seanbetts--steam-hardware-watch/status/evidence.jsonl

{"date_checked":"2026-04-24","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"Steam Controller JPY is a real published WooCommerce product record in a held launch state.","evidence_type":"product_metadata","confidence":"high","ref":"https://komodostation.com/wp-json/wp/v2/product/413763","notes":"class_list includes product-type-simple, outofstock, product_tag-wishlist-only"}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-24","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-machine","claim":"Steam Machine JPY is a real published WooCommerce product record in the same held launch state as the controller.","evidence_type":"product_metadata","confidence":"high","ref":"https://komodostation.com/wp-json/wp/v2/product/413772","notes":"featured_media 413703; class_list matches controller state"}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-24","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-frame","claim":"Steam Frame JPY is a real published WooCommerce product record in the same held launch state as the controller.","evidence_type":"product_metadata","confidence":"high","ref":"https://komodostation.com/wp-json/wp/v2/product/413776","notes":"featured_media 413708; class_list matches controller state"}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-24","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"Komodo published a fresh controller-only section and media rollout on 2026-04-24.","evidence_type":"sections_media_rollout","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean.betts/komodo_mining_2026-04-24/reports/findings.md","notes":"sections 433306, 433326, 433356, 433376, 433416, 433434, 433470, 433484"}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-24","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-machine,steam-frame","claim":"No matching fresh Machine or Frame section and media rollout was found in the same public Komodo backend paths.","evidence_type":"comparative_absence","confidence":"medium","ref":"/Users/sean.betts/komodo_mining_2026-04-24/api/sections-machine-browser.json","notes":"Machine only had older wishlist section 413808; Frame only had older wishlist section 413804"}
{"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."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-28","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"Komodo moved the Steam Controller product record forward again while Machine and Frame remained on their 2026-04-24 modified timestamps.","evidence_type":"product_metadata_delta","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-04-28/reports/komodo-product-modified.tsv","notes":"Controller modified 2026-04-28T18:32:11; Machine 2026-04-24T14:32:54; Frame 2026-04-24T14:33:36."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-28","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"Komodo added a new Controller specs section and updated the Controller spec-image section with two new AVIF media records.","evidence_type":"sections_media_rollout","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-04-28/reports/komodo-controller-sections.tsv","notes":"New section 433617 / 433487 modified 2026-04-27T09:41:01; section 433484 / 433473 modified 2026-04-28T19:05:51 with new media 433664 and 433679."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-28","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"The current Komodo visual asset set is fully retrieved and organized into the media-style library.","evidence_type":"asset_retrieval","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-04-28/assets/manifests/asset-library.json","notes":"130 discovered and 130 retrieved; library has 11 videos, 11 images, 3 logos, 3 poster frames, 42 thumbnails, and 60 variants, all classified as steam-controller."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-28","source":"valve-store","entity":"steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame","claim":"Official Valve store metadata changed again, including cleaner Steam Hardware submenu URLs under /hardware while still showing only broad 2026 timing.","evidence_type":"official_store_metadata","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-04-28/api/valve/steam-hardware-root.html","notes":"Steam Hardware event modified 2026-04-28T10:09:22Z; Controller event modified 2026-04-28T18:31:12Z; no price, preorder date, or exact launch date found."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-30","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"Komodo moved the Steam Controller product closer to a sale state by removing the wishlist-only tag and adding the purchasable class while keeping it out of stock.","evidence_type":"product_metadata_delta","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-04-30/api/komodo/product-controller-jpy.json","notes":"Controller modified 2026-04-29T12:04:19; class_list removed product_tag-wishlist-only, added purchasable, and retained outofstock; product_tag changed from 112,113 to 112."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-30","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-machine,steam-frame","claim":"Komodo Machine and Frame products did not receive the Controller sale-state change in this run.","evidence_type":"comparative_absence","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-04-30/reports/komodo-product-modified.tsv","notes":"Machine and Frame remain modified 2026-04-24, still carry product_tag-wishlist-only and outofstock, and do not have purchasable."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-30","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"Komodo changed the Steam Controller featured media to a newly saved ControllerFront.webp image.","evidence_type":"featured_media_delta","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-04-30/api/komodo/media-featured-controller-433684.json","notes":"Featured media changed from 413713 to 433684; media 433684 is ControllerFront.webp, modified 2026-04-28T19:15:27; asset library now includes the original plus generated sizes."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-30","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"Komodo updated two Controller sections, but their attached media records did not change.","evidence_type":"section_metadata_delta","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-04-30/reports/komodo-controller-sections.tsv","notes":"Section 433356 steam-controller-04-features modified 2026-04-29T11:51:27; section 433484/433473 modified 2026-04-29T10:26:38; associated media timestamps and IDs were unchanged."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-30","source":"valve-store","entity":"steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame","claim":"Official Valve store metadata moved again while still exposing no public price or exact launch date.","evidence_type":"official_store_metadata","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-04-30/api/valve/steam-controller-store.html","notes":"Steam Hardware event modified 2026-04-30T05:57:08Z; Steam Controller event modified 2026-04-30T05:57:04Z; controller announcement updated 2026-04-29T20:58:49Z and contains sections including Availability Callout, Purchase Section, Notify me, Komodo, and Tech Specs."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-30","source":"steamdb","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"SteamDB helper access remained blocked by challenge pages, so no fresh SteamDB metadata was collected in this automated run.","evidence_type":"blocked_fetch","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-04-30/reports/steamdb-errors.txt","notes":"Blocked for app 4165870, app 4165870 history, app 4653940, and package 1620489; blocked-page detection prevented challenge HTML from being treated as evidence."