[juliusmarminge]

Problem

On a desktop preview tab, every remote viewer and agent recording opens its own CDP page session through the desktop relay, but they all share the guest's one Electron debugger, and Chromium runs one screencast per page. When one session sent Page.stopScreencast, the host forwarded it to Chromium even while another session was still streaming, so the others froze: a recording stopping or a viewer closing stopped every other consumer's frames. Also, when the last streaming session detached without stopping, the native screencast kept running with no one watching.

Reproduced on main in real Electron 44.10.1 (Xvfb), running the actual DesktopBrowserHost and CDP relay with two page sessions on a 60 fps page: after one session stops, the other gets 0 frames in the next 2 s, in either stop order. After the last session detaches, 90 native frames still arrive in 1.5 s.

Change

tab.screencasts in DesktopBrowserHost already lists the sessions streaming the guest. It now also decides when the page's one native screencast stops:

• A page-level Page.stopScreencast reaches Chromium only when no other session is still streaming; otherwise it is answered {} and the stream keeps running.
• A streaming session that leaves another way (it detaches, or Chromium refuses its start) sends the native stop when it was the last one.
• The relay sends screencast frames to every page session. It now skips a session that streamed and then stopped while another still streams. That covers, for example, a recording that stopped at its size limit while a viewer watches, which would otherwise keep encoding and acking the viewer's frames. Sessions that never streamed, such as Playwright's main page session, receive frames as before, so Chromium's frame acks, and with them remote-viewer frame rate, are unchanged.

A later start from any session still restarts Chromium's stream with that caller's parameters, as before.

Scope and approval

Fixes #31014

Triaged via the automated issue flow.

Verification

• vp test run apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.test.ts apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.test.ts: 50 passed. Two new tests in DesktopBrowserHost.test.ts:
  • "keeps a guest's one screencast running until its last streaming session stops": fails on main with stopped the screencast another session still streams: expected 1 to be +0. It also checks that a frame after session 1 stops reaches session 2 and the main session, not session 1.
  • "stops a guest's screencast once its last streaming session detaches": the native stop follows the last streaming session's detach.
• vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, typecheck and tests pass.
• Real Electron fixture: Electron 44.10.1 on Xvfb, --no-sandbox --disable-gpu, bundling the real DesktopBrowserHost and CdpRelay from each side. Two relay page sessions A and B each start a screencast and ack every frame on a 60 fps canvas page; each scenario ends with the last session stopping or detaching.

Scenario	Survivor frames in the 2 s after its sibling left: before 9e85538535	after 2850ddad2f	Departed session's frames after leaving: after	Native frames 1.5 s after the last session left: before	after
A stops, B stops last	0	120	0	0	0
A stops, B detaches last	0	120	0	0	0
B stops, A stops last	0	120	0	0	0
B stops, A detaches last	0	119	0	0	0
A detaches, B stops last	120	120	0	0	0
A detaches, B detaches last	119	122	0	90	0

On the fix, viewer restarts and rescales, and a capture pausing and resuming both consumers, kept about 60 fps after resuming in the same fixture. A pause of both consumers stopped native frames for the capture.

Not checked: a packaged macOS or Windows app, a live T3 desktop with real remote viewers from web or mobile, and tunnel connections. The fixture drives the host and relay directly, not through ServerBrowser.

Fixture driver (Electron main script; bundle DesktopBrowserHost.ts with esbuild into the CJS that HOST_BUNDLE names)

// Real Electron fixture for #31014: drives the real DesktopBrowserHost relay against a real
// guest WebContents debugger, with two page-session screencast consumers.
const { app, BrowserWindow } = require("electron");
const { DesktopBrowserHost, Effect, Stream } = require(process.env.HOST_BUNDLE);
const scenario = process.env.SCENARIO ?? "stop-a";
const key = { threadId: "thread-1", tabId: "tab-1" };
const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
const log = (...a) => console.log(`[${new Date().toISOString()}]`, ...a);

const PAGE = `data:text/html,<body style="margin:0"><canvas id=c width=400 height=300></canvas><script>
let n=0;const x=c.getContext('2d');(function f(){n++;x.fillStyle='hsl('+(n%360)+',80%,50%)';x.fillRect(0,0,400,300);x.fillStyle='#000';x.font='40px sans-serif';x.fillText('frame '+n,40,150);setTimeout(f,16)})()</script>`;

