Keep auto-sync changelog separate from parallel fixes

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into t3/fix-autosync-reliability
# Conflicts: # CHANGELOG.md
2026-10-25 13:01:47 +01:00 · 2026-10-25 06:21:39 +00:00 · 2026-10-25 06:20:50 +00:00 · 2026-10-25 06:19:38 +00:00 · 2026-10-25 06:18:28 +00:00 · 2026-10-25 06:15:42 +00:00
302 changed files with 38051 additions and 3644 deletions
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ desktop or panels.
 | See the Frame from the Mac, or the Mac inside the Frame | `docs/streaming.md` | `scripts/run-on-frame.sh mac-screen` |
 | Files and clipboard | `docs/file-transfer.md` | `scripts/push.sh`, `scripts/paste-to-frame.sh` |
 | Android apps (Lepton) | `docs/apks.md` | `scripts/install-apk.sh` |
+| Browse and install Android apps from inside the headset (APK Store panel) | `docs/apks.md` | `scripts/store-on-frame.sh` |
 | Reach the Frame off the home LAN (Tailscale) | `docs/tailscale.md` | `scripts/tailscale-on-frame.sh` |
 | Install or buy Steam games, Frame ratings | `docs/steam-games.md` | `ui/frame_steam.py` |
 | Flatpaks | `docs/streaming.md` | `scripts/install-apps.sh` |
@@ -41,10 +41,14 @@ jobs:
          python -m py_compile $(find frame/devkit-utils -type f ! -name '*.*' ! -name LICENSE) frame/devkit-utils/devkit_utils/*.py
      - name: Server tests
        run: python -m unittest discover -s tests -v
+      - name: Linux Wireless Adapter doctor (read-only PC smoke)
+        run: |
+          python ui/frame_wireless_doctor.py --json > "$RUNNER_TEMP/linux-wireless-doctor.json"
+          python -c 'import json, os; from pathlib import Path; d=json.loads((Path(os.environ["RUNNER_TEMP"]) / "linux-wireless-doctor.json").read_text()); assert d["supported"] and d["selected"] is None and d["schema"] == 1'
      - name: App syntax
        run: node --check app/main.js && node --check app/build/make-icon.js && node --check app/build/fetch-deps.js && node --check app/preload.js && node --check app/install-link.js && node --check app/updater.js
-      - name: Updater tests
-        run: node --test app/test/updater.test.js
+      - name: App tests
+        run: node --test app/test/*.test.js
      - name: Website
        run: node --test site/test/*.test.mjs && node --check site/public/js/site.js && node --check site/public/js/feedback.js

@@ -70,6 +74,21 @@ jobs:
      - name: Server tests
        run: python -m unittest discover -s tests -v

+  # Fast, PC-only Windows query validation, without capture libraries or a headset.
+  wireless-windows:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: "24"
+      - name: Wireless doctor fixtures, UI and live read-only Windows inventory
+        run: python -m unittest discover -s tests -p 'test_wireless.py' -v
+
  # The iPhone app: builds for the Simulator and runs its unit tests.
  ios:
    runs-on: macos-latest
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+name: PC host libraries
+# PC in the headset (Experimental). The Windows job builds the native adapter
+# and runs the real-encoder protocol tests; the installer's own bundle is
+# tested in release.yml. The Linux adapter from PR #38 isn't shipped or offered
+# in the app, but shares capture.c and controller.c, so it's still built here.
+# These builds add the GPL x264 encoder for headless tests only: they're never
+# uploaded or shipped.
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths: ["desktop/**", "ui/**", "tests/**", "scripts/macview-bench.py", ".github/workflows/pc-host.yml"]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+jobs:
+  linux:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, ubuntu-24.04-arm]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Native libraries
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update -qq
+          sudo apt-get install -y libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libglib2.0-dev gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-pipewire libpipewire-0.3-modules libspa-0.2-modules
+          python3 desktop/build.py --with-x264
+      - name: Tests (real x264, fake capture consent/input)
+        env:
+          FRAME_PC_REQUIRE_NATIVE: "1"
+          FRAME_PC_REQUIRE_X264: "1"
+        run: python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p 'test_pc*.py' -v
+  windows:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
+        with:
+          msystem: UCRT64
+          update: true
+      # A mirror's HTTP 429 once failed this install (2026-10-24): retry, so a
+      # flaky mirror can't break a release build.
+      - name: MSYS2 packages for the PC host
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+        run: |
+          for attempt in 1 2 3; do
+            pacman -S --needed --noconfirm mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-pkgconf mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-python mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gstreamer mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gst-plugins-base mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gst-plugins-good mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gst-plugins-bad mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gst-plugins-ugly && exit 0
+            sleep $((attempt * 30))
+          done
+          exit 1
+      - name: Native build and tests (x264; WGC and MF need a desktop/GPU)
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+        run: |
+          python desktop/build.py --with-x264
+          FRAME_PC_REQUIRE_NATIVE=1 FRAME_PC_REQUIRE_X264=1 python -m unittest discover -s tests -p 'test_pc*.py' -v
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ name: release
 # Pushing a v* tag builds Frame Control for macOS, Windows and Linux and attaches
 # the installers to that tag's GitHub release (created as a draft if missing).
 # Pull requests that change how the installers are built (the Electron app, the
-# macOS helper it compiles, or this workflow) build the same installers as
+# Windows PC helper libraries, the macOS helper, or this workflow) build the same installers as
 # artifacts. ui/, scripts/, frame/ and apk-catalog/ are copied in as they are and
 # are tested by the checks workflow; run this one by hand to package them early.
 on:
  push:
    tags: ["v*"]
  pull_request:
-    paths: ["app/**", "mac/frame-mac-view/**", ".github/workflows/release.yml"]
+    paths: ["app/**", "desktop/**", "mac/frame-mac-view/**", ".github/workflows/release.yml"]
  workflow_dispatch:

 # A newer push to the same pull request supersedes a build still in progress.
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ jobs:
  # "view || create" could race and make duplicate drafts. The draft is tied to
  # the pushed tag (the tag must already exist on GitHub, then tag_name is set
  # explicitly), so scripts/publish-release.sh and `gh release upload` find it
-  # by tag. It is created with the REST API so the id comes straight back: the
+  # by tag. Editing a draft can make GitHub show an untagged-* name again; the
+  # upload step below recovers that exact draft if tag lookup fails. It is
+  # created with the REST API so the id comes straight back: the
  # release list can lag a fresh draft (v0.4.2's first run found nothing and
  # PATCHed releases/ with an empty id). tests/test_release_workflow.py runs
  # this step against tests/fakegh.
@@ -40,8 +42,13 @@ jobs:
          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
        run: |
          tag="${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
-          # A rerun finds the draft an earlier attempt made.
-          id=$(gh api --paginate "repos/$GH_REPO/releases?per_page=100" --jq ".[] | select(.tag_name == \"$tag\") | .id" | head -n 1)
+          # A rerun finds the draft even if GitHub temporarily shows untagged-*.
+          id=$(gh api --paginate "repos/$GH_REPO/releases?per_page=100" \
+            --jq ".[] | select(.tag_name == \"$tag\" or (.draft and (.tag_name | startswith(\"untagged-\")) and .name == \"Frame Control ${tag#v}\")) | .id")
+          if [ -n "$id" ] && ! [[ "$id" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+            echo "expected one release for $tag; found: $id" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
          if [ -z "$id" ]; then
            # Given a missing tag, GitHub would create it on the default branch.
            gh api "repos/$GH_REPO/git/ref/tags/$tag" >/dev/null \
@@ -75,6 +82,28 @@ jobs:
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: "24"
+      # PC in the headset (Experimental, Windows only): our capture adapter and
+      # the GStreamer libraries it uses, bundled into resources/desktop/bundle.
+      - uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        with:
+          msystem: UCRT64
+          update: true
+      # A mirror's HTTP 429 once failed this install (2026-10-24): retry, so a
+      # flaky mirror can't break a release build.
+      - name: MSYS2 packages for the PC host
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+        run: |
+          for attempt in 1 2 3; do
+            pacman -S --needed --noconfirm mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-pkgconf mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-python mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gstreamer mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gst-plugins-base mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gst-plugins-good mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gst-plugins-bad mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gst-plugins-ugly && exit 0
+            sleep $((attempt * 30))
+          done
+          exit 1
+      - name: Windows PC streaming libraries
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+        run: python desktop/build.py --out app/build/desktop/win-x64
      - name: Build
        working-directory: app
        shell: bash
@@ -95,13 +124,43 @@ jobs:
          for ($i = 0; $i -lt 60 -and -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $installed 'Uninstall Frame Control.exe')); $i++) { Start-Sleep 2 }
          node app/build/check-resources.js (Join-Path $installed 'resources') app/dist/win-unpacked/resources
          if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit $LASTEXITCODE }
+      # From the installed app, so this also proves the installer carries the
+      # libraries. After the check above, and without writing __pycache__,
+      # so it can't change what that check compares.
+      - name: Test the installed app's Python with the Windows PC libraries
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE: "1"
+        run: |
+          resources="$(cygpath -u "$LOCALAPPDATA")/Programs/Frame Control/resources"
+          python="$resources/python/python.exe"
+          native="$(cygpath -w "$resources/desktop/bundle")"
+          FRAME_PC_NATIVE="$native" FRAME_PC_REQUIRE_NATIVE=1 FRAME_PC_INSTALLER_BUNDLE=1 "$python" -B -m unittest discover -s tests -p 'test_pc*.py' -v
      - name: Upload to the release
        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
        shell: bash
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
        run: |
-          gh release upload "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" ${{ matrix.files }} --clobber
+          # A release-notes edit can make GitHub expose a draft as untagged-*.
+          # Keep the normal upload path; recover only that lookup failure.
+          if result=$(gh release upload "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" ${{ matrix.files }} --clobber 2>&1); then
+            printf '%s\n' "$result"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          printf '%s\n' "$result" >&2
+          case "$result" in *"release not found"*) ;; *) exit 1 ;; esac
+          tag="${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
+          ids=$(gh api --paginate "repos/$GH_REPO/releases?per_page=100" \
+            --jq ".[] | select(.draft and .name == \"Frame Control ${tag#v}\" and (.tag_name == \"$tag\" or (.tag_name | startswith(\"untagged-\")))) | .id")
+          if ! [[ "$ids" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+            echo "expected one matching draft for $tag; found: ${ids:-none}" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          gh api -X PATCH "repos/$GH_REPO/releases/$ids" -f tag_name="$tag" >/dev/null
+          gh release upload "$tag" ${{ matrix.files }} --clobber
      # Tagged builds are attached to the release above; only other builds need artifacts.
      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        if: ${{ !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
@@ -114,3 +173,24 @@ jobs:
            app/dist/*.AppImage
            app/dist/*.deb
          if-no-files-found: ignore
+
+  checksums:
+    needs: build
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Attach SHA256SUMS after all installers upload
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+        run: |
+          gh api --paginate "repos/$GH_REPO/releases?per_page=100" --jq '.[]' > releases.jsonl
+          python3 scripts/release-checksums.py --tag "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" < releases.jsonl > SHA256SUMS
+          # Find the same draft using its exact tag, or its version title if a
+          # draft edit made GitHub temporarily show an untagged-* tag name.
+          id=$(python3 scripts/release-checksums.py --tag "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" --id < releases.jsonl)
+          old=$(gh api "repos/$GH_REPO/releases/$id" --jq '.assets[] | select(.name == "SHA256SUMS") | .id')
+          for asset in $old; do gh api -X DELETE "repos/$GH_REPO/releases/assets/$asset" >/dev/null; done
+          gh api -X POST "https://uploads.github.com/repos/$GH_REPO/releases/$id/assets?name=SHA256SUMS" \
+            -H "Content-Type: text/plain" --input SHA256SUMS >/dev/null
@@ -7,5 +7,15 @@ compat-db/.lakebed/
 tests/smoke/results/
 mac/bin/

+# Shared desktop streaming controller build products
+desktop/controller.dll
+desktop/controller.dylib
+desktop/controller.so
+desktop/*.obj
+desktop/*.lib
+desktop/*.exp
+desktop/bundle/
+app/build/desktop/
+
 # Downloaded at build time (frame/kdeconnect/fetch.py, app/build/fetch-deps.js)
 frame/kdeconnect/packages/
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## Unreleased
+
+- Skip backup saves and settings reached through a symbolic link anywhere below
+  the home folder, and recheck paths before packing each file. Local synthetic
+  tests cover redirected Proton prefixes and links changed after discovery;
+  concurrent filesystem changes can still race the checks.
+  [Backup layout and limits](docs/backup-and-recovery.md).
+
+- Import a base APK with supported native-library or asset splits from a local
+  Android backup or XAPK/APKS/APKM bundle. Check package and version before
+  install; refuse resource, code and feature splits and device-variant sets.
+  This route has local fixture coverage, not a real split-game headset test.
+
+- Save Steam screenshots under a separate folder for each headset, Steam
+  account and game. Equal screenshot filenames no longer overwrite one another;
+  existing files in the old flat folder are left in place.
+  [Copying guide](docs/recording.md).
+
+- Compare two explicit Windows Wireless Adapter doctor reads in local memory.
+  Highlight exact PnP instances and known state changes after a dropout;
+  incomplete inventories stay unknown. A Forget button clears the comparison.
+  No adapter setting changes or report uploads are made.
+
+- Add recovery steps to the Windows Wireless Adapter doctor for streams that
+  drop as they start and dongles that will not reconnect. Compare exact PnP IDs
+  and test one connection condition at a time. In-app disable/re-enable remains
+  deferred until an active Steam adapter instance can be identified safely.
+  [Guide and limits](docs/windows-wireless-doctor.md).
+
+- Add an explicit host window-switch button to whole-display panels: Alt-Tab
+  on Windows and Command-Tab on macOS. Single-window panels keep their own
+  source, so the button is hidden there.
+
+- Enable the in-app OBS source Start/Stop control on Windows. A control pipe
+  lets the Python relay close its SSH child on Stop, app quit or parent exit;
+  add a short [Discord guide](docs/streaming-to-discord.md).
+
+- Add a read-only wired connection doctor for a PC using the Frame's observed
+  USB-C network: show the local route, SSH port and pinned-key login result
+  without changing IP, host keys or headset settings.
+  [Usage and limits](docs/wired-connection.md).
+
+- Start the Android app catalogue without waiting for the headset's installed-app
+  list. Browsing remains available if that status request is slow or fails;
+  installation still waits for a confirmed list to avoid duplicate installs.
+
+- Verify the packaged OBS Start and Stop control with a real Frame, and record
+  37.600 seconds of headset mirror video and non-silent output audio in OBS.
+  Listening, sync and active passthrough remain unverified.
+  [Test record](docs/evidence/obs-media-source-real-2026-10-25.md).
+
+- Bundle the OBS source helper in Linux and macOS installers and add a
+  **Capture & Live** Start/Stop control. The app selects the active Frame and
+  closes its SSH stream on a headset switch or app exit. A real Frame stream
+  reached OBS with video and non-silent audio; listening and sync remain
+  unverified. [Setup and limits](docs/obs-headset-source.md).
+
+- Add a source-checkout helper that sends the Frame's SteamVR mirror and
+  default-output audio to a local OBS Media Source. A real Frame supplied a
+  4.021-second H.264/AAC stream to a Linux receiver; OBS playback and sync
+  remain unverified. [Setup and limits](docs/obs-headset-source.md).
+
+- Link emulator setup guidance from Store → Emulators. Existing Steam library
+  shortcuts and artwork cover Android apps and sideloaded titles; Android ROM
+  transfer still needs a verified per-instance workflow.
+  [Guide](docs/emulators.md).
+
+- Record the current Frame OS mirror and charge-limit checks. Active
+  passthrough in the mirror is still unknown; this build has no supported
+  user-writable 80% charge-limit control.
+  [Headset evidence](docs/evidence/round3-headset-2026-10-25.md).
+
+- Add Windows Tools → Wireless Adapter doctor: an explicit read-only PC snapshot
+  of distinct Wi-Fi Direct PnP instances, presence/link state, PC Wi-Fi and
+  reported channels/bands, with possible 2.4 GHz overlap guidance. Unknowns stay
+  visible; no adapter disable action is offered because an unused instance
+  cannot be identified reliably. No headset access or settings changes.
+  [Sources, verification and limits](docs/windows-wireless-doctor.md).
+
+- Add a Linux PC Wireless Adapter doctor in Settings and Devices, with a source
+  CLI and local JSON report. Select observed hardware without assuming Valve
+  IDs; inspect USB/interface presence, driver/module binding, udev/permissions,
+  rfkill, channel/band and network manager evidence. Missing evidence stays
+  unknown; all checks are read-only and never contact the Frame.
+  [Usage and verification limits](docs/linux-wireless-adapter-doctor.md).
+
+- Add Linux Tools → Steam desktop sharing: request `steam -pipewire` only after
+  checking Steam is not running, or open KDE Application Permissions with
+  instructions to revoke a verified Steam screen-sharing session manually. No
+  automatic permission reset, Steam restart, or headset access. Frame Control
+  Linux capture remains disabled; live portal behavior is unverified.
+  [Usage and limits](docs/steam-pipewire.md).
+
+- Use gamescope's input for the keyboard and trackpad, following the focused
+  headset panel without installing an input service. Start KDE Connect only for
+  accents and emoji, keeping queued text ordered and cancelling it on headset
+  switches. Retain intended-headset checks before starting either control and
+  prevent Unicode helper startup from deadlocking with a headset switch.
+- Keep accepted keyboard text when the Unicode queue is full: reject new batches
+  before sending their clicks or keys, and count in-flight text toward the limit.
+  Retain unsent text after helper failures/timeouts, report the error and resume
+  it with Try again. Clean up failed workers without touching a new headset's queue.
+  [Current verification and device limits](docs/evidence/pad-gamescope-2026-10-24.md).
+
+- Keep media playback running when SteamVR refuses the optional theatre dark
+  surround, including a retry after standby. Log the refusal and play without
+  the surround. Overlay teardown attempts every owned handle and always calls
+  OpenVR shutdown even if a handle fails to close.
+
+- Check the desktop server's single-instance lock before starting background
+  downloads, so a second server exits cleanly with the existing "already
+  running" message.
+
+- Recheck saved spatial layouts on SteamOS 0.5.6 / SteamVR 2.18.2 (issue #31).
+  Read-only probes expose some panel geometry, but safe restoration of
+  Steam/gamescope docking and positions remains unverified. Record exact API
+  results and a reproducible probe; saved layouts remain unavailable.
+
+- Record packaged v0.4.17 Desktop Capture succeeding on a mapped nested KDE
+  compositor on a real Frame with SteamOS 0.5.6. Headset overlay visibility was
+  not established; this is evidence, not a new fix or resolution of issue #73.
+
+- Correct the Return to Game Mode help text: Frame Control selects the switch
+  supported by the headset's SteamOS build, including `steamosctl` on current
+  Frames. The button's behavior is unchanged.
+
+- Distinguish an unreadable gamescope panel list from a confirmed empty list in
+  Desktop Capture and Control (issue #73). Failed discovery now asks users to
+  check SteamVR and report the exact message and SteamOS version, rather than
+  claiming no panel is open. This does not establish a new capture fix.
+
+- Add an opt-in desktop low-battery alert without starting a family session.
+  Existing status reads confirm low charge and drain; recovery hysteresis and a
+  ten-minute cooldown limit repeat alerts. Off on page open/headset switch;
+  pauses with hidden-page status refreshes. No extra polling or headset changes.
+
+- Clarify first-time desktop downloads, installation and opening on the website
+  and README, including CPU choices, unsigned-app warnings, pairing fallback
+  and the source-only iOS build. Keep section navigation available on mobile.
+
+- Treat headset aliases and other CSV metadata as plain text in power and heat
+  exports, so spreadsheet formula prefixes cannot run when a report is opened.
+
+- Add desktop Tools → Power & heat report: bounded read-only one/five-minute
+  observations with progress, stop and HTML/JSON/CSV downloads. Received samples
+  survive stop, disconnect and headset switch, labeled incomplete and tied to the
+  original headset. Shared sampler/report modules ship with the app; no power or
+  thermal controls are added. Download before replacing a report or quitting.
+
+- Fix Return to Game Mode misidentifying full Plasma Desktop Mode when its VR
+  overlay also runs gamescope (issue #142). Session targets now determine the
+  mode; conflicting or incomplete evidence stays unknown. Use SteamOS's
+  `steamosctl` switch when available, with older selector commands retained.
+
+- Export read-only power and heat observations to an offline accessible HTML
+  report with JSON/CSV downloads. `--html FILE` limits sessions to ten minutes;
+  Ctrl+C saves received samples with an explicit incomplete state. Units,
+  unknown counts and sources remain visible; no headset controls are added.
+
+- Add a guarded `frame-doctor.sh --plan` with read-only, evidence-specific next
+  steps and explicit local baseline reports for before/after diagnostics (issue
+  #34). Restart risk blocks plans/comparisons; no automatic repairs, password
+  changes or headset security changes are performed.
+
+- Recover a tagged release upload when GitHub temporarily displays its draft
+  as `untagged-…` after an edit, without creating a duplicate draft or
+  silently retrying unrelated upload failures.
+
+- Import standalone APK/OBB backups from XAPK/APKS/APKM archives through the
+  existing preview and game-data setup flow. Unsafe archives, split sets and
+  Android/data restores are refused with guidance. This does not establish RE4
+  compatibility or diagnose its reported failure (issue #102).
+
+- Add `scripts/frame-power-sample.sh`, a bounded read-only SSH sampler for
+  battery, CPU, named temperatures, fan and available power rails (issue #52).
+  JSON samples/summaries and CSV exports retain explicit unavailable states;
+  active smoke-test locks stop measurement. No power settings are changed.
+
+- Show saved Android compatibility reports on store search cards and app details.
+  Reports refresh in the background, so a stalled database or credential lookup
+  cannot delay search. Warnings allow installation; build compatibility blockers
+  still apply. Public copies use this computer's reports, not private shared ratings.
+
+- Fix two cases where optional diagnostic logs could retain part of a headset
+  display name or an SSH host name, while preserving existing privacy redaction
+  (issue #81).
+
+- Keep the full host-key recovery explanation readable in Devices, including
+  long addresses, and remove doubled punctuation from the connection tooltip
+  (issue #87). Refresh stays within the header and switching headsets selects
+  the new headset's details.
+
+- Fix experimental PC screen capture on Windows builds whose streaming libraries
+  lack Windows Graphics Capture. Whole screens use Desktop Duplication; individual
+  windows are hidden with an explanation instead of failing when shown. A Windows
+  VM streamed a real desktop to the Frame; physical input remains unverified.
+
+- Add read-only battery health in Tools: charging state, temperature, cycle count,
+  and available capacity with explicit unknown states. The parser was checked
+  on a real Frame; the connected desktop UI was tested with synthetic readings.
+
+- Add Tools → Game storage: read-only headset filesystem capacity and Steam
+  library/game install-size breakdown, with unknown sizes, partial inventories
+  and permission/missing-drive states. Includes instructions for Steam's own
+  Move UI; Frame Control does not move or delete game files. The read-only
+  parser was checked on a real Frame; the connected UI and game moves were not.
+
+- Add `scripts/frame-doctor.sh` for read-only setup and pairing diagnostics,
+  with verified SSH identity, private summaries and actionable next steps
+  (issue #34). Connection steps links to the diagnostic guide. Repairs remain
+  manual; restart-loop evidence stops deeper diagnostics. The real Frame
+  verified the SSH connection and safety stop; deeper checks were skipped.
+- Fixed headset smoke cleanup reporting success while a smoke-title process
+  could remain running after its files were removed. Cleanup now stops and
+  rechecks processes tied to exact reserved test-title paths, uses PID handles
+  for safe TERM/KILL escalation, and records stopped PIDs. Unrelated titles and
+  shared Wine services are left alone. Verified with local Linux process
+  regressions and a 13/13 real Frame smoke run that stopped five test-owned
+  Proton process PIDs before removing the Windows test title.
+
+- Keep failed automatic screenshot and clip copies visible after three attempts.
+  **Resume** and **Copy everything now** allow another try without restarting;
+  headset switches cannot use another headset's list or saved-file history.
+  [Copying guide](docs/recording.md).
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ node --test site/test/*.test.mjs        # website feedback function

 Say what you tested, and whether you tried it on a real Steam Frame.

+To add a local feature without changing the core app, see the
+[extension guide](docs/extensions.md) and its working example.
+
 ## Blocking

 If you ignore this document twice, or spam the tracker with agent-generated
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 **Manage your Valve Steam Frame from your computer.**<br>
 See what the headset sees, install games and Android apps, move files and text across, and check battery and status, all over SSH.

-[![Latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/saphid/steam-frame?label=release&color=1a9fff)](https://github.com/saphid/steam-frame/releases/latest)
+[![Latest release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/saphid/frame-control?label=release&color=1a9fff)](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/releases/latest)
 [![Platforms](https://img.shields.io/badge/macOS%20%7C%20Windows%20%7C%20Linux-2a475e?label=runs%20on)](#install)
-[![Checks](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/saphid/steam-frame/checks.yml?branch=main&label=checks)](https://github.com/saphid/steam-frame/actions/workflows/checks.yml)
+[![Checks](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/saphid/frame-control/checks.yml?branch=main&label=checks)](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/actions/workflows/checks.yml)
 [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-66c0f4)](LICENSE)

 [**Website**](https://frame-control.pages.dev) · [**Download**](#install) · [Trailer](#trailer) · [Features](#features) · [Set up the headset](#set-up-the-headset) · [Feedback](#feedback) · [Docs](#going-further)
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ See what the headset sees, install games and Android apps, move files and text a
 <img src="docs/img/frame-control.png" alt="Frame Control's Games tab: installed games, sideloaded titles, and your Steam library with Frame ratings" width="900">

 <a id="trailer"></a>
-<a href="https://github.com/saphid/steam-frame/releases/download/trailer/frame-control-trailer.mp4"><img src="docs/img/trailer.jpg" alt="Watch the Frame Control trailer" width="900"></a>
+<a href="https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/releases/download/trailer/frame-control-trailer.mp4"><img src="docs/img/trailer.jpg" alt="Watch the Frame Control trailer" width="900"></a>

 <sub>The trailer: 66 seconds, with sound. Downloads the MP4 from the trailer release.</sub>

 <sub>Unofficial hobby project, not affiliated with Valve. Free and open source.</sub>

+[See what was tested on a real Frame, in a VM, or only in automated checks](docs/current-support-matrix.md).
+
 </div>

 ---
@@ -44,13 +46,19 @@ Live video of what the lenses show, or of the app panel in use, flat and still h
 **🔋 Battery and status**<br>
 Charge, charging watts and time left, storage, memory, temperature, Wi-Fi, and what's running.

+For PC-side USB, driver, radio and network manager evidence, use the
+[Linux Wireless Adapter doctor](docs/linux-wireless-adapter-doctor.md).
+
+For repeatable read-only battery, power-rail, temperature and fan measurements,
+use the [power and heat sampler](docs/power-and-heat.md).
+
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td valign="top">

 **🎮 Steam games**<br>
-Everything you own with its Steam Frame rating. Install onto the headset with live progress, and search the store.
+Everything you own with its Steam Frame rating. Install onto the headset with live progress, search the store, and force quit a game that stops responding.

 </td>
 <td valign="top">
@@ -63,17 +71,17 @@ About 4,500 F-Droid apps rated for the Frame. One click installs each as its own
 <tr>
 <td valign="top">

-**📁 Files, games and clipboard**<br>
-Drag files onto the window to send them. Drop a game's .zip, folder or .exe to add it to the Steam library, with Proton or the Linux runtime picked for you. Send text or your clipboard straight to the headset's desktop.
+**📁 Files and games**<br>
+Drag files onto the window to send them. Drop a game's .zip, folder or .exe to add it to the Steam library, with Proton or the Linux runtime picked for you.

 </td>
 <td valign="top">

-**📸 Screenshots**<br>
-Browse the shots you take in the headset and save them to your Pictures folder.
+**📸 Screenshots and recordings**<br>
+Browse the shots you take in the headset and save them to your Pictures folder, or have new ones and your Steam clips copied over automatically. Record SteamVR's mirrored headset view, with its sound, or export Steam's clips at any length, as .mp4 files in your Videos folder. [Recording details and passthrough limits](docs/recording.md#does-record-include-passthrough).

 **⌨️ Keyboard and trackpad**<br>
-Type and point in the Frame's apps from your computer or phone, through KDE Connect, which Frame Control brings along and sets up on the Frame. Nothing else to install, anywhere.
+Type and point in the headset from your computer or phone, through Valve's own input path, with nothing to install. Accents and emoji use KDE Connect, which Frame Control brings along and sets up the first time you type one. Copy text to the headset's clipboard and back again. Press T to open it.

 </td>
 </tr>
@@ -89,6 +97,14 @@ Install desktop apps like Moonlight or VLC, and set each Android app's resolutio
 **⚡ One-click tools**<br>
 SSH, SFTP, Steam Link, remote desktop, volume, sleep, restart and shut down.

+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td colspan="2" valign="top">
+
+**💾 Backup and recovery**<br>
+Copy game saves, settings and Android app data to your computer, and restore them after a factory reset. Sign-in files and keys are never copied. A Return to Game Mode button helps when the headset is stuck in Desktop Mode. Not tested on a headset yet. [How it works](docs/backup-and-recovery.md).
+
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
@@ -105,17 +121,48 @@ already ships (sideloading a game copies Valve's own devkit scripts to

 ## Install

+**Install Frame Control on your computer, not on the headset.** The website is
+for downloads and instructions; it does not connect to your Frame in a browser.
+Choose the operating system and processor of the computer you will use.
+
 | | Download | Needs |
 |---|---|---|
-| **macOS** (Apple Silicon) | [Frame-Control-mac-arm64.dmg](https://github.com/saphid/steam-frame/releases/latest/download/Frame-Control-mac-arm64.dmg) | Nothing extra |
-| **Windows** 10 / 11 (x64) | [Frame-Control-Setup-x64.exe](https://github.com/saphid/steam-frame/releases/latest/download/Frame-Control-Setup-x64.exe) · [portable .zip](https://github.com/saphid/steam-frame/releases/latest/download/Frame-Control-win-x64.zip) | Nothing extra |
-| **Linux** (x64) | [AppImage](https://github.com/saphid/steam-frame/releases/latest/download/Frame-Control-linux-x86_64.AppImage) · [.deb](https://github.com/saphid/steam-frame/releases/latest/download/Frame-Control-linux-amd64.deb) | `ssh` (most desktops have it) |
-| **Linux** (arm64) | [AppImage](https://github.com/saphid/steam-frame/releases/latest/download/Frame-Control-linux-arm64.AppImage) · [.deb](https://github.com/saphid/steam-frame/releases/latest/download/Frame-Control-linux-arm64.deb) | `ssh`, and `adb` for Android apps (`sudo apt install adb`) |
+| **macOS** (Apple Silicon) | [Frame-Control-mac-arm64.dmg](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/releases/latest/download/Frame-Control-mac-arm64.dmg) | Nothing extra |
+| **Windows** 10 / 11 (x64) | [Frame-Control-Setup-x64.exe](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/releases/latest/download/Frame-Control-Setup-x64.exe) · [portable .zip](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/releases/latest/download/Frame-Control-win-x64.zip) | OpenSSH Client (normally installed) |
+| **Linux** (x64) | [AppImage](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/releases/latest/download/Frame-Control-linux-x86_64.AppImage) · [.deb](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/releases/latest/download/Frame-Control-linux-amd64.deb) | `ssh` (most desktops have it) |
+| **Linux** (arm64) | [AppImage](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/releases/latest/download/Frame-Control-linux-arm64.AppImage) · [.deb](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/releases/latest/download/Frame-Control-linux-arm64.deb) | `ssh`, and `adb` for Android apps (`sudo apt install adb`) |

-**iPhone and iPad:** the same features from your phone, with nothing to install on
-a computer. Build it from [`ios/`](ios) in Xcode; see [docs/iphone.md](docs/iphone.md).
+### Is it safe? Check your download

-The app brings its own Python and `adb`; SSH is built into macOS and Windows.
+Starting with **v0.4.26**, get the installer and [SHA256SUMS](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/releases/latest/download/SHA256SUMS) from the **same release**. Earlier releases do not have this file. A matching SHA-256 means your file matches that release asset. It does not prove the app is free of malware. Use the command for your downloaded file, then compare all 64 characters with its line in `SHA256SUMS`:
+
+```powershell
+# Windows PowerShell
+Get-FileHash .\Frame-Control-Setup-x64.exe -Algorithm SHA256
+```
+
+```sh
+# macOS: shasum -a 256 Frame-Control-mac-arm64.dmg
+# Linux: sha256sum Frame-Control-linux-x86_64.AppImage
+```
+
+The [source](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control) and [release build workflow](.github/workflows/release.yml) are public. The Windows installer is **not code-signed**, so SmartScreen may warn. The macOS app has only an **ad hoc signature**, not an Apple Developer ID signature; the DMG is **unsigned and not notarized**, so Gatekeeper may warn or block it. Only follow the opening steps below if you trust the download.
+
+日本語: [5 ステップの接続ガイド](docs/connection-faq.md#日本語-5-ステップで接続)を参照してください。v0.4.26 以降は公式リリースの SHA256SUMS とファイルの SHA-256 値を照合してください。Windows は未署名、macOS は開発者 ID による署名・公証がありません。
+
+**Which build?** On a Mac, check Apple menu → About This Mac: the download is
+for Apple Silicon (M-series); no Intel Mac build is published. On Windows,
+check Settings → System → About → System type: the release is x64, not a native
+Windows ARM build. On Linux, `uname -m` reports `x86_64` (x64) or `aarch64`
+(arm64). Use `.deb` on Debian/Ubuntu, or AppImage on other distributions.
+
+**iPhone and iPad:** no App Store, TestFlight or `.ipa` download is provided in
+the current release. It runs from your phone without a computer after setup.
+Build it from [`ios/`](ios) in Xcode on a Mac with your own signing team; see
+[docs/iphone.md](docs/iphone.md).
+
+The app brings its own Python and `adb`. macOS includes SSH; Windows needs the
+OpenSSH Client optional feature (normally installed).
 From 0.4 it updates itself: when a new version is published, a banner offers
 **Update and restart**. It sends anonymous usage statistics, which you can turn
 off. Sharing compatibility results and error details is opt-in. See
@@ -128,7 +175,7 @@ distribution's. If you already have `adb`, the app uses yours.

