Closes the iter-2 BLOCKER 1 resolution end-to-end: the inline-SVG
strategy now has HONEST automated coverage at two layers — source
contract (Task 1 unit tests + the narrowed A17.8 source-bundling
grep) and live-DOM cascade (the NEW host-side A35 harness assertion
that opens welcome.html as a real Puppeteer tab).
- tests/uat/extension-page-harness.ts (A17.8 NARROWED HONESTLY):
swap the data:image/svg+xml URL-grep + .svg filename-grep target
for a raw-source grep — A17.8 now asserts the welcome chunk JS
contains the raw SVG signature `stroke="currentColor"` AND the
canonical `viewBox="0 0 32 32"` (the `?raw` import's output). The
explanatory comment block now DISAVOWS the live-DOM claim and
points at the NEW A35 driver for the runtime injection + cascade
proof. A17.8 is honest source-bundling only.
- tests/uat/lib/harness-page-driver.ts (NEW host-side driveA35):
appended LAST per the iter-2 ADV-2C concern (any driver-pollution
worry is moot since nothing reads A35's return value, AND
welcomePage.close() in finally guarantees no tab leak). driveA35
opens chrome-extension://<id>/src/welcome/welcome.html in a fresh
browser.newPage() tab, waits for the `.welcome-hero__mark svg`
selector at DOMContentLoaded, then runs a single page.evaluate()
that reads four signals: A35.1 inline <svg> present, A35.2
stroke=currentColor, A35.3 getComputedStyle().stroke resolves to
a non-default colour (the real cascade proof), A35.4 no legacy
<img> in the slot. Host-side pattern mirrors driveA32/A33/A34.
- tests/uat/harness.test.ts (orchestrator wiring):
+ driveA35 added to the import block from './lib/harness-page-driver'.
+ driveA35Wrapped closure capturing handles.browser + handles.extensionId
(alongside driveA33Wrapped/driveA34Wrapped).
+ { name: 'A35', drive: driveA35Wrapped } appended as the LAST
entry of the `drivers` array. Total auto-increments via
`drivers.length + 1` (line 580) — no hardcoded count to bump.
+ Architecture banner string (line 283) refreshed with A33, A34,
A35 inline (ADV-2A cosmetic advisory — banner was already stale
pre-04-06; A33+A34 added at the same time).
- .planning/phases/01-stabilize-video-pipeline/01-07-SUMMARY.md
(back-patch, DEFECT 2 resolution):
Flipped 5 lines (22, 47, 82, 135, 205) that carried the now-stale
"deferred to Phase 5" framing for cursor visibility — the
`cursor: 'always'` constraint was opportunistically shipped in
Plan 01-09 (recorder.ts:285) and is verified by Plan 04-06 Task 1
(tests/build/cursor-visibility.test.ts). Each flip is surgical
(single line / single bullet, with explicit "back-patched in
Phase 4 Plan 04-06" citation). Historical commit-description
lines 40, 89, 109, 110 are LEFT unchanged — they describe what
the Phase-1-closure commits literally did at the time, not
forward-looking deferrals.
- .planning/phases/04-harden-clean-up-optional/deferred-items.md
(correction, BLOCKER 2 resolution):
Corrected the misdiagnosed entry from commit 6a989e8. The prior
entry named tests/build/strict-meta-json-validation.test.ts as
failing on a clean tree — that diagnosis was WRONG (the test is
8/8 GREEN in isolation). The real root cause is the pre-existing
04-CONTEXT #9 + #10 parallel-vitest / ffprobe-timeout flake
family (lands non-deterministically on whichever ffprobe / race
test loses the worker race; observed instance this session was
tests/background/webm-remux.test.ts > ffprobe -count_frames,
which is also 5/5 GREEN in isolation). True clean baseline is
184/184 GREEN; 188/188 after Plan 04-06's +4 new tests.
Gates run:
- npx tsc --noEmit exit 0.
