{
  "checker": {
    "claims": [
      {
        "claim": "Each run queries a CDP endpoint for tabs and compares title and URL with the previous run.",
        "command": "",
        "evidence": "No Chrome with remote debugging is installed in this VM and no shared CDP endpoint was supplied (<env-var> unset, nothing on ports 9222/9223). Browser download was not allowed.",
        "expected": "",
        "input": "",
        "kind": "claim",
        "outcome": "No Chrome with remote debugging is installed in this VM and no shared CDP endpoint was supplied (<env-var> unset, nothing on ports 9222/9223). Browser download was not allowed.",
        "source": "Each run queries a Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP) endpoint for page tabs and compares each tab's title and URL with the previous run.",
        "source_checked": true,
        "source_file": "README.md",
        "verdict": "blocked"
      }
    ],
    "cycle_checks": [
      {
        "claim": "Scheduled or looping main behavior",
        "command": "",
        "evidence": "Entry points inspected (close_idle_tabs.py, README). The script has no loop, sleep, --once/--now or scheduler; it runs once per invocation. README mentions cron/systemd only as external user-configured schedulers that must keep the same working directory. Actual tab observations need a CDP browser, which is unavailable here.",
        "expected": "identify the product trigger",
        "input": "source inspection",
        "kind": "cycle",
        "outcome": "Entry points inspected (close_idle_tabs.py, README). The script has no loop, sleep, --once/--now or scheduler; it runs once per invocation. README mentions cron/systemd only as external user-configured schedulers that must keep the same working directory. Actual tab observations need a CDP browser, which is unavailable here.",
        "source": "repository entry points",
        "verdict": "yes"
      }
    ],
    "details": {
      "argv": [
        "C:\\coldpass\\python\\python.exe",
        "close_idle_tabs.py",
        "--port",
        "9222"
      ],
      "kind": "cli",
      "needs_browser": false,
      "needs_credentials": false,
      "returncode": 0,
      "scope": "product operation",
      "stderr": "NOT CHECKED: nothing is listening on port 9222 (CDP endpoint unavailable; skipped this run).\n[excerpt truncated]",
      "stdout": "",
      "working": false
    },
    "evidence_strength": "partly_checked",
    "example_checks": [
      {
        "claim": "Offline automated tests run with the documented unittest command",
        "command": "'C:\\coldpass\\python\\python.exe' -m unittest discover -s tests -q",
        "deferred": false,
        "evidence": "C:\\coldpass\\python\\Lib\\tempfile.py:484: ResourceWarning: Implicitly cleaning up <HTTPError 403: 'denied'>\r\n  _warnings.warn(self.warn_message, ResourceWarning)\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nRan 52 tests in 0.298s\r\n\r\nOK",
        "expected": "all 52 tests pass",
        "input": "tests/ directory, -q",
        "kind": "example",
        "outcome": "command completed successfully",
        "returncode": 0,
        "source": "README.md Automated tests use mocked HTTP responses and temporary state files",
        "verdict": "yes"
      },
      {
        "claim": "Documented help command prints options without contacting Chrome",
        "command": "'C:\\coldpass\\python\\python.exe' close_idle_tabs.py --help",
        "deferred": false,
        "evidence": "                        reuse observations here (default:\r\n                        .close_idle_tabs_state.json in the working directory)\r\n  --close               close eligible pages; without this option, only report\r\n                        them\r\n  --quiet               suppress normal reports and unavailable-endpoint\r\n                        notices\r\n\r\nAlways protect the first real page in Chrome's list (usually the most recently\r\nactive). Internal pages never satisfy this guard; about:blank is a fallback\r\nonly when there are no real pages. Protected pages restart their idle clock\r\neach run.",
        "expected": "usage text",
        "input": "--help",
        "kind": "example",
        "outcome": "command completed successfully",
        "returncode": 0,
        "source": "README.md python3 close_idle_tabs.py --help",
        "verdict": "yes"
      }
    ],
    "status": "PASS"
  },
  "deviations": [
    "git and node/npm are not installed in the guest; git init/fetch was not needed because the README commands are plain Python with no Git metadata. Source was used as provided.",
    "Used absolute C:\\coldpass\\python\\python.exe instead of py -3, which is not present in this guest.",
    "Chrome is not installed and no shared CDP endpoint is supplied; the README's Chrome launch step was not performed and no browser was downloaded or installed.",
    "Optional venv/pip install was skipped; the README says the script needs no packages."
  ],
  "fault_owner": "prerequisite",
  "main_blocker": "No Chrome browser and no shared CDP endpoint are available in this VM.",
  "operation": "Report idle Chrome tabs (dry run) by querying a Chrome DevTools endpoint with close_idle_tabs.py",
  "operation_scope": "Requires Python 3.8+ (present: 3.14.0) and a running Chrome with --remote-debugging-port on a free loopback port, or a shared CDP endpoint. No Chrome or shared endpoint was available in this VM.",
  "outcome": "unverified",
  "plain_failure": "The main job, checking which browser tabs have sat unchanged and closing them, was never exercised, because there was no browser for the tool to read tabs from. The tool itself starts, passes its offline tests, and reports cleanly when no browser is reachable.",
  "steps": [
    "py -3 close_idle_tabs.py --help (run as C:\\coldpass\\python\\python.exe close_idle_tabs.py --help): passed, exit 0",
    "python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -q (run as C:\\coldpass\\python\\python.exe -m unittest discover -s tests -q): passed, 52 tests OK",
    "python3 close_idle_tabs.py --port 9222 (run as absolute python): exit 0, printed NOT CHECKED: nothing is listening on port 9222; no state file written",
    "Chrome launch with --remote-debugging-port and a real tab observation: NOT RUN, blocked"
  ],
  "stuck_step": "Starting or attaching to Chrome with remote debugging so the script can observe real tabs.",
  "suggested_fix": "Supply a shared Chrome DevTools endpoint through <env-var> or --endpoint (or install Chrome in the guest and launch it with --remote-debugging-port on a free loopback port), then rerun the dry-run command and a --close run on a disposable profile."
}