 There's no paid Apple developer account behind it, so macOS says the app is
 damaged or can't be checked. Drag it to Applications, then clear the download
-quarantine once:
+quarantine once, only for a download you trust from the releases linked above:

 ```sh
 xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Frame Control.app"
@@ -157,26 +204,54 @@ If it complains about FUSE, install `libfuse2` (Ubuntu 24.04+: `libfuse2t64`),
 or run it with `--appimage-extract-and-run`.
 </details>

+## Open the app
+
+**Optional: open at login.** In the installed desktop app, choose **Frame → Open at Login**. It is off by default. When on, a login launch starts in the tray or menu bar if that control is available; click its icon to open the window, or use its **Quit Frame Control** menu item. Closing the window keeps the app in the tray while this option is on. Turn the same menu option off to remove its OS login item. On Linux this creates or removes only Frame Control's own file in `~/.config/autostart/` (or `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart/`). If the desktop has no working tray, the window opens at login instead. A source checkout does not offer this setting.
+
+- **macOS:** open the `.dmg`, drag **Frame Control** to **Applications**, then
+  open it from Applications. For the Gatekeeper warning, use the macOS steps
+  above. Allow local network access and control of Terminal when prompted.
+- **Windows:** run the installer, then open **Frame Control** from Start. For
+  the portable download, extract the entire `.zip` first and run
+  `Frame Control.exe` inside it. See the SmartScreen note above.
+- **Linux:** install the `.deb` with your package installer and launch
+  **Frame Control** from your applications menu; or make the AppImage executable
+  and run it as described above. Install the OpenSSH client if `ssh` is missing.
+
 ## Set up the headset

-You type one password on the headset, once. Everything else happens on your
-computer.
+Keep the Frame awake and connect it and your computer to the same trusted local
+network. Guest Wi-Fi/client isolation can prevent discovery and connections.

 1. **On the Frame:** Steam Settings → System → **Enable Developer Mode**, then
-   in the Developer section, **Set User Password**. Pick something short:
-   you'll type it once more on your computer and then never again.
-2. **On your computer:** open Frame Control. It offers to **Set Up
-   Connection**, which finds the headset, creates an SSH key, and asks for that
-   password once in a terminal window. If it can't find the Frame, type the
-   IP address from the Frame's Quick Settings.
+   Developer → **Set User Password**. Choose a password that isn't easy to guess:
+   it also protects `sudo` and remote desktop, even after SSH keys are set up.
+2. **On your computer:** open Frame Control and choose **Set Up Connection…**.
+   If you dismissed the first-run prompt, use **Frame → Set Up Connection…**.
+   Setup opens a terminal and tries to find the headset. If it can't, use its IP
+   address from Quick Settings or Steam Settings → Internet. Windows/Linux setup
+   prompts for it; macOS exits instead. On macOS, return to the app →
+   **Devices & connection → + Add a headset…**, set SSH alias to `frame` for
+   the default headset, fill in **Address**, then choose **Set Up…**.
+3. **Pair or enter the password:** setup first tries Valve's devkit pairing.
+   Open Steam Settings → Developer → **Pair new host** in the headset and approve
+   only the request you just started. The service and pairing-mode step are
+   verified on a Frame; approval and key installation through that flow remain
+   unverified. If pairing fails or times out, setup falls back to asking for the
+   Developer Mode password in the computer's terminal. Password typing may show
+   no characters; press Enter when done. See [SSH details](docs/ssh.md#password-free-pairing-steamos-devkit-service).
+4. After setup succeeds, return to Frame Control. It uses SSH keys for later
+   connections whenever the Frame is awake and reachable. If it stays offline,
+   check Developer Mode, the address and network isolation, then run setup again.
+   For connections away from home, see [Tailscale](docs/tailscale.md).

-   Before asking for the password it tries Valve's SteamOS devkit pairing: in
-   the headset, open Steam Settings → Developer → **Pair new host** and approve
-   the request, and no password is needed. (The service and the pairing-mode
-   step are verified on a Frame; the approval itself isn't yet. See
-   [SSH](docs/ssh.md#password-free-pairing-steamos-devkit-service).)
-3. That's it. The app now reaches the headset whenever it's awake and on the
-   same network. For anywhere else, see [Tailscale](docs/tailscale.md).
+**Does Frame Control lower streaming lag?** No. Frame Control manages the Frame
+over SSH. SteamVR or Steam Link carries the game stream. Frame Control does not
+carry that stream, lower ping, or need the Wireless Adapter. It can connect over
+Wi-Fi, the Wireless Adapter, or USB when your computer has an SSH route to the
+Frame. The wired doctor checks only that SSH route. A data-capable USB-A-to-C
+cable has not been tested for the Frame's USB network. See the
+[connection FAQ and Japanese quick start](docs/connection-faq.md).

 **What it changes:** only what you click. Installs go to your user account on
 the Frame (`--user` Flatpaks, Lepton instances, Steam downloads, sideloaded
@@ -189,7 +264,7 @@ entry to `~/.ssh/config` and keys at `~/.ssh/id_ed25519_frame` and

 This is a first public test, so reports are really useful, especially from
 Windows and Linux. The quickest way is **Report a problem** in the app (the
-warning-sign button at the top, or **Help → Report a Problem…**). It adds
+speech-bubble button at the top, or **Help → Report a Problem…**). It adds
 diagnostics with personal details removed, shows you exactly what's included,
 and sends it privately to the maintainer; nothing is published. Without the app,
 use the [feedback form](https://frame-control.pages.dev/feedback/). Please include:
@@ -212,19 +287,23 @@ Frame's software fits together, all checked against a real headset and labelled
 | [Frame Control in detail](docs/frame-control.md) | Every feature, how it works, per-platform notes, building |
 | [Scripts and headset setup](docs/scripts.md) | The command-line helpers, minimum typing, streaming options, floating panels |
 | [How the Frame works](docs/how-the-frame-works.md) | SteamVR → gamescope → Plasma, verified facts, debugging |
+| [SteamOS October 2026 compatibility](docs/steamos-2026-10-compat.md) | Frame OS 0.5.6 connection changes and SteamOS 3.9.5 PC host notes |
 | [Android apps (Lepton)](docs/apks.md) | Sideloading, the rated F-Droid catalogue, per-app instances |
 | [Import from my Quest](docs/quest-import.md) | Copy games you own off your Quest by USB; what runs, and why licence-checked games may not |
 | [My Meta library](docs/meta-library.md) | Experimental: install and test Quest games your Meta account owns, with your own token |
 | [Sideloading Linux and Windows games](docs/sideloading.md) | A .zip, folder or .exe as a Steam Devkit Game, runtime detection |
 | [Install links for websites](docs/web-install.md) | `frame-control://install` links and manifests, the rules, a button to paste |
 | [VR comfort and HUD](docs/vr-utilities.md) · [Steam games](docs/steam-games.md) · [VR video](docs/vr-video.md) · [WebXR in Chromium](docs/webxr-chromium.md) | Installing and buying, watching VR180/360, the Chromium build |
+| [Steam desktop sharing (Linux)](docs/steam-pipewire.md) | External Steam helper: launch with `-pipewire` after exiting Steam, or open KDE permissions to re-pick a screen manually; no automatic permission reset |
+| [PC in the headset](docs/pc-in-headset.md) | Experimental, Windows only, off until you turn it on: a whole PC screen as a panel in the Frame. Tested in a Windows VM; individual windows need a WGC-enabled build |
 | [Mac in the headset](docs/mac-in-headset.md) | Mac windows and screens as panels in the Frame, with laser and keyboard input |
 | [VR mods and custom songs](docs/mods.md) | UEVR for Unreal games from Frame Control (install, play in VR, remove), the per-game table, Beat Saber blockers |
+| [Decky Loader on Frame](docs/decky-frame.md) · [Frame Control in VR](docs/headset-app.md) · [Frame plugin author guide](docs/frame-plugin-author.md) · [Frame Control extensions](docs/extensions.md) | Experimental Decky support, a removable headset panel, and the local extension API |
 | [SSH](docs/ssh.md) · [Streaming](docs/streaming.md) · [Files](docs/file-transfer.md) · [Panels](docs/panels.md) · [Tailscale](docs/tailscale.md) | Topic notes |
 | [Frame Control for iPhone](docs/iphone.md) | The iPhone and iPad app, how it runs the server on the Frame, pairing |
 | [Recovery and OS images](docs/recovery-and-images.md) | Where to download the Frame's OS, what's inside, testing without the headset |
-| [Eye tracking and heart rate](docs/tracking.md) | Our OpenXR → OSC bridge, BlueZ heart-rate panel and optional local session log; SlimeVR feasibility notes |
 | [AI agents and assistant](docs/agents.md) | Key-free MCP tools, human approvals, and an opt-in assistant panel |
+| [Power and heat measurements](docs/power-and-heat.md) | Read-only sampling and offline HTML reports with JSON/CSV downloads |
 | [Testing](docs/testing.md) | Unit tests, end-to-end tests against a fake Frame in Docker, the headset smoke test and a Windows test VM |
 | [Open questions](docs/open-questions.md) | What's still unchecked |

@@ -240,8 +319,8 @@ Frame's software fits together, all checked against a real headset and labelled
  loopback `127.0.0.1:8080`) only through SSH tunnels. The compatibility
  database key (maintainer-only) is never written to the repo.
 - `steamos` has `sudo`, protected by the same Developer Mode password. Once
-  you've switched to key auth, a short password still protects `sudo` and
-  RDP, so pick one that isn't trivially guessable.
+  you've switched to key auth, that password still protects `sudo` and RDP,
+  so pick one that isn't trivially guessable.
 - Don't port-forward 22, 3389, or 5555–5599 from your router. For remote access,
  use Tailscale: `scripts/tailscale-on-frame.sh` (no sudo). In its userspace mode
  **every** Frame port is reachable from your tailnet, including Steam's DevTools
@@ -267,3 +346,5 @@ into a draft release, which reaches users once published. See
 licence, notably KDE Connect (GPL) for the keyboard and trackpad; see
 [THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md](THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md). Steam, Steam Frame and SteamVR are trademarks of Valve
 Corporation. This project isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Valve.
+
+See [Game storage](docs/game-storage.md) for read-only headset space and Steam install sizes, and [the changelog](CHANGELOG.md) for unreleased changes.
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ ship other people's software, unchanged, each under its own licence:
 | adb (Android SDK Platform-Tools) | Desktop apps (not Linux arm64) | Apache-2.0 and others | `NOTICE.txt` in the app's `tools` folder |
 | Mozilla's CA certificate list, as published by curl | Desktop apps | MPL-2.0 | https://curl.se/docs/caextract.html |
 | Electron | Desktop apps | MIT (Chromium: BSD-3-Clause and others) | `LICENSE` and `LICENSES.chromium.html` in the app |
+| GStreamer 1.x, a few of its plugins and the libraries they need, as [MSYS2](https://packages.msys2.org/) builds them | Windows app only, for the experimental [PC in the headset](docs/pc-in-headset.md) | LGPL-2.1-or-later and others (per package); the GPL x264 encoder is left out | `libraries.json` (exact package versions) and the `licenses` folder in the app's `desktop/bundle` folder |

 Frame Control starts KDE Connect and talks to it over its network protocol;
-it doesn't link to it or include its code.
+it doesn't link to it or include its code. On Windows, Frame Control's own
+`pc-host.dll` links to GStreamer dynamically; the libraries are unmodified.
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ const path = require("path");

 const REQUIRED = [
  "ui/server.py",
+  "ui/frame_power.py",
+  "ui/frame_status.py",
+  "scripts/frame_power_sample.py",
+  "scripts/frame_power_report.py",
+  "scripts/obs-headset-source.py",
  "ui/frame_android.py",
  "frame/android/lepton-app.sh",
  "frame/openxr-compat/XrApiLayer_FRAME_compat.json",
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// Opt-in OS login item. Linux owns only its marked autostart file; an existing
+// custom entry is never overwritten or removed.
+const fs = require("node:fs");
+const os = require("node:os");
+const path = require("node:path");
+
+const MARKER = "# Managed by Frame Control; use Frame > Open at Login to remove.\n";
+const FILE = "com.saphid.frame-control.desktop";
+
+function quoteExec(value) {
+  return `"${value.replace(/\\/g, "\\\\").replace(/"/g, '\\"').replace(/\$/g, "\\$").replace(/`/g, "\\`").replace(/%/g, "%%")}"`;
+}
+
+function createLoginItem({ platform = process.platform, electronApp, env = process.env,
+                           executable = process.execPath, filesystem = fs,
+                           home = os.homedir() }) {
+  const config = env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME && path.isAbsolute(env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME)
+    ? env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME : path.join(home, ".config");
+  const file = path.join(config, "autostart", FILE);
+  const command = platform === "linux" && env.APPIMAGE && path.isAbsolute(env.APPIMAGE)
+    ? env.APPIMAGE : executable;
+  function owned() {
+    try { return filesystem.readFileSync(file, "utf8").startsWith(MARKER); }
+    catch (err) { if (err.code === "ENOENT") return false; throw err; }
+  }
+  function enabled() {
+    if (platform === "linux") return owned();
+    return !!electronApp.getLoginItemSettings().openAtLogin;
+  }
+  function set(enabledNow) {
+    if (platform !== "linux") {
+      electronApp.setLoginItemSettings({ openAtLogin: !!enabledNow, openAsHidden: !!enabledNow,
+                                        args: enabledNow ? ["--hidden"] : [] });
+      if (enabled() !== !!enabledNow) throw new Error("The operating system did not save the login item.");
+      return enabled();
+    }
+    if (enabledNow) {
+      if (filesystem.existsSync(file) && !owned()) throw new Error(`A different autostart entry already exists: ${file}`);
+      filesystem.mkdirSync(path.dirname(file), { recursive: true });
+      const body = MARKER + "[Desktop Entry]\nType=Application\nName=Frame Control\n" +
+        `Exec=${quoteExec(command)} --hidden\nTerminal=false\nX-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true\n`;
+      const tmp = file + `.tmp-${process.pid}`;
+      try { filesystem.writeFileSync(tmp, body, { mode: 0o600 }); filesystem.renameSync(tmp, file); }
+      finally { try { filesystem.unlinkSync(tmp); } catch (err) { if (err.code !== "ENOENT") throw err; } }
+    } else if (owned()) {
+      filesystem.unlinkSync(file);
+    }
+    return enabled();
+  }
+  return { enabled, set, file };
+}
+
+module.exports = { createLoginItem, quoteExec };
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Frame Control as a desktop app (macOS, Windows, Linux): starts ui/server.py on
 // a free loopback port and shows it in a native window. The server does all the
 // work over the `frame` SSH alias; this file only hosts it.
-const { app, BrowserWindow, Menu, Notification, clipboard, dialog, ipcMain, nativeImage, session, shell } = require("electron");
+const { app, BrowserWindow, Menu, Notification, Tray, clipboard, dialog, ipcMain, nativeImage, session, shell } = require("electron");
 const { execFile, spawn } = require("child_process");
 const { promisify } = require("util");
 const fs = require("fs");
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ const os = require("os");
 const path = require("path");
 const { SCHEME, parseInstallLink, linkFromArgv } = require("./install-link");
 const updater = require("./updater");
+const { preferenceStore } = require("./preferences");
+const { createLoginItem } = require("./login-item");
 const { createMetaSignIn } = require("./meta-signin");

 const run = promisify(execFile);
@@ -28,10 +30,13 @@ const LOG_DIR = IS_MAC ? path.join(os.homedir(), "Library", "Logs", "Frame Contr
 const LOG = path.join(LOG_DIR, "server.log");
 const BG = "#0d1117";
 const FRAME = process.env.FRAME_ALIAS || "frame";
+const preferences = preferenceStore(path.join(app.getPath("userData"), "client-preferences.json"));
+const loginItem = createLoginItem({ electronApp: app });

 let server = null;
 let url = null;
 let win = null;
+let tray = null;
 let quitting = false;
 let python = null;

@@ -280,6 +285,14 @@ ipcMain.handle("server:restart", (e) => {
  if (win && e.sender === win.webContents && e.senderFrame && e.senderFrame.url.startsWith("data:")) restartServer();
 });
 ipcMain.handle("clipboard:read", (e) => fromUi(e) ? clipboard.readText() : "");
+// Text from the headset's clipboard onto this computer's.
+ipcMain.handle("clipboard:write", (e, text) => {
+  if (!fromUi(e) || typeof text !== "string") return false;
+  clipboard.writeText(text);
+  return true;
+});
+ipcMain.handle("preferences:read", (e) => fromUi(e) ? preferences.read() : {});
+ipcMain.handle("preferences:write", (e, key, value) => fromUi(e) ? preferences.write(key, value) : false);
 // A PNG or JPEG (a screenshot) onto the clipboard as an image.
 ipcMain.handle("clipboard:writeImage", (e, bytes) => {
  if (!fromUi(e) || !(bytes instanceof Uint8Array)) return false;
@@ -294,6 +307,62 @@ ipcMain.handle("update:get", (e) => fromUi(e) ? publicUpdate() : null);
 ipcMain.handle("update:check", (e) => fromUi(e) ? checkForUpdate({ manual: true }).then(publicUpdate) : null);
 ipcMain.handle("update:install", (e) => { if (fromUi(e)) installUpdate(); });

+// The OBS source is local to this computer. Closing the Python relay's control
+// pipe lets it stop SSH on every platform, including Windows where SIGTERM
+// terminates Python without running its cleanup block.
+const OBS_SCRIPT = path.join(SCRIPTS, "obs-headset-source.py");
+let obsChild = null;
+let obsState = { state: "idle", alias: "", error: "" };
+function publicObs() { return { ...obsState, supported: true }; }
+function setObs(state, alias = "", error = "") {
+  obsState = { state, alias, error };
+  if (win && !win.isDestroyed()) win.webContents.send("obs:state", publicObs());
+  return publicObs();
+}
+function stopObs() {
+  if (!obsChild) return publicObs();
+  setObs("stopping", obsState.alias);
+  if (obsChild.stdin && !obsChild.stdin.writableEnded) obsChild.stdin.end();
+  return publicObs();
+}
+ipcMain.handle("obs:status", (e) => fromUi(e) ? publicObs() : null);
+ipcMain.handle("obs:start", async (e) => {
+  if (!fromUi(e)) return null;
+  if (obsChild) return publicObs();
+  const alias = activeAlias();
+  if (!ALIAS_RE.test(alias)) throw new Error("Select a valid headset first.");
+  if (!fs.existsSync(OBS_SCRIPT)) throw new Error("The OBS helper is missing; reinstall Frame Control.");
+  const env = { ...process.env, PATH: await loginPath() };
+  const executable = python || await findPython(env);
+  if (!executable) throw new Error(PYTHON_HELP);
+  // A concurrent click or a headset switch may have happened while finding Python.
+  if (obsChild) return publicObs();
+  if (alias !== activeAlias()) throw new Error("The selected headset changed; try again.");
+  const child = spawn(executable, [...PY_FLAGS, OBS_SCRIPT, "--frame", alias, "--control-stdin"],
+                      { env, stdio: ["pipe", "ignore", "pipe"], windowsHide: true });
+  obsChild = child;
+  setObs("starting", alias);
+  let output = "";
+  child.stderr.on("data", (chunk) => {
+    output = (output + chunk.toString("utf8")).slice(-2048);
+    if (obsChild === child && output.includes("Frame Control OBS stream is ready")) setObs("running", alias);
+  });
+  child.once("error", (err) => {
+    if (obsChild !== child) return;
+    obsChild = null;
+    setObs("failed", alias, `Could not start OBS source: ${err.message}`);
+  });
+  child.once("exit", (code, signal) => {
+    if (obsChild !== child) return;
+    const stopping = obsState.state === "stopping" || quitting;
+    obsChild = null;
+    setObs(stopping ? "idle" : "failed", alias,
+           stopping ? "" : `OBS source stopped (${signal || code}). ${output.trim().split("\n").pop() || "Check SteamVR and SSH."}`);
+  });
+  return publicObs();
+});
+ipcMain.handle("obs:stop", (e) => fromUi(e) ? stopObs() : null);
+
 // The page reports the headsets it knows (the server's Devices tab), so the Frame
 // menu can switch between them. Only plain names and ids go into the menu.
 const ALIAS_RE = /^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,63}$/;
@@ -304,6 +373,7 @@ ipcMain.on("devices:changed", (e, list) => {
    .map(d => ({ id: d.id.slice(0, 80), name: String(d.name || d.alias).slice(0, 60), alias: d.alias, active: !!d.active }));
  if (JSON.stringify(next) === JSON.stringify(devices)) return;
  devices = next;
+  if (obsChild && obsState.alias !== activeAlias()) stopObs();
  buildMenu();
 });
 const activeAlias = () => (devices.find(d => d.active) || {}).alias || FRAME;
@@ -506,7 +576,60 @@ function registerScheme() {
  }
 }

-function createWindow() {
+function showWindow() {
+  if (!win) return createWindow(true);
+  if (win.isMinimized()) win.restore();
+  win.show();
+  win.focus();
+}
+
+function ensureTray() {
+  if (tray) return true;
+  try {
+    const icon = nativeImage.createFromPath(path.join(__dirname, "build", "icon.png"));
+    if (icon.isEmpty()) return false;
+    tray = new Tray(icon);
+    // Some Linux desktops accept the Tray object but expose no status icon.
+    // Keep a visible login window rather than hiding the only way back in.
+    if (process.platform === "linux") {
+      const bounds = tray.getBounds();
+      if (!bounds.width || !bounds.height) { tray.destroy(); tray = null; return false; }
+    }
+    tray.setToolTip("Frame Control");
+    tray.on("click", showWindow);
+    updateTrayMenu();
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    if (tray) { try { tray.destroy(); } catch {} tray = null; }
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+function updateTrayMenu() {
+  if (!tray) return;
+  tray.setContextMenu(Menu.buildFromTemplate([
+    { label: "Open Frame Control", click: showWindow },
+    { label: "Open at Login", type: "checkbox", checked: loginItem.enabled(), click: toggleLoginItem },
+    { type: "separator" },
+    { label: "Quit Frame Control", click: () => app.quit() },
+  ]));
+}
+
+function toggleLoginItem() {
+  try {
+    const on = loginItem.set(!loginItem.enabled());
+    if (on) ensureTray();
+    else if (tray) { tray.destroy(); tray = null; }
+    buildMenu();
+    updateTrayMenu();
+  } catch (err) {
+    dialog.showErrorBox("Open at Login", String(err.message || err));
+    buildMenu();
+    updateTrayMenu();
+  }
+}
+
+function createWindow(showOnReady = !process.argv.includes("--hidden") || !tray) {
  win = new BrowserWindow({
    width: 1400, height: 950, minWidth: 760, minHeight: 560,
    title: "Frame Control", backgroundColor: BG, show: false,
@@ -515,7 +638,10 @@ function createWindow() {
    webPreferences: { contextIsolation: true, nodeIntegration: false, sandbox: true, backgroundThrottling: false,
                      preload: path.join(__dirname, "preload.js") },
  });
-  win.once("ready-to-show", () => win.show());
+  win.once("ready-to-show", () => { if (showOnReady) win.show(); });
+  win.on("close", (event) => {
+    if (!quitting && tray && loginItem.enabled()) { event.preventDefault(); win.hide(); }
+  });
  if (CHROME_CSS) win.webContents.on("did-finish-load", () => win.webContents.insertCSS(CHROME_CSS));
  // External links open in the default browser; the app never navigates away.
  win.webContents.setWindowOpenHandler(({ url: target }) => {
@@ -569,6 +695,8 @@ function buildMenu() {
      label: "Frame",
      submenu: [
        { label: "Set Up Connection…", click: () => setUpConnection() },
+        { label: "Open at Login", type: "checkbox", checked: loginItem.enabled(),
+          enabled: app.isPackaged, click: toggleLoginItem },
        { label: IS_MAC ? "Open SSH in Terminal" : "Open SSH in a Terminal", click: openSsh },
        { type: "separator" },
        ...(devices.length > 1 ? [{
@@ -617,7 +745,7 @@ if (!app.requestSingleInstanceLock()) {
  app.on("open-url", (e, link) => { e.preventDefault(); openInstallLink(link); });
  // Windows and Linux start a second instance with the link as an argument.
  app.on("second-instance", (_e, argv) => {
-    if (win) { if (win.isMinimized()) win.restore(); win.focus(); }
+    if (!argv.includes("--hidden")) showWindow();
    const link = linkFromArgv(argv);
    if (link) openInstallLink(link);
  });
@@ -625,12 +753,41 @@ if (!app.requestSingleInstanceLock()) {
  if (firstLink) openInstallLink(firstLink);
  app.whenReady().then(() => {
    registerScheme();
+    if (loginItem.enabled()) ensureTray();
    buildMenu();
    createWindow();
    scheduleUpdateChecks();
  });
-  app.on("activate", () => { if (!win) createWindow(); });
+  app.on("activate", showWindow);
  app.on("window-all-closed", () => app.quit());
-  app.on("before-quit", () => { quitting = true; stopServer(); });
-  process.on("exit", stopServer);
+  let obsQuitWaiting = false;
+  let obsQuitReady = false;
+  app.on("before-quit", (event) => {
+    quitting = true;
+    stopServer();
+    if (!obsChild || obsQuitReady) return;
+    event.preventDefault();
+    if (obsQuitWaiting) return;
+    obsQuitWaiting = true;
+    const child = obsChild;
+    let timer;
+    child.once("close", () => {
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+      obsQuitReady = true;
+      app.quit();
+    });
+    stopObs();
+    timer = setTimeout(() => {
+      if (child.exitCode === null) {
+        if (IS_WIN) {
+          // Only the helper and its SSH child: never enumerate unrelated SSH jobs.
+          spawn("taskkill", ["/PID", String(child.pid), "/T", "/F"],
+                { stdio: "ignore", windowsHide: true, detached: true }).unref();
+        } else child.kill("SIGKILL");
+      }
+      obsQuitReady = true;
+      app.quit();
+    }, 8000);
+  });
+  process.on("exit", () => { stopObs(); stopServer(); });
 }
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
  "name": "frame-control",
-  "version": "0.4.7",
+  "version": "0.4.30",
  "lockfileVersion": 3,
  "requires": true,
  "packages": {
    "": {
      "name": "frame-control",
-      "version": "0.4.7",
+      "version": "0.4.30",
      "license": "MIT",
      "devDependencies": {
        "electron": "^44.4.5",
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
  "name": "frame-control",
  "productName": "Frame Control",
-  "version": "0.4.7",
+  "version": "0.4.30",
  "description": "Desktop app for managing a Valve Steam Frame over SSH",
  "private": true,
  "main": "main.js",
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
      "preload.js",
      "install-link.js",
      "updater.js",
+      "preferences.js",
+      "login-item.js",
      "meta-signin.js",
      "package.json",
      "build/icon.png"
@@ -67,7 +69,10 @@
        "from": "../scripts",
        "to": "scripts",
        "filter": [
-          "*.sh"
+          "*.sh",
+          "obs-headset-source.py",
+          "frame_power_sample.py",
+          "frame_power_report.py"
        ]
      },
      {
@@ -197,7 +202,16 @@
        "zip"
      ],
      "icon": "build/icon.png",
-      "artifactName": "Frame-Control-win-${arch}.${ext}"
+      "artifactName": "Frame-Control-win-${arch}.${ext}",
+      "extraResources": [
+        {
+          "from": "build/desktop/${os}-${arch}",
+          "to": "desktop/bundle",
+          "filter": [
+            "**/*"
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
    },
    "nsis": {
      "oneClick": false,
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Client choices live outside the local server's changing URL/origin.
+const fs = require("node:fs");
+const path = require("node:path");
+const KEYS = ["mvSeparate", "padUsed", "pcView"];
+const valid = value => value === "0" || value === "1";
+
+function preferenceStore(file) {
+  function read() {
+    try {
+      const saved = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(file, "utf8"));
+      if (!saved || typeof saved !== "object" || Array.isArray(saved)) return {};
+      return Object.fromEntries(KEYS.filter(key => valid(saved[key])).map(key => [key, saved[key]]));
+    } catch { return {}; }
+  }
+  function write(key, value) {
+    if (!KEYS.includes(key) || !valid(value)) throw new Error("Invalid preference");
+    const saved = { ...read(), [key]: value };
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(file), { recursive: true });
+    const tmp = file + ".tmp";
+    fs.writeFileSync(tmp, JSON.stringify(saved), { mode: 0o600 });
+    fs.renameSync(tmp, file);
+    return true;
+  }
+  return { read, write };
+}
+
+module.exports = { preferenceStore };
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-// Lets the page read this computer's clipboard through Electron, so sending it
-// to the Frame needs no pbpaste, PowerShell, xclip or wl-clipboard. Also tells
+// Lets the page read and write this computer's clipboard through Electron, so sending
+// it to the Frame, and copying the Frame's back, needs no pbpaste, PowerShell, xclip or wl-clipboard. Also tells
 // the page where a dropped file or folder lives, so a folder can be sideloaded
 // as a title without zipping it (the local server reads it from there).
 // It can put a screenshot on the clipboard as an image, open Set Up Connection when
@@ -11,11 +11,25 @@
 const { contextBridge, ipcRenderer, webUtils } = require("electron");

 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("frameApp", {
+  preferences: {
+    read: () => ipcRenderer.invoke("preferences:read"),
+    write: (key, value) => ipcRenderer.invoke("preferences:write", key, value),
+  },
  notify: (message, request) => ipcRenderer.invoke("comfort:notify", message, request),
  readClipboard: () => ipcRenderer.invoke("clipboard:read"),
+  writeClipboard: (text) => ipcRenderer.invoke("clipboard:write", text),
  writeImage: (bytes) => ipcRenderer.invoke("clipboard:writeImage", bytes),
  setUpConnection: () => ipcRenderer.invoke("connection:setup"),
  restartServer: () => ipcRenderer.invoke("server:restart"),  // the "couldn't start" page's Try Again
+  obs: {
+    status: () => ipcRenderer.invoke("obs:status"),
+    start: () => ipcRenderer.invoke("obs:start"),
+    stop: () => ipcRenderer.invoke("obs:stop"),
+    onState: (cb) => {
+      ipcRenderer.removeAllListeners("obs:state");
+      ipcRenderer.on("obs:state", (_e, state) => cb(state));
+    },
+  },
  // The Frame menu's headset switcher: the page tells it the headsets, and hears picks.
  devicesChanged: (list) => ipcRenderer.send("devices:changed", list),
  onUseDevice: (cb) => {
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+const { test } = require("node:test");
+const assert = require("node:assert/strict");
+const fs = require("node:fs");
+const os = require("node:os");
+const path = require("node:path");
+const { createLoginItem } = require("../login-item");
+
+test("Linux login toggle creates and removes only its own desktop entry", () => {
+  const root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "frame-login-test-"));
+  try {
+    const login = createLoginItem({ platform: "linux", env: { XDG_CONFIG_HOME: root },
+                                    executable: "/opt/Frame Control/frame-control" });
+    assert.equal(login.enabled(), false);
+    assert.equal(login.set(true), true);
+    const body = fs.readFileSync(login.file, "utf8");
+    assert.match(body, /^# Managed by Frame Control;/);
+    assert.match(body, /Exec="\/opt\/Frame Control\/frame-control" --hidden/);
+    assert.equal(fs.statSync(login.file).mode & 0o777, 0o600);
+    assert.equal(login.set(false), false);
+    assert.equal(fs.existsSync(login.file), false);
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(login.file), { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(login.file, "[Desktop Entry]\nName=My custom launcher\n");
+    assert.throws(() => login.set(true), /different autostart entry/);
+    assert.equal(login.set(false), false);
+    assert.match(fs.readFileSync(login.file, "utf8"), /My custom launcher/);
+  } finally { fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true }); }
+});
+
+test("AppImage autostart launches the AppImage, with safe desktop escaping", () => {
+  const root = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "frame-appimage-test-"));
+  try {
+    const login = createLoginItem({ platform: "linux", env: { XDG_CONFIG_HOME: root,
+                                    APPIMAGE: '/home/user/Frame Control 100%.AppImage' },
+                                    executable: "/tmp/.mount_extracted/AppRun" });
+    login.set(true);
+    assert.match(fs.readFileSync(login.file, "utf8"), /Exec="\/home\/user\/Frame Control 100%%\.AppImage" --hidden/);
+    login.set(false);
+  } finally { fs.rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true }); }
+});
+
+for (const platform of ["win32", "darwin"]) {
+  test(`${platform} login toggle uses the OS API and starts hidden`, () => {
+    let openAtLogin = false;
+    const calls = [];
+    const electronApp = {
+      getLoginItemSettings: () => ({ openAtLogin }),
+      setLoginItemSettings: opts => { calls.push(opts); openAtLogin = opts.openAtLogin; },
+    };
+    const login = createLoginItem({ platform, electronApp });
+    assert.equal(login.enabled(), false);
+    assert.equal(login.set(true), true);
+    assert.deepEqual(calls.at(-1).args, ["--hidden"]);
+    assert.equal(calls.at(-1).openAsHidden, true);
+    assert.equal(login.set(false), false);
+    assert.deepEqual(calls.at(-1).args, []);
+  });
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+const test = require("node:test");
+const assert = require("node:assert/strict");
+const fs = require("node:fs");
+const os = require("node:os");
+const path = require("node:path");
+const { preferenceStore } = require("../preferences");
+
+function fixture(t) {
+  const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "frame-preferences-"));
+  t.after(() => fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+  return path.join(dir, "client-preferences.json");
+}
+
+test("desktop packaging includes every local application module dependency", () => {
+  const root = path.resolve(__dirname, "..");
+  const packaged = new Set(require("../package.json").build.files);
+  for (const file of ["main.js", "preload.js"]) {
+    const source = fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, file), "utf8");
+    for (const match of source.matchAll(/require\(["'](\.\/[^"']+)["']\)/g)) {
+      const target = match[1].slice(2) + ".js";
+      assert.ok(packaged.has(target), `${file} needs packaged ${target}`);
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+test("client choices survive a new native session and local server origin", t => {
+  const file = fixture(t);
+  const first = preferenceStore(file);
+  assert.deepEqual(first.read(), {});
+  first.write("mvSeparate", "0");
+  first.write("padUsed", "1");
+  // A new process/session reads the same client store, regardless of its URL.
+  const second = preferenceStore(file);
+  assert.deepEqual(second.read(), { mvSeparate: "0", padUsed: "1" });
+  second.write("mvSeparate", "1");
+  assert.deepEqual(first.read(), { mvSeparate: "1", padUsed: "1" });
+});
+
+test("only the non-sensitive binary choices can enter the native store", t => {
+  const file = fixture(t), store = preferenceStore(file);
+  for (const [key, value] of [["token", "secret"], ["__proto__", "1"], ["padUsed", true], ["mvSeparate", "yes"]]) {
+    assert.throws(() => store.write(key, value), /Invalid preference/);
+  }
+  assert.equal(fs.existsSync(file), false);
+  fs.writeFileSync(file, JSON.stringify({ token: "discard", mvSeparate: "0", padUsed: 1 }));
+  assert.deepEqual(store.read(), { mvSeparate: "0" });
+  store.write("padUsed", "1");
+  assert.deepEqual(JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(file, "utf8")), { mvSeparate: "0", padUsed: "1" });
+});
+
+test("a missing or damaged preference file retains usable defaults", t => {
+  const file = fixture(t), store = preferenceStore(file);
+  assert.deepEqual(store.read(), {});
+  for (const bad of ["{broken", "null", "[]", '"text"']) {
+    fs.writeFileSync(file, bad);
+    assert.deepEqual(store.read(), {});
+  }
+  store.write("padUsed", "1");
+  assert.deepEqual(store.read(), { padUsed: "1" });
+});
+
+test("the PC in the headset opt-in is remembered and off unless saved", t => {
+  const file = fixture(t), store = preferenceStore(file);
+  assert.equal(store.read().pcView, undefined);
+  store.write("pcView", "1");
+  assert.deepEqual(preferenceStore(file).read(), { pcView: "1" });
+  assert.throws(() => store.write("pcView", "on"), /Invalid preference/);
+});
@@ -0,0 +1,311 @@
+{
+ "label": "pc-agent-frame-arm64-hairpin",
+ "date": "2026-09-28T22:36:19",
+ "commit": "c5fc552+dirty",
+ "config": {
+  "quality": "balanced",
+  "mode": "separate",
+  "net": "none",
+  "delay_ms": 0,
+  "buffer_ms": 250,
+  "host": "frame",
+  "usb": false,
+  "ssh_opts": [],
+  "encoder": "",
+  "duration_s": 10.0,
+  "browser_flags": []
+ },
+ "frame_build": "20260925.6191901",
+ "mac": "26.5.2",
+ "host_platform": "Linux aarch64, SteamOS Frame, BUILD_ID 20260925.6191901 (synthetic host only)",
+ "source": "",
+ "pc_host": true,
+ "headset": "0:03.056203 [Info] - 1 - leaving standby",
+ "scenarios": [
+  {
+   "scenario": "test",
+   "frames_sent": 351,
+   "frames_drawn": 351,
+   "frames_shown": 324,
+   "duration_s": 10.1,
+   "stages_ms": {
+    "capture": {
+     "p50": 0.1,
+     "p95": 0.2,
+     "p99": 0.5,
+     "n": 351
+    },
+    "queue": {
+     "p50": 0.1,
+     "p95": 0.3,
+     "p99": 0.4,
+     "n": 351
+    },
+    "encode": {
+     "p50": 2.0,
+     "p95": 2.9,
+     "p99": 3.5,
+     "n": 351
+    },
+    "socket": {
+     "p50": 0.1,
+     "p95": 0.4,
+     "p99": 0.6,
+     "n": 351
+    },
+    "network": {
+     "p50": 11.6,
+     "p95": 75.7,
+     "p99": 130.1,
+     "n": 351
+    },
+    "decode": {
+     "p50": 0.7,
+     "p95": 2.1,
+     "p99": 4.1,
+     "n": 351
+    },
+    "draw": {
+     "p50": 0.4,
+     "p95": 0.8,
+     "p99": 1.1,
+     "n": 351
+    },
+    "present": {
+     "p50": 0.8,
+     "p95": 18.1,
+     "p99": 24.9,
+     "n": 324
+    },
+    "content": {
+     "p50": 15.1,
+     "p95": 80.3,
+     "p99": 134.2,
+     "n": 351
+    },
+    "content_shown": {
+     "p50": 21.0,
+     "p95": 71.8,
+     "p99": 146.3,
+     "n": 324
+    }
+   },
+   "fps": 34.8,
+   "fps_shown": 32.0,
+   "late_pct": 53.41,
+   "stall_max": 226.8,
+   "stalls_over_100ms": 7,
+   "mbps": 0.26,
+   "keyframes": 6,
+   "size": "1280x720",
+   "captured": 607,
+   "viewer_never_drawn": 0,
+   "input_ms": {
+    "p50": 43.3,
+    "p95": 98.4,
+    "p99": 110.1,
+    "n": 18
+   },
+   "input_shown_ms": {
+    "p50": 54.7,
+    "p95": 98.9,
+    "p99": 114.0,
+    "n": 18
+   },
+   "input_parts_ms": {
+    "uplink": {
+     "p50": 17.1,
+     "p95": 48.3,
+     "p99": 53.1,
+     "n": 18
+    },
+    "mac": {
+     "p50": 12.5,
+     "p95": 32.9,
+     "p99": 35.7,
+     "n": 18
+    },
+    "back": {
+     "p50": 16.8,
+     "p95": 50.0,
+     "p99": 55.9,
+     "n": 18
+    }
+   },
+   "inputs": {
+    "asked": 18,
+    "sent": 18,
+    "seen": 18
+   },
+   "timeline": [
+    {
+     "t": 0,
+     "fps": 38,
+     "mbps": 0.3,
+     "content_p50": 14.8,
+     "content_p95": 25.3,
+     "bitrate": 2764800,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 1,
+     "fps": 33,
+     "mbps": 0.24,
+     "content_p50": 15.6,
+     "content_p95": 103.5,
+     "bitrate": 3845448,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 2,
+     "fps": 39,
+     "mbps": 0.28,
+     "content_p50": 15.6,
+     "content_p95": 29.9,
+     "bitrate": 5283790,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 3,
+     "fps": 25,
+     "mbps": 0.21,
+     "content_p50": 17.8,
+     "content_p95": 175.9,
+     "bitrate": 2764800,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 4,
+     "fps": 34,
+     "mbps": 0.22,
+     "content_p50": 15.4,
+     "content_p95": 69.8,
+     "bitrate": 2764800,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 5,
+     "fps": 38,
+     "mbps": 0.29,
+     "content_p50": 17.7,
+     "content_p95": 68.7,
+     "bitrate": 2764800,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 6,
+     "fps": 38,
+     "mbps": 0.26,
+     "content_p50": 15.0,
+     "content_p95": 18.2,
+     "bitrate": 3091280,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 7,
+     "fps": 30,
+     "mbps": 0.22,
+     "content_p50": 19.2,
+     "content_p95": 111.0,
+     "bitrate": 1725204,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 8,
+     "fps": 35,
+     "mbps": 0.26,
+     "content_p50": 13.4,
+     "content_p95": 102.6,
+     "bitrate": 1725204,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 9,
+     "fps": 38,
+     "mbps": 0.28,
+     "content_p50": 12.3,
+     "content_p95": 20.9,
+     "bitrate": 1725204,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 10,
+     "fps": 3,
+     "mbps": 0.02,
+     "content_p50": 20.9,
+     "content_p95": 24.7,
+     "bitrate": 1725204,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    }
+   ],
+   "adapt": [],
+   "content_p50": 15.1,
+   "content_p95": 80.3,
+   "input_p50": 43.3,
+   "input_p95": 98.4,
+   "grades": {
+    "input_replies": "local",
+    "content_p50": "local",
+    "content_p95": "acceptable",
+    "input_p50": "local",
+    "input_p95": "acceptable",
+    "fps": "bad",
+    "late_pct": "bad",
+    "stall_max": "acceptable"
+   },
+   "controller": {
+    "target": 3442081,
+    "ceiling": 5529600,
+    "tier": 0,
+    "fps": 60,
+    "scale": 1.0,
+    "baseRtt": 13.334,
+    "inFlight": 1,
+    "slack": 71.738,
+    "adapt": true
+   },
+   "events": [
+    {
+     "t": 3.77,
+     "e": "target 2764800 bit/s; tier 0"
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 7.42,
+     "e": "target 1725204 bit/s; tier 0"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source_fps": 60.1,
+   "cpu": {
+    "host": "not sampled"
+   },
+   "viewer": "h264 software; ANGLE (Mesa, zink Vulkan 1.4(Turnip Adreno (TM) 750 (MESA_TURNIP)), OpenGL 4.6); raf 71 Hz",
+   "show_s": 1.88,
+   "panel": "valve.steam.desktopgame.2001932457",
+   "src": "test",
+   "route": "network"
+  }
+ ],
+ "proof": "Synthetic x264 PC agent runs on the Frame itself, forwarded via Mac and back. Not Windows/Linux desktop capture or laser input."
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,302 @@
+{
+ "label": "pc-agent-frame-arm64-final",
+ "date": "2026-09-28T22:55:27",
+ "commit": "cd20243",
+ "config": {
+  "quality": "balanced",
+  "mode": "native",
+  "net": "none",
+  "delay_ms": 0,
+  "buffer_ms": 250,
+  "host": "frame",
+  "usb": false,
+  "ssh_opts": [],
+  "encoder": "",
+  "duration_s": 10.0,
+  "browser_flags": []
+ },
+ "frame_build": "20260925.6191901",
+ "mac": "26.5.2",
+ "host_platform": "Linux aarch64, SteamOS Frame, BUILD_ID 20260925.6191901 (synthetic host only)",
+ "source": "",
+ "pc_host": true,
+ "headset": "0:03.056203 [Info] - 1 - leaving standby",
+ "scenarios": [
+  {
+   "scenario": "test",
+   "frames_sent": 400,
+   "frames_drawn": 400,
+   "frames_shown": 339,
+   "duration_s": 10.2,
+   "stages_ms": {
+    "capture": {
+     "p50": 0.1,
+     "p95": 0.1,
+     "p99": 0.2,
+     "n": 400
+    },
+    "queue": {
+     "p50": 0.1,
+     "p95": 0.2,
+     "p99": 0.4,
+     "n": 400
+    },
+    "encode": {
+     "p50": 2.0,
+     "p95": 2.7,
+     "p99": 3.1,
+     "n": 400
+    },
+    "socket": {
+     "p50": 0.1,
+     "p95": 0.3,
+     "p99": 0.4,
+     "n": 400
+    },
+    "network": {
+     "p50": 11.8,
+     "p95": 25.2,
+     "p99": 37.8,
+     "n": 400
+    },
+    "decode": {
+     "p50": 0.7,
+     "p95": 1.5,
+     "p99": 2.0,
+     "n": 400
+    },
+    "draw": {
+     "p50": 0.3,
+     "p95": 0.7,
+     "p99": 1.0,
+     "n": 400
+    },
+    "present": {
+     "p50": 0.8,
+     "p95": 19.3,
+     "p99": 26.8,
+     "n": 339
+    },
+    "content": {
+     "p50": 15.1,
+     "p95": 28.6,
+     "p99": 41.3,
+     "n": 400
+    },
+    "content_shown": {
+     "p50": 17.6,
+     "p95": 39.0,
+     "p99": 47.2,
+     "n": 339
+    }
+   },
+   "fps": 39.3,
+   "fps_shown": 33.4,
+   "late_pct": 50.25,
+   "stall_max": 69.3,
+   "stalls_over_100ms": 0,
+   "mbps": 0.35,
+   "keyframes": 6,
+   "size": "1280x720",
+   "captured": 612,
+   "viewer_never_drawn": 0,
+   "input_ms": {
+    "p50": 76.6,
+    "p95": 98.2,
+    "p99": 127.8,
+    "n": 19
+   },
+   "input_shown_ms": {
+    "p50": 80.5,
+    "p95": 107.8,
+    "p99": 128.1,
+    "n": 16
+   },
+   "input_parts_ms": {
+    "uplink": {
+     "p50": 36.5,
+     "p95": 57.6,
+     "p99": 83.2,
+     "n": 19
+    },
+    "mac": {
+     "p50": 14.6,
+     "p95": 31.3,
+     "p99": 31.7,
+     "n": 19
+    },
+    "back": {
+     "p50": 15.1,
+     "p95": 32.8,
+     "p99": 36.2,
+     "n": 19
+    }
+   },
+   "inputs": {
+    "asked": 19,
+    "sent": 19,
+    "seen": 19
+   },
+   "timeline": [
+    {
+     "t": 0,
+     "fps": 40,
+     "mbps": 0.34,
+     "content_p50": 11.7,
+     "content_p95": 27.4,
+     "bitrate": 5529600,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 1,
+     "fps": 39,
+     "mbps": 0.37,
+     "content_p50": 11.9,
+     "content_p95": 28.2,
+     "bitrate": 5529600,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 2,
+     "fps": 41,
+     "mbps": 0.35,
+     "content_p50": 11.4,
+     "content_p95": 16.6,
+     "bitrate": 5529600,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 3,
+     "fps": 39,
+     "mbps": 0.37,
+     "content_p50": 12.7,
+     "content_p95": 28.0,
+     "bitrate": 5529600,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 4,
+     "fps": 38,
+     "mbps": 0.33,
+     "content_p50": 15.3,
+     "content_p95": 30.0,
+     "bitrate": 5529600,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 5,
+     "fps": 39,
+     "mbps": 0.37,
+     "content_p50": 16.7,
+     "content_p95": 28.5,
+     "bitrate": 5529600,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 6,
+     "fps": 41,
+     "mbps": 0.38,
+     "content_p50": 15.9,
+     "content_p95": 29.4,
+     "bitrate": 5529600,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 7,
+     "fps": 41,
+     "mbps": 0.31,
+     "content_p50": 15.6,
+     "content_p95": 28.2,
+     "bitrate": 5529600,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 8,
+     "fps": 38,
+     "mbps": 0.38,
+     "content_p50": 15.5,
+     "content_p95": 25.9,
+     "bitrate": 5529600,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 9,
+     "fps": 38,
+     "mbps": 0.29,
+     "content_p50": 16.7,
+     "content_p95": 28.8,
+     "bitrate": 5529600,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    },
+    {
+     "t": 10,
+     "fps": 6,
+     "mbps": 0.03,
+     "content_p50": 17.6,
+     "content_p95": 23.1,
+     "bitrate": 5529600,
+     "tier": 0,
+     "w": 1280,
+     "net": null
+    }
+   ],
+   "adapt": [],
+   "content_p50": 15.1,
+   "content_p95": 28.6,
+   "input_p50": 76.6,
+   "input_p95": 98.2,
+   "grades": {
+    "input_replies": "local",
+    "content_p50": "local",
+    "content_p95": "local",
+    "input_p50": "acceptable",
+    "input_p95": "acceptable",
+    "fps": "bad",
+    "late_pct": "bad",
+    "stall_max": "local"
+   },
+   "controller": {
+    "target": 5529600,
+    "ceiling": 5529600,
+    "tier": 0,
+    "fps": 60,
+    "scale": 1.0,
+    "baseRtt": 12.332,
+    "inFlight": 0,
+    "slack": 74.12,
+    "adapt": true
+   },
+   "events": [],
+   "source_fps": 60.0,
+   "cpu": {
+    "host": "not sampled"
+   },
+   "viewer": "h264 software; ANGLE (Mesa, zink Vulkan 1.4(Turnip Adreno (TM) 750 (MESA_TURNIP)), OpenGL 4.6); raf 72 Hz",
+   "show_s": 1.75,
+   "panel": "valve.steam.desktopgame.2001932457",
+   "src": "test",
+   "route": "network"
+  }
+ ],
+ "proof": "Synthetic x264 PC agent runs on the Frame itself, forwarded via Mac and back. Not Windows/Linux desktop capture or laser input."
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Build the common controller for the Python PC host (a C11 compiler needed)."""
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+root = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+suffix = '.dll' if sys.platform == 'win32' else '.dylib' if sys.platform == 'darwin' else '.so'
+out = root / ('controller' + suffix)
+if sys.platform == 'win32' and os.environ.get('CC', 'cl') == 'cl':
+    cmd = ['cl', '/nologo', '/O2', '/LD', '/std:c11', str(root / 'controller.c'), '/link', '/OUT:' + str(out)]
+else:
+    cmd = [os.environ.get('CC', 'cc'), '-O2', '-std=c11', '-shared', '-fPIC', str(root / 'controller.c'), '-o', str(out)]
+subprocess.run(cmd, cwd=root, check=True)
+print(out)
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Build our native PC adapter and bundle its ordinary shared libraries.
+
+Run on the target architecture after installing GStreamer development packages.
+No GStreamer executable or desktop streaming application is shipped or invoked.
+Linux libc, display/GPU drivers and the portal service remain platform pieces.
+
+x264 is GPL, so the bundle the Windows installer ships leaves it out: Windows
+encodes with Media Foundation. --with-x264 adds it for CI's headless protocol
+tests, which have no GPU or desktop to encode with.
+"""
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import re
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+
+
+def output(*args):
+    return subprocess.check_output(args, text=True).strip()
+
+
+def build(destination, with_x264=False):
+    win = sys.platform == 'win32'
+    destination.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    modules = ['gstreamer-1.0', 'gstreamer-app-1.0', 'gstreamer-video-1.0']
+    if not win:
+        modules += ['gio-unix-2.0']
+    import shlex
+    flags = shlex.split(output('pkg-config', '--cflags', '--libs', *modules))
+    lib = destination / ('pc-host.dll' if win else 'pc-host.so')
+    cmd = [os.environ.get('CC', 'gcc' if win else 'cc'), '-std=c11', '-O2', '-shared', '-Wall', '-Wextra']
+    if not win:
+        cmd += ['-fPIC', '-Wl,-rpath,$ORIGIN/lib']
+    subprocess.run(cmd + [str(ROOT / f) for f in ('controller.c', 'capture.c', 'portal.c')] + flags + ['-o', str(lib)], check=True)
+    prefix = Path(output('pkg-config', '--variable=prefix', 'gstreamer-1.0'))
+    plugin_dir = Path(output('pkg-config', '--variable=pluginsdir', 'gstreamer-1.0'))
+    plugins_out, libs_out = destination / 'lib' / 'gstreamer-1.0', destination / ('bin' if win else 'lib')
+    plugins_out.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    libs_out.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    names = ['coreelements', 'videotestsrc', 'videoconvertscale', 'app', 'jpeg', 'videoparsersbad']
+    if with_x264:
+        names.append('x264')
+    names += ['d3d11', 'mediafoundation'] if win else ['pipewire', 'va']
+    pending = [lib]
+    for name in names:
+        matches = list(plugin_dir.glob('*gst' + name + ('.dll' if win else '.so')))
+        if not matches:
+            raise SystemExit('Missing GStreamer library: ' + name)
+        for source in matches:
+            target = plugins_out / source.name
+            shutil.copy2(source, target)
+            pending.append(source)
+    if not win:
+        # PipeWire dynamically loads support and protocol modules. ldd cannot
+        # discover those; bundle them with a private client-only config instead
+        # of accidentally loading a different distro's client modules/config.
+        libdir = plugin_dir.parent
+        for relative in ('pipewire-0.3/libpipewire-module-protocol-native.so',
+                         'pipewire-0.3/libpipewire-module-client-node.so',
+                         'pipewire-0.3/libpipewire-module-adapter.so',
+                         'spa-0.2/support/libspa-support.so',
+                         'spa-0.2/support/libspa-dbus.so',
+                         'spa-0.2/videoconvert/libspa-videoconvert.so'):
+            source = libdir / relative
+            if not source.is_file():
+                raise SystemExit('Missing PipeWire runtime library: ' + str(source))
+            target = destination / 'lib' / relative
+            target.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            shutil.copy2(source, target)
+            pending.append(source)
+        config = destination / 'share' / 'pipewire'
+        config.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        (config / 'client.conf').write_text(
+            'context.spa-libs = { support.* = support/libspa-support video.* = videoconvert/libspa-videoconvert }\n'
+            'context.modules = [\n'
+            '  { name = libpipewire-module-protocol-native }\n'
+            '  { name = libpipewire-module-client-node }\n'
+            '  { name = libpipewire-module-adapter }\n'
+            ']\n')
+    copied = set()
+    while pending:
+        binary = pending.pop()
+        if win:
+            imported = re.findall(r'DLL Name:\s*(\S+)', output('objdump', '-p', str(binary)))
+            dependencies = [prefix / 'bin' / name for name in imported]
+        else:
+            dependencies = [Path(p) for p in re.findall(r'=>\s+(/\S+)', output('ldd', str(binary)))]
+        for dep in dependencies:
+            if not dep.is_file() or dep.name in copied:
+                continue
+            if not win and re.match(r'lib(c|m|dl|rt|pthread|resolv)\.so', dep.name):
+                continue
+            shutil.copy2(dep, libs_out / dep.name)
+            copied.add(dep.name)
+            pending.append(dep)
+    # License texts and package provenance accompany the dynamically linked
+    # libraries. Distribution builders keep the upstream package/source URLs.
+    licenses = destination / 'licenses'
+    licenses.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+    if win:
+        source = prefix / 'share' / 'licenses'
+        if source.exists():
+            shutil.copytree(source, licenses, dirs_exist_ok=True)
+        packages = output('pacman', '-Q') if shutil.which('pacman') else 'See MSYS2 build log'
+    else:
+        packages = output('dpkg-query', '-W', '-f=${Package} ${Version}\n') if shutil.which('dpkg-query') else ''
+        # Debian copyright files contain licenses and source homepage details.
+        for path in Path('/usr/share/doc').glob('*/copyright'):
+            shutil.copy2(path, licenses / (path.parent.name + '.copyright'))
+    (destination / 'libraries.json').write_text(json.dumps(dict(gstreamer=output('pkg-config', '--modversion', 'gstreamer-1.0'),
+        plugins=names, libraries=sorted(copied), packages=packages), indent=2))
+    print(lib)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument('--out', type=Path, default=ROOT / 'bundle')
+    parser.add_argument('--with-x264', action='store_true', help='add the GPL x264 encoder (CI tests only, never shipped)')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    build(args.out.resolve(), args.with_x264)
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/* Frame Control's capture/encode adapter. GStreamer is a bundled library;
+ * capture uses WGC on Windows and the consented PipeWire fd on Linux. */
+#include "controller.h"
+#include <gst/gst.h>
+#include <gst/app/gstappsink.h>
+#include <gst/video/video-event.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+typedef int (*Gate)(int stage, int64_t pts, int64_t capture, int64_t arrived);
+typedef struct {
+    GstElement *pipeline, *encoder, *sink, *raw_queue;
+    Gate gate;
+    GstSample *sample;
+    GstMapInfo map;
+    int mapped;
+    char error[512];
+} Capture;
+typedef struct { const unsigned char *data; int size, key, width, height; int64_t pts; } Encoded;
+FC_API int64_t fc_now(void) {return g_get_monotonic_time();}
+FC_API void fc_gst_init(void) {gst_init(NULL,NULL);}
+FC_API int fc_has_element(const char *name) {
+    GstElementFactory *f=gst_element_factory_find(name);
+    if(!f)return 0;gst_object_unref(f);return 1;
+}
+FC_API int fc_has_property(const char *element, const char *property) {
+    /* Probe the same initialized GStreamer instance that capture uses. The
+     * bundled MSYS2 plugin can omit optional WGC properties entirely. */
+    GstElement *source=gst_element_factory_make(element,NULL);
+    if(!source)return 0;
+    int found=g_object_class_find_property(G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS(source),property)!=NULL;
+    gst_object_unref(source);
+    return found;
+}
+static GstPadProbeReturn probe(GstPad *pad,GstPadProbeInfo *info,gpointer data) {
+    Capture *c=data; GstBuffer *b=GST_PAD_PROBE_INFO_BUFFER(info);
+    if(!b)return GST_PAD_PROBE_OK;
+    int64_t now=fc_now(), cap=now;
+    GstClock *clock=gst_element_get_clock(c->pipeline);
+    if(clock && GST_BUFFER_PTS_IS_VALID(b)) {
+        GstClockTime current=gst_clock_get_time(clock),origin=gst_element_get_base_time(c->pipeline);
+        if(current>=origin && current-origin>=GST_BUFFER_PTS(b))
+            cap-= (int64_t)((current-origin-GST_BUFFER_PTS(b))/1000);
+    }
+    if(clock)gst_object_unref(clock);
+    int stage=GPOINTER_TO_INT(g_object_get_data(G_OBJECT(pad),"stage"));
+    if(stage==1) return c->gate(stage,(int64_t)GST_BUFFER_PTS(b),cap,now)>0 ? GST_PAD_PROBE_OK : GST_PAD_PROBE_DROP;
+    int phase=0;
+    for(;;) {
+        /* While congested, prefer a newer raw picture queued upstream. If
+         * nothing changed, retain this last picture until the gate opens;
+         * an idle window must not stay stale after a dropped final update. */
+        guint queued=0;
+        if(phase && c->raw_queue)g_object_get(c->raw_queue,"current-level-buffers",&queued,NULL);
+        if(queued)return GST_PAD_PROBE_DROP;
+        int decision=c->gate(phase,(int64_t)GST_BUFFER_PTS(b),cap,now);
+        if(decision)return decision>0 ? GST_PAD_PROBE_OK : GST_PAD_PROBE_DROP;
+        phase=2;g_usleep(2000);
+    }
+}
+FC_API Capture *fc_capture_open(const char *pipeline,Gate gate,char *error,int capacity) {
+    GError *e=NULL;Capture *c=g_new0(Capture,1);c->gate=gate;
+    c->pipeline=gst_parse_launch(pipeline,&e);
+    if(e || !c->pipeline) {
+        g_strlcpy(error,e?e->message:"No pipeline",capacity);
+        if(e)g_error_free(e);if(c->pipeline)gst_object_unref(c->pipeline);g_free(c);return NULL;
+    }
+    c->encoder=gst_bin_get_by_name(GST_BIN(c->pipeline),"enc");
+    c->sink=gst_bin_get_by_name(GST_BIN(c->pipeline),"out");
+    GstElement *raw=gst_bin_get_by_name(GST_BIN(c->pipeline),"gate");
+    if(!c->encoder || !c->sink || !raw) {
+        g_strlcpy(error,"Pipeline is missing enc, out or gate",capacity);
+        if(raw)gst_object_unref(raw);if(c->encoder)gst_object_unref(c->encoder);
+        if(c->sink)gst_object_unref(c->sink);gst_object_unref(c->pipeline);g_free(c);return NULL;
+    }
+    c->raw_queue=gst_bin_get_by_name(GST_BIN(c->pipeline),"raw_queue");
+    GstPad *p=gst_element_get_static_pad(raw,"src");
+    g_object_set_data(G_OBJECT(p),"stage",GINT_TO_POINTER(0));
+    gst_pad_add_probe(p,GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER,probe,c,NULL);gst_object_unref(p);gst_object_unref(raw);
+    p=gst_element_get_static_pad(c->encoder,"sink");
+    g_object_set_data(G_OBJECT(p),"stage",GINT_TO_POINTER(1));
+    gst_pad_add_probe(p,GST_PAD_PROBE_TYPE_BUFFER,probe,c,NULL);gst_object_unref(p);
+    gst_element_set_state(c->pipeline,GST_STATE_PLAYING);
+    return c;
+}
+FC_API int fc_capture_pull(Capture *c,Encoded *out) {
+    if(c->mapped) {gst_buffer_unmap(gst_sample_get_buffer(c->sample),&c->map);c->mapped=0;}
+    if(c->sample){gst_sample_unref(c->sample);c->sample=NULL;}
+    GstBus *bus=gst_element_get_bus(c->pipeline);
+    GstMessage *m=gst_bus_pop_filtered(bus,GST_MESSAGE_ERROR);gst_object_unref(bus);
+    if(m) {
+        if(GST_MESSAGE_TYPE(m)==GST_MESSAGE_ERROR) {
+            GError *e=NULL;char *debug=NULL;gst_message_parse_error(m,&e,&debug);
+            g_strlcpy(c->error,e->message,sizeof(c->error));g_error_free(e);g_free(debug);
+        } else g_strlcpy(c->error,"The capture source closed",sizeof(c->error));
+        gst_message_unref(m);return -1;
+    }
+    c->sample=gst_app_sink_try_pull_sample(GST_APP_SINK(c->sink),100*GST_MSECOND);
+    if(!c->sample) {
+        if(gst_app_sink_is_eos(GST_APP_SINK(c->sink))) {
+            g_strlcpy(c->error,"The capture source closed",sizeof(c->error));return -1;
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+    GstBuffer *b=gst_sample_get_buffer(c->sample);
+    if(!gst_buffer_map(b,&c->map,GST_MAP_READ))return 0;
+    c->mapped=1;out->data=c->map.data;out->size=(int)c->map.size;
+    out->key=!GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IS_SET(b,GST_BUFFER_FLAG_DELTA_UNIT);out->pts=(int64_t)GST_BUFFER_PTS(b);
+    const GstStructure *s=gst_caps_get_structure(gst_sample_get_caps(c->sample),0);
+    gst_structure_get_int(s,"width",&out->width);gst_structure_get_int(s,"height",&out->height);return 1;
+}
+FC_API const char *fc_capture_error(Capture *c) {return c->error;}
+FC_API void fc_capture_bitrate(Capture *c,int bps) {
+    g_object_set(c->encoder,"bitrate",(guint)MAX(1,bps/1000),NULL);
+}
+FC_API void fc_capture_test(Capture *c,uint32_t input) {
+    GstElement *source=gst_bin_get_by_name(GST_BIN(c->pipeline),"source");
+    if(source) {
+        /* Each benchmark click visibly changes the ball, before injection is
+         * timestamped. This is a response, not merely a protocol input echo. */
+        guint color=0xff000000u | ((input*2654435761u)&0x00ffffffu);
+        g_object_set(source,"foreground-color",color,NULL);gst_object_unref(source);
+    }
+}
+FC_API void fc_capture_key(Capture *c) {
+    GstPad *p=gst_element_get_static_pad(c->encoder,"src");
+    gst_pad_send_event(p,gst_video_event_new_upstream_force_key_unit(GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE,TRUE,0));gst_object_unref(p);
+}
+FC_API void fc_capture_close(Capture *c) {
+    gst_element_set_state(c->pipeline,GST_STATE_NULL);
+    if(c->mapped)gst_buffer_unmap(gst_sample_get_buffer(c->sample),&c->map);
+    if(c->sample)gst_sample_unref(c->sample);
+    if(c->raw_queue)gst_object_unref(c->raw_queue);
+    gst_object_unref(c->sink);gst_object_unref(c->encoder);gst_object_unref(c->pipeline);g_free(c);
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/* A C port of the Mac agent's RateController (mac/frame-mac-view/Sources/
+ * Controller.swift) for the Windows host. Same gate, demand protection, bitrate
+ * recovery and tier hysteresis; bounded sample buffers. The Mac agent keeps its
+ * Swift original, so a change to either must be made to both:
+ * tests/test_pc_controller.py checks this one against the Swift trace. */
+#include "controller.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#define CAP 1024
+#define MIN(a,b) ((a)<(b)?(a):(b))
+#define MAX(a,b) ((a)>(b)?(a):(b))
+typedef struct { int64_t t, v; uint32_t seq; } Sample;
+typedef struct { Sample a[CAP]; int n; } Samples;
+struct FCController {
+    int max_fps, enabled, ceiling, target, tier, frame_bytes, held, signal, saw_ack;
+    int64_t decrease, increase, below, above, slack;
+    Samples flight, rtts, acked, sent, captures;
+};
+static const int fps[] = {60,45,30,30,30}, scale[] = {100,100,100,75,50};
+static const double floors[] = {.45,.28,.16,.08,0};
+static void remove_first(Samples *s, int n) {
+    s->n -= n; memmove(s->a, s->a+n, (size_t)s->n*sizeof(Sample));
+}
+static void add(Samples *s, Sample v, int cap) {
+    if (s->n >= cap) remove_first(s, 1);
+    s->a[s->n++] = v;
+}
+static void expire(Samples *s, int64_t oldest) {
+    int n=0; while(n<s->n && s->a[n].t<oldest) n++;
+    remove_first(s,n);
+}
+static int64_t base(FCController *c) {
+    int64_t v=0;
+    for(int i=0;i<c->rtts.n;i++) if(!i || c->rtts.a[i].v<v) v=c->rtts.a[i].v;
+    return v;
+}
+static int compare(const void *a, const void *b) {
+    int64_t x=*(const int64_t*)a, y=*(const int64_t*)b;
+    return (x>y)-(x<y);
+}
+static int64_t quantile(Samples *s,int64_t since,int numerator,int denominator) {
+    int64_t a[CAP]; int n=0;
+    for(int i=0;i<s->n;i++) if(s->a[i].t>since) a[n++]=s->a[i].v;
+    if(!n) return 0;
+    qsort(a,(size_t)n,sizeof(int64_t),compare);
+    return a[n*numerator/denominator];
+}
+static int rate(Samples *s) {
+    int64_t total=0; for(int i=0;i<s->n;i++) total+=s->a[i].v;
+    return (int)MIN(total*16,2147483647);
+}
+FCController *fc_new(int max_fps,int enabled) {
+    FCController *c=calloc(1,sizeof(*c));
+    if(c) {c->max_fps=MAX(1,max_fps);c->enabled=enabled;c->slack=40000;}
+    return c;
+}
+void fc_free(FCController *c) {free(c);}
+void fc_ceiling(FCController *c,int bps) {
+    if(!c->target || c->target>bps) c->target=bps;
+    c->ceiling=bps;
+}
+int fc_gate(FCController *c,int64_t now,int counts) {
+    if(!c->enabled || !c->saw_ack) return 1;
+    expire(&c->flight,now-2000000);
+    if(!c->flight.n) return 1;
+    int64_t interval=1000000/MIN(c->max_fps,fps[c->tier]);
+    int window=MAX(3,(int)((base(c)+c->slack)/interval)+1);
+    if(c->flight.n<window && now-c->flight.a[0].t<=base(c)+c->slack) return 1;
+    if(counts) c->held++;
+    return 0;
+}
+void fc_capture(FCController *c,int64_t now) {add(&c->captures,(Sample){now,0,0},256);}
+void fc_sent(FCController *c,uint32_t seq,int bytes,int64_t now) {
+    Sample s={now,bytes,seq};add(&c->flight,s,512);add(&c->sent,s,CAP);
+}
+int fc_ack(FCController *c,uint32_t seq,int64_t now) {
+    c->saw_ack=1;
+    for(int i=0;i<c->flight.n;i++) if(c->flight.a[i].seq==seq) {
+        Sample s=c->flight.a[i];remove_first(&c->flight,i+1);
+        add(&c->rtts,(Sample){now,now-s.t,0},CAP);
+        add(&c->acked,(Sample){now,s.v,0},CAP);return 1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+int fc_update(FCController *c,int64_t now) {
+    expire(&c->rtts,now-10000000);expire(&c->acked,now-500000);
+    expire(&c->sent,now-500000);expire(&c->flight,now-2000000);
+    expire(&c->captures,now-1000000);
+    if(!c->enabled || c->ceiling<=0) return 0;
+    int64_t baseline=base(c), spread=quantile(&c->rtts,now-2000000,9,10);
+    int64_t jitter=spread ? spread-baseline : 0;
+    c->slack=1000000/MIN(c->max_fps,fps[c->tier])+MIN(MAX(jitter*3/2,25000),80000);
+    int64_t recent=quantile(&c->rtts,now-300000,1,2);
+    int64_t queue=recent ? recent-baseline : 0;
+    int64_t age=c->flight.n ? now-c->flight.a[0].t : 0;
+    int delivered=rate(&c->acked),sending=rate(&c->sent);
+    if(c->sent.n) c->frame_bytes=sending/16/c->sent.n;
+    int demand=(int)MIN((int64_t)MIN(c->captures.n,MIN(c->max_fps,fps[c->tier]))*c->frame_bytes*8,2147483647);
+    int signal=(sending>=c->target/2 && queue>40000)||c->held>=3||age>baseline+100000;
+    int congested=signal && c->signal;c->signal=signal;c->held=0;
+    if(congested && now-c->decrease>300000) {
+        int next=MAX(300000,MIN((int64_t)c->target*4/5,MAX((int64_t)delivered*9/10,c->target/2)));
+        if(demand>0 && (int64_t)demand*2<=(int64_t)c->target*5/4) next=MAX(next,MIN(c->target,(int64_t)demand*2));
+        c->target=next;c->decrease=now;
+    } else if(!congested && now-c->decrease>1000000 && now-c->increase>250000 && c->target<c->ceiling &&
+              (sending>(int64_t)c->target*6/10 || now-c->decrease>3000000)) {
+        c->target=MIN(c->ceiling,(int64_t)(c->target*1.1)+50000);c->increase=now;
+    }
+    double share=(double)c->target/MAX(c->ceiling,1);
+    if(c->tier<4 && share<floors[c->tier] && sending>=(int64_t)c->target*7/10) {
+        if(!c->below)c->below=now;
+        if(now-c->below>500000) {
+            for(c->tier=0;c->tier<4 && share<floors[c->tier];c->tier++) {}
+            c->below=0;
+        }
+    } else c->below=0;
+    if(c->tier>0 && share>floors[c->tier-1]*1.25) {
+        if(!c->above)c->above=now;
+        if(now-c->above>2000000) {c->tier--;c->above=0;}
+    } else c->above=0;
+    return c->target;
+}
+int64_t fc_value(FCController *c,int field) {
+    switch(field) {
+    case 0:return c->target;case 1:return c->ceiling;case 2:return c->tier;
+    case 3:return MIN(c->max_fps,fps[c->tier]);case 4:return scale[c->tier];
+    case 5:return base(c);case 6:return c->flight.n;case 7:return c->slack;
+    default:return 0;
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* Shared latency controller. Times are monotonic host microseconds.
+ * Callers serialize access. Capture is gated BEFORE encoding: dropping an
+ * encoded inter frame would break the decoder's reference chain. */
+#ifndef FRAME_CONTROLLER_H
+#define FRAME_CONTROLLER_H
+#include <stdint.h>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#define FC_API __declspec(dllexport)
+#else
+#define FC_API
+#endif
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+typedef struct FCController FCController;
+FC_API FCController *fc_new(int fps, int enabled);
+FC_API void fc_free(FCController *c);
+FC_API void fc_ceiling(FCController *c, int bps);
+FC_API int fc_gate(FCController *c, int64_t now, int counts);
+FC_API void fc_capture(FCController *c, int64_t now);
+FC_API void fc_sent(FCController *c, uint32_t seq, int bytes, int64_t now);
+FC_API int fc_ack(FCController *c, uint32_t seq, int64_t now);
+FC_API int fc_update(FCController *c, int64_t now);
+/* target, ceiling, tier, fps, scale percent, baseline us, in flight, slack us */
+FC_API int64_t fc_value(FCController *c, int field);
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/* xdg-desktop-portal RemoteDesktop + ScreenCast, one consented session per
+ * panel. PipeWire receives the portal fd, never the unrestricted daemon fd.
+ * Input uses only the devices granted in Start's response. */
+#ifndef _WIN32
+#include "controller.h"
+#include <gio/gio.h>
+#include <gio/gunixfdlist.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#define BUS "org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop"
+#define PATH "/org/freedesktop/portal/desktop"
+#define RD "org.freedesktop.portal.RemoteDesktop"
+#define SC "org.freedesktop.portal.ScreenCast"
+typedef struct {
+    GDBusConnection *bus;
+    GMainContext *context;
+    char *session;
+    int fd;
+    unsigned node, devices;
+    int width,height;
+} Portal;
+typedef struct {GVariant *result;int done;unsigned code;} Response;
+static void response(GDBusConnection *c,const char *sender,const char *path,const char *iface,
+                     const char *signal,GVariant *params,gpointer data) {
+    (void)c;(void)sender;(void)path;(void)iface;(void)signal;
+    Response *r=data;g_variant_get(params,"(u@a{sv})",&r->code,&r->result);r->done=1;
+}
+static void option(GVariantBuilder *b,const char *key,GVariant *v) {g_variant_builder_add(b,"{sv}",key,v);}
+static GVariant *request(Portal *p,const char *iface,const char *method,GVariant *args,
+                         const char *token,char *error,int capacity) {
+    char *sender=g_strdup(g_dbus_connection_get_unique_name(p->bus)+1);
+    for(char *c=sender;*c;c++)if(*c=='.')*c='_';
+    char *path=g_strdup_printf(PATH "/request/%s/%s",sender,token);g_free(sender);
+    Response r={0};GError *e=NULL;
+    guint sub=g_dbus_connection_signal_subscribe(p->bus,BUS,"org.freedesktop.portal.Request","Response",
+                                                 path,NULL,G_DBUS_SIGNAL_FLAGS_NONE,response,&r,NULL);
+    GVariant *reply=g_dbus_connection_call_sync(p->bus,BUS,PATH,iface,method,args,G_VARIANT_TYPE("(o)"),
+                                               G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,10000,NULL,&e);
+    if(reply)g_variant_unref(reply);
+    int64_t deadline=g_get_monotonic_time()+120000000;
+    while(!e && !r.done && g_get_monotonic_time()<deadline) {
+        while(g_main_context_iteration(p->context,FALSE)) {}
+        g_usleep(10000);
+    }
+    if(!r.done) {
+        GVariant *closed=g_dbus_connection_call_sync(p->bus,BUS,path,"org.freedesktop.portal.Request","Close",
+                                NULL,NULL,G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,2000,NULL,NULL);
+        if(closed)g_variant_unref(closed);
+    }
+    g_dbus_connection_signal_unsubscribe(p->bus,sub);g_free(path);
+    if(e || !r.done || r.code) {
+        g_strlcpy(error,e?e->message:!r.done?"Screen sharing request timed out":"Screen sharing was cancelled or refused",capacity);
+        if(e)g_error_free(e);if(r.result)g_variant_unref(r.result);return NULL;
+    }
+    return r.result;
+}
+FC_API void fc_portal_close(Portal *p) {
+    if(!p)return;
+    if(p->session && p->bus) {
+        GVariant *r=g_dbus_connection_call_sync(p->bus,BUS,p->session,"org.freedesktop.portal.Session","Close",
+                                                NULL,NULL,G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,2000,NULL,NULL);
+        if(r)g_variant_unref(r);
+    }
+    if(p->fd>=0){close(p->fd);p->fd=-1;}
+    g_free(p->session);if(p->bus)g_object_unref(p->bus);
+    if(p->context)g_main_context_unref(p->context);g_free(p);
+}
+/* Each pipeline gets a fresh restricted PipeWire connection. A dup of a
+ * previously consumed protocol socket is not a new connection.
+ * Ownership: the Portal owns p->fd for its whole life and is its only closer.
+ * pipewiresrc never takes the fd it is given: its core connects with
+ * pw_context_connect_fd(ctx, fcntl(fd, F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC, 3), ...) and that
+ * duplicate is what PipeWire closes on teardown (src/gst/gstpipewirecore.c,
+ * unchanged from 0.3.19 through 1.x). So closing p->fd here is not a double
+ * close; not closing it would leak one socket per pipeline reopen. The
+ * caller closes the previous pipeline before asking for a new fd. */
+FC_API int fc_portal_refresh(Portal *p,char *error,int capacity) {
+    GVariantBuilder b;g_variant_builder_init(&b,G_VARIANT_TYPE_VARDICT);
+    GUnixFDList *fds=NULL;GError *e=NULL;
+    GVariant *r=g_dbus_connection_call_with_unix_fd_list_sync(p->bus,BUS,PATH,SC,"OpenPipeWireRemote",
+         g_variant_new("(oa{sv})",p->session,&b),G_VARIANT_TYPE("(h)"),G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,10000,NULL,&fds,NULL,&e);
+    if(!r){g_strlcpy(error,e->message,capacity);g_error_free(e);return -1;}
+    int handle;g_variant_get(r,"(h)",&handle);g_variant_unref(r);
+    int fd=g_unix_fd_list_get(fds,handle,&e);g_object_unref(fds);
+    if(fd<0){g_strlcpy(error,e->message,capacity);g_error_free(e);return -1;}
+    if(p->fd>=0)close(p->fd);
+    p->fd=fd;return fd;
+}
+FC_API Portal *fc_portal_select(char *error,int capacity) {
+    Portal *p=g_new0(Portal,1);p->fd=-1;p->context=g_main_context_new();
+    g_main_context_push_thread_default(p->context);
+    GError *e=NULL;GVariant *r=NULL;
+    p->bus=g_bus_get_sync(G_BUS_TYPE_SESSION,NULL,&e);
+    if(!p->bus) {g_strlcpy(error,e->message,capacity);g_error_free(e);goto fail;}
+    GVariantBuilder b;char token[64],session[64];
+    g_snprintf(session,sizeof(session),"fc_%u",g_random_int());
+    g_snprintf(token,sizeof(token),"fc_%u",g_random_int());
+    g_variant_builder_init(&b,G_VARIANT_TYPE_VARDICT);
+    option(&b,"handle_token",g_variant_new_string(token));option(&b,"session_handle_token",g_variant_new_string(session));
+    r=request(p,RD,"CreateSession",g_variant_new("(a{sv})",&b),token,error,capacity);if(!r)goto fail;
+    g_variant_lookup(r,"session_handle","s",&p->session);g_variant_unref(r);r=NULL;
+    if(!p->session){g_strlcpy(error,"Portal did not return a session",capacity);goto fail;}
+    g_snprintf(token,sizeof(token),"fc_%u",g_random_int());g_variant_builder_init(&b,G_VARIANT_TYPE_VARDICT);
+    option(&b,"handle_token",g_variant_new_string(token));option(&b,"types",g_variant_new_uint32(3));
+    r=request(p,RD,"SelectDevices",g_variant_new("(oa{sv})",p->session,&b),token,error,capacity);if(!r)goto fail;g_variant_unref(r);
+    g_snprintf(token,sizeof(token),"fc_%u",g_random_int());g_variant_builder_init(&b,G_VARIANT_TYPE_VARDICT);
+    option(&b,"handle_token",g_variant_new_string(token));option(&b,"types",g_variant_new_uint32(3));
+    option(&b,"multiple",g_variant_new_boolean(FALSE));option(&b,"cursor_mode",g_variant_new_uint32(2));
+    r=request(p,SC,"SelectSources",g_variant_new("(oa{sv})",p->session,&b),token,error,capacity);if(!r)goto fail;g_variant_unref(r);
+    g_snprintf(token,sizeof(token),"fc_%u",g_random_int());g_variant_builder_init(&b,G_VARIANT_TYPE_VARDICT);
+    option(&b,"handle_token",g_variant_new_string(token));
+    r=request(p,RD,"Start",g_variant_new("(osa{sv})",p->session,"",&b),token,error,capacity);if(!r)goto fail;
+    g_variant_lookup(r,"devices","u",&p->devices);
+    GVariant *streams=g_variant_lookup_value(r,"streams",G_VARIANT_TYPE("a(ua{sv})"));
+    if(streams && g_variant_n_children(streams)>0) {
+        GVariant *entry=g_variant_get_child_value(streams,0),*props=NULL;
+        g_variant_get(entry,"(u@a{sv})",&p->node,&props);
+        g_variant_lookup(props,"size","(ii)",&p->width,&p->height);
+        g_variant_unref(props);g_variant_unref(entry);
+    }
+    if(streams)g_variant_unref(streams);g_variant_unref(r);r=NULL;
+    if(!p->node || p->width<=0 || p->height<=0) {g_strlcpy(error,"Portal returned no stream size",capacity);goto fail;}
+    if(fc_portal_refresh(p,error,capacity)<0)goto fail;
+    g_main_context_pop_thread_default(p->context);return p;
+fail:
+    g_main_context_pop_thread_default(p->context);fc_portal_close(p);return NULL;
+}
+FC_API int fc_portal_value(Portal *p,int field) {
+    switch(field){case 0:return p->fd;case 1:return (int)p->node;case 2:return p->width;
+                 case 3:return p->height;case 4:return (int)p->devices;default:return 0;}
+}
+FC_API int fc_portal_input(Portal *p,int type,double x,double y,int code,int down) {
+    const char *method=NULL;GVariant *args=NULL;GVariantBuilder b;g_variant_builder_init(&b,G_VARIANT_TYPE_VARDICT);
+    if(type==0 && (p->devices&2)) {
+        method="NotifyPointerMotionAbsolute";args=g_variant_new("(oa{sv}udd)",p->session,&b,p->node,x,y);
+    } else if(type==1 && (p->devices&2)) {
+        method="NotifyPointerButton";args=g_variant_new("(oa{sv}iu)",p->session,&b,code,(guint)down);
+    } else if(type==2 && (p->devices&2)) {
+        method="NotifyPointerAxis";args=g_variant_new("(oa{sv}dd)",p->session,&b,x,y);
+    } else if(type==3 && (p->devices&1)) {
+        method="NotifyKeyboardKeysym";args=g_variant_new("(oa{sv}iu)",p->session,&b,code,(guint)down);
+    } else return 0;
+    GError *e=NULL;GVariant *r=g_dbus_connection_call_sync(p->bus,BUS,PATH,RD,method,args,NULL,
+                                                       G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,2000,NULL,&e);
+    if(e)g_error_free(e);if(r)g_variant_unref(r);return r!=NULL;
+}
+#endif
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ replies, screenshots and approval payloads are not sent to analytics.

 ## Assistant panel

-Open **Tools → Open assistant**, or `http://127.0.0.1:47810/assistant`.
+Open **Settings** (the gear in the header) **→ Open assistant settings**, or `http://127.0.0.1:47810/assistant`.
 To put the same page in the headset, with the HTTP server still running:

 ```sh
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Import an Android game backup
+
+A SideQuest backup can contain a small APK and much larger `main.…obb` and
+`patch.…obb` files. All of them belong to the same game. Installing only the APK
+can leave the game unable to start because its assets are missing.
+
+In **Add / Install → Import Android game** (or **Apps → Browse → Import Android game**), choose the base APK, any supported splits, and its OBB files together.
+You can also drop them anywhere in the window. In the desktop app, dropping the
+APK alone finds matching OBB files beside it; dropping a folder containing the
+APK and OBBs also works. Browsers can read only the files you explicitly choose.
+
+The import screen shows the game app and its game-data files together. **Import
+game & data** installs the APK, starts its own Steam library instance, waits for
+Android and the installed package, copies the OBBs, and closes the game. Open it
+again from the Steam library to play. The screen explains this before import;
+choosing files alone never starts a game.
+
+Files are matched using the package inside the APK and the standard
+`main|patch.<version>.<package>.obb` name, not the APK's filename. Both main and
+patch files are preserved. OBB version numbers need not equal the APK's current
+version code: updates can reuse older expansion files. The copy uses the existing
+SHA-256 transfer check inside Android and writes to that game's own
+`/sdcard/Android/obb/<package>` folder.
+
+If no data files are selected, the screen reminds you to include any OBBs in the
+backup before offering **Install game app**. An APK cannot reliably tell Frame
+Control whether separate expansion files are required. Game-data files are never
+silently sent to Downloads by this flow.
+
+If setup fails, the import screen keeps the error and retry instructions visible.
+The APK may already be installed, but the game is not reported ready. Import the
+same backup again, or choose just its OBB files to add data to an existing install.
+The importer checks the installed package and version before writing data and
+closes the instance after a failed copy. Unrelated or duplicate files, running
+games that would be replaced, and downgrades are rejected. Uploaded staging files
+are discarded after use or cancellation; abandoned imports expire after an hour
+when the importer is next used, and dead-server staging folders are swept at
+startup.
+
+This flow handles one base APK, supported native-library or asset splits, and
+standard OBB files for one game at a time. It checks the package and version in
+each split manifest before touching the headset. The existing Quest merger
+rejects resource, code and feature splits and sets with multiple device
+variants. A merged APK is re-signed; that can affect a game's licence or login.
+XAPK/APKS/APKM archives use the same checks. Nested Android/data folders and
+private save archives remain unsupported. PC ZIP/folder/EXE imports keep their
+existing route. Quest USB and Meta library imports keep their existing workflow.
+
+Validation covers actual APK parsing, the three-file backup layout, package
+matching, sibling discovery, browser upload staging and cleanup, instance/version
+guards and failure recovery with mocked headset operations. Browser verification
+uses the real page and upload/inspection endpoints with simulated installation.
+**Verified 2026-10-20 on a real Steam Frame**, BUILD_ID `20260925.6191901`:
+F-Droid Basic 2.0.2 with two synthetic main/patch OBBs completed the automatic
+install/start/copy/close sequence. Reopening its persistent instance confirmed
+both SHA-256 hashes in `/sdcard/Android/obb/org.fdroid.basic`. The test app,
+shortcut and instance were removed afterward, the shared device lock was
+released, and the battery remained at 99%. See [device evidence](evidence/android-import/device.json).
+The headset was unworn; this checks transfer and persistence, not rendering,
+Resident Evil 4 gameplay, or a game that exits before data can be copied. This
+flow does not change APK compatibility or remove licence checks.
+The supported-split backup route was checked with generated local fixtures and
+existing merger tests, not a real split game on the Frame.
@@ -183,6 +183,92 @@ See
 [compat-db/README.md](../compat-db/README.md) and
 [apk-catalog/README.md](../apk-catalog/README.md).

+## Store and Library in Frame Control
+
+The Android tab has two views. **Store** finds apps across the sources (F-Droid,
+IzzyOnDroid, curated GitHub releases, itch.io). **Library** shows the apps on the
+Frame as cards, with Play and a menu for Test, Report and Remove; the display
+settings and recent reports are below it.
+
+Store search cards and app details also show **Reported not working** or
+**Reported issues** when saved compatibility reports say so. Details include
+the report date, version and notes. These are advisories: Install remains
+available unless the selected build has an existing compatibility blocker
+(for example, no arm64-v8a build or Android API above 30). Reports never clear
+those blockers. Apps reported not working are excluded from Home's featured
+app and recommendation shelves; search and category results still show them.
+An unrated install failure caused by the wrong APK architecture or Android API
+is ignored, using the same rules as the catalogue. A person's rating takes
+priority over automated results, with the latest rating winning.
+
+Reports warm in a background worker at server start. Search and details read
+only the last complete in-memory snapshot and schedule a single background
+refresh after 60 seconds; they never wait for disk, Keychain, a subprocess or
+the report database. During initial loading they show the usual build verdict;
+after a refresh, the next search or detail request sees the reports. Failed
+refreshes keep the previous snapshot and retry after another 60 seconds.
+
+**Availability:** public copies benefit from their own saved reports, including
+reports for apps outside the bundled catalogue, across every source with the
+same package name. This does not give public users the private shared ratings.
+The checked-in `apk-catalog/site/apps.js` contains predictions and no tested
+report verdicts, so it cannot supply a useful public report snapshot. No private
+reports, free-text notes or credentials are exported or published. The existing
+maintainer loader still uses its configured database access in the background;
+the search feature adds no sharing, endpoint or network destination. Tests leave
+the hook off by default (`FRAME_COMPAT_SEARCH_REPORTS=0` also disables it in
+server subprocesses) and use synthetic reports to exercise refresh behavior.
+
+The store groups apps by what a headset is good for, not by F-Droid's list:
+VR, Games, Emulators, Watch & listen, Read & learn, Create, Work, Web & chat
+and Tools (`ui/apk_sources/_categories.py`). A VR app is always in VR. Otherwise
+F-Droid's own categories decide, the finer one first (an app in *Multimedia* and
+*Social Network* is Web & chat).
+
+Apps built around a phone are hidden from browsing unless **Show phone-only
+apps** is on; a search always finds them, labelled *Phone app*. Hidden: apps in
+a category that only makes sense in a phone's own system (launchers, keyboards,
+wallpapers, Xposed modules), apps in a phone-side category (calls and SMS, VPNs,
+fitness, alarms, system tools) unless a useful category says otherwise
+(FluffyChat is in Phone & SMS, but it's a messenger), apps named for a phone
+part (a widget, a launcher, a battery tool), and apps that need hardware the
+Frame lacks (an IR blaster, a watch, NFC, root). They would install and run in
+Lepton, but do nothing useful on the Frame. In the October 2026 indexes that is
+about 1,600 of F-Droid's 4,500 apps and 550 of IzzyOnDroid's 1,300.
+
+Without a search, each source offers its best 300 for the chosen category:
+apps with a banner first, then with screenshots, then the newest.
+
+## The store in the headset: Frame Control's store as a panel (inferred, not yet run on the Frame)
+
+The **APK Store** panel is the Store above, drawn for the laser: the same
+sources, categories and artwork, with Install, Open, Stop and Remove, opened as
+its own floating panel:
+
+```sh
+scripts/store-on-frame.sh open     # copy the server over if it changed, start it, open the panel
+scripts/store-on-frame.sh close
+```
+
+`open` copies the same bundle the iPhone app uses
+(`ios/scripts/make_frame_bundle.py`) to
+`~/.local/share/frame-control/store-server/<version>` on the Frame. It then
+starts `ui/server.py` there with `FRAME_LOCAL=1` on `127.0.0.1:47812`, with a
+fresh `X-Frame-UI` key. Chromium XR (or the `org.chromium.Chromium` Flatpak)
+opens `/store` (`ui/store.html`) in a 1280×800 app window, tagged as panel
+`2001947812` ([panels.md](panels.md)). Downloads, SHA-256 checks and installs
+all run on the Frame, so the Mac can go away after `open`.
+
+The page has a category rail (Home, the store's categories, Installed), eight
+art cards a page, and a featured VR app on Home. It turns pages instead of
+scrolling, because a tagged panel gets mouse clicks and a drag would select
+text; the thumbstick (a mouse wheel) turns pages, and an on-screen keyboard is
+there for search. **Checked on the Mac only** (2026-10-14, 1280×800, against
+the real sources): Home, categories, Installed, the detail sheet. **Still to
+check in the headset:** that the panel opens and takes laser clicks, that an
+install completes when run on the Frame, and that **Open** brings up the app's
+panel.
+
 ## In-headset app store: F-Droid 1.17 (verified 2026-09-25)