- npm run build:test exit 0; dist-test/assets/welcome-CMygHJ_J.js
carries the raw SVG source.
- HEADLESS=1 SKIP_PROD_REBUILD=0 SKIP_LONG_UAT=1 npm run test:uat:
36/36 UAT assertions GREEN (was 35/35; +A35). A17.8 PASS:
currentColorStroke=true, canonicalViewBox=true. A35 live-DOM
probe: svgPresent=true strokeAttr=currentColor
computedStroke="rgb(250, 247, 241)" (linen-50, the
--mks-fg-inverse value flowing through the cascade — the
currentColor strategy WORKS in real Chrome) imgPresent=false.
- All Task 3 acceptance greps PASS: driveA35 count in
harness-page-driver.ts=5, in harness.test.ts=6; name:'A35'=1;
getComputedStyle=6; stroke="currentColor" in
extension-page-harness.ts=4; data:image/svg+xml=0 (grep target
and comment refs both removed).
References:
- 04-06-PLAN.md iter-2 BLOCKER 1 + BLOCKER 2 resolutions.
- .planning/phases/04-harden-clean-up-optional/04-UI-SPEC.md
§"Implementation amendment" (Option A currentColor + inline-SVG).
26 KiB
tests/fixtures/last_30sec.webm) — exit 0, zero stderr
- A3 empirical-playback acceptance gate (operator-confirmed Chrome playback + ffmpeg decoder dry-run exit 0, zero packet errors)
- tests/fixtures/last_30sec.webm regression fixture (1.6 MB VP9 1142×1038 captured against the D-13 restart-segments recorder)
- REQ-video-ring-buffer marked Complete; SPEC §10 acceptance criteria #2, #3, #7 functionally green at Phase 1 level
- D-09..D-11 RETIRED in favor of D-13 restart-segments (mid-phase architectural correction, both pre-staged fallbacks activated)
- CON-webm-header-retention RETIRED (D-13's per-segment header isolation makes it meaningless)
affects:
- Phase 2 (DOM + event-capture privacy) — capture pipeline is now always-on regardless of active tab; Phase 2 content scripts MUST NOT add competing keepalives (port 'video-keepalive' keeps SW alive)
- Phase 3 (export pipeline + popup state machine) — popup will consume getSegments() output via the existing SW port host
- Phase 4 (SPEC §10 smoke verification) — Phase 4 verifies the full 9-criterion sweep; Phase 1 only proved #2/#3/#7
- getDisplayMedia cursor visibility constraint (video: { cursor: 'always' }) — opportunistically shipped Plan 01-09 (recorder.ts:285); verified Phase 4 Plan 04-06 via tests/build/cursor-visibility.test.ts. The original "Phase 5" framing here is back-patched stale; see Phase 4 Plan 04-06 closure.
- GSD framework retro candidate — auto-injection of empirical-acceptance gates when RESEARCH.md flags HIGH-risk assumptions
# Tech tracking
tech-stack:
added: [ffprobe + ffmpeg (system CLIs used for the D-12 / A3 gates)]
patterns:
- "Pre-staged contingency activation: when RESEARCH.md flags an assumption as HIGH-risk, plan-time pre-stages a fallback skeleton (D-13 commented block in recorder.ts; base64 wire-format research in CONTEXT.md Doc Cascade). The smoke step then acts as an A/B gate: if simple-approach fails empirically, the executor activates the pre-staged fallback in-cycle rather than scheduling a new plan."
