything());
+    expect(send).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(7, "Runtime.callFunctionOn", expect.anything());
+  });
+});
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { OVERLAY_HOST_MARKER_ATTR } from "@/lib/overlay-bridge";
 import type { CdpRunner } from "../../shared";
 import type { CapturedNode, CapturedViewModel } from "../capture";
 import { captureFrameData } from "../frame-capture";
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ function childSnapshot(frameId: string, backendNodeId: number) {
          parentIndex: [-1, 0],
          nodeName: [1, 2],
          backendNodeId: [backendNodeId - 1, backendNodeId],
-          attributes: [[], []],
+          attributes: [[], []] as number[][],
        },
        layout: {
          nodeIndex: [0, 1],
@@ -50,6 +51,68 @@ function childSnapshot(frameId: string, backendNodeId: number) {
 }

 describe("captureFrameData", () => {
+  it("retains nested owner failures when merging a captured OOPIF", async () => {
+    const owner = ownerNode(10, 50);
+    const captured: CapturedViewModel = {
+      nodes: [owner],
+      viewport: { width: 1000, height: 800 },
+      iframeNodes: new Map(),
+      frameNodes: new Map([["main", [owner]]]),
+      rootFrameId: "main",
+      excludedBackendNodeIds: new Set(),
+    };
+    const child = childSnapshot("child", 101);
+    const nested = childSnapshot("nested", 201);
+    const document = child.documents[0];
+    const snapshot = {
+      strings: child.strings,
+      documents: [
+        {
+          ...document,
+          nodes: { ...document.nodes, contentDocumentIndex: { index: [1], value: [1] } },
+        },
+        nested.documents[0],
+      ],
+    };
+    const reply = async (_target: unknown, method: string) => {
+      if (method === "Page.getLayoutMetrics")
+        return { cssLayoutViewport: { clientWidth: 300, clientHeight: 200 } };
+      if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") return snapshot;
+      if (method === "DOM.getBoxModel")
+        return { model: { content: [50, 100, 350, 100, 350, 300, 50, 300] } };
+      if (method === "DOM.resolveNode") throw new Error("nested owner replaced");
+      return {};
+    };
+    const cdp: CdpRunner = {
+      send: vi.fn(reply) as CdpRunner["send"],
+      sendToTarget: vi.fn(reply) 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" },
+          },
+        ],
+      })),
+    };
+    await captureFrameData(cdp, 4, captured);
+    expect(captured.frameGeometryIssues).toEqual([
+      {
+        status: "unavailable",
+        source: { target: { tabId: 4, sessionId: "child-session" }, frameId: "nested" },
+        ownerBackendNodeId: 101,
+      },
+    ]);
+    expect(captured.frameNodes?.get("nested")?.[1]).toMatchObject({
+      rect: null,
+      localRect: { x: 10, y: 20, w: 100, h: 40 },
+    });
+  });
+
  it("captures and positions multiple OOPIF documents missing from the root snapshot", async () => {
    const leftOwner = ownerNode(10, 50);
    const rightOwner = ownerNode(20, 500);
@@ -68,9 +131,15 @@ describe("captureFrameData", () => {
      }
      if (method === "DOMSnapshot.enable" || method === "Accessibility.enable") return {};
      if (method === "DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot") {
-        return target.sessionId === "left-session"
-          ? childSnapshot("left", 101)
-          : childSnapshot("right", 201);
+        if (target.sessionId !== "left-session") return childSnapshot("right", 201);
+        const snapshot = childSnapshot("left", 101);
+        const marker = snapshot.strings.push(OVERLAY_HOST_MARKER_ATTR) - 1;
+        const nodes = snapshot.documents[0].nodes;
+        nodes.backendNodeId.push(201); // Same id as a real button in the other target.
+        nodes.parentIndex.push(0);
+        nodes.nodeName.push(2);
+        nodes.attributes.push([marker, -1]);
+        return snapshot;
      }
      if (method === "Accessibility.getFullAXTree") return { nodes: [] };
      throw new Error(`unexpected ${method}`);
@@ -112,6 +181,10 @@ describe("captureFrameData", () => {

    const trees = await captureFrameData(cdp, 4, captured);

+    expect(trees.find((tree) => tree.frameId === "left")?.excludedBackendNodeIds).toEqual(
+      new Set([201]),
+    );
+    expect(trees.find((tree) => tree.frameId === "right")?.excludedBackendNodeIds?.size).toBe(0);
    expect(trees.map((tree) => tree.frameId)).toEqual(["main", "left", "right"]);
    expect(
      captured.frameNodes?.get("left")?.find((node) => node.backendNodeId === 101)?.rect,
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function captured(frameNodes: Map<string, CapturedNode[]>): CapturedViewModel {
 }

 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 +54,7 @@ describe("buildFrameDocuments", () => {
      },
    ];

-    const documents = buildFrameDocuments(
+    const documents = await buildFrameDocuments(
      graph,
      batches,
      captured(
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ 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 +92,7 @@ describe("buildFrameDocuments", () => {
      },
    ];

-    const documents = buildFrameDocuments(
+    const documents = await buildFrameDocuments(
      graph,
      batches,
      captured(
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ 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 +129,7 @@ describe("buildFrameDocuments", () => {
      nodes: [{ nodeId: `${frame.frameId}-node`, backendDOMNodeId: 7 }],
    }));

-    const documents = buildFrameDocuments(
+    const documents = await buildFrameDocuments(
      graph,
      batches,
      captured(
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ 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)]],
@@ -164,11 +164,25 @@ describe("buildFrameDocuments", () => {
      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("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");
+  });
 });
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+function captureAbortError(): Error {
+  const error = new Error("observation aborted");
+  error.name = "AbortError";
+  return error;
+}
+
+export function isAbortError(error: unknown): boolean {
+  return (
+    typeof error === "object" &&
+    error !== null &&
+    (error as { name?: string }).name === "AbortError"
+  );
+}
+
+export function throwIfAborted(signal: AbortSignal | undefined): void {
+  if (signal?.aborted) throw captureAbortError();
+}
+
+/** Check at bounded work blocks; yield only after a processing slice is spent.
+ * Each caller owns its deadline, so unrelated captures do not share state. */
+export function createCaptureCheckpoint(signal?: AbortSignal): () => Promise<void> | undefined {
+  throwIfAborted(signal);
+  let deadline = performance.now() + 8;
+  return () => {
+    throwIfAborted(signal);
+    if (performance.now() < deadline) return;
+    return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      const channel = new MessageChannel();
+      channel.port1.onmessage = () => {
+        channel.port1.close();
+        channel.port2.close();
+        resolve();
+      };
+      channel.port2.postMessage(null);
+    }).then(() => {
+      throwIfAborted(signal);
+      deadline = performance.now() + 8;
+    });
+  };
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import type { Rect } from "@browser-skill/vom";
+
+export interface CapturedNode {
+  backendNodeId: number;
+  parentBackendNodeId: number | null;
+  frameId?: string;
+  /** Owning iframe backend node id; `null` for the top-level document. */
+  ownerFrameBackendNodeId?: number | null;
+  tag: string;
+  attrs: Record<string, string>;
+  /** Top-level viewport-relative CSS px, clipped to the owning frame viewport. */
+  rect: Rect | null;
+  /** Frame-local viewport-relative CSS px before top-level projection. */
+  localRect?: Rect | null;
+  paintOrder: number;
+  position: string;
+  pointerEvents: string;
+  /**
+   * computed `cursor`. `cursor: pointer` is the strongest CDP-free signal
+   * that a non-semantic element (a `<div>`/`<span>` with a click handler)
+   * is actually an interactive control — used by the adapter to surface
+   * custom buttons/checkboxes the AX tree drops as `generic`. Optional like
+   * `textContent`: the live parser always sets it, hand-built fixtures may not.
+   */
+  cursor?: string;
+  /**
+   * Whether the live DOM snapshot provides a painted, non-hidden box for this
+   * node. Semantic resolution uses this only for DOM fallback nodes; AX-backed
+   * nodes remain authoritative even when they are outside the viewport.
+   */
+  rendered?: boolean;
+  textContent?: string;
+  formState?: "empty" | "filled" | "default";
+  formValue?: string;
+  formDefaultValue?: string;
+  formPlaceholder?: string;
+}
@@ -1,56 +1,27 @@
-// CDP capture adapter: DOMSnapshot.captureSnapshot + Page.getLayoutMetrics
-// → CapturedNode[] + Viewport. This is the ONLY VOM module that touches
-// raw CDP. The captureSnapshot reply is columnar (parallel arrays + a
-// shared string table); requested computed styles are decoded through
-// STYLE_COL so capture and visibility policy share one explicit contract.
+// Coordinate DOMSnapshot acquisition, frame geometry and hover probes.
+// Snapshot decoding and form enrichment live in their own modules.

-import type { Rect, Viewport } from "@browser-skill/vom";
+import type { Viewport } from "@browser-skill/vom";
+import type { CdpTarget } from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
 import { evaluateHoverTrigger } from "@/lib/hover-trigger-policy";
-import { isOverlayHostNode, OVERLAY_HOST_SELECTOR } from "../../lib/overlay-bridge";
-import { childFrameProjection, type GeometryProjection, projectRectToViewport } from "../geometry";
+import { OVERLAY_HOST_SELECTOR } from "../../lib/overlay-bridge";
+import { type FrameProjectionIssue, type FrameProjectionState } from "../geometry/coordinate-types";
+import { cssViewport, GeometryContext, type LayoutMetrics } from "../geometry/frame-context";
 import type { CdpRunner } from "../shared";
+import { isAbortError, throwIfAborted } from "./capture-abort";
+import type { CapturedNode } from "./capture-types";
+import { enrichFormControlStates } from "./form-capture";
 import { clearHover, ProbeBudget, waitForHover } from "./hover-perception";
+import { type FrameContext, normalizeDocument } from "./normalize";
+import {
+  REQUESTED_STYLES,
+  type SnapshotDocument,
+  type SnapshotReply,
+  snapshotFrameId,
+  sparseIndexMap,
+} from "./snapshot";

-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 { CapturedNode } from "./capture-types";

 export type CapturedIframeNodes = Map<number, CapturedNode[]>;

@@ -67,230 +38,21 @@ export interface CapturedViewModel {
  viewport: Viewport;
  iframeNodes: CapturedIframeNodes;
  frameNodes?: Map<string, CapturedNode[]>;
+  frameExcludedBackendNodeIds?: Map<string, ReadonlySet<number>>;
  frameOwnerBackendNodeIds?: Map<string, number>;
  /** Explicit DOMSnapshot frame ancestry; never inferred from backend node ids. */
  frameParentIds?: Map<string, string>;
  rootFrameId?: string;
+  /** Failed boundaries and descendants blocked by them; clipping is not a failure. */
+  frameGeometryIssues?: FrameProjectionIssue[];
  /** Backend node ids belonging to the agent overlay host + its shadow subtree. */
  excludedBackendNodeIds: Set<number>;
 }

 export interface CaptureViewModelOptions {
  signal?: AbortSignal;
-}
-
-function captureAbortError(): Error {
-  const error = new Error("observation aborted");
-  error.name = "AbortError";
-  return error;
-}
-
-function isAbortError(error: unknown): boolean {
-  return (
-    typeof error === "object" &&
-    error !== null &&
-    (error as { name?: string }).name === "AbortError"
-  );
-}
-
-function throwIfAborted(signal: AbortSignal | undefined): void {
-  if (signal?.aborted) throw captureAbortError();
-}
-
-/** Sparse array format Chrome uses for infrequently-set per-node fields. */
-interface SparseArray {
-  index: number[];
-  value: number[];
-}
-
-interface RareBooleanData {
-  index: number[];
-}
-
-interface SnapshotDocument {
-  frameId?: string | number;
-  scrollOffsetX?: number;
-  scrollOffsetY?: number;
-  nodes?: {
-    parentIndex?: number[];
-    nodeName?: number[];
-    backendNodeId?: number[];
-    attributes?: number[][];
-    /**
-     * Per-node text value (index into strings), set for `#text` / CDATA nodes.
-     * Element nodes carry -1. Same length as `backendNodeId`.
-     */
-    nodeValue?: number[];
-    /** Maps node array index → index into `documents[]` for frame content. */
-    contentDocumentIndex?: SparseArray;
-    inputValue?: SparseArray;
-    textValue?: SparseArray;
-    inputChecked?: RareBooleanData;
-    optionSelected?: RareBooleanData;
-  };
-  layout?: {
-    nodeIndex?: number[];
-    styles?: number[][];
-    bounds?: number[][];
-    paintOrders?: number[];
-  };
-}
-
-function snapshotFrameId(document: SnapshotDocument, strings: string[]): string | undefined {
-  if (typeof document.frameId === "string") return document.frameId || undefined;
-  if (typeof document.frameId === "number") return str(strings, document.frameId) || undefined;
-  return undefined;
-}
-
-interface SnapshotReply {
-  strings?: string[];
-  documents?: SnapshotDocument[];
-}
-
-interface LayoutMetricsReply {
-  cssLayoutViewport?: {
-    clientWidth?: number;
-    clientHeight?: number;
-    pageX?: number;
-    pageY?: number;
-  };
-  layoutViewport?: { clientWidth?: number; clientHeight?: number; pageX?: number; pageY?: number };
-}
-
-function isFormControlTag(tag: string): boolean {
-  return tag === "input" || tag === "textarea" || tag === "select";
-}
-
-function isSensitiveFormControl(node: Pick<CapturedNode, "tag" | "attrs">): boolean {
-  return node.tag === "input" && (node.attrs.type ?? "").toLowerCase() === "password";
-}
-
-function snapshotFormState(
-  value: string | undefined,
-  defaultValue: string,
-  hasDefaultValue: boolean,
-  sensitive: boolean,
-): CapturedNode["formState"] {
-  if (sensitive) {
-    if (value === undefined && !hasDefaultValue) return undefined;
-    return (value ?? defaultValue) === "" ? "empty" : "filled";
-  }
-  if (value === undefined) return undefined;
-  if (value === "") return "empty";
-  return value === defaultValue ? "default" : "filled";
-}
-
-const MAX_FORM_ENRICH_CONTROLS = 250;
-
-interface CapturedFormState {
-  value?: string;
-  defaultValue?: string;
-  placeholder?: string;
-  state?: "empty" | "filled" | "default";
-  sensitive?: boolean;
-}
-
-interface CapturedFrameFormState {
-  controls: CapturedFormState[];
-  childFrames: CapturedFrameFormState[];
-}
-
-function formStateBatchExpression(maxControls: number): string {
-  return `(() => {
-    const maxControls = ${JSON.stringify(maxControls)};
-    let remaining = maxControls;
-    const controlSelector = "input,textarea,select";
-    const controlState = (el) => {
-      const tag = el.tagName.toLowerCase();
-      const type = tag === "input" ? String(el.type || "text").toLowerCase() : tag;
-      const sensitive = type === "password" || type === "credit-card";
-      const rawValue = typeof el.value === "string" ? el.value : "";
-      const defaultValue = typeof el.defaultValue === "string" ? el.defaultValue : "";
-      const placeholder = typeof el.placeholder === "string" ? el.placeholder : "";
-      const state = rawValue === "" ? "empty" : rawValue === defaultValue ? "default" : "filled";
-      return {
-        state,
-        sensitive,
-        placeholder,
-        ...(sensitive ? {} : { value: rawValue, defaultValue }),
-      };
-    };
-    const collect = (doc) => {
-      const controls = [];
-      for (const el of Array.from(doc.querySelectorAll(controlSelector))) {
-        if (remaining <= 0) break;
-        controls.push(controlState(el));
-        remaining -= 1;
-      }
-      const childFrames = [];
-      for (const frame of Array.from(doc.querySelectorAll("iframe"))) {
-        let childDoc = null;
-        try { childDoc = frame.contentDocument; } catch { childDoc = null; }
-        childFrames.push(childDoc && remaining > 0 ? collect(childDoc) : { controls: [], childFrames: [] });
-      }
-      return { controls, childFrames };
-    };
-    return collect(document);
-  })()`;
-}
-
-function flattenFrameFormStates(
-  frame: CapturedFrameFormState | undefined,
-  out: CapturedFormState[][] = [],
-): CapturedFormState[][] {
-  if (!frame) return out;
-  out.push(Array.isArray(frame.controls) ? frame.controls : []);
-  for (const child of Array.isArray(frame.childFrames) ? frame.childFrames : []) {
-    flattenFrameFormStates(child, out);
-  }
-  return out;
-}
-
-function applyFormStates(nodes: CapturedNode[], states: CapturedFormState[]): void {
-  let index = 0;
-  for (const node of nodes) {
-    if (!isFormControlTag(node.tag)) continue;
-    const state = states[index];
-    index += 1;
-    if (!state) continue;
-    node.formState = state.state;
-    node.formPlaceholder = state.placeholder ?? "";
-    if (state.sensitive || isSensitiveFormControl(node)) {
-      delete node.formValue;
-      delete node.formDefaultValue;
-      delete node.attrs.value;
-    } else {
-      node.formDefaultValue = state.defaultValue ?? "";
-      if (state.value !== undefined) node.formValue = state.value;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-async function enrichFormControlStates(
-  cdp: CdpRunner,
-  tabId: number,
-  frameNodeGroups: CapturedNode[][],
-  signal?: AbortSignal,
-): Promise<void> {
-  const hasControls = frameNodeGroups.some((nodes) =>
-    nodes.some((node) => isFormControlTag(node.tag)),
-  );
-  if (!hasControls) return;
-  try {
-    throwIfAborted(signal);
-    const result = await cdp.send<RuntimeEvaluateReply>(tabId, "Runtime.evaluate", {
-      expression: formStateBatchExpression(MAX_FORM_ENRICH_CONTROLS),
-      returnByValue: true,
-    });
-    throwIfAborted(signal);
-    const frameStates = flattenFrameFormStates(runtimeValue<CapturedFrameFormState>(result));
-    for (let i = 0; i < frameNodeGroups.length; i += 1) {
-      applyFormStates(frameNodeGroups[i], frameStates[i] ?? []);
-    }
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (isAbortError(error)) throw error;
-    // Best-effort enrichment. DOMSnapshot/AX data still carries the nodes.
-  }
+  geometry?: GeometryContext;
+  target?: CdpTarget;
 }

 interface RuntimeEvaluateReply {
@@ -314,44 +76,6 @@ 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") {
@@ -761,230 +485,108 @@ 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 {
+  frameGeometryIssues: FrameProjectionIssue[];
  iframeNodes: CapturedIframeNodes;
  frameOwnerBackendNodeIds: Map<string, number>;
  frameParentIds: Map<string, string>;
+  frameExcludedBackendNodeIds: Map<string, ReadonlySet<number>>;
  excludedBackendNodeIds: Set<number>;
 }

-function parseChildFrameDocuments(
+async function parseChildFrameDocuments(
  documents: SnapshotDocument[],
  strings: string[],
-  dpr: number,
  parentDocIndex: number,
-  parentNodes: CapturedNode[],
  parentContext: FrameContext,
+  geometry: GeometryContext,
+  signal?: AbortSignal,
  visited = new Set<number>(),
-): ParseFrameDocumentsResult {
+): Promise<ParseFrameDocumentsResult> {
+  const frameGeometryIssues: FrameProjectionIssue[] = [];
  const iframeNodes: CapturedIframeNodes = new Map();
  const frameOwnerBackendNodeIds = new Map<string, number>();
  const frameParentIds = new Map<string, string>();
+  const frameExcludedBackendNodeIds = new Map<string, ReadonlySet<number>>();
  const excludedBackendNodeIds = new Set<number>();
  const parentDoc = documents[parentDocIndex];
  const cdi = sparseIndexMap(parentDoc?.nodes?.contentDocumentIndex);
  if (cdi.size === 0) {
-    return { iframeNodes, frameOwnerBackendNodeIds, frameParentIds, excludedBackendNodeIds };
+    return {
+      iframeNodes,
+      frameOwnerBackendNodeIds,
+      frameParentIds,
+      frameExcludedBackendNodeIds,
+      excludedBackendNodeIds,
+      frameGeometryIssues,
+    };
  }

  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 children = [...cdi].flatMap(([nodeArrayIdx, childDocIndex]) => {
    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;
+    if (visited.has(childDocIndex) || !childDoc || iframeBackendId === undefined) return [];
+    const source = { target: parentContext.target, frameId: snapshotFrameId(childDoc, strings) };
+    const parent = parentContext.projection;
+    const projection: FrameProjectionState =
+      parent.status === "available"
+        ? { status: "unavailable", source, ownerBackendNodeId: iframeBackendId }
+        : { status: "blocked", source, cause: parent.status === "blocked" ? parent.cause : parent };
+    return [
+      {
+        childDocIndex,
+        childDoc,
+        iframeBackendId,
+        source,
+        projection: projection as FrameProjectionState,
+      },
+    ];
+  });
+  const parentProjection =
+    parentContext.projection.status === "available"
+      ? parentContext.projection.projection.geometry
+      : null;
+  if (parentProjection) {
+    // Measure only direct siblings. Recursion starts after these workers finish,
+    // so descendants never hold or recursively acquire a measurement slot.
+    const edge = parentProjection.edges[0];
+    const clips = edge
+      ? [edge.destinationQuad, ...(edge.destinationClips ?? [])]
+      : parentProjection.sourceClips;
+    let cursor = 0;
+    let failure: unknown;
+    await Promise.all(
+      Array.from({ length: Math.min(4, children.length) }, async () => {
+        while (cursor < children.length && !signal?.aborted && !failure) {
+          const child = children[cursor++];
+          try {
+            // Owner quads are target-relative; do not apply the parent transform twice.
+            child.projection = await geometry.snapshotProjection(
+              child.source,
+              child.iframeBackendId,
+              clips,
+              parentProjection.topViewport,
+            );
+          } catch (error) {
+            failure ??= error;
+          }
+        }
+      }),
+    );
+    // Join all active reads, including object cleanup, before propagating abort.
+    if (failure) throw failure;
+  }
+  throwIfAborted(signal);

+  // Completion order must not change document traversal or result insertion order.
+  for (const { childDocIndex, childDoc, iframeBackendId, source, projection } of children) {
+    throwIfAborted(signal);
+    if (projection.status !== "available") frameGeometryIssues.push(projection);
    const childContext: FrameContext = {
-      frameId: snapshotFrameId(childDoc, strings),
+      frameId: source.frameId,
+      target: source.target,
      ownerFrameBackendNodeId: iframeBackendId,
      projection,
      scrollX: childDoc.scrollOffsetX ?? 0,
@@ -992,23 +594,25 @@ function parseChildFrameDocuments(
    };
    const nextVisited = new Set(visited);
    nextVisited.add(childDocIndex);
-    const parsed = parseDocumentNodes(childDoc, strings, dpr, childContext);
+    const parsed = await normalizeDocument(childDoc, strings, childContext, signal);
    iframeNodes.set(iframeBackendId, parsed.nodes);
    if (childContext.frameId) {
      frameOwnerBackendNodeIds.set(childContext.frameId, iframeBackendId);
+      frameExcludedBackendNodeIds.set(childContext.frameId, parsed.index.excludedBackendNodeIds);
      if (parentContext.frameId) frameParentIds.set(childContext.frameId, parentContext.frameId);
    }
-    for (const id of parsed.excludedBackendNodeIds) excludedBackendNodeIds.add(id);
+    for (const id of parsed.index.excludedBackendNodeIds) excludedBackendNodeIds.add(id);

-    const nested = parseChildFrameDocuments(
+    const nested = await parseChildFrameDocuments(
      documents,
      strings,
-      dpr,
      childDocIndex,
-      parsed.nodes,
      childContext,
+      geometry,
+      signal,
      nextVisited,
    );
+    frameGeometryIssues.push(...nested.frameGeometryIssues);
    for (const [nestedFrameId, nestedNodes] of nested.iframeNodes) {
      iframeNodes.set(nestedFrameId, nestedNodes);
    }
@@ -1018,10 +622,19 @@ function parseChildFrameDocuments(
    for (const [frameId, parentFrameId] of nested.frameParentIds) {
      frameParentIds.set(frameId, parentFrameId);
    }
+    for (const [frameId, excluded] of nested.frameExcludedBackendNodeIds)
+      frameExcludedBackendNodeIds.set(frameId, excluded);
    for (const id of nested.excludedBackendNodeIds) excludedBackendNodeIds.add(id);
  }

-  return { iframeNodes, frameOwnerBackendNodeIds, frameParentIds, excludedBackendNodeIds };
+  return {
+    iframeNodes,
+    frameOwnerBackendNodeIds,
+    frameParentIds,
+    frameExcludedBackendNodeIds,
+    excludedBackendNodeIds,
+    frameGeometryIssues,
+  };
 }

 export async function captureViewModel(
@@ -1030,22 +643,20 @@ export async function captureViewModel(
  options: CaptureViewModelOptions = {},
 ): Promise<CapturedViewModel> {
  throwIfAborted(options.signal);
-  let metrics: LayoutMetricsReply = {};
+  const target = options.target ?? { tabId };
+  const geometry = options.geometry ?? new GeometryContext(cdp, tabId, undefined, options.signal);
+  let metrics: LayoutMetrics = {};
  try {
-    metrics = await cdp.send<LayoutMetricsReply>(tabId, "Page.getLayoutMetrics", {});
+    metrics = await geometry.layoutMetrics(target);
  } 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;
+  const measured = cssViewport(metrics);
+  const viewport: Viewport = { width: measured.width, height: measured.height };
+  const scrollX = measured.scrollX;
+  const scrollY = measured.scrollY;

  await cdp.send(tabId, "DOMSnapshot.enable", {});
  throwIfAborted(options.signal);
@@ -1071,20 +682,43 @@ export async function captureViewModel(
  const topContext: FrameContext = {
    frameId: snapshotFrameId(doc0, strings),
    ownerFrameBackendNodeId: null,
+    target,
    projection: {
-      sourceClips: [],
-      edges: [],
-      topViewport: viewport,
+      status: "available",
+      projection: {
+        source: { target, frameId: snapshotFrameId(doc0, strings) },
+        geometry: { sourceClips: [], edges: [], topViewport: viewport },
+      },
    },
    scrollX,
    scrollY,
  };
-  const mainParsed = parseDocumentNodes(doc0, strings, dpr, topContext);
+  const mainParsed = await normalizeDocument(doc0, strings, topContext, options.signal);
  const nodes = mainParsed.nodes;
-  const excludedBackendNodeIds = new Set(mainParsed.excludedBackendNodeIds);
+  const excludedBackendNodeIds = new Set(mainParsed.index.excludedBackendNodeIds);

-  const frameParsed = parseChildFrameDocuments(documents, strings, dpr, 0, nodes, topContext);
+  const ownerIds = new Set<number>();
+  for (const document of documents) {
+    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 frameParsed = await parseChildFrameDocuments(
+    documents,
+    strings,
+    0,
+    topContext,
+    geometry,
+    options.signal,
+  );
  const iframeNodes = frameParsed.iframeNodes;
+  if (topContext.frameId)
+    frameParsed.frameExcludedBackendNodeIds.set(
+      topContext.frameId,
+      mainParsed.index.excludedBackendNodeIds,
+    );
  for (const id of frameParsed.excludedBackendNodeIds) {
    excludedBackendNodeIds.add(id);
  }
@@ -1109,7 +743,9 @@ export async function captureViewModel(
    viewport,
    iframeNodes,
    frameNodes,
+    frameGeometryIssues: frameParsed.frameGeometryIssues,
    frameOwnerBackendNodeIds: frameParsed.frameOwnerBackendNodeIds,
+    frameExcludedBackendNodeIds: frameParsed.frameExcludedBackendNodeIds,
    frameParentIds: frameParsed.frameParentIds,
    ...(topContext.frameId ? { rootFrameId: topContext.frameId } : {}),
    excludedBackendNodeIds,
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import { isOverlayHostNode } from "@/lib/overlay-bridge";
+import { createCaptureCheckpoint } from "./capture-abort";
+import type { CapturedNode } from "./capture-types";
+
+/** Bounds retain their snapshot document CSS units until normalization. */
+export interface SnapshotLayout {
+  readonly boundsSpace: "snapshot-document-css";
+  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 };
+}
@@ -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);
+  }
+}
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { CdpFrame, CdpFrameGraph } from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
-import { resolveFrameProjection } from "../frame-geometry";
 import { type GeometryProjection, projectRectToViewport } from "../geometry";
+import { GeometryContext } from "../geometry/frame-context";
 import { type CdpRunner, cdpRunnerForTarget, sendToCdpTarget } from "../shared";
 import { type CapturedNode, type CapturedViewModel, captureViewModel } from "./capture";
 import {
@@ -21,16 +21,6 @@ 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,
@@ -51,6 +41,7 @@ async function captureMissingFrameDocuments(
  tabId: number,
  graph: CdpFrameGraph,
  captured: CapturedViewModel,
+  geometry: GeometryContext,
  signal?: AbortSignal,
 ): Promise<void> {
  if (!captured.frameNodes) captured.frameNodes = new Map();
@@ -62,10 +53,20 @@ async function captureMissingFrameDocuments(
    try {
      const child = await captureViewModel(cdpRunnerForTarget(cdp, frame.target), tabId, {
        signal,
+        geometry,
+        target: frame.target,
      });
+      if (child.frameExcludedBackendNodeIds?.size) {
+        captured.frameExcludedBackendNodeIds ??= new Map();
+        for (const [id, excluded] of child.frameExcludedBackendNodeIds)
+          captured.frameExcludedBackendNodeIds.set(id, excluded);
+      }
+      if (child.frameGeometryIssues?.length) {
+        (captured.frameGeometryIssues ??= []).push(...child.frameGeometryIssues);
+      }
      let projection: GeometryProjection | null = null;
      try {
-        projection = await resolveFrameProjection(cdp, graph, frame.frameId);
+        projection = await geometry.targetProjection(frame.frameId);
      } catch (err) {
        if (isAbortError(err)) throw err;
        console.debug("[bsk observation] child frame geometry projection failed", {
@@ -171,11 +172,12 @@ export async function captureFrameData<T extends FrameAxNode>(
  tabId: number,
  captured: CapturedViewModel,
  signal?: AbortSignal,
+  geometry = new GeometryContext(cdp, tabId, undefined, signal),
 ): Promise<CapturedFrameDocument<T>[]> {
-  const graph = await discoverFrameGraph(cdp, tabId);
+  const graph = await geometry.graph();
  const frames = graph?.frames ?? [];
-  if (graph) await captureMissingFrameDocuments(cdp, tabId, graph, captured, signal);
+  if (graph) await captureMissingFrameDocuments(cdp, tabId, graph, captured, geometry, signal);
  throwIfAborted(signal);
  const batches = await captureAxTrees<T>(cdp, tabId, frames, captured, signal);
-  return buildFrameDocuments(graph, batches, captured);
+  return buildFrameDocuments(graph, batches, captured, signal);
 }
@@ -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 +24,17 @@ 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[]>;
+  frameOwnerBackendNodeIds?: ReadonlyMap<string, number>;
+  frameParentIds?: ReadonlyMap<string, string>;
+  frameExcludedBackendNodeIds?: ReadonlyMap<string, ReadonlySet<number>>;
 }

 interface Ownership {
@@ -47,7 +59,7 @@ function targetBackendKey(target: CdpTarget, backendNodeId: number): string {
 function frameList<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode>(
  graph: CdpFrameGraph | null,
  batches: FrameAxBatch<T>[],
-  captured: CapturedViewModel,
+  captured: FrameDomInput,
 ): CdpFrame[] {
  const frames = new Map<string, CdpFrame>();
  for (const frame of graph?.frames ?? []) frames.set(frame.frameId, frame);
@@ -70,11 +82,14 @@ function frameList<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode>(
  });
 }

-export function buildFrameDocuments<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode>(
+export async function buildFrameDocuments<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode>(
  graph: CdpFrameGraph | null,
  batches: FrameAxBatch<T>[],
-  captured: CapturedViewModel,
-): FrameDocument<T>[] {
+  captured: FrameDomInput,
+  signal?: AbortSignal,
+): Promise<FrameDocument<T>[]> {
+  const checkpoint = createCaptureCheckpoint(signal);
+  let work = 0;
  const frames = frameList(graph, batches, captured);
  const frameById = new Map(frames.map((frame) => [frame.frameId, frame]));
  const rootFrameId = graph?.rootFrameId ?? captured.rootFrameId ?? frames[0]?.frameId;
@@ -83,54 +98,68 @@ export function buildFrameDocuments<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode>(
  const backendOwner = new Map<string, string>();
  for (const frame of frames) {
    for (const node of domNodesForFrame(frame.frameId)) {
+      if (work++ % 256 === 0) {
+        const pending = checkpoint();
+        if (pending) await pending;
+      }
      backendOwner.set(targetBackendKey(frame.target, node.backendNodeId), frame.frameId);
    }
  }

  const candidates = new Map<string, OwnedCandidate<T>>();
  for (const batch of batches) {
-    const nodeById = new Map(batch.nodes.map((node) => [node.nodeId, node]));
-    const ownershipByNodeId = new Map<string, Ownership>();
-    const resolving = new Set<string>();
-    const resolveOwnership = (node: T): Ownership => {
-      const cached = ownershipByNodeId.get(node.nodeId);
-      if (cached) return cached;
-      if (node.frameId && frameById.has(node.frameId)) {
-        const ownership = { frameId: node.frameId, strength: 4 };
-        ownershipByNodeId.set(node.nodeId, ownership);
-        return ownership;
-      }
-      if (typeof node.backendDOMNodeId === "number") {
-        const frameId = backendOwner.get(
-          targetBackendKey(batch.frame.target, node.backendDOMNodeId),
-        );
-        if (frameId) {
-          const ownership = { frameId, strength: 3 };
-          ownershipByNodeId.set(node.nodeId, ownership);
-          return ownership;
-        }
-      }
-      if (node.parentId && !resolving.has(node.nodeId)) {
-        const parent = nodeById.get(node.parentId);
-        if (parent) {
-          resolving.add(node.nodeId);
-          const inherited = resolveOwnership(parent);
-          resolving.delete(node.nodeId);
-          const ownership = {
-            frameId: inherited.frameId,
-            strength: Math.min(2, inherited.strength),
-          };
-          ownershipByNodeId.set(node.nodeId, ownership);
-          return ownership;
-        }
-      }
-      const ownership = { frameId: batch.frame.frameId, strength: 1 };
-      ownershipByNodeId.set(node.nodeId, ownership);
-      return ownership;
-    };
-
+    const nodeById = new Map<string, T>();
    for (const node of batch.nodes) {
-      const ownership = resolveOwnership(node);
+      if (work++ % 256 === 0) {
+        const pending = checkpoint();
+        if (pending) await pending;
+      }
+      nodeById.set(node.nodeId, node);
+    }
+    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 && frameById.has(current.frameId)) {
+          ownership = { frameId: current.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);
      const key = targetNodeKey(batch.frame.target, node.nodeId);
      const existing = candidates.get(key);
      if (!existing || ownership.strength > existing.ownership.strength) {
@@ -144,6 +173,10 @@ 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 +202,6 @@ export function buildFrameDocuments<T extends FrameOwnedAxNode>(
    contextScopeId: frame.frameId,
    axNodes: axNodesByFrame.get(frame.frameId) ?? [],
    domNodes: domNodesForFrame(frame.frameId),
+    excludedBackendNodeIds: captured.frameExcludedBackendNodeIds?.get(frame.frameId),
  }));
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import type { CdpTarget } from "@/browser-driver/frame-graph";
+import {
+  type FrameProjectionState,
+  projectSnapshotRect,
+  snapshotViewportRect,
+} from "../geometry/coordinate-types";
+import { createCaptureCheckpoint } from "./capture-abort";
+import { buildDocumentIndex, type DocumentIndex, type NodeFacts } from "./facts";
+import { decodeDocument, type SnapshotDocument } from "./snapshot";
+
+export interface FrameContext {
+  frameId?: string;
+  ownerFrameBackendNodeId: number | null;
+  projection: FrameProjectionState;
+  target: CdpTarget;
+  scrollX: number;
+  scrollY: number;
+}
+
+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 input = snapshotViewportRect(
+      node.layout?.bounds ?? [],
+      { target: context.target, frameId: context.frameId },
+      { x: context.scrollX, y: context.scrollY },
+    );
+    const local = input?.rect;
+    const rect =
+      input && context.projection.status === "available"
+        ? projectSnapshotRect(input, context.projection.projection)
+        : 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:
+        !!local &&
+        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,
+  };
+}
@@ -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 {
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ export function buildSemanticGraph(input: BuildSemanticGraphInput): SemanticGrap
        dom,
        sourceOrder: index,
        excluded:
-          document.frameId === rootFrameId &&
-          input.excludedBackendNodeIds?.has(dom.backendNodeId) === true,
+          document.excludedBackendNodeIds?.has(dom.backendNodeId) === true ||
+          (document.frameId === rootFrameId &&
+            input.excludedBackendNodeIds?.has(dom.backendNodeId) === true),
      };
      nodes.set(id, node);
      frameNodeIds.push(id);
@@ -90,9 +91,10 @@ export function buildSemanticGraph(input: BuildSemanticGraphInput): SemanticGrap
          ax,
          sourceOrder: document.domNodes.length + index,
          excluded:
-            document.frameId === rootFrameId &&
            typeof ax.backendDOMNodeId === "number" &&
-            input.excludedBackendNodeIds?.has(ax.backendDOMNodeId) === true,
+            (document.excludedBackendNodeIds?.has(ax.backendDOMNodeId) === true ||
+              (document.frameId === rootFrameId &&
+                input.excludedBackendNodeIds?.has(ax.backendDOMNodeId) === true)),
        });
        frameNodeIds.push(id);
      }
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+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;
+  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-css" 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 };
+}
@@ -26,17 +26,38 @@ 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"
+  | "file_input_not_activated"
+  | "set_file_input_failed"
+  | "upload_mechanism_unsupported"
+  | "file_drop_target_unavailable"
+  | "file_drop_failed"
+  | "download_capture_failed"
+  | "transfer_outcome_unknown"
+  | "transfer_timeout"
  | "cleanup_failed";

+export type TransferEffectState = "none" | "committed" | "unknown";
+export type TransferCleanupState = "complete" | "failed";
+
 export interface RpcErrorData {
  reason?: RpcErrorReason;
+  effect_state?: TransferEffectState;
+  phase?: string;
+  cleanup_state?: TransferCleanupState;
  [key: string]: unknown;
 }

@@ -505,6 +526,53 @@ export interface SelectResult {
  dialogs?: JavaScriptDialogInfo[];
 }

+export interface UploadFile {
+  transfer_id: string;
+  name: string;
+  staged_path?: string;
+}
+
+export type UploadMode = "input" | "drop";
+
+export interface UploadParams {
+  session_id: string;
+  ref?: string;
+  selector?: string;
+  tab_id?: number;
+  files: UploadFile[];
+  mode?: UploadMode;
+  timeout_ms?: number;
+}
+
+export interface UploadResult {
+  tab_id: number;
+  used_ref?: string;
+  used_selector?: string;
+  file_names: string[];
+}
+
+export interface DownloadParams {
+  session_id: string;
+  ref?: string;
+  selector?: string;
+  tab_id?: number;
+  timeout_ms?: number;
+  browser_relative_dir?: string;
+  max_byte_size?: number;
+}
+
+export interface DownloadResult {
+  tab_id: number;
+  used_ref?: string;
+  used_selector?: string;
+  suggested_filename: string;
+  byte_size: number;
+  mime?: string;
+  danger?: string;
+  browser_path?: string;
+  transfer_id?: string;
+}
+
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // M9 tool payloads — evaluate / wait_for_navigation / wait_ms
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
    permissions: [
      "alarms",
      "debugger",
+      "downloads",
      "idle",
      "notifications",
      "tabs",
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ flate2 = { workspace = true }
 tar = { workspace = true }
 zip = { workspace = true }
 sha2 = { workspace = true }
+base64 = { workspace = true }

 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 nix = { workspace = true }
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ windows-sys = { version = "0.59", features = [
    "Win32_Foundation",
    "Win32_System_Threading",
    "Win32_Security",
+    "Win32_Storage_FileSystem",
 ] }