 F-Droid 1.23 uses an old Compose and crashes on launch. **F-Droid 1.17.2**, the
@@ -345,3 +431,51 @@ app instance and back up/restore a stopped instance's private app data. See
 [SideQuest features and limits](sidequest.md) for commands, archive scope and
 verification status. These paths have offline coverage; real Frame storage and
 permissions remain unverified. They do not change APK install or launch behavior.
+
+
+## Local APK/OBB backups and Android bundles
+
+In **Android apps → Import Android game → Choose game files…** (or **Send to Frame**), choose one
+base APK, any supported splits, and its matching `main.<version>.<package>.obb` and/or
+`patch.<version>.<package>.obb` files together. The desktop app also discovers
+matching OBB files beside a lone selected APK. Browser uploads use only the
+files you selected. Installed apps can receive OBB-only imports.
+
+You can instead select **one `.xapk`, `.apks`, or `.apkm` archive** containing
+one base APK, optional supported splits and matching OBBs. These extensions describe
+containers, not a guarantee that their contents are supported. OBBs may be
+at the archive root, under `<package>/`, or under `Android/obb/<package>/`;
+one enclosing backup folder is allowed. Known manifest/icon/signature
+sidecars are ignored; the APK manifest determines the package. Unknown files,
+unsafe paths, links, encrypted entries, duplicate paths (including case
+collisions), more than 4,096 entries, or more than 16 GiB unpacked are refused.
+Staging also keeps 64 MiB of free disk space. Payloads still have the regular
+100-file/99-OBB limit. Ordinary `.zip` files keep the PC-title import route;
+extract an Android ZIP yourself and select its APK/OBBs.
+
+The importer previews the app and files before **Import game & data**.
+Confirming authorizes installing the app, starting it to prepare Android,
+checking the running package/version, copying OBBs through the existing
+verified data helper, and closing the game. Open it from Steam afterwards.
+If setup fails, read the error and retry the same backup; do not uninstall
+first, since that deletes saves. An app that cannot start may also prevent
+data setup. Uploaded and extracted staging is removed on cancellation,
+inspection failure, or job completion/failure; abandoned imports expire
+through the existing one-hour staging lifecycle. Original local files stay intact.
+
+**Limits:** this backup importer requires exactly one base APK. For split sets,
+each split must identify the same package and version, and pass the existing
+[Quest split merger](quest-import.md#split-apks). It refuses resource, code and
+feature splits and does not choose among device variants. Merging re-signs the
+APK, which can affect licences. It does not restore `Android/data`, private app
+data, saves or entitlements. These split imports have local fixture and merger
+tests, but no real split game has been installed with this backup route on the
+Frame.
+
+For issue #102, the RE4 report only establishes that an APK attempt failed.
+Missing OBBs are a hypothesis; the edition/build, exact files, failing step,
+and runtime compatibility remain unknown. Record those details, Frame Control
+and SteamOS versions, and sanitized server/crash errors before diagnosing it.
+`python3 ui/frame_android.py info /path/to/game.apk` inspects the APK locally.
+Successful installation or fixture tests do not establish RE4 compatibility;
+OBBs cannot fix ABI/API, VrApi/OpenXR, entitlement or Android-service failures.
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+# Backup and recovery
+
+**Tools → Backup & recovery** copies what a factory reset would lose from the
+Steam Frame to your computer, puts it back afterwards, and gets the headset out
+of Desktop Mode. It runs from Frame Control on a computer, not from the iPhone
+app or the Frame itself.
+
+**Partly tested on a headset.** On a Frame running SteamOS 0.5.6 (build
+20261015.6141207), a full backup saved 26 parts (40.7 MB): 14 games' Proton
+saves, Linux game saves, Steam and desktop settings and 9 Android apps' data,
+with no sign-in files or keys in the archives. Restoring one game's saves on top
+of identical files wrote nothing and left nothing behind. The session check
+reported Game Mode, so **Return to Game Mode** changed nothing. Not tested on a
+headset: a restore after a real factory reset, a restore that replaces files,
+Android data restore. Unit tests and the fake Frame cover those (see
+[Verification](#verification)).
+On 2026-10-24, the real-device reproduction in [issue #142](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/issues/142)
+confirmed full Plasma Desktop Mode on the same build: the Plasma session target
+was active and the Game Mode target inactive. Desktop Mode also ran gamescope
+for `steamvr-plasma.service`, so the old process check incorrectly reported
+Game Mode. SteamOS's `steamosctl switch-to-game-mode` restored Game Mode and
+reversed the target states; battery stayed at 99%, and the rollback timer and
+shared lock were cleaned up. After #143 passed CI, the corrected code was
+tested in another full Plasma session under a three-minute rollback timer.
+`ui/frame_backup.py session` reported Desktop Mode despite gamescope, and
+`ui/frame_backup.py game-mode` invoked the same guarded Return function used by
+the button. Game Mode became active and a second call made no switch. Battery
+remained at 99%; the timer and lock were removed. That test used the production
+CLI rather than clicking the desktop button.
+
+Later on 2026-10-24, the published **v0.4.17 Linux x86_64 AppImage** passed the
+literal packaged-button check on the same Frame/build. With the shared lock and
+a verified three-minute rollback timer, the headset entered full Plasma Desktop
+Mode. In the packaged Electron window, **Tools → Backup & recovery → Check**
+reported Desktop Mode despite gamescope. A trusted automated pointer click on
+the visible **Return to Game Mode** button, accepting its confirmation, returned
+`switched: true` and `steamosctl switch-to-game-mode`. The systemd targets then
+confirmed Game Mode. A second confirmed button click returned `switched: false`;
+the Game Mode service invocation and SteamVR PID stayed unchanged. **Check**
+then reported Game Mode and disabled Return. The test app/server and virtual
+display were stopped; the timer and shared lock were removed. Steam and SteamVR remained running
+at 99% battery. [Commands, responses, cleanup and limits](evidence/return-game-mode-packaged-2026-10-24.json),
+[before](evidence/return-game-mode-packaged-2026-10-24-before.png) and
+[after](evidence/return-game-mode-packaged-2026-10-24-after.png).
+
+This used the unchanged extracted AppImage payload with its bundled Python on
+Xvfb (`--no-sandbox --disable-gpu`), following the packaged Export test in #156.
+FUSE mounting, desktop integration, hardware rendering and the view inside a
+worn headset were not checked. Older SteamOS builds remain fixture-tested.
+
+## Back up
+
+Choose **Game saves**, **Steam and desktop settings** and **Android app data**
+(all three by default), then **Back up now**. **See what's included** lists each
+part and its size first. Backing up only reads the headset.
+
+Each backup is a folder named after the time it started:
+
+```
+~/Documents/Frame Control Backups/2026-10-23-142530/
+  manifest.json
+  saves/saves-1234.tar.gz          one per game
+  saves/saves-linux.tar.gz
+  settings/settings-steam.tar.gz
+  settings/settings-system.tar.gz
+  android/org.example.game.tar.gz  one per Android app
+```
+
+`manifest.json` records the headset's name, SteamOS version and BUILD_ID, every
+file with its size and SHA-256, and each archive's SHA-256. It also lists what
+was skipped and why. A backup is written under a hidden `.…partial` name and
+renamed when complete, so a cut-off backup never shows up as one.
+
+### What's saved
+
+| Part | From the headset (`~` is `/home/steamos`) | Restored? |
+|---|---|---|
+| Windows game saves | `~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/<appid>/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/` → `AppData/Roaming`, `AppData/Local`, `AppData/LocalLow`, `Documents`, `Saved Games`. Wine's own folders in them (`Temp`, `Microsoft`, `D3DSCache`, `CrashDumps`) are left out. Sideloaded Windows games (non-Steam shortcuts) have prefixes here too | Yes |
+| Linux game saves | `~/.config/unity3d`, `~/.local/share/godot/app_userdata`: where Unity and Godot games save by default | Yes |
+| Steam controller layouts | `userdata/<account>/241100/remote/controller_config`, `steamapps/common/Steam Controller Configs/<account>/config` | Yes |
+| Steam library settings | `userdata/<account>/config/localconfig.vdf`, `shortcuts.vdf`, `grid/` (custom artwork) | Kept for reference |
+| Desktop settings | `~/.config/kdeglobals`, `kwinrc`, `kxkbrc` (keyboard layout), `konsolerc`, `dolphinrc` | Yes |
+| SteamVR settings | `~/.config/openvr/config/steamvr.vrsettings` | Kept for reference |
+| Android app data | Each Frame Control Android app's private data, through the existing `backup-data` helper ([sidequest.md](sidequest.md#private-app-data-backups)) | Yes |
+
+"Kept for reference" files are in the backup but not put back automatically:
+Steam and SteamVR rewrite them while they run, and an old `shortcuts.vdf` would
+point at apps that aren't installed after a reset. Open the backup folder to
+copy one by hand if you need it.
+
+### What's never copied
+
+- **Steam sign-in:** `steam.token`, `config/config.vdf`, `loginusers.vdf`,
+  `registry.vdf` and `ssfn*` files.
+- **Keys and passwords:** `~/.ssh`, `~/.gnupg`, keyrings and KWallet, any
+  `*.token`, `*.key` or `*.pem` file, Tailscale state and proxy settings
+  (`secrets.env`). These are refused by name wherever they turn up, including
+  inside a game's folder, and a restore refuses them too.
+- Games, Proton and the Steam runtimes: reinstall them from Steam.
+- Steam Cloud's own folders (`userdata/<account>/<appid>`), shader caches and
+  screenshots (**Tools → Capture & Live** saves those to Pictures).
+- Android apps themselves, their OBB files and shared storage (`/sdcard`).
+- Symbolic links, including any ancestor below the home folder of a selected
+  save or settings path, and single files over 2 GiB. Discovery checks each
+  component, and packing checks it again before opening each file.
+
+Steam backups use the normal `~/.local/share/Steam` directory tree. A separate
+`~/.steam/steam` alias does not affect this route. A library, Proton prefix or
+Wine save folder redirected by a symlink below the home folder is skipped,
+even if its target is inside home; it is not resolved and backed up elsewhere.
+The home folder itself is trusted and may use the host's normal path aliases.
+
+These are path checks, not a filesystem snapshot: a concurrent rename or link
+replacement between a check and a read can still race it. Close games and
+avoid moving or relinking these folders during backup. This fix rejects links
+already present when checked, including ones introduced after discovery; it
+does not provide atomic protection against concurrent filesystem changes.
+
+Backups aren't encrypted. Game folders can still hold a launcher's login, and
+Android app data can hold an app's, so keep backups private.
+
+Android apps that are open are skipped (the helper needs the app closed); close
+them and back up again.
+
+## Restore after a factory reset
+
+1. Set up the headset again: Developer Mode, **Set Up Connection**, sign in to
+   Steam with the same account.
+2. Reinstall your games, and **start each once** so Proton creates its folders.
+3. Reinstall your Android apps from Frame Control.
+4. **Tools → Backup & recovery → Restore…** on a backup. Frame Control checks
+   each part against the headset and says what it would do: how many files it
+   replaces and how many are new.
+5. Tick the parts to restore and **Restore selected**. It asks before replacing
+   anything.
+
+Parts that can't go back yet are skipped, not failed, with the reason:
+
+| Reason | What to do |
+|---|---|
+| Install the game first | Install it from Steam, then restore |
+| Start the game once | Proton hasn't made its folders yet; start the game, quit, restore |
+| Sign in to Steam first | Controller layouts go under your account's folder |
+| Install the app first / close the app first | Android app data needs the app installed and closed |
+| The backup file doesn't match its checksum | The archive changed since it was made |
+
+A restore writes only the files in the parts you chose, and only inside that
+part's folders: it never deletes a file, and a save archive can't write outside
+its game. Before replacing a file it copies the current one to
+`~/.local/share/frame-control/restore-previous/<time>/` on the headset. Files
+already identical are left alone. Android app data goes through the existing
+`restore-data` helper, which keeps the previous data folder beside it.
+
+## Stuck in Desktop Mode
+
+On the Frame, Game Mode is gamescope running Steam, and the Linux desktop
+normally runs *inside* it as one panel (`steamos-nested-desktop`, see
+[how-the-frame-works.md](how-the-frame-works.md#the-layer-cake)). If that panel
+is what you see, you're already in Game Mode: close it from the Steam dashboard.
+
+Full Desktop Mode is a different session. **Check** reads the main user's
+systemd session targets over SSH: `gamescope-session.target` and
+`plasma-workspace-wayland.target`. Game Mode requires the former active and the
+latter inactive; Desktop Mode requires the reverse. This takes precedence over
+process names: full Desktop Mode can run gamescope for its VR overlay, and
+Game Mode can run a nested Plasma panel. Check changes nothing.
+
+Conflicting, transitional, failed or unreadable targets produce **unknown**.
+On older images where both targets are explicitly absent, the fallback accepts
+only gamescope without Plasma/nested desktop as Game Mode, or Plasma without
+gamescope/nested desktop as Desktop Mode. Mixed processes remain unknown.
+The SDDM autologin file is still reported as a login preference; it cannot
+establish which session is running.
+
+After confirmation, **Return to Game Mode** runs exactly
+`steamosctl switch-to-game-mode` when available, or the older
+`holo-session-select gamescope` / `steamos-session-select gamescope` command.
+It closes the desktop and anything open in it. Frame Control never edits the
+SDDM files itself, and runs no switch when the headset is in Game Mode, when
+its mode is unknown, or when no supported switch command is installed. A
+refused command reports an error; a request being sent does not verify that
+the new session has started.
+
+### Manual fallback
+
+If the button can't help, or the headset isn't reachable:
+
+1. **Restart it:** hold Power about 10 seconds until the light goes off, then
+   power on. On the Steam Deck, **Switch to Desktop** starts a one-shot
+   Desktop Mode session, so a restart brings Game Mode back. That the Frame
+   behaves the same is **inferred**, not tested.
+2. **Over SSH** (Developer Mode on), run Valve's switch yourself:
+   `ssh frame steamosctl switch-to-game-mode` (verified on SteamOS 0.5.6).
+   Older images may instead provide `steamos-session-select gamescope` or
+   `holo-session-select gamescope`.
+3. **Boot menu:** hold Power 10 seconds, then power on while holding the AUX
+   button on top of Power. Choose `Current`, or `Previous` to start the other
+   SteamOS slot; both keep your data. Details and the further options
+   (`Repair Steam Installation`, `Erase User Data`, a full re-image) are in
+   [how-the-frame-works.md](how-the-frame-works.md#facts-worth-knowing) and
+   [recovery-and-images.md](recovery-and-images.md). Back up first if you can:
+   `Erase User Data` is a factory reset.
+
+## Verification
+
+`tests/test_backup.py` runs the headset-side script (`ui/frame_backup_remote.py`)
+for real against a folder laid out like the Frame's home, with only SSH faked:
+which paths are picked, that sign-in files and keys never are (also inside game
+folders), links in save/settings roots and their ancestors refused, the manifest
+and its checksums, restore checks
+after a reset (game not installed, no Proton folders yet, not signed in), that a
+restore replaces only its own files and keeps the old ones, unsafe archives
+(`..`, absolute paths, links, other games' folders) writing nothing, backup
+names that try to leave the backups folder, and the exact Game Mode command.
+Synthetic symlink fixtures cover every component of a Proton save root below
+home, including `compatdata/<appid>` and `steamuser/AppData`, plus directory
+and file links introduced between discovery and packing. Ordinary Proton and
+non-Steam saves, Linux saves, controller layouts, reference settings and home
+aliases still pack with their original bytes. These are local fixture checks;
+this path fix has not been tested on a headset.
+`tests/e2e/test_recovery_kit.py` backs up a Proton save from the fake Frame through
+the server, deletes it and restores it. Neither involves a real headset.
+
+Isolated session tests in the same suite reproduce full Plasma plus gamescope,
+Game Mode with and without the nested desktop, conflicting/transitional targets,
+missing targets on older builds, failed/timed-out systemd reads, selector
+compatibility, and the confirmed Return action with SSH mocked. Run them with
+`python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p test_backup.py -v`.
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Battery and health monitoring
+
+Open **Control Center → Battery & thermal health**, or expand **System
+information**, to read the Frame's charge, charging state, signed battery
+power, battery temperature and driver-reported health. Optional readings show
+charge cycles, full charge capacity, design capacity and full / design capacity.
+The existing battery chip also shows charging state and temperature.
+
+These are read-only readings from the Linux host's `/sys/class/power_supply`,
+not Android's container battery view. The probe prefers the documented Frame
+fuel gauge, `max1720x_bat_7-36`, over other battery nodes, excludes peripheral
+(`scope=Device`) and absent batteries, and otherwise uses a deterministic
+battery fallback. The UI shows the selected source path.
+
+| Reading | Linux attribute | Interpretation |
+|---|---|---|
+| Charge | `capacity` | Integer 0–100 percent; zero is a real reading |
+| Charging state | `status` | Charging, Full, Discharging or Not charging; missing/unknown states stay unavailable |
+| Battery power | `voltage_now × current_now` | Microvolts and microamps converted to signed watts; positive means charging on the Frame |
+| Temperature | `temp` | Tenths of a degree Celsius, including valid negative readings |
+| Battery health | `health` | Driver status such as Good or Overheat; not a wear percentage |
+| Charge cycles | `cycle_count` | Driver-reported count, including zero |
+| Full/design capacity | `charge_full`, `charge_full_design` | Microamp-hours converted to mAh |
+| Full / design capacity | Ratio of those two capacities | Fuel-gauge estimate; not a diagnosis or a guaranteed runtime |
+| Time estimate | `time_to_full_now`, `time_to_empty_now` | Seconds; displayed only for the corresponding charging/discharging state |
+
+Unavailable means the field is absent, unreadable or invalid. One missing
+sensor does not hide the others. Zero design capacity cannot produce a ratio. Time estimates outside 1 second
+to 7 days and battery temperatures outside −273.15 to 200 °C are rejected
+as invalid readings; these bounds are not thermal warning thresholds.
+The ratio may exceed 100% because full capacity is a gauge estimate, so the app
+does not clamp it or invent a wear warning. The app does not estimate health
+from charge percentage or assign temperature thresholds. Existing thermal
+alerts use the kernel's own hot/critical trip points.
+
+A connected charger does not necessarily mean charging: the Frame can still
+drain under load or sit idle near full charge. A 100% capacity reading alone
+does not prove the driver reports Full. Missing status is explicitly unknown;
+near-zero measured battery power with a charger is shown as not charging.
+Failed, stale or disconnected status samples clear Control Center readings.
+
+**No charge controls are provided.** Frame's SteamOS charge-limit backend is
+unsupported; see [charge-limit research](charge-limit.md). Monitoring never
+writes to power supplies, pauses charging, changes current or sets a limit.
+
+## Verification
+
+`tests/test_battery.py` uses temporary sysfs-like files for conversion,
+malformed/missing values, permission failures, source selection and partial
+sensor support. `tests/control_center.cjs` exercises charging states, optional
+metrics and failed/stale/disconnected sample handling. These tests do not
+connect to a headset. On 2026-10-24, the PR's uninstalled parser was also
+piped over SSH to a real Frame running SteamOS 0.5.6 (build
+`20261015.6141207`). Its read-only sysfs result selected
+`max1720x_bat_7-36` and reported 99% charge, Not charging, 24.9 °C,
+Good driver health, 14 cycles, 2,920 mAh full and 2,700 mAh design capacity
+(108.1% fuel-gauge estimate). The Control Center UI was not run against this
+headset; Windows and macOS were not tested. Optional fields are not claimed to
+be available on every firmware build.
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## Unreleased
+
+- Battery monitoring now selects the Frame fuel gauge predictably, handles
+  missing or invalid readings, and shows optional cycle count, full/design
+  capacity and estimated capacity health in Control Center. Unknown charging
+  status stays explicit. Monitoring is read-only; charge limits remain
+  unsupported on Frame. The read-only parser was checked on a real Frame; the UI was not.
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+# Battery charge limit (80%): research
+
+**Question:** can Frame Control set an 80% battery charge limit on the Frame
+over SSH or adb, safely?
+
+**Verdict: don't build it.** Valve's supported mechanism (the one Steam's own
+charge-limit setting uses on the Deck) is not configured for the Frame. The
+only control the Frame has is a vendor charger attribute that Valve's own
+charging daemon also manages. Research as of 2026-10-23, confirmed with the
+read-only checks below on a Frame running SteamOS 0.5.6 (build 20261015.6141207):
+
+Rechecked read-only on build `20261022.6153909` on 2026-10-25: the
+`BatteryChargeLimit1` interface still returned `UnknownInterface`, no
+`charge_control_*` sysfs attribute existed, and the vendor charging switches
+were root-owned mode `644`. See [Round 3 headset evidence](evidence/round3-headset-2026-10-25.md).
+
+- `steamosctl get-max-charge-level` fails with `UnknownInterface: ...BatteryChargeLimit1`.
+- `/usr/share/steamos-manager/devices/` has `[battery_charge_limit]` only for
+  the Steam Deck, ROG Ally, ROG Xbox Ally and MSI Claw, not the Frame.
+- Power supplies: `max1720x_bat_7-36` (Battery, driver `max1720x`),
+  `pm8550b-charger` (driver `qcom,pm8550b-charger`) and the USB-C `tcpm-source-psy-…`.
+  No `charge_control_end_threshold` anywhere; `pm8550b-charger` has
+  `charging_enable` and `charging_pause`, both `root`-only (`-rw-r--r--`).
+- `deckard-charger.service` (Deckard Battery Charger service) is enabled and running.
+
+For safe read-only readings in Control Center, see [battery and health
+monitoring](battery-health.md). It does not provide charging controls.
+
+## How Steam does it on other devices
+
+- Steam's **Settings → Power → Battery Charge Limit** shipped to the Deck in
+  SteamOS 3.7.8 (beta client 2025-05-08)
+  ([GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/steamos-3-7-7-beta-brings-a-battery-charge-limit-option-and-improved-lenovo-legion-go-s-support/)).
+- Steam calls SteamOS Manager on the session bus:
+  `com.steampowered.SteamOSManager1.BatteryChargeLimit1`, with properties
+  `MaxChargeLevel` (`i`, read/write; `-1` resets to the default) and
+  `SuggestedMinimumLimit` (`i`, read-only). The CLI is
+  `steamosctl get-max-charge-level` / `set-max-charge-level` /
+  `suggested-minimum-charge-limit`. Source: `data/interfaces/com.steampowered.SteamOSManager1.xml`
+  and `steamos-manager/src/bin/steamosctl.rs` in
+  [holo/steamos-manager](https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/holo/steamos-manager),
+  read at commit `83981ab` (2026-10-21).
+- The root daemon writes the value to sysfs only if the device's TOML in
+  `data/devices/` has a `[battery_charge_limit]` section. Two methods exist
+  (`steamos-manager/src/power.rs`, `BatteryChargeLimitMethod`):
+  - `hwmon_attribute`: the Deck writes `max_battery_charge_level` on
+    `steamdeck_hwmon` (`data/devices/steam-deck.toml`).
+  - `acpi_sb`: ROG Ally, MSI Claw and others write the standard
+    `charge_control_end_threshold` on the ACPI battery
+    (`/sys/bus/{platform,acpi}/drivers/…battery…/PNP0C0A:00/…/power_supply/*/`).
+    On ARM there's no ACPI, so this path can't match there either.
+- With no `[battery_charge_limit]` section, the interface fails with
+  `UnknownInterface` (Steam can still show its toggle on unsupported hardware:
+  [steam-for-linux#12044](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/12044)).
+
+## What the Frame has
+
+- **Upstream `data/devices/steam-frame.toml`** (matched by
+  `dt.compatible = "qcom,sm8650"`, variant `Deckard`) configures GPU clocks
+  and performance profiles only. It has **no `[battery_charge_limit]`**, so
+  SteamOS Manager on the Frame has no charge-limit backend. Its git history
+  (2026-09-10 to 2026-10-12) never added one.
+- **Battery driver:** the Frame's battery is
+  `/sys/class/power_supply/max1720x_bat_7-36`, and the charger is a
+  `tcpm-source-psy-…` USB-PD supply ([how-the-frame-works.md](how-the-frame-works.md)).
+  Both were verified 2026-09-25, and `ui/frame_status.py` `battery()` and
+  `power_source()` read them. The Maxim MAX1720x is a **fuel gauge** and
+  can't control charging. Mainline `drivers/power/supply/max1720x_battery.c`
+  exposes only read-only properties (capacity, voltage, current, temp,
+  charge_full…), with no `charge_control_end_threshold`. Valve's build is
+  patched: it reports `time_to_full_now`, which mainline doesn't have. Even
+  so, a charge stop would have to come from the separate charger IC, not this
+  node.
+- **Not the qcom_battmgr path.** Some other SM8650/SM8750 handhelds get
+  `charge_control_end_threshold` from Qualcomm's `qcom_battmgr`
+  (pmic_glink) driver, clamped at 55% or above. A third-party distro enabled
+  Steam's limit on those by patching steamos-manager
+  ([armada-os/armada#758](https://github.com/armada-os/armada/pull/758)). The
+  Frame's battery isn't exposed by `qcom_battmgr`, so that doesn't carry over.
+  (Unverified: whether a `qcom_battmgr` node also exists on the Frame. The
+  read-only checks below answer this.)
+- **What third parties found:**
+  [y0usaf/frame-charge](https://github.com/y0usaf/frame-charge) reports that
+  the Frame has no `charge_control_end_threshold` and falls back to a vendor
+  `charging_pause` attribute. It also reports that `constant_charge_current`
+  changes on its own, which it attributes to Valve's `deckard_charge_daemon`
+  (`deckard-charger.service`). By its own README, that tool has only run its
+  read-only `status` on a Frame and has **not** been tested against real
+  charging. Two questions are still open: whether pausing stops the current,
+  and whether Valve's daemon undoes it.
+
+## Why not build it now
+
+- **No supported endpoint.** The only Valve-supported interface,
+  `BatteryChargeLimit1`, isn't backed on the Frame. Writing sysfs ourselves
+  would bypass Steam and SteamOS Manager, and it needs root (`sudo -S` with
+  the user's password).
+- **A rival owner.** Valve's charge daemon already adjusts charging
+  parameters. Toggling `charging_pause` underneath it could be undone without
+  warning, fight it in a loop, or leave charging paused.
+- **Stuck at a low charge.** If the app or the Frame dies while charging is
+  paused, the Frame could sit at a low charge on the charger. Whether a
+  reboot clears `charging_pause` is unknown.
+- **The UI would mislead.** Steam's setting (if it shows at all) wouldn't
+  reflect our limit.
+- **adb doesn't help.** Wi-Fi adb (`frame:5555`) reaches the Lepton Android
+  container only. USB-C adb reaches the Linux side as `steamos` (non-root, the
+  same as SSH, [ssh.md](ssh.md)). Neither adds a charging-control route.
+  Android's `dumpsys battery` in Lepton is a container view, not the hardware.
+
+**Revisit when** a SteamOS update adds `[battery_charge_limit]` to
+`steam-frame.toml` (or `steamosctl get-max-charge-level` stops returning
+`UnknownInterface` on the Frame). Then the feature is just a SteamOS Manager
+call:
+
+- Read: `steamosctl get-max-charge-level`
+- Set: `steamosctl set-max-charge-level 80`
+- Undo: `steamosctl set-max-charge-level -- -1`
+
+That runs as `steamos` with no sudo. It's the same value Steam's own
+Settings → Power shows, so both stay in sync.
+
+## Headset checks (read-only first)
+
+Run these over SSH as `steamos`. Steps 1–4 only read.
+
+```sh
+# 1. Does SteamOS Manager offer the interface on this build?
+steamosctl get-max-charge-level; steamosctl suggested-minimum-charge-limit
+busctl --user introspect com.steampowered.SteamOSManager1 \
+  /com/steampowered/SteamOSManager1 | grep -i -A3 ChargeLimit
+grep -n battery_charge_limit /usr/share/steamos-manager/devices/*frame* 2>/dev/null
+
+# 2. Which power supplies exist, and which drivers back them?
+for d in /sys/class/power_supply/*; do
+  echo "== $d ($(cat $d/type)) driver=$(basename "$(readlink -f $d/device/driver)" 2>/dev/null)"
+  ls $d
+done
+
+# 3. Any charge-control attributes, with their values and permissions?
+ls -l /sys/class/power_supply/*/{charge_control_*,charging_pause,charging_enable,constant_charge_current*,charge_behaviour} 2>/dev/null
+grep -H . /sys/class/power_supply/*/{charge_control_*,charging_pause,charging_enable,constant_charge_current*,charge_behaviour} 2>/dev/null
+
+# 4. What is Valve's charger daemon, and what does it touch?
+systemctl status deckard-charger.service --no-pager
+systemctl cat deckard-charger.service
+journalctl -b -u deckard-charger.service --no-pager | tail -50
+```
+
+If step 1 succeeds on some build, test `steamosctl set-max-charge-level 80`
+on a charger at a charge above 80%. Watch `current_now` on the
+`max1720x_bat_*` node fall to about 0, then `steamosctl set-max-charge-level -- -1` and
+confirm charging resumes. Do this on a supervised Frame only. If only step 3
+finds a vendor attribute, **stop**: don't write it, and leave the question
+with Valve.
+
+## Sources
+
+- steamos-manager source, commit `83981ab` (2026-10-21):
+  `data/devices/steam-frame.toml`, `data/devices/steam-deck.toml`,
+  `data/interfaces/com.steampowered.SteamOSManager1.xml`,
+  `steamos-manager/src/power.rs`, `steamos-manager/src/manager/user.rs`.
+  [gitlab.steamos.cloud/holo/steamos-manager](https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/holo/steamos-manager)
+- Mainline [`max1720x_battery.c`](https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/power/supply/max1720x_battery.c)
+- [ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#12044](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/12044):
+  the Steam toggle shows on unsupported hardware
+- [armada-os/armada#758](https://github.com/armada-os/armada/pull/758):
+  `qcom_battmgr` threshold on other SM8650/SM8750 devices
+- [y0usaf/frame-charge](https://github.com/y0usaf/frame-charge): third-party,
+  untested on real charging
+- [GamingOnLinux: SteamOS 3.7.7 beta charge limit](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/steamos-3-7-7-beta-brings-a-battery-charge-limit-option-and-improved-lenovo-legion-go-s-support/)
+- Repo: [how-the-frame-works.md](how-the-frame-works.md) (battery and
+  charger nodes), [ssh.md](ssh.md) (adb scope), `ui/frame_status.py`
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Connection and streaming lag FAQ
+
+## Does Frame Control lower my streaming lag?
+
+No. Frame Control uses SSH to manage the Frame. SteamVR or Steam Link sends the
+game stream. Frame Control does not carry the game stream. It cannot lower your
+game-stream ping or fix a stream that stops on the PC. A 40–75 ms ping in a VR
+game is not a Frame Control measurement.
+
+You do **not** need the Steam Wireless Adapter to use Frame Control. The app can
+connect over Wi-Fi, the Wireless Adapter, or USB if the computer has an SSH
+route to the Frame. Use the route that lets the app connect. To improve game
+streaming, check the SteamVR or Steam Link connection on the PC and the Frame.
+The [wired connection doctor](wired-connection.md) checks only Frame Control's
+SSH route. A successful doctor check does not prove that the game stream uses
+the cable or has low lag.
+
+## Can I use a USB-A-to-C cable?
+
+A Mac reached the Frame over a USB-C connection on the
+`10.86.200.232/29` USB network. That test used a USB-C host port. We have
+**not tested a USB-A-to-C cable** with the Frame. A data-capable USB-A-to-C
+cable might show a USB network interface on your PC, but this is unknown on
+the tested Frame OS and PC hosts. Check whether your PC shows that interface
+and whether Frame Control's wired doctor can reach the Frame at
+`10.86.200.233`. A charge-only cable cannot carry USB data. You can use Wi-Fi
+for Frame Control if the USB route does not work.
+
+## 日本語: 5 ステップで接続
+
+1. [公式リリース](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/releases/latest)から PC の OS 用ファイルをダウンロードします。Windows は `.exe`、macOS は `.dmg`、Linux は `.AppImage` または `.deb` です。同じリリースの `SHA256SUMS` でファイルを確認してください。
+2. PC に Frame Control をインストールして起動します。Windows はスタートメニュー、macOS はアプリケーション、Linux はアプリ一覧から開きます。AppImage の場合は実行権限を付けて開きます。
+3. Frame の Steam 設定 → システムで開発者モードを有効にし、開発者設定でユーザーパスワードを設定します。Frame と PC を同じ信頼できるネットワークに接続し、Frame を起こしておきます。
+4. PC の Frame Control で **Set Up Connection…** を選びます。Frame が見つからない場合は、Frame の設定で IP アドレスを確認して入力します。macOS では **Devices & connection → + Add a headset…** からアドレスを設定できます。
+5. Frame に **Pair new host** が出たら、自分が開始した要求だけを承認します。ペアリングに失敗した場合は、PC のターミナルで開発者モードのパスワードを入力します。接続後、Frame Control に戻って状態を確認します。
+
+Frame Control は管理用の SSH 接続を使います。ゲーム映像は SteamVR / Steam Link が送ります。Frame Control を入れてもゲームの ping は下がりません。無線アダプターは必須ではありません。USB-A-to-C ケーブルで Frame の USB ネットワークが使えるかは、まだ確認できていません。
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# What we have tested
+
+Current for Frame Control **v0.4.30**, 25 October 2026. “Real Frame + physical PC” means an actual headset and a non-virtual computer. “VM only” means a Windows virtual machine, sometimes connected to the real Frame. A CI test or a simulated device is **not** a physical hardware test. The date/version column is the last relevant check, not a promise that every new release was retested on that platform. See each link for the exact procedure and limits.
+
+| Feature | Real Frame + physical PC tested | VM only | Untested or limited | Last check and proof |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| Windows desktop in the headset | No physical Windows PC test | Windows 11 VM sent a whole desktop to a real Frame; this used an intermediate fix, not the final native DLL | Physical GPU, capture and controller input; individual windows unavailable in bundled DXGI build | 24 Oct, v0.4.10 installer + candidate fix: [VM log](evidence/windows-vm-2026-10-24.md), [PC guide](pc-in-headset.md) |
+| Linux desktop in the headset | No | No | Native Linux PC capture is disabled; lxso2 lacked a desktop portal and PipeWire session. The separate Steam `-pipewire` helper is not Frame Control's PC capture | 24 Oct, v0.4.17: [host audit](evidence/linux-pc-host-lxso2-2026-10-24.md), [Steam helper PR #163](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/163) |
+| Mac desktop in the headset | A physical Mac sent its screen/window to a real Frame | No | Current v0.4.26 Mac installer and worn-headset controller input have not been repeated | 28 Sep, pre-v0.4 / Frame OS 0.4.1: [Mac guide and measurement](streaming.md#b-show-the-macs-desktop-inside-the-frame) |
+| OBS headset source on Linux | Real Frame to OBS 30 on a Linux host; H.264 video and a synthetic 440 Hz output tone reached a saved recording | No | Real game audio, audible monitoring, perceptual A/V sync and awake headset view | 25 Oct, PR #174 head, shipped in v0.4.22: [OBS log](evidence/obs-media-source-real-2026-10-25.md) |
+| OBS headset source on Windows | No physical Windows PC test | No OBS/Frame VM end-to-end test | App Start/Stop path has automated Windows checks only | 25 Oct, v0.4.23: [Windows PR #179](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/179), [OBS guide](obs-headset-source.md) |
+| OBS headset source on macOS | No | No | Helper and OBS Media Source not tested on a Mac with a Frame | 25 Oct, v0.4.22: [OBS PR #174](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/174), [OBS guide](obs-headset-source.md) |
+| OBS headset source on a SteamOS / Steam Machine PC | No SteamOS PC or Flatpak OBS runtime test | No SteamOS host VM test | v0.4.27 AppImage launched on Ubuntu x86_64 under Xvfb; the helper sent H.264/AAC from a real Frame to a local UDP receiver. SteamOS read-only root, desktop UI and Flatpak OBS remain unverified | 25 Oct, v0.4.27: [host test](evidence/obs-steamos-host-2026-10-25.md), [OBS guide](obs-headset-source.md#steamos--steam-machine-pc-host) |
+| Wired connection doctor | No physical PC/Frame cable test of the doctor | No | Synthetic route/SSH tests; a separate Mac USB-C address observation does not test the doctor or game stream | 25 Oct, v0.4.23: [PR #178](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/178), [wired guide](wired-connection.md) |
+| Windows Wireless Adapter doctor | No physical Steam Wireless Adapter/dropout test | Windows 11 VM ran read-only checks without the adapter or WLAN | Adapter identification, dropouts and recovery on hardware | 24–25 Oct, v0.4.20–0.4.25: [VM log](evidence/windows-wireless-2026-10-24.md), [doctor guide](windows-wireless-doctor.md), [comparison PR #184](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/184) |
+| Linux Wireless Adapter doctor | No Steam Wireless Adapter hardware test | No | Read-only Linux host checks and mocked adapter states; no adapter-specific hardware observation | 24 Oct, v0.4.20: [PR #165](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/165), [doctor guide](linux-wireless-adapter-doctor.md) |
+| Switch PC windows | No physical Windows PC test | No real VM-to-Frame Alt+Tab check recorded | Explicit chord is covered by tests; actual window focus, keyboard layouts and controller interaction are unverified | 25 Oct, v0.4.24: [PR #181](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/181), [PC guide](pc-in-headset.md) |
+| Keyboard and trackpad from Frame Control | A Linux PC sent a click and ASCII keys to a temporary focused window on the real Frame | No | Worn-headset interaction, Unicode delivery and pixel-accurate pointing | 24 Oct, v0.4.19: [received-event log](evidence/pad-gamescope-2026-10-24.md), [PR #66](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/66) |
+| Backup and restore after reset | Same-headset backup, no-op save restore and Return to Game Mode checks | No | Restore **after a factory reset**, replacement restore and Android data restore have not been tested on a headset. No headset reset was done | 24 Oct, v0.4.17: [backup guide](backup-and-recovery.md), [Return to Game Mode log](evidence/return-game-mode-packaged-2026-10-24.json) |
+| Android game backup import | F-Droid Basic APK with synthetic main and patch OBBs installed, transferred and read back on a real Frame | No | v0.4.30 restricted split-APK backup route has generated-fixture and existing merger tests only; no real split game or RE4 gameplay test | 20 Oct OBB headset check; 25 Oct, v0.4.30 split fixtures: [OBB device evidence](evidence/android-import/device.json), [split PR #206](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/206), [guide](android-backups.md) |
+| Passthrough in recordings | No active-passthrough mirror check | No | Standby frame was uniform; whether visible room pixels enter `/dev/video99` is **unknown**. Raw cameras are never captured by Frame Control | 25 Oct, v0.4.21: [headset log](evidence/round3-headset-2026-10-25.md), [recording guide](recording.md#does-record-include-passthrough) |
+| Open at login | No Frame needed; Linux autostart file toggled on a physical Linux host with an isolated config directory | No | A full login session and physical Windows/macOS host login have not been checked; OS API calls were unit tested | 25 Oct, v0.4.26: [PR #189](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/189) |
+| Local Frame Control extensions | Example panel displayed live Frame status in a browser preview; the real Frame served a read-only example in the experimental headset panel | No | No wearer-visible extension view; third-party extensions and physical Windows/macOS extension folders untested | 25 Oct, v0.4.29: [PR #194](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/194), [PR #201](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/201), [extension guide](extensions.md) |
+| Experimental Frame Control SteamVR panel | Real Frame OS 0.5.6 installed its user service, registered an overlay, served authenticated live status and a read-only extension, saved a screenshot and short MP4, and removed owned resources | No | Headset was unworn in standby: overlay reported `not_visible`, stereo capture was dark; wearer-visible pixels and controller input are unverified | 25 Oct, v0.4.29: [PR #198](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/198), [PR #201](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/201), [panel guide](headset-app.md) |
+| Experimental Decky Loader manager | Real Frame OS 0.5.6 ARM64 user-service install, status, update and remove completed; ProtonDB Badges loaded in Decky backend and Steam shared UI registry | No | Decky and plugin UI in the VR shell, wearer-visible badges, controller input and other plugins remain unverified | 25 Oct, v0.4.29: [PR #195](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/195), [PR #202](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/202), [headset findings](decky-frame.md) |
+
+Release notes must preserve these limits until a newer recorded check changes them. When a feature is retested, add its date, exact app/Frame version, host type and proof here. The older [v0.3.1 matrix](support-matrix.html) is a historical snapshot and does not describe current coverage.
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+# Decky Loader on Steam Frame
+
+**Status, 2026-10-25:** Decky Loader 3.3.0's ARM64 backend starts on Frame OS
+0.5.6 and injects into Steam's shared CEF context. Its Decky tab registers in
+JavaScript. A usable plugin menu in the Frame's VR shell has **not** been
+verified. Frame Control therefore labels its user-service manager experimental.
+ProtonDB Badges loaded in the backend and Gamepad UI plugin registry, but its
+VR user interface has not been seen or used.
+
+## Official store plugin audit, 2026-10-25
+
+On a real Frame with Frame OS 0.5.6 build `20261022.6153909`, SteamVR 2.18.2
+reported `activity_level` 3 (standby). The battery was 99% before and after.
+The test downloaded the official store's current archives, checked each SHA-256
+against store metadata, and inspected their manifests and binaries. For seven
+non-root candidates, the removable user-service loader started each plugin in
+turn. It stopped between plugins. Logs showed `Loaded <name>` for all seven.
+The service and test folders were removed after the run; the owned shared lock
+was released. **A load message is not proof that a plugin's page, settings, or
+action works in VR.** No plugin was tried by a wearer.
+
+| Official store plugin (tested version) | Result | Evidence and limit |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| ProtonDB Badges 1.3.4 | Partial | ARM64 backend loaded. Earlier 1.1.0 also registered in the shared Gamepad UI; badges in the VR shell were not seen. |
+| CSS Loader 2.1.3 | Partial | Backend loaded; one `SyntaxWarning`. Theme controls and CSS application in VR were not checked. |
+| SteamGridDB 1.8.1 | Partial | Backend loaded. Artwork selection and its UI were not checked. |
+| Animation Changer 1.3.2 | Partial | Backend loaded. Boot animation replacement was not attempted. |
+| Storage Cleaner 1.4.0 | Partial | Backend loaded. No files were cleaned; no UI check. |
+| HLTB for Deck 2.0.12 | Partial | Passive plugin loaded. Game page content in VR was not checked. |
+| Bluetooth 3.1.1 | Partial | Backend logged `Bluetooth plugin loaded`. Pairing and VR controls were not checked. |
+| PowerTools 2.0.3 | Not applicable | Manifest asks for root; archive includes x86_64 Ryzen binaries and targets Steam Deck hardware. The Frame user service blocks it. |
+| Audio Loader 1.6.1 | Not applicable | Manifest asks for `_root`; the Frame user service blocks it. |
+| Wine Cellar 0.2.1 | Broken on ARM64 | Archive includes an x86_64 backend binary. The store installer blocks it before execution. |
+| MagicPods 2.0.21 | Broken on ARM64 | Archive includes an x86_64 `magicpodscore` binary. The store installer blocks it before execution. |
+| Decky Recorder | Not in current official store | No matching plugin appeared in the official store list on this date; no archive was installed. Frame Control's own headset panel has a separate recorder. |
+
+The table reflects the tested versions only. Other releases can change their
+files or behavior. The official store's digest checks the archive in transit;
+it does not certify plugin code. Plugins run with the headset user's access.
+For a new plugin, follow the [Frame plugin and extension guide](frame-plugin-author.md).
+
+The new store transaction was also exercised on the same real Frame:
+**managed loader install → ProtonDB Badges 1.3.4 store install → status →
+store update → store remove → managed loader remove**. Status reported the
+managed store ID and version while the plugin was installed. The service
+remained active after each store change. The battery was 99% before and after.
+The test removed its plugin folder, loader, and owned lock. This validates the
+store file and service path over SSH, not a visible VR plugin page.
+
+Frame Control's desktop app and opt-in headset panel now show official store
+entries. Install, update, and remove need an explicit confirmation. They only
+change Frame Control owned plugin folders under
+`~/.local/share/frame-control/decky/plugins`. The installer checks the store
+hash and archive paths, blocks root plugins and non-ARM64 binaries, and rolls
+back an update if the service restart fails. The current VR shell does not
+provide Decky's Steam Deck Quick Access Menu. Frame Control's headset panel
+shows installed plugins and store actions, but plugin pages, settings, routes,
+and Decky toasts are **not** available there yet. The panel itself still needs
+a worn-headset visual and controller check.
+
+## What was checked on the real headset
+
+The headset was SteamOS `0.5.6`, `VARIANT_ID=vr`, build `20261022.6153909`,
+`aarch64` (SteamOS 3.9.x family). SSH reached it through the existing `frame`
+alias. `/` was mounted read-write as Btrfs; no root filesystem change was
+needed. `systemctl --user` was running. The Steam client launched with
+`-cef-enable-debugging`, `-vrgamepadui`, and `-steamdeck`; its web helper served
+CEF remote debugging on `127.0.0.1:8080`. The usual
+`.cef-enable-remote-debugging` marker was absent, yet debugging was active.
+
+CEF listed a `SharedJSContext` target at `steamloopback.host/routes/library/home`
+and a separate `SteamVR` target for the VR overlay. The Decky 3.3.0 ARM64
+binary started from `/tmp` as the normal user: port `127.0.0.1:1337` answered
+HTTP 200, the log reported `Loading Decky frontend!`, and CEF showed
+`window.deckyHasLoaded === true` and one registered Decky tab in
+`SharedJSContext`. The `SteamVR` target had neither that global nor a Decky tab;
+its current body text did not contain Decky. The Steam web helper had
+`--disable-quick-menu`. This is evidence of backend and shared-context
+injection, not proof of an accessible Decky plugin menu inside VR. A QAM
+interaction in the headset and a plugin UI test remain necessary.
+
+Frame Control's per-user manager was then exercised on the real Frame:
+**install → status → update → status → remove → status**. The service became
+active, the binary matched Decky's published SHA-256, and removal left no
+service, binary or listening port 1337. Decky's already injected JavaScript
+remained in Steam's running web helper until that helper was restarted. After a
+web helper restart, both `deckyHasLoaded` and the tab hook were absent. All
+temporary trial files and the test's empty managed data folder were removed.
+
+## ProtonDB Badges compatibility test
+
+The [ProtonDB Badges v1.1.0 release](https://github.com/OMGDuke/protondb-decky/releases/tag/v1.1.0)
+was tested on the same Frame OS build. It is a popular, passive Decky plugin
+(133 GitHub stars at test time) that adds badges to game pages. The published
+archive SHA-256 was
+`b4c72ff0ffe60b1a14abafe75a62f644cbb6689f398a753a1905c281151d9173`.
+Its six archive entries had no links or path traversal, and its manifest declared
+`flags: []` and `api_version: 2`. The release contains a frontend bundle and
+no backend `main.py`; its source backend only manages its own settings.
+
+The test copied the archive into Frame Control's managed Decky plugin folder,
+then installed the official Decky 3.3.0 ARM64 binary as a user service. Decky's
+log said `Plugin ProtonDB Badges is passive` and `Loaded ProtonDB Badges`.
+`DeckyPluginLoader.plugins` in Steam's `SharedJSContext` contained
+`ProtonDB Badges`; `deckyHasLoaded` was true there. The separate `SteamVR`
+CEF target had no Decky globals or plugin text, and SteamVR listed no Decky
+overlay. The headset was in standby, so no in-headset plugin page or badge
+interaction was verified. The backend's unauthenticated root URL returned
+HTTP 403, as expected.
+
+The test removed the managed Decky service and binary, the test plugin folder,
+and its shared-device lock. The service was no longer running, the plugin list
+was empty, the binary and unit were gone, and port 1337 was closed. Decky's
+already injected frontend may remain in the running Steam web helper until
+Steam normally restarts; the test did not restart Steam or SteamVR.
+
+## Why the official Decky installer is not used
+
+The current [Decky installer](https://github.com/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-installer/blob/e42a3c828de90673959b4de26cf5c5d2c7830554/cli/install_release.sh)
+selects `PluginLoader-arm64` on `aarch64`, creates `~/homebrew/plugins`, writes
+the CEF marker, installs `/etc/systemd/system/plugin_loader.service`, and uses
+`sudo systemctl` to enable a **root** service. Its
+[uninstaller](https://github.com/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-installer/blob/e42a3c828de90673959b4de26cf5c5d2c7830554/cli/uninstall.sh)
+also uses sudo. These scripts do not call `steamos-readonly`, but they do write
+under `/etc`; their root service has broad control over the headset. The
+current [Decky loader](https://github.com/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-loader/blob/00cd202872b85868071b041c8f1b34e734147195/backend/decky_loader/injector.py)
+targets Steam's shared Gamepad UI CEF page, injects a frontend served on port
+1337, and patches the standard Quick Access Menu. On Frame, Steam supplies
+the CEF target, while visible VR shell integration is unresolved.
+
+Frame Control downloads only Decky's official latest ARM64 release, requires
+its published SHA-256 digest, and checks the ELF architecture. It installs a
+**user** service named `frame-control-decky.service` in
+`~/.config/systemd/user`, with the binary and plugin folder under
+`~/.local/share/frame-control/decky`. It never asks for a sudo password, edits
+`/etc`, or changes CEF flags. Decky warns that running without root is not
+officially supported. Plugins that require root, assume `~/homebrew`, or rely
+on Steam Deck hardware may fail even if the loader runs. Frame Control lists
+plugins already present in its managed folder and the upstream `~/homebrew`
+folder. The opt-in store manager installs compatible archives only into its
+own folder. It cannot make Steam Deck QAM plugin pages visible in Frame VR.
+
+The latest tested release was
+[Decky 3.3.0](https://github.com/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-loader/releases/tag/v3.3.0),
+`PluginLoader-arm64` SHA-256
+`8ef5dcf36cbbbb6e97201a6baed5d79c4cc44ec27789fc9af1c5b6ae8f0b25b6`.
+This digest comes from that release's GitHub API asset metadata; it detects a
+download mismatch, but is not an independent signature.
+
+## Opt in and remove
+
+In Frame Control, open **Tools → Decky Loader on Frame**, read the experimental
+notice, check the acknowledgement box, and choose **Install**. **Update**
+downloads and verifies the latest ARM64 release again. **Remove managed
+Decky** disables and removes only Frame Control's user service and binary.
+It preserves plugin files and settings so unrelated user data is not deleted.
+Open **Official plugin store** to review a plugin, then confirm each install,
+update, or remove. Root and x86-only plugins are blocked. The manager only
+removes plugin folders that it installed; it leaves other Decky folders alone.
+Restart Steam or the headset to clear the frontend already injected into its
+current web helper process. No action wipes the headset.
+
+Manual removal if Frame Control is unavailable:
+
+```sh
+ssh frame 'systemctl --user disable --now frame-control-decky.service; rm -f ~/.config/systemd/user/frame-control-decky.service ~/.local/share/frame-control/decky/PluginLoader ~/.local/share/frame-control/decky/.frame-control/receipt.json; systemctl --user daemon-reload; systemctl --user reset-failed frame-control-decky.service'
+```
+
+That command intentionally keeps `~/.local/share/frame-control/decky/plugins`
+and `settings`. Check those folders before deleting them yourself. An upstream
+Decky installation is separate; use its own installer to remove it. Frame
+Control refuses to install alongside an upstream system service.
+
+## Next compatibility test
+
+In the headset, open Steam's VR dashboard and look for Decky's plugin tab or
+Quick Access Menu after an opt-in install. If none appears, inspect whether
+the VR shell exposes a different menu component and whether Decky's frontend
+can target it without patching Steam globally. Confirm the plugin's visible
+UI, controller interaction, and persistence across a normal Steam restart.
+Until those checks pass,
+Frame Control should not describe Decky plugins as usable in VR yet. A worn
+headset check is needed for both the Decky menu and the Frame Control SteamVR
+panel; only then can their controller interaction and plugin presentation be
+confirmed.
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 Frame Control can manage more than one Steam Frame, and each headset can be
 reached at more than one address: a LAN IP at home, another at the office, its
 mDNS name (`frame.local`), its Tailscale IP or MagicDNS name. The **Devices**
-tab (key 5) lists them, and the connection pill in the header shows what the
-app is doing to reach the one in use, step by step, as it happens.
+tab (key 5) lists them. The connection pill in the header says whether the one in
+use is connected and how (Tailscale, or the network's name); click it to add,
+edit or reorder that headset's addresses, or to see each step of connecting.

 The code is in three modules, all stdlib-only Python on your computer:

@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ and ranks them:
 5. addresses that only ever worked on other networks;
 6. Tailscale addresses while Tailscale is off.

-Your order on the Devices tab breaks ties. The best-ranked address that answers
+Your order (on the Devices tab, or in the pill's dialog) breaks ties. The best-ranked address that answers
 wins; one that answers first waits up to 0.35 s for a better-ranked one that is
 still trying. If SSH to the winner fails in a way another address could fix
 (a different device answered there, or the link dropped), the next one that
@@ -72,6 +73,16 @@ status --json`, including the Mac app's own CLI) with buttons to add their
 MagicDNS name or IP. **Find on this network** asks mDNS for SteamOS devkit
 services and checks `ALIAS.local` and `frame.local`.

+**The pill's dialog** lists the same addresses, with what each one answered, and
+can add, edit, reorder and remove them without leaving the page you're on. When
+the headset reports a LAN IP on the same network as this computer and that IP
+isn't saved, it offers to add it. The offer puts the address first in the list,
+so on that network it wins over the Tailscale name; away from home the Tailscale
+name still leads. A new or edited address is tested straight away. While
+connected, **Reconnect** applies your changes now rather than at the next
+connection: it tries the addresses again, ranked as above, and the best-ranked
+one that answers promptly wins. It doesn't pick a particular address.
+
 ## Networks

 A network is told apart by its default gateway: the router's IP address plus its
@@ -86,6 +97,12 @@ The app rereads the gateway every 5 seconds and Tailscale's state every

 ## The connection, stage by stage

+When a connection fails, the header pill keeps its compact offline state and
+retry countdown; its tooltip and connection dialog contain the full reason.
+Devices shows a short reason in the headset row (with the full reason in its
+tooltip) and a wrapping recovery explanation in the selected headset's details.
+**Use this headset** also selects that headset's details.
+
 The connector runs in the server (`frame_link.Link`) and moves through:

