### A9 web 1440×1000 dark — Integration harness — real git, controlled forge response

Chromium 148 headless on Linux; 1440×1000 CSS px, DPR 1, font 100%, no device emulation; dark, reduced motion; JS clock 2026-11-03T05:00:00Z.

**What else changed:** The last-known merged PR survives the controlled lookup error. Before keeps A1/D1 and Push & create PR; after keeps A0/D0 and disabled Push. Changes +1/−0 remains. Only the primary label/icon differs: 707 pixels at Diff0, bbox x1168–1299/y260–275; zero pixels outside it, including the composer. Both pre-failure and post-failure captures are supplied.

**Playback timestamps:** derived from the encoded labelled MP4 using ffprobe and extracted frames at 0.5-second intervals (not driver wall-clock offsets). Times below are observed samples; a transition can fall between them.

**Before steps:** 00:00–18.5 the real-GitHub warm lookup is followed by the fixture-scoped failed lookup and normal refresh; the primary remains Push & create PR. At 00:08.5 the encoded frame matches the settled still. The lookup transition has no distinct UI animation; the same-process sanitized trace establishes its order. Encoded duration 18.667s. Settled still-state sample(s): primary at 8.5s, options at 8.5s.

**After steps:** 00:00–17.0 the real-GitHub warm lookup is followed by the fixture-scoped failed lookup and normal refresh; the primary remains disabled Push. At 00:08.5 the encoded frame matches the settled still. The lookup transition has no distinct UI animation; the same-process sanitized trace establishes its order. Encoded duration 17.400s. Settled still-state sample(s): primary at 8.5s, options at 8.5s.

| Before recording | After recording |
|---|---|
| [before-labelled.mp4](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/5515606287850d32/before-labelled.mp4)<br>[71646e0][base] | [after-labelled.mp4](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/dde937d4b4a08c5c/after-labelled.mp4)<br>[0d27d85][head] |

**Warm lookup, before failure**

| Before | After | Diff0 (delta ×255) | DiffT (>16/255) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ![before-primary.png](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/d5fcc12206697754/before-primary.png)<br>[71646e0][base] | ![after-primary.png](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/8798750e7fb9d2d5/after-primary.png)<br>[0d27d85][head] | ![primary-diff0.png](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/27c7d40c903ac790/primary-diff0.png)<br>[71646e0][base]→[0d27d85][head] | ![primary-diff16.png](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/3287f1ed8eb16d09/primary-diff16.png)<br>[71646e0][base]→[0d27d85][head] |

**Completed failed lookup, retained last-known PR**

| Before | After | Diff0 (delta ×255) | DiffT (>16/255) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ![before-options.png](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/bf167f3d9364416e/before-options.png)<br>[71646e0][base] | ![after-options.png](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/d6a0117ad9285c97/after-options.png)<br>[0d27d85][head] | ![options-diff0.png](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/0887e99c79ba3002/options-diff0.png)<br>[71646e0][base]→[0d27d85][head] | ![options-diff16.png](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/50989695e044bb8a/options-diff16.png)<br>[71646e0][base]→[0d27d85][head] |

**Pixel accounting** (coordinates in delivered full-screen PNG pixels; bounding boxes have exclusive right/bottom edges):

- primary: Diff0 707 pixels; T16 634; changed bbox [1168, 260, 1300, 276]; outside the listed Git inspection rectangle [1140, 240, 1440, 330]: 0 pixels at Diff0, 0 at T16, maximum channel delta 0. Outside locations: []. 
- options: Diff0 707 pixels; T16 634; changed bbox [1168, 260, 1300, 276]; outside the listed Git inspection rectangle [1140, 240, 1440, 330]: 0 pixels at Diff0, 0 at T16, maximum channel delta 0. Outside locations: []. 

[pixel-comparison.json](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/2e710115a6f47c77/pixel-comparison.json)
[playback-state-matches.json](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/d05c6b0d5a0e39de/playback-state-matches.json)

Both selected stills per state passed two byte-identical whole-screen screenshots 500 ms apart. Every selected still, diff and playback filmstrip was opened for visual inspection. No enabled baseline Push/Create PR was invoked.

**Reproduction:** fresh checkout-owned isolated home, `T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0`, explicit `--home-dir`; synthetic RPC seed and unchanged real-forge fixture clones. Both servers ran throughout native pairing changes. Pool exposed no adb/simctl shell, so native status bars use the authorized same-minute method. Every selected still pair has pixel-identical OS clock/glyphs. iOS reduced-motion override and native font/network-idle APIs are unavailable; frames settled semantically and by identical screenshots.

**Verbatim upload output — selected row artifacts:**

![after-filmstrip.png](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/494c901568462486/after-filmstrip.png)
[after-final-tree.txt](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/b8edf753761c9709/after-final-tree.txt)
[after-forge-trace.jsonl](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/e75faa4db5d8bc3d/after-forge-trace.jsonl)
[after-labelled.mp4](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/dde937d4b4a08c5c/after-labelled.mp4)
![after-options.png](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/d6a0117ad9285c97/after-options.png)
[after-ffprobe.json](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/2273de598161f022/after-ffprobe.json)
[after-status.json](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/c013697b5b125418/after-status.json)
[after.webm](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/52d6dfb331fceb77/after.webm)
[before-ffprobe.json](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/b69fb9deff2d74de/before-ffprobe.json)
![before-filmstrip.png](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/01716e0fde77f3ec/before-filmstrip.png)
[before-final-tree.txt](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/fa2d2704b00cd8e6/before-final-tree.txt)
[before-forge-trace.jsonl](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/9612d036c4735996/before-forge-trace.jsonl)
![after-primary.png](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/8798750e7fb9d2d5/after-primary.png)
[before-labelled.mp4](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/5515606287850d32/before-labelled.mp4)
![before-options.png](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/bf167f3d9364416e/before-options.png)
[after-refreshed-status.json](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/7f2d2c56bac7deb2/after-refreshed-status.json)
![before-primary.png](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/d5fcc12206697754/before-primary.png)
[before-refreshed-status.json](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/8def9f90f4420bf6/before-refreshed-status.json)
![options-diff0.png](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/0887e99c79ba3002/options-diff0.png)
![options-diff16.png](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/50989695e044bb8a/options-diff16.png)
[before.webm](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/b86e403a1d07c38c/before.webm)
[before-status.json](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/fadf34293b08228f/before-status.json)
![primary-diff16.png](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/3287f1ed8eb16d09/primary-diff16.png)
[playback-state-matches.json](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/d05c6b0d5a0e39de/playback-state-matches.json)
![primary-diff0.png](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/27c7d40c903ac790/primary-diff0.png)
[playback-timeline.json](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/f7b6fbedc48c047f/playback-timeline.json)
[pixel-comparison.json](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/2e710115a6f47c77/pixel-comparison.json)

**Recapture scripts:**

[bootstrap.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/734704aa88fa6eb2/bootstrap.py)
[browser-driver.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/be796be5a8fd416f/browser-driver.py)
[capture-desktop.mjs](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/073a4fe1d9dcba32/capture-desktop.mjs)
[capture-fallback.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/26c34c8e7cfcb6f4/capture-fallback.py)
[capture-native-r2.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/05b28c782d672c9d/capture-native-r2.py)
[capture-native.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/b549650a2012474d/capture-native.py)
[capture-row.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/10bee77af33dc9db/capture-row.py)
[capture-tablet.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/02c84c1caae64616/capture-tablet.py)
[desktop-configure.mjs](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/f971076f6bde7c30/desktop-configure.mjs)
[desktop-finish.mjs](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/d4be99f73b8975c2/desktop-finish.mjs)
[desktop-launch.sh](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/9488bf2e35ff1ef9/desktop-launch.sh)
[desktop-refresh.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/17fd19075d66af6e/desktop-refresh.py)
[desktop-resize.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/0e223f5d5fc9f847/desktop-resize.py)
[desktop-setup.mjs](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/549943d1393878b0/desktop-setup.mjs)
[establish-history.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/1608146a274de34a/establish-history.py)
[finalize-row-notes.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/d63abda56315e542/finalize-row-notes.py)
[forge-failure-harness.mjs](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/c884eaf39f668043/forge-failure-harness.mjs)
[native-driver.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/31ef81bbc3609504/native-driver.py)
[native-runtime.mjs](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/db46ffc189e78277/native-runtime.mjs)
[pair-native.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/1fd56b1524557654/pair-native.py)
[pair-shared.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/ce08af132fa40b9c/pair-shared.py)
[playback-state-times.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/0b5aa814df6fb579/playback-state-times.py)
[prepare-media.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/e58be1e2c7100b31/prepare-media.py)
[restart-for-a9.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/e60f393127b515f9/restart-for-a9.py)
[runtime-freeze.js](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/85b4dd45effa5c41/runtime-freeze.js)
[summarize-diffs.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/f9afd6fb039af40e/summarize-diffs.py)
[upload-artifacts-fast.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/97f2c30b76aa395c/upload-artifacts-fast.py)
[upload-artifacts.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/122f8acf2156b80b/upload-artifacts.py)
[upload-scripts.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/c2dfd394a1c54da5/upload-scripts.py)
[matrix.md](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/c9e2bb5b2b22a8a9/matrix.md)
[selected-rows.json](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/3f0d4e12d9fd5433/selected-rows.json)
[row-notes.json](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/49291539fef48fc9/row-notes.json)
[envs.json](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/4bdbc1045aaa0b95/envs.json)
[before-seed.json](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/36750aedbc38c4b9/before-seed.json)
[after-seed.json](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/e14937895b282bf7/after-seed.json)
[before-history-rpc.json](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/0ca4b8e74921ad09/before-history-rpc.json)
[after-history-rpc.json](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/cfd9f5648340db8d/after-history-rpc.json)
[upload-sheets.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/bf9b03c0d1bbb7e1/upload-sheets.py)
[build-evidence.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/0353a1ab11980d37/build-evidence.py)
[make-index.py](https://gh-file-drop-api-prod-mi5fy3sowv63ufte.pinglabs.workers.dev/f/a0994fd21cce1dde/make-index.py)


[base]: https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/commit/71646e031a6dc9db1309b3b9dff597f872cf2fd3
[head]: https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/commit/0d27d85707dcdc7de5d0fcd05f5649b030203899