 [dev-dependencies]
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ navigate   navigate-back   navigate-forward   reload   wait-for-navigation   wai
 observe   snapshot   get-html   screenshot   console   network
 click   hover   fill   select   press   evaluate
 tab list|create|close|select|borrow|return   window resize   emulate
-request-help   record start|stop
+upload   download   request-help   record start|stop
 ```

 Required flags that are easy to get wrong:
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ Required flags that are easy to get wrong:
 ```text
 bsk fill <ref> --value <text>      bsk select <ref> --value <option-value>
 bsk screenshot --out <path>        bsk emulate --device <preset-id>
+bsk upload <ref> --file <path>     bsk download <ref> --out <path>
 ```

 `select` matches an option's `value` attribute, not its visible label. Device preset ids are
@@ -138,11 +139,43 @@ lowercase and hyphenated, such as `iphone-14`.
 - `record` captures a user's actions for later replay. Read `bsk record start --help` before use,
  and never record banking, SSO, password-manager, or other sensitive pages.

+## File transfer
+
+`upload` and `download` stage files through the daemon; the agent never touches browser-internal
+paths. Treat upload as disclosure to the website, download as accepting website-controlled bytes.
+
+Upload has two independent mechanisms — choose explicitly, never rely on automatic fallback:
+
+- **Default (input mode):** for upload buttons, file-input labels, or "upload from computer"
+  actions. The command clicks the target and intercepts the native file chooser.
+- **`--mode drop`:** for reliably identified attachment-receiving areas — an explicit drop zone,
+  chat composer, email editor, or form attachment area. Do not target page whitespace, generic
+  containers, or areas whose attachment ownership is ambiguous.
+
+Decision sequence when uploading:
+
+1. Try input mode (the default).
+2. If it returns `reason=file_input_not_activated` with `effect_state=none`, re-observe. When a
+   reliable attachment target exists, try `--mode drop` once against that target.
+3. Otherwise fall back to `request-help`.
+4. **Never** switch mechanisms or repeat when `effect_state` is `unknown` or `committed` — the
+   browser may already have applied the file.
+
+A successful drop means Chrome dispatched the native file-drop event; it does not prove the site
+accepted the attachment. Observe the page once after the command.
+
+Download default-refuses to overwrite; pass `--overwrite` when replacing an existing file is
+intended. Read `bsk upload --help` and `bsk download --help` for all flags and error details.
+
 ## Recover without wandering

 - 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.
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+//! Atomic visibility boundary for files received into a same-directory temp.
+
+use std::path::Path;
+
+pub fn commit(temp: &Path, out: &Path, overwrite: bool) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    if !overwrite {
+        std::fs::hard_link(temp, out)?;
+        std::fs::remove_file(temp)?;
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    replace(temp, out)
+}
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn replace(temp: &Path, out: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    // POSIX rename replaces an existing non-directory destination atomically.
+    std::fs::rename(temp, out)
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn replace(temp: &Path, out: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    use std::os::windows::ffi::OsStrExt;
+    use windows_sys::Win32::Storage::FileSystem::{
+        MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING, MOVEFILE_WRITE_THROUGH, MoveFileExW,
+    };
+
+    let from: Vec<u16> = temp.as_os_str().encode_wide().chain(Some(0)).collect();
+    let to: Vec<u16> = out.as_os_str().encode_wide().chain(Some(0)).collect();
+    // SAFETY: both buffers are NUL-terminated and remain alive for the call.
+    let ok = unsafe {
+        MoveFileExW(
+            from.as_ptr(),
+            to.as_ptr(),
+            MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING | MOVEFILE_WRITE_THROUGH,
+        )
+    };
+    if ok == 0 {
+        Err(std::io::Error::last_os_error())
+    } else {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(any(unix, windows)))]
+fn replace(temp: &Path, out: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    std::fs::rename(temp, out)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn no_replace_never_overwrites_existing_output() {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let temp = dir.path().join("new.part");
+        let out = dir.path().join("out.bin");
+        std::fs::write(&temp, b"new").unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(&out, b"old").unwrap();
+        assert!(commit(&temp, &out, false).is_err());
+        assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&out).unwrap(), b"old");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn overwrite_replaces_existing_output_without_predelete() {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let temp = dir.path().join("new.part");
+        let out = dir.path().join("out.bin");
+        std::fs::write(&temp, b"new").unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(&out, b"old").unwrap();
+        commit(&temp, &out, true).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&out).unwrap(), b"new");
+        assert!(!temp.exists());
+    }
+}
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ where
    P: Serialize + Send + 'static,
    R: DeserializeOwned + Send + 'static,
 {
+    let parent_cancel = stdin_cancellation();
+    if parent_cancel.as_ref().is_some_and(|rx| *rx.borrow()) {
+        return Err(CliError::from_rpc(RpcError {
+            code: ErrorCode::Cancelled,
+            message: "parent closed the cancellation pipe".into(),
+            data: Some(serde_json::json!({"reason": "cancelled_before_dispatch"})),
+        }));
+    }
    let rpc_id: RpcId = format!("{}-{}", rpc_id_prefix, random_short_id());
    let mut client = IpcClient::connect(sock.clone()).await?;
    let rpc_id_for_call = rpc_id.clone();
@@ -88,16 +96,16 @@ where
    let outcome = tokio::select! {
        biased;
        res = &mut main_fut => res?,
-        sig = wait_for_sigint() => {
-            sig.context("install SIGINT handler").map_err(CliError::Local)?;
-            debug!(rpc_id = %rpc_id_for_cancel, "SIGINT: forwarding cancel to daemon");
+        sig = wait_for_cancel(parent_cancel) => {
+            sig.context("wait for cancellation").map_err(CliError::Local)?;
+            debug!(rpc_id = %rpc_id_for_cancel, "forwarding cancel to daemon");
            let _ = send_cancel(&sock, &rpc_id_for_cancel).await;
            match tokio::time::timeout(CANCEL_RESPONSE_GRACE, &mut main_fut).await {
                Ok(res) => res?,
                Err(_) => {
                    debug!(
                        rpc_id = %rpc_id_for_cancel,
-                        "SIGINT: cancel grace elapsed; synthesising cancelled error"
+                        "cancel grace elapsed; synthesising cancelled error"
                    );
                    return Err(CliError::from_rpc(RpcError {
                        code: ErrorCode::Cancelled,
@@ -112,6 +120,46 @@ where
    outcome.map_err(CliError::from_rpc)
 }

+/// Release caller-owned staging even after cancellation. This deliberately
+/// exposes only transfer.release, not a general bypass for business RPCs.
+/// The entire batch, including connection setup, shares one bounded budget.
+pub fn release_transfers<'a>(
+    sock: &Path,
+    transfer_ids: impl IntoIterator<Item = &'a str>,
+) -> Result<(), CliError> {
+    use bsk_protocol::tools::{TransferIdParams, TransferReleaseResult};
+    const CLEANUP_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);
+    let ids: Vec<_> = transfer_ids.into_iter().collect();
+    if ids.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    let rt = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+        .enable_all()
+        .build()
+        .context("build runtime for transfer cleanup")?;
+    rt.block_on(async {
+        tokio::time::timeout(CLEANUP_TIMEOUT, async {
+            let mut client = IpcClient::connect(sock).await?;
+            for id in ids {
+                client
+                    .call::<_, TransferReleaseResult>(
+                        "transfer-release",
+                        Method::TransferRelease,
+                        Some(TransferIdParams {
+                            transfer_id: id.to_string(),
+                        }),
+                        CLEANUP_TIMEOUT,
+                    )
+                    .await?
+                    .map_err(CliError::from_rpc)?;
+            }
+            Ok::<_, CliError>(())
+        })
+        .await
+        .context("transfer cleanup exceeded its total time budget")?
+    })
+}
+
 /// Send a `cancel { rpc_id }` frame over a fresh connection so it
 /// lands on the daemon while the original call is still parked.
 ///
@@ -146,8 +194,57 @@ fn random_short_id() -> String {
    bytes.iter().map(|b| format!("{b:02x}")).collect()
 }

-/// Wait for either Ctrl-C or process SIGTERM. Returning here means
-/// the user has asked us to stop.
+/// Opt-in control pipe for parent processes that cannot send Ctrl-C (Node on
+/// Windows). One reader survives the short-lived runtimes used by multi-RPC
+/// commands such as upload. Ordinary CLI stdin and terminal Ctrl-C are unchanged.
+fn stdin_cancellation() -> Option<tokio::sync::watch::Receiver<bool>> {
+    if std::env::var("BSK_CANCEL_ON_STDIN_CLOSE").as_deref() != Ok("1") {
+        return None;
+    }
+    static CANCEL: std::sync::OnceLock<tokio::sync::watch::Receiver<bool>> =
+        std::sync::OnceLock::new();
+    Some(
+        CANCEL
+            .get_or_init(|| {
+                let (tx, rx) = tokio::sync::watch::channel(false);
+                std::thread::spawn(move || {
+                    use std::io::Read;
+                    let mut stdin = std::io::stdin().lock();
+                    let mut buf = [0; 64];
+                    loop {
+                        match stdin.read(&mut buf) {
+                            Ok(0) => break,
+                            Ok(_) => {}
+                            Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::Interrupted => continue,
+                            Err(_) => break,
+                        }
+                    }
+                    let _ = tx.send(true);
+                });
+                rx
+            })
+            .clone(),
+    )
+}
+
+async fn wait_for_cancel(
+    parent_cancel: Option<tokio::sync::watch::Receiver<bool>>,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let parent_closed = async move {
+        match parent_cancel {
+            Some(mut rx) => {
+                let _ = rx.wait_for(|closed| *closed).await;
+            }
+            None => std::future::pending::<()>().await,
+        }
+    };
+    tokio::select! {
+        result = wait_for_sigint() => result,
+        _ = parent_closed => Ok(()),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Wait for terminal Ctrl-C.
 async fn wait_for_sigint() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
    tokio::signal::ctrl_c().await.context("listen for SIGINT")?;
    Ok(())
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+//! `bsk download` — capture one browser download and atomically commit it.
+
+use std::fs::OpenOptions;
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use anyhow::Context;
+use base64::Engine;
+use bsk_protocol::Method;
+use bsk_protocol::tools::{
+    DownloadParams, DownloadResult, TransferChunkParams, TransferChunkResult,
+};
+use clap::Args;
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+use crate::cli::atomic_output;
+use crate::cli::ensure_daemon::ensure_daemon;
+use crate::cli::error::{CliError, Format};
+use crate::cli::interaction::split_target;
+use crate::cli::navigate::parse_timeout_ms;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Args)]
+pub struct DownloadArgs {
+    /// Snapshot ref (`@e3`) or CSS selector for the download trigger.
+    pub target: Option<String>,
+    #[arg(long = "ref")]
+    pub ref_: Option<String>,
+    #[arg(long = "selector")]
+    pub selector: Option<String>,
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub out: PathBuf,
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub session: String,
+    #[arg(long = "tab-id")]
+    pub tab_id: Option<i64>,
+    #[arg(long, default_value = "2m", value_parser = parse_timeout_ms)]
+    pub timeout: u32,
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub overwrite: bool,
+}
+
+pub fn dispatch(args: DownloadArgs, format: Format) -> Result<(), CliError> {
+    if args.out.exists() && !args.overwrite {
+        return Err(CliError::Local(anyhow::anyhow!(
+            "output already exists (pass --overwrite to replace it): {}",
+            args.out.display()
+        )));
+    }
+    let info = ensure_daemon().context("ensure daemon is running")?;
+    let (ref_, selector) = split_target(args.target, args.ref_, args.selector)?;
+    let params = DownloadParams {
+        session_id: args.session,
+        ref_,
+        selector,
+        tab_id: args.tab_id,
+        timeout_ms: Some(args.timeout),
+        browser_relative_dir: None,
+        max_byte_size: None,
+    };
+    let reply: DownloadResult = crate::cli::business_rpc::call(
+        info.sock_path.clone(),
+        "download",
+        Method::ToolDownload,
+        Some(params),
+        ipc_timeout(args.timeout),
+    )?;
+    let transfer_id = reply.transfer_id.clone().ok_or_else(|| {
+        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 _ = crate::cli::business_rpc::release_transfers(&info.sock_path, [transfer_id.as_str()]);
+    write_result?;
+    match format {
+        Format::Json => {
+            let mut value = serde_json::to_value(&reply).unwrap();
+            value["path"] = serde_json::json!(args.out.to_string_lossy());
+            if let Some(obj) = value.as_object_mut() {
+                obj.remove("transfer_id");
+                obj.remove("browser_path");
+            }
+            println!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&value).unwrap());
+        }
+        Format::Human => println!("{}", args.out.display()),
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn write_transfer(sock: &Path, id: &str, out: &Path, overwrite: bool) -> Result<(), CliError> {
+    let parent = out
+        .parent()
+        .filter(|p| !p.as_os_str().is_empty())
+        .unwrap_or(Path::new("."));
+    let temp = parent.join(format!(".bsk-download-{}.part", Uuid::new_v4().simple()));
+    let result = (|| {
+        let mut file = OpenOptions::new()
+            .write(true)
+            .create_new(true)
+            .open(&temp)
+            .with_context(|| format!("create temporary download {}", temp.display()))
+            .map_err(CliError::Local)?;
+        let mut offset = 0u64;
+        loop {
+            let chunk: TransferChunkResult = crate::cli::business_rpc::call(
+                sock.to_path_buf(),
+                "transfer-read",
+                Method::TransferRead,
+                Some(TransferChunkParams {
+                    transfer_id: id.to_string(),
+                    offset,
+                    data_base64: String::new(),
+                }),
+                Duration::from_secs(30),
+            )?;
+            let encoded = chunk.data_base64.as_deref().unwrap_or("");
+            let bytes = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD
+                .decode(encoded)
+                .map_err(|e| CliError::Local(anyhow::anyhow!("decode download chunk: {e}")))?;
+            file.write_all(&bytes)
+                .map_err(|e| CliError::Local(e.into()))?;
+            offset = chunk.next_offset;
+            if chunk.eof {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        file.sync_all().map_err(|e| CliError::Local(e.into()))?;
+        drop(file);
+        atomic_output::commit(&temp, out, overwrite)
+            .with_context(|| format!("atomically commit download to {}", out.display()))
+            .map_err(CliError::Local)
+    })();
+    if result.is_err() {
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&temp);
+    }
+    result
+}
+
+fn ipc_timeout(timeout_ms: u32) -> Duration {
+    Duration::from_millis(u64::from(timeout_ms) + 5_000)
+}
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_modifiers(input: &str) -> Result<Vec<KeyModifier>, String> {
    Ok(out)
 }

-fn split_target(
+pub(crate) fn split_target(
    positional: Option<String>,
    explicit_ref: Option<String>,
    explicit_selector: Option<String>,
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@

 use std::time::Duration;

+mod atomic_output;
 pub mod browser_wait;
 pub mod browsers;
 pub mod business_rpc;
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ pub mod console;
 pub mod daemon;
 pub mod dialogs;
 pub mod doctor;
+pub mod download;
 pub mod emulate;
 pub mod ensure_daemon;
 pub mod error;
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ pub mod snapshot;
 pub mod status;
 pub mod tab;
 pub mod update;
+pub mod upload;
 pub mod waits;
 pub mod window;

@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@ use clap::{Args, Parser, Subcommand};

 use crate::cli::console::ConsoleArgs;
 use crate::cli::daemon::DaemonCmd;
+use crate::cli::download::DownloadArgs;
 use crate::cli::emulate::EmulateArgs;
 use crate::cli::evaluate::EvaluateArgs;
 use crate::cli::get_html::GetHtmlArgs;
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@ use crate::cli::session::SessionCmd;
 use crate::cli::snapshot::SnapshotArgs;
 use crate::cli::tab::TabCmd;
 use crate::cli::update::UpdateArgs;
+use crate::cli::upload::UploadArgs;
 use crate::cli::waits::{WaitForNavigationArgs, WaitMsArgs};
 use crate::cli::window::WindowCmd;

@@ -177,6 +182,12 @@ pub enum Command {
    /// Set `<select>` option values by `value` attribute.
    Select(SelectArgs),

+    /// Upload files through a page file input or explicit drop target.
+    Upload(UploadArgs),
+
+    /// Capture one browser download and write it to a local path.
+    Download(DownloadArgs),
+
    /// Evaluate a JavaScript expression inside the Agent Window.
    Evaluate(EvaluateArgs),

@@ -43,12 +43,27 @@ 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";
+    pub const FILE_INPUT_NOT_ACTIVATED: &str = "file_input_not_activated";
+    pub const SET_FILE_INPUT_FAILED: &str = "set_file_input_failed";
+    pub const UPLOAD_MECHANISM_UNSUPPORTED: &str = "upload_mechanism_unsupported";
+    pub const FILE_DROP_TARGET_UNAVAILABLE: &str = "file_drop_target_unavailable";
+    pub const FILE_DROP_FAILED: &str = "file_drop_failed";
+    pub const DOWNLOAD_CAPTURE_FAILED: &str = "download_capture_failed";
+    pub const TRANSFER_OUTCOME_UNKNOWN: &str = "transfer_outcome_unknown";
+    pub const TRANSFER_TIMEOUT: &str = "transfer_timeout";
    pub const SESSION_BUSY: &str = crate::rpc_reason::SESSION_BUSY;
    pub const RECORD_START_PAGE_UNREACHABLE: &str = "record_start_page_unreachable";
 }
@@ -197,6 +212,27 @@ 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(
+                "do not retry the transfer: the browser may already have applied it; inspect the page or stop safely",
+            ),
+            exit_code: base.exit_code,
+        },
+        (ErrorCode::Timeout, reason::TRANSFER_TIMEOUT) => RenderInfo {
+            summary: "the file transfer timed out after browser dispatch",
+            hint: Some(
+                "do not retry when effect_state is unknown or committed; inspect the page before taking another action",
+            ),
+            exit_code: base.exit_code,
+        },
        (ErrorCode::PermissionDenied, reason::ELEMENT_NOT_VISIBLE) => RenderInfo {
            summary: "target element has no visible geometry",
            hint: Some(
@@ -224,7 +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,
        },
@@ -280,6 +351,60 @@ pub fn info_for_error(code: ErrorCode, data: Option<&serde_json::Value>) -> Rend
            ),
            exit_code: base.exit_code,
        },
+        (ErrorCode::Unsupported, reason::FILE_INPUT_NOT_ACTIVATED) => RenderInfo {
+            summary: "the upload trigger did not activate a file input",
+            hint: Some(
+                "the page may use a non-input picker such as showOpenFilePicker(); when effect_state is none, re-observe and use `--mode drop` once only for a reliably identified attachment-receiving area — otherwise use `bsk request-help` with the exact original local path",
+            ),
+            exit_code: base.exit_code,
+        },
+        (ErrorCode::Timeout | ErrorCode::CdpFailed, reason::FILE_INPUT_PROBE_FAILED) => {
+            RenderInfo {
+                summary: "the browser upload transaction could not be established",
+                hint: Some(
+                    "do not retry the same upload blindly; use `bsk request-help` when human help is available",
+                ),
+                exit_code: base.exit_code,
+            }
+        }
+        (ErrorCode::Timeout | ErrorCode::CdpFailed, reason::SET_FILE_INPUT_FAILED) => RenderInfo {
+            summary: "the browser could not attach the staged file to the input",
+            hint: Some(
+                "check that BrowserSkill has Chrome's 'Allow access to file URLs' permission; otherwise use `bsk request-help`",
+            ),