 1. **Checking this computer's network**: gateway, Wi-Fi, this computer's IP, Tailscale.
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Emulators and your own games
+
+Frame Control's **Store → Emulators** lists Android emulators from its open
+app sources. Pick an app, read its compatibility result, and install it. An
+installed Android app gets its own Steam library shortcut and artwork; **Add
+artwork** in its library menu can fill missing images later. The artwork
+workflow also covers native Linux and Windows titles added through **Send to
+Frame**. An optional SteamGridDB key under **Settings → Library artwork**
+can supply exact-title community images; source images and generated art are
+fallbacks. See [VR APKs → In the Steam library](vr-apks.md#in-the-steam-library)
+for the limits and tested behavior.
+
+## Set up an emulator
+
+1. In **Store → Emulators**, choose an emulator that supports the console and
+   file format you want. Check its compatibility result before installing;
+   an app listed in the store is not automatically verified on the Frame.
+2. Launch the new shortcut from Steam. Open the emulator's own settings to
+   choose a gamepad layout, core or system, and game folder. These controls
+   differ by emulator; Frame Control does not change them.
+3. Use game files you own and any firmware that emulator's instructions
+   require. Frame Control does not provide ROMs or firmware.
+
+**Android apps run in separate Lepton instances.** Copying a ROM to the
+Frame's Linux `~/Downloads` through **Send to Frame** does not automatically
+put it in an Android app's `/sdcard/Download`. A one-click ROM transfer is
+deferred until an emulator and its file picker can be tested end to end on a
+real Frame. An app's own import or sync feature may be enough. Advanced users
+can use [Lepton's per-instance ADB port](apks.md)
+to copy into that instance, after confirming the correct container and port.
+Do not assume that port 5555 is the emulator: it is Lepton Development, while
+installed apps receive their own ports.
+
+For a native Linux emulator that can read the Frame's home directory, use
+**Send to Frame → Copy to ~/Downloads instead** for your files, then open them
+from the emulator. Whether a particular emulator has a Frame-compatible ARM64
+build, correct controller mapping and readable storage must be checked for
+that app. **Linux apps** in Frame Control lists Flatpak options; a Windows or
+native game archive can instead be added through
+[Send to Frame](sideloading.md#using-it), which registers a Steam title and
+artwork. Each ROM is usually opened *inside* its emulator; Frame Control does
+not create one Steam shortcut per ROM.
+
+## If something does not appear
+
+- Check that the emulator is running and is the same app instance to which
+  you sent the file. Android instances do not share `/sdcard` storage.
+- Check the emulator's supported extension and whether it expects an archive
+  or an extracted file. Some systems need firmware before games appear.
+- For an empty Steam tile, use **Add artwork** in the installed app or
+  sideloaded title menu. This changes artwork, not emulator data or ROMs.
+
+The Frame's microSD/USB path into Android apps remains unverified without an
+inserted medium and an app readback test; see [issue #169](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/issues/169).
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  "date": "2026-10-20T03:53:25Z",
+  "build_id": "20260925.6191901",
+  "app": "F-Droid Basic 2.0.2 (org.fdroid.basic, version code 2000052)",
+  "input": "One real APK plus synthetic main and patch OBBs named with older version code 2000050",
+  "sibling_discovery": true,
+  "automatic_import": "passed",
+  "closed_after_import": true,
+  "independent_readback": [
+    "5023b41e7ac80f8b26a868db1f66884976bf864fab81a070ad37539f3481b352  /sdcard/Android/obb/org.fdroid.basic/main.2000050.org.fdroid.basic.obb",
+    "aecbed7433e81aaeef40942069d03ad23130f09d93b7e78bbe224865a9573157  /sdcard/Android/obb/org.fdroid.basic/patch.2000050.org.fdroid.basic.obb"
+  ],
+  "cleanup": {
+    "test_install_removed": true,
+    "running_instances_before": {},
+    "running_instances_after": {},
+    "battery_before": [
+      "100",
+      "Full",
+      "Charging"
+    ],
+    "battery_after": [
+      "99",
+      "Discharging",
+      "Charging"
+    ],
+    "shared_lock_released": true
+  },
+  "limits": [
+    "No headset rendering or gameplay assertion; headset unworn.",
+    "Synthetic expansion files verify transport and persistence, not Resident Evil 4 compatibility.",
+    "A game that exits before its Lepton instance can accept data was not tested."
+  ]
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# Auto-sync retry and headset-selection reliability
+
+Date: 25 October 2026. Base: `d79efb4`, Frame Control v0.4.30.
+Issue: [#214](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/issues/214).
+Environment: Linux x86_64, Python 3.12.3, Node 24.15.0.
+
+## Reproduced problems
+
+The existing 19 auto-sync tests passed on the base revision. Added regressions
+failed before the implementation: an exhausted clip lost its error, explicit
+retry did not recover failed screenshots or clips, and switches around listing
+or copying continued the old pass. The original callback interface also had no
+way to carry the tick's captured device into the server list reservation.
+
+The final fake-source tests exercise these boundaries:
+
+- Fail screenshots or clips three times, keep checking without further copy
+  attempts, and retain the source error plus an explicit retry instruction.
+- Recover the source and use either Resume or Copy everything now without
+  restarting. Successful copies stay deduplicated; Resume retains the ledger
+  even after a local file is deleted. Copy everything now retains its documented
+  ability to restore deleted files and include older media.
+- Reset an exhausted budget while the source still fails: another three
+  attempts are allowed, rather than unlimited background attempts.
+- Save an exhausted item by hand and clear its stale failure on the next list.
+- Switch after tick captures A, during a list, after screenshot bookkeeping,
+  between media kinds, before a transfer, or before transfer bookkeeping.
+  Interrupted passes do not mark the other headset's IDs or continue copying.
+- Switch to B exactly at callback entry through the production `_sync_list`
+  adapter. `working(A)` refuses before calling the source list, leaving both
+  ledgers and copy callbacks untouched. The same production reservation blocks
+  a device switch during a list and rejects stale screenshot/clip transfers.
+- Execute the production Settings renderer in Node: Resume is available for
+  copy errors and disk-full pauses, and hidden for a healthy state.
+
+## Implementation boundary
+
+Each list callback now receives the captured device, like the copy callbacks.
+The existing server `working(meant)` mechanism checks that intended headset
+under `_work_lock` while reserving work; `devices_post` uses the same lock to
+refuse switches during that work. The worker also checks for interruption
+around lists and transfers. No new device lock or clip destination logic is
+introduced. The server diff is confined to `_sync_list`.
+
+The failed-attempt and error maps are in-memory and reset on explicit retry or
+restart. The successful-copy ledger and settings persistence retain their
+existing format. Disk-full pauses, offline backoff, clip settling and the
+three-attempt limit remain covered by the original tests.
+
+## Checks
+
+- `python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p test_autosync.py -v`: 33 passed.
+- `python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p test_shot_copy.py -v`: 2 passed.
+- `python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p test_clips.py -v`: 34 passed,
+  including local ffmpeg coverage.
+- `python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p test_service_regressions.py -v`:
+  36 passed.
+- `python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p test_page_scripts.py -v`: 5 passed.
+- `node --test site/test/*.test.mjs`: 2 test files passed.
+- `python3 -m py_compile ui/frame_autosync.py ui/server.py tests/test_autosync.py`
+  and `git diff --check`: passed.
+
+- `python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -v`: 1,525 tests run in 184.876
+  seconds, passed with 16 skips. Ran with sandbox escalation for loopback
+  sockets; test isolation still used throwaway app/SSH data and mocked headset
+  transport. Final output:
+
+  ```text
+  Ran 1525 tests in 184.876s
+  OK (skipped=16)
+  ```
+
+## Limits and handoff
+
+All new regressions use fake sources and mocked transport; they do not prove
+real-headset transfer or UI rendering. No headset was accessed: its shared test
+lock was held by another task. The Docker fake-Frame end-to-end suite and
+Windows/macOS runs were not performed locally. The coordinator owns review and
+merge; this task does not release, change PR #113, or publish announcements.
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+  "date_utc": "2026-10-24T07:54:37Z",
+  "frame_control_tag": "v0.4.16",
+  "steamos_version": "0.5.6",
+  "steamos_build": "20261015.6141207",
+  "host": "lxso2",
+  "interface": "source UI served by a temporary private Frame Control server, opened in T3 Code's desktop browser",
+  "action": "Clicked the visible Export button for Steam's retained real saved clip in Capture & Live",
+  "clip_id": "10230640/clips/clip_13009719723623972864_20261024_072115",
+  "api_observed": {
+    "post_clips_export_http": 200,
+    "get_job_http": 200,
+    "get_clips_http": 200
+  },
+  "ui_result": "Saved clip_13009719723623972864_20261024_072115.mp4 to ~/Videos/SteamFrame; button changed to Export again",
+  "output": {
+    "path": "~/Videos/SteamFrame/clip_13009719723623972864_20261024_072115.mp4",
+    "bytes": 159829,
+    "sha256": "f8a476eefb2bde7ba5cb464632ec9b952eea3ab1610b5bed2098bf1f11d62cf1",
+    "matches_previously_fully_decoded_export": true,
+    "duration_seconds": 10.288532,
+    "video": "H.264 1920x1080",
+    "audio": "AAC stereo"
+  },
+  "cleanup": {
+    "temporary_server_stopped": true,
+    "shared_device_lock_released": true,
+    "battery_percent_after": 99,
+    "desktop_mode_active_after": false,
+    "test_title_created": false,
+    "steam_source_clip_retained": true
+  },
+  "limits": [
+    "The test used the source UI, not a packaged desktop installer.",
+    "The retained source clip was nearly black; visible gameplay capture remains unverified.",
+    "Perceptual audio/video sync, long clips, trims and automatic copying were not tested."
+  ]
+}
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+{
+  "date_utc": "2026-10-24",
+  "version": "v0.4.17",
+  "steam_os_version": "0.5.6",
+  "steam_os_build": "20261015.6141207",
+  "result": "PASS: the real Steam-saved clip exported beyond 60 seconds",
+  "method": "Steam manual recording of a reserved test title, then Frame Control's production frame_clips.export_clip path; no packaged GUI button click",
+  "source": {
+    "kind": "saved Steam clip",
+    "duration_seconds": 100.801,
+    "chunks": 68,
+    "gaps": 0
+  },
+  "export": {
+    "format": "MP4",
+    "bytes": 1377849,
+    "sha256": "82ef31f65e6933d122bc326d664beb2eb2e3ba6969f26c0032552e80fbe8d823",
+    "duration_seconds_ffprobe": 100.833335,
+    "video": "H.264, 1920x1080, 6049 frames",
+    "audio": "AAC, 48000 Hz, stereo",
+    "full_ffmpeg_decode": "passed without errors"
+  },
+  "cleanup": "Restored Steam recording mode to its prior off setting; stopped and removed only the reserved title and its processes; no recording or running Steam apps remained; Game Mode active, battery 100%, shared test lock released",
+  "limits": [
+    "This exercised the production export code path, not a packaged GUI Export click.",
+    "Visible gameplay quality, perceptual audio/video sync, trims and longer recordings were not checked.",
+    "The newly saved Steam source clip was retained; no user recording was deleted."
+  ]
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+{
+  "date_utc": "2026-10-24T09:08:35.523Z",
+  "result": "PASS: packaged Electron visible Export click saved the retained real Steam clip beyond 60 seconds",
+  "frame_control_tag": "v0.4.17",
+  "documentation_base_commit": "4e456480aefbe541e334dbd247328537f535bd94",
+  "host": "lxso2",
+  "steamos_version": "0.5.6",
+  "steamos_build": "20261015.6141207",
+  "package": {
+    "asset": "Frame-Control-linux-x86_64.AppImage",
+    "url": "https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/releases/download/v0.4.17/Frame-Control-linux-x86_64.AppImage",
+    "sha256": "b1b8eb82bf73a227b2cd36e8f0ef3a2ebdf7967c5853efb08a9634f38227015d",
+    "launch": "Verified release asset; --appimage-extract, then unmodified squashfs-root/AppRun. Electron used the bundled server and Python, not checkout source.",
+    "display": "Xvfb :137, 1440x1000x24; Electron window 1400x950 including native chrome",
+    "flags": [
+      "--no-sandbox",
+      "--disable-gpu",
+      "--remote-debugging-port=49371",
+      "--remote-debugging-address=127.0.0.1",
+      "--user-data-dir=/tmp/frame-packaged-export-20261024/electron-profile"
+    ],
+    "isolation": "Throwaway XDG_CONFIG_HOME, FRAME_CONTROL_DATA_DIR and Electron profile; telemetry and update checks disabled; existing SSH identity and normal home Videos destination used."
+  },
+  "ui": {
+    "navigation": "Dismissed optional email prompt with No thanks; clicked Tools, then Capture & Live; scrolled Steam clips into view.",
+    "row": "Steam recording \u00b7 Clip; Oct 24, 8:53 AM \u00b7 1:40 \u00b7 2 MB",
+    "action": "Playwright connected to this Electron instance over local CDP; locator.click() clicked its visible button named exactly Export. The test did not directly invoke an export function or API POST.",
+    "button": "button.small[data-clip-export=\"0\"]",
+    "click_is_trusted": true,
+    "button_bounds_css_pixels": {
+      "x": 1300.390625,
+      "y": 701.15625,
+      "width": 61.609375,
+      "height": 28
+    },
+    "post_clips_export_http": 200,
+    "job": "0ab20b1788adce63",
+    "job_poll_http": 200,
+    "saved_message": "Saved clip_15658413054201167872_20261024_085343.mp4 to ~/Videos/SteamFrame",
+    "final_row": "ON PC; Export again",
+    "screenshots": [
+      "clip-packaged-export-2026-10-24-before.png",
+      "clip-packaged-export-2026-10-24-after.png"
+    ],
+    "screenshot_scope": "Cropped to Steam clip rows and saved notification; unrelated screenshot thumbnails and host connection identity excluded."
+  },
+  "source": {
+    "clip_id": "10230640/clips/clip_15658413054201167872_20261024_085343",
+    "duration_seconds": 100.801,
+    "duration_provenance": "Retained real Steam clip from clip-long-2026-10-24.json; current packaged UI displays 1:40."
+  },
+  "output": {
+    "path": "~/Videos/SteamFrame/clip_15658413054201167872_20261024_085343.mp4",
+    "bytes": 1377849,
+    "sha256": "82ef31f65e6933d122bc326d664beb2eb2e3ba6969f26c0032552e80fbe8d823",
+    "matches_prior_production_export_size_and_sha256": true,
+    "duration_seconds_ffprobe": 100.833335,
+    "duration_difference_from_steam_seconds": 0.032335,
+    "video": "H.264, 1920x1080, 6049 decoded frames",
+    "audio": "AAC, 48000 Hz, stereo, 4724 decoded audio frames",
+    "validation": [
+      "ffprobe -v error -count_frames -show_entries format=duration,size:stream=codec_name,codec_type,width,height,sample_rate,channels,nb_read_frames -of json <output>: exit 0",
+      "sha256sum <output>: exact match to prior production export",
+      "ffmpeg -v error -xerror -i <output> -f null -: exit 0, no errors"
+    ]
+  },
+  "cleanup": {
+    "shared_lock": "Acquired with ssh frame mkdir /tmp/frame-test.lock after read-only battery/build/lock checks; released with rmdir after app shutdown; absence read back.",
+    "battery_percent_before": 99,
+    "battery_percent_after": 99,
+    "battery_status": "Not charging; charger Full",
+    "packaged_app_and_server_exited": true,
+    "test_xvfb_stopped": true,
+    "frame_export_cache_directories_remaining": 0,
+    "ffmpeg_processes_after": 0,
+    "game_mode_and_steamvr_running_after": true,
+    "steam_source_clip_retained": true,
+    "user_recordings_deleted": false,
+    "headset_install_or_settings_changes": false,
+    "local_export_retained": true
+  },
+  "limits": [
+    "The unchanged AppImage payload ran after extraction on a virtual X desktop, with Chromium sandbox and GPU disabled. FUSE mounting, desktop integration and hardware rendering were not tested.",
+    "The click was automated trusted pointer input in a visible Electron window on Xvfb, not a human click on a physical monitor. T3 collaborative preview opened successfully but drives separate browser tabs; Electron-native automation was used for this window.",
+    "No new game or Steam recording was started. Visible gameplay quality, audible content and perceptual audio/video sync were not assessed.",
+    "Clips longer than this retained 100-second clip, trims and automatic copying remain unverified.",
+    "No release, tag or application code was changed."
+  ],
+  "validation_local": {
+    "clip_regression_suite": "python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p test_clips.py -v: 34 tests passed in 20.173s, including real ffmpeg long-recording export",
+    "json": "python3 -m json.tool: passed",
+    "diff": "git diff --check: passed"
+  }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+{
+  "date": "2026-10-24",
+  "command": "scripts/frame-power-sample.sh --count 2 --interval 1",
+  "exitCode": 0,
+  "stopped": null,
+  "lockPolicy": "Existing sampler checked local and remote /tmp/frame-test.lock before reading; no lock acquired, bypassed or removed. Read-only run only.",
+  "samples": [
+    {
+      "time": 1792828506.4317346,
+      "osBuild": "20261015.6141207",
+      "elapsedSeconds": 0.057539,
+      "battery": {
+        "battery.percent": {
+          "value": 99,
+          "unit": "%",
+          "source": "/sys/class/power_supply/max1720x_bat_7-36",
+          "state": "available"
+        },
+        "battery.status": {
+          "value": "Not charging",
+          "unit": "state",
+          "source": "/sys/class/power_supply/max1720x_bat_7-36",
+          "state": "available"
+        },
+        "battery.watts": {
+          "value": -0.06,
+          "unit": "W",
+          "source": "/sys/class/power_supply/max1720x_bat_7-36",
+          "state": "available"
+        },
+        "battery.tempC": {
+          "value": 24.0,
+          "unit": "C",
+          "source": "/sys/class/power_supply/max1720x_bat_7-36",
+          "state": "available"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "time": 1792828507.4357972,
+      "osBuild": "20261015.6141207",
+      "elapsedSeconds": 1.061612,
+      "battery": {
+        "battery.percent": {
+          "value": 99,
+          "unit": "%",
+          "source": "/sys/class/power_supply/max1720x_bat_7-36",
+          "state": "available"
+        },
+        "battery.status": {
+          "value": "Not charging",
+          "unit": "state",
+          "source": "/sys/class/power_supply/max1720x_bat_7-36",
+          "state": "available"
+        },
+        "battery.watts": {
+          "value": -0.05,
+          "unit": "W",
+          "source": "/sys/class/power_supply/max1720x_bat_7-36",
+          "state": "available"
+        },
+        "battery.tempC": {
+          "value": 24.0,
+          "unit": "C",
+          "source": "/sys/class/power_supply/max1720x_bat_7-36",
+          "state": "available"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "limitations": [
+    "No real low-charge or thermal condition induced.",
+    "No native notification delivery verified.",
+    "No worn-headset or native package tests.",
+    "Read-only parser/transport check; no background monitor or power-saving claim."
+  ],
+  "browserCheck": {
+    "page": "Production ui/index.html served statically; API calls intentionally unavailable",
+    "viewport": {
+      "width": 1280,
+      "height": 800
+    },
+    "bridge": "Synthetic desktop notification bridge; no native OS notification sent",
+    "result": "Initially unchecked and visible only after desktop host/bridge setup. Checkbox enabled through browser. Synthetic 12%, Discharging, -4 W samples at 0/30/60 seconds produced one bridge request, an in-page status and a toast. No horizontal overflow.",
+    "apiLimit": "Static server returned expected 404/501 API errors; not an end-to-end live desktop connection test."
+  },
+  "offlineValidation": [
+    "test_desktop_battery_comfort.py: 2 tests, production JS with monotonic fake clock and notification bridge",
+    "test_comfort*.py: 25 tests",
+    "test_battery.py: 7 tests",
+    "test_power*.py: 36 tests (loopback HTTP test run outside socket-restricted sandbox)",
+    "test_ui_workspace.py: 1 Python wrapper / Node workspace suite",
+    "test_ui_review.py: 1 Python wrapper / 9 Node regression tests, including switch reset and retained cooldown"
+  ]
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+{
+  "date_utc": "2026-10-24",
+  "base_commit": "de931bc",
+  "issue": 73,
+  "result": "Packaged Desktop Capture passed for a mapped nested KDE compositor on the real Frame; wearer-visible overlay condition was not established. Do not close #73 from this test.",
+  "package": {
+    "tag": "v0.4.17",
+    "asset": "Frame-Control-linux-x86_64.AppImage",
+    "sha256": "b1b8eb82bf73a227b2cd36e8f0ef3a2ebdf7967c5853efb08a9634f38227015d",
+    "release_digest_matched": true,
+    "panel_helper_matches_base": true,
+    "unmodified_payload": true,
+    "host": "lxso2",
+    "display": "Xvfb :139",
+    "flags": [
+      "--no-sandbox",
+      "--disable-gpu"
+    ],
+    "private_profile_and_data": true,
+    "telemetry_and_update_checks_disabled": true
+  },
+  "preflight": {
+    "steamos_version": "0.5.6",
+    "build_id": "20261015.6141207",
+    "battery_percent": 99,
+    "battery_status": "Not charging",
+    "game_mode": true,
+    "full_plasma_session": false,
+    "nested_desktop_running": false,
+    "nested_runtime_present": false,
+    "lock_present": false,
+    "steam_pid": 297826,
+    "vrserver_pid": 297506,
+    "vrcompositor_pid": 297620,
+    "gamescope_service_invocation": "e8c1085b3bbd4e79a323b3e4a9bc6355",
+    "focusable_windows": [],
+    "focused_windows": []
+  },
+  "session": {
+    "started_utc": "2026-10-24T09:43:48Z",
+    "lock_acquired": true,
+    "launch": [
+      "systemd-run",
+      "--user",
+      "--unit=fc-issue73-desktop-20261024",
+      "--collect",
+      "--property=RuntimeMaxSec=180s",
+      "--property=TimeoutStopSec=15s",
+      "--property=KillMode=control-group",
+      "--setenv=DISPLAY=:0",
+      "--setenv=XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000",
+      "--setenv=DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus",
+      "--setenv=XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11",
+      "--setenv=XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=gamescope",
+      "/usr/bin/steamos-nested-desktop"
+    ],
+    "response": "Running as unit: fc-issue73-desktop-20261024.service; invocation ID: 92cff1e57c794212997d46c0a68877ec\n"
+  },
+  "discovery": {
+    "focus": 62914560,
+    "focus_display": ":0",
+    "panels": [
+      {
+        "window": 62914560,
+        "display": ":0",
+        "name": "KDE Wayland Compositor - Press right control key to grab input",
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 0,
+        "width": 1920,
+        "height": 1080,
+        "app": 0,
+        "focused": true
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "window_evidence": {
+    "xwininfo_map_state": "IsViewable",
+    "width": 1920,
+    "height": 1080,
+    "focused_after_show_request": true,
+    "steamvr_overlay_key": "valve.steam.desktopgame.0",
+    "steamvr_overlay_visibility_after_show_request": "not_visible"
+  },
+  "capture": {
+    "repeat_utc": "2026-10-24T09:44:47.323Z",
+    "route": "/api/screenshot?view=panel&window=62914560&display=%3A0",
+    "http": 200,
+    "content_type": "image/png",
+    "content_length": 1209980,
+    "source_header": "panel",
+    "decoded": {
+      "width": 1920,
+      "height": 1080,
+      "source": "panel",
+      "selected": {
+        "window": 62914560,
+        "display": ":0",
+        "name": "KDE Wayland Compositor - Press right control key to grab input",
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 0,
+        "width": 1920,
+        "height": 1080,
+        "app": 0,
+        "focused": true
+      },
+      "stamp": "9:44:48 AM",
+      "badge": "Desktop \u00b7 KDE Wayland Compositor - Press right control key to grab input"
+    },
+    "canvas_png_bytes": 2011278,
+    "first_capture_pixel_statistics": {
+      "width": 1920,
+      "height": 1080,
+      "min": 2.3333333333333335,
+      "max": 255,
+      "hidden": false
+    },
+    "first_capture_click_event": {
+      "isTrusted": true,
+      "utc": "2026-10-24T09:44:12.738Z"
+    },
+    "actions": "Two Playwright locator.click() actions on the visible #shotBtn in the actual packaged Electron window; first click recorded isTrusted=true. No direct screenshot API invocation by harness."
+  },
+  "device_cleanup": {
+    "utc": "2026-10-24T09:45:33Z",
+    "before_stop": {
+      "exit": 0,
+      "out": "MainPID=300739\nControlGroup=/user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/fc-issue73-desktop-20261024.service\nActiveState=active\n",
+      "err": ""
+    },
+    "hide_dashboard": {
+      "exit": 0,
+      "out": "HideDashboard",
+      "err": ""
+    },
+    "stop_owned_unit": {
+      "exit": 0,
+      "out": "",
+      "err": ""
+    },
+    "after_stop": {
+      "exit": 0,
+      "out": "MainPID=0\nLoadState=not-found\nActiveState=inactive\n",
+      "err": ""
+    },
+    "desktop_processes": {
+      "exit": 1,
+      "out": "",
+      "err": ""
+    },
+    "nested_runtime_exists": false,
+    "session": {
+      "exit": 0,
+      "out": "Id=gamescope-session.target\nActiveState=active\nInvocationID=a2fee8ebf55c42c7b546390d14cd985c\n\nId=plasma-workspace-wayland.target\nActiveState=inactive\nInvocationID=\n\nId=gamescope-session.service\nActiveState=active\nInvocationID=e8c1085b3bbd4e79a323b3e4a9bc6355\n",
+      "err": ""
+    },
+    "steam": {
+      "exit": 0,
+      "out": "297826 /home/steamos/.local/share/Steam/steamrtarm64/steam -cef-enable-debugging -deckard -gamepadui -steamdeck -steamos3 -vrgamepadui\n",
+      "err": ""
+    },
+    "steamvr": {
+      "exit": 0,
+      "out": "297506 /opt/steamvr/bin/linuxarm64/vrserver -waitformonitor -ipccontrolfilepath /tmp/SteamVR-IPCControlFile-297420\n297620 /opt/steamvr/bin/linuxarm64/vrcompositor\n",
+      "err": ""
+    },
+    "xprops": {
+      "exit": 0,
+      "out": "GAMESCOPE_FOCUSABLE_WINDOWS(CARDINAL) = \nGAMESCOPE_FOCUSED_WINDOW(CARDINAL) = \n",
+      "err": ""
+    },
+    "battery": {
+      "capacity": "99",
+      "status": "Not charging"
+    },
+    "owned_lock_released": true
+  },
+  "host_cleanup": {
+    "electron": {
+      "pid": 1578431,
+      "exists_after": false
+    },
+    "xvfb": {
+      "pid": 1578428,
+      "exists_after": false
+    },
+    "x_socket_absent": true
+  },
+  "delayed_final_readback": "2026-10-24T09:46:39Z\nshared-lock-absent\nLoadState=not-found\nActiveState=inactive\nId=gamescope-session.target\nActiveState=active\n\nId=plasma-workspace-wayland.target\nActiveState=inactive\nInvocationID=e8c1085b3bbd4e79a323b3e4a9bc6355\n297826 /home/steamos/.local/share/Steam/steamrtarm64/steam -cef-enable-debugging -deckard -gamepadui -steamdeck -steamos3 -vrgamepadui\n297506 /opt/steamvr/bin/linuxarm64/vrserver -waitformonitor -ipccontrolfilepath /tmp/SteamVR-IPCControlFile-297420\n297620 /opt/steamvr/bin/linuxarm64/vrcompositor\nnested-runtime-absent\n100\nFull\nGAMESCOPE_FOCUSABLE_WINDOWS(CARDINAL) = \nGAMESCOPE_FOCUSED_WINDOW(CARDINAL) = \n",
+  "validation": {
+    "focused_panel_suite": "42 tests passed in 14.805s (test_touch.py), including production-page Node behavior tests",
+    "website": "2 tests passed (node --test site/test/*.test.mjs)",
+    "node_panels": "Passed independently (node tests/page/desk_panels.mjs)",
+    "metadata_and_links": "JSON parsed; result/cleanup assertions and relative evidence/streaming/testing links passed",
+    "diff": "git diff --check passed"
+  },
+  "limits": [
+    "SteamVR continued reporting not_visible after ShowDashboard, despite mapped X window and confirmed focus. No worn-headset visual assessment; does not establish the reporter's visible-overlay condition.",
+    "SteamOS 0.5.6 only; reporter used 0.4.5 with unknown Frame Control version and no reproduction steps.",
+    "Nested desktop launched with SteamOS steamos-nested-desktop from a bounded transient user unit using Steam display/session variables; not launched through a wearer's Steam UI.",
+    "Extracted unchanged AppImage on a virtual X display with Chromium sandbox and GPU disabled; no FUSE, physical monitor or hardware-rendering test.",
+    "No Live video, Control input or full Desktop Mode test.",
+    "Nested-desktop journal included gamescope WSI/Vulkan-hook warnings. No warning was dismissed; captured compositor pixels were nonblank.",
+    "Initial CDP response.body() yielded zero bytes despite successful image decode. Repeat verified Content-Length, fresh decoded image, panel selection and PNG export from canvas; the initial raw-body size is not treated as capture failure or proof.",
+    "No private desktop pixels, issue screenshot or raw desktop journal committed."
+  ]
+}
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+# Packaged Desktop Capture, 2026-10-24
+
+Base: `de931bc`. Package: Linux x86_64 **v0.4.17**. Device: real Frame,
+SteamOS **0.5.6**, BUILD_ID **20261015.6141207**. Host: lxso2.
+[Sanitized state and response evidence](desktop-capture-packaged-2026-10-24.json).
+
+## Result and issue boundary
+
+The packaged app discovered the nested KDE compositor and both automated
+Desktop **Capture** button clicks succeeded. The repeat returned HTTP 200,
+`Content-Type: image/png`, `X-Capture-Source: panel`, and Content-Length
+1,209,980. The app decoded a fresh, nonblank 1920×1080 image and displayed
+the Desktop panel badge. No further product failure was reproduced or fixed.
+
+This does **not** establish the full visible-desktop condition in
+[#73](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/issues/73). `xwininfo` reported
+the desktop window `IsViewable`, and gamescope confirmed focus after
+`vrcmd --showdashboard valve.steam.desktopgame.0`. However, SteamVR still
+reported that overlay `not_visible`. There was no worn-headset visual check.
+The observation proves capture of a mapped nested compositor, not its visible
+presentation to a wearer. Do not close #73 from this evidence.
+
+The issue screenshot shows a desktop panel in the headset view while Desktop
+Capture logs “no app panel is open in the headset.” The reporter used SteamOS
+0.4.5, gave no Frame Control version or reproduction steps, and has not replied
+to the maintainer's 0.4.3 update request. The duplicate page function was already
+fixed; [PR #152](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/152) subsequently
+improved unknown-state diagnostics. Its [earlier investigation](panel-discovery-2026-10-24.md)
+was blocked from starting a desktop by another task's lock. This run adds a
+current-package capture observation, without reproducing the older failure.
+
+## Procedure
+
+1. Read-only preflight found Game Mode active, full Plasma inactive, Steam and
+   SteamVR running, battery 99%, no nested desktop/runtime and no test lock.
+2. Compared the retained AppImage's SHA-256 with the live v0.4.17 release asset
+   digest: `b1b8eb82bf73a227b2cd36e8f0ef3a2ebdf7967c5853efb08a9634f38227015d`.
+   Extracted an independent copy; `cmp` confirmed its `frame_touch.py` matches
+   the base checkout. No payload was edited.
+3. Started the package's own AppRun, bundled server and Python on Xvfb `:139`
+   with private config/cache/data/profile, telemetry and update checks disabled,
+   and `--no-sandbox --disable-gpu`. Used the existing authorized `ssh frame`
+   identity. T3 preview opened the package server page but does not attach to
+   the existing Electron window. The literal Electron button test used the
+   same Playwright-over-loopback-CDP workflow as the earlier packaged tests.
+4. Acquired `/tmp/frame-test.lock` with atomic `mkdir` and wrote an owner marker.
+   Rechecked no nested runtime or Plasma was present. Started SteamOS's
+   `/usr/bin/steamos-nested-desktop` in the owned transient user unit
+   `fc-issue73-desktop-20261024.service`, using Steam's display/session variables.
+   `RuntimeMaxSec=180s`, `TimeoutStopSec=15s` and `KillMode=control-group` bounded
+   the session. This launches a desktop panel inside Game Mode; no full Desktop
+   Mode switch was sent.
+5. In the actual packaged Electron window, navigated Tools → Capture & Live →
+   Desktop and clicked Capture with `locator.click()`. The first click event
+   recorded `isTrusted=true`. The page selected the KDE compositor on `:0`;
+   the production screenshot path used window `62914560`. Requested the desktop
+   dashboard, read back focus/visibility, and clicked Capture again. Recorded
+   response metadata, fresh decoded image dimensions and canvas pixel range.
+   No direct screenshot API call was substituted for these button clicks.
+6. Ran the packaged `frame_touch.py panels` read-only over SSH to retain its
+   exact discovery result: one focused KDE compositor panel, app ID 0, 1920×1080,
+   display `:0`, with no diagnostic `why` field.
+
+## Cleanup and limits
+
+The owned desktop session ran **09:43:48–09:45:33 UTC** (105 seconds). Hid the
+dashboard to restore its initial hidden state, stopped only the owned unit,
+and verified it was unloaded/inactive with MainPID 0. No Plasma/KWin desktop
+process or nested runtime remained; gamescope's focusable/focused lists were
+empty again. Released only this task's lock, after checking its owner marker.
+
+Delayed readback at **09:46:39 UTC** confirmed the lock absent, Game Mode active,
+full Plasma inactive and the original Steam, vrserver and vrcompositor PIDs
+still running. The Game Mode service invocation was unchanged. Battery was
+99% at cleanup and 100%/Full on the delayed check. Closed both owned preview
+tabs, Electron and Xvfb; their processes and X socket were gone. No test server
+remained. No reboot, installation, security/global setting change or full
+Desktop Mode transition was performed.
+
+The nested desktop journal included gamescope WSI/Vulkan-hook warnings. No
+warning was dismissed. Capture produced nonblank compositor pixels, but this
+run does not assess their usability to a wearer. Private image files stayed
+outside the repository; only state and response metadata are published.
+
+The initial CDP `response.body()` read yielded zero bytes despite successful
+decoding in the page. The repeat verified the PNG Content-Length, fresh image
+dimensions/source/selection and a 2,011,278-byte PNG exported from the canvas.
+The initial raw-body measurement is a harness limitation, not evidence of a
+product capture failure. No Live video, Control input, physical monitor, FUSE
+mounting or hardware rendering was tested. Older SteamOS and other packages
+remain outside this observation.
+
+## Offline verification
+
+`python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p test_touch.py -v`: **42 tests passed**,
+including the production page's Node panel behavior tests, duplicate-function
+guard, absent versus empty panel diagnostics, alternate displays, capture/input
+target validation and discovery deadlines. JSON parsing and `git diff --check`
+were also checked. No new regression test was added because this is an
+evidence-only change with no reproduced product defect.
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+# Linux PC host feasibility on lxso2, 2026-10-24
+
+**Blocked on this host's current desktop environment. No feature enabled and
+no feature PR opened.** Investigation for [issue #23](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/issues/23),
+starting at `4e45648` (main after #154). This concerns flat desktop panels,
+not Linux PC VR streaming.
+
+## Decision
+
+The smallest useful candidate is one explicitly selected **whole screen**,
+captured through the ScreenCast portal's restricted PipeWire connection,
+encoded locally with GStreamer/x264, and sent to the existing viewer through
+the shared SSH controller. Input, individual windows and virtual displays
+would remain unsupported until separately verified. This candidate was **not
+implemented**: lxso2 currently cannot exercise the real capture permission path.
+
+Development packages could unblock compilation, but would not create a desktop,
+portal backend or consented screen. Synthetic encoding, an Xvfb screen grab or
+using the Frame as its own host would not verify Linux PC desktop capture.
+No host packages or services were changed.
+
+## Evidence
+
+Host: `lxso2`, Linux x86-64, kernel `6.8.0-139-generic`.
+
+- `DISPLAY`, `WAYLAND_DISPLAY` and `XDG_SESSION_TYPE` were unset. The user bus
+  was reachable at `/run/user/1000/bus`.
+- `/run/user/1000/pipewire-0` and `/run/user/1000/wayland-0` did not exist.
+  No processes matched Xorg, Xwayland, Xvfb, GNOME Shell, KWin Wayland, Weston,
+  PipeWire, WirePlumber or xdg-desktop-portal at the process check.
+- D-Bus `ListNames` returned D-Bus, systemd and anonymous connections, with no
+  `org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop`. `ListActivatableNames` also had no desktop
+  portal. These calls queried D-Bus itself without activating capture services.
+- `dpkg-query` found no `xdg-desktop-portal*` or `pipewire*` packages.
+  `libgstreamer1.0-0:amd64` was installed at `1.24.2-1ubuntu0.1`, but
+  `gstreamer1.0-tools` was uninstalled. `gst-launch-1.0` and `gst-inspect-1.0`
+  were absent from PATH. Xvfb was installed, but supplies no portal by itself.
+- `pkg-config --modversion` failed for `gstreamer-1.0`,
+  `gstreamer-app-1.0`, `gstreamer-video-1.0` and `libpipewire-0.3`.
+  `gio-unix-2.0` reported `2.80.0`.
+- `desktop/bundle/pc-host.so` did not exist.
+  `python3 desktop/build.py --with-x264 --out /tmp/frame-linux-pc-feasibility`
+  exited **1** before compilation: required GStreamer pkg-config modules were
+  missing. No native build or encoder runtime success is claimed.
+
+Reproduce the non-activating portal checks in the intended desktop user's
+session, using that session's actual runtime directory and bus:
+
+```sh
+gdbus call --session --dest org.freedesktop.DBus \
+  --object-path /org/freedesktop/DBus --method org.freedesktop.DBus.ListNames
+gdbus call --session --dest org.freedesktop.DBus \
+  --object-path /org/freedesktop/DBus --method org.freedesktop.DBus.ListActivatableNames
+pkg-config --modversion gstreamer-1.0 gstreamer-app-1.0 gstreamer-video-1.0 gio-unix-2.0
+```
+
+## Existing implementation reviewed
+
+- `ui/frame_pcview.py` selects PCView only on Windows and rejects Linux even
+  when enabled. Linux installers do not carry its native bundle.
+- `desktop/portal.c` creates a **RemoteDesktop** session, requests pointer and
+  keyboard devices, and selects monitors and windows (`types=3`). It is not
+  ScreenCast-only or screen-only. Its restricted fd/node and fresh-connection
+  handling are reusable.
+- `ui/frame_pc_agent.py` calls the selection a shared window or screen and
+  picks VA-API when the element is present, falling back to x264. A bounded
+  x264 slice needs explicit encoder policy and unsupported-input behavior;
+  exposing the existing Linux path alone would not meet that scope.
+- `app/main.js` starts Python with the inherited environment; it does not
+  supply a compositor, portal backend or capture permission.
+- `.github/workflows/pc-host.yml` installs native dependencies and tests
+  synthetic x264/protocol behavior with fake capture consent/input. This does
+  not establish interactive Linux desktop capture.
+- Issue #23 and its six existing comments distinguish prior synthetic
+  helper/viewer results from untested Linux desktop capture and consent.
+
+## Verification and limits
+
+`python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p 'test_pc*.py' -v` exited **0**:
+27 tests ran successfully, with one additional native-class setup skip
+(`native PC libraries not built on this host`). Coverage includes the compiled
+C controller trace, Python adapters, grants and default-off/Windows-only gates.
+It does not prove native GStreamer capture or local-client streaming.
+
+No fake/local native stream, consent prompt, real desktop capture, Frame viewer
+run, benchmark, input or window mode was tested in this investigation. No SSH
+connection to the Frame was needed; no lock was acquired and no headset install,
+launch, stop or settings change was attempted. Issue #113 was left alone.
+No issue comments or other public messages were sent.
+
+## Concrete unblock and next slice
+
+1. Supply an interactive Linux desktop, physical or VM, with a working
+   ScreenCast portal/backend, PipeWire and accessible consent dialog. Installing
+   the portal frontend alone is insufficient. A VM can establish software
+   capture/x264 behavior while physical-host behavior remains unverified.
+2. Install the native dependencies listed in `pc-host.yml` in that environment
+   and build a local `--with-x264` bundle. Resolve x264 distribution
+   licensing/source obligations before shipping it: the current build labels
+   that option test-only and the Windows installer omits it.
+3. Implement a ScreenCast-only session with monitor-only selection, no
+   RemoteDesktop/device request, disabled input in protocol and viewer, hidden
+   window/virtual-display modes, and explicit x264 selection. Preserve the
+   default-off gate and existing Mac/Windows paths.
+4. Verify consent acceptance/refusal/cancellation, Stop/reopen, connection loss
+   and portal closure with a local client decoding actual captured content.
+   Run the shared benchmark and record results without inferring hardware or
+   physical laser behavior.
+5. Only after local capture works, acquire the shared Frame lock once and
+   follow [the headset procedure](../testing.md#headset-smoke-test) for a brief
+   viewer test. If occupied, leave the lock alone and defer device testing.
+
+These are prerequisites and proposed scope, not a ready feature. The Linux
+host request in #23 remains open.
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Media surround hardening: 2026-10-24
+
+PR [#51](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/51), branch
+`theatre-media-surround-hardening`, merged main `2ded4c5` without rebasing.
+Both fixes remain necessary on that main: an optional-surround error escapes
+`play()`, and a non-`RuntimeError` during overlay teardown skips the remaining
+handles and OpenVR shutdown.
+
+## Offline checks
+
+- Focused media suite: **23 tests passed** on Linux / Python 3.12.3.
+- Final full suite: **1,381 tests, OK (15 skipped)** in 145.384 s with
+  `PYTHONFAULTHANDLER=1 python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -v`.
+  The service-regression module passed **33 tests**. Player/server compilation
+  and `git diff --check` passed. Current macOS/Windows validation is left to CI.
+- The startup/upload, creation/setup, deferred-surround refusal and teardown
+  regression tests were also run with main's player implementation: they
+  failed as expected (six errors across subtests). The screen-refusal test
+  passed, confirming that actual screen failures still propagate.
+- The historical macOS failure was job
+  [109239733717](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/actions/runs/36516462623/job/109239733717),
+  on `dac9dbc`, Python 3.12: 619 tests, three failures in artwork resolver
+  tests (`test_resolver_slot_released_when_thread_cannot_start`,
+  `test_timed_out_lookups_are_capped`,
+  `test_url_fetch_refuses_private_hosts_and_honours_deadline`). Media tests
+  passed. Late DNS workers retained semaphore slots; the first failed
+  assertion could also leak acquired slots into later tests.
+- Main already contains `8051687`'s wait-for-idle and unconditional slot
+  cleanup, preserved by `d546568`. The current artwork module passed all
+  **40 tests** locally. No additional artwork changes were needed.
+- The first full run completed **1,380 tests, 15 skipped**, with one failure:
+  `test_a_second_server_is_refused_until_the_first_exits` observed SIGSEGV
+  (`-11`) instead of exit 1. All 41 server tests passed on a focused rerun.
+  Main started daemon index/TLS workers before refusing a second server;
+  its existing shutdown notes document a race with OpenSSL interpreter exit.
+  This crash mechanism is inferred; the first run did not retain a native
+  fault trace. The subprocess assertion now retains stderr for diagnosis.
+  A deterministic regression now checks that rejection starts no listener,
+  cleanup sweep or background workers. It failed before moving the ownership
+  check ahead of startup work and passed afterwards.
+
+The surround retry now logs a refusal before discarding that cosmetic work.
+Creation, setup and first-upload failures also allow the screen to play;
+standby remains retryable, and screen errors remain fatal. Teardown tests
+exercise OpenVR errors, unexpected exceptions and a late `InterruptedError`,
+checking that all handles are attempted and shutdown runs.
+
+## Earlier blocked real Frame attempt
+
+Read-only SSH preflight: SteamOS **0.5.6**, BUILD_ID **20261015.6141207**;
+SteamVR server PID **297506**, compositor PID **297620**; existing media
+service `inactive/dead`, MainPID 0; battery **99%**, fuel gauge `Not charging`,
+charger `Full`. The shared lock was absent at preflight.
+
+The subsequent atomic `mkdir /tmp/frame-test.lock` failed with
+`FileExistsError(17, 'File exists')`: another session acquired it in between.
+The probe stopped before uploading files, launching media, creating overlays,
+or changing any state. The foreign lock was neither modified nor released.
+All generated fixtures remained on the computer and were then removed; no
+headset cleanup was necessary. Steam/SteamVR and the prior player state were
+left alone.
+
+## Follow-up real Frame smoke at the exact PR head
+
+**Passed, 2026-10-24 10:35:02–10:35:23 UTC**, with byte-identical media modules
+from **`5d551a81658d9ff14f49285c28609d506cbc20aa`**. This later run resolves
+the earlier lack of fresh playback evidence. No production code changed.
+The headset was unworn. SteamOS **0.5.6**, BUILD_ID **20261015.6141207**,
+SteamVR **2.18.2**; battery **100%, Full** before and after.
+
+Read-only preflight found Game Mode (`XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=gamescope`,
+`start-gamescope` running, no `plasmashell`), Steam/SteamVR running, no media
+overlays, and the installed media service inactive/not loaded. The test then
+acquired `/tmp/frame-test.lock` with atomic `mkdir`; it did not take over a
+foreign lock. Under the lock, those safety conditions were checked again.
+
+Only generated media and the PR's four unchanged modules were uploaded, under
+the test-owned, uid-1000 directory
+`/tmp/pr51-5d551a8-4c0976a52564-utfbk_m0/`. The clip was a **12 s, 30 fps,
+960×540 half-SBS H.264** MP4 with solid red/cyan eye images and **silent AAC**.
+It was generated with FFmpeg's `color`, `hstack` and `anullsrc` sources; no
+personal or external media was used.
+
+The exact `frame_media_remote.run()` Play/status/Stop path was exercised by
+importing its unmodified module and changing only its in-memory `ROOT`,
+`RUNTIME`, `STATUS` and `UNIT` constants to the isolated test locations and
+`frame-control-media-pr51-5d551a8-4c0976a52564.service`. The real
+`frame_media_player.py` ran unchanged with `--layout auto --theatre`, using
+`h264_v4l2m2m` and Pulse output. This checks the player and its systemd lifecycle;
+it does **not** reverify the HTTP/UI upload or runtime installer, nor the
+literal production unit name. The installed media runtime, log, status and
+library were preserved.
+
+- First Play: `starting` → `playing` → **`ended`**, **360 frames**, **160 dropped**,
+  **12.0397 s**, `running=false`. The drops were the normal unworn/standby
+  `SetOverlayRaw` retry path; no fault was forced. At 60 frames, dropped was 0.
+  `vrcmd --overlays` listed `framecontrol.media.surround` as **1×1 visible**
+  and `framecontrol.media.screen` as **visible**. These are SteamVR metadata,
+  not a wearer or eye-capture verification.
+- After EOF: unit **inactive/dead, not-found, MainPID 0**, no test player or
+  decoder, and neither owned overlay remained. Stop after EOF succeeded and
+  retained `ended`.
+- Second Play reached `playing`, 60 frames, 0 dropped. Explicit Stop returned
+  **`stopped`, 72 frames, 0 dropped, `running=false`**. Again the unit was
+  inactive/dead/not-found with MainPID 0, no player/decoder and no owned overlays.
+- The test unit's `ExecStart` and cgroup identified the unique temporary
+  runtime. First-run player/decoder PIDs were **309650/309655**; second-run
+  PIDs were **309805/309810**. Stop controlled only this dedicated test unit.
+  Its player log was empty; no surround refusal or teardown error was logged.
+
+### Uploaded SHA-256 values
+
+```text
+generated_SBS.mp4      1b39cac1d3b092b89657250c817019b68e87a474976ccd44aeb38e8eee44ffca
+frame_media.py         001e3158f4c3931794846b21f1e4cb553349d9326b4db1454a01976d446ad97a
+frame_media_player.py  86b0a140ebff857c2819c74d3ac45d1897735c585d44c7360ad6f18c2ecf2645
+frame_media_remote.py  b60386eb192d32594358246a4e665474c543600f2c564c2efd554ef38d7a631d
+frame_splat.py         f35750926f1149c41b95617a302012406d355c0dfdd4530438b0c42ee6d55daa
+```
+
+### Cleanup and limits
+
+The temporary directory, including its fixture, code, bytecode, status and log,
+was removed only after verifying that its player and decoder had exited. The
+transient unit was collected. The test released only its own lock after cleanup.
+All installed media runtime file hashes, including `player.log` and
+`status.json`, were unchanged. The installed `frame-control-media.service`
+remained inactive/not loaded. Steam **297826**, vrserver **297506**,
+vrcompositor **297620**, vrdashboard **297721**, and start-gamescope **296997**
+kept the same PIDs. The pre-existing overlay key/dimension/visibility/type
+inventory matched the final inventory, and all dashboard main panels remained
+`not_visible`. No dashboard command, wake request, global setting, reboot or
+Steam/SteamVR stop was issued.
+
+Cosmetic surround refusal and exceptional teardown remain **fake-tested**;
+no real refusal or teardown fault was induced. This short unworn-headset
+smoke does not verify appearance, eye isolation, comfort, audible sound/lip
+sync (the AAC was silent), sustained display performance, or the issue #28
+report of laggy 1080p video. It does not cover new H.265, photo or splat cases.
+Historical checks remain in the earlier PR #51 description and
+[media playback notes](../vr-video.md). The PR remains draft and unmerged
+for parent review and CI.
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# OBS relay and MP4 follow-up, 25 October 2026 UTC
+
+This check used a Linux x86-64 host (`lxso2`) and the real Frame running
+SteamOS 0.5.6, build `20261022.6153909`. The host reached `ssh frame`. Before
+device work, the task atomically acquired `/tmp/frame-test.lock`, wrote its
+owner marker, and after cleanup removed only that marker and its lock. Battery
+was 99–100%; SteamVR 2.18.2 reported `activity_level: 3` (standby). Steam and
+SteamVR were left running. No passthrough session or game was started.
+
+The production `scripts/obs-headset-source.py` relay reached its first local
+UDP packet in 0.65–1.15 seconds across several runs. A 12-second wall-clock
+capture of its MPEG-TS packets contained 325 H.264 frames at 1280×720,
+spanning 10.83 seconds of video timestamps: 30.0 fps. All 324 adjacent frame
+intervals were 33.333–33.334 ms, with none over 50 ms. The 826 captured TS
+packets had zero sync-byte, transport-error-indicator, or per-PID continuity
+errors. Six final TS packets arrived after the receiver's 12-second cutoff and
+were not included in those counts. Static standby pixels cannot establish
+whether a moving game would drop frames.
+
+After the fix, the `--height 1080 --fps 60 --no-audio` fallback reached its
+first packet in 0.597 seconds. An eight-second wall-clock capture contained
+447 H.264 frames at 1920×1080 over 7.45 seconds of video timestamps: 60.0 fps.
+All frame intervals were 16.666–16.667 ms, none over 25 ms, and its 756 TS
+packets had zero continuity or transport-error-indicator errors. It had no
+audio stream, as requested. The helper exited 0 on Stop, and the owned lock
+was released.
+
+The stream also contained 48 kHz stereo AAC. A 440 Hz synthetic tone played
+through the Frame's default speaker output with real-time pacing appeared in
+the capture for about 0.89 seconds; decoded audio had a -21.0 dB peak. This
+proves an audio signal reached the output monitor and OBS transport. It does
+not prove audible monitoring, real game audio, or audio/video sync: there was
+no simultaneous visible marker to compare with the tone.
+
+The production MP4 recording commands were run separately for six seconds,
+then Stop, remux, and copy to the host completed. Stop returned after 7.27
+seconds from Start, including six seconds of recording; the remote ffmpeg
+exited 0. The copied 36,929-byte MP4 contained 188 H.264 frames at 1920×1080
+and 30 fps (6.266 seconds), plus 281 AAC packets (5.994 seconds). One decoded
+frame at two seconds had a single color, RGB `(22, 27, 53)`, across all
+2,073,600 pixels. The test's remote files were removed; the host copy stayed
+under `/tmp` for inspection.
+
+The relay previously returned an error when the app deliberately closed its
+control pipe, because its SSH child commonly exits 255 after termination.
+The same test reproduced this (`helper_exit: 1`) on the real Frame. The follow-up
+fix recognizes deliberate Stop and adds bounded startup and stall timeouts,
+with fake-SSH regression tests. A new locked real-Frame check after the fix
+received its first 1,316-byte UDP datagram in 0.697 seconds and returned
+`helper_exit_after_stop: 0` after closing the app control pipe. The longer
+transport and MP4 measurements above were taken before the code change; the
+fix does not alter codecs or capture commands.
+
+Prior [OBS 30 Media Source evidence](obs-media-source-real-2026-10-25.md)
+records a real Frame stream in OBS on Linux. This follow-up measured the relay
+with an FFmpeg receiver; OBS itself was not relaunched. Windows and macOS
+application paths, wearer-visible image latency, real game sound, audible
+playback, perceptual A/V sync, and active passthrough pixels remain unverified.
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# OBS Media Source on a real Frame, 2026-10-25 AEDT
+
+The Linux x86_64 AppImage from PR #174's exact head `69fff152` had SHA-256
+`4902ac80b77fbf98ec918db29df9cf9260b8abd6763a5b5055572335869f038a`.
+Its extracted resources passed `app/build/check-resources.js`, including the
+OBS helper, and the app launched under Xvfb with an isolated profile and a
+dummy SSH alias. Its bundled server served the page with HTTP 200.
+
+For the device test, the PC was lxso2. The real Frame was reached as `ssh frame`
+under an atomically acquired `/tmp/frame-test.lock`. Battery read 100% Full
+before and after. SteamVR 2.18.2 reported `activity_level: 3` (standby). The
+mirror service and `/dev/video99` were active. The test cleaned its temporary
+remote WAV and released only its own lock.
+
+OBS 30.0.2 ran in a disposable Ubuntu 24.04 container on lxso2, with Xvfb and
+host loopback networking. A Media Source opened `udp://127.0.0.1:15099` with
+input format `mpegts`. A synthetic pattern and tone first verified the OBS
+scene: its saved 43.733-second MKV had H.264 video and AAC audio with a
+`-17.9 dB` audio peak. The real Frame test then ran the helper from the
+extracted AppImage resources **before** OBS opened the source, so OBS joined
+an ongoing stream. OBS's saved 37.600-second MKV had H.264 video and AAC audio.
+The standby mirror appeared in decoded frames by five seconds. A 440 Hz tone
+played briefly to the Frame's default PulseAudio output appeared in the OBS
+audio recording at seconds 20–21; decoded audio peaked at `-34.4 dB`. A
+separate direct recording of `@DEFAULT_MONITOR@` during the same type of tone
+peaked at `-34.5 dB`. These measurements verify non-silent headset output
+audio passed through the helper and OBS into the saved recording.
+
+The first OBS attempt opened its Media Source well before the Frame sent
+packets. Its output had a silent AAC track until the mirror appeared late.
+Starting the helper before OBS fixed this in the second run. The setup guide
+now recommends starting the source in Frame Control before adding or activating
+the OBS Media Source.
+
+The exact-head AppImage was then launched on an isolated Xvfb display and
+profile with the real `frame` alias. In **Tools → Capture & Live**, clicking
+**Start OBS source** changed the UI to **Stop OBS source** and showed
+`udp://127.0.0.1:15099` after the first stream packet. The packaged Python
+helper was running with `--frame frame`. Clicking **Stop OBS source** returned
+the UI to **Start OBS source**; the helper and its remote `/dev/video99` ffmpeg
+process were gone. The app exited through **File → Quit**. Battery again read
+100% Full, and the owned lock was released.
+
+**Limits:** Nobody listened to OBS audio monitoring or the Frame speakers.
+Audio/video sync was not measured. The headset was unworn and in standby, so
+this test does not answer whether active passthrough pixels appear in the
+mirror. The OBS MKVs were temporary local test artifacts and are not included
+in the repository.
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# SteamOS PC OBS host feasibility check, 2026-10-25 UTC
+
+The available x86_64 host, lxso2, runs Ubuntu 24.04.3. It has no `flatpak`
+command, OBS installation, SteamOS 3.9.5 VM or physical Steam Machine. This
+check therefore does **not** verify that Frame Control or Flatpak OBS runs on
+a SteamOS desktop or a read-only-root PC host.
+
+The downloaded v0.4.27 Linux x86_64 AppImage matched GitHub's SHA-256 digest
+`42d774653c69b193c3d577743c32b8fe8dfeee7ea1f8cdf7369902962d647b83`.
+With `APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1`, it launched under Xvfb using an isolated
+profile and its bundled server returned HTTP 200. FUSE mounting, physical
+display rendering and SteamOS-specific dependencies were not tested.
+
+The v0.4.27 tagged OBS helper then ran against the real Frame under the shared
+`/tmp/frame-test.lock`. Frame OS was 0.5.6 and SteamVR activity level was 3
+(standby). A receiver bound to `127.0.0.1:15099` on lxso2 accepted 497
+MPEG-TS packets, 93,436 bytes. Every datagram had complete 188-byte packets
+with sync bytes. `ffprobe` found H.264 video and AAC audio. Closing the
+helper's control pipe made it exit 0; no owned remote stream process remained.
+Battery read 100% Full before and after, and the owned lock was released. The
+temporary `.ts` file was removed. This proves the local UDP sender path on an
+Ubuntu host; it does not prove Flatpak OBS could receive it on SteamOS.
+
+The public
+[OBS Flatpak manifest](https://github.com/flathub/com.obsproject.Studio/blob/master/com.obsproject.Studio.json)
+lists `--share=network`, which permits use of the host network. We read that
+manifest but did not install or run the Flatpak. A future check needs a real
+SteamOS 3.9.5 desktop host or VM with Flatpak OBS: launch the AppImage without
+root changes, start the source, record from the Media Source at
+`udp://127.0.0.1:15099`, verify video and audible game audio, then stop and
+confirm cleanup. The standby test cannot establish real game audio, A/V sync
+or active passthrough in the mirror.
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+# Keyboard and trackpad through gamescope, 2026-10-24
+
+PR: [#66](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/66), `pad-gamescope`.
+Parent/main: v0.4.18 commit `0da1fe5`. Merge commit: `1737366`, with parents
+`cba23fb` (the existing PR) and `0da1fe5` (main). No history was rewritten.
+
+## Merge and implementation
+
+Both `/api/input` (keyboard/trackpad) and `/api/touch` (live-view Control)
+start and poll the gamescope helper. KDE Connect starts only when Unicode
+typing needs it. The existing ordered, bounded queue and switch cancellation
+remain in place; cross-service typing order is an estimate, not an application
+acknowledgement.
+
+The merge keeps main's intended-device validation and work reservation before
+a GET starts an input helper, immutable SSH routes, launch generations and
+serialized writes. Switching headsets also stops the power report and resets
+both input agents and queued typing before publishing the new route. The page
+keeps main's Tools sections, clipboard controls and single instances of the
+keyboard/trackpad and VR tools, with the PR's gamescope help text.
+
+The start/status regression tests now exercise the gamescope helper for both
+endpoints. An explicit `/api/input` test checks that start and poll use that
+helper without starting KDE Connect. Existing stale/missing-headset and
+route-reservation tests remain active.
+
+## Real Frame: focused click and ASCII keys received
+
+Host: lxso2, `ssh frame`. SteamOS **0.5.6**, BUILD_ID **20261015.6141207**,
+SteamVR **2.18.2**. At **11:05 UTC**, Game Mode was active, full Plasma was
+inactive, Steam and SteamVR were running, battery was **99%**, and gamescope's
+focusable/focused window lists were empty. The shared test lock was absent.
+Existing X11 tools and libX11 were available; Tk could not load its library.
+
+At **11:09:23 UTC**, an initial read-only preflight saw no focused window
+but activity level **0** (idle), rather than the required **3** (standby), and
+aborted before lock acquisition or input. At **11:09:57 UTC**, another task
+held the shared lock with a focused panel; that lock and panel were left alone.
+
+At **11:20:22 UTC**, read-only checks found the lock absent, no focused or
+focusable windows, activity **3** and battery **98%**. The bounded probe ran at
+**11:20:37 UTC** against implementation commit `5641d3c`:
+
+1. Rechecked empty focus and standby, acquired `/tmp/frame-test.lock` with
+   atomic `mkdir`, wrote a unique owner marker and rechecked both conditions.
+2. Created only a disposable 640×400 X11 event-recorder window on `:0`, tagged
+   with test app ID `2000999066`. It had a 45-second alarm and closed on stdin
+   EOF. No existing application, full desktop or dashboard was started.
+3. Waited for gamescope to report that exact window (`62914561`) focused.
+   Started the production server's `TouchAgent` over SSH; it reported ready.
+4. Called production `server.remote_touch` for positioning, then
+   `server.remote_input` with a left click, `Frame66` and the Enter key button.
+   Both responses reported `sent: true`. More importantly, the **window itself
+   recorded ButtonPress/Release (button 1), the ASCII key events in order and
+   Return**. `XLookupString` decoded exactly `Frame66\r`. The events were
+   delivered through gamescope's EIS socket, not fabricated with XSendEvent.
+5. Closed the helper by EOF and waited for exit, closed the recorder, checked
+   empty focus and standby, then removed only the owner-matching test lock.
+
+[State and received events](pad-gamescope-2026-10-24/readback.json) and the
+[probe](pad-gamescope-2026-10-24/probe.py)/[X11 recorder](pad-gamescope-2026-10-24/recorder.py)
+are retained. The archived scripts use checkout-relative source paths; the
+recorded run used the same harness from `/tmp`. Motion records omit an unused
+field that only has meaning for key/button events.
+
+Delayed readback at **11:21:46 UTC** confirmed no test lock or recorder process,
+empty focused/focusable lists, Game Mode active, full Plasma inactive, activity
+3 and battery 98%. The original Steam and vrserver PIDs were unchanged. No
+install, security/global setting change, dashboard/session switch, reset or
+reboot was performed. No headset helper or owned lock remained.
+
+This establishes **focused-panel click and ASCII key delivery on `:0`**.
+It does not establish wearer-visible presentation, Unicode delivery or GUI
+interaction. The absolute-position setup reached the recorder's edge
+(639,399), rather than its centre; pixel-accurate absolute pointing is **not**
+proved by this small-window probe. The trackpad click and typed keys still
+arrived in the owned focused window. The original PR's earlier acceptance-only
+observations remain historical; this observation adds actual window events.
+
+## Offline checks and remaining limits
+
+- `python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p test_input.py -v`: **58 passed**.
+- `python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p test_touch.py -v`: **43 passed**.
+- `python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p test_service_regressions.py -v`:
+  **34 passed**.
+- `python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -v`: **1,403 ran, OK, 15 skipped**
+  (Linux x86_64, Python 3.12; 150.825 seconds).
+- Full fake-Frame e2e in task-specific Docker project `frame-control-pr66`:
+  **47 passed** after the lock fix (192.270 seconds). Both task containers,
+  their network and all three volumes were removed afterward. The run emitted
+  an unclosed test-socket ResourceWarning; the suite returned OK.
+- Node page suites: `ctrl_gestures.mjs`, `pad_queue.mjs`, `desk_panels.mjs`
+  passed, using the production page functions.
+- `node --test app/test/*.test.js`: **3 test files passed**.
+- `node --test site/test/*.test.mjs`: **2 test files passed**.
+- Python compilation, desktop/site JavaScript syntax and `git diff --check`
+  passed. Fake-Frame e2e and exact-head CI results are recorded in the PR after completion.
+
+The first full regression run executed 1,401 tests and found two tests still
+expecting `/api/input` to start the old KDE Connect helper. They were updated
+to the intended gamescope route. The final full run includes the lazy-KDE
+regression above and the lock-order regression below. The initial restricted-sandbox input run could not open
+loopback sockets; the focused rerun with managed network access passed.
+
+Review of the merged code then found a lock inversion: the Unicode worker
+held the pad-send lock while `InputAgent.start()` acquired the route lock,
+whereas a headset switch held the route lock before resetting the pad. A
+bounded subprocess regression reproduced the deadlock with the real
+`InputAgent.send/start` methods and an offline launch stub. Unicode delivery
+and resets now take the route lock before the pad lock; the route lock is
+reentrant so an agent can capture its route inside that reservation. The new
+regression passed after the fix, as did all **58 focused input tests** and
+the **1,403-test full suite** (15 skipped). The local fake-Frame suite also
+passed **47 tests after this fix**. Exact-head CI results are recorded in the PR.
+
+Remaining device work requires an idle, available Frame and the shared lock:
+verify Unicode in a real text field, ordering under real typing load and
+precise absolute pointing for small panels. Worn-headset presentation,
+packaged Electron pointer lock and Windows GUI execution remain separate
+checks. Automated Windows/macOS CI does not establish those interactions.
+
+
+## Review round 2: queue saturation and failure recovery
+
+The coordinator identified silent eviction in both `_queue_for_kde()` and the
+worker's retry path. Both sliced the oldest accepted events off at 200 entries,
+even though the page had already received `sent: true` and discarded its copy.
+
+Admission now serializes concurrent requests, checks capacity before any pointer
+or keyboard send, and returns `sent: false, state: waiting` if the whole batch
+will not fit. Text stays in the bounded queue while in flight, and is removed
+only after the helper accepts it. Rejected mixed batches send no clicks; retrying
+them cannot duplicate clicks already sent by this server. The page polls until
+it can retry. Pointer input stays usable while accepted text is pending.
+
+The old worker also left its worker marker and one-hour timing sentinel behind
+if `send()` raised. Failure/timeout handling now retains unsent text, clears the
+worker/timing state and exposes an error through input status. The page polls
+accepted text without requiring another keypress. **Try again** explicitly
+restarts the retained queue. Thread-start failures follow the same retention
+rule. A stale worker's exception cannot change the new route's state.
+
+The proposed send-to-enqueue headset-switch race was not reachable through the
+normal HTTP switch path: `Handler.do_POST()` reserves `working(meant)` across
+both operations; `devices_post()` shares `_work_lock` and refuses a moving
+operation while work is active. Connector configuration/reconnect paths defer
+changed headsets while work runs. A production-handler regression attempts a
+switch at both send and enqueue and passes even on the previous implementation.
+No separate connector change was needed. Atomic queue admission now uses the
+existing route-before-pad lock order as well, because starting either input
+agent can capture its route synchronously.
+
+Three deterministic saturation regressions fail on `215db7b` and pass with the
+fix: capacity during the typing delay, capacity during an unsuccessful-send
+retry, and two concurrent producers competing for the last slots. They check
+exact accepted event sequences, reject a mixed click/text batch before its
+pointer effects, and verify delivery exactly once after retry. Additional tests
+cover explicit recovery after timeout, helper errors, send exceptions and
+thread-start failure, stale-worker isolation, HTTP status/start behavior, and
+the production page's polling/error behavior.
+
+No new active headset test was performed: this change affects host queue
+admission/recovery and status handling, not Frame event translation or injection.
+The earlier real click/ASCII evidence remains scoped to its recorded commit.
+Real Unicode, packaged Electron pointer lock, Windows GUI, wearer-visible
+presentation and precise small-window absolute positioning remain unverified.
+`sent: true` means accepted by this server, not application delivery. The queue
+is in memory; switching headsets cancels it and server exit loses it. A transport
+failure after a partial write can still make delivery ambiguous; this is not an
+end-to-end exactly-once protocol.
+
+Round 2 local verification: **141 focused input/touch/service tests passed**
+(62 input, 43 touch, 36 service; 20.061 seconds), and **1,409 server tests ran, OK, 15 skipped**
+(Linux x86_64, Python 3.12, 153.198 seconds). All three production-page Node
+suites passed; app tests passed (3 files), site tests passed (2 files), Python
+compilation and `git diff --check` passed. The existing skipped tests require
+zsh, macOS/Swift or built native PC libraries. Current-head CI is tracked in
+PR #66; the previous 47-test local fake-Frame run above is historical.
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+"""Active real-Frame evidence probe: aborts unless idle, then owns the shared lock.
+
+Run manually on an authorised host: python3 docs/evidence/pad-gamescope-2026-10-24/probe.py
+The recorded run used /tmp paths; archived paths are relative to this checkout.
+"""
+import base64
+import datetime
+import json
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import queue
+import shlex
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import threading
+import time
+import uuid
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3]
+data = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='pr66-live-')
+os.environ.update(FRAME_CONTROL_DATA_DIR=data.name, FRAME_CONTROL_TELEMETRY='0', FRAME_PRIVATE_SSH='1')
+sys.path.insert(0, str(ROOT / 'ui'))
+import server
+
+SSH = ['ssh', '-o', 'BatchMode=yes', '-o', 'ConnectTimeout=5', 'frame']
+owner = 'pr66-' + uuid.uuid4().hex
+result = {'time': datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc).isoformat(), 'owner': owner,
+          'base': '0da1fe5', 'route': 'production server.remote_input -> TouchAgent SSH -> frame_touch.py -> gamescope EIS',
+          'events': []}
+recorder = None
+locked = False
+rows = queue.Queue()
+
+def ssh(cmd):
+    return subprocess.run([*SSH, cmd], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=15, check=True).stdout
+
+def focus():
+    return json.loads(server.ssh('python3 - focus', stdin=(ROOT/'ui/frame_touch.py').read_text(), timeout=15))
+
+def activity():
+    return json.loads(ssh('/opt/steamvr/bin/linuxarm64/vrcmd --stats'))[0]['activity_level']
+
+def read_rows():
+    for raw in recorder.stdout:
+        rows.put(json.loads(raw))
+
+def collect(seconds):
+    end = time.monotonic() + seconds
+    while time.monotonic() < end:
+        try:
+            result['events'].append(rows.get(timeout=max(0.01, end-time.monotonic())))
+        except queue.Empty:
+            break
+
+try:
+    result['initial_focus'] = focus()
+    result['initial_activity'] = activity()
+    assert not result['initial_focus'].get('window'), 'existing focused panel; do not interrupt'
+    assert result['initial_activity'] == 3, 'headset is not in standby'
+    ssh('mkdir /tmp/frame-test.lock && printf %s ' + shlex.quote(owner) + ' > /tmp/frame-test.lock/owner')
+    locked = True
+    result['lock_acquired'] = True
+    assert not focus().get('window') and activity() == 3, 'session changed during lock acquisition'
+    code = base64.b64encode(Path(__file__).with_name('recorder.py').read_bytes()).decode()
+    command = 'python3 -u -c ' + shlex.quote("import base64;exec(compile(base64.b64decode('" + code + "'),'pr66-recorder','exec'))")
+    recorder = subprocess.Popen([*SSH, command], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
+    threading.Thread(target=read_rows, daemon=True).start()
+    initial = rows.get(timeout=8)
+    result['recorder'] = initial
+    assert initial.get('ready'), initial
+    window = initial['window']
+    for _ in range(20):
+        current = focus()
+        if current.get('window') == window:
+            break
+        time.sleep(0.2)
+    result['focused_panel'] = current
+    assert current.get('window') == window and current.get('display') == ':0', 'owned panel did not obtain focus; no input sent'
+    server.remote_input({})
+    for _ in range(50):
+        if server._touch.status.get('state') in ('ready', 'error'):
+            break
+        time.sleep(0.1)
+    result['agent_status'] = dict(server._touch.status)
+    assert result['agent_status'].get('state') == 'ready', result['agent_status']
+    target = {'window': window, 'display': ':0'}
+    assert focus().get('window') == window and activity() == 3
+    result['position_response'] = server.remote_touch({'events': [dict(target, fx=0.5, fy=0.5)]})
+    time.sleep(0.2)
+    assert focus().get('window') == window and activity() == 3
+    result['pad_response'] = server.remote_input({'events': [{'singleclick': True}, {'key': 'Frame66'}, {'specialKey': 12}]})
+    collect(2)
+    received = result['events']
+    result['received_text'] = ''.join(e.get('text', '') for e in received if e.get('type') == 2)
+    result['click_received'] = any(e.get('type') == 4 and e.get('code') == 1 and e.get('window') == window for e in received)
+    result['release_received'] = any(e.get('type') == 5 and e.get('code') == 1 and e.get('window') == window for e in received)
+    result['passed'] = result['click_received'] and result['release_received'] and result['received_text'] == 'Frame66\r'
+    assert result['passed'], 'event recorder did not observe expected click and keys'
+except Exception as e:
+    result['error'] = str(e)
+finally:
+    proc = server._touch.proc
+    server.reset_pad_route()
+    if proc:
+        try:
+            proc.wait(timeout=8)
+            result['input_helper_exited'] = True
+        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+            proc.terminate()
+            proc.wait(timeout=5)
+            result['input_helper_terminated'] = True
+    if recorder:
+        recorder.stdin.close()
+        recorder.wait(timeout=8)
+        collect(0.2)
+        result['recorder_exit'] = recorder.returncode
+        result['recorder_stderr'] = recorder.stderr.read()[-1000:]
+    if locked:
+        result['final_focus'] = focus()
+        result['final_activity'] = activity()
+        ssh('test "$(cat /tmp/frame-test.lock/owner)" = ' + shlex.quote(owner)
+            + ' && rm /tmp/frame-test.lock/owner && rmdir /tmp/frame-test.lock')
+        result['owned_lock_released'] = True
+    Path('/tmp/pr66-live.json').write_text(json.dumps(result, indent=2) + '\n')
+    print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))
+    data.cleanup()
+sys.exit(0 if result.get('passed') else 1)
@@ -0,0 +1,280 @@
+{
+  "time": "2026-10-24T11:20:37.392607+00:00",
+  "owner": "pr66-7c2a8e8851f449bcb0bb6a040be94d99",
+  "base": "0da1fe5",
+  "route": "production server.remote_input -> TouchAgent SSH -> frame_touch.py -> gamescope EIS",
+  "events": [
+    {
+      "type": 6,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 320,
+      "y": 200,
+      "synthetic": false
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 6,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "synthetic": false
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 4,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 1,
+      "synthetic": false
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 5,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 1,
+      "synthetic": false
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 2,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 50,
+      "synthetic": false,
+      "text": "",
+      "keysym": 65505
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 2,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 41,
+      "synthetic": false,
+      "text": "F",
+      "keysym": 70
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 3,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 41,
+      "synthetic": false
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 3,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 50,
+      "synthetic": false
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 2,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 27,
+      "synthetic": false,
+      "text": "r",
+      "keysym": 114
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 3,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 27,
+      "synthetic": false
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 2,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 38,
+      "synthetic": false,
+      "text": "a",
+      "keysym": 97
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 3,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 38,
+      "synthetic": false
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 2,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 58,
+      "synthetic": false,
+      "text": "m",
+      "keysym": 109
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 3,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 58,
+      "synthetic": false
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 2,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 26,
+      "synthetic": false,
+      "text": "e",
+      "keysym": 101
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 3,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 26,
+      "synthetic": false
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 2,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 15,
+      "synthetic": false,
+      "text": "6",
+      "keysym": 54
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 3,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 15,
+      "synthetic": false
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 2,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 15,
+      "synthetic": false,
+      "text": "6",
+      "keysym": 54
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 3,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 15,
+      "synthetic": false
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 2,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 36,
+      "synthetic": false,
+      "text": "\r",
+      "keysym": 65293
+    },
+    {
+      "type": 3,
+      "window": 62914561,
+      "x": 639,
+      "y": 399,
+      "code": 36,
+      "synthetic": false
+    },
+    {
+      "cleaned": true
+    }
+  ],
+  "initial_focus": {
+    "window": null
+  },
+  "initial_activity": 3,
+  "lock_acquired": true,
+  "recorder": {
+    "ready": true,
+    "window": 62914561,
+    "pid": 317210,
+    "display": ":0",
+    "appid": 2000999066
+  },
+  "focused_panel": {
+    "window": 62914561,
+    "display": ":0",
+    "name": "Frame Control PR66 disposable input probe",
+    "x": 0,
+    "y": 0,
+    "width": 640,
+    "height": 400,
+    "root": [
+      1920,
+      1080
+    ],
+    "app": 2000999066
+  },
+  "agent_status": {
+    "state": "ready",
+    "focus": 62914561
+  },
+  "position_response": {
+    "state": "ready",
+    "focus": 62914561,
+    "sent": true
+  },
+  "pad_response": {
+    "state": "ready",
+    "focus": 62914561,
+    "sent": true
+  },
+  "received_text": "Frame66\r",
+  "click_received": true,
+  "release_received": true,
+  "passed": true,
+  "input_helper_exited": true,
+  "recorder_exit": 0,
+  "recorder_stderr": "",
+  "final_focus": {
+    "window": null
+  },
+  "final_activity": 3,
+  "owned_lock_released": true,
+  "implementation_commit": "5641d3c316dfe225321f7233840cc83ff8c3f527",
+  "device": {
+    "steamos": "0.5.6",
+    "build_id": "20261015.6141207",
+    "steamvr": "2.18.2",
+    "battery_before": 98,
+    "battery_after": 98
+  },
+  "delayed_cleanup": {
+    "time": "2026-10-24T11:21:46Z",
+    "shared_lock_absent": true,
+    "owned_recorder_absent": true,
+    "game_mode": "active",
+    "full_plasma": "inactive",
+    "steam_pid": 297826,
+    "vrserver_pid": 297506,
+    "focusable_windows": [],
+    "focused_windows": [],
+    "activity_level": 3
+  },
+  "limits": [
+    "No wearer or packaged Electron/GUI interaction",
+    "ASCII only; Unicode and cross-service ordering not tested on device",
+    "The positioning setup reached the recorder edge (639,399); pixel-accurate absolute targeting is not established by this probe"
+  ]
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+"""Disposable X11 event recorder used for the PR #66 focused-input observation."""
+import ctypes as C
+import json
+import os
+import select
+import signal
+import time
+
+X = C.CDLL('libX11.so.6')
+P, U = C.c_void_p, C.c_ulong
+for name, restype, args in [
+    ('XOpenDisplay', P, [C.c_char_p]), ('XDefaultRootWindow', U, [P]),
+    ('XCreateSimpleWindow', U, [P, U, C.c_int, C.c_int, C.c_uint, C.c_uint, C.c_uint, U, U]),
+    ('XInternAtom', U, [P, C.c_char_p, C.c_int]),
+    ('XChangeProperty', C.c_int, [P, U, U, U, C.c_int, C.c_int, P, C.c_int]),
+    ('XStoreName', C.c_int, [P, U, C.c_char_p]),
+    ('XSelectInput', C.c_int, [P, U, C.c_long]), ('XMapWindow', C.c_int, [P, U]),
+    ('XFlush', C.c_int, [P]), ('XPending', C.c_int, [P]),
+    ('XConnectionNumber', C.c_int, [P]), ('XNextEvent', C.c_int, [P, P]),
+    ('XLookupString', C.c_int, [P, P, C.c_int, P, P]),
+    ('XDestroyWindow', C.c_int, [P, U]), ('XCloseDisplay', C.c_int, [P]),
+]:
+    fn = getattr(X, name)
+    fn.restype, fn.argtypes = restype, args
+
+class InputEvent(C.Structure):
+    _fields_ = [('type', C.c_int), ('serial', U), ('send_event', C.c_int),
+               ('display', P), ('window', U), ('root', U), ('subwindow', U),
+               ('time', U), ('x', C.c_int), ('y', C.c_int), ('x_root', C.c_int),
+               ('y_root', C.c_int), ('state', C.c_uint), ('code', C.c_uint),
+               ('same_screen', C.c_int)]
+
+class Event(C.Union):
+    _fields_ = [('type', C.c_int), ('input', InputEvent), ('pad', C.c_long * 24)]
+
+def say(**row):
+    print(json.dumps(row), flush=True)
+
+def end(*_):
+    raise TimeoutError('probe ended')
+
+signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, end)
+signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, end)
+signal.alarm(45)
+d = X.XOpenDisplay(b':0')
+assert d, 'X display unavailable'
+w = 0
+try:
+    w = X.XCreateSimpleWindow(d, X.XDefaultRootWindow(d), 0, 0, 640, 400, 0, 0, 0x224466)
+    for name, value in [(b'STEAM_GAME', 2000999066), (b'_NET_WM_PID', os.getpid())]:
+        val = U(value)
+        X.XChangeProperty(d, w, X.XInternAtom(d, name, 0), 6, 32, 0, C.byref(val), 1)
+    X.XStoreName(d, w, b'Frame Control PR66 disposable input probe')
+    X.XSelectInput(d, w, 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 64 | 32768 | 2097152)
