Update status with SteamKit baseline

status/current.md

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 # Steam Hardware Watch Status
 
-Last updated: `2026-05-10`
+Last updated: `2026-05-11`
 
 ## Best Current Answer
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Last updated: `2026-05-10`
 
 ### Komodo
 
-- Komodo API access worked on `2026-05-10`.
+- Komodo API access worked on `2026-05-11`.
 - Product modified timestamps:
   - Controller: `2026-05-08T15:55:26`
   - Machine: `2026-04-24T14:32:54`
@@ -20,15 +20,24 @@ Last updated: `2026-05-10`
 - Controller remains the only product with recent Komodo movement. Machine and Frame remain unchanged from their April 24 timestamps.
 - Visual asset retrieval completed for the current set: `141` discovered, `141` retrieved, `0` blocked.
 
+### SteamKit / PICS
+
+- SteamKit/PICS is now the primary direct Steam metadata baseline for watched app and package movement.
+- Baseline changenumbers from the repaired `2026-05-11` run:
+  - Controller app `4165870`: `35731145`
+  - Frame app `4165890`: `35675573`
+  - Machine app `4165910`: `35675573`
+  - Controller package `1558609`: `35745078`
+  - Machine packages `1629446`, `1629447`, `1629458`, `1629460`: `35672615`
+  - Frame packages `1629484`, `1629486`: `35672606`
+- Machine and Frame apps/packages currently return `missing_token` / private product info, but changenumbers are visible and suitable for movement monitoring.
+- Raw snapshot: `/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-05-11/api/steamkit/pics-product-info.json`
+
 ### SteamDB
 
-- The SteamDB helper now includes the reservation package pages for:
-  - Controller: `1558609`
-  - Machine: `1629446`, `1629447`, `1629458`, `1629460`
-  - Frame: `1629484`, `1629486`
-- Automated SteamDB access and the dedicated browser fallback were still blocked on `2026-05-10`.
-- The saved package report is therefore a structural baseline, not a content baseline: all watched SteamDB package rows are `missing_or_blocked`.
-- A true SteamDB package baseline still requires a trusted browser session that can pass SteamDB's challenge and save the package pages.
+- Automated SteamDB access remained blocked on `2026-05-11`.
+- The package report is still a structural baseline, not a content baseline: all watched SteamDB package rows are `missing_or_blocked`.
+- SteamDB remains useful as corroborating/human-readable metadata once a trusted browser session can pass the challenge, but SteamKit/PICS now covers primary package movement.
 
 ### SteamTracking / GameTracking
 
@@ -62,11 +71,11 @@ Last updated: `2026-05-10`
   - Machine app `4165910`: public app metadata, `Coming soon`, no packages, no package groups, no price.
   - Machine packages `1629446`, `1629447`, `1629458`, `1629460`: `packagedetails success:false`.
   - Frame packages `1629484`, `1629486`: `packagedetails success:false`.
-- This is the cleanest public-readiness baseline heading into next week.
+- This remains the cleanest public-readiness baseline heading into next week.
 
 ### Customs / Regulatory
 
-- ImportInfo automated customs fetches were blocked on `2026-05-10`.
+- ImportInfo automated customs fetches were blocked on `2026-05-11`.
 - The latest useful customs evidence remains the `2026-05-01` NBD / ImportGenius pass:
   - `WIRELESS PC CONTROLLER` row dated `2026-04-04`.
   - `GAME CONSOLE` shipment arriving `2026-04-23` for `INGRAM MICRO C/O VALVE CORPORATION`.
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 - When will Valve publish Steam Machine and Steam Frame prices?
 - When will Steam Machine and Steam Frame receive public packages or package groups?
-- Will SteamDB package `Last Record Update` / changenumber movement precede public Valve API readiness?
+- Will SteamKit/PICS changenumber movement precede public Valve API readiness?
 - Are the `fremont-hw-support` SteamOS packages related to Steam Machine launch preparation?
 
 ## Next Checks
 
-- Get one trusted-browser SteamDB package-page baseline for the watched package IDs.
+- Watch SteamKit/PICS changenumbers for all watched app and package IDs.
 - Watch Valve `appdetails` / `packagedetails` for Machine and Frame package or package-group exposure.
-- Watch SteamDB package `Last Record Update` and `Last Changenumber` deltas once the challenge can be passed.
+- Get one trusted-browser SteamDB package-page baseline if we still want human-readable SteamDB corroboration.
 - Continue normal Komodo, SteamTracking, SteamOS mirror, Valve API, and customs checks.

status/evidence.jsonl

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 {"date_checked": "2026-05-04", "source": "steamos-mirror", "entity": "steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "First default SteamOS package mirror pass did not expose direct Machine or Frame codename/package evidence.", "evidence_type": "package_mirror_baseline", "confidence": "medium", "ref": "/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-05-04/reports/steamos-mirror-packages.tsv", "notes": "Default holo-3.8, holo-main, jupiter-3.8, and jupiter-main pass produced 758 package rows with no errors. No Fremont, Deckard, Roy, Steam Frame, Steam Machine, ARM/Snapdragon, or new product-specific top-level repo namespace appeared; notable hits were Deck/Jupiter-adjacent foxnet, linux-firmware-neptune, and plasma-remotecontrollers."}
 {"date_checked": "2026-05-10", "source": "valve-store", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "Valve Store APIs confirm Steam Controller remains public with package 1558609 and USD 99.00 while Steam Machine and Steam Frame apps remain coming soon with no public packages or price.", "evidence_type": "official_store_api_recheck", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-05-10/reports/valve-reservation-packages.tsv", "notes": "appdetails: Controller public with packages=1558609 and package_groups=1; Frame 4165890 and Machine 4165910 public app metadata but package_groups=0, no packages, no price; Machine packages 1629446/1629447/1629458/1629460 and Frame packages 1629484/1629486 still packagedetails success:false."}
 {"date_checked": "2026-05-10", "source": "steamdb", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "SteamDB reservation package monitor is now part of the baseline, but automated and browser-fallback fetches were blocked for all watched package pages.", "evidence_type": "blocked_fetch", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-05-10/reports/steamdb-reservation-packages.tsv", "notes": "Watched package IDs: 1558609, 1629446, 1629447, 1629458, 1629460, 1629484, 1629486. All rows are missing_or_blocked after SteamDB challenge pages, so a manual trusted browser pass is still needed for Last Record Update/changenumber baseline."}
+{"date_checked": "2026-05-11", "source": "steamkit-pics", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "SteamKit/PICS now provides a direct baseline changenumber snapshot for watched Valve hardware apps and reservation packages.", "evidence_type": "steam_product_info_baseline", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-05-11/reports/steamkit-pics-packages.tsv", "notes": "Controller app 4165870 changenumber 35731145; Frame app 4165890 and Machine app 4165910 changenumber 35675573; Controller package 1558609 changenumber 35745078; Machine packages 1629446/1629447/1629458/1629460 changenumber 35672615; Frame packages 1629484/1629486 changenumber 35672606. Machine and Frame rows remain private/missing_token but visible changenumbers are enough for movement monitoring."}