app.whenReady().then(async () => {
  const win = new BrowserWindow({ width: 400, height: 300, show: true, webPreferences: { backgroundThrottling: false } });
  await win.loadURL('data:text/html,'+encodeURIComponent(PAGE.slice('data:text/html,'.length)));
  const wc = win.webContents;
  wc.debugger.attach("1.3");
  let native = 0;
  wc.debugger.on("message", (_e, m) => { if (m === "Page.screencastFrame") native++; });
  const host = await Effect.runPromise(DesktopBrowserHost.make);
  const frames = new Map(); // sessionId -> count
  const replies = new Map();
  let nextId = 1;
  const send = (message) => {
    const id = nextId++;
    const p = new Promise((resolve) => replies.set(id, resolve));
    Effect.runSync(host.handleCommandLine(JSON.stringify({ type: "cdp", ...key, message: JSON.stringify({ id, ...message }) })));
    return p;
  };
  Effect.runFork(
    host.events.pipe(
      Stream.runForEach((line) =>
        Effect.sync(() => {
          const event = JSON.parse(new TextDecoder().decode(line));
          if (event.type !== "cdp") return;
          const msg = JSON.parse(event.message);
          if (typeof msg.id === "number") { replies.get(msg.id)?.(msg); replies.delete(msg.id); return; }
          if (msg.method === "Page.screencastFrame") {
            frames.set(msg.sessionId, (frames.get(msg.sessionId) ?? 0) + 1);
            if (!detached.has(msg.sessionId))
              void send({ method: "Page.screencastFrameAck", params: { sessionId: msg.params.sessionId }, sessionId: msg.sessionId });
          }
        }),
      ),
    ),
  );
  const detached = new Set();
  // Wait until the host announced the tab before attaching it, as the server would.
  await sleep(100);
  host.attach(key, { webContents: wc, debugger: wc.debugger });
  await sleep(200);
  log("setAutoAttach", JSON.stringify(await send({ method: "Target.setAutoAttach", params: { autoAttach: true, waitForDebuggerOnStart: false, flatten: true } })));
  const targets = await send({ method: "Target.getTargets" });
  const targetId = targets.result.targetInfos[0].targetId;
  const A = (await send({ method: "Target.attachToTarget", params: { targetId, flatten: true } })).result.sessionId;
  const B = (await send({ method: "Target.attachToTarget", params: { targetId, flatten: true } })).result.sessionId;
  log("sessions", A, B);
  const snap = () => ({ A: frames.get(A) ?? 0, B: frames.get(B) ?? 0 });
  const params = { format: "jpeg", quality: 60, maxWidth: 400, maxHeight: 300 };
  log("A start", JSON.stringify(await send({ method: "Page.startScreencast", params, sessionId: A })));
  log("B start", JSON.stringify(await send({ method: "Page.startScreencast", params, sessionId: B })));
  await sleep(2000);
  const s1 = snap();
  log("after 2s both streaming", JSON.stringify(s1));
  if (scenario === "stop-a") log("A stop", JSON.stringify(await send({ method: "Page.stopScreencast", sessionId: A })));
  if (scenario === "stop-b-first") log("B stop", JSON.stringify(await send({ method: "Page.stopScreencast", sessionId: B })));
  if (scenario === "detach-a") { detached.add(A); log("A detach", JSON.stringify(await send({ method: "Target.detachFromTarget", params: { sessionId: A } }))); }
  await sleep(300);
  const s2 = snap();
  await sleep(2000);
  const s3 = snap();
  const survivor = scenario === "stop-b-first" ? "A" : "B";
  const gone = survivor === "A" ? "B" : "A";
  const survivorFrames = s3[survivor] - s2[survivor];
  log(`2s after ${gone} left:`, JSON.stringify(s3), `survivor ${survivor} got ${survivorFrames} new frames; ${gone} got ${s3[gone] - s2[gone]}`);
  // Final consumer leaves: native stream must stop.
  const survivorSession = survivor === "A" ? A : B;
  if (scenario === "detach-b-last") {}
  if (process.env.LAST === "detach") { detached.add(survivorSession); log(`${survivor} detach (last)`, JSON.stringify(await send({ method: "Target.detachFromTarget", params: { sessionId: survivorSession } }))); }
  else log(`${survivor} stop (last)`, JSON.stringify(await send({ method: "Page.stopScreencast", sessionId: survivorSession })));
  await sleep(300);
  const n4 = native;
  await sleep(1500);
  log("native frames from the debugger in 1.5s after the last consumer left:", native - n4);
  console.log("RESULT", JSON.stringify({ scenario, last: process.env.LAST ?? "stop", survivor, survivorFramesAfterSiblingLeft: survivorFrames, departedFramesAfterLeaving: s3[gone] - s2[gone], nativeFramesAfterLastLeft: native - n4, electron: process.versions.electron }));
  app.exit(0);
});

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Approvability

Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — The change keeps shared preview capture running when one viewer or recording stops and adds last-owner cleanup. An unresolved review concern requires attention: an unanswered start may keep native capture and painting active after the last committed consumer leaves.