+            exit_code: base.exit_code,
+        },
+        (ErrorCode::Unsupported, reason::UPLOAD_MECHANISM_UNSUPPORTED) => RenderInfo {
+            summary: "the browser does not support native file-drop upload",
+            hint: Some(
+                "do not retry the same drop; use a standard file-input target or `bsk request-help`",
+            ),
+            exit_code: base.exit_code,
+        },
+        (
+            ErrorCode::PermissionDenied | ErrorCode::Timeout | ErrorCode::CdpFailed,
+            reason::FILE_DROP_TARGET_UNAVAILABLE,
+        ) => RenderInfo {
+            summary: "the file-drop target could not be safely resolved",
+            hint: Some(
+                "rerun observe and select the attachment-receiving editor or drop zone itself; do not guess another target — no file was delivered when effect_state is none",
+            ),
+            exit_code: base.exit_code,
+        },
+        (ErrorCode::Timeout | ErrorCode::CdpFailed, reason::FILE_DROP_FAILED) => RenderInfo {
+            summary: "the browser could not complete the native file drop",
+            hint: Some(
+                "do not retry when effect_state is unknown; observe the page first, otherwise use `bsk request-help`",
+            ),
+            exit_code: base.exit_code,
+        },
+        (ErrorCode::CdpFailed, reason::DOWNLOAD_CAPTURE_FAILED) => RenderInfo {
+            summary: "the browser download could not be attributed or completed",
+            hint: Some(
+                "do not retry blindly; the target browser may not expose a reliable download intent signal",
+            ),
+            exit_code: base.exit_code,
+        },
        _ => base,
    }
 }
@@ -365,6 +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 });
@@ -377,6 +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 });
@@ -419,6 +606,64 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(info.exit_code, 3);
    }

+    #[test]
+    fn file_transfer_reasons_render_actionable_fallbacks() {
+        let unsupported = serde_json::json!({ "reason": reason::FILE_INPUT_NOT_ACTIVATED });
+        let info = info_for_error(ErrorCode::Unsupported, Some(&unsupported));
+        assert_eq!(
+            info.summary,
+            "the upload trigger did not activate a file input"
+        );
+        let hint = info.hint.unwrap();
+        assert!(hint.contains("--mode drop"));
+        assert!(hint.contains("reliably identified attachment-receiving area"));
+        assert!(hint.contains("exact original local path"));
+
+        let control = serde_json::json!({ "reason": reason::FILE_INPUT_PROBE_FAILED });
+        let info = info_for_error(ErrorCode::Timeout, Some(&control));
+        assert!(
+            info.summary
+                .contains("transaction could not be established")
+        );
+        assert!(info.hint.unwrap().contains("do not retry"));
+
+        let unsupported_drop =
+            serde_json::json!({ "reason": reason::UPLOAD_MECHANISM_UNSUPPORTED });
+        let info = info_for_error(ErrorCode::Unsupported, Some(&unsupported_drop));
+        assert_eq!(
+            info.summary,
+            "the browser does not support native file-drop upload"
+        );
+        assert!(info.hint.unwrap().contains("standard file-input"));
+
+        let unavailable_target =
+            serde_json::json!({ "reason": reason::FILE_DROP_TARGET_UNAVAILABLE });
+        let info = info_for_error(ErrorCode::PermissionDenied, Some(&unavailable_target));
+        assert_eq!(
+            info.summary,
+            "the file-drop target could not be safely resolved"
+        );
+        assert!(info.hint.unwrap().contains("effect_state is none"));
+
+        let failed_drop = serde_json::json!({ "reason": reason::FILE_DROP_FAILED });
+        let info = info_for_error(ErrorCode::Timeout, Some(&failed_drop));
+        assert!(info.summary.contains("native file drop"));
+        assert!(info.hint.unwrap().contains("effect_state is unknown"));
+
+        let download = serde_json::json!({ "reason": reason::DOWNLOAD_CAPTURE_FAILED });
+        let info = info_for_error(ErrorCode::CdpFailed, Some(&download));
+        assert!(info.summary.contains("download could not be attributed"));
+
+        let unknown = serde_json::json!({ "reason": reason::TRANSFER_OUTCOME_UNKNOWN });
+        let info = info_for_error(ErrorCode::ProtocolError, Some(&unknown));
+        assert!(info.summary.contains("outcome could not be confirmed"));
+        assert!(info.hint.unwrap().contains("do not retry"));
+
+        let timeout = serde_json::json!({ "reason": reason::TRANSFER_TIMEOUT });
+        let info = info_for_error(ErrorCode::Timeout, Some(&timeout));
+        assert!(info.summary.contains("timed out after browser dispatch"));
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn ref_not_found_overrides_not_found_copy() {
        let data = serde_json::json!({ "reason": reason::REF_NOT_FOUND });
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};

 #[cfg(windows)]
-use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
-#[cfg(windows)]
-use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+mod windows;

 use anyhow::{Context, Result, bail};
 use clap::Args;
@@ -363,7 +361,8 @@ fn install_candidate_with_client(
        crate::daemon::start::run_stop().context("stop bsk daemon before update")?;
    }

-    let action = replace_binary_for_update(&target, &binary, daemon_was_running)?;
+    let restart_args = daemon_was_running.then(StartArgs::default);
+    let action = replace_binary_for_update(&target, &binary, restart_args.as_ref())?;

    if daemon_was_running && matches!(action, InstallAction::Replaced) {
        crate::daemon::start::run_start(StartArgs::default())
@@ -394,8 +393,8 @@ pub(crate) fn download_candidate_binary(

 /// Daemon-side install: download, verify, and replace the executable at
 /// `target` (on Windows: stage the replacement next to it). Unlike the
-/// CLI path this never stops or starts the daemon — the daemon drives
-/// its own restart once the binary is replaced.
+/// CLI path this never stops the daemon. On Windows the helper starts
+/// its replacement after exit; elsewhere the daemon drives its own restart.
 ///
 /// `target` must be captured *before* any replacement happens: on Linux
 /// `std::env::current_exe` starts returning a ` (deleted)`-suffixed
@@ -403,10 +402,11 @@ pub(crate) fn download_candidate_binary(
 pub(crate) fn self_install_candidate(
    candidate: &UpdateCandidate,
    target: &Path,
+    restart_args: &StartArgs,
 ) -> Result<InstallAction> {
    let client = update_http_client(ARCHIVE_FETCH_TIMEOUT)?;
    let binary = download_candidate_binary(candidate, &client)?;
-    replace_binary_at_path(target, &binary)
+    replace_binary_for_update(target, &binary, Some(restart_args))
 }

 /// Outcome of one daemon auto-update step (see [`auto_update_step`]).
@@ -423,8 +423,8 @@ pub(crate) enum AutoUpdateOutcome {
    /// The new binary replaced the old one; the daemon should now
    /// restart into it.
    Replaced { latest: String },
-    /// Windows staged the replacement next to the running binary; a
-    /// daemon/terminal restart finishes it.
+    /// Windows started a helper that will replace the executable and
+    /// restart the daemon once the current process exits.
    Staged { latest: String },
 }

@@ -668,6 +668,7 @@ fn render_report(format: Format, report: &UpdateReport) -> Result<()> {
            }
            if matches!(report.install_action, Some("staged")) {
                println!("the detached update helper will apply the replacement after exit");
+                println!("if it fails, see the *.update-*.log file next to the executable");
            }
        }
        Format::Json => {
@@ -688,22 +689,22 @@ pub fn extract_bsk_binary(archive_bytes: &[u8], kind: ArchiveKind) -> Result<Vec
 }

 pub fn replace_binary_at_path(target: &Path, binary: &[u8]) -> Result<InstallAction> {
-    replace_binary_for_update(target, binary, false)
+    replace_binary_for_update(target, binary, None)
 }

 fn replace_binary_for_update(
    target: &Path,
    binary: &[u8],
-    restart_daemon: bool,
+    restart_args: Option<&StartArgs>,
 ) -> Result<InstallAction> {
    #[cfg(windows)]
    {
-        stage_windows_replacement(target, binary, restart_daemon)
+        stage_windows_replacement(target, binary, restart_args)
    }

    #[cfg(not(windows))]
    {
-        let _ = restart_daemon;
+        let _ = restart_args;
        replace_binary_atomically(target, binary)
    }
 }
@@ -749,33 +750,69 @@ fn replace_binary_atomically(target: &Path, binary: &[u8]) -> Result<InstallActi
 fn stage_windows_replacement(
    target: &Path,
    binary: &[u8],
-    restart_daemon: bool,
+    restart_args: Option<&StartArgs>,
 ) -> Result<InstallAction> {
-    let paths = staged_replacement_paths(target, std::process::id())?;
-    std::fs::write(&paths.binary_path, binary)
-        .with_context(|| format!("write {}", paths.binary_path.display()))?;
-    std::fs::write(
-        &paths.script_path,
-        windows_replacement_script(target, &paths.binary_path, restart_daemon),
-    )
-    .with_context(|| format!("write {}", paths.script_path.display()))?;
+    // The helper owns replacement/restart after this process exits. Do not
+    // report Staged until it has actually begun executing the script.
+    let _child = spawn_windows_replacement(target, binary, restart_args, 120)?;
+    Ok(InstallAction::Staged)
+}

-    const CREATE_NO_WINDOW: u32 = 0x0800_0000;
-    let command = format!("\"{}\"", paths.script_path.display());
-    if let Err(err) = Command::new("cmd.exe")
-        .args(["/D", "/S", "/C"])
-        .arg(command)
-        .stdin(Stdio::null())
-        .stdout(Stdio::null())
-        .stderr(Stdio::null())
-        .creation_flags(CREATE_NO_WINDOW)
-        .spawn()
-    {
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn spawn_windows_replacement(
+    target: &Path,
+    binary: &[u8],
+    restart_args: Option<&StartArgs>,
+    attempts: u32,
+) -> Result<windows::Helper> {
+    let paths = staged_replacement_paths(target, std::process::id())?;
+    let ready_path = paths.script_path.with_extension("ready");
+    let log_path = paths.script_path.with_extension("log");
+    let result = (|| {
+        // A previous failed attempt by this process must not acknowledge a
+        // new helper. All paths are private to this target and process id.
+        match std::fs::remove_file(&ready_path) {
+            Ok(()) => {}
+            Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => {}
+            Err(err) => return Err(err.into()),
+        }
+        std::fs::write(&paths.binary_path, binary)
+            .with_context(|| format!("write {}", paths.binary_path.display()))?;
+        std::fs::write(
+            &paths.script_path,
+            windows_replacement_script(restart_args, attempts),
+        )
+        .with_context(|| format!("write {}", paths.script_path.display()))?;
+        let mut child = windows::spawn(
+            &paths.script_path,
+            &paths.binary_path,
+            target,
+            &ready_path,
+            &log_path,
+        )
+        .context("launch detached Windows update helper")?;
+        let deadline = std::time::Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(5);
+        loop {
+            if std::fs::remove_file(&ready_path).is_ok() {
+                return Ok(child);
+            }
+            if let Some(status) = child.try_wait()? {
+                bail!("Windows update helper exited before becoming ready: {status}");
+            }
+            if std::time::Instant::now() >= deadline {
+                let _ = child.kill();
+                let _ = child.wait();
+                bail!("Windows update helper did not become ready within 5 seconds");
+            }
+            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20));
+        }
+    })();
+    if result.is_err() {
        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&paths.binary_path);
        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&paths.script_path);
-        return Err(err).context("launch detached Windows update helper");
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&ready_path);
    }
-    Ok(InstallAction::Staged)
+    result.with_context(|| format!("Windows update helper failed; see {}", log_path.display()))
 }

 pub fn staged_replacement_paths(target: &Path, pid: u32) -> Result<StagedReplacementPaths> {
@@ -792,25 +829,43 @@ pub fn staged_replacement_paths(target: &Path, pid: u32) -> Result<StagedReplace
 }

 #[cfg(any(windows, test))]
-fn windows_replacement_script(target: &Path, staged_binary: &Path, restart_daemon: bool) -> String {
-    let target = target.display().to_string().replace('%', "%%");
-    let staged_binary = staged_binary.display().to_string().replace('%', "%%");
-    let restart = if restart_daemon {
-        format!("start \"\" /B \"{target}\" daemon start >nul 2>nul\r\n")
-    } else {
-        String::new()
-    };
+fn windows_replacement_script(restart_args: Option<&StartArgs>, attempts: u32) -> String {
+    // Only fixed switches and numeric values go into the ASCII script. Paths
+    // stay in Unicode environment variables, including %, ! and shell symbols.
+    let restart = restart_args.map_or_else(String::new, |args| {
+        format!(
+            "\"%BSK_UPDATE_TARGET%\" daemon start --port {} --session-idle {}ms --daemon-idle {}ms\r\nif errorlevel 1 goto failed_restart\r\n",
+            args.resolved_port(),
+            args.resolved_session_idle().as_millis(),
+            args.resolved_daemon_idle().as_millis(),
+        )
+    });
    format!(
        "@echo off\r\n\
-         setlocal\r\n\
+         setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion\r\n\
+         > \"%BSK_UPDATE_READY%\" echo ready\r\n\
+         if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1\r\n\
+         set /a attempts=0\r\n\
         :retry\r\n\
-         move /Y \"{staged_binary}\" \"{target}\" >nul 2>nul\r\n\
-         if errorlevel 1 (\r\n\
-           timeout /t 1 /nobreak >nul\r\n\
-           goto retry\r\n\
-         )\r\n\
+         move /Y \"%BSK_UPDATE_SOURCE%\" \"%BSK_UPDATE_TARGET%\" >nul\r\n\
+         if not errorlevel 1 goto replaced\r\n\
+         set /a attempts+=1\r\n\
+         if %attempts% geq {attempts} goto failed_replace\r\n\
+         if not exist \"%BSK_UPDATE_SOURCE%\" goto failed_replace\r\n\
+         ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 >nul\r\n\
+         goto retry\r\n\
+         :failed_replace\r\n\
+         echo Failed to replace the executable after %attempts% attempts.\r\n\
+         goto failed\r\n\
+         :replaced\r\n\
         {restart}\
-         del /F /Q \"%~f0\" >nul 2>nul\r\n"
+         del /F /Q \"%BSK_UPDATE_LOG%\" >nul 2>nul\r\n\
+         (del /F /Q \"%BSK_UPDATE_SCRIPT%\" >nul 2>nul & exit 0)\r\n\
+         :failed_restart\r\n\
+         echo Replaced the executable but failed to restart the daemon.\r\n\
+         :failed\r\n\
+         del /F /Q \"%BSK_UPDATE_SOURCE%\" >nul 2>nul\r\n\
+         (del /F /Q \"%BSK_UPDATE_SCRIPT%\" >nul 2>nul & exit 1)\r\n"
    )
 }

@@ -964,6 +1019,7 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(extracted, b"windows binary");
    }

+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
    #[test]
    fn replaces_binary_at_path() {
        let tmp = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();
@@ -998,29 +1054,139 @@ mod tests {
    }

    #[test]
-    fn windows_replacement_script_retries_restarts_and_cleans_itself() {
-        let script = windows_replacement_script(
-            Path::new(r"C:\Program Files\bsk.exe"),
-            Path::new(r"C:\Program Files\bsk.exe.update-42"),
-            true,
+    fn windows_replacement_script_preserves_restart_config() {
+        let args = StartArgs {
+            port: Some(54321),
+            session_idle: Some(Duration::from_millis(1234)),
+            daemon_idle: Some(Duration::from_secs(75)),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let script = windows_replacement_script(Some(&args), 120);
+        assert!(script.is_ascii());
+        assert!(
+            script
+                .contains("daemon start --port 54321 --session-idle 1234ms --daemon-idle 75000ms")
        );
-
-        assert!(script.contains(":retry"));
-        assert!(script.contains("move /Y"));
-        assert!(script.contains(r#"start "" /B "C:\Program Files\bsk.exe" daemon start"#));
-        assert!(script.contains(r#"del /F /Q "%~f0""#));
+        assert!(!windows_replacement_script(None, 120).contains("daemon start"));
    }

-    #[test]
-    fn windows_replacement_script_omits_restart_when_daemon_was_not_running() {
-        let script = windows_replacement_script(
-            Path::new(r"C:\bsk.exe"),
-            Path::new(r"C:\bsk.exe.update-42"),
-            false,
-        );
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    fn wait_for_helper(mut child: windows::Helper) -> std::process::ExitStatus {
+        let deadline = std::time::Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(10);
+        loop {
+            if let Some(status) = child.try_wait().unwrap() {
+                return status;
+            }
+            if std::time::Instant::now() >= deadline {
+                let _ = child.kill();
+                let _ = child.wait();
+                panic!("Windows update helper did not exit");
+            }
+            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20));
+        }
+    }

-        assert!(!script.contains("daemon start"));
-        assert!(script.contains(r#"del /F /Q "%~f0""#));
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    #[test]
+    fn windows_helper_replaces_in_unicode_spaces_and_shell_symbol_paths() {
+        let tmp = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        for name in [
+            "ascii",
+            "with space",
+            "中文目录",
+            "literal %PATH% ! & (folder)",
+        ] {
+            let dir = tmp.path().join(name);
+            std::fs::create_dir(&dir).unwrap();
+            let target = dir.join("bsk.exe");
+            std::fs::write(&target, b"old binary").unwrap();
+            let child = spawn_windows_replacement(&target, b"new binary", None, 5).unwrap();
+            let paths = staged_replacement_paths(&target, std::process::id()).unwrap();
+            let status = wait_for_helper(child);
+            assert!(
+                status.success(),
+                "{name}: {:?}",
+                std::fs::read_to_string(paths.script_path.with_extension("log"))
+            );
+            assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&target).unwrap(), b"new binary", "{name}");
+            // Successful updates leave no helper, staged binary, ready file or log.
+            assert_eq!(std::fs::read_dir(&dir).unwrap().count(), 1, "{name}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    #[test]
+    fn windows_helper_waits_for_unlock_then_replaces() {
+        use std::os::windows::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
+        let tmp = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let target = tmp.path().join("bsk.exe");
+        std::fs::write(&target, b"old binary").unwrap();
+        // Deny delete sharing, like a running Windows executable.
+        let lock = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+            .read(true)
+            .share_mode(1)
+            .open(&target)
+            .unwrap();
+        let mut child = spawn_windows_replacement(&target, b"new binary", None, 5).unwrap();
+        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(150));
+        assert!(child.try_wait().unwrap().is_none());
+        assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&target).unwrap(), b"old binary");
+        drop(lock);
+        assert!(wait_for_helper(child).success());
+        assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&target).unwrap(), b"new binary");
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    #[test]
+    fn windows_helper_bounds_retries_and_preserves_old_binary_on_failure() {
+        use std::os::windows::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
+        let tmp = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let target = tmp.path().join("bsk.exe");
+        std::fs::write(&target, b"old binary").unwrap();
+        let _lock = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+            .read(true)
+            .share_mode(1)
+            .open(&target)
+            .unwrap();
+        let child = spawn_windows_replacement(&target, b"new binary", None, 2).unwrap();
+        assert!(!wait_for_helper(child).success());
+        let paths = staged_replacement_paths(&target, std::process::id()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&target).unwrap(), b"old binary");
+        assert!(!paths.binary_path.exists());
+        assert!(!paths.script_path.exists());
+        let log_bytes = std::fs::read(paths.script_path.with_extension("log")).unwrap();
+        let log = String::from_utf8_lossy(&log_bytes);
+        assert!(
+            log.contains("Failed to replace the executable after 2 attempts."),
+            "{log}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    #[test]
+    fn windows_helper_reports_restart_failure_without_losing_replacement() {
+        let tmp = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let target = tmp.path().join("bsk.exe");
+        std::fs::write(&target, b"old binary").unwrap();
+        // Not a valid PE executable: replacement succeeds but restart fails.
+        let child = spawn_windows_replacement(
+            &target,
+            b"invalid executable",
+            Some(&StartArgs::default()),
+            2,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        assert!(!wait_for_helper(child).success());
+        let paths = staged_replacement_paths(&target, std::process::id()).unwrap();
+        let bytes = std::fs::read(paths.script_path.with_extension("log")).unwrap();
+        let log = String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes);
+        assert!(
+            log.contains("Replaced the executable but failed to restart the daemon."),
+            "{log}"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&target).unwrap(), b"invalid executable");
+        assert!(!paths.script_path.exists());
+        assert!(!paths.binary_path.exists());
    }

    #[test]
@@ -1279,10 +1445,9 @@ mod tests {
    }

    #[test]
-    fn auto_update_step_staged_outcome_requests_no_restart() {
-        // The Windows shape: the replacement is staged next to the
-        // running binary, so the outcome must not ask for the immediate
-        // self-restart that `Replaced` triggers.
+    fn auto_update_step_reports_staged_handoff() {
+        // The helper, rather than this process, starts the new executable.
+        // The daemon must exit to let that staged handoff finish.
        let candidate = test_candidate();
        let outcome =
            auto_update_step(Some(&candidate), true, 0, |_| Ok(InstallAction::Staged)).unwrap();
@@ -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()
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+//! `bsk upload` — stage caller-readable files and attach them to a page.
+
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::Read;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use anyhow::Context;
+use base64::Engine;
+use bsk_protocol::Method;
+use bsk_protocol::tools::{
+    TransferBeginParams, TransferBeginResult, TransferChunkParams, TransferChunkResult,
+    TransferIdParams, TransferReadyResult, UploadFile, UploadMode, UploadParams, UploadResult,
+};
+use clap::{Args, ValueEnum};
+
+use crate::cli::ensure_daemon::ensure_daemon;
+use crate::cli::error::{CliError, Format};
+use crate::cli::interaction::split_target;
+use crate::cli::navigate::parse_timeout_ms;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, ValueEnum)]
+pub enum UploadModeArg {
+    #[default]
+    Input,
+    Drop,
+}
+
+impl From<UploadModeArg> for UploadMode {
+    fn from(value: UploadModeArg) -> Self {
+        match value {
+            UploadModeArg::Input => Self::Input,
+            UploadModeArg::Drop => Self::Drop,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Args)]
+pub struct UploadArgs {
+    /// Snapshot ref (`@e3`) or CSS selector for the chooser trigger / drop target.
+    pub target: Option<String>,
+    #[arg(long = "ref")]
+    pub ref_: Option<String>,
+    #[arg(long = "selector")]
+    pub selector: Option<String>,
+    /// Local file to upload. Repeat for a multiple-file input.
+    #[arg(long = "file", required = true)]
+    pub files: Vec<PathBuf>,
+    /// Browser mechanism used to deliver the staged files.
+    #[arg(long, value_enum, default_value_t)]
+    pub mode: UploadModeArg,
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub session: String,
+    #[arg(long = "tab-id")]
+    pub tab_id: Option<i64>,
+    #[arg(long, default_value = "2m", value_parser = parse_timeout_ms)]
+    pub timeout: u32,
+}
+
+pub fn dispatch(args: UploadArgs, format: Format) -> Result<(), CliError> {
+    if args.files.len() > crate::daemon::file_transfer::MAX_UPLOAD_FILES {
+        return Err(CliError::Local(anyhow::anyhow!(
+            "upload accepts at most {} files",
+            crate::daemon::file_transfer::MAX_UPLOAD_FILES
+        )));
+    }
+    let info = ensure_daemon().context("ensure daemon is running")?;
+    let (ref_, selector) = split_target(args.target, args.ref_, args.selector)?;
+    let mut staged = Vec::new();
+    for path in &args.files {
+        if let Err(err) = stage_file(&info.sock_path, &args.session, path, &mut staged) {
+            let _ = crate::cli::business_rpc::release_transfers(
+                &info.sock_path,
+                staged.iter().map(|(id, _)| id.as_str()),
+            );
+            return Err(err);
+        }
+    }
+    let params = UploadParams {
+        session_id: args.session,
+        ref_,
+        selector,
+        tab_id: args.tab_id,
+        files: staged
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(id, name)| UploadFile {
+                transfer_id: id.clone(),
+                name: name.clone(),
+                staged_path: None,
+            })
+            .collect(),
+        mode: args.mode.into(),
+        timeout_ms: Some(args.timeout),
+    };
+    let result = crate::cli::business_rpc::call::<_, UploadResult>(
+        info.sock_path.clone(),
+        "upload",
+        Method::ToolUpload,
+        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.
+    // Session teardown remains the single cleanup boundary after dispatch.
+    let reply = result?;
+    match format {
+        Format::Json => println!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&reply).unwrap()),
+        Format::Human => println!(
+            "upload ok tab={} files={}",
+            reply.tab_id,
+            reply.file_names.join(", ")
+        ),
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+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)?;
+    let meta = file
+        .metadata()
+        .with_context(|| format!("read upload file metadata {}", path.display()))
+        .map_err(CliError::Local)?;
+    if !meta.is_file() {
+        return Err(CliError::Local(anyhow::anyhow!(
+            "upload source is not a regular file: {}",
+            path.display()
+        )));
+    }
+    let name = path
+        .file_name()
+        .and_then(|v| v.to_str())
+        .filter(|v| !v.is_empty())
+        .ok_or_else(|| CliError::Local(anyhow::anyhow!("upload file has no valid basename")))?
+        .to_string();
+    let begin: TransferBeginResult = crate::cli::business_rpc::call(
+        sock.to_path_buf(),
+        "transfer-begin",
+        Method::TransferBegin,
+        Some(TransferBeginParams {
+            session_id: session.to_string(),
+            name: name.clone(),
+            byte_size: meta.len(),
+        }),
+        Duration::from_secs(10),
+    )?;
+    // Record ownership immediately so one error path releases both completed
+    // files and the current partially staged file.
+    staged.push((begin.transfer_id.clone(), name));
+    let mut offset = 0u64;
+    let mut buf = vec![0u8; begin.chunk_size as usize];
+    loop {
+        let n = file.read(&mut buf).map_err(|e| CliError::Local(e.into()))?;
+        if n == 0 {
+            break;
+        }
+        let reply: TransferChunkResult = crate::cli::business_rpc::call(
+            sock.to_path_buf(),
+            "transfer-chunk",
+            Method::TransferChunk,
+            Some(TransferChunkParams {
+                transfer_id: begin.transfer_id.clone(),
+                offset,
+                data_base64: base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(&buf[..n]),
+            }),
+            Duration::from_secs(30),
+        )?;
+        offset = reply.next_offset;
+    }
+    let _: TransferReadyResult = crate::cli::business_rpc::call(
+        sock.to_path_buf(),
+        "transfer-finish",
+        Method::TransferFinish,
+        Some(TransferIdParams {
+            transfer_id: begin.transfer_id.clone(),
+        }),
+        Duration::from_secs(10),
+    )?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn ipc_timeout(timeout_ms: u32) -> Duration {
+    Duration::from_millis(u64::from(timeout_ms) + 5_000)
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,728 @@
+//! Session-scoped, content-transparent staging for upload/download tools.
+//!
+//! The registry deliberately exposes no arbitrary-path operations. Upload
+//! bytes arrive from the invoking CLI in bounded chunks; browser downloads
+//! land in a daemon-minted directory and are read back by the invoking CLI.
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::fs::{self, File, OpenOptions};
+use std::io::{Read, Seek, SeekFrom, Write};
+use std::path::{Component, Path, PathBuf};
+use std::sync::Mutex;
+
+use base64::Engine;
+use bsk_protocol::tools::{
+    TransferBeginParams, TransferBeginResult, TransferChunkParams, TransferChunkResult,
+    TransferIdParams, TransferReadyResult, TransferReleaseResult,
+};
+use bsk_protocol::{ErrorCode, RpcError};
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+use super::paths;
+
+pub const TRANSFER_CHUNK_SIZE: u32 = 512 * 1024;
+pub const MAX_TRANSFER_BYTES: u64 = 512 * 1024 * 1024;
+pub const MAX_UPLOAD_FILES: usize = 20;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+enum Direction {
+    Upload,
+    Download,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Entry {
+    session_id: String,
+    direction: Direction,
+    path: PathBuf,
+    expected_size: Option<u64>,
+    written: u64,
+    ready: bool,
+}
+
+/// Browser download path after the daemon has verified that it belongs to
+/// the capability minted for this transfer. From this point onward the daemon
+/// owns cleanup on every error path; unvalidated arbitrary paths are never
+/// removed.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct ValidatedBrowserFile {
+    path: PathBuf,
+    parent: PathBuf,
+    cleanup_armed: bool,
+}
+
+impl ValidatedBrowserFile {
+    fn validate(reported_path: &Path, transfer_id: &str) -> Result<Self, RpcError> {
+        if !reported_path.is_absolute() {
+            return Err(permission(
+                "download path is outside its browser capability",
+            ));
+        }
+        let expected_parent = Path::new("BrowserSkill").join(transfer_id);
+        let parent = reported_path
+            .parent()
+            .ok_or_else(|| permission("download path has no parent directory"))?;
+        if !parent.ends_with(&expected_parent) {
+            return Err(permission(
+                "download escaped its browser capability directory",
+            ));
+        }
+        for path in [reported_path, parent] {
+            if fs::symlink_metadata(path)
+                .map_err(io_error)?
+                .file_type()
+                .is_symlink()
+            {
+                return Err(permission("download capability path contains a symlink"));
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(Self {
+            path: reported_path.to_path_buf(),
+            parent: parent.to_path_buf(),
+            cleanup_armed: true,
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn remove_source(mut self) -> Result<(), RpcError> {
+        remove_if_present(&self.path).map_err(io_error)?;
+        remove_dir_if_present(&self.parent).map_err(io_error)?;
+        self.cleanup_armed = false;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for ValidatedBrowserFile {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        if !self.cleanup_armed {
+            return;
+        }
+        let _ = remove_if_present(&self.path);
+        let _ = remove_dir_if_present(&self.parent);
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct DownloadStaging {
+    pub transfer_id: String,
+    pub browser_relative_dir: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct TransferRegistry {
+    root: PathBuf,
+    initialized: Mutex<bool>,
+    entries: Mutex<HashMap<String, Entry>>,
+}
+
+impl TransferRegistry {
+    pub fn new() -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            root: paths::bsk_home()?.join("run").join("transfers"),
+            initialized: Mutex::new(false),
+            entries: Mutex::new(HashMap::new()),
+        })
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    fn at_root(root: PathBuf) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        let registry = Self {
+            root,
+            initialized: Mutex::new(false),
+            entries: Mutex::new(HashMap::new()),
+        };
+        registry.ensure_root()?;
+        Ok(registry)
+    }
+
+    pub fn initialize(&self) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        self.ensure_root()
+    }
+
+    fn ensure_root(&self) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let mut initialized = self.initialized.lock().unwrap();
+        if *initialized {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        if self.root.exists() {
+            // Transfers never survive a daemon; removing stale directories on
+            // startup gives crash cleanup without a second persistence model.
+            let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(&self.root);
+        }
+        fs::create_dir_all(&self.root)?;
+        #[cfg(unix)]
+        {
+            use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+            fs::set_permissions(&self.root, fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o700))?;
+        }
+        *initialized = true;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn begin_upload(&self, p: TransferBeginParams) -> Result<TransferBeginResult, RpcError> {
+        self.ensure_root()
+            .map_err(|err| protocol_error(err.to_string()))?;
+        let basename = safe_upload_basename(&p.name)?;
+        if p.byte_size > MAX_TRANSFER_BYTES {
+            return Err(invalid(format!(
+                "file size {} exceeds transfer limit {}",
+                p.byte_size, MAX_TRANSFER_BYTES
+            )));
+        }
+        let mut entries = self.entries.lock().unwrap();
+        let session_bytes: u64 = entries
+            .values()
+            .filter(|entry| entry.session_id == p.session_id)
+            .map(|entry| entry.expected_size.unwrap_or(entry.written))
+            .sum();
+        if session_bytes.saturating_add(p.byte_size) > MAX_TRANSFER_BYTES {
+            return Err(invalid(format!(
+                "session transfer staging exceeds limit {}",
+                MAX_TRANSFER_BYTES
+            )));
+        }
+        let id = new_id();
+        let dir = self.root.join(&id);
+        fs::create_dir(&dir).map_err(io_error)?;
+        set_private_dir(&dir).map_err(io_error)?;
+        let path = dir.join(basename);
+        let file = OpenOptions::new()
+            .write(true)
+            .create_new(true)
+            .open(&path)
+            .map_err(io_error)?;
+        set_private_file(&file).map_err(io_error)?;
+        entries.insert(
+            id.clone(),
+            Entry {
+                session_id: p.session_id,
+                direction: Direction::Upload,
+                path,
+                expected_size: Some(p.byte_size),
+                written: 0,
+                ready: false,
+            },
+        );
+        Ok(TransferBeginResult {
+            transfer_id: id,
+            chunk_size: TRANSFER_CHUNK_SIZE,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn write_chunk(&self, p: TransferChunkParams) -> Result<TransferChunkResult, RpcError> {
+        let bytes = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD
+            .decode(p.data_base64)
+            .map_err(|e| invalid(format!("invalid transfer chunk: {e}")))?;
+        if bytes.len() > TRANSFER_CHUNK_SIZE as usize {
+            return Err(invalid("transfer chunk exceeds negotiated size"));
+        }
+        let mut entries = self.entries.lock().unwrap();
+        let entry = entries
+            .get_mut(&p.transfer_id)
+            .ok_or_else(|| not_found("transfer not found"))?;
+        if entry.direction != Direction::Upload || entry.ready {
+            return Err(invalid("transfer is not writable"));
+        }
+        if p.offset != entry.written {
+            return Err(invalid(format!(
+                "non-sequential transfer offset: expected {}, got {}",
+                entry.written, p.offset
+            )));
+        }
+        let next = entry.written.saturating_add(bytes.len() as u64);
+        if next > entry.expected_size.unwrap_or(MAX_TRANSFER_BYTES) {
+            return Err(invalid("transfer exceeds declared byte size"));
+        }
+        let mut file = OpenOptions::new()
+            .append(true)
+            .open(&entry.path)
+            .map_err(io_error)?;
+        file.write_all(&bytes).map_err(io_error)?;
+        entry.written = next;
+        Ok(TransferChunkResult {
+            next_offset: next,
+            eof: false,
+            data_base64: None,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn finish_upload(&self, p: TransferIdParams) -> Result<TransferReadyResult, RpcError> {
+        let mut entries = self.entries.lock().unwrap();
+        let entry = entries
+            .get_mut(&p.transfer_id)
+            .ok_or_else(|| not_found("transfer not found"))?;
+        if entry.direction != Direction::Upload {
+            return Err(invalid("transfer is not an upload"));
+        }
+        if entry.written != entry.expected_size.unwrap_or(entry.written) {
+            return Err(invalid(format!(
+                "incomplete transfer: expected {} bytes, received {}",
+                entry.expected_size.unwrap_or(0),
+                entry.written
+            )));
+        }
+        entry.ready = true;
+        Ok(TransferReadyResult {
+            transfer_id: p.transfer_id,
+            byte_size: entry.written,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn resolve_uploads(
+        &self,
+        session_id: &str,
+        ids: &[String],
+    ) -> Result<Vec<PathBuf>, RpcError> {
+        let entries = self.entries.lock().unwrap();
+        ids.iter()
+            .map(|id| {
+                let entry = entries
+                    .get(id)
+                    .ok_or_else(|| not_found("upload transfer not found"))?;
+                if entry.session_id != session_id
+                    || entry.direction != Direction::Upload
+                    || !entry.ready
+                {
+                    return Err(permission(
+                        "upload transfer is outside this session or not ready",
+                    ));
+                }
+                Ok(entry.path.clone())
+            })
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    pub fn begin_download(&self, session_id: &str) -> Result<DownloadStaging, RpcError> {
+        self.ensure_root()
+            .map_err(|err| protocol_error(err.to_string()))?;
+        let id = new_id();
+        let dir = self.root.join(&id);
+        fs::create_dir(&dir).map_err(io_error)?;
+        set_private_dir(&dir).map_err(io_error)?;
+        self.entries.lock().unwrap().insert(
+            id.clone(),
+            Entry {
+                session_id: session_id.to_string(),
+                direction: Direction::Download,
+                path: dir.clone(),
+                expected_size: None,
+                written: 0,
+                ready: false,
+            },
+        );
+        Ok(DownloadStaging {
+            browser_relative_dir: format!("BrowserSkill/{id}"),
+            transfer_id: id,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn import_download(&self, id: &str, reported_path: &Path) -> Result<u64, RpcError> {
+        let mut entries = self.entries.lock().unwrap();
+        let entry = entries
+            .get_mut(id)
+            .ok_or_else(|| not_found("download transfer not found"))?;
+        if entry.direction != Direction::Download {
+            return Err(permission("transfer is not a download capability"));
+        }
+        let browser_file = ValidatedBrowserFile::validate(reported_path, id)?;
+        let canonical = browser_file.path.canonicalize().map_err(io_error)?;
+        let meta = fs::metadata(&canonical).map_err(io_error)?;
+        if !meta.is_file() || meta.len() > MAX_TRANSFER_BYTES {
+            return Err(invalid(
+                "download is not a regular file or exceeds the transfer limit",
+            ));
+        }
+
+        let destination = entry.path.join("payload");
+        let source = File::open(&canonical).map_err(io_error)?;
+        let mut destination_file = OpenOptions::new()
+            .write(true)
+            .create_new(true)
+            .open(&destination)
+            .map_err(io_error)?;
+        let copied = std::io::copy(
+            &mut source.take(MAX_TRANSFER_BYTES.saturating_add(1)),
+            &mut destination_file,
+        )
+        .map_err(io_error)?;
+        if copied > MAX_TRANSFER_BYTES {
+            let _ = fs::remove_file(&destination);
+            return Err(invalid("download exceeds the transfer limit"));
+        }
+        entry.path = destination;
+        entry.written = copied;
+        entry.expected_size = Some(copied);
+        entry.ready = true;
+        browser_file.remove_source()?;
+        Ok(copied)
+    }
+
+    pub fn read_chunk(&self, p: TransferChunkParams) -> Result<TransferChunkResult, RpcError> {
+        let entries = self.entries.lock().unwrap();
+        let entry = entries
+            .get(&p.transfer_id)
+            .ok_or_else(|| not_found("transfer not found"))?;
+        if entry.direction != Direction::Download || !entry.ready {
+            return Err(invalid("transfer is not readable"));
+        }
+        if p.offset > entry.written {
+            return Err(invalid("read offset is beyond transfer length"));
+        }
+        let mut file = File::open(&entry.path).map_err(io_error)?;
+        file.seek(SeekFrom::Start(p.offset)).map_err(io_error)?;
+        let mut buf = vec![0u8; TRANSFER_CHUNK_SIZE as usize];
+        let count = file.read(&mut buf).map_err(io_error)?;
+        buf.truncate(count);
+        let next = p.offset + count as u64;
+        Ok(TransferChunkResult {
+            next_offset: next,
+            eof: next >= entry.written,
+            data_base64: Some(base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(buf)),
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn release(&self, p: TransferIdParams) -> TransferReleaseResult {
+        let entry = self.entries.lock().unwrap().remove(&p.transfer_id);
+        if let Some(entry) = entry {
+            let dir = if entry.path.is_dir() {
+                entry.path
+            } else {
+                entry.path.parent().unwrap_or(&self.root).to_path_buf()
+            };
+            let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(dir);
+            TransferReleaseResult { released: true }
+        } else {
+            TransferReleaseResult { released: false }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn release_session(&self, session_id: &str) {
+        let ids: Vec<String> = self
+            .entries
+            .lock()
+            .unwrap()
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|(_, entry)| entry.session_id == session_id)
+            .map(|(id, _)| id.clone())
+            .collect();
+        for id in ids {
+            self.release(TransferIdParams { transfer_id: id });
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn new_id() -> String {
+    format!("tr_{}", Uuid::new_v4().simple())
+}
+
+fn set_private_dir(path: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+        fs::set_permissions(path, fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o700))?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn set_private_file(file: &File) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+        file.set_permissions(fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o600))?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn remove_if_present(path: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    match fs::remove_file(path) {
+        Ok(()) => Ok(()),
+        Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => Ok(()),
+        Err(err) => Err(err),
+    }
+}
+
+fn remove_dir_if_present(path: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    match fs::remove_dir(path) {
+        Ok(()) => Ok(()),
+        Err(err) if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => Ok(()),
+        Err(err) => Err(err),
+    }
+}
+
+fn safe_upload_basename(name: &str) -> Result<&str, RpcError> {
+    if name.is_empty() || name.contains(['/', '\\', '\0']) {
+        return Err(invalid("upload name must be a safe basename"));
+    }
+    let mut components = Path::new(name).components();
+    match (components.next(), components.next()) {
+        (Some(Component::Normal(_)), None) => Ok(name),
+        _ => Err(invalid("upload name must be a safe basename")),
+    }
+}
+
+fn invalid(message: impl Into<String>) -> RpcError {
+    RpcError {
+        code: ErrorCode::InvalidParams,
+        message: message.into(),
+        data: None,
+    }
+}
+fn not_found(message: impl Into<String>) -> RpcError {
+    RpcError {
+        code: ErrorCode::NotFound,
+        message: message.into(),
+        data: None,
+    }
+}
+fn permission(message: impl Into<String>) -> RpcError {
+    RpcError {
+        code: ErrorCode::PermissionDenied,
+        message: message.into(),
+        data: None,
+    }
+}
+fn io_error(err: std::io::Error) -> RpcError {
+    RpcError {
+        code: ErrorCode::ProtocolError,
+        message: err.to_string(),
+        data: None,
+    }
+}
+
+fn protocol_error(message: impl Into<String>) -> RpcError {
+    RpcError {
+        code: ErrorCode::ProtocolError,
+        message: message.into(),
+        data: None,
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn registry() -> (tempfile::TempDir, TransferRegistry) {
+        let temp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let registry = TransferRegistry::at_root(temp.path().join("transfers")).unwrap();
+        (temp, registry)
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn upload_is_not_resolvable_until_complete_or_from_another_session() {
+        let (_temp, registry) = registry();
+        let begin = registry
+            .begin_upload(TransferBeginParams {
+                session_id: "s1".into(),
+                name: "image.png".into(),
+                byte_size: 3,
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            registry
+                .resolve_uploads("s1", std::slice::from_ref(&begin.transfer_id))
+                .is_err()
+        );
+        registry
+            .write_chunk(TransferChunkParams {
+                transfer_id: begin.transfer_id.clone(),
+                offset: 0,
+                data_base64: base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(b"abc"),
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+        registry
+            .finish_upload(TransferIdParams {
+                transfer_id: begin.transfer_id.clone(),
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            registry
+                .resolve_uploads("s2", std::slice::from_ref(&begin.transfer_id))
+                .is_err()
+        );
+        let [path] = registry
+            .resolve_uploads("s1", &[begin.transfer_id])
+            .unwrap()
+            .try_into()
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(path.file_name().unwrap(), "image.png");
+        assert_eq!(fs::read(path).unwrap(), b"abc");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn upload_name_must_be_one_safe_path_component() {
+        let (_temp, registry) = registry();
+        for name in ["", ".", "..", "../secret", "folder/file", "folder\\file"] {
+            let result = registry.begin_upload(TransferBeginParams {
+                session_id: "s1".into(),
+                name: name.into(),
+                byte_size: 0,
+            });
+            assert!(result.is_err(), "accepted unsafe upload name");
+        }
+        assert!(registry.entries.lock().unwrap().is_empty());
+        assert!(fs::read_dir(&registry.root).unwrap().next().is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn same_upload_names_are_isolated_by_transfer_directory() {
+        let (_temp, registry) = registry();
+        let first = registry
+            .begin_upload(TransferBeginParams {
+                session_id: "s1".into(),
+                name: "image.png".into(),
+                byte_size: 0,
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+        let second = registry
+            .begin_upload(TransferBeginParams {
+                session_id: "s1".into(),
+                name: "image.png".into(),
+                byte_size: 0,
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+        let entries = registry.entries.lock().unwrap();
+        let first_path = &entries[&first.transfer_id].path;
+        let second_path = &entries[&second.transfer_id].path;
+        assert_ne!(first_path.parent(), second_path.parent());
+        assert_eq!(first_path.file_name().unwrap(), "image.png");
+        assert_eq!(second_path.file_name().unwrap(), "image.png");
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    #[test]
+    fn upload_staging_is_private() {
+        use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+
+        let (_temp, registry) = registry();
+        let begin = registry
+            .begin_upload(TransferBeginParams {
+                session_id: "s1".into(),
+                name: "private.png".into(),
+                byte_size: 0,
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+        let entries = registry.entries.lock().unwrap();
+        let path = &entries[&begin.transfer_id].path;
+        assert_eq!(
+            fs::metadata(path.parent().unwrap())
+                .unwrap()
+                .permissions()
+                .mode()
+                & 0o777,
+            0o700
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            fs::metadata(path).unwrap().permissions().mode() & 0o777,
+            0o600
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn download_must_import_from_its_browser_capability_directory() {
+        let (temp, registry) = registry();
+        let staging = registry.begin_download("s1").unwrap();
+        let outside = temp.path().join("outside.bin");
+        fs::write(&outside, b"secret").unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            registry
+                .import_download(&staging.transfer_id, &outside)
+                .is_err()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(fs::read(&outside).unwrap(), b"secret");
+
+        let browser_dir = temp
+            .path()
+            .join("Downloads")
+            .join("BrowserSkill")
+            .join(&staging.transfer_id);
+        fs::create_dir_all(&browser_dir).unwrap();
+        let inside = browser_dir.join("result.bin");
+        fs::write(&inside, b"result").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            registry
+                .import_download(&staging.transfer_id, &inside)
+                .unwrap(),
+            6
+        );
+        assert!(!inside.exists());
+        let chunk = registry
+            .read_chunk(TransferChunkParams {
+                transfer_id: staging.transfer_id,
+                offset: 0,
+                data_base64: String::new(),
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD
+                .decode(chunk.data_base64.unwrap())
+                .unwrap(),
+            b"result"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn validated_oversized_browser_download_is_removed_on_rejection() {
+        let (temp, registry) = registry();
+        let staging = registry.begin_download("s1").unwrap();
+        let browser_dir = temp
+            .path()
+            .join("Downloads")
+            .join("BrowserSkill")
+            .join(&staging.transfer_id);
+        fs::create_dir_all(&browser_dir).unwrap();
+        let inside = browser_dir.join("oversized.bin");
+        File::create(&inside)
+            .unwrap()
+            .set_len(MAX_TRANSFER_BYTES + 1)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        assert!(
+            registry
+                .import_download(&staging.transfer_id, &inside)
+                .is_err()
+        );
+        assert!(!inside.exists());
+        assert!(!browser_dir.exists());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn releasing_a_session_removes_all_staging() {
+        let (_temp, registry) = registry();
+        let first = registry.begin_download("s1").unwrap();
+        let second = registry.begin_download("s2").unwrap();
+        let first_directory = registry.root.join(&first.transfer_id);
+        let second_directory = registry.root.join(&second.transfer_id);
+        registry.release_session("s1");
+        assert!(!first_directory.exists());
+        assert!(second_directory.exists());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn upload_staging_is_bounded_across_a_session() {
+        let (_temp, registry) = registry();
+        registry
+            .begin_upload(TransferBeginParams {
+                session_id: "s1".into(),
+                name: "large.bin".into(),
+                byte_size: MAX_TRANSFER_BYTES,
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            registry
+                .begin_upload(TransferBeginParams {
+                    session_id: "s1".into(),
+                    name: "one-more-byte.bin".into(),
+                    byte_size: 1,
+                })
+                .is_err()
+        );
+        assert!(
+            registry
+                .begin_upload(TransferBeginParams {
+                    session_id: "s2".into(),
+                    name: "other-session.bin".into(),
+                    byte_size: 1,
+                })
+                .is_ok()
+        );
+    }
+}
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ use bsk_protocol::system::{
    VersionSkewEntry,
 };
 use bsk_protocol::tools::{
-    HelpOutcome, RequestHelpResult, ReturnFailure, WaitMsParams, WaitMsResult,
+    DownloadParams, DownloadResult, HelpOutcome, RequestHelpResult, ReturnFailure,
+    TransferBeginParams, TransferIdParams, UploadParams, WaitMsParams, WaitMsResult,
 };
 use bsk_protocol::{
    CancelParams, CancelResult, ErrorCode, Method, PingResult, ResponseBody, RpcError, RpcId,
@@ -61,6 +62,10 @@ pub type RpcHandler = Arc<
 >;

 const DEFAULT_RPC_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(15);
+// The upload transaction owns its operation deadline and may need a bounded
+// cleanup before it can return a useful structured error. Keep only that
+// transport alive slightly longer so it does not replace the result.
+const EXTENSION_RESPONSE_GRACE: Duration = Duration::from_secs(2);
 /// Upper bound on `wait_for_browser_ms` accepted over IPC.
 const MAX_BROWSER_WAIT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(60);
 // `session.stop` fast-fails while another tool is active; this budget
@@ -223,6 +228,11 @@ pub fn full_handler(status: DaemonStatus, state: Arc<DaemonState>) -> RpcHandler
                    Ok(v) => ResponseBody::Ok(v),
                    Err(e) => ResponseBody::Err(e),
                },
+                Method::TransferBegin => handle_transfer_begin(&state, params),
+                Method::TransferChunk => handle_transfer_chunk(&state, params),
+                Method::TransferFinish => handle_transfer_finish(&state, params),
+                Method::TransferRead => handle_transfer_read(&state, params),
+                Method::TransferRelease => handle_transfer_release(&state, params),
                Method::ToolTabList
                | Method::ToolTabCreate
                | Method::ToolTabClose
@@ -246,6 +256,8 @@ pub fn full_handler(status: DaemonStatus, state: Arc<DaemonState>) -> RpcHandler
                | Method::ToolFill
                | Method::ToolPress
                | Method::ToolSelect
+                | Method::ToolUpload
+                | Method::ToolDownload
                | Method::ToolEvaluate
                | Method::ToolWaitForNavigation
                | Method::ToolRequestHelp
@@ -324,7 +336,7 @@ async fn handle_tool_dispatch(
            data: None,
        });
    }
-    let timeout = match tool_dispatch_timeout(&params) {
+    let timeout = match tool_dispatch_transport_timeout(&method, &params) {
        Ok(timeout) => timeout,
        Err(err) => return ResponseBody::Err(err),
    };
@@ -338,24 +350,180 @@ async fn handle_tool_dispatch(
            });
        }
    };
+    let mut params = params;
+    let mut download_transfer_id: Option<String> = None;
+    if method == Method::ToolUpload {
+        let mut upload: UploadParams = match serde_json::from_value(params) {
+            Ok(v) => v,
+            Err(err) => return ResponseBody::Err(invalid_params(err.to_string())),
+        };
+        if upload.files.is_empty() || upload.files.len() > super::file_transfer::MAX_UPLOAD_FILES {
+            return ResponseBody::Err(invalid_params(format!(
+                "upload requires 1..={} files",
+                super::file_transfer::MAX_UPLOAD_FILES
+            )));
+        }
+        let ids: Vec<String> = upload.files.iter().map(|f| f.transfer_id.clone()).collect();
+        let paths = match state.transfers.resolve_uploads(&session_id.0, &ids) {
+            Ok(v) => v,
+            Err(err) => return ResponseBody::Err(err),
+        };
+        for (file, path) in upload.files.iter_mut().zip(paths) {
+            file.staged_path = Some(path.to_string_lossy().into_owned());
+        }
+        params = serde_json::to_value(upload).unwrap_or(Value::Null);
+    } else if method == Method::ToolDownload {
+        let mut download: DownloadParams = match serde_json::from_value(params) {
+            Ok(v) => v,
+            Err(err) => return ResponseBody::Err(invalid_params(err.to_string())),
+        };
+        let staging = match state.transfers.begin_download(&session_id.0) {
+            Ok(v) => v,
+            Err(err) => return ResponseBody::Err(err),
+        };
+        download.browser_relative_dir = Some(staging.browser_relative_dir);
+        download.max_byte_size = Some(super::file_transfer::MAX_TRANSFER_BYTES);
+        download_transfer_id = Some(staging.transfer_id);
+        params = serde_json::to_value(download).unwrap_or(Value::Null);
+    }
    let entry = inflight_guard.entry();
    // `record_stop` must reach the extension while `record_await` holds the
    // serial busy lock — finishing the recording unblocks await.
    let outcome = if method == Method::ToolRecordStop {
        state
            .tool_queues
-            .dispatch_unlocked(&session_id, method, params, timeout, Some(entry))
+            .dispatch_unlocked(&session_id, method.clone(), params, timeout, Some(entry))
            .await
    } else {
        state
            .tool_queues
-            .dispatch(&session_id, method, params, timeout, Some(entry))
+            .dispatch(&session_id, method.clone(), params, timeout, Some(entry))
            .await
    };
    drop(inflight_guard);
    match outcome {
+        Ok(v) if method == Method::ToolDownload => {
+            let id = download_transfer_id.expect("download transfer allocated");
+            let mut result: DownloadResult = match serde_json::from_value(v) {
+                Ok(v) => v,
+                Err(err) => {
+                    state
+                        .transfers
+                        .release(TransferIdParams { transfer_id: id });
+                    return ResponseBody::Err(RpcError {
+                        code: ErrorCode::ProtocolError,
+                        message: format!("invalid tool.download result: {err}"),
+                        data: None,
+                    });
+                }
+            };
+            let Some(path) = result.browser_path.take() else {
+                state
+                    .transfers
+                    .release(TransferIdParams { transfer_id: id });
+                return ResponseBody::Err(RpcError {
+                    code: ErrorCode::ProtocolError,
+                    message: "tool.download returned no browser_path".into(),
+                    data: None,
+                });
+            };
+            match state
+                .transfers
+                .import_download(&id, std::path::Path::new(&path))
+            {
+                Ok(size) => {
+                    result.byte_size = size;
+                    result.transfer_id = Some(id);
+                    ResponseBody::Ok(serde_json::to_value(result).unwrap_or(Value::Null))
+                }
+                Err(err) => {
+                    state
+                        .transfers
+                        .release(TransferIdParams { transfer_id: id });
+                    ResponseBody::Err(err)
+                }
+            }
+        }
        Ok(v) => ResponseBody::Ok(v),
-        Err(err) => ResponseBody::Err(err.into_rpc()),
+        Err(err) => {
+            if let Some(id) = download_transfer_id {
+                state
+                    .transfers
+                    .release(TransferIdParams { transfer_id: id });
+            }
+            ResponseBody::Err(err.into_rpc())
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn handle_transfer_begin(state: &Arc<DaemonState>, params: Value) -> ResponseBody {
+    let p: TransferBeginParams = match serde_json::from_value(params) {
+        Ok(v) => v,
+        Err(err) => return ResponseBody::Err(invalid_params(err.to_string())),
+    };
+    if state
+        .sessions
+        .get(&SessionId(p.session_id.clone()))
+        .is_none()
+    {
+        return ResponseBody::Err(RpcError {
+            code: ErrorCode::NotFound,
+            message: format!("session {} unknown", p.session_id),
+            data: None,
+        });
+    }
+    match state.transfers.begin_upload(p) {
+        Ok(v) => ResponseBody::Ok(serde_json::to_value(v).unwrap_or(Value::Null)),
+        Err(err) => ResponseBody::Err(err),
+    }
+}
+
+fn handle_transfer_chunk(state: &Arc<DaemonState>, params: Value) -> ResponseBody {
+    let p = match serde_json::from_value(params) {
+        Ok(v) => v,
+        Err(err) => return ResponseBody::Err(invalid_params(err.to_string())),
+    };
+    match state.transfers.write_chunk(p) {
+        Ok(v) => ResponseBody::Ok(serde_json::to_value(v).unwrap_or(Value::Null)),
+        Err(err) => ResponseBody::Err(err),
+    }
+}
+
+fn handle_transfer_finish(state: &Arc<DaemonState>, params: Value) -> ResponseBody {
+    let p = match serde_json::from_value(params) {
+        Ok(v) => v,
+        Err(err) => return ResponseBody::Err(invalid_params(err.to_string())),
+    };
+    match state.transfers.finish_upload(p) {
+        Ok(v) => ResponseBody::Ok(serde_json::to_value(v).unwrap_or(Value::Null)),
+        Err(err) => ResponseBody::Err(err),
+    }
+}
+
+fn handle_transfer_read(state: &Arc<DaemonState>, params: Value) -> ResponseBody {
+    let p = match serde_json::from_value(params) {
+        Ok(v) => v,
+        Err(err) => return ResponseBody::Err(invalid_params(err.to_string())),
+    };
+    match state.transfers.read_chunk(p) {
+        Ok(v) => ResponseBody::Ok(serde_json::to_value(v).unwrap_or(Value::Null)),
+        Err(err) => ResponseBody::Err(err),
+    }
+}
+
+fn handle_transfer_release(state: &Arc<DaemonState>, params: Value) -> ResponseBody {
+    let p: TransferIdParams = match serde_json::from_value(params) {
+        Ok(v) => v,
+        Err(err) => return ResponseBody::Err(invalid_params(err.to_string())),
+    };
+    ResponseBody::Ok(serde_json::to_value(state.transfers.release(p)).unwrap_or(Value::Null))
+}
+
+fn invalid_params(message: impl Into<String>) -> RpcError {
+    RpcError {
+        code: ErrorCode::InvalidParams,
+        message: message.into(),
+        data: None,
    }
 }

@@ -533,6 +701,16 @@ fn tool_dispatch_timeout(params: &Value) -> Result<Duration, RpcError> {
    Ok(Duration::from_millis(u64::from(ms)))
 }

+fn tool_dispatch_transport_timeout(method: &Method, params: &Value) -> Result<Duration, RpcError> {
+    tool_dispatch_timeout(params).map(|timeout| {
+        if matches!(method, Method::ToolUpload | Method::ToolDownload) {
+            timeout.saturating_add(EXTENSION_RESPONSE_GRACE)
+        } else {
+            timeout
+        }
+    })
+}
+
 // Local CLI-facing shapes. Intentionally distinct from
 // `bsk_protocol::tools::SessionStart*` (which describes the WS-facing
 // `tool.session_*` round-trip with the extension) so the two sides can
@@ -798,6 +976,7 @@ async fn handle_session_stop(
    .await
    {
        Ok(stop) => {
+            state.transfers.release_session(&session_id.0);
            let result = CliSessionStopResult {
                stopped: vec![session_id.0],
                failed: Vec::new(),
@@ -897,6 +1076,7 @@ async fn handle_session_stop_all(
        .await
        {
            Ok(stop) => {
+                state.transfers.release_session(&id.0);
                stopped.push(id.0);
                returned_tab_ids.extend(stop.returned_tab_ids);
                return_failures.extend(stop.return_failures);
@@ -1219,6 +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();
@@ -1287,6 +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)]
@@ -1329,6 +1643,30 @@ mod tests {
        assert_eq!(got, std::time::Duration::from_millis(300_000));
    }

+    #[test]
+    fn extension_transport_outlives_the_operation_deadline() {
+        let params = serde_json::json!({
+            "session_id": "abcd",
+            "timeout_ms": 60_000,
+        });
+        let dispatch_timeout =
+            tool_dispatch_transport_timeout(&Method::ToolUpload, &params).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(dispatch_timeout, Duration::from_secs(62));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn extension_response_grace_does_not_change_other_tools() {
+        let params = serde_json::json!({
+            "session_id": "abcd",
+            "timeout_ms": 60_000,
+        });
+        let dispatch_timeout =
+            tool_dispatch_transport_timeout(&Method::ToolClick, &params).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(dispatch_timeout, Duration::from_secs(60));
+    }
+
    #[test]
    fn tool_dispatch_timeout_rejects_zero_timeout_ms() {
        let params = serde_json::json!({
@@ -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);
+        }
+    }
+}
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Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Ljy-0827	64bbbbf4f8	perf(observation): reduce document processing scheduling overhead	2026-09-09 13:20:22 +08:00
Ljy-0827	e2b5acc904	refactor(observation): isolate document processing from capture orchestration	2026-09-09 13:20:22 +08:00
Ljy-0827	361f4603fe	fix(observation): preserve snapshot document provenance and URL metadata	2026-09-09 13:20:22 +08:00
Ljy-0827	3e2725bb40	refactor(observation): defer visual facts until visual discovery	2026-09-09 13:20:22 +08:00
Ljy-0827	0ebb4a4283	fix(observation): await capture task cleanup before propagating cancellation	2026-09-09 13:20:22 +08:00
Ljy-0827	cda20d979b	refactor(observation): organize capture around document facts	2026-09-09 13:20:22 +08:00
Ljy-0827	2d2636030d	perf(geometry): batch iframe owner size measurements	2026-09-09 13:20:21 +08:00
Ljy-0827	a28b9d55e7	fix(vom): surface incomplete iframe geometry in observations	2026-09-09 13:20:21 +08:00
Ljy-0827	c39874591f	perf(observation): measure sibling iframe geometry with bounded concurrency	2026-09-09 13:20:21 +08:00
Ljy-0827	1485addfd5	fix(geometry): unify frame projection and screenshot coordinates	2026-09-09 13:20:21 +08:00
Zhang GH	90b0ff301b	Merge pull request #204 from Tencent/release/0.2.1 Release/0.2.1	2026-09-09 11:35:05 +08:00
drakezhang	e74f354e90	fix(release): support changelogs without unreleased section	2026-09-08 20:38:17 +08:00
drakezhang	05c036518a	chore(release): 0.2.1	2026-09-08 20:35:14 +08:00
Zhang GH	020fb3212e	Merge pull request #201 from Tencent/fix/windows-install-and-cancellation fix(windows): harden installation and parent cancellation	2026-09-08 20:15:12 +08:00
Zhang GH	0822c53c65	fix(windows): preserve transfer cleanup after cancellation	2026-09-08 20:04:24 +08:00
Zhang GH	4450fbe28c	Merge pull request #196 from Tencent/codex/dsh-plugin-docs docs(dsh-plugin): clarify installation, configuration, and releases	2026-09-08 19:43:24 +08:00
drakezhang	a3bb81bfab	docs(dsh-plugin): clarify patch editing and reload behavior	2026-09-08 19:34:25 +08:00
Zhang GH	caea98cd52	fix(windows): harden installation and parent cancellation	2026-09-08 19:21:54 +08:00
drakezhang	187b088013	docs(dsh-plugin): restore configuration guidance and simplify releases	2026-09-08 19:03:40 +08:00
drakezhang	5046b5ab44	docs(dsh-plugin): clarify setup and verify npm publishing	2026-09-08 18:44:20 +08:00
Zhang GH	e8137b42cc	Merge pull request #194 from Tencent/fix/dsh-runtime-peer-dependency fix(dsh-plugin): remove obsolete client runtime host dependency	2026-09-08 17:34:33 +08:00
Zhang GH	cb5dc148d5	fix(dsh-plugin): remove obsolete client runtime host dependency Keep dsh-client-runtime as a development-only type dependency. Remove its peer metadata, client injection entry, and runtime external allowance so newer hosts do not preflight a package they no longer ship. Fixes #193	2026-09-08 16:58:20 +08:00
Zhang GH	3c5f838c56	Merge pull request #192 from Tencent/fix/windows-update-reliability fix(update): make Windows self-updates reliable	2026-09-07 20:37:32 +08:00
iuyo5678	9337bd557b	test(update): use blocking connections in Windows release server	2026-09-07 20:27:04 +08:00
iuyo5678	162a31ae92	fix(update): make Windows self-updates reliable	2026-09-07 20:04:15 +08:00
Zhang GH	2f84234a31	Merge pull request #191 from Tencent/fix/windows-ipc-process-liveness fix(windows): preserve pipe continuity and verify process liveness	2026-09-07 19:06:38 +08:00
iuyo5678	72c10aab75	fix(windows): preserve pipe continuity and verify process liveness	2026-09-07 18:25:32 +08:00
Zhang GH	1eeb55af02	Merge pull request #190 from Tencent/fix/dsh-observation-sync-and-capture fix(dsh): synchronize observation state and manage thumbnail capture	2026-09-07 17:46:31 +08:00
drakezhang	4992a54864	docs(dsh): clarify observation subscription and snapshot contracts	2026-09-07 17:38:35 +08:00
drakezhang	8b195eb0df	test(extension): return tab id from navigation recovery mock	2026-09-07 17:26:01 +08:00
drakezhang	eae4db1729	Merge main for navigation recovery test compatibility	2026-09-07 17:25:22 +08:00
drakezhang	e961395be9	fix(dsh): synchronize observation state and manage thumbnail capture	2026-09-07 16:24:04 +08:00
Zhang GH	a6d1d02acc	Merge pull request #179 from Tencent/fix/cdp-extension-frame-recovery fix: recover navigation from cross-extension CDP restrictions	2026-09-07 16:05:46 +08:00
Zhang GH	5ebe609c40	Merge pull request #189 from Tencent/fix/verify-fill-before-success fix(extension): verify fill results before reporting success	2026-09-07 15:59:21 +08:00
drakezhang	321494d93f	test(fill): cover caret positioning and clarify append behavior	2026-09-07 15:56:13 +08:00
drakezhang	f2184e74c5	fix(fill): support background input and automatic append	2026-09-07 15:28:21 +08:00
drakezhang	eeb633d68e	fix(extension): verify fill results before reporting success	2026-09-07 13:25:54 +08:00
Zhang GH	6d181105f2	Merge pull request #188 from Tencent/fix/match-form-state-by-element fix(extension): match form state by element identity	2026-09-07 12:57:42 +08:00
drakezhang	ebad0ed1b5	fix(extension): match form state by element identity	2026-09-07 12:21:01 +08:00
Zhang GH	498f8fb4a7	Merge pull request #187 from Tencent/fix/release-automation-state-on-tab-return Fix/release automation state on tab return	2026-09-07 12:12:41 +08:00
drakezhang	cef59137e4	fix(extension): handle tab return cleanup edge cases	2026-09-07 11:44:11 +08:00
drakezhang	f70978bfcf	fix(extension): release automation state when returning borrowed tabs	2026-09-07 11:30:01 +08:00
Zhang GH	1498cd425c	Merge pull request #186 from Tencent/fix/closed-borrowed-tabs-block-session-stop fix(extension): prevent closed borrowed tabs from blocking session stop	2026-09-07 11:19:12 +08:00
drakezhang	e831d65db3	fix(extension): prevent closed borrowed tabs from blocking session stop	2026-09-07 11:12:44 +08:00
Zhang GH	47ac947f18	Merge pull request #174 from iAstro/fix/extension-locale-normalization fix(i18n): match browser locale by language subtag instead of exact code	2026-09-04 17:29:31 +08:00
Zhang GH	69d64c4eb1	Merge pull request #176 from Tencent/fix/windows-update-detach fix(bsk): fix Windows self-update failing to replace binary	2026-09-04 17:11:31 +08:00
Zhang GH	99c997d6d5	Merge pull request #66 from iAstro/fix/issue-57-user-tab-freedom fix(extension): keep user-opened tabs free & fix agent-tab leak on session stop (issue #57)	2026-09-04 17:10:15 +08:00
iAstro	93853ebc65	refactor(i18n): drive locale normalisation from shipped resource keys Per review feedback on #174: the hardcoded if/else in normalizeLanguageCode required touching the function for every new language, so a bare `ko` would miss the `ko-KR` resource #161 is about to add and Korean users would land on English despite the fix. Replace it with createLanguageNormalizer(resourceKeys), a factory that derives its mapping from the resource keys i18next is configured with: 1. exact resource key -> unchanged 2. one resource for the language -> that key (ko -> ko-KR) 3. several (zh-CN / zh-TW) -> script subtag, then region 4. nothing shipped -> unchanged, fallbackLng applies getLanguageDetectionOptions now takes the resource keys and i18n.ts passes Object.keys(resources). Chinese disambiguation stays as the only special case - one language, two scripts; every other mapping derives from the index automatically. Test expectations for the zh-TW family change from "zh-TW" to "zh-CN": only zh-CN ships today and the factory maps to shipped keys only, so Traditional resolves directly to Simplified instead of leaking into the fallback chain. The rendered UI is identical either way, and the new extensibility cases lock in the automatic disambiguation once a zh-TW bundle registers - plus the auto-resolution of a newly registered language like ko-KR. 28 -> 31 tests; extension suite 832/832; tsc, biome and ext:build clean.	2026-09-04 15:42:40 +08:00
drakezhang	248bb90a2d	test(extension): return home tab ids from mocks	2026-09-04 14:37:04 +08:00
drakezhang	6e6c178434	Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into fix/issue-57-explicit-tab-claims	2026-09-04 14:31:48 +08:00
drakezhang	386ef91c24	fix(extension): preserve existing tab scope semantics	2026-09-04 13:14:26 +08:00
drakezhang	0dc11b30ea	fix(extension): claim agent tabs explicitly	2026-09-04 11:17:05 +08:00
iAstro	759eebd4b6	fix(i18n): match browser locale by language subtag instead of exact code The extension ships en-US and zh-CN resources, but only en-US was ever selected: every other browser language fell through to fallbackLng ("zh-CN"), so users on en, en-GB, en-CN, en-AU, ja-JP, fr-FR saw Chinese. Match on the BCP 47 language subtag and normalise it to a resource key: en* -> en-US zh-Hans* / zh-CN / zh-SG / zh -> zh-CN zh-Hant* / zh-TW / zh-HK / zh-MO -> zh-TW anything else -> unchanged (fallbackLng default: en-US) Simplified vs Traditional is decided by the script subtag (Hans/Hant) when present, then by the region subtag, since Chrome reports zh-CN / zh-TW rather than script subtags. The zh-TW branch is written now so adding a Traditional translation later needs no code change. chrome.i18n.getUILanguage() is now preferred over navigator.language, which is unreliable on the chrome-extension:// origin the popup runs on. Adds a locale-resolution regression matrix (28 cases). Closes #168	2026-09-04 10:03:43 +08:00
drakezhang	fd3ce202a1	fix: recover navigation from cross-extension CDP restrictions Classify Chrome extension-frame access failures and provide an actionable CLI hint. Recover navigate and reload only when their initial CDP setup is denied, using browser navigation events and verifying that CDP access returns. Preserve normal navigation, Agent Window checks, transfer error details, and network-idle semantics. Never replay an already-dispatched navigation.	2026-09-03 18:21:21 +08:00
drakezhangandCursor	618bd6a0df	fix(bsk): fix Windows self-update failing to replace binary Two issues prevented the detached update helper from completing: 1. Only CREATE_NO_WINDOW was set — the child cmd.exe process was still attached to the parent console session and got killed when the terminal closed. Add CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP to fully detach it. 2. `timeout /t 1 /nobreak` requires a console and fails silently in a no-window context, causing the retry loop to spin with no delay. Replace with `ping -n 2 127.0.0.1` which works in any environment. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>	2026-09-03 12:24:53 +08:00
Zhang GH	c455a09fc3	Merge pull request #163 from dayi/fix/recording-http-random-uuid fix(extension): support UUID generation on insecure origins	2026-09-03 10:46:12 +08:00
Dean Wang	b6be356e40	test(extension): cover UUID fallback during recording startup	2026-09-03 07:40:57 +08:00
Zhang GH	945bf1523d	Merge pull request #173 from Tencent/release/0.2.0 Release/0.2.0	2026-09-02 19:00:21 +08:00
drakezhangandCursor	a928a9fb76	test: update popup version display assertions for CLI/Ext labels Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>	2026-09-02 18:32:33 +08:00
drakezhangandCursor	0b2d7e95cc	style: format release script for biome Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>	2026-09-02 18:26:35 +08:00
drakezhangandCursor	556bea1645	chore(release): 0.2.0 Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>	2026-09-02 18:17:56 +08:00
drakezhangandCursor	0302d5592b	chore: add release script, changelog, and version display labels - scripts/release.mjs: unified version bump + tag + push automation - CHANGELOG.md: document all changes from 0.1.x through 0.2.0 - popup: show "CLI {ver} / Ext {ver}" instead of bare version numbers Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>	2026-09-02 18:05:32 +08:00
Hannah Liu	eb34ec0dbf	Merge pull request #124 from Tencent/feat/expand-upload-download feat(bsk): support drop to upload	2026-09-02 17:56:55 +08:00
drakezhangandCursor	43067b6bfe	style: remove extra blank lines in file-transfer test Fix biome formatter error on CI. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>	2026-09-02 17:52:57 +08:00
drakezhangandCursor	6cc0d38489	docs(skill): compress CLI SKILL.md with file transfer guidance Restore the lean style from PR #167 while integrating essential file transfer documentation for upload/download. Reduces the skill from 362 lines / 26k chars to 180 lines / 9.2k chars. A/B eval (24 browser runs, Composer 2.5 Fast, core suite) confirms no pass-rate regression: candidate 12/12 vs baseline 10/12 (baseline failures were a network blip and a behavioral variance, not skill quality). Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>	2026-09-02 17:43:58 +08:00
drakezhangandCursor	0b71963344	merge: resolve conflicts with updated feat/upload-download base Keep feat/expand-upload-download (drop mode superset) over the base branch version for all 12 conflicting files. The drop-to-upload branch already includes all upload/download functionality plus the new --mode drop mechanism, overlay suppression, OOPIF coordinate handling, and expanded error reasons. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>	2026-09-02 17:03:35 +08:00
Hannah Liu	59e2c3224e	Merge pull request #123 from Tencent/feat/upload-download feat(bsk): add secure, session-scoped file upload and download \| 支持安全、会话级的文件上传与下载	2026-09-02 16:47:19 +08:00
drakezhangandCursor	d70df753f6	merge: resolve SKILL.md conflicts with main Keep the expanded command-reference tables from feat/upload-download (including the new File Transfer section) over main's compact two-line format. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>	2026-09-02 16:42:15 +08:00
Zhang GH	66ae555e40	Merge pull request #172 from Tencent/fix/pip-close-and-obs-mediatype fix(dsh-plugin): PiP window close button & observation thumbnail media type detection	2026-09-02 16:25:33 +08:00
Ljy-0827	1bd13d5c3c	fix(bsk): fix upload download racing	2026-09-02 10:56:02 +08:00
iAstro	a77353bce8	fix(extension): classify the home tab by id, not a racy boot flag (issue #57 ) SessionManager.classifyNewTab's `initializing` branch relied on a windowInitializing flag that start() cleared before the home tab's chrome.tabs.onCreated event was dispatched (the event is asynchronous), so the branch never ran in production and the home tab's classification was subject to a timing race. Match the home tab by its tab id instead — the id is already returned by ensureActiveTab and is reliable regardless of event ordering. Also refresh the overlay-bridge docstring: overlay.ready now makes the background push the per-tab overlay state (and the Agent Window also pushes on tab create / control-mode change), rather than a request/reply.	2026-09-01 15:45:36 +08:00
iAstro	91621b2545	fix(extension): release the pending agent-tab slot when tab creation fails tool.tab_create increments pendingAgentTabCount before chrome.tabs.create so the onCreated listener can tell an agent tab from a user-opened tab. When the create failed, no onCreated event arrived and the counter leaked, so the next tab the user opened was misclassified as agent-created — the exact confusion the counter exists to prevent, a variant of issue #57. handleTabCreate now releases the slot on failure via SessionManager.releaseAgentTabPending. An abort (cancelled) is excluded: the tab did open (and was cleaned up), so its onCreated still consumes the slot. Added a regression test asserting that after a failed tab_create, a user-opened tab is still classified as 'user' (not 'agent').	2026-09-01 15:36:44 +08:00
Ljy-0827	a4fed136e3	fix(extension): keep user-opened tabs free & fix agent-tab leak on session stop (issue #57 ) - session_stop: exclude tabs still tracked in agentCreatedTabs from the release decision so a tab that failed to close is no longer mistaken for a user tab (which previously kept the window open and leaked the tab). - Distinguish user-created tabs from agent-created tabs in the Agent Window via a pending-tab counter consumed by chrome.tabs.onCreated, so tabs the user opens themselves (new-tab button / Cmd+T / open in new tab) are never taken over by the BrowserSkill control mask. - background overlay: decide per-tab state BEFORE showing controls (overlayStateForTab + pushOverlayStateForTab) so a user tab receives hidden on its first overlay.ready ping instead of flashing control then hiding. - AgentWindowApi.ensureActiveTab now resolves with the activated/created tab id instead of void, so SessionManager can record homeTabId. This fixes the tsc failure flagged in review (the interface previously returned Promise<void> while callers treated the result as number \| null). - Wire the production tabManagement.tabs / tabsQuery deps into tool.session_stop, both in the dispatcher and in the disconnect cleanup. They were never injected, which left the agent-tab cleanup and the window-release path as dead code outside tests (behaviour identical to main). Added a dispatcher-level integration test that fails without the wiring: a surviving user tab must release the window, not close it.	2026-09-01 11:24:56 +08:00
Dean Wang	3c77ef7b01	fix(extension): support UUID generation on insecure origins	2026-09-01 10:30:40 +08:00
Ljy-0827	3b21f2f0a7	fix(bsk): download bug fix	2026-08-31 17:58:33 +08:00
Ljy-0827	405433ab65	fix(bsk): fix ci	2026-08-31 17:58:33 +08:00
Ljy-0827	58c7f38a05	feat(bsk): harden browser file transfer transactions	2026-08-31 17:58:33 +08:00
Ljy-0827	e0c88295c7	fix(bsk): fix ci	2026-08-31 17:58:33 +08:00
Ljy-0827	dc36e38cb9	fix(bsk): upload function safety	2026-08-31 17:58:33 +08:00
Ljy-0827	d5de9b0154	feat(bsk): fix upload function that cannot bypass layout	2026-08-31 17:58:33 +08:00
Ljy-0827	995061514c	feat(bsk): fix different type of upload	2026-08-31 17:58:33 +08:00
Ljy-0827	406bb21b7e	feat(bsk): support upload and download	2026-08-31 17:58:33 +08:00
Ljy-0827	b1b1ae1d48	feat(bsk): update skill to support drop	2026-08-24 16:55:16 +08:00
Ljy-0827	8822bba9a5	feat(bsk): support drop to upload	2026-08-24 16:55:16 +08:00
Ljy-0827	c74c119a82	fix(bsk): download bug fix	2026-08-24 16:26:04 +08:00
Ljy-0827	b801bc1f62	fix(bsk): fix ci	2026-08-24 15:02:52 +08:00
Ljy-0827	bf59753aa3	feat(bsk): harden browser file transfer transactions	2026-08-24 15:02:52 +08:00
Ljy-0827	a86cbf724f	fix(bsk): fix ci	2026-08-24 15:00:22 +08:00
Ljy-0827	76d447caa0	fix(bsk): upload function safety	2026-08-24 15:00:22 +08:00
Ljy-0827	14e5bbe4fc	feat(bsk): fix upload function that cannot bypass layout	2026-08-24 15:00:22 +08:00
Ljy-0827	bef722107f	feat(bsk): fix different type of upload	2026-08-24 14:59:53 +08:00
Ljy-0827	6800f8fdfe	feat(bsk): support upload and download	2026-08-24 14:59:11 +08:00