+    X.XMapWindow(d, w)
+    X.XFlush(d)
+    say(ready=True, window=w, pid=os.getpid(), display=':0', appid=2000999066)
+    while True:
+        while X.XPending(d):
+            event = Event()
+            X.XNextEvent(d, C.byref(event))
+            if event.type in (2, 3, 4, 5, 6):
+                e = event.input
+                row = dict(type=event.type, window=e.window, x=e.x, y=e.y,
+                           synthetic=bool(e.send_event))
+                if event.type != 6:
+                    row['code'] = e.code
+                if event.type == 2:
+                    buf, keysym = C.create_string_buffer(32), U()
+                    n = X.XLookupString(C.byref(e), buf, 32, C.byref(keysym), None)
+                    row.update(text=buf.raw[:n].decode('utf-8', 'replace'), keysym=keysym.value)
+                say(**row)
+        ready, _, _ = select.select([0, X.XConnectionNumber(d)], [], [], 0.2)
+        if 0 in ready and not os.read(0, 1024):
+            break
+except TimeoutError:
+    pass
+finally:
+    if w:
+        X.XDestroyWindow(d, w)
+    X.XCloseDisplay(d)
+    say(cleaned=True)
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# Panel discovery investigation, 2026-10-24
+
+Base: v0.4.16 (`040581a`). Scope: issue #73, Desktop Capture and Control.
+
+## Evidence and change
+
+Issue #73 reports SteamOS 0.4.5 with its desktop visibly running, without a
+Frame Control version or steps. The maintainer's 2026-10-12 comment identifies
+the duplicate `loadPanels` UI function fixed in 0.4.3 and requests the exact
+remaining message and SteamOS build if it persists. There is no reporter
+follow-up. At this base, the functions are distinct and the existing Node
+regression checks their uniqueness and the Desktop GET request.
+
+Read-only source inspection found a remaining diagnostic ambiguity:
+`read_props()` returns `{}` for failed/timed-out X queries and missing root
+properties. `panels()` treated that like a confirmed empty focusable-window
+list. With no detected Plasma process it claimed no panel was open; with Plasma
+it claimed SteamOS was not listing the desktop. Neither claim follows from an
+unreadable list.
+
+The change checks for the presence of `GAMESCOPE_FOCUSABLE_WINDOWS` before
+those claims. An absent list now reports unknown panel state, suggests checking
+SteamVR and retrying/Headset view, and asks for the exact message and SteamOS
+version if persistent. Missing-tool and whole-run deadline explanations retain
+precedence. No new probes, retries, timeouts, input or capture routes are added.
+
+## Real-device boundary
+
+A preliminary read-only SSH inspection returned SteamOS 0.5.6, BUILD_ID
+`20261015.6141207`, battery 99%, discharging, and X0/X1 socket names. It made
+no headset changes. The shared lock was absent at that moment.
+
+The subsequent atomic `mkdir /tmp/frame-test.lock` failed with `File exists`.
+The guarded command exited with status 3 before the session, X-property or
+panel-helper probes ran. The other task's lock was left alone. No application
+was installed, started, stopped or focused; no headset settings changed.
+
+That implementation probe was blocked by the occupied shared device. The
+coordinator later supplied a separate narrow read-only observation on SteamOS
+0.5.6, BUILD_ID `20261015.6141207`, at battery 99%, with the shared lock absent
+and both `xprop` and `xwininfo` installed:
+
+- In **Game Mode**, `DISPLAY=:0 xprop -root GAMESCOPE_FOCUSABLE_WINDOWS
+  GAMESCOPE_FOCUSED_WINDOW` returned both properties **present but empty**.
+- On `DISPLAY=:1`, both properties were reported **not found**.
+
+This observation distinguishes a confirmed empty list on `:0` from absent
+properties on `:1`. It does **not** reproduce #73's Desktop Mode report on
+SteamOS 0.4.5, and it does **not** test this PR's code on the headset. It is a
+coordinator-supplied observation, separate from the blocked implementation probe
+above; no new headset probe was run for this follow-up.
+
+Remaining limit: there is no reproduction establishing a further
+capture/discovery fix for the reported Desktop Mode/build combination. This PR
+improves a demonstrated diagnostic error; it must not close #73 as a verified
+new capture fix.
+
+## Offline verification
+
+Focused Python regressions distinguish absent, focus-only, failed/timed-out X
+queries, confirmed empty and desktop-running lists. Existing tests cover
+missing tools, alternate displays, successful discovery and the 12-second
+deadline. The production page's Node behavior test verifies that both Capture
+and Control preserve the unreadable-list advice. These use fake X/HTTP/DOM
+boundaries and do not prove real SteamOS 0.4.5 capture or physical input.
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+# Saved panel layouts: feasibility recheck, 2026-10-24
+
+Issue: [#31](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/issues/31). Base: main
+`5b47cd3`. This investigation covers spatial save/restore for existing
+Steam/gamescope panels without another overlay application.
+
+## Decision and user behavior
+
+Keep saved layouts unavailable. The current Frame exposes some geometry,
+including a standing-space coordinate transform, but this investigation did
+not establish a complete dock-state snapshot or a controlled restore path for
+these panels. The existing companion/headset switcher still lists panels and
+requests focus; users arrange them with SteamVR's dashboard controls. No layout
+file, new control, overlay application or background service is added.
+
+This is a limit of the investigated route, not proof that every native
+implementation is impossible. In particular, failure of
+`GetOverlayTransformAbsolute` does **not** mean all pose readback is denied.
+
+## Device and read-only results
+
+SteamOS **0.5.6**, BUILD_ID **20261015.6141207**; `vrcmd --version`:
+**2.18.2**. `gamescope-session.service` was active and
+`plasma-workspace.target` inactive: Game Mode. gamescope used the OpenVR backend
+and `--virtual-connector-strategy PerAppId`. Battery was 99%, Not charging,
+before the probe and 100%, Full, afterwards.
+
+The [exact probe](panel-layout-2026-10-24/probe.py) loads only
+`FnTable:IVROverlay_028` from the shipped
+`/opt/steamvr/bin/linuxarm64/libopenvr_api.so`. It uses application type 3
+(`VRApplication_Background`, avoiding runtime startup) and shuts down its own
+OpenVR connection in `finally`. Initialization and interface acquisition both
+returned 0. It calls getters only, with no image capture or input injection.
+
+[Raw result](panel-layout-2026-10-24/readback.json):
+
+| Getter | `valve.steam.desktopgame.0` | `valve.steam.gamepadui.main` |
+|---|---|---|
+| FindOverlay | 0, Success | 0, Success |
+| Rendering process | `gamescope-wl` | `gamescope-wl` |
+| Width | 0; 2.6700000763 m | 0; 2.6670000553 m |
+| Curvature | 0; 0 | 0; 0 |
+| Transform type | 0; 5, DashboardTab | 0; 5, DashboardTab |
+| Absolute transform | 18, WrongTransformType | 18, WrongTransformType |
+| Tracked-device-relative transform | 18, WrongTransformType | 18, WrongTransformType |
+| Coordinate transform, center, standing origin | 0; identity matrix | 0; scaled/translated matrix |
+| Coordinate transform, center, seated origin | 23, RequestFailed | 23, RequestFailed |
+| Coordinate transform, center, raw origin | 23, RequestFailed | 23, RequestFailed |
+
+The dashboard and both panels were reported hidden; neither panel was active.
+The standing-space matrix is the transform for the overlay point `(0.5, 0.5)`;
+it does not identify World/Dashboard/Theater/controller docking or recreate a
+dashboard frame. The Steam panel's basis has scale about 0.369. Treat neither
+that scaled matrix nor the hidden Gamescope panel's identity as a validated
+physical placement to feed to an absolute-transform setter. Visible placement,
+matrix freshness and correspondence to dashboard size were not checked by a
+wearer.
+
+## API and dashboard boundary
+
+The ABI and result names were checked against Valve's
+[OpenVR v2.12.14 C header](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/openvr/blob/v2.12.14/headers/openvr_capi.h)
+and [C++ interface comments](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/openvr/blob/v2.12.14/headers/openvr.h).
+That header declares `IVROverlay_028`; its SHA-256 is
+`d58a2b149e434b2b8ee25cb4253ca6157feed8092f621e78ecfed6846d35d3e4`.
+The absolute getter is explicitly limited to absolute transforms. The
+coordinate getter returns the 3D transform for a 2D overlay point. Public
+`IVROverlay_028` has no getter/setter pair for dashboard dock location or frame
+scene-graph state. The probe fails closed if that exact interface is absent.
+
+Read-only inspection of the shipped dashboard
+`/opt/steamvr/resources/webinterface/dashboard/chunk~8012d0c89.js`
+(SHA-256 `937ec62c67a481f030a416099ceb98b0fe2a702aea5a0705601c6c40d4969f6d`)
+found:
+
+- `dockLocation` reads an internal `_getDockLocation(frameID)` store;
+  `SetDockLocation` updates that store or sends a VRLink request.
+- `m_mapLastRelativeTransformForDockLocation` keeps per-location transforms.
+  World initialization requests a dashboard scene-graph transform through
+  `requestSGTransform`, then updates the component's `xfTransform`.
+- The `vrcmd_dock_overlay` handler accepts `dashboard`, `lefthand`, `righthand`,
+  `theater` and `world`. It selects the frame associated with the supplied key,
+  **falls back to the active frame if no match exists**, sets dock location and
+  may switch frame. This is not an exact pose restore or a readback response.
+
+Those are observations of shipped internal code, not proof that Frame Control
+can safely access its state through a supported external API. No dashboard
+JavaScript was injected, private store edited or VRLink command sent. The
+active-frame fallback is an additional reason not to experiment with docking
+commands on a stale key.
+
+The [2026-09-28 probe](../panels.md#saved-spatial-layouts-blocked-on-the-current-panel-route)
+on SteamOS 0.4.1 / SteamVR 2.18.1 recorded an absolute setter returning
+12 (`PermissionDenied`) on a temporary, test-owned gamescope panel. That setter
+result is **historical**, not a new test on 2.18.2. The newer read-only results
+above neither overturn nor reverify it.
+
+## Commands, safety and cleanup
+
+Read-only inspection used `ssh frame` with `BatchMode=yes` and
+`ConnectTimeout=10`, `cat /etc/os-release`, battery sysfs reads,
+`systemctl --user is-active gamescope-session.service plasma-workspace.target`,
+process inspection, and `vrcmd --version`, `--help`, `--overlays`. An initial
+`--listoverlays` attempt returned `Unknown command`; `--overlays` is the actual
+enumeration command. Dashboard sources were read/copied to local `/tmp` for
+inspection. No files were installed on the Frame.
+
+Run the retained probe from the repository root, following
+[the shared-device rules](../testing.md#headset-smoke-test). Stop if the lock is
+occupied or battery is at/below 20%; never remove another task's lock:
+
+```sh
+ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=10 frame \
+  'set -eu; mkdir /tmp/frame-test.lock || exit 3; trap "rmdir /tmp/frame-test.lock" EXIT; timeout 25 python3 -' \
+  < docs/evidence/panel-layout-2026-10-24/probe.py
+```
+
+This command acquired the lock, completed with exit 0 and released it. A
+subsequent check confirmed the lock absent, Game Mode active, and Steam,
+`vrserver` and `vrcompositor` running. The probe's only headset filesystem
+change was creating/removing that shared lock. Its Python source ran from
+stdin. There were no test panels, installs, profiles or services to remove.
+
+No mutation test was essential: without verified dock/relative-frame readback,
+there was no exact original layout and bounded rollback to justify changing a
+panel. Existing user panels were never focused, shown, hidden, resized, moved
+or docked. No global settings, security, passwords, runtime processes or modes
+were changed; no reboot or reset occurred.
+
+## Validation and remaining gaps
+
+Existing `tests/test_panels.py` covers main-panel enumeration, hidden panels,
+focus revalidation, unavailable-runtime errors and HTTP authentication/Host/
+Origin guards. `tests/test_page_scripts.py` checks the production page's shared
+JavaScript scope. These offline checks do not prove spatial placement. The
+retained probe is evidence tooling, not a new product API; no fake layout
+backend or layout tests claiming device support were added.
+
+Validation passed:
+
+```sh
+python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p test_panels.py -v       # 8 passed
+python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p test_page_scripts.py -v # 5 passed
+python3 -m py_compile docs/evidence/panel-layout-2026-10-24/probe.py
+python3 -m json.tool docs/evidence/panel-layout-2026-10-24/readback.json
+git diff --check
+```
+
+The initial panel-suite attempt hit sandbox socket restrictions in four HTTP
+tests; rerunning with loopback sockets permitted passed all eight. No real
+headset connection is used by those tests. The full suite and fake Frame were
+not run for this evidence-only change.
+
+Before shipping layouts, a native route still needs proof of dock state and
+relative-frame readback, authorized restore on an owned test panel with exact
+rollback, and correspondence between saved size/pose and visible placement.
+It also needs stable source identity and a fresh capture-permission/ticket
+flow when reopening viewers. Reconnect, panel recreation, reboot recovery,
+Steam-launched gameplay, controller docking and worn-headset input were not
+tested here. The existing Frame Control-owned media renderer is not proof that
+Steam/gamescope panels can be restored. No third-party overlay app was used.
+
+## Announcement
+
+We rechecked saved panel layouts on SteamOS 0.5.6. SteamVR exposes some panel
+geometry, but we have not verified safe restoration of Steam's panel positions
+and docking. Saved layouts remain unavailable; use SteamVR's dashboard to
+arrange panels. The panel switcher continues to list and show open panels.
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+"""Read-only issue #31 probe; pipe to `ssh frame 'timeout 25 python3 -'`.
+
+Acquire /tmp/frame-test.lock first per docs/testing.md. No overlay is created,
+focused, docked or changed. Background init (3) does not start SteamVR.
+ABI: ValveSoftware/openvr v2.12.14 headers/openvr_capi.h, IVROverlay_028.
+"""
+import ctypes as C
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+H = C.c_uint64
+Matrix = C.c_float * 12
+
+
+class Vector2(C.Structure):
+    _fields_ = [('v', C.c_float * 2)]
+
+
+def probe():
+    vr = C.CDLL('/opt/steamvr/bin/linuxarm64/libopenvr_api.so')
+    vr.VR_InitInternal2.argtypes = [C.POINTER(C.c_int), C.c_int, C.c_char_p]
+    vr.VR_InitInternal2.restype = C.c_uint32
+    vr.VR_GetGenericInterface.argtypes = [C.c_char_p, C.POINTER(C.c_int)]
+    vr.VR_GetGenericInterface.restype = C.c_void_p
+    vr.VR_ShutdownInternal.argtypes = []
+    vr.VR_ShutdownInternal.restype = None
+    err = C.c_int()
+    vr.VR_InitInternal2(C.byref(err), 3, None)
+    report = {'init_error': err.value, 'interface': 'IVROverlay_028', 'panels': []}
+    if err.value:
+        return report
+    try:
+        ptr = vr.VR_GetGenericInterface(b'FnTable:IVROverlay_028', C.byref(err))
+        report['interface_error'] = err.value
+        if err.value or not ptr:
+            return report
+        table = C.cast(ptr, C.POINTER(C.c_void_p))
+
+        def function(slot, result, *args):
+            return C.CFUNCTYPE(result, *args)(table[slot])
+
+        def read(slot, handle, output_type):
+            output = output_type()
+            rc = function(slot, C.c_int, H, C.POINTER(output_type))(handle, C.byref(output))
+            return {'rc': rc, 'value': output.value if rc == 0 else None}
+
+        report['dashboard_visible'] = function(68, C.c_bool)()
+        for key in ('valve.steam.desktopgame.0', 'valve.steam.gamepadui.main'):
+            row = {'key': key}
+            report['panels'].append(row)
+            handle = H()
+            row['find_rc'] = function(0, C.c_int, C.c_char_p, C.POINTER(H))(
+                key.encode(), C.byref(handle))
+            if row['find_rc']:
+                continue
+            pid = function(10, C.c_uint32, H)(handle)
+            row['rendering_pid'] = pid
+            try:
+                row['rendering_comm'] = Path('/proc/%d/comm' % pid).read_text().strip()
+            except OSError:
+                row['rendering_comm'] = None
+            row['visible'] = function(45, C.c_bool, H)(handle)
+            row['active_dashboard'] = function(69, C.c_bool, H)(handle)
+            row['width_m'] = read(23, handle, C.c_float)
+            row['curvature'] = read(25, handle, C.c_float)
+            row['transform_type'] = read(32, handle, C.c_int)
+            for name, slot, scalar in (('absolute', 34, C.c_int),
+                                       ('tracked_device_relative', 36, C.c_uint32)):
+                origin = scalar()
+                matrix = Matrix()
+                rc = function(slot, C.c_int, H, C.POINTER(scalar), C.POINTER(Matrix))(
+                    handle, C.byref(origin), C.byref(matrix))
+                row[name] = {'rc': rc, 'origin_or_device': origin.value if rc == 0 else None,
+                             'matrix': list(matrix) if rc == 0 else None}
+            row['coordinate_transforms'] = []
+            for origin in (0, 1, 2):  # seated, standing, raw/uncalibrated
+                matrix = Matrix()
+                rc = function(46, C.c_int, H, C.c_int, Vector2, C.POINTER(Matrix))(
+                    handle, origin, Vector2((.5, .5)), C.byref(matrix))
+                row['coordinate_transforms'].append({
+                    'tracking_origin': origin, 'coordinates': [.5, .5], 'rc': rc,
+                    'matrix': list(matrix) if rc == 0 else None})
+        return report
+    finally:
+        vr.VR_ShutdownInternal()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print(json.dumps(probe(), indent=2, allow_nan=False))
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+{
+  "init_error": 0,
+  "interface": "IVROverlay_028",
+  "panels": [
+    {
+      "key": "valve.steam.desktopgame.0",
+      "find_rc": 0,
+      "rendering_pid": 297037,
+      "rendering_comm": "gamescope-wl",
+      "visible": false,
+      "active_dashboard": false,
+      "width_m": {
+        "rc": 0,
+        "value": 2.6700000762939453
+      },
+      "curvature": {
+        "rc": 0,
+        "value": 0.0
+      },
+      "transform_type": {
+        "rc": 0,
+        "value": 5
+      },
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+    {
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+{
+  "date": "2026-10-24",
+  "base": "c7489a8 (v0.4.14)",
+  "feature": "Desktop Tools power and heat observations",
+  "automated": {
+    "targeted": "python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p 'test_power*.py': 35 passed",
+    "uiAndResourceGuard": "node --test tests/power_desktop.cjs: 7 passed",
+    "desktopApp": "node --test app/test/*.test.js: 37 passed",
+    "packaging": "Materialized ui/scripts resources selected by app/package.json; isolated Python -I imported frame_power, constructed remote payload including frame_status, and read idle status. Missing resource detection tested. Shared phone bundle import passed.",
+    "syntax": "Python compilation, sampler shell syntax and git diff --check passed",
+    "fullSuite": "python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -v: 1363 tests, OK (skipped=15), 153.274 seconds",
+    "transientFailure": "An earlier full run had one nested sandbox-test failure: the existing OneServer second-server child exited -11 (SIGSEGV), expected 1. Isolated sandbox rerun passed (6 tests), then the complete suite passed. No unrelated server-lifecycle code was changed."
+  },
+  "browser": {
+    "environment": "T3 collaborative Chromium preview, Linux, local Python Handler server; synthetic observation subprocess at accelerated one-second intervals; normal headset SSH disabled during start/stop/download verification",
+    "observations": [
+      "Opened #powerReport and verified labeled duration selector, disabled Stop/downloads before start and accessible sample progress.",
+      "Started a synthetic observation and observed 11 of 12 samples in progress; completion allowed another start.",
+      "Started again, observed progress, stopped, and saw 7 of 12 samples retained with explicit incomplete state and original frame alias.",
+      "Clicked HTML download and saw the UI acknowledge the request; T3's download list did not record the blob download, so filesystem save was not verified.",
+      "Fetched all three authenticated export endpoints in the browser: HTML 200 (7599 characters), JSON 200 (2618 characters, 7 samples), CSV 200 (977 characters); each retained the stop reason."
+    ]
+  },
+  "realFrame": {
+    "lock": "ssh frame 'mkdir /tmp/frame-test.lock' succeeded before real-device probe; this task removed only that owned empty lock with rmdir after verification",
+    "probe": "Ran the production desktop Observation using strict, batch SSH to frame. The first attempt exposed a missing structured reason on early remote lock refusal; fixed and reran successfully.",
+    "result": "0 of 12 samples; running=false; stopped='Smoke session active (/tmp/frame-test.lock); no sensors read'. Exported HTML included the same incomplete reason.",
+    "scope": "Lock refusal only. No successful real sensor session, installation, app launch/stop, power control or thermal control was performed for this feature."
+  },
+  "limitations": [
+    "Native Electron installers were not built or launched; resource staging and build-hook contracts were tested.",
+    "One latest report is retained only in server memory. Starting again, restarting the server or quitting discards it; the UI warns users to download first.",
+    "Stopping ends only the owned local SSH process. The bounded remote reader discovers closure on its next write; immediate remote cancellation is not guaranteed.",
+    "Phone-hosted observation starts are unsupported; the shared server bundle still imports without desktop sampler resources."
+  ]
+}
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+{
+  "date": "2026-10-24",
+  "scope": "Read-only three-sample HTML export and browser download check; no installs, app launches, or remote process-control commands",
+  "preflight": {
+    "smokeLock": "absent",
+    "version": "0.5.6",
+    "build": "20261015.6141207"
+  },
+  "command": "scripts/frame-power-sample.sh --count 3 --interval 1 --html /tmp/frame-power-export-check.html",
+  "exitCode": 0,
+  "sampleCount": 3,
+  "metricCount": 91,
+  "unavailableGroups": [
+    "proximity"
+  ],
+  "browser": {
+    "engine": "T3 collaborative Chromium preview",
+    "widths": [
+      1280,
+      390
+    ],
+    "jsonDownloadMatches": true,
+    "csvDownloadMatches": true,
+    "csvDataRows": 276,
+    "pageScripts": 0,
+    "horizontalOverflow": "confined to focusable table region"
+  },
+  "limits": [
+    "No real-device Ctrl+C cancellation test; local child termination and retained samples verified with subprocess fixtures",
+    "No screen-reader, Windows or macOS verification",
+    "No controlled baseline, load or worn-headset testing",
+    "Sensor accuracy not established"
+  ]
+}
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+{
+  "date": "2026-10-24",
+  "osVersion": "0.5.6",
+  "osBuild": "20261015.6141207",
+  "commands": [
+    "scripts/frame-power-sample.sh --count 3 --interval 1",
+    "scripts/frame-power-sample.sh --count 1 --csv"
+  ],
+  "jsonSampleCount": 3,
+  "elapsedSeconds": [
+    0.078011,
+    1.088542,
+    2.107291
+  ],
+  "stopped": null,
+  "unavailableGroups": [
+    [
+      "proximity"
+    ],
+    [
+      "proximity"
+    ],
+    [
+      "proximity"
+    ]
+  ],
+  "selectedSummary": {
+    "battery.percent": {
+      "unit": "%",
+      "sources": [
+        "/sys/class/power_supply/max1720x_bat_7-36"
+      ],
+      "available": 3,
+      "unavailable": 0,
+      "min": 99,
+      "max": 99,
+      "mean": 99.0,
+      "first": 99,
+      "last": 99
+    },
+    "battery.status": {
+      "unit": "state",
+      "sources": [
+        "/sys/class/power_supply/max1720x_bat_7-36"
+      ],
+      "available": 3,
+      "unavailable": 0,
+      "states": [
+        "Not charging"
+      ]
+    },
+    "battery.tempC": {
+      "unit": "C",
+      "sources": [
+        "/sys/class/power_supply/max1720x_bat_7-36"
+      ],
+      "available": 3,
+      "unavailable": 0,
+      "min": 26.400000000000002,
+      "max": 26.400000000000002,
+      "mean": 26.4,
+      "first": 26.400000000000002,
+      "last": 26.400000000000002
+    },
+    "battery.watts": {
+      "unit": "W",
+      "sources": [
+        "/sys/class/power_supply/max1720x_bat_7-36"
+      ],
+      "available": 3,
+      "unavailable": 0,
+      "min": -0.12,
+      "max": -0.02,
+      "mean": -0.07,
+      "first": -0.02,
+      "last": -0.07
+    },
+    "cpu.percent": {
+      "unit": "%",
+      "sources": [
+        "/proc/stat"
+      ],
+      "available": 2,
+      "unavailable": 1,
+      "min": 8.7,
+      "max": 11.0,
+      "mean": 9.85,
+      "first": 11.0,
+      "last": 8.7
+    },
+    "fan.pwmRaw": {
+      "unit": "raw",
+      "sources": [
+        "/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon50/pwm1"
+      ],
+      "available": 3,
+      "unavailable": 0,
+      "min": 41,
+      "max": 41,
+      "mean": 41.0,
+      "first": 41,
+      "last": 41
+    },
+    "fan.slg4ax46073v.fan1_input": {
+      "unit": "RPM",
+      "sources": [
+        "/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon50/fan1_input"
+      ],
+      "available": 3,
+      "unavailable": 0,
+      "min": 8624,
+      "max": 8638,
+      "mean": 8628.666667,
+      "first": 8638,
+      "last": 8624
+    },
+    "proximity.raw": {
+      "unit": "raw",
+      "sources": [
+        "/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device2/in_proximity_raw"
+      ],
+      "available": 0,
+      "unavailable": 3,
+      "states": []
+    },
+    "rail.max34417_9_10.vph.power1": {
+      "unit": "W",
+      "sources": [
+        "/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon53/power1_input"
+      ],
+      "available": 3,
+      "unavailable": 0,
+      "min": 4.656299,
+      "max": 4.804066,
+      "mean": 4.705555,
+      "first": 4.656299,
+      "last": 4.804066
+    }
+  },
+  "csvRows": 92,
+  "csvSummaryMetrics": 91,
+  "csvHasExplicitUnavailable": true,
+  "limits": [
+    "Read-only short transport/parser check; no controlled baseline or worn/load/battery experiment.",
+    "Proximity unavailable; numeric thermistors are not proof of sensor accuracy.",
+    "No settings, services, device files or application state changed; no remote installation.",
+    "No smoke lock at preflight or sampler checks; advisory checks cannot exclude a concurrent lock appearing during a read."
+  ]
+}
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+{
+  "date_utc": "2026-10-24T09:27:25.354Z",
+  "result": "PASS: literal packaged desktop Return to Game Mode button switched the real Frame from full Plasma; a repeat visible click made no second switch",
+  "documentation_base_commit": "71288d8980040c14f777f0e417f41f7105eaaac4",
+  "host": "lxso2",
+  "steamos_version": "0.5.6",
+  "steamos_build": "20261015.6141207",
+  "prior_evidence": [
+    "https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/issues/142",
+    "https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/143",
+    "https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/156"
+  ],
+  "package": {
+    "tag": "v0.4.17",
+    "asset": "Frame-Control-linux-x86_64.AppImage",
+    "url": "https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/releases/download/v0.4.17/Frame-Control-linux-x86_64.AppImage",
+    "sha256": "b1b8eb82bf73a227b2cd36e8f0ef3a2ebdf7967c5853efb08a9634f38227015d",
+    "verification": "sha256sum matched the live release asset digest. Independently extracted the retained asset into a new private test directory. cmp confirmed bundled frame_backup.py and frame_backup_remote.py equal the checkout versions. No source or payload was changed.",
+    "launch": "--appimage-extract, then squashfs-root/AppRun --no-sandbox --disable-gpu --remote-debugging-port=49372 --remote-debugging-address=127.0.0.1 --user-data-dir=/tmp/frame-return-button-20261024/electron-profile --window-size=1400,950",
+    "display": "Xvfb :138 -screen 0 1440x1000x24 -nolisten tcp; Electron content screenshot 1400x923",
+    "isolation": "Private XDG_CONFIG_HOME, XDG_CACHE_HOME, FRAME_CONTROL_DATA_DIR and Electron profile; FRAME_CONTROL_TELEMETRY=0 and FRAME_CONTROL_NO_UPDATE_CHECK=1. Existing authorized ssh frame identity retained; bundled server and Python used."
+  },
+  "preflight": {
+    "read_only_first": true,
+    "initial_mode": "gamescope-session.target=active; plasma-workspace-wayland.target=inactive",
+    "initial_battery_percent": 99,
+    "initial_battery_status": "Not charging; charger Full",
+    "steam_and_steamvr_running": true,
+    "running_steam_apps": [],
+    "default_login_mode": "game",
+    "lock": "mkdir /tmp/frame-test.lock succeeded atomically; no foreign lock was removed. Initial harmless probe attempt released its own lock, then a fresh atomic acquisition covered both full-session attempts."
+  },
+  "rollback": {
+    "unit": "fc-return-button-rollback-20261024",
+    "probe": "systemd-run --user --unit=fc-return-button-probe-20261024 --on-active=2s --timer-property=AccuracySec=1s --property=Type=oneshot --property=RemainAfterExit=yes /usr/bin/true",
+    "probe_execution": "Result=success\nExecMainStartTimestamp=Sat 2026-10-24 20:27:07 AEDT\nExecMainExitTimestamp=Sat 2026-10-24 20:27:07 AEDT\nExecMainCode=1\nExecMainStatus=0\n",
+    "arm": "systemd-run --user --unit=fc-return-button-rollback-20261024 --on-active=180s --timer-property=AccuracySec=1s /bin/sh -c <guarded command>",
+    "guarded_command": "if [ \"$(systemctl --user is-active gamescope-session.target)\" != active ]; then exec /usr/bin/steamosctl switch-to-game-mode; fi",
+    "verified_before_desktop": "TimersMonotonic={ OnActiveUSec=3min ; next_elapse=1d 21h 53min 49.130174s }\nNextElapseUSecMonotonic=1d 21h 53min 49.130174s\nBindsTo=\nPartOf=\nActiveState=active\nExecStart={ path=/bin/sh ; argv[]=/bin/sh -c if [ \"$(systemctl --user is-active gamescope-session.target)\" != active ]; then exec /usr/bin/steamosctl switch-to-game-mode; fi ; ignore_errors=no ; start_time=[n/a] ; stop_time=[n/a] ; pid=0 ; code=(null) ; status=0/0 }\nBindsTo=\nPartOf=\n",
+    "user_manager_linger": "yes",
+    "desktop_entry": "ssh frame steamosctl switch-to-desktop-mode",
+    "first_click_utc": "2026-10-24T09:27:27.037Z",
+    "cancelled_before_deadline": true,
+    "fired": false,
+    "limit": "The benign transient timer was observed executing. The actual rollback timer configuration was read back, then cancelled after the UI restored Game Mode; its recovery action was not deliberately allowed to fire."
+  },
+  "ui": {
+    "navigation": "Clicked nav Tools, Backup & recovery, and Check in the actual packaged Electron window. Initial Game Mode disabled Return. After full Plasma entry, Check enabled it.",
+    "automation": "Playwright connected to the packaged Electron instance over local CDP and used locator.click() on the visible button; accepted the native JavaScript confirm dialog. No Return API/CLI or production handler was directly invoked by the test. T3 preview was inspected separately and closed; it cannot control this Electron window.",
+    "clicks": [
+      {
+        "isTrusted": true,
+        "utc": "2026-10-24T09:27:27.037Z"
+      },
+      {
+        "isTrusted": true,
+        "utc": "2026-10-24T09:27:32.942Z"
+      }
+    ],
+    "button_bounds_css_pixels": {
+      "x": 47,
+      "y": 709.59375,
+      "width": 156.203125,
+      "height": 44
+    },
+    "confirmation_dialogs": [
+      {
+        "type": "confirm",
+        "message": "Return the headset to Game Mode?\n\nThis closes the desktop and any apps open in it, then starts Steam's Game Mode.",
+        "utc": "2026-10-24T09:27:27.042Z"
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "confirm",
+        "message": "Return the headset to Game Mode?\n\nThis closes the desktop and any apps open in it, then starts Steam's Game Mode.",
+        "utc": "2026-10-24T09:27:32.943Z"
+      }
+    ],
+    "desktop_check": {
+      "http": 200,
+      "body": {
+        "mode": "desktop",
+        "gamescope": true,
+        "plasma": true,
+        "nested_desktop": false,
+        "configured": "gamescope-wayland.desktop",
+        "config_file": "/etc/sddm.conf.d/steamos.conf",
+        "selector": "steamosctl",
+        "session_targets": {
+          "gamescope-session.target": "inactive",
+          "plasma-workspace-wayland.target": "active"
+        },
+        "mode_source": "session-targets"
+      }
+    },
+    "return_responses": [
+      {
+        "http": 200,
+        "body": {
+          "message": "Asked the headset to return to Game Mode; it restarts its session in a few seconds",
+          "state": {
+            "mode": "desktop",
+            "gamescope": true,
+            "plasma": true,
+            "nested_desktop": false,
+            "configured": "gamescope-wayland.desktop",
+            "config_file": "/etc/sddm.conf.d/steamos.conf",
+            "selector": "steamosctl",
+            "session_targets": {
+              "gamescope-session.target": "inactive",
+              "plasma-workspace-wayland.target": "active"
+            },
+            "mode_source": "session-targets"
+          },
+          "switched": true,
+          "command": "steamosctl switch-to-game-mode"
+        },
+        "utc": "2026-10-24T09:27:27.316Z"
+      },
+      {
+        "http": 200,
+        "body": {
+          "message": "The headset is already in Game Mode. The desktop you see is a panel: close it from the Steam dashboard.",
+          "state": {
+            "mode": "game",
+            "gamescope": true,
+            "plasma": false,
+            "nested_desktop": false,
+            "configured": "gamescope-wayland.desktop",
+            "config_file": "/etc/sddm.conf.d/steamos.conf",
+            "selector": "steamosctl",
+            "session_targets": {
+              "gamescope-session.target": "active",
+              "plasma-workspace-wayland.target": "inactive"
+            },
+            "mode_source": "session-targets"
+          },
+          "switched": false
+        },
+        "utc": "2026-10-24T09:27:33.126Z"
+      }
+    ],
+    "final_check": {
+      "http": 200,
+      "body": {
+        "mode": "game",
+        "gamescope": true,
+        "plasma": false,
+        "nested_desktop": false,
+        "configured": "gamescope-wayland.desktop",
+        "config_file": "/etc/sddm.conf.d/steamos.conf",
+        "selector": "steamosctl",
+        "session_targets": {
+          "gamescope-session.target": "active",
+          "plasma-workspace-wayland.target": "inactive"
+        },
+        "mode_source": "session-targets"
+      }
+    },
+    "final_return_disabled": true,
+    "final_text": "Game Mode: the headset is running normally. A desktop you see is a panel; close it from the Steam dashboard.",
+    "screenshots": [
+      "return-game-mode-packaged-2026-10-24-before.png",
+      "return-game-mode-packaged-2026-10-24-after.png"
+    ],
+    "screenshot_scope": "Cropped to the session controls and repeat-action notification; host identity, connection address and backup folder excluded."
+  },
+  "systemd_verification": {
+    "command": "ssh frame systemctl --user show gamescope-session.target plasma-workspace-wayland.target -p Id -p ActiveState -p SubState; ssh frame systemctl --user show gamescope-session.service -p InvocationID",
+    "before": "Id=gamescope-session.target\nActiveState=inactive\nSubState=dead\n\nId=plasma-workspace-wayland.target\nActiveState=active\nSubState=active\nInvocationID=892b843dbe1a4d2ba91b93057bd38463\n295589 /home/steamos/.local/share/Steam/steamrtarm64/steam -silent -vrdisable -deckard\n295066 /opt/steamvr/bin/linuxarm64/vrserver -waitformonitor -ipccontrolfilepath /tmp/SteamVR-IPCControlFile-294978\n",
+    "after_first_click": "Id=gamescope-session.target\nActiveState=active\nSubState=active\n\nId=plasma-workspace-wayland.target\nActiveState=inactive\nSubState=dead\nInvocationID=e8c1085b3bbd4e79a323b3e4a9bc6355\n297506 /opt/steamvr/bin/linuxarm64/vrserver -waitformonitor -ipccontrolfilepath /tmp/SteamVR-IPCControlFile-297420\n",
+    "after_repeat_click": "Id=gamescope-session.target\nActiveState=active\nSubState=active\n\nId=plasma-workspace-wayland.target\nActiveState=inactive\nSubState=dead\nInvocationID=e8c1085b3bbd4e79a323b3e4a9bc6355\n297826 /home/steamos/.local/share/Steam/steamrtarm64/steam -cef-enable-debugging -deckard -gamepadui -steamdeck -steamos3 -vrgamepadui\n297942 /home/steamos/.local/share/Steam/steamrtarm64/steam -child-update-ui -child-update-ui-socket 8 -cef-enable-debugging -deckard -gamepadui -steamdeck -steamos3 -vrgamepadui\n297506 /opt/steamvr/bin/linuxarm64/vrserver -waitformonitor -ipccontrolfilepath /tmp/SteamVR-IPCControlFile-297420\n",
+    "repeat_did_not_restart_game_mode": true,
+    "unchanged_game_service_invocation": "e8c1085b3bbd4e79a323b3e4a9bc6355",
+    "unchanged_steamvr_pid": 297506,
+    "delayed_final_readback_utc": "2026-10-24T09:28:05Z"
+  },
+  "cleanup": {
+    "complete": true,
+    "final_readback": "2026-10-24T09:28:05Z\nId=gamescope-session.target\nActiveState=active\n\nId=plasma-workspace-wayland.target\nActiveState=inactive\nInvocationID=e8c1085b3bbd4e79a323b3e4a9bc6355\nNEXT LEFT LAST PASSED UNIT ACTIVATES\n\n0 timers listed.\nId=fc-return-button-rollback-20261024.timer\nLoadState=not-found\nActiveState=inactive\n\nId=fc-return-button-rollback-20261024.service\nLoadState=not-found\nActiveState=inactive\n\nId=fc-return-button-probe-20261024.timer\nLoadState=not-found\nActiveState=inactive\n\nId=fc-return-button-probe-20261024.service\nLoadState=not-found\nActiveState=inactive\n297826 /home/steamos/.local/share/Steam/steamrtarm64/steam -cef-enable-debugging -deckard -gamepadui -steamdeck -steamos3 -vrgamepadui\n297506 /opt/steamvr/bin/linuxarm64/vrserver -waitformonitor -ipccontrolfilepath /tmp/SteamVR-IPCControlFile-297420\n99\nCharging\ngame\n",
+    "owned_lock_release_exit": 0,
+    "owned_lock_absent": true,
+    "host_processes": {
+      "xvfb": {
+        "pid": 1562020,
+        "exists": false,
+        "cmd": null,
+        "state": null
+      },
+      "electron": {
+        "pid": 1562023,
+        "exists": false,
+        "cmd": null,
+        "state": null
+      },
+      "x_socket_absent": true
+    },
+    "remaining_test_servers": [],
+    "battery_final_percent": 99,
+    "battery_final_status": "Charging",
+    "battery_range_observed_percent": [
+      99,
+      100
+    ],
+    "game_mode_steam_steamvr_running": true,
+    "default_login_mode_after": "game",
+    "headset_installs_or_global_settings_changed": false,
+    "rebooted": false,
+    "notes": "Stopping the timer succeeded. systemctl stop also named its never-started, unloaded service and returned 5; explicit readback confirms both rollback and probe timer/service units are not-found/inactive. No further switch was sent."
+  },
+  "attempts_and_harness_limits": [
+    "Initial harmless timer probe was garbage-collected before its exit metadata could be read. No Desktop Mode switch was attempted. Repeated with RemainAfterExit=yes and verified successful execution.",
+    "First full Plasma attempt clicked the visible packaged Return button and got HTTP 200 / switched=true. The harness then treated absent pgrep matches during the expected session restart as a fatal error. Independent readback confirmed Game Mode and SteamVR had returned. Rollback remained armed until that readback, then was cancelled. This incomplete attempt was not counted as the final pass.",
+    "Final full Plasma attempt tolerated transiently absent Steam/SteamVR while polling systemd targets, passed both trusted visible clicks, and completed the final Check. Stopping the unused rollback service returned unit-not-loaded; explicit subsequent readback verified all four owned probe/rollback units not-found/inactive and zero timers. Cleanup was completed before releasing our lock."
+  ],
+  "limits": [
+    "Unchanged AppImage payload ran after extraction on a virtual X desktop with Chromium sandbox and GPU disabled. FUSE mounting, desktop integration and hardware rendering were not tested.",
+    "Automated trusted pointer clicks in a visible Electron window; no physical-monitor human click or worn-headset visual/interaction assessment.",
+    "Verified only SteamOS 0.5.6 build 20261015.6141207 and the Linux x86_64 v0.4.17 package; older selectors/builds and other desktop platforms remain covered only by their existing tests.",
+    "No release, tag, application code, passwords or security/global settings changed."
+  ],
+  "validation": {
+    "focused_suite": "python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p test_backup.py -v: 28 tests passed in 2.479s",
+    "json": "python3 -m json.tool: passed",
+    "diff": "git diff --check: passed"
+  }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Round 3 headset checks, 25 October 2026
+
+These checks used the real Frame after the device hold ended. SteamOS was
+0.5.6, build `20261022.6153909`. Each device session acquired
+`/tmp/frame-test.lock` atomically and released only its own lock. The battery
+read 100% and Full in the first check and after the OBS session; Steam and
+SteamVR were left running.
+
+| Question | Observation | Conclusion |
+|---|---|---|
+| Does active passthrough appear in SteamVR's `/dev/video99` mirror? | The mirror service was active. One 1920×1080 RGB frame read from `/dev/video99` had a single pixel value, `(24, 28, 53)`, throughout. The headset was unworn; no active passthrough session or wearer-visible room view was established. Frame Control has no verified remote passthrough toggle. The temporary frame was removed. | **Still unknown.** A uniform standby frame cannot answer whether SteamVR composites active passthrough into its mirror. No headset setting was changed. |
+| Can Frame Control prompt when a headset text box opens? | No desktop `plasmashell` process was running during this check. There is no verified cross-app focus event from SteamVR, Lepton and the nested desktop; KDE Connect's `keyboardstate` packet describes keyboard support, not a focused text field. | **Not built.** A prompt triggered by an unverified signal would be misleading. The existing **Type on the headset** control remains available. |
+| Does reverse clipboard exist? | Frame Control already has **Copy the headset's clipboard here**. Its earlier real Frame test used a temporary nested desktop and confirmed that text copied through Klipper reached a Linux PC clipboard. No desktop panel was open during this session, so it was not rerun here. | **Shipped and previously verified**, text only. Windows/macOS backends and arbitrary headset apps remain unverified on a real Frame. |
+| Is an 80% charge limit available and writable? | `steamosctl get-max-charge-level` returned `UnknownInterface: ...BatteryChargeLimit1`. No `charge_control_*` attribute was found under `/sys/class/power_supply`. Only `pm8550b-charger/charging_pause` and `charging_enable` were present, each mode `644`, owner `root:root`. | **No supported user-writable control.** No battery attribute was written. |
+
+The separate OBS transport check on the same build sent the mirror and the
+default-output monitor to a Linux PC. A 4.021-second temporary capture had
+H.264 video and AAC audio according to `ffprobe`. It was removed; OBS itself
+and audible playback were not tested. See the OBS source PR and guide.
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Screenshot Save on a real Frame, 25 October 2026
+
+After PR #192 merged, Frame Control's production `list_shots()` and
+`save_shots()` paths were run from lxso2 against the real Frame. The test held
+the shared `/tmp/frame-test.lock` with an owner marker and removed only its own
+lock. A separate locked check earlier in this round found SteamVR at activity
+level 3 (standby). No new screenshot was created.
+
+- The Frame listed seven existing Steam screenshots.
+- One existing screenshot was copied to a temporary folder on the PC. Its
+  local size matched the reported remote size: **294,885 bytes**. The new
+  destination had four components below the temporary root: headset, Steam
+  account, game ID and filename.
+- Saving the same screenshot a second time returned zero new copies. A fresh
+  list then marked that screenshot as saved.
+- The temporary PC folder and its private image were removed at the end. The
+  source screenshot on the Frame was only read. Battery was **100% Full**
+  before and after.
+
+This verifies one real screenshot transfer and the repeat-save behavior. It
+does **not** reproduce two different real screenshots with the same filename;
+the account/game/headset collision case is covered by the fake-source test in
+`tests/test_shot_copy.py`. Windows and macOS physical-PC saves were not tested.
+Active passthrough in the recording mirror remains unknown because the Frame
+was in standby.
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# SteamOS 0.5.6 compatibility check, 25 October 2026
+
+The real Frame was accessed **after** the 00:00 AEDT hold, under a separately
+acquired `/tmp/frame-test.lock`. The coordinator had finished its v0.4.19 smoke
+test and released its lock first. This check took place approximately 00:04–
+00:08 AEDT (13:04–13:08 UTC). A device clock reading in the first snapshot was
+**00:04:58 AEDT**. The one temporary capture was removed and our lock was
+released. Steam and SteamVR were left running.
+
+| Check | Observation |
+|---|---|
+| OS | `VERSION_ID=0.5.6`, `VARIANT_ID=vr`, `BUILD_ID=20261022.6153909` |
+| Update channel | `atomupd-manager tracked-branch` returned `beta`; tracked variant `vr`; update status `idle`. `atomupd-manager status` and `check` returned D-Bus `AccessDenied` to the normal user. No root, update, or channel change was attempted. |
+| Discovery | `frame.local` and a sample `frame-0000.local` name were unresolved from the Linux host. Avahi was active on the Frame, but `/etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf` has `publish-addresses=no`. The configured `ssh frame` alias worked. The host reached the Frame over Tailscale, so a local-subnet scan and same-LAN cached-IP reconnection were not exercised. |
+| Script fallback | `steamos-session-select` was present and `holo-session-select` absent. The installed devkit utilities contained `steamos-prepare-upload` and `steamos-delete`; their `holo-*` replacements were absent. No session switch, install, or delete command was run. |
+| Battery and memory | Frame Control's `ui/frame_status.py` returned a system battery at 98%, Charging, with its source under `/sys/class/power_supply/max1720x_bat_7-36`; memory was 16,422,952,960 bytes total and 11,256,848,384 bytes available. The battery was 97% at the initial raw sysfs check and 98% at the final check while charging. |
+| Recording source | The user `steamvr-v4l2cam.service` and `/dev/video99` were present. A single frame from that device was black while the unworn headset was in standby. Frame Control's MP4 path reads that same SteamVR `system.HeadsetView` mirror and never opens a passthrough camera. Active passthrough inclusion in the mirror remains unverified. The sample image was not retained or published. |
+| Dominant eye | Neither standard `steamvr.vrsettings` path checked had a readable dominant-eye setting. No source or effect on the mirror was verified; Frame Control does not attach dominant-eye metadata. |
+
+This was a bounded compatibility check, not a rerun of the coordinator's
+13-step smoke test. The coordinator reported that smoke passed on this same
+build, with battery 95% to 96% while charging and cleanup complete.
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+# Windows VM and real Frame test, 2026-10-24
+
+The v0.4.10 installer could enumerate windows/screens and encode a synthetic
+Media Foundation stream, but every desktop capture failed at pipeline parsing:
+`no property "capture-api" in element "d3d11screencapturesrc"`.
+MSYS2's GStreamer 1.28.8 package disables WGC. After the fix, the same installed
+bundle captured the actual Windows desktop with Desktop Duplication and sent
+H.264 to a real Frame: 219 sent frame records, 215 decoded and drawn before the
+snapshot. Individual windows are explicitly unavailable with this bundle.
+
+The base was `e9cbb8fd5555f5cfceeba1babadf2d7d35dcd3be` (`v0.4.10`, origin/main,
+including merged #121), in isolated branch `t3/test-windows-vm-headset`.
+
+## Evidence
+
+- [Capture before the fix](windows-vm-2026-10-24/capture-before.json): five
+  synthetic H.264 frames and five JPEG frames; zero desktop/window frames,
+  with the missing-property error for both codecs.
+- [Actual bundled properties](windows-vm-2026-10-24/plugin-properties.json):
+  `monitor-handle` exists; `capture-api`, `window-handle`, `show-border` do not.
+  [MSYS2 package build](https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/blob/master/mingw-w64-gst-plugins-bad/PKGBUILD)
+  sets `-Dd3d11-wgc=disabled`. Upstream
+  [installs those properties conditionally](https://github.com/GStreamer/gstreamer/blob/main/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/gstd3d11screencapturesrc.cpp).
+- [Capture after the fix](windows-vm-2026-10-24/capture-after.json): the real
+  display produces five H.264 and five JPEG frames. Window sources are hidden
+  with an explicit reason, and the display selects `capture_api=dxgi`.
+- [Raw locked headset session](windows-vm-2026-10-24/headset-session.json):
+  Windows helper, Media Foundation encoder, reverse SSH tunnel, production
+  panel launcher and shared viewer. The image below was captured from that
+  viewer's own X window on the Frame, rather than the VM's console.
+- [Windows tests](windows-vm-2026-10-24/windows-tests.txt) and
+  [guest system details](windows-vm-2026-10-24/windows-system.txt).
+
+![Windows VM desktop decoded in the Frame's own viewer](windows-vm-2026-10-24/headset-view.png)
+
+## Host and VM prerequisites
+
+lxso2: Intel Core i7-8700, 12 logical CPUs, VT-x/KVM; Docker 29.1.3 and Compose
+2.40.3. Before starting: 31 GiB RAM, 15 GiB available; 147 GiB free disk.
+Swap was already full. No other VM or service workload was started or stopped.
+Docker listed no Windows VM, and ports 2222/8006/13389 were unused.
+
+The execution sandbox hid KVM and denied Docker/network access. Checks outside
+it found `/dev/kvm`, `/dev/net/tun` and the Docker daemon. Direct user access to
+KVM was denied, but a disposable Docker container with `--device /dev/kvm`
+opened it successfully; no host permissions changed.
+
+Created only `frame-winvm-priority3`, labelled
+`frame-control.task=priority3-windows-test`: 4 vCPUs, 8 GiB guest RAM, 32 GiB
+growable disk, no restart, 150-second stop timeout. SSH 2222 and console 8006
+bind only 127.0.0.1; RDP is unpublished. No GPU passthrough. Image:
+`dockurr/windows@sha256:16fd7c39a3e48bb946d29c59dc6015942e5b900a1fa5d7e5552053bfc48ee2ea`
+(Windows for Docker v6.06, QEMU v11.1.1).
+
+The container downloaded Windows 11 from Microsoft, with no activation changes.
+It took about 16 minutes to reach the first desktop. Guest build 26200.8037,
+Red Hat VirtIO GPU DOD driver 100.103.104.30200. The old WindowsProductName
+registry field still says Windows 10 Pro; the actual desktop/setup is Windows
+11. After installing the app, the 32 GiB disk had about 9.3 GB free.
+
+Official `Frame-Control-Setup-x64.exe` v0.4.10 SHA-256:
+`30165bc5aa39f941cacc697d195dc5c30b01ad0b9ffb472da8a18a5220549202`.
+Its installer exited 0. The VM stream used an intermediate Python/UI-only
+fix with the released DLL bundle and bundled Python 3.12.14. A later CI failure
+showed that probing GStreamer through a separately loaded DLL could see a
+different, uninitialized instance. The final fix probes optional properties
+through the capture DLL itself. Windows CI checks that native change; the VM
+stream was not repeated with the final DLL.
+
+OEM setup added OpenSSH Server, PowerShell and a dedicated public login key;
+password authentication is disabled. Its config needed an explicit
+`AuthorizedKeysFile C:/ProgramData/ssh/administrators_authorized_keys` before
+key login worked. The default informational share was replaced with a private
+writable staging share inside this container. These were test-VM setup steps,
+not app defects. Host setup files and the stopped VM disk are retained under
+`/tmp/frame-winvm-priority3/`; no private keys are committed or printed.
+The Frame test key was generated inside Windows and its private key stayed
+there. Only its public key was temporarily authorized on the Frame. After
+testing, the guest key and scheduled task were removed; `docker stop -t 150`
+shut down the dedicated VM. Inspection confirmed `exited`, restart `no`
+(container exit 143; logs show the ACPI shutdown signal, waiting for Windows,
+and `Shutdown completed!`). The disk is retained
+for reuse; the VM is not running.
+
+## Checks
+
+- Baseline PC-focused suite: 24 tests passed, one native class skipped.
+- After fix: full Linux unittest suite **1260 tests, OK, 15 skipped**, 144.366 s;
+  focused final PC suite **27 tests, OK, one native class skipped**. The C
+  controller's frozen 600-state trace ran on Linux.
+- Actual Windows installer bundle with the intermediate Python/UI fix:
+  **33 tests, OK, four skipped** (no C compiler, Linux PipeWire test, two
+  CI-only x264 tests). Its GObject property probe, host/encoder check and
+  x264-absence check ran. The final native probe is checked in the PR's
+  Windows CI build, not by this VM run.
+- Browser check with the real production HTML/JavaScript and mocked Windows API
+  responses: DXGI whole-screen Show remains available, the limitation appears
+  once, WGC window sources retain Show, off hides controls, and the limitation
+  text is escaped. This used a static asset server, without headset API access.
+- `node --test app/test/*.test.js`: passed, three test files.
+- `node --test site/test/*.test.mjs`: passed, one test file.
+- The first full Linux run inside the sandbox failed (11 failures, 139 errors),
+  including loopback socket `PermissionError`. The successful full runs were
+  outside that socket restriction.
+- An initial guest test archive omitted `apk-catalog`, causing one import
+  error; the complete archive produced the 33-test passing Windows run.
+
+Raw local logs: `/tmp/frame-windows-{pc,app,site}-tests.log`,
+`/tmp/frame-windows-full-tests-unrestricted.log`,
+`/tmp/frame-windows-full-fixed-tests.log`, and
+`/tmp/frame-winvm-priority3/`. The committed artifacts above preserve the
+capture, Windows test and headset evidence independently of those local files.
+
+## Shared Frame session and cleanup
+
+Read-only checks first: SteamOS 0.5.6, BUILD_ID `20261015.6141207`, battery 99%,
+Not charging (another supply reports Full). The lock was free.
+
+Both attempts acquired `/tmp/frame-test.lock` atomically before any key or
+viewer changes, and removed only the lock acquired by this task. The first,
+35-second attempt failed because the test wrapper sent CRLF script input and
+left SSH stdin open. Production already sends script bytes and closes stdin;
+correcting the wrapper resolved both. Its key was removed and lock released.
+
+The successful session held the lock **03:09:36–03:10:05 UTC (29 seconds)**.
+It used a dedicated `pc-view-priority3` profile and port range 47960–47964,
+leaving existing viewers/profiles alone. The app's Windows `PCView` captured
+`display:65537`, 1280×800, Light preset (30 fps ceiling), and opened panel
+`valve.steam.desktopgame.2001396898`. The viewer reported H.264 software decode,
+218 received frames, 215 decoded/drawn before the snapshot (219 sent records).
+
+This mostly idle, roughly ten-second sample reported 19 fps and content delay
+p50/p95 51.6/75.2 ms. These are observations, not a performance-target pass.
+
+Cleanup stopped the helper and tunnel, closed the own viewer, removed its two
+possible profile paths and log, then removed the exact public-key line. The
+`authorized_keys` SHA-256 was identical before/after. A follow-up login from
+Windows with that key failed with exit 255. Separate checks found no task-owned
+viewer processes, the profile absent, and the shared lock released. Battery
+remained 99%; the sampled gamescope focus properties matched before/after.
+No reboot, global settings changes, game launch or Steam/SteamVR stop occurred.
+
+## Limits
+
+This verifies a Windows VM's desktop capture, Media Foundation encoding and
+real Frame viewer decode/rendering. It does not verify physical-PC hardware
+encoding, WGC or individual-window capture, mixed DPI, multiple displays,
+physical laser alignment/clicks, keyboard layouts, resize/minimise, busy-scene
+performance, bitrate/encoder restarts, or worn-headset comfort. No input was
+injected during the real Frame session. The installed app’s Tools navigation was not exercised; its streaming
+controller, tunnel and viewer were exercised directly. No independent review was performed.
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+  "python": "3.12.14 (main, Sep 24 2026, 17:57:31) [MSC v.1944 64 bit (AMD64)]",
+  "resources": "C:\\Users\\frame\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Frame Control\\resources",
+  "elements": {
+    "d3d11screencapturesrc": true,
+    "mfh264enc": true,
+    "jpegenc": true,
+    "x264enc": false
+  },
+  "windowCaptureReason": "Individual windows are unavailable in this build. Choose a whole screen instead.",
+  "windows": [],
+  "displays": [
+    {
+      "src": "display:65537",
+      "name": "Display 1",
+      "x": 0,
+      "y": 0,
+      "w": 1280,
+      "h": 800,
+      "capture_api": "dxgi"
+    }
+  ],
+  "runs": [
+    {
+      "source": "test",
+      "codec": "h264",
+      "frames": 5,
+      "pipeline": "videotestsrc name=source is-live=true pattern=ball ! video/x-raw,framerate=30/1 ! queue name=raw_queue leaky=downstream max-size-buffers=1 max-size-bytes=0 max-size-time=0 ! identity name=gate ! videoconvert ! videoscale add-borders=false ! video/x-raw,width=640,height=360,format=NV12 ! mfh264enc name=enc low-latency=true bframes=0 gop-size=60 bitrate=1000 ! h264parse config-interval=-1 ! video/x-h264,stream-format=byte-stream,alignment=au ! appsink name=out sync=false max-buffers=2 drop=false",
+      "last_bytes": 154
+    },
+    {
+      "source": "test",
+      "codec": "jpeg",
+      "frames": 5,
+      "pipeline": "videotestsrc name=source is-live=true pattern=ball ! video/x-raw,framerate=30/1 ! queue name=raw_queue leaky=downstream max-size-buffers=1 max-size-bytes=0 max-size-time=0 ! identity name=gate ! videoconvert ! videoscale add-borders=false ! video/x-raw,width=640,height=360 ! jpegenc name=enc quality=80 ! appsink name=out sync=false max-buffers=2 drop=false",
+      "last_bytes": 7336
+    },
+    {
+      "source": "display:65537",
+      "codec": "h264",
+      "frames": 5,
+      "pipeline": "d3d11screencapturesrc show-cursor=true monitor-handle=65537 ! video/x-raw,framerate=30/1 ! queue name=raw_queue leaky=downstream max-size-buffers=1 max-size-bytes=0 max-size-time=0 ! identity name=gate ! videoconvert ! videoscale add-borders=false ! video/x-raw,width=640,height=360,format=NV12 ! mfh264enc name=enc low-latency=true bframes=0 gop-size=60 bitrate=1000 ! h264parse config-interval=-1 ! video/x-h264,stream-format=byte-stream,alignment=au ! appsink name=out sync=false max-buffers=2 drop=false",
+      "last_bytes": 65
+    },
+    {
+      "source": "display:65537",
+      "codec": "jpeg",
+      "frames": 5,
+      "pipeline": "d3d11screencapturesrc show-cursor=true monitor-handle=65537 ! video/x-raw,framerate=30/1 ! queue name=raw_queue leaky=downstream max-size-buffers=1 max-size-bytes=0 max-size-time=0 ! identity name=gate ! videoconvert ! videoscale add-borders=false ! video/x-raw,width=640,height=360 ! jpegenc name=enc quality=80 ! appsink name=out sync=false max-buffers=2 drop=false",
+      "last_bytes": 113339
+    }
+  ]
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+{
+  "python": "3.12.14 (main, Sep 24 2026, 17:57:31) [MSC v.1944 64 bit (AMD64)]",
+  "resources": "C:\\Users\\frame\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Frame Control\\resources",
+  "elements": {
+    "d3d11screencapturesrc": true,
+    "mfh264enc": true,
+    "jpegenc": true,
+    "x264enc": false
+  },
+  "windows": [
+    {
+      "src": "window:131836",
+      "id": 131836,
+      "title": "Administrator: C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe - powershell  -noprofile -executionpolicy bypass -file \\\\host.lan\\data\\bootstrap.ps1",
+      "app": "Windows",
+      "w": 1115,
+      "h": 628,
+      "x": 51,
+      "y": 52
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "window:327926",
+      "id": 327926,
+      "title": "Administrator: Install",
+      "app": "Windows",
+      "w": 979,
+      "h": 512,
+      "x": 85,
+      "y": 78
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "window:65856",
+      "id": 65856,
+      "title": "Program Manager",
+      "app": "Windows",
+      "w": 1280,
+      "h": 800,
+      "x": 0,
+      "y": 0
+    }
+  ],
+  "displays": [
+    {
+      "src": "display:65537",
+      "name": "Display 1",
+      "x": 0,
+      "y": 0,
+      "w": 1280,
+      "h": 800
+    }
+  ],
+  "runs": [
+    {
+      "source": "test",
+      "codec": "h264",
+      "frames": 5,
+      "pipeline": "videotestsrc name=source is-live=true pattern=ball ! video/x-raw,framerate=30/1 ! queue name=raw_queue leaky=downstream max-size-buffers=1 max-size-bytes=0 max-size-time=0 ! identity name=gate ! videoconvert ! videoscale add-borders=false ! video/x-raw,width=640,height=360,format=NV12 ! mfh264enc name=enc low-latency=true bframes=0 gop-size=60 bitrate=1000 ! h264parse config-interval=-1 ! video/x-h264,stream-format=byte-stream,alignment=au ! appsink name=out sync=false max-buffers=2 drop=false",
+      "last_bytes": 154
+    },
+    {
+      "source": "test",
+      "codec": "jpeg",
+      "frames": 5,
+      "pipeline": "videotestsrc name=source is-live=true pattern=ball ! video/x-raw,framerate=30/1 ! queue name=raw_queue leaky=downstream max-size-buffers=1 max-size-bytes=0 max-size-time=0 ! identity name=gate ! videoconvert ! videoscale add-borders=false ! video/x-raw,width=640,height=360 ! jpegenc name=enc quality=80 ! appsink name=out sync=false max-buffers=2 drop=false",
+      "last_bytes": 7336
+    },
+    {
+      "source": "display:65537",
+      "codec": "h264",
+      "frames": 0,
+      "pipeline": "d3d11screencapturesrc capture-api=wgc show-cursor=true show-border=true monitor-handle=65537 ! video/x-raw,framerate=30/1 ! queue name=raw_queue leaky=downstream max-size-buffers=1 max-size-bytes=0 max-size-time=0 ! identity name=gate ! videoconvert ! videoscale add-borders=false ! video/x-raw,width=640,height=360,format=NV12 ! mfh264enc name=enc low-latency=true bframes=0 gop-size=60 bitrate=1000 ! h264parse config-interval=-1 ! video/x-h264,stream-format=byte-stream,alignment=au ! appsink name=out sync=false max-buffers=2 drop=false",
+      "error": "no property \"capture-api\" in element \"d3d11screencapturesrc\""
+    },
+    {
+      "source": "display:65537",
+      "codec": "jpeg",
+      "frames": 0,
+      "pipeline": "d3d11screencapturesrc capture-api=wgc show-cursor=true show-border=true monitor-handle=65537 ! video/x-raw,framerate=30/1 ! queue name=raw_queue leaky=downstream max-size-buffers=1 max-size-bytes=0 max-size-time=0 ! identity name=gate ! videoconvert ! videoscale add-borders=false ! video/x-raw,width=640,height=360 ! jpegenc name=enc quality=80 ! appsink name=out sync=false max-buffers=2 drop=false",
+      "error": "no property \"capture-api\" in element \"d3d11screencapturesrc\""
+    },
+    {
+      "source": "window:131836",
+      "codec": "h264",
+      "frames": 0,
+      "pipeline": "d3d11screencapturesrc capture-api=wgc show-cursor=true show-border=true window-handle=131836 ! video/x-raw,framerate=30/1 ! queue name=raw_queue leaky=downstream max-size-buffers=1 max-size-bytes=0 max-size-time=0 ! identity name=gate ! videoconvert ! videoscale add-borders=false ! video/x-raw,width=640,height=360,format=NV12 ! mfh264enc name=enc low-latency=true bframes=0 gop-size=60 bitrate=1000 ! h264parse config-interval=-1 ! video/x-h264,stream-format=byte-stream,alignment=au ! appsink name=out sync=false max-buffers=2 drop=false",
+      "error": "no property \"capture-api\" in element \"d3d11screencapturesrc\""
+    },
+    {
+      "source": "window:131836",
+      "codec": "jpeg",
+      "frames": 0,
+      "pipeline": "d3d11screencapturesrc capture-api=wgc show-cursor=true show-border=true window-handle=131836 ! video/x-raw,framerate=30/1 ! queue name=raw_queue leaky=downstream max-size-buffers=1 max-size-bytes=0 max-size-time=0 ! identity name=gate ! videoconvert ! videoscale add-borders=false ! video/x-raw,width=640,height=360 ! jpegenc name=enc quality=80 ! appsink name=out sync=false max-buffers=2 drop=false",
+      "error": "no property \"capture-api\" in element \"d3d11screencapturesrc\""
+    }
+  ]
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+{
+  "gstreamer": "1.28.8",
+  "plugins": [
+    "coreelements",
+    "videotestsrc",
+    "videoconvertscale",
+    "app",
+    "jpeg",
+    "videoparsersbad",
+    "d3d11",
+    "mediafoundation"
+  ],
+  "packages": [
+    "mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gst-plugins-bad 1.28.8-2",
+    "mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gst-plugins-bad-libs 1.28.8-2",
+    "mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gstreamer 1.28.8-1"
+  ],
+  "elements": {
+    "d3d11screencapturesrc": {
+      "name": "The name of the object",
+      "parent": "The parent of the object",
+      "blocksize": "Size in bytes to read per buffer (-1 = default)",
+      "num-buffers": "Number of buffers to output before sending EOS (-1 = unlimited)",
+      "typefind": "Run typefind before negotiating (deprecated, non-functional)",
+      "do-timestamp": "Apply current stream time to buffers",
+      "automatic-eos": "Automatically EOS when the segment is done",
+      "monitor-index": "Zero-based index for monitor to capture (-1 = primary monitor)",
+      "monitor-handle": "A HMONITOR handle of monitor to capture",
+      "show-cursor": "Whether to show mouse cursor",
+      "crop-x": "Horizontal coordinate of top left corner for the screen capture area",
+      "crop-y": "Vertical coordinate of top left corner for the screen capture area",
+      "crop-width": "Width of screen capture area (0 = maximum)",
+      "crop-height": "Height of screen capture area (0 = maximum)"
+    },
+    "d3d12screencapturesrc": null,
+    "mfh264enc": {
+      "name": "The name of the object",
+      "parent": "The parent of the object",
+      "qos": "Handle Quality-of-Service events from downstream",
+      "min-force-key-unit-interval": "Minimum interval between force-keyunit requests in nanoseconds",
+      "bitrate": "Bitrate in kbit/sec",
+      "rc-mode": "Rate Control Mode",
+      "adaptive-mode": "Adaptive Mode",
+      "vbv-buffer-size": "VBV(HRD) Buffer Size in bytes (0 = MFT default)",
+      "max-bitrate": "The maximum bitrate applied when rc-mode is \"pcvbr\" in kbit/sec",
+      "quality-vs-speed": "Quality and speed tradeoff, [0, 33]: Low complexity, [34, 66]: Medium complexity, [67, 100]: High complexity",
+      "cabac": "Enable CABAC entropy coding",
+      "sps-id": "The SPS id to use",
+      "pps-id": "The PPS id to use",
+      "bframes": "The maximum number of consecutive B frames",
+      "gop-size": "The number of pictures from one GOP header to the next. Depending on GPU vendor implementation, zero gop-size might produce only one keyframe at the beginning (-1 for automatic)",
+      "threads": "The number of worker threads used by a encoder, (0 = MFT default)",
+      "content-type": "Indicates the type of video content",
+      "qp": "QP applied when rc-mode is \"qvbr\"",
+      "low-latency": "Enable low latency encoding",
+      "min-qp": "The minimum allowed QP applied to all rc-mode",
+      "max-qp": "The maximum allowed QP applied to all rc-mode",
+      "qp-i": "QP applied to I frames",
+      "qp-p": "QP applied to P frames",
+      "qp-b": "QP applied to B frames",
+      "ref": "The number of reference frames",
+      "d3d11-aware": "Whether device can support Direct3D11 interop"
+    }
+  }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+
+WindowsProductName WindowsVersion OsBuildNumber
+------------------ -------------- -------------
+Windows 10 Pro     2009           26200        
+
+
+
+Name                              DriverVersion     Status
+----                              -------------     ------
+Red Hat VirtIO GPU DOD controller 100.103.104.30200 OK    
+
+
+
+       Used       Free
+       ----       ----
+23951253504 9314816000
+
+
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+python.exe : test_original_mac_congestion_and_recovery 
+(test_pc_controller.ControllerTrace.test_original_mac_congestion_and_recovery) ... skipped 'C 
+compiler not installed; native build jobs cover this trace'
+At line:12 char:1
+ & $python -B -m unittest discover -s tests -p 'test_pc*.py' -v 2>&1 | ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (test_original_m...ver this trace':String) [], Remote 
+   Exception
+    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
+ 
+test_controller_is_inert_after_close 
+(test_pcview.AdapterTests.test_controller_is_inert_after_close) ... ok
+test_dxgi_only_bundle_captures_displays_without_optional_wgc_properties (test_pcview.AdapterTests.
+test_dxgi_only_bundle_captures_displays_without_optional_wgc_properties) ... ok
+test_idle_source_is_not_a_stall (test_pcview.AdapterTests.test_idle_source_is_not_a_stall) ... ok
+test_library_path_prepend_adds_no_empty_entry 
+(test_pcview.AdapterTests.test_library_path_prepend_adds_no_empty_entry) ... ok
+test_linux_uses_only_portal_fd_and_node 
+(test_pcview.AdapterTests.test_linux_uses_only_portal_fd_and_node) ... ok
+test_malformed_viewer_input_is_dropped_not_fatal 
+(test_pcview.AdapterTests.test_malformed_viewer_input_is_dropped_not_fatal) ... ok
+test_pc_card_receives_window_capture_limitation 
+(test_pcview.AdapterTests.test_pc_card_receives_window_capture_limitation) ... ok
+test_pc_reuses_launcher_and_namespaces_panel_ids 
+(test_pcview.AdapterTests.test_pc_reuses_launcher_and_namespaces_panel_ids) ... ok
+test_portal_input_clamps_and_releases_held_state 
+(test_pcview.AdapterTests.test_portal_input_clamps_and_releases_held_state) ... ok
+test_refused_windows_focus_never_clicks_the_covering_app 
+(test_pcview.AdapterTests.test_refused_windows_focus_never_clicks_the_covering_app) ... ok
+test_session_end_releases_native_input_only_once 
+(test_pcview.AdapterTests.test_session_end_releases_native_input_only_once) ... ok
+test_stats_keep_capture_time_and_bound_records 
+(test_pcview.AdapterTests.test_stats_keep_capture_time_and_bound_records) ... ok
+test_windows_release_and_negative_monitor_origin 
+(test_pcview.AdapterTests.test_windows_release_and_negative_monitor_origin) ... ok
+test_windows_sources_follow_actual_wgc_capabilities 
+(test_pcview.AdapterTests.test_windows_sources_follow_actual_wgc_capabilities) ... ok
+test_windows_uses_wgc_and_media_foundation 
+(test_pcview.AdapterTests.test_windows_uses_wgc_and_media_foundation) ... ok
+test_never_offered_off_windows_even_when_turned_on 
+(test_pcview.GatingTests.test_never_offered_off_windows_even_when_turned_on) ... ok
+test_off_by_default_starts_nothing (test_pcview.GatingTests.test_off_by_default_starts_nothing) 
+... ok
+test_only_windows_gets_the_pc_host (test_pcview.GatingTests.test_only_windows_gets_the_pc_host) 
+... ok
+test_server_enable_action (test_pcview.GatingTests.test_server_enable_action) ... ok
+test_turning_off_stops_streams_and_the_helper 
+(test_pcview.GatingTests.test_turning_off_stops_streams_and_the_helper) ... ok
+test_turning_on_checks_for_the_bundled_libraries 
+(test_pcview.GatingTests.test_turning_on_checks_for_the_bundled_libraries) ... ok
+test_expiry_and_stop_before_redeem (test_pcview.GrantsTests.test_expiry_and_stop_before_redeem) 
+... ok
+test_source_bound_retry_ack_and_stop 
+(test_pcview.GrantsTests.test_source_bound_retry_ack_and_stop) ... ok
+test_agent_reports_its_host_and_encoder 
+(test_pcview.NativeTests.test_agent_reports_its_host_and_encoder) ... ok
+test_auth_and_real_h264_stats (test_pcview.NativeTests.test_auth_and_real_h264_stats) ... skipped 
+'x264 is only in CI test bundles, not the installer'
+test_bundled_pipewire_context_needs_no_system_modules 
+(test_pcview.NativeTests.test_bundled_pipewire_context_needs_no_system_modules) ... skipped 
+'Linux PipeWire client libraries'
+test_installer_bundle_leaves_out_gpl_x264 
+(test_pcview.NativeTests.test_installer_bundle_leaves_out_gpl_x264) ... ok
+test_last_raw_picture_survives_a_closed_gate 
+(test_pcview.NativeTests.test_last_raw_picture_survives_a_closed_gate) ... skipped 'x264 is only 
+in CI test bundles, not the installer'
+test_native_property_probe_checks_the_instantiated_element 
+(test_pcview.NativeTests.test_native_property_probe_checks_the_instantiated_element) ... ok
+test_card_says_experimental_and_what_is_unverified 
+(test_pcview.PageTests.test_card_says_experimental_and_what_is_unverified) ... ok
+test_opt_in_is_remembered_with_the_client_preferences 
+(test_pcview.PageTests.test_opt_in_is_remembered_with_the_client_preferences) ... ok
+test_tool_link_is_windows_only_and_marked_experimental 
+(test_pcview.PageTests.test_tool_link_is_windows_only_and_marked_experimental) ... ok
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Ran 33 tests in 1.684s
+
+OK (skipped=4)
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# Windows Wireless Adapter doctor verification, 24 October 2026
+
+PC-only implementation and verification. No Frame was contacted, before or
+after 13:00 UTC. No adapters or security settings were changed. This evidence
+does not establish a physical Steam wireless adapter fix or RF interference.
+
+## Windows VM
+
+An existing local Windows 11 VM (build 26200), Python 3.12.14 from the installed
+Frame Control bundle, ran the isolated suite from a task-specific Downloads
+folder:
+
+```powershell
+& 'C:\Users\frame\AppData\Local\Programs\Frame Control\resources\python\python.exe' -m unittest discover -s tests -p test_wireless.py -v
+```
+
+Result: **15 tests, OK, one skipped** (Node absent). This includes the real
+read-only PowerShell inventory and authenticated HTTP handler tests. The app's
+connector was never started. Existing test SSH credentials were used only for
+the Windows VM; no credentials were copied into the repository.
+
+- [Exact test output](windows-wireless-tests-2026-10-24.txt).
+- [Sanitized live inventory](windows-wireless-summary-2026-10-24.json): two
+  virtual-machine network devices, with PnP/presence/adapter/route sources
+  available. WLAN unavailable; channels/bands remained null. All PnP IDs,
+  device names and interface names were removed from this artifact.
+- The guest clock was approximately seven hours ahead of the host. `observedAt`
+  is retained as returned by Windows, not used to establish test timing.
+
+The first probe used a list of requested default prefixes. A missing IPv6
+route caused PowerShell to throw away available IPv4 data. The final query
+filters `Get-NetRoute` results instead, and the rerun above confirms routes
+are available. No network configuration was changed to make the query work.
+
+## Browser UI and local tests
+
+Production `ui/index.html` ran against a loopback-only synthetic API fixture,
+with no connector and no headset transport. Opening/revisiting the tool caused
+no wireless query; an explicit click rendered two distinct Wi-Fi Direct PnP
+instances and a 2.4 GHz PC interface while the headset state was offline.
+Unknown virtual-adapter channels, non-present/disabled status, and unconfirmed
+interference remained visible. Checked at 1280 and 640 CSS pixels without
+horizontal overflow.
+
+![Production browser UI with explicitly labelled synthetic Windows readings](windows-wireless-synthetic-2026-10-24.png)
+
+The screenshot uses synthetic readings, not the VM's two Ethernet interfaces.
+The yellow synthetic-data label was added by the browser fixture for this
+capture; it is not product UI.
+
+Local commands:
+
+```sh
+python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p 'test_wireless.py' -v
+node tests/wireless.cjs
+python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -v
+python3 -m py_compile ui/*.py
+node --check /tmp/wireless-index-scripts.js
+```
+
+The targeted suite passed 15 tests with the live Windows-only test skipped;
+the direct Node run passed all four UI tests. The complete server suite passed
+1,423 tests with 16 skips before the additional missing-metadata test; a final
+complete run and Windows CI results are recorded in the PR. The syntax check
+used inline scripts extracted from the production HTML.
+
+## What remains unverified
+
+No physical Steam dongle, Razer headset, live Wi-Fi Direct session, channel
+reading from real wireless hardware, dropout reproduction or recovery action.
+The English netsh parser is fixture-tested; localised or denied readings remain
+unknown. Windows CI validates query execution on hosted virtual hardware.
+There is no adapter disable action because the available evidence cannot
+reliably identify a safe extra instance.
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{
+  "platform": "Windows-11-10.0.26200-SP0",
+  "python": "3.12.14",
+  "state": "partial",
+  "sources": {
+    "pnp": "ok",
+    "present": "ok",
+    "adapters": "ok",
+    "routes": "ok",
+    "wlan": "unavailable"
+  },
+  "observedAt": "2026-10-24T19:15:45.946191+00:00",
+  "deviceCount": 2,
+  "devicesWithoutIdentifiers": [
+    {
+      "present": true,
+      "pnpStatus": "OK",
+      "problemCode": 0,
+      "operational": 6,
+      "media": 0,
+      "defaultRoute": false,
+      "wifi": false,
+      "hardware": false,
+      "channel": null,
+      "band": null
+    },
+    {
+      "present": true,
+      "pnpStatus": "OK",
+      "problemCode": 0,
+      "operational": 1,
+      "media": 1,
+      "defaultRoute": true,
+      "wifi": false,
+      "hardware": true,
+      "channel": null,
+      "band": null
+    }
+  ]
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+test_ambiguous_adapter_join_never_selects_the_first_match (test_wireless.Inventory.test_ambiguous_adapter_join_never_selects_the_first_match) ... ok
+test_channels_require_exact_guid_and_band_is_never_guessed (test_wireless.Inventory.test_channels_require_exact_guid_and_band_is_never_guessed) ... ok
+test_counts_unique_pnp_ids_not_rows_or_suffix_order (test_wireless.Inventory.test_counts_unique_pnp_ids_not_rows_or_suffix_order) ... ok
+test_distinct_instances_presence_disabled_and_activity_are_separate (test_wireless.Inventory.test_distinct_instances_presence_disabled_and_activity_are_separate) ... ok
+test_friendly_name_is_only_a_candidate_and_other_duplicate_names_are_not_direct (test_wireless.Inventory.test_friendly_name_is_only_a_candidate_and_other_duplicate_names_are_not_direct) ... ok
+test_missing_interface_metadata_and_invalid_guids_stay_unknown (test_wireless.Inventory.test_missing_interface_metadata_and_invalid_guids_stay_unknown) ... ok
+test_missing_sources_are_unknown_and_adapter_fallback_is_retained (test_wireless.Inventory.test_missing_sources_are_unknown_and_adapter_fallback_is_retained) ... ok
+test_raw_ssid_mac_and_errors_are_not_returned (test_wireless.Inventory.test_raw_ssid_mac_and_errors_are_not_returned) ... ok
+test_concurrent_requests_do_not_spawn_more_probes (test_wireless.Probe.test_concurrent_requests_do_not_spawn_more_probes) ... ok
+test_failure_timeout_and_invalid_output_are_explicit_and_release_lock (test_wireless.Probe.test_failure_timeout_and_invalid_output_are_explicit_and_release_lock) ... ok
+test_http_is_authenticated_pc_only_and_never_calls_ssh (test_wireless.Probe.test_http_is_authenticated_pc_only_and_never_calls_ssh) ... GET "GET /api/host/wireless HTTP/1.1" 403 -
+GET "GET /api/host/wireless HTTP/1.1" 400 -
+GET "GET /api/host/wireless HTTP/1.1" 200 -
+ok
+test_live_windows_inventory (test_wireless.Probe.test_live_windows_inventory) ... ok
+test_non_windows_starts_nothing (test_wireless.Probe.test_non_windows_starts_nothing) ... ok
+test_static_noninteractive_local_command_and_timeout (test_wireless.Probe.test_static_noninteractive_local_command_and_timeout) ... ok
+test_ui_behavior (test_wireless.Probe.test_ui_behavior) ... skipped 'Node required'
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Ran 15 tests in 8.139s
+
+OK (skipped=1)
+Windows wireless smoke: partial {'pnp': 'ok', 'present': 'ok', 'adapters': 'ok', 'routes': 'ok', 'wlan': 'unavailable'} devices= 2
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# Frame Control extensions
+
+Extensions add a local panel to Frame Control's Tools page. They are plain HTML,
+CSS and JavaScript. Frame Control discovers them from its per-user data folder;
+there is no build step, server process, or headset installation. Open an extension
+to run it. Closing it unloads its page.
+
+## Install the example
+
+Copy [`examples/extensions/headset-glance`](../examples/extensions/headset-glance)
+to the `extensions` folder shown on Tools → Extensions, then select **Refresh**
+and **Open Headset Glance**. The folder is normally:
+
+- Linux: `~/.local/share/frame-control/extensions`
+- macOS: `~/Library/Application Support/Frame Control/extensions`
+- Windows: `%APPDATA%\Frame Control\extensions`
+
+To remove it, close the panel and delete only its `headset-glance` folder. The
+desktop app reads the folder on its computer. The iPhone app and the opt-in
+[SteamVR headset panel](headset-app.md) read the folder on the Frame. To use an
+extension in VR, copy its folder to
+`steamos@frame:~/.local/share/frame-control/extensions/`, then select
+**Extensions → Refresh extensions → Open** in the headset panel. The iframe,
+read-only bridge and asset rules are the same there.
+
+## Make an extension
+
+Create `extensions/your-id/manifest.json` and `index.html`. IDs use lowercase
+letters, digits and hyphens, start with a letter, and are at most 40 characters.
+The manifest ID must match the folder name:
+
+```json
+{
+  "id": "your-id",
+  "name": "Your feature",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "apiVersion": 1,
+  "description": "What the panel does.",
+  "entry": "index.html"
+}
+```
+
+`apiVersion` selects the Frame Control bridge contract, independently of your
+extension's own `version`. This app supports integer `1`; a missing field means
+`1` for existing extensions. Unsupported versions appear as errors on Refresh,
+and their assets are not served. Declare it in new extensions so a future API
+change can fail clearly instead of running incompatible code. The runtime
+`capabilities` reply below reports the bridge version too.
+
+Put JavaScript in a separate `.js` file. Supported assets are HTML, JS, CSS,
+JSON, PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP and SVG, all in the extension's top-level folder.
+Nested paths and symlinks are not served. No file may exceed 5 MiB. The panel
+uses an iframe with `sandbox="allow-scripts"`; its code has an opaque origin,
+cannot call Frame Control's HTTP API directly, and cannot navigate the app's
+top-level window. Content Security Policy restricts scripts, images, and
+`fetch` requests, but an extension can still navigate its own iframe to an
+external site. Treat third-party extensions as untrusted code and review them
+before installation.
+
+The version 1 bridge uses `postMessage`. Send a request to `parent` and match
+the numeric `id` in the reply. The [example JavaScript](../examples/extensions/headset-glance/main.js)
+shows a complete client:
+
+```js
+parent.postMessage({type: 'frame-control:request', id: 1, action: 'status'}, '*');
+// Reply: {type: 'frame-control:response', id: 1, value: {...}}
+```
+
+Supported actions:
+
+| Action | Value |
+| --- | --- |
+| `capabilities` | `{apiVersion: 1, actions: ['capabilities', 'status']}` |
+| `status` | `{connected, os: {version, build}, battery: {percent}, steamvr}` |
+
+`status` is the app's latest successful status snapshot. When that reading fails,
+`connected` is false and its fields are empty. No write actions are currently exposed. Future APIs
+should use explicit, narrow actions and keep the iframe isolated. A third-party
+extension is code you choose to run locally: inspect its files before copying
+them into the folder. A Decky plugin is a separate Steam client plugin and does
+not use this API.
@@ -6,6 +6,45 @@ This is Frame Control code using Python, Steam and SteamVR already on the Frame.