No code changes detected at dcc264b. Prior analysis still applies.

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Walkthrough

Desktop preview now tracks screencast ownership and pending starts per session. The host retains the native stream while owners remain and stops it after the final owner leaves. The relay sends screencast frames only to eligible sessions.

Changes: Shared screencast lifecycle

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared stream ownership and cleanup apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.ts, apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.test.ts	The host tracks started and pending screencast requests by owner. It stops the native stream when no owners remain, including after detach or a late start. Tests cover shared sessions, refused starts, detach, and late completion.
Screencast frame routing apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.ts, apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.test.ts, apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.ts	The relay checks receivesScreencast before forwarding Page.screencastFrame events. Other page events retain broadcast behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PageSession
  participant DesktopBrowserHost
  participant ChromiumCDP
  participant CdpRelay
  PageSession->>DesktopBrowserHost: Start or stop screencast
  DesktopBrowserHost->>ChromiumCDP: Start or stop shared native stream
  ChromiumCDP->>CdpRelay: Send screencast frame
  CdpRelay->>DesktopBrowserHost: Check owner eligibility
  CdpRelay->>PageSession: Forward frame to eligible session

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Possibly related issues

• #17870 — The change stops the native screencast when the final owner leaves. The supplied test summaries do not establish coverage of every teardown path described in the issue.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, shivamhwp

Merge Risk: Low · previous review f0f76

Stopping one preview viewer no longer freezes the others. One edge case remains: if another viewer's start request never completes, the underlying capture may keep running after the last active viewer leaves. This is narrow and self-limited, so it is mergeable with owner awareness.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check		#31014’s shared stop and detach behavior is implemented in DesktopBrowserHost.ts. The host tracks pending and started streams, suppresses a stop while another owner remains, stops after the last det…	Associate each start and stop operation with the active stream generation, or apply an equivalent ordering guard, so an older stop cannot delete or stop a newer stream. Preserve the required main-session frame and acknowledgement behavior w…

Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main fix: preventing one preview viewer or recording from stopping the shared screencast for other consumers.
Description check		The description includes complete Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the shared screencast failure, implementation, linked issue, focused tests, fixture result…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes in DesktopBrowserHost.ts, CdpRelay.ts, and the related tests address the shared screencast lifecycle, frame routing, detach handling, and failed-start handling required by #31014. No u…

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Explanation

The description includes complete Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the shared screencast failure, implementation, linked issue, focused tests, fixture results, and unverified environments.

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Explanation

The changes in DesktopBrowserHost.ts, CdpRelay.ts, and the related tests address the shared screencast lifecycle, frame routing, detach handling, and failed-start handling required by #31014. No unrelated change is demonstrated.

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Explanation

#31014’s shared stop and detach behavior is implemented in DesktopBrowserHost.ts. The host tracks pending and started streams, suppresses a stop while another owner remains, stops after the last detach, and handles refused or late starts. CdpRelay.ts also suppresses frames for owners that left the stream. The stale-stop requirement remains unmet. The Page.stopScreencast path deletes tab.screencasts by owner without checking the stream generation. An older stop can therefore delete a newer start for the same owner and forward a native stop. No test covers this ordering. The current receivesScreencast callback also returns false for the main page owner (undefined) unless that owner started a stream, so the existing main-session frame and acknowledgement path is not preserved when another session streams.

Resolution

Associate each start and stop operation with the active stream generation, or apply an equivalent ordering guard, so an older stop cannot delete or stop a newer stream. Preserve the required main-session frame and acknowledgement behavior while suppressing frames for sessions that stopped or detached. Add tests for stale stop ordering and for main-session frame delivery with a separate streaming session.

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Review comments at @apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.ts:
- Line 324: Update the screencast ownership logic around Page.startScreencast so
pending starts are tracked separately from committed owners. Base the native
stop decision when an owner stops on committed starts only, ensuring an
unanswered start cannot suppress stopping the native stream when no committed
consumer remains.
- Line 353: Update the refused-start cleanup around the sessionId check and
leaveScreencast so a failed replacement Page.startScreencast rolls back only
ownership acquired by that attempt, preserving the session’s previously
committed ownership and avoiding a native stop when it remains an owner. Extend
the existing refused-start coverage with a replacement-start failure case that
verifies this behavior.
- Around line 365-366: Update the start-request bookkeeping used by the
`receivesScreencast` predicate so `streamingOwners` records a session only after
Chromium confirms its start succeeded. Do not mark refused starts as streamed;
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Do not count a pending start as a committed screencast owner.

If session A is streaming and session B’s Page.startScreencast remains unanswