Unblock Komodo hardware watch checks

scripts/check_komodo.sh

@@ -55,12 +55,15 @@ maybe_set_cdp_endpoint() {
 
 load_local_env
 
+KOMODO_USER_AGENT="${KOMODO_USER_AGENT:-Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/123.0.0.0 Safari/537.36}"
+export KOMODO_USER_AGENT
+
 fetch_json() {
   name="$1"
   url="$2"
   allow_fallback="${3:-1}"
   tmp="$OUT_DIR/$name.json.tmp"
-  if curl -A 'Mozilla/5.0' --retry 1 --retry-delay 1 --max-time 12 -fsSL "$url" > "$tmp" 2>/dev/null \
+  if curl -A "$KOMODO_USER_AGENT" --retry 1 --retry-delay 1 --max-time 12 -fsSL "$url" > "$tmp" 2>/dev/null \
     && jq empty "$tmp" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     mv "$tmp" "$OUT_DIR/$name.json"
     return 0

scripts/download_with_playwright.js

@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ function launchOptions(headless) {
   return options;
 }
 
+function userAgent() {
+  return process.env.KOMODO_USER_AGENT ||
+    "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/123.0.0.0 Safari/537.36";
+}
+
 function findKomodoPage(context, origin) {
   const pages = context.pages();
   return pages.find((candidate) => candidate.url().startsWith(origin)) || pages[0] || null;
@@ -66,7 +71,7 @@ async function main() {
   } else if (profileDir) {
     context = await chromium.launchPersistentContext(profileDir, {
       ...launchOptions(headless),
-      userAgent: "Mozilla/5.0",
+      userAgent: userAgent(),
     });
     shouldCloseContext = true;
     page = context.pages()[0] || await context.newPage();
@@ -74,7 +79,7 @@ async function main() {
     browser = await chromium.launch(launchOptions(headless));
     shouldCloseBrowser = true;
     context = await browser.newContext({
-      userAgent: "Mozilla/5.0",
+      userAgent: userAgent(),
       storageState: storageState || undefined,
       extraHTTPHeaders: referer ? { Referer: referer } : undefined,
     });

scripts/fetch_with_playwright.js

@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ function launchOptions(headless) {
   return options;
 }
 
+function userAgent() {
+  return process.env.KOMODO_USER_AGENT ||
+    "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/123.0.0.0 Safari/537.36";
+}
+
 function findKomodoPage(context, origin) {
   const pages = context.pages();
   return pages.find((candidate) => candidate.url().startsWith(origin)) || pages[0] || null;
@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@ async function main() {
   } else if (profileDir) {
     context = await chromium.launchPersistentContext(profileDir, {
       ...launchOptions(headless),
-      userAgent: "Mozilla/5.0",
+      userAgent: userAgent(),
     });
     shouldCloseContext = true;
     page = context.pages()[0] || await context.newPage();
@@ -76,7 +81,7 @@ async function main() {
     browser = await chromium.launch(launchOptions(headless));
     shouldCloseBrowser = true;
     context = await browser.newContext({
-      userAgent: "Mozilla/5.0",
+      userAgent: userAgent(),
       storageState: storageState || undefined,
       extraHTTPHeaders: referer ? { Referer: referer } : undefined,
     });

scripts/save_visual_assets.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import argparse
 import json
+import os
 import urllib.error
 import urllib.request
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -20,6 +21,12 @@ VISUAL_EXTS = {
     ".m4v",
 }
 
+DEFAULT_USER_AGENT = (
+    "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) "
+    "AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) "
+    "Chrome/123.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
+)
+
 
 def is_visual_url(url: str) -> bool:
     path = urlparse(url).path.lower()
@@ -167,7 +174,10 @@ def is_valid_download(url: str, content_type: str, data: bytes):
 
 def download(url: str, dest: Path):
     dest.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0"})
+    req = urllib.request.Request(
+        url,
+        headers={"User-Agent": os.environ.get("KOMODO_USER_AGENT", DEFAULT_USER_AGENT)},
+    )
     with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=15) as response:
         data = response.read()
         status = getattr(response, "status", 200)

status/current.md

@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 # Steam Hardware Watch Status
 
-Last updated: `2026-04-24`
+Last updated: `2026-04-26`
 
 ## Best Current Answer
 
-- `Price`: no confirmed public price leak for the new Steam Controller.
-- `Release date`: no exact public launch date found.
-- `Same-time launch`: not supported by the current evidence. A shared rollout window remains plausible, but the controller looks further along than Steam Machine or Steam Frame.
+- `Price`: no confirmed public price leak for the new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, or Steam Frame.
+- `Release date`: official Valve store pages now support a broad `early 2026` / `coming in 2026` window, but no exact preorder, ship, or launch date was found.
+- `Same-time launch`: stronger than the seeded baseline for a shared public rollout window because Valve's official Steam Hardware page groups Controller, Machine, and Frame together. Exact same-day availability is still unconfirmed, and the controller remains furthest along.
 
 ## Source Snapshot
 
 ### Komodo
 
+- Automated Komodo API access is working again after replacing the helper's rejected generic `Mozilla/5.0` user agent with a realistic browser user agent.
 - `Steam Controller`, `Steam Machine`, and `Steam Frame` are all real published WooCommerce products in a held state:
   - `publish`
   - `product-type-simple`
@@ -19,23 +20,31 @@ Last updated: `2026-04-24`
   - `wishlist-only`
 - On `2026-04-24`, Komodo bulk-updated product records for all three hardware lines across currencies.
 - Also on `2026-04-24`, Komodo exposed a fresh controller-only section and media rollout with banner, videos, feature art, controls imagery, and a spec image.
-- No comparable fresh Machine or Frame section and media rollout was found.
+- Rechecked on `2026-04-26`: product modified timestamps remain `2026-04-24T15:12:12` for Controller, `2026-04-24T14:32:54` for Machine, and `2026-04-24T14:33:36` for Frame.
+- No comparable fresh Machine or Frame section and media rollout was found. Machine and Frame still only show older wishlist sections in the current Komodo search output.
 
 ### SteamDB
 
-- The strongest launch-adjacent signal remains the hidden `steam_controller_unboxing_2026` asset first seen on `2026-04-20`.
+- Browser-verified SteamDB state on `2026-04-26`:
+  - `Steam Controller` app `4165870` remains `prerelease` with store release date `Coming soon`.
+  - `steam_controller_unboxing_2026` app `4653940` remains a released free video app, first seen on `2026-04-20`, with package `1620489` available as free on demand and showing `No Price`.
+  - The standard curl helper was blocked by SteamDB, so browser-style verification is the current usable path.
 
 ### SteamTracking / GameTracking
 
-- Valve’s client strings already include controller onboarding, firmware update flow, puck handling, and pairing logic for the new controller ecosystem.
+- A fresh SteamTracking checkout on `2026-04-26` still includes controller onboarding, firmware update flow, puck handling, and pairing logic for the new controller ecosystem.
+- Pairing-focused hits include `ibex_internal`, `ibex_external`, `PairDongleTritonConnected`, `PairDongleTritonDocked`, and `ShouldTritonPairInOobe`.
 
 ### Valve Support / CDN
 
-- No controller price or date leak has been confirmed from support pages or discoverable docs in the seeded baseline.
+- Official Valve store pages were reachable and saved:
+  - `/sale/hardware` says the Steam Hardware family expands in early 2026, lists Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame, and was modified at `2026-04-26T06:06:01Z` in the embedded event metadata.
+  - `/sale/steamcontroller` has a dedicated Steam Controller page and was modified at `2026-04-26T06:05:47Z` in the embedded event metadata.
+- No official Valve price, exact release date, or preorder date was found.
 
 ### Customs / Regulatory
 
-- Shipment and filing checks remain secondary confirmation sources. No direct price or launch-date confirmation is seeded here.
+- A quick `2026-04-26` web check did not find a new relevant Valve regulatory filing for the 2026 controller, Machine, or Frame. Results were dominated by old Steam Controller and Steam Deck records or unrelated products.
 
 ## Open Questions
 

status/evidence.jsonl

@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@
 {"date_checked":"2026-04-24","source":"steamdb","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"A hidden Steam Controller unboxing video asset exists and is the strongest late-stage public launch signal in the seeded baseline.","evidence_type":"hidden_media_app","confidence":"high","ref":"https://steamdb.info/app/4653940/","notes":"known internally as steam_controller_unboxing_2026 from prior research"}
 {"date_checked":"2026-04-24","source":"steamtracking","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"Valve client assets already contain controller onboarding, firmware, puck, and pairing flows for the new controller ecosystem.","evidence_type":"client_strings","confidence":"medium","ref":"/tmp/SteamTracking-master/Protobufs/webuimessages_steaminput.proto","notes":"Triton, Puck, and pairing/OOBE flows present in seeded local dump"}
 {"date_checked":"2026-04-24","source":"analysis","entity":"steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame","claim":"Current evidence supports a controller-ahead rollout more than a same-day three-product launch.","evidence_type":"cross_source_inference","confidence":"medium","ref":"/Users/sean.betts/.codex/skills/steam-hardware-watch/status/runs/2026-04-24.md","notes":"driven by controller-only Komodo rollout plus SteamDB unboxing signal"}
+{"date_checked": "2026-04-26", "source": "valve-store", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "Official Steam Hardware store sale page is published and says the hardware family expands in early 2026.", "evidence_type": "official_store_page", "confidence": "high", "ref": "https://store.steampowered.com/sale/hardware", "notes": "Local artifact: /Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-04-26/api/valve/steam-hardware-root.html; event modified 2026-04-26T06:06:01Z; includes Controller, Machine, Frame and no exact price."}
+{"date_checked": "2026-04-26", "source": "valve-store", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "Official Steam Controller sale page is published with a dedicated controller rollout page but no public price or exact date.", "evidence_type": "official_store_page", "confidence": "high", "ref": "https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller", "notes": "Local artifact: /Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-04-26/api/valve/steam-controller-store.html; event modified 2026-04-26T06:05:47Z."}
+{"date_checked": "2026-04-26", "source": "steamdb", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "SteamDB currently lists Steam Controller app 4165870 as prerelease with store release date Coming soon.", "evidence_type": "steamdb_app_metadata", "confidence": "medium", "ref": "https://steamdb.info/app/4165870/", "notes": "Browser fetch succeeded; curl helper was blocked. SteamDB shows last record update 2026-04-07T22:07:16Z."}
+{"date_checked": "2026-04-26", "source": "steamdb", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "SteamDB still shows steam_controller_unboxing_2026 as a released free video app with an available free-on-demand package.", "evidence_type": "hidden_media_app", "confidence": "medium", "ref": "https://steamdb.info/app/4653940/", "notes": "Browser fetch succeeded; app first seen 2026-04-20 and last record update 2026-04-21T22:16:14Z; package 1620489 lists No Price."}
+{"date_checked": "2026-04-26", "source": "steamtracking", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "Fresh SteamTracking checkout still contains Ibex dongles, Triton pairing, and controller OOBE strings.", "evidence_type": "client_strings", "confidence": "medium", "ref": "/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-04-26/reports/steamtracking-pairing-focus.txt", "notes": "Includes ibex_internal, ibex_external, PairDongleTritonConnected, PairDongleTritonDocked, and ShouldTritonPairInOobe in service_steaminputmanager.proto."}
+{"date_checked": "2026-04-26", "source": "komodo", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "Komodo API access was restored after using a realistic browser user agent; product records remain last modified on 2026-04-24 and no newer Machine or Frame rollout was found.", "evidence_type": "api_recheck", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-04-26/reports/komodo-product-modified.tsv", "notes": "Root cause of earlier block was helper user-agent Mozilla/5.0 receiving HTTP 403; default curl and realistic Chrome/Safari UAs returned JSON."}