- "Three-attempt acceptance pattern: attempt 1 (single-continuous recorder) failed at binary-transfer layer → D-12 fix; attempt 2 (after D-12) passed ffprobe but failed Chrome playback → A3 fix via D-13 activation; attempt 3 clean. Each failure was contained by its pre-staged fallback."
key-files:
created:
- "tests/fixtures/last_30sec.webm — 1.6 MB regression fixture against the D-13 recorder (replaces stale fixture from 87909d9)"
- ".planning/phases/01-stabilize-video-pipeline/01-07-SUMMARY.md — this file"
- ".planning/debug/resolved/d12-blob-port-transfer-fails.md — D-12 debug session, resolved"
- ".planning/debug/resolved/webm-playback-freeze.md — A3 debug session, resolved"
modified:
- ".planning/REQUIREMENTS.md — REQ-video-ring-buffer marked Complete; description AMENDED to reflect D-13 restart-segments"
- ".planning/ROADMAP.md — Phase 1 row Complete; Success Criteria checked off; cursor-visibility refinement appended to Phase 5"
- ".planning/STATE.md — Phase 1 closure block + frontmatter flip to phase_complete + Decisions log appended"
key-decisions:
- "D-12 acceptance gate (ffprobe) and A3 empirical-playback gate (operator + ffmpeg dry-run) treated as TWO distinct gates. The original Plan 07 conflated them under 'ffprobe-clean'; the A3 debug session proved they are independent. Phase 1 closure required BOTH green."
- "Plan 07 closure is auto-handled (Task 2 of original PLAN.md) — the checkpoint:human-verify returned approved; the auto-closure flips REQ-video-ring-buffer + STATE + ROADMAP in one atomic commit and writes this SUMMARY in another."
- "D-09..D-11 retirement is permanent. The original D-13 'fallback if D-12 fails' framing now stands as the production approach; CONTEXT.md decisions remain on record for SPEC provenance but the executable surface is restart-segments."
- "Cursor visibility (video: { cursor: 'always' }) was opportunistically shipped in Plan 01-09 at src/offscreen/recorder.ts:285 and verified in Phase 4 Plan 04-06 (tests/build/cursor-visibility.test.ts node-env regression pin). The Phase 1 closure correctly did not back-patch it into Phase 1 itself — Phase 1 was a stabilization phase, not a UX-refinement phase; the original 'deferred to Phase 5' framing in this SUMMARY was made stale by the Plan 01-09 opportunistic landing, and is back-patched here in Phase 4 Plan 04-06."
- "Phase 1 closure satisfies SPEC §10 #2, #3, #7 functionally — but the canonical §10 sweep is owned by Phase 4. This avoids confusing 'Phase 1 closed' with 'SPEC §10 complete'; the latter requires the full 9-criterion smoke under Phase 4."
patterns-established:
- "Multi-EBML-header WebM concatenation is acceptable for the SPEC §10 #7 'plays back in a browser' criterion. Chrome's MSE pipeline handles it natively. The ffmpeg -f null decode dry-run produces muxer DTS-monotonicity warnings at segment join boundaries; these are NOT decoder errors and are documented as an expected D-13 trade-off — not a failure."
- "Auto-closure of a checkpoint-gated plan: when a checkpoint:human-verify returns approved, a follow-up automation task (Task 2 of the same plan) lands the closure side-effects (REQ flip, STATE update, ROADMAP update, SUMMARY write). This pattern keeps the checkpoint task minimal and the closure ceremony atomic."
- "Pre-staged fallbacks pay for their planning cost in the smoke step. Two-out-of-two HIGH-risk-flagged assumptions in Phase 1 (binary-transfer wire format under MV3 port serialization + VP9 keyframe orphan-P-frame risk under age-trim) failed empirically as predicted and were resolved by their pre-staged fallbacks without re-planning."
requirements-completed: [REQ-video-ring-buffer]
# Metrics
duration: "~10min (Plan 07 closure ceremony); not counting the two debug sessions (~30 min D-12, ~45 min A3) which are accounted for in their respective resolved-session files"
completed: 2026-05-15
Phase 1 Plan 07: Manual Smoke + ffprobe + Empirical Playback Acceptance Gates Summary
Two-gate phase closure (D-12 ffprobe structural + A3 empirical Chrome playback) green against tests/fixtures/last_30sec.webm after a three-attempt journey through two pre-staged fallback activations; REQ-video-ring-buffer complete, Phase 1 closed.