 ![Family and comfort controls in the desktop app](img/comfort-desktop.png)

+## Desktop low-battery alert without a session
+
+In the desktop app, open **Tools → Family & comfort** and check **Alert on this
+computer at 15% or less**. This separate option does not start a session, install
+a worker or change the headset. It starts off whenever the page opens and turns
+off when you switch headsets. The choice is only for the current open page.
+
+It consumes the battery parser already used by normal status refreshes (also
+shared by the read-only power sampler). It adds no SSH calls, timers, sensor
+reads, third-party push or heat thresholds. Normal automatic status refreshes
+pause while the page is hidden, so this is **not a background or safety monitor**.
+Keep the app visible and connected. Use **Enable / test notifications** to check
+system delivery; operating-system settings may block notifications.
+
+Two fresh readings, at least 20 seconds and at most 90 seconds apart, must show
+15% or less, driver state `Discharging`, and signed battery power below −0.5 W.
+This avoids alerting on plugged-in idle readings, which can report discharging.
+Missing, invalid, stale or interrupted readings break confirmation. Disconnect,
+a failed status request, hiding the page or toggling the option also breaks
+confirmation. Unknown readings never mean zero charge.
+
+An alert appears in the page and requests a native desktop notification once
+per low-charge episode. Two readings at 20% or more rearm it, and at least ten
+minutes must pass between alerts (including across headset switches). A single
+recovery spike cannot rearm it. Toggling off/on does not clear the episode latch.
+Notification failure stays visible in the page and does not retry on every
+refresh. While an active family session has battery alerts enabled, that session
+handles battery alerts instead. Multiple app windows have independent state;
+this does not coordinate notifications between computers or windows.
+
+A read-only check on 2026-10-24, build **20261015.6141207**, received two samples
+at 99%, `Not charging`, approximately −0.06 W and 24 °C. No low-battery condition
+was induced, no notification was sent to the real headset, and no headset state
+was changed. The sampler's local and remote smoke-lock checks allowed the run;
+no lock was acquired or removed. Deterministic tests exercise low charge,
+recovery, missing readings, idle drain, timing and notification denial. See
+[recorded evidence](evidence/desktop-battery-comfort-2026-10-24.json). Native OS
+notification display, worn use and macOS/Windows packaging were not verified.
+
 ## Sessions

 Set a limit of 1–240 minutes, optional break and check-in intervals, then
@@ -58,7 +97,7 @@ not been verified and is not guaranteed.

 ## Casting

-**Cast headset view** starts the existing headset Live view and requests full
+**Cast to this screen** (Home → **Right now**) starts the existing headset Live view and requests full
 screen where supported. Show that screen to people in the room, or use the
 computer/phone's own screen mirroring. It creates no new stream transport,
 public URL or LAN server. iPhone uses the inline viewer if full screen is not
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ depends on SSH working through the `frame` alias from `scripts/connect.sh`.
 | KDE Connect | KDE Connect on both | Guess | There's a macOS build of KDE Connect, but whether it's present or installable on the Frame wasn't confirmed. It would give you clipboard sync, file send, and remote input. Worth checking on-device. |
 | microSD | Physical card | Confirmed that the slot exists ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_Frame)) | Offline fallback. |

+Screenshots and Steam clips have their own buttons on **Tools → Capture &
+Live**, and **Settings → Copy to this computer** copies new ones here
+automatically: see [recording.md](recording.md#copying-new-ones-automatically).
+
 ## Clipboard

 `scripts/paste-to-frame.sh` sends the Mac clipboard (or stdin) to the
@@ -36,3 +40,34 @@ desktop has to be running in the headset. It's text only, and pastes over about

 A simpler fallback: `ssh frame 'cat > ~/clip.txt'` < file, then open it in the
 headset.
+
+### In Frame Control
+
+**Tools → Type on the headset** (also on Home, and press `T` anywhere) has the
+clipboard next to the keyboard and trackpad, both ways:
+
+- **Send text** or **Send this computer's clipboard** puts text on the headset's
+  clipboard, as above.
+- **Copy the headset's clipboard** brings it back: copy something in a desktop
+  app on the Frame, then press it, and paste on your computer. It calls
+  Klipper's `getClipboardContents` on the same D-Bus bus, and sends the text
+  back as base64, so accents, emoji and line breaks arrive unchanged. The
+  desktop app and the iPhone app put it on their own clipboard. With the server
+  in a browser, the server sets the clipboard of the computer it runs on:
+  `pbcopy` on macOS, PowerShell's `Set-Clipboard` (or `clip.exe`) on Windows,
+  `wl-copy`, `xclip` or `xsel` on Linux.
+
+It's text only, and copying back takes up to 1 MB; a bigger clipboard is
+refused with a message, so send big things as a file. An empty clipboard, or
+one holding an image, says so. Neither the server nor its log ever records what
+was on the clipboard.
+
+**Verified on a Frame, 2026-10-24:** SteamOS 0.5.6, build
+`20261015.6141207`. With a temporary nested desktop open, Frame Control sent
+a 47-character test marker to Klipper, then **Copy the headset's clipboard**
+read it through `getClipboardContents` and set a Linux PC's X11 clipboard.
+Reading that PC clipboard returned the exact marker. The prior headset
+clipboard was restored and the test desktop was closed. The PC side used a
+temporary X display on lxso2; macOS and Windows clipboard backends, a user's
+copy action in a headset app, and image/size error cases remain untested on a
+real headset. The fake Frame (`tests/fakeframe`) covers the protocol cases.
@@ -17,15 +17,21 @@ python3 ui/server.py         # anywhere: then open http://127.0.0.1:47810

 ## Features

-The window has six tabs: **Home** (headset view, status, screenshots),
-**Games** (installed games, sideloaded titles, getting games), **Android** (apps,
-the catalogue, display settings, reports), **Tools** (sending files and text,
-Flatpaks, remote and power), **Devices** (your headsets and their addresses),
-and **Control** (the searchable Control Center, metrics, supported settings and
-headset guidance). Keys 1–6 switch between them. Files can be dropped anywhere in the window. A
-connection pill in the header always shows which headset, which network this
-computer is on, the address in use or being tried, and each step of connecting
-as it happens; click it for the whole timeline. When the Frame can't be
+The window has six tabs: **Home** (what the headset's doing and what you'd do
+next, the headset view, screenshots, family and comfort, the keyboard and
+trackpad, and VR performance, folded away), **Games** (installed games,
+sideloaded titles, getting games), **Android** (apps, the catalogue, display
+settings, reports), **Tools** (in the headset: your computer's windows, the media
+player and the panel switcher; then sending files and text, Flatpaks, remote and
+power), **Devices** (your headsets and their addresses), and **Control** (the
+searchable Control Center, metrics, supported settings and headset guidance).
+Keys 1–6 switch between them, and `T` opens Type on the headset. The gear in the header (key 7) opens **Settings**:
+privacy and updates, library artwork and the assistant. The battery chip opens
+the headset's details: storage, memory, temperature, Wi-Fi, uptime and SteamOS
+build. Files can be dropped anywhere in the window. A
+connection pill in the header always shows which headset and whether it's
+connected, and how (Tailscale, or the network's name). Click it to add, edit or
+reorder the headset's addresses, or to see each step of connecting. When the Frame can't be
 reached, a banner says why in plain words, what was tried, and counts down to
 the next try, filling everything in once it answers. Flatpak and Android installs run in the background; the bottom bar
 counts them while they run.
@@ -43,11 +49,32 @@ counts them while they run.
  gamescope's flat layer instead.
 - **Screenshots** you take in the headset with Steam's shortcut: browse them and
  save them to `~/Pictures/SteamFrame`.
+- **Record** what the headset shows, with its sound, to an `.mp4` in
+  `~/Videos/SteamFrame`, and **Steam clips**: export clips and background
+  recordings from Steam's game recording at any length, without re-encoding.
+  See [recording.md](recording.md). Not tested on a headset yet.
+- **Backup & recovery** (Tools): copy game saves, settings and Android app data
+  to `~/Documents/Frame Control Backups/<time>/` with a checksummed manifest,
+  restore chosen parts after a factory reset, and **Return to Game Mode** when
+  the headset is stuck in Desktop Mode. Sign-in files and keys are never copied.
+  Not tested on a headset yet. See [backup-and-recovery.md](backup-and-recovery.md).
+- **Wireless Adapter doctor** (Windows, Tools → This PC): explicitly read local
+  PnP instances, presence/link states and available channel/band readings;
+  explain possible Wi-Fi Direct duplicates and 2.4 GHz audio overlap. No headset
+  access, automatic changes or disable button. See
+  [Windows wireless diagnosis](windows-wireless-doctor.md).
 - **Battery** with charging state: charge rate in watts, time to full or empty,
  charger type and wattage (for example USB-C PD 20 W), and battery temperature.
 - **Status**: storage, memory, temperature, Wi-Fi, uptime, and whether SteamVR,
  the desktop, Lepton and xrdp are running.
 - **Library** shelf with Steam cover art and a Play button (`steam://rungameid`).
+- **Force quit** a game that has stopped responding: Steam games, sideloaded
+  titles, non-Steam shortcuts and Android apps. **Running now** at the top of
+  Games lists what's running; each game's own **Force quit…** (on its library
+  tile, or in a sideloaded title's ⋯ menu) and the Control Center's **Force quit
+  a game** card do the same. Each asks first, because unsaved progress is lost.
+  Steam is asked to quit the game, then its processes get SIGTERM and SIGKILL;
+  see [steam-games.md](steam-games.md#force-quitting-a-running-game).
 - **Get games**: every game you own with its Steam Frame rating (Verified,
  Playable, Unsupported, Unknown). Install on Frame downloads it to the headset
  with live progress. Search the Steam store with prices and Frame ratings; Buy
@@ -57,7 +84,11 @@ counts them while they run.
 - **Volume** and mute (`wpctl`).
 - **Android apps**: search about 4,500 F-Droid apps rated for the Frame, install
  one with a click as its own Lepton instance (it keeps its data and shows in the
-  Steam library), then launch, stop, test or remove it. **Report an APK** records
+  Steam library), then launch, stop, test or remove it.
+  The catalogue can load while the installed-app list is still being read. If
+  that read fails, browsing remains available, but installation waits for a
+  confirmed list so Frame Control does not make a duplicate app instance.
+  **Report an APK** records
  whether any APK worked (F-Droid or not: pick a file, type a package, or use an
  installed app). Your reports are saved on your computer and change the verdicts
  you see. With **Share compatibility results** on (Privacy & updates), they also
@@ -74,8 +105,14 @@ counts them while they run.
  their own Android app. A game's `.zip`, folder or `.exe` becomes a title in
  the Steam library (Valve's Devkit Game path, with Proton or the Steam Linux
  Runtime picked from the program's header), listed under **Sideloaded titles**
-  with Launch and Remove; see [sideloading.md](sideloading.md). Send typed text, or your computer's clipboard, to the
-  Frame clipboard.
+  with Launch and Remove; see [sideloading.md](sideloading.md).
+- **Type on the headset** (on Home, in Tools, in the Control Center, or press
+  `T`): use your computer's keyboard and mouse, or a phone's touchscreen, in the
+  Frame's apps through KDE Connect, and move clipboard text both ways. Send
+  typed text or your computer's clipboard to the headset, or copy the headset's
+  clipboard back: copy in a desktop app on the Frame, then **Copy the headset's
+  clipboard**. The clipboard needs the desktop panel open in the headset; it's
+  text only, up to 1 MB. See [file-transfer.md](file-transfer.md#clipboard).
 - **Mac in the headset** (macOS): show any Mac window, or a whole screen, as
  its own panel in the headset. Place it with the SteamVR dashboard, click and
  scroll with the laser, and type on the Mac. Streams hardware H.264 through
@@ -121,6 +158,12 @@ GPU time is render time, not GPU utilisation. The temperature is the hottest
 readable sensor. Thermal trip warnings use per-zone kernel hot/critical limits,
 not a guessed universal temperature threshold.

+**Force quit a game** lists what's running only when you choose **Check what's
+running**, and says so when nothing is. Each **Force quit…** names the game and
+warns that unsaved progress will be lost before anything is sent; it uses the
+selected headset, refuses a second quit while one is running, and drops the
+list when you switch headsets.
+
 **Audio** controls the default output sink through the existing `/api/volume`
 endpoint. Moving its slider prepares a value; **Apply volume** sends it. **Mute**
 and **Unmute** send explicit mute states. The UI captures the selected headset,
@@ -133,7 +176,7 @@ rejects invalid types, out-of-range levels and invalid mute states before SSH.
 Other settings link to the existing forms and their validation, progress,
 confirmations and reset behavior: per-instance Android resolution/density/text,
 comfort sessions and alerts, media layouts, Mac streaming quality, privacy,
-sources and artwork. Android display links reveal **On your Frame** before
+sources and artwork. Android display links reveal the **Library** before
 scrolling to the form. Mac streaming remains searchable on all platforms, with
 its action shown only when the server is on macOS.

@@ -214,8 +257,8 @@ Google publishes no arm64 Linux platform-tools. Set Up Connection runs
 `ui/frame_connect.py` in your terminal emulator (GNOME Terminal, Konsole, xterm
 and others). The log is at
 `~/.config/Frame Control/logs/server.log`. Running `ui/server.py` in a browser
-instead of the app, sending the clipboard needs `wl-clipboard` (Wayland) or
-`xclip` (X11).
+instead of the app, sending the clipboard, or copying the headset's to this
+computer, needs `wl-clipboard` (Wayland), `xclip` or `xsel` (X11).

 ## Building

@@ -239,5 +282,5 @@ Control implementations. MCP wraps this HTTP API without API keys. Changes
 require a separate user approval; power also retains its password prompt. The
 assistant uses a user-chosen endpoint and sends nothing until the user opts in
 for a message. Screenshot context is separately opt-in. Model replies cannot
-operate the headset. Tools → Open assistant opens the page; the linked guide
+operate the headset. Settings → Open assistant settings opens the page; the linked guide
 covers putting it in a Chromium panel on the Frame.
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+# Frame doctor
+
+Run `scripts/frame-doctor.sh` from a checkout on macOS or Linux to diagnose
+first-time setup, pairing and common Frame failures without applying repairs.
+It needs Bash, Python 3 and OpenSSH on the computer, and Python 3 on the Frame.
+Windows users can run `python scripts/frame_doctor.py` with Python and OpenSSH
+installed; the desktop app does not bundle this command.
+
+```sh
+scripts/frame-doctor.sh
+scripts/frame-doctor.sh --alias bedroom --lan 192.168.1.40
+scripts/frame-doctor.sh --alias frame --lan 192.168.1.40
+```
+
+Use only addresses belonging to your intended headset. The command tries the
+existing `frame` SSH alias first (Tailscale if setup configured it that way),
+then an optional `--lan` address, then USB-C at `10.86.200.233`. SteamOS 0.5.6
+stopped publishing mDNS names, so use a known IP for `--lan` if `.local` no longer
+resolves. `--alias`, `--lan` and `--usb`
+override those defaults. It reports the successful path without printing its
+address. It neither discovers other devices nor enables Tailscale.
+
+The existing alias supplies the user, port, keys and known-hosts file. LAN and
+USB overrides preserve its `HostKeyAlias`, or its configured hostname if no
+alias was set. A first connection therefore needs trusted setup first. The
+doctor never accepts a new host key, deletes a saved key, generates keys or
+sends a pairing request. It uses your trusted OpenSSH configuration; OpenSSH
+can evaluate `Match exec` conditions in that configuration. Proxy commands,
+jumps, local commands, forwarding and connection sharing are disabled for
+these direct diagnostic connections.
+
+## Reading the result
+
+Each of the eleven runbook sections has one line: `OK`, `WARN`, `BROKEN` or
+`UNKNOWN`. `OK` means only that the stated check passed, not that the whole
+feature works. Optional features that are off may produce a warning.
+
+| Section | Read-only evidence and limits |
+|---|---|
+| 1. Boot and crash history | Previous-boot kernel-oops signatures; one day of coredump history. An oops alone does not prove an unclean reset. |
+| 2. Wi-Fi | NetworkManager's wlan0 state, without SSIDs or connection profiles. |
+| 3. Displays and SteamVR | DSI timeout signatures in the recent kernel journal; no display, compositor or game is launched. |
+| 4. Steam and storage | Free space in home and `devkit-game`, including separate mounts; missing Steam install marker. No CRC scan or restart. |
+| 5. Idle sleep and keep-awake | Existing keep-awake unit state; never takes ownership or changes idle timers. |
+| 6. Remote wake | WoWLAN state, without arming it or testing suspend. Wake with the power button. |
+| 7. Lepton | Recent port-clash, binder and data-clearing signatures; no Android/container commands. |
+| 8. Chromium XR | Crash history; no browser profile or environment inspection. |
+| 9. KDE Connect | Process presence; absence is normal when sharing is off. |
+| 10. Streaming and capture | ffmpeg crash history; no capture or encoder is started. |
+| 11. Panels | Always `UNKNOWN`: placement requires the user's visual confirmation. |
+
+Journal samples are capped at 2,000 entries; current-boot samples cover the
+last ten minutes. This can miss older or high-volume failures. Empty,
+inaccessible or permission-limited journals are `UNKNOWN`, never zero errors.
+Commands time out individually, and each SSH probe is bounded to 90 seconds.
+
+Exit codes: **0** if all reported checks are OK; **1** for warnings, broken or
+unknown checks after connecting; **2** if no authenticated SSH path exists or
+local SSH setup is unavailable. Panel verification currently means a connected
+run normally exits 1. Automation should read the labelled checks rather than
+treating a warning as proof the headset is unusable.
+
+## Read-only repair plan and before/after reports
+
+```sh
+scripts/frame-doctor.sh --plan --save-report before.json
+# Review the plan with the headset user. Any manual action is separate.
+scripts/frame-doctor.sh --plan --compare-before before.json --save-report after.json
+```
+
+`--plan` prints advice; it never executes repair commands or prompts for approval.
+There is no automatic repair mode. Advice about Wi-Fi, display timeouts, low
+storage, a missing Steam install marker or keep-awake requires the exact
+recognized section, severity and evidence. Other warnings request local review;
+unknown evidence never justifies a repair. A signature or missing marker alone
+does not establish a cause. Restart risk, rising counters or unknown counters
+block all section-specific plans and direct you to the recovery runbook.
+Nothing changes passwords, headset security, pairing, services or power settings.
+
+Reports are optional **local** JSON files containing only fixed diagnostic
+summaries, a format version and an opaque SSH-target configuration fingerprint.
+The fingerprint binds comparisons to the same alias, identity/routing
+configuration and fallback addresses; it does not prove physical headset
+identity or that the headset was not replaced behind that configuration. Keep
+using trusted SSH host keys. Report creation is exclusive (existing files and
+symlinks are refused), with owner-only permissions on POSIX. Protect reports
+using your local account permissions on Windows. Choose a fresh output filename
+for each run. Doctor never writes a report on the headset.
+
+`--compare-before` validates a bounded baseline before connecting and refuses
+changed target configuration. It prints each section's before/after status and
+prints both fixed evidence messages when they differ, even if the status
+stayed the same. Changes are observations, not proof a repair worked or caused them;
+recent journal windows can simply age out. There is no intervening repair by
+doctor, freshness guarantee, or authenticated report signature. If either run
+skipped deeper checks, comparison is blocked and no improvement is claimed.
+Unreachable or invalid probes produce no new baseline or comparison. Malformed
+baseline/target mismatch/report-write errors exit **2**; otherwise normal
+diagnostic exit codes apply. No saved report is needed for ordinary diagnostics.
+
+## First-time setup and pairing
+
+- **No SSH response:** wake the headset with its power button. Check the cable
+  or Steam Settings → Internet, then enable Developer Mode. Sleep and network
+  failure can look alike; a timeout cannot distinguish them.
+- **Key rejected:** open **Set Up Connection** in Frame Control. In the headset,
+  open Steam Settings → Developer → **Pair new host**, then approve setup's
+  request. The doctor only checks whether devkit port 32000 responds; that
+  does not prove pairing mode is open or the service is healthy.
+- **Unknown or changed identity:** verify the intended headset through setup
+  or Devices → **Check its key**. Do not delete `known_hosts` to bypass this.
+- **No devkit response:** check Developer Mode and the address. See
+  [SSH setup](ssh.md) for the manual fallback. The doctor cannot turn SSH on.
+
+No password is requested. Enter any password required by the separate setup
+flow only in its local terminal; never paste it into an issue or report.
+
+## Restart safety and recovery
+
+Before deeper checks, and again afterwards, the doctor samples Steam and
+SteamVR `NRestarts` and health-check tracker sizes two seconds apart. Rising
+counters stop diagnostics immediately. Nonempty health-check trackers also stop
+deeper checks even when stable, since a short sample could miss a slower loop.
+Missing counters or counters that reset stop deeper checks as `UNKNOWN`. Stable
+counters with empty trackers still cannot rule out a slower restart loop.
+
+The [historical runbook from PR #33](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/blob/cce3d940302054ab5246c92d740afaefc4e58d38/docs/frame-doctor.md)
+is the source for these section numbers and observed signatures (September
+2026 builds). Its section 4 describes freezing and verifying health-check
+trackers before prolonged recovery during a live loop. That changes headset
+state, so this read-only implementation stops and directs you there instead.
+The optional plan and baseline comparison are a guarded next step for issue
+#34; automatic fixes and full recovery automation remain unimplemented. Review
+build-specific recovery instructions with the person using the headset; a repair can remove data.
+
+Never reload `ath12k`, suspend remotely, kill gamescope to diagnose a loop,
+reset or force power off during extraction/repair, or write passwords to disk.
+The doctor never restarts services, signals processes, repairs Steam, changes
+WoWLAN/standby settings, takes keep-awake ownership, installs anything or writes
+a remote report. Only `--save-report` creates a local file. Nothing needs
+restoring on the headset after its checks. Manual/device tests must
+follow the [shared-device lock and battery procedure](testing.md#headset-smoke-test).
+
+## Privacy and verification
+
+Only fixed diagnostic summaries leave the remote probe. Raw journals, process
+arguments, environment variables, SSH errors, account IDs, network addresses,
+SSIDs, keys and tokens are not printed. No telemetry or HTTP request is sent;
+the only pairing-service probe is a TCP connection. SSH produces normal access
+logs. Review summaries before sharing them; feature availability can still be
+personal information. Redirecting stdout or using `--save-report` saves a report
+only if you choose it.
+Treat the target fingerprint as private metadata; it is a hash, not encryption.
+
+Unit tests use mocked boundaries. `scripts/e2e.sh test_doctor` covers asleep,
+disk-full, SSH/devkit-off and missing-key faults against the fake Frame. Its
+stable restart counters are explicitly simulated, not proof about SteamOS.
+On 2026-10-24 the script ran read-only against a real Frame, SteamOS build
+`20261015.6141207`. It verified the configured SSH alias and key login,
+then reported `WARN Restart safety`: nonempty health-check trackers. It
+correctly skipped all eleven deeper sections and exited 1. No raw logs,
+addresses or keys were printed, and no repair or restart was attempted.
+This verifies the safety stop on that device; the deeper checks are not
+claimed as headset-tested.
+
+Follow-up verification on 2026-10-24: `--plan --save-report` and then
+`--plan --compare-before` ran read-only on the same real Frame. Both reported
+nonempty health-check trackers, skipped deeper checks and exited 1. The plan
+was blocked and the comparison reported `risk -> risk` without claiming
+improvement. No install, launch, stop or repair was performed; this validates
+the guarded report path, not the deeper checks or any manual repair.
+
+The follow-up's 17 focused offline tests passed. All five doctor fake-Frame
+tests passed, including a disk-full baseline followed by fault removal and a
+fresh comparison. The final evidence-output change also passed that comparison
+test again. Because zsh is unavailable on this host, the repository's images
+were built and its Compose harness run directly under the isolated project
+`frame-doctor-plan-34`; its containers and volumes were removed afterwards.
+These storage changes were fake fault controls, not doctor repairs.
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Write a plugin for Frame
+
+There are two paths. Choose the one that matches your feature.
+
+## Frame Control extension
+
+Use a Frame Control extension for a panel, status view, or guide that does not
+need to change the headset. Put `extension.json` and `index.html` in one folder
+under `~/.local/share/frame-control/extensions`. The opt-in headset panel lists
+the folder and opens it in a sandboxed iframe. The version 1 bridge has only
+`capabilities` and read-only `status`. It cannot call Steam, change settings,
+or run privileged code. See [the extension API](extensions.md) and its example.
+
+## Decky plugin
+
+Use a Decky plugin only if you need Decky's backend or Gamepad UI integration.
+Build an official-format ZIP with one top-level folder, `plugin.json`, and a
+frontend bundle in `dist/index.js`. A Python `main.py` backend is optional.
+Test on ARM64. If you ship an ELF helper, build it for AArch64 (ELF machine
+183). Avoid root, `sudo`, Steam Deck TDP controls, fixed x86 binaries, and
+paths under `/etc`. Frame Control's managed loader is a normal user service;
+it blocks root plugins and x86 archives. Keep data under your plugin folder or
+the user's home directory, and provide a removal path.
+
+The current Frame SteamVR shell does not expose Decky's Steam Deck Quick Access
+Menu. A backend `Loaded` log only proves backend startup. Test any frontend
+page, setting, notification, route, and controller input while wearing a Frame
+before describing it as working in VR. Until a QAM bridge is verified, a Frame
+Control extension is the practical route for a visible read-only VR panel.
+
+To test safely, use a separate Frame Control managed Decky install, verify the
+ZIP digest from the official store, install one plugin at a time, and inspect
+`journalctl --user -u frame-control-decky.service`. Remove only your own
+plugin folder when you finish. See the current [compatibility table](decky-frame.md).
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# Game storage
+
+Open **Tools → Game storage** for a read-only snapshot of the headset's user
+filesystem and Steam libraries. Refresh after an installation, download or move.
+The page never moves, deletes or modifies content, starts Steam, requests root,
+or recursively scans game files. It works through the existing SSH connection.
+
+## What the numbers mean
+
+- **Total, free and used** come from `statvfs` on the headset user's home and
+  each library path. Free is space available to that user; reserved blocks mean
+  used + free can be less than total. These are filesystem sizes, not advertised
+  drive capacity, and do not include separate system partitions.
+- Libraries come from `~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/libraryfolders.vdf` plus
+  the default Steam library. Modern nested and older numbered-path records are
+  accepted; canonical duplicate paths are shown once. No drive is mounted.
+- Two paths can share one filesystem. Their capacity must **not** be added.
+  An unmounted drive whose mount directory still exists can report the parent
+  filesystem's capacity: the page labels this as the filesystem containing the
+  path, rather than claiming the removable drive is connected.
+- Game sizes are Steam's `SizeOnDisk` records in `appmanifest_<appid>.acf`, sorted
+  largest first, with unknown sizes last. A missing, negative or invalid size
+  is **Unknown**, while an explicit zero remains zero. Records may be stale,
+  including during downloads or moves; they do not measure allocated blocks.
+- Games/apps and runtimes/tools have separate subtotals of **known recorded**
+  sizes. Runtime classification uses names (Proton, Steam Linux Runtime,
+  Steamworks Common, FEX and Lepton Development), so it is only a convenience.
+  Additional apps or runtimes may fall in the game/app group.
+- Saves, Proton prefixes, shaders, workshops, downloads, Android apps,
+  sideloaded games, media and OS files are **unmeasured other usage**. The page
+  does not subtract manifest totals from filesystem usage to invent a size for
+  them. Recorded content is not an exhaustive storage breakdown.
+
+Permission denied, missing/disconnected paths, unavailable filesystem reads,
+invalid metadata and partial inventories are reported separately. A failed read
+is never proof of an empty library. If library discovery fails, other libraries
+may be missing from the view. Refresh clears the old results immediately; a
+headset switch clears the snapshot and ignores late replies from the old device.
+
+## Moving a game safely
+
+Use Steam's own **Settings → Storage** on the headset (or in desktop Steam):
+choose the source drive, select the games and choose **Move**, then pick a
+Steam-supported destination. A second Steam library must already be available.
+Steam may withhold Move or a destination when it cannot perform the operation.
+Let Steam finish, follow Steam's errors/recovery prompts, then Refresh here.
+Do not manually delete files to make room or interrupt an in-progress move.
+
+[Valve's moving guide](https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4BD4-4528-6B2E-8327#move)
+was read in a browser on 2026-10-24 and documents this UI. This is an instructional
+handoff: the page does not send a URI or silently open a UI on the headset.
+The guide's separate Windows instructions for moving the entire Steam client
+are outside this feature's scope.
+
+### Why Frame Control does not automate moving
+
+The repository's Valve devkit tools register and launch developer titles; no
+supported game-move operation is provided there. The existing Steam CEF bridge
+uses internal client APIs, which are not a verified supported contract for a
+move transaction. [Valve's public ISteamApps reference](https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/api/ISteamApps) provides install-directory
+and installed-depot queries but no documented move transaction with completion,
+cancellation, rollback and error guarantees. The public support guide describes
+the user-operated Storage UI, rather than such an automation interface.
+
+Consequently this feature adds no move endpoint or guessed internal Steam call,
+manifest rewrite, copy/delete fallback, or custom rollback. Automating a move
+requires a supported interface and verified behaviour for full disks, disconnects,
+running games, downloads, cancellation and Steam restart first.
+
+## Verification and limits
+
+`tests/test_storage.py` runs the actual probe against temporary Steam metadata
+and filesystem/error fixtures. It covers multiple libraries, duplicate paths,
+zero/unknown/invalid sizes, corrupt manifests, unreadable directories and files,
+missing discovery/drives, reserved capacity and read-only file preservation.
+A loopback HTTP test executes the real guarded endpoint with SSH mocked.
+`tests/storage.cjs` runs the production renderer, navigation and refresh handlers
+with DOM/transport boundaries faked, including escaping, offline errors,
+out-of-order refreshes and headset switches. It runs through unittest discovery.
+
+The production storage component was rendered with synthetic data at 390px and
+900px widths; both fit without horizontal overflow. This checks component
+layout, not the full connected application or headset browser.
+
+On 2026-10-24 the uninstalled storage parser was piped read-only over SSH
+to a real Frame running SteamOS build `20261015.6141207`. It reported
+710.4 GiB free on the user filesystem, one available Steam library, 29
+readable app manifests, zero unknown sizes and zero parse/permission issues.
+No game names or raw metadata were printed in the test report. The
+connected UI, removable media, Steam's Move UI and an actual game move were
+not tested. UI and error-state fixtures remain synthetic.
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# Frame Control in the headset
+
+**Experimental, Frame OS 0.5.6.** Tools → Frame Control in VR installs a local
+panel in SteamVR's dashboard. It is a way to reach Frame Control while wearing
+the headset, independent of Decky's Quick Access Menu. The panel starts only
+after you opt in; its server binds to `127.0.0.1` and it uses a normal user
+service. No `sudo`, root filesystem change, or Steam client patch is needed.
+
+The companion copies its bundled UI over the existing trusted SSH connection.
+On the Frame, `frame-control-headset.service` runs a loopback server and one
+Chromium app window on gamescope. The window receives a dedicated `STEAM_GAME`
+id, so SteamVR registers `valve.steam.desktopgame.2001947813` as a dashboard
+panel. **Show in SteamVR** requests that dashboard tab; the wearer can select
+it again from SteamVR's dashboard. Closing the panel stops its browser and
+server. The service is not enabled at boot.
+
+The page shows battery, free home storage and SteamVR status. It can request
+SteamVR's main Game Mode dashboard, list and force quit a running game after an
+unsaved-progress confirmation, save an OpenVR screenshot to
+`~/Pictures/FrameControl`, and record the SteamVR mirror to
+`~/Videos/FrameControl`. Recordings have a 20-minute limit and use a separate
+work folder from desktop Frame Control's recorder; they may have no audio if
+the monitor source is unavailable. Captures made in standby can be dark.
+
+The page also discovers extensions from
+`~/.local/share/frame-control/extensions` and opens them in sandboxed iframes.
+It offers the version 1 read-only `capabilities` and `status` bridge from
+[the extension guide](extensions.md). Installing an extension still means
+copying its folder to the Frame; the panel does not download third-party code.
+
+The panel also lists Decky plugins and can install, update, or remove compatible
+plugins from the official store when the opt-in managed loader is running.
+Each change asks for confirmation. The Frame VR shell does not show Decky's
+Steam Deck Quick Access Menu, so Decky plugin pages, settings, routes, and
+toasts are not available in this panel yet. The [compatibility table](decky-frame.md)
+separates backend loading from VR use. Authors can use the
+[Frame plugin and extension guide](frame-plugin-author.md).
+
+The per-run UI key is passed in the URL fragment, removed from the address bar after load,
+and sent in the `X-Frame-UI` header. The key is absent from the HTTP request
+line and server log. The usual host/origin and anti-framing checks still apply.
+
+## Real Frame test, 2026-10-25
+
+On Frame OS 0.5.6, build `20261022.6153909`, the opt-in install started the
+user service, served `/headset`, read live `/api/status` from the browser, and
+registered a mapped Chromium window with SteamVR under the dedicated overlay
+key. The server rejected a request with the wrong UI key. A read-only status
+probe reported the user service running and the overlay registered.
+
+The unworn headset was in standby (`activity_level` 3). SteamVR reported the
+new overlay as `not_visible` even after `ShowDashboard`. An OpenVR stereo
+screenshot was a uniform dark frame. The documented temporary wake attempt
+(`power.turnOffScreensTimeout` 5 → 3600, `--handlewakeup`, `ShowDashboard`)
+still left the overlay `not_visible`; the setting was restored to 5 and the
+dashboard hidden. The X window's `xwd` image was black too. These observations
+prove panel creation and page/API execution, **not wearer-visible pixels or
+laser/controller input**. A worn-headset check is still required before
+describing the panel as visually verified.
+
+The test then removed the managed service and app bundle. Its unit became
+inactive, port 47813 closed, the SteamVR overlay disappeared, and the Frame's
+battery was 100%. Steam and SteamVR were left running. The browser profile and
+extensions folder were deliberately kept.
+
+A second test on the same build installed the expanded panel with the
+`headset-glance` example extension. The headset's authenticated loopback API
+returned live status (99% battery), discovered and served the extension, and
+listed no running games. The Game Mode dashboard request succeeded; an invalid
+force-quit app ID was rejected with HTTP 400. Screenshot and recording actions
+saved a PNG and a 3.6 MB MP4 in the headset user's folders. The recording
+reported an audio source. The per-run UI key was absent from the server log.
+After another wake and dashboard request, SteamVR still reported the panel
+`not_visible`. No wearer-visible screenshot or controller interaction was
+obtained. The test removed its example extension and captured media, then
+uninstalled the service. The unit, port, bundle and overlay were absent after
+removal; Steam and SteamVR remained running.
+
+## Remove
+
+Use **Tools → Frame Control in VR → Remove**. If the companion is unavailable,
+run:
+
+```sh
+ssh frame 'systemctl --user stop frame-control-headset.service; rm -f ~/.config/systemd/user/frame-control-headset.service; systemctl --user daemon-reload; rm -rf ~/.local/share/frame-control/headset/bundle; rm -f ~/.local/share/frame-control/headset/receipt.json ~/.local/share/frame-control/headset/server.log'
+```
+
+That command removes only Frame Control's managed panel code. The Chromium
+profile remains in `~/.local/share/frame-control/headset/profile` so local
+extension data is not discarded. Inspect and delete that folder separately if
+you no longer want it. Third-party extensions are in
+`~/.local/share/frame-control/extensions` and are never removed by this tool.
@@ -20,15 +20,6 @@ SteamVR  (vrserver, vrcompositor, vrdashboard)       ← renders the room + pane
 Lepton (Android 11, podman container "lepton-dev") ← its own panel, app 3056000
 ```

-## Tracking additions (verified 2026-09-28)
-
-On SteamOS 0.4.1, build `20260925.6191901`, SteamVR exposes combined gaze
-through `XR_EXT_eye_gaze_interaction` in a headless OpenXR 1.0 session. Our
-reader obtained valid tracked samples and sent OSC to a configured loopback
-receiver. BlueZ LE discovery works; GTK4/GI can render our heart-rate panel.
-No BLE strap or SlimeVR trackers were attached. See [tracking](tracking.md)
-for the evidence, privacy defaults and untested integration boundaries.
-
 ## Facts worth knowing

 | Fact | Where it matters |
@@ -105,5 +96,6 @@ ssh frame 'cat /opt/steamvr/resources/webinterface/dashboard/localization/dashbo
 - Remote access from anywhere: [tailscale.md](tailscale.md)
 - Floating windows in space: [panels.md](panels.md)
 - Recovery images, what's in them, testing without the headset: [recovery-and-images.md](recovery-and-images.md)
+- Backing up saves and settings, restoring after a reset, leaving Desktop Mode: [backup-and-recovery.md](backup-and-recovery.md)
 - Frame Control on iPhone (the server running on the Frame itself): [iphone.md](iphone.md)
 - What's still unverified: [open-questions.md](open-questions.md)
@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@ app installed opens its App Store page.
 Things iOS asks the first time: **Local Network** (tap Allow, or the app can't
 see the Frame), and **Paste** when you send the iPhone's clipboard (tap Allow
 Paste, or set Settings → Apps → Frame Control → Paste from Other Apps → Allow).
-Sending text to the Frame's clipboard needs the desktop panel open in the
-headset, as on the desktop app.
+Sending text to the Frame's clipboard, or copying the Frame's to the phone
+(**Type on the headset → Copy the headset's clipboard**), needs the desktop
+panel open in the headset, as on the desktop app.

 Not yet exercised: Android display changes through podman (no Android app was
 running), a real sleep/restart/shut down on the Frame, and a physical iPhone.
@@ -114,8 +115,8 @@ don't.

 ## Family and comfort

-The shared Home card sets session limits, breaks and check-ins, and offers
-**Cast headset view**. **Enable / test notifications** requests iOS notification
+The shared Home card sets session limits, breaks and check-ins; **Cast to this
+screen** is in Home's **Right now** card. **Enable / test notifications** requests iOS notification
 permission and sends a local test. These are local notifications, not APNs push;
 iOS background suspension can interrupt phone alerts. The headset timer still
 runs. See [the behavior and verification limits](family-comfort.md).
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+# Linux Wireless Adapter doctor
+
+![Linux PC doctor before any checks run, with explicit hardware selection and read-only limits](img/linux-wireless-doctor.png)
+
+On the **Linux PC**, open **Settings → Linux Wireless Adapter doctor**, or
+**Devices & connection → Linux Wireless Adapter doctor**. It works without a
+connected headset. Choose **Read PC device inventory**, select the intended
+USB device or wireless interface, then **Check selected device**. Nothing runs
+until requested. Re-read the inventory after reconnecting a device.
+
+From a source checkout, the same collector is available without starting the
+app or its headset connection workers:
+
+```sh
+python3 ui/frame_wireless_doctor.py
+python3 ui/frame_wireless_doctor.py --device net:wlan0
+python3 ui/frame_wireless_doctor.py --device usb:1-2 --json > adapter-report.json
+```
+
+Use a selector actually listed on your PC. No device is selected automatically.
+All USB devices are included, including hubs and devices without a network
+interface. A product label, observed VID/PID, or a single available interface
+**does not identify Valve's adapter**. There is no trusted adapter ID table in
+this feature. Compare inventory before and after reconnecting the intended
+adapter when safe. For a USB device exposing multiple wireless interfaces,
+select the specific interface for radio/manager evidence.
+
+## Evidence and limits
+
+- **Presence and binding:** `/sys/bus/usb/devices` and `/sys/class/net` correlate
+  USB ancestry, wireless interfaces, driver links and module links. An absent
+  interface does not establish which driver should be installed. A missing
+  module link may mean a built-in driver. A bound driver does not prove Steam
+  streaming support.
+- **Permissions and udev:** `udevadm info --query=property` supplies a small
+  allowlist of driver, ID and tag fields. If available, the report includes USB
+  node mode, owner/group IDs and the current user's read/write access. Direct
+  USB access is not necessarily required by kernel networking; a restrictive
+  node alone is not diagnosed as the cause. No udev rules are installed or run.
+- **Radio blocks:** read-only WLAN rfkill sysfs entries are matched to the
+  selected interface's PHY name. An unrelated block cannot establish that
+  this adapter is blocked. Unavailable or unmatched entries remain unknown.
+- **Channel/band:** `iw dev IFACE info` provides the current channel and
+  frequency where reported; `iw phy PHY info` supplies enabled frequencies.
+  An idle interface may have no current channel. These observations do not
+  establish the channel used by a Steam streaming session, supported regions,
+  or the correct regulatory setting.
+- **Network managers:** visible `/proc/*/comm` process names show
+  NetworkManager, iwd and wpa_supplicant. `nmcli` reads only the selected
+  interface's general state, managed flag and driver. NetworkManager can use
+  iwd or wpa_supplicant as its backend, so coexistence is not itself a conflict.
+  If both backends are visible, the report suggests checking who owns this
+  exact interface. It does not claim a confirmed conflict or stop services.
+  Restricted process visibility and unverified backend ownership are explicit.
+
+Every command uses fixed read-only arguments, no shell, closed stdin and a
+three-second timeout. Optional tools are not installed automatically. Missing
+tools, denied reads, disappearing devices, and restricted VM/container hardware
+visibility remain unknown. A successful report is a snapshot, not a hardware
+health certificate. CLI exit 0 means collection is supported, not that the
+adapter works; unsupported platforms/headset-local mode return 2, as does an
+invalid/stale selector. JSON has schema version 1.
+
+The doctor never uses SSH, scans nearby Wi-Fi networks, opens a connection to
+the Frame, escalates privileges, loads drivers, changes security settings,
+changes channels, unblocks radios, changes network settings, or restarts
+services. Run it as your ordinary user, never with sudo. The app hides the
+entry on macOS, Windows and phone sessions; its API refuses collection in
+headset-local (`FRAME_LOCAL=1`) mode. The source CLI is intended only for the PC.
+
+Reports stay local unless you explicitly save, copy or share them. Exported
+fields include observed USB IDs/product labels, interface names, driver names
+and permission metadata. USB serials, Wi-Fi names, MAC/IP address fields,
+credentials, process arguments and raw command output are not exported. Review
+the report before posting it: hardware labels and local paths can identify
+parts of your setup.
+
+## Motivation and shipped comparison
+
+[The 23 October 2026 complaint](https://x.com/ExpressGinga81/status/2113457683143741720)
+says the Wi-Fi dongle does not work on Ubuntu/Kubuntu 26.04 while SteamVR works
+under Wayland. It supplies **no adapter VID/PID, driver, logs or established
+cause**. This feature helps gather that missing evidence; it does not claim to
+fix that complaint or certify Ubuntu/Kubuntu 26.04 support.
+
+Shipped **v0.4.18** has local network/gateway discovery in `frame_network.py`
+and headset connection management, but no local USB/driver/rfkill adapter
+report or adapter diagnostic UI. The existing `frame-doctor.sh` diagnoses the
+headset through SSH and is a different tool. This doctor never calls it.
+General SteamOS 3.9.5 / Frame OS 0.5.6 compatibility and OS backend transition
+notes are covered separately in
+[`docs/steamos-2026-10-compat.md`](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/blob/9c7110c1f48d160b0fb3c3b9f658d4937bd2032d/docs/steamos-2026-10-compat.md)
+([PR #164](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/164)). Existing PC
+route/SSID diagnostics use NetworkManager's `nmcli` with an `iwgetid` SSID
+fallback, independently of whether NetworkManager uses wpa_supplicant (SteamOS
+3.9.5 new installs) or iwd (upgrades). This doctor reads actual PC evidence and
+does not infer a conflict, hardware identity or fix from those OS defaults.
+There is no adapter-specific device observation in that compatibility work.
+
+## Verification
+
+```sh
+python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -p test_wireless_doctor.py -v
+python3 -m unittest discover -s tests
+```
+
+Tests use an explicitly synthetic USB `1234:5678`, sysfs trees, command replies
+and loopback HTTP. They cover an unbound USB device, module binding, multiple
+interfaces, PHY-matched and unrelated rfkill entries, channel parsing, manager
+coexistence, missing/denied commands, stale/injected selectors, export field
+filtering, authentication and refusal to probe in headset-local mode. The
+HTTP tests instantiate the handler without starting headset workers.
+
+Linux host collection was exercised on kernel `6.8.0-139-generic`: an existing
+PC interface was visible with its `iwlwifi` binding and unblocked PHY; `iw` and
+`nmcli` were absent and reported as unavailable. This is **not a physical Steam
+Frame Wireless Adapter test**, an Ubuntu/Kubuntu 26.04 test, or a headset test.
+No Frame access is part of this work.
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ Frame Control can show any Mac window, or a whole Mac screen, as its own panel
 in the Steam Frame. You place each panel anywhere in the room with the SteamVR
 dashboard. The laser clicks and drags, the thumbstick scrolls, and you type on
 the Mac's own keyboard. Find it under **Tools → Mac in the headset** (macOS
-only).
+only). On Windows there's an experimental port,
+[PC in the headset](pc-in-headset.md).
+
+On a **whole Mac display** panel, click **Switch Mac app (⌘Tab)** to send one
+Command-Tab chord to the Mac. The button is absent from single-window panels;
+those already keep their own source. It requires the same Mac Accessibility
+permission as other viewer keyboard input. The chord and button have automated
+checks, but a worn-headset click has not been verified.

 The confidence labels are the same as in [ssh.md](ssh.md).

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+# Headset view in OBS
+
+Frame Control can send SteamVR's headset mirror and the Frame's output audio to
+OBS on a Windows, Linux or macOS computer. The helper uses the same `/dev/video99` video
+source and default-output monitor as **Capture & Live → Record**. It sends a
+local MPEG-TS stream; no port is opened to the LAN or internet.
+
+1. Connect to the Frame and start SteamVR. OBS runs on the computer; the Frame
+   already has `ffmpeg`.
+2. In the **Frame Control desktop app**, open **Capture & Live** and click
+   **Start OBS source**. Keep Frame Control open; **Stop OBS source**, switching
+   headsets, or quitting the app closes its SSH stream. It uses the selected
+   headset and the app's bundled helper.
+3. In OBS, add a **Media Source**, clear **Local File**, set **Input** to
+   `udp://127.0.0.1:15099`, and set **Input Format** to `mpegts`. The source
+   carries video and AAC audio. Use OBS's audio mixer to choose monitoring and
+   recording levels.
+
+From a source checkout, you can instead install `python3` on the computer and
+run:
+
+   ```sh
+   python3 scripts/obs-headset-source.py
+   ```
+
+Ctrl+C stops the checkout helper. The app closes a control pipe when you click
+Stop or quit; the helper then closes its SSH child, including on Windows. On
+Windows, install Python 3 and OpenSSH Client if Frame Control cannot find them.
+The Windows app Start/Stop path still needs a physical Windows/Frame test.
+If no first packet arrives within 20 seconds, or an active stream sends no
+packet for 10 seconds, the helper closes SSH and shows an error instead of
+leaving **Start OBS source** waiting or a frozen source running indefinitely.
+
+To share the OBS view in a call, see the short
+[Discord setup guide](streaming-to-discord.md).
+
+`--height 1080 --fps 60` increases quality and Frame CPU use. The default is
+720p30. `--port 15100` selects another loopback port; use the same port in
+OBS. If the Frame's PulseAudio monitor cannot be read, the helper exits with
+an error. Use `--no-audio` only when a silent view is useful. To inspect the
+stream without OBS, run `ffprobe -v error -show_streams
+udp://127.0.0.1:15099` in a second terminal while the helper is running.
+
+This is the composited, undistorted one-eye **SteamVR mirror**, not a raw
+passthrough camera feed. The mirror may be blank when the headset is idle or
+unworn. Whether active passthrough pixels appear in it is still unverified.
+The helper does not send a microphone. It is designed for one local OBS
+receiver. **Verified 2026-10-25:** the helper bundled in the Linux AppImage
+sent a real Frame stream to OBS 30's Media Source. OBS recorded 37.6 seconds
+with H.264 video and AAC audio; a brief 440 Hz tone played to the Frame's
+default output was present in the saved audio. The headset was in standby, so
+the video showed the standby mirror. Nobody listened to OBS's monitoring output,
+and audio/video sync and active passthrough remain unverified. See the
+[test evidence](evidence/obs-media-source-real-2026-10-25.md).
+The [follow-up Linux/Frame transport check](evidence/obs-followup-2026-10-25.md)
+measured packet continuity and a short MP4 recording on the current SteamOS
+build. The headset was still in standby.
+
+## SteamOS / Steam Machine PC host
+
+Use **Desktop Mode** on the SteamOS PC. Download the Linux x86_64 AppImage to
+your home folder. Make it executable and open it there; SteamOS has a
+read-only system root, so these steps do not use `apt` or change `/usr`:
+
+```sh
+chmod +x ~/Downloads/Frame-Control-linux-x86_64.AppImage
+~/Downloads/Frame-Control-linux-x86_64.AppImage
+```
+
+If AppImage mounting reports a FUSE error, try
+`APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1 ~/Downloads/Frame-Control-linux-x86_64.AppImage`.
+This extracts to writable temporary space and needs enough free disk space.
+Set up the Frame's SSH connection in Frame Control, then use **Start OBS
+source** before you add or activate OBS's Media Source. Install OBS as the
+`com.obsproject.Studio` Flatpak through Discover or your normal user Flatpak
+setup. In that OBS Media Source, clear **Local File**, set **Input** to
+`udp://127.0.0.1:15099`, and set **Input Format** to `mpegts`. Make a short
+recording and check both picture and sound before a stream. Use **Stop OBS
+source** in Frame Control when done.
+
+The OBS Flatpak's published manifest includes `--share=network`, which is
+needed for its local UDP receiver. Check your installed permissions with
+`flatpak info --show-permissions com.obsproject.Studio` if OBS receives no
+packets. Frame Control's helper sends to loopback on this PC; it does not
+require an open LAN port or an OBS plugin. The PC does not need a system
+`ffmpeg` package for the helper; encoding runs on the Frame.
+
+**Test limit:** The v0.4.27 AppImage launched on an Ubuntu 24.04 x86_64 host
+under Xvfb. Its helper sent H.264 and AAC from a real Frame to a local UDP
+receiver on that host. No SteamOS 3.9.5 PC, Steam Machine, Flatpak OBS runtime,
+read-only-root host, or physical display was available for this check. The
+SteamOS steps and Flatpak receiver therefore remain **untested on SteamOS**.
+See the [test record](evidence/obs-steamos-host-2026-10-25.md).
+
+## Known issue: game audio in OBS
+
+A Frame owner [reported](https://x.com/AzizahStellazio/status/2114147449468293171)
+that OBS **Game Capture / Application Audio Capture** can lose game audio when
+the headset turns on. OBS support attributed this to Valve/SteamVR. Frame
+Control cannot change that game-audio routing. If it happens, use Frame
+Control's **Start OBS source** and OBS **Media Source** steps above to capture
+the headset view and its output audio. You can also try OBS **Desktop Audio
+Capture** for the computer's output, then check its meter and a short test
+recording before you stream. Do not leave two active sources for the same audio
+unless you want duplicate sound.
+
+The real Frame/OBS check above proved that a synthetic tone from the Frame's
+output reached the Media Source recording. It did **not** use a running game,
+listen to the audio, reproduce the reported Game Capture failure, or measure
+audio/video sync. Real game audio while the headset is awake remains unverified.
@@ -1,10 +1,29 @@
 # Open questions and on-device checks

-Research as of 2026-09-25, eight days after the Frame's retail release
-(2026-09-18). Most first-party detail comes from Valve's Steamworks developer
-pages. Searches of Reddit and the Steam forums turned up **almost no
-end-user reports** about SSH, desktop streaming, or macOS. Treat that as
-"not documented yet", not "doesn't work".
+The September sections below record early checks after the Frame's retail
+release (2026-09-18). They are a historical test log, not a current setup
+guide. For current connection steps, see [SteamOS October 2026
+compatibility](steamos-2026-10-compat.md). For the charge-limit result, see
+[charge-limit.md](charge-limit.md).
+
+## Current Frame OS 0.5.6 status (2026-10-25)
+
+- `frame.local` no longer resolves on the checked 0.5.6 beta build
+  (`20261022.6153909`). Avahi was active but did not publish addresses. The
+  configured Tailscale SSH alias worked. Frame Control can use a saved IP on
+  the same network after verifying the pinned SSH key, or a manual IP/SSH
+  alias. Same-LAN fallback scanning was **not** tested on this Tailscale route.
+  See the [live compatibility check](evidence/steamos-compat-live-2026-10-25.md).
+- Read-only checks on that build found no SteamOS Manager
+  `BatteryChargeLimit1` interface or `charge_control_*` attribute. The vendor
+  charging switches are root-owned and managed by Valve's charger service.
+  No charging control was written. An 80% limit is **not supported** by Frame
+  Control; see [charge-limit.md](charge-limit.md) and the
+  [headset check](evidence/round3-headset-2026-10-25.md).
+- Active passthrough in the recording mirror remains **unknown**: the only
+  captured mirror frame was uniform while the headset was unworn in standby.
+  A worn, active passthrough check is still needed; see the
+  [headset check](evidence/round3-headset-2026-10-25.md).

 ## Verified on device (2026-09-25)

@@ -14,7 +33,9 @@ build 20260922.6101926, kernel 6.18, aarch64):
 - **1–2.** Developer Mode + Set User Password gave working SSH with no terminal
  steps. `sshd` is enabled and active. The user is `steamos` (in `wheel`) and
  the hostname is `frame`.
- **3.** `frame.local` resolves from the Mac; `avahi-daemon` is active.
+- **3.** `frame.local` resolved from the Mac on the September build;
+  `avahi-daemon` was active. This result does not apply to the checked 0.5.6
+  beta build; see the current status above.
 - **5.** `/etc/ssh/sshd_config` has `Include /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/*.conf`.
  The existing drop-ins are `20-systemd-userdb.conf` and `99-archlinux.conf`, so
  `01-frame-keys-only.conf` would sort first as intended. (`--harden` itself
@@ -143,6 +164,15 @@ check in the headset:
 - Keys from SteamVR's on-screen keyboard.
 - Whether Flathub Chromium decodes H.264 (otherwise use Compatible).

+## Battery charge limit (2026-10-23)
+
+Can an 80% charge limit be set over SSH or adb? **Not safely yet.** SteamOS
+Manager's `BatteryChargeLimit1` (the interface Steam's own setting uses) has
+no backend in the Frame's device config, and the battery node is a
+`max1720x` fuel gauge with no `charge_control_end_threshold`. Read-only checks
+on the real Frame confirmed this on 0.5.6 beta; no charge setting was written.
+See [charge-limit.md](charge-limit.md).
+
 ## Unconfirmed claims made in these docs

 - `/home` and `/etc` persist across Frame OS updates. This is inferred from
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ a limit on the number of floating panels.
  separate from Frame Control. Public reports describe some Proton support;
  Windows-only does not by itself prove a Frame app cannot run. Local status
  and sources are in [VR utilities](vr-utilities.md).
- **Our performance HUD:** Home → VR comfort and performance → Open HUD in
+- **Our performance HUD:** Home → VR performance (unfold it) → Open HUD in
  headset creates its own gamescope panel using built-in tools. It needs no
  third-party overlay app. [Metrics and verification](vr-utilities.md).

@@ -190,7 +190,24 @@ HTTP focus is not evidence of worn-headset laser input. Follow the

 ## Saved spatial layouts: blocked on the current panel route

-**Verified 2026-09-28**, same build, using a temporary xterm panel with
+**Rechecked 2026-10-24**, SteamOS 0.5.6, BUILD_ID `20261015.6141207`,
+SteamVR 2.18.2: a read-only probe of the existing Gamescope and Steam main
+panels still reports type 5 (`DashboardTab`), and both the absolute and
+tracked-device-relative getters return 18 (`WrongTransformType`). Width and
+curvature read successfully. **Some pose readback is available:**
+`GetTransformForOverlayCoordinates` at the panel center succeeds in standing
+space; seated and raw origins return 23 (`RequestFailed`). Both panels and the
+dashboard were hidden. That matrix snapshot does not identify docking, prove
+visible placement, or establish a restore operation. The shipped dashboard
+stores dock location and relative transforms internally; no supported external
+snapshot/restore pair was established. No setters or docking commands were run
+in this recheck. See the [exact probe, results, cleanup and remaining
+gaps](evidence/panel-layout-2026-10-24.md). Saved layouts remain unavailable.
+
+### Earlier mutation evidence (2026-09-28)
+
+**Verified 2026-09-28**, SteamOS 0.4.1, BUILD_ID `20260925.6191901`,
+SteamVR 2.18.1, using a temporary xterm panel with
 `STEAM_GAME=2000999031` and `FnTable:IVROverlay_028` from
 `/opt/steamvr/bin/linuxarm64/libopenvr_api.so`: