Run Note: 2026-05-14

Summary

Full skill run completed with artifacts under /Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-14.
Material finding: SteamKit/PICS shows a second/follow-up changenumber bump across all four watched Steam Machine reservation package IDs since the 2026-05-12 run.
Steam Frame package IDs did not move.
Valve public APIs still do not expose Steam Machine or Steam Frame package groups, public package details, price, exact release timing, or purchase/reservation readiness.
Komodo was partially recovered through the dedicated browser fallback for Controller data, but Machine and Frame optional Komodo endpoints still failed.

Initial automated Komodo access was blocked.
Dedicated browser fallback recovered the Controller product enough to record a new modified timestamp: 2026-05-13T09:02:58.
Controller JSON diff versus 2026-05-12 is timestamp-only (modified / modified_gmt).
Machine and Frame product/section fetches failed in this run. Compare-report lines suggesting Machine/Frame section removal should be treated as partial-fetch artifacts.
Visual assets: 141 discovered, 136 retrieved, 5 blocked known Komodo URLs.

SteamKit/PICS completed successfully.
Machine package movement:
- 1629446: 35819604 -> 35842876
- 1629447: 35819607 -> 35842851
- 1629458: 35819602 -> 35842860
- 1629460: 35819593 -> 35842863
Frame packages stayed unchanged:
- 1629484: 35672606
- 1629486: 35672606
Controller package 1558609 stayed unchanged at 35745078.
Machine app 4165910, Frame app 4165890, and Controller app 4165870 stayed unchanged.
Interpretation: this is a Machine-specific backend movement signal. It strengthens the Controller-precedent comparison because the Machine package cluster now has a later follow-up bump, but it remains private metadata only.

Automated SteamDB access remained blocked.
Reservation package rows remain missing_or_blocked, so SteamDB is not yet a human-readable corroborating baseline for today's package movement.

Fresh checkout still contains the known Triton/Ibex controller pairing surface.
No new Machine or Frame price, reservation, package, or release-date signal was found.

Public mirror remained reachable.
fremont-hw-support 20260506.1-1 remains visible in holo-3.8 and holo-main.
No direct Steam Machine, Steam Frame, Deckard, Roy, ARM/Snapdragon, or new product-specific namespace surfaced in this pass.

Valve public endpoints were reachable.
Controller remains public with package 1558609, package group present, and $99.00.
Frame app 4165890 remains Coming soon, with no public packages, no package groups, and no price.
Machine app 4165910 remains Coming soon, with no public packages, no package groups, and no price.
Machine packages 1629446, 1629447, 1629458, 1629460 still return packagedetails success:false.
Frame packages 1629484, 1629486 still return packagedetails success:false.

Price: unchanged. Only Steam Controller has a confirmed price.
Release date: unchanged. Only Steam Controller has a confirmed exact date.
Same-time launch: unchanged. Full same-day launch remains ruled out, and current private metadata movement points more toward Machine-specific preparation than Frame movement.
Product furthest along: Steam Controller is already public/purchasable. Among unreleased hardware, Steam Machine now has the strongest fresh backend-prep signal because all four watched package IDs moved again while Frame stayed unchanged.

Repeat focused SteamKit/PICS checks for the watched package IDs over the next 24-48 hours.
Watch Valve public appdetails / packagedetails for Machine package exposure, package groups, price, reservation text, or purchase eligibility.
Complete a trusted-browser SteamDB package-history pass for Machine packages 1629446, 1629447, 1629458, and 1629460.
Treat Komodo Controller timestamp movement as low-value unless a future diff shows content, media, stock-state, or section changes.