Performance
- Duration: ~10 min (closure ceremony only — three atomic commits + SUMMARY write). Plan 07's total elapsed time across all three smoke attempts was ~3.5 hours including the two debug sessions (D-12 ~30 min + A3 ~45 min); those are accounted for in the respective
.planning/debug/resolved/*.mdfiles. - Started: 2026-05-15T21:40:00Z (this closure session, after operator returned
approvedon the checkpoint:human-verify) - Completed: 2026-05-15T21:43:00Z (approx — three closure commits landed sequentially)
- Tasks: 2 (Task 1 =
checkpoint:human-verify→ operator returnedapproved; Task 2 = AUTOMATED closure with REQ flip + STATE update + SUMMARY) - Files modified: 4 (fixture + REQUIREMENTS.md + ROADMAP.md + STATE.md) plus this SUMMARY created
Accomplishments
- D-12 ffprobe gate GREEN.
ffprobe -v error -f matroska -i tests/fixtures/last_30sec.webmreturns exit 0 with empty stderr. ffprobe-show_streamsconfirms valid VP9 codec, Profile 0, 1142×1038 frame, time_base 1/1000, start_pts 0, color space bt709. - A3 empirical-playback gate GREEN. Operator confirmed end-to-end Chrome playback clean — no ~1 s freeze.
ffmpeg -v warning -i tests/fixtures/last_30sec.webm -f null -exits 0 with zero decoder errors; the only warnings are muxer DTS-monotonicity reports at segment join boundaries (expected: D-13 concatenates three self-contained multi-EBML-header WebMs; Chrome's MSE pipeline handles this natively, satisfying SPEC §10 #7 "plays back in a browser"). - All 30/30 unit tests green across 8 test files (
tests/offscreen/{codec-check,handshake,port,port-serialization,ring-buffer,segment-keyframes,segment-rotation,webm-playback}.test.ts). Both empirical ffmpeg dry-runs inwebm-playback.test.tsflipped GREEN after the fresh fixture committed incd61cbc— previously RED against the stale87909d9fixture. npx tsc --noEmitclean at closure time;npm run buildclean (verified during the fix-a3 cycle, unchanged since).- REQ-video-ring-buffer marked Complete in REQUIREMENTS.md (checkbox + traceability table row); ROADMAP Phase 1 row marked Complete 2026-05-15.
- D-09..D-11 retired permanently in favor of D-13 restart-segments; CON-webm-header-retention also retired. Captured in REQUIREMENTS.md amendment + STATE.md Decisions log.
- Cursor-visibility refinement: opportunistically shipped in Plan 01-09 (recorder.ts:285
cursor: 'always'); verified in Phase 4 Plan 04-06 viatests/build/cursor-visibility.test.ts(node-env regression pin) + the operator-empirical SAVE flow showing the pointer visible invideo/last_30sec.webm. The original 2026-05-15 "deferred to Phase 5" framing was correct at Phase 1 closure but was made stale by the Plan 01-09 opportunistic landing — back-patched in Phase 4 Plan 04-06 Task 3.
Task Commits
Plan 07 closure ceremony (this SUMMARY's three atomic commits):
- Task 1.5 (post-checkpoint): Fixture regeneration commit —
cd61cbc(test): replaced the stale87909d9fixture with the fresh D-13-recorder capture (1.6 MB VP9 1142×1038). - Task 2a: Phase 1 closure flips —
7df72aa(feat): REQUIREMENTS.md REQ-video-ring-buffer flipped to Complete; ROADMAP.md Phase 1 row Complete + Success Criteria checked off + Phase 5 cursor-visibility appended; STATE.md Phase 1 Closure Notes block added + frontmatter tophase_complete+ Decisions log entry. - Task 2b: SUMMARY write —
<commit-3-hash>(docs): this SUMMARY committed.
Plan 07 also retained two prior debug-session arbitration cycles (already on the branch — they ARE the substance of Plan 07's execution, but each was committed as its own resolved-session bundle, not as Plan 07 commits per se):
- D-12 fix cycle (5 commits):
c0d9166,d653283,2831849,d5bb948,bf07619— base64 wire-format binary transport. - A3 fix cycle (6 commits):
5530292,6a1a034,670daa3,f81438d,87909d9,872f25d— D-13 restart-segments activation.
Note: Plan 07's original spec called for ONE commit at Task 2 completion. The closure ceremony was split into three atomic commits (fixture / REQ-STATE-ROADMAP flip / SUMMARY) so the SUMMARY can cite the prior commits by hash and so the REQUIREMENTS/ROADMAP/STATE flip is reviewable independently of the SUMMARY's narrative.
Files Created/Modified
Created (this closure session):
tests/fixtures/last_30sec.webm— replaces the stale87909d9fixture; 1.6 MB; VP9 1142×1038; captured against the D-13 restart-segments recorder; concat of 3 × ~10 s self-contained WebM segments.planning/phases/01-stabilize-video-pipeline/01-07-SUMMARY.md— this file
Modified (this closure session):
.planning/REQUIREMENTS.md— REQ-video-ring-buffer checkbox + description AMENDED + traceability row flipped to Complete.planning/ROADMAP.md— Phase 1 list-item + Success Criteria + Plan 07 row + Progress table row all flipped to Complete with 2026-05-15 date; Phase 5 P1/P2 list appended withgetDisplayMediacursor visibility refinement.planning/STATE.md— frontmatterstatustophase_complete, completed_phases 0→1, completed_plans 6→7, percent 86→100; stopped_at + last_activity rewritten; Current Position rewritten for Phase 2 readiness; Performance Metrics Phase 1 row populated + Plan 07 row added; Decisions log appended with[Phase 01-07-closure]+[Phase 01-07-deferred-to-5]; Session Continuity rewritten; Phase 1 Closure Notes section added
Created in prior fix cycles (referenced for context, not in this closure):
src/shared/binary.ts— D-12 fix: portable Blob ↔ base64 helperstests/offscreen/port-serialization.test.ts— D-12 fix: 6 tests proving JSON serialization corruption + base64 round-trip pintests/offscreen/segment-keyframes.test.ts— A3 fix: production-driven RED block (now GREEN) + documentation + GREEN-pinning blockstests/offscreen/segment-rotation.test.ts— A3 fix: 8 tests pinning D-13 ring-buffer invariantstests/offscreen/webm-playback.test.ts— A3 fix: 2 empirical ffmpeg dry-runs (RED until fresh fixture, GREEN aftercd61cbc).planning/debug/resolved/d12-blob-port-transfer-fails.md.planning/debug/resolved/webm-playback-freeze.md
Modified in prior fix cycles:
src/shared/types.ts— D-12: addedTransferredVideoChunk; A3: renamed →TransferredVideoSegment+ field renames +isFirstdroppedsrc/offscreen/recorder.ts— D-12: base64 encode side; A3: D-13 restart-segments activation (the main rewrite, replacing D-09..D-11)src/background/index.ts— D-12: base64 decode side; A3: segment-semantics adaptation +mergeVideoSegmentstests/offscreen/ring-buffer.test.ts— A3: retired to a vestigial breadcrumb after segment-rotation supersedes it
Decisions Made
- Plan 07 closure is split into three atomic commits. The original spec called for one commit at Task 2 completion. Splitting (fixture / REQ+STATE+ROADMAP flip / SUMMARY) makes each commit reviewable in isolation and lets the SUMMARY cite the fixture and closure commits by hash. Trade-off: three commits where one was specced — judged a worthwhile diff-clarity improvement.
- D-12 + A3 are treated as TWO distinct gates. The original PLAN.md framed acceptance as "ffprobe-clean" (a single gate). The A3 debug session proved that a ffprobe-clean file can still freeze in Chrome playback — they are independent. Phase 1 closure requires both green, and the SUMMARY documents both gates explicitly so future phases can't conflate them.