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-01", "source": "valve-store", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "Official Valve appdetails now confirm Steam Controller price and package.", "evidence_type": "official_store_api", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-05-01/api/valve/appdetails-4165870-us.json", "notes": "App 4165870 type hardware; price_overview final_formatted $99.00; package 1558609; package group option text Steam Controller - $99.00."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-01", "source": "valve-store", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "Official Valve store metadata confirms Steam Controller purchase availability on May 4, 2026 at 10AM Pacific.", "evidence_type": "official_store_metadata", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-05-01/api/valve/steam-controller-store.html", "notes": "Availability Callout says Available for purchase May 4th, 10AM Pacific; purchase section points to reservation package 1558609; controller event modified 2026-05-01T01:16:01Z."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-01", "source": "valve-store", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "Official Valve package details confirm Steam Controller package 1558609 at USD 99.00 with release date May 4, 2026.", "evidence_type": "official_store_api", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-05-01/api/valve/packagedetails-1558609-us.json", "notes": "Package price final 9900 cents USD; release_date coming_soon false, date May 4, 2026."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-01", "source": "nbd-customs", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "NBD public customs data shows a Valve import row dated 2026-04-04 for WIRELESS PC CONTROLLER from Hong Kong.", "evidence_type": "customs_import_record", "confidence": "medium", "ref": "/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-05-01/api/nbd/valve-corporation.html", "notes": "NBD Company Number NBDD3Y527621220; latest trade data 2026-04-04; public row country HONG KONG (CHINA), masked counterparty C***D.; embedded payload reports April 2026 import weight 12970; free view masks detailed shipment fields."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-01", "source": "importgenius-customs", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "ImportGenius lists an April 23, 2026 Ingram Micro C/O Valve Corporation shipment from Tech-Front Chongqing described as GAME CONSOLE.", "evidence_type": "customs_import_record", "confidence": "medium", "ref": "/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-05-01/api/importgenius/ingram-micro-c-o-valve-corporation-reader.md", "notes": "Arrival 2026-04-23; BOL SNHBSHACHI264010; importer INGRAM MICRO C/O VALVE CORPORATION; supplier TECH-FRONT (CHONGQING) COMPUTER CO; product GAME CONSOLE .; 42 PKG; 12608 Kgs; container GAOU6922627; package marks include VALVE USA P/NO. references; does not identify which Valve hardware product."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-01", "source": "nbd-customs", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "NBD rendered buyer searches for Valve Corporation and Ingram Micro include a masked April 23, 2026 GAME CONSOLE row.", "evidence_type": "customs_search_result", "confidence": "low", "ref": "/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-05-01/api/nbd/search-buyers-valve-corporation-rendered.txt", "notes": "Corroborates the April 23 row at a masked search-result level; NBD buyer search also returns unrelated valve-parts rows, so use this as corroboration only."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-02", "source": "valve-store", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "Official Valve APIs still confirm Steam Controller package 1558609 at USD 99.00 with release date May 4, 2026.", "evidence_type": "official_store_api_recheck", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-05-02/api/valve/appdetails-4165870-us.json", "notes": "Appdetails price_overview.final_formatted remains $99.00 and package list remains 1558609; packagedetails final price remains 9900 cents USD with release_date date May 4, 2026."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-02", "source": "valve-store", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "Official Valve store metadata moved again, but only Steam Controller has exact purchase timing and a purchase package.", "evidence_type": "official_store_metadata_delta", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-05-02/api/valve/steam-controller-store.html", "notes": "Controller page still contains Available for purchase May 4th, 10AM Pacific and package 1558609; Controller event modified 2026-05-01T23:18:58Z; Steam Hardware root event modified 2026-05-01T22:43:47Z; no comparable Machine or Frame price/timing found."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-02", "source": "komodo", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "Komodo still separates Controller readiness from Machine and Frame dormancy.", "evidence_type": "product_metadata_recheck", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-05-02/reports/komodo-product-modified.tsv", "notes": "Controller modified 2026-04-30T19:14:10 and remains purchasable/outofstock without product_tag-wishlist-only; Machine and Frame remain modified 2026-04-24, outofstock, product_tag-wishlist-only, and not purchasable."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-02", "source": "steamdb", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "SteamDB helper access remained blocked by challenge pages in the automated May 2 run.", "evidence_type": "blocked_fetch", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-05-02/reports/steamdb-errors.txt", "notes": "Blocked for app 4165870, app 4165870 history, app 4653940, and package 1620489; no fresh SteamDB metadata was collected."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-04", "source": "valve-store", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "Official Valve metadata moved on launch day while only Steam Controller still has a confirmed purchase package, price, and release date.", "evidence_type": "official_store_metadata_delta", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-05-04/api/valve/steam-controller-store.html", "notes": "Steam Controller event modified 2026-05-04T18:27:52Z; Steam Hardware root modified 2026-05-04T18:27:56Z; appdetails and packagedetails still confirm package 1558609, USD $99.00, release date May 4, 2026; Machine and Frame still lack comparable price or exact timing."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-04", "source": "steamtracking", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "Fresh SteamTracking checkout shows the Triton/Ibex pairing API surface in the Steam Android APK string dump as well as existing proto and web UI surfaces.", "evidence_type": "client_strings", "confidence": "medium", "ref": "/Users/sean/steam_hardware_watch/2026-05-04/reports/steamtracking-pairing-focus.txt", "notes": "Random/SteamApkStrings.txt now includes CSteamInputService_PairDongleTritonConnected, PairDongleTritonDocked, ShouldTritonPairInOobe, UnpairedTritonDocked, UnpairedTritonPluggedIn, ibex_internal, and ibex_external. This broadens client-surface evidence but does not change price or release-date confidence."}
{"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."}