- D-09..D-11 retirement is permanent. The original D-13 framing in CONTEXT.md was "fallback if D-12 fails." After A3 activated it, D-13 IS the production approach. CONTEXT.md retains D-09..D-11 for SPEC provenance, but REQUIREMENTS.md, ROADMAP.md, and the executable surface (src/offscreen/recorder.ts) all reflect D-13 as authoritative.
- The muxer DTS-monotonicity warnings are NOT a failure. ffmpeg
-f null -prints warnings at segment join boundaries because the three concatenated WebM segments have overlapping per-segment timestamps (each segment's pts restarts at ~0 in its own EBML segment). This is the documented D-13 trade-off for multi-EBML-header WebM concat. SPEC §10 #7 only requires "plays back in a browser" — Chrome's acceptance is sufficient and was operator-confirmed. - Cursor visibility refinement: at Phase 1 closure deferred (Phase 1 was a stabilization phase; adding
cursor: 'always'mid-closure would have widened the diff beyond the closure ceremony). The constraint was opportunistically shipped in Plan 01-09 (recorder.ts:285) and verified in Phase 4 Plan 04-06. The historical Phase-1-closure framing (deferral was correct at the time) is preserved as a point in the audit trail; the actual constraint landed earlier than planned via opportunistic refinement — back-patched here in Phase 4 Plan 04-06.
Deviations from Plan
Deviations from the ORIGINAL Plan 07 spec
1. [Rule 4 → architectural escalation, then auto-resolved] D-12 binary transfer failure surfaced during first smoke attempt
- Found during: Task 1 first attempt (operator's first ./smoke.sh run)
- Issue: Saved
last_30sec.webmwas 75 bytes of literal"[object Object]"text — chrome.runtime.Port JSON-serializes payloads across extension contexts, corrupting Blob →{}→"[object Object]"in the SW-side Blob ctor - Fix: Pre-staged fallback activated — added
src/shared/binary.tswith portable Blob ↔ base64 helpers; encoded on the offscreen side (REQUEST_BUFFERhandler), decoded on the SW side (BUFFERreceive) - Files modified:
src/shared/binary.ts(new),src/shared/types.ts,src/offscreen/recorder.ts,src/background/index.ts - Verification: 6 new tests in
port-serialization.test.ts(including a byte-exact reproduction of the 75-byte payload + a GREEN-pinning block for the base64 wire format); empirical re-smoke after fix produced a 2.1 MB ffprobe-valid WebM - Committed in:
c0d9166,d653283,2831849,d5bb948,bf07619 - Resolved-session doc:
.planning/debug/resolved/d12-blob-port-transfer-fails.md
2. [Rule 4 → architectural escalation, then auto-resolved] A3 cluster-alignment freeze surfaced during second smoke attempt
- Found during: Task 1 second attempt (operator's re-smoke after D-12 fix landed)
- Issue: The ffprobe-valid WebM froze ~1 s into Chrome playback. ffmpeg
-v warning -i ... -f null -showed 8×Error submitting packet to decoder: Invalid data found+File ended prematurely at pos. 2100851. Root cause: D-09..D-11's age-trim evicted middle chunks containing VP9 keyframes that subsequent retained tail chunks depended on (orphan P-frames) - Fix: Pre-staged fallback activated — the D-13 restart-segments skeleton commented at the bottom of
src/offscreen/recorder.ts(lines 298-316 originally) was activated. Recorder lifecycle replaced: stop()/start() every 10 s on the same MediaStream, keep last 3 self-contained ~10 s WebM segments (3 × 10 s = 30 s preserved). Each segment is independently decodable. As a side effect, per-segment.stop()also fixed the "File ended prematurely" Matroska finalization gap - Files modified:
src/offscreen/recorder.ts(rewrite),src/background/index.ts(segment semantics +mergeVideoSegments),src/shared/types.ts(TransferredVideoChunk→TransferredVideoSegment+ field renames +isFirstdropped),tests/offscreen/ring-buffer.test.ts(retired),tests/offscreen/segment-rotation.test.ts(new) - Verification: 28/30 tests green immediately after the fix; the 2 remaining REDs were the empirical ffmpeg dry-runs against the still-stale fixture, which flipped GREEN once the fresh fixture committed in cd61cbc; operator-confirmed end-to-end Chrome playback clean
- Committed in:
5530292,6a1a034,670daa3,f81438d,87909d9,872f25d - Resolved-session doc:
.planning/debug/resolved/webm-playback-freeze.md
3. [Closure ceremony split into 3 commits, not 1] See Decisions Made #1 above.
Total deviations: 2 architectural escalations (both pre-staged fallback activations), 1 closure-ceremony commit-split. Both architectural escalations were anticipated in CONTEXT.md and RESEARCH.md (HIGH-risk flags); both pre-staged fallbacks activated cleanly without needing a fresh phase plan. The commit-split was a Plan 07 spec deviation but improves reviewability.
Impact on plan: The two pre-staged fallbacks paid for their planning cost in the smoke step exactly as designed. Phase 1's overall structure held; no plan re-numbering was needed; no /gsd-insert-phase was called. The closure ceremony itself is on-spec modulo the 3-commit split.
Issues Encountered
Three smoke attempts, two pre-staged fallback activations, one clean acceptance.
Attempt 1 (single-continuous MediaRecorder, originally specced under D-09..D-11):
- Result: 75-byte text file in the archive (5 ×
"[object Object]") - Root cause: D-12 — chrome.runtime.Port JSON-serializes payloads, corrupting Blobs
- Resolution: Activate the base64 wire-format pre-stage from CONTEXT.md Doc Cascade
Attempt 2 (D-12 fix landed, single-continuous recorder retained):
- Result: 2.1 MB ffprobe-valid WebM; opens in Chrome but freezes ~1 s in
- Root cause: A3 — VP9 keyframe orphan-P-frame issue under age-trim eviction of middle chunks
- Resolution: Activate the D-13 restart-segments pre-stage from CONTEXT.md
Attempt 3 (D-12 + A3 fixes both landed, D-13 recorder):
- Result: 1.6 MB WebM (3 × ~10 s self-contained segments concatenated); ffprobe exit 0; ffmpeg dry-run exit 0 with zero decoder errors; operator-confirmed clean Chrome playback end-to-end
- Resolution: Commit the fresh fixture as
tests/fixtures/last_30sec.webm; close Phase 1
Process Observation — Candidate for GSD Framework Retro
Plan 01-07's smoke step ended up surfacing TWO unanticipated-cascade failures (D-12 binary transfer + A3 keyframe alignment), each of which had a pre-staged fallback that activated cleanly without needing a fresh phase or replan.
This is a real datapoint for the GSD framework. Two observations:
-
Pre-staging works. RESEARCH.md flagged both binary-transfer semantics under MV3 port serialization AND VP9 keyframe orphan-P-frame risk under age-trim as HIGH-risk assumptions. CONTEXT.md and PLAN.md pre-staged fallbacks for both (the Doc Cascade for binary transfer; the D-13 commented skeleton for keyframe alignment). Both HIGH-risk assumptions failed empirically, exactly as flagged. Both pre-staged fallbacks activated within ~30-45 min of detection. No re-planning was required.
-
Plan 07's smoke step DID the empirical-acceptance-gate work that was, in spirit, what RESEARCH.md was warning about. The smoke step is supposed to be a confirmation gate; it ended up being a discovery gate twice in a row.
Candidate retro question for /gsd-plan-phase: When RESEARCH.md flags an assumption as HIGH-risk AND a fallback is pre-staged, should the planner automatically inject an empirical-acceptance gate (e.g. ffmpeg dry-run + Chrome playback for video/codec assumptions; cross-context message round-trip test for MV3 messaging assumptions) BEFORE the phase's final commit-merge, rather than discovering the failure during the human-verify smoke step? The current sequence (Plan 01 → ... → 07 = smoke → debug session if smoke fails) works, but a slightly tighter feedback loop ("if smoke would surface a HIGH-risk-flagged failure, escalate to the pre-staged fallback BEFORE creating a debug session") might shorten the orchestration overhead in future phases that have similarly cascade-prone subject matter (codec / wire-format / container-spec work in particular).
Not a process bug — a possible process refinement. Logged here for /gsd-plan-phase retro consideration in Phase 2 or beyond.
This is the SECOND debug session in Phase 1's life — both written up in .planning/debug/resolved/. The cycle latency between "manual smoke reveals the issue" and "RED test in place + fix landed" was ~30 minutes for D-12 and ~45 minutes for A3. Acceptable but worth tightening.
User Setup Required
None — Phase 1 ships as a Chrome extension with desktopCapture permission; the operator interacts with chrome://extensions "Load unpacked" for development and Chrome's native screen-share picker for capture. No external services configured by Phase 1.
The cursor visibility refinement added a cursor: 'always' constraint to the getDisplayMedia call in src/offscreen/recorder.ts (line 285) — no user action was required; the one-line code change shipped in Plan 01-09 and was verified in Phase 4 Plan 04-06. (Back-patched: the original Phase-1-closure framing said "Phase 5"; the actual landing was earlier.)
Next Phase Readiness
Ready for Phase 2: The offscreen now owns capture entirely. Phase 2 (DOM + event-capture privacy via rrweb v2 maskInputFn + content-script input logging) plugs into the existing content-script architecture and does NOT touch the offscreen.
Constraints Phase 2 must respect:
- The port
'video-keepalive'keeps the SW alive. Phase 2's content-script work MUST NOT add competing keepalives (e.g., redundantchrome.alarms, redundant ports). Audit P1 #8 (alarms keepalive ineffective) was resolved in Phase 1 by deletingchrome.alarms; do not re-introduce it. - The SW's
onMessagelistener validatessender.id === chrome.runtime.id(T-1-04 SW-side sender check, documented 4 places insrc/offscreen/recorder.ts). Content scripts have the same extension ID and pass this check. If Phase 2 adds a new sender path (e.g., an injected page-world script viachrome.scripting), Phase 2 must respect the guard. mergeVideoSegmentsinsrc/background/index.tsIS the export path for video. Phase 2 work goes intoevents.json/session.json; no merge function changes needed.
Workflow next steps (per user settings: deep code-review + verifier enabled):
/gsd-code-review(deep code-review gate on the Phase 1 branch) — covers all 25-ish Phase 1 commits including the two debug-session fix cycles + this closure ceremony./gsd-verify-work(verifier — runs the full vitest + tsc + grep gates against the Phase 1 branch).- After both pass: merge Phase 1, plan Phase 2 via
/gsd-plan-phase 2.
Blockers / concerns: None. Phase 1 is complete; the two debug sessions are documented and resolved; pre-staged fallbacks worked as designed.
Self-Check: PASSED
Verified after writing this SUMMARY:
tests/fixtures/last_30sec.webmexists (1 633 459 bytes) ✓.planning/phases/01-stabilize-video-pipeline/01-07-SUMMARY.mdexists (this file) ✓- Commit
cd61cbc(fixture replacement) ingit log --all✓ - Commit
7df72aa(closure flips) ingit log --all✓ grep -c "Phase 1 closure" .planning/STATE.md→ 3 (≥ 1) ✓grep "REQ-video-ring-buffer" .planning/REQUIREMENTS.mdshows[x]✓grep "Complete" .planning/ROADMAP.mdshows Phase 1 row Complete 2026-05-15 ✓npx vitest run→ 30/30 green ✓npx tsc --noEmit→ exit 0 ✓- ffprobe + ffmpeg dry-run both exit 0 ✓
Phase: 01-stabilize-video-pipeline Completed: 2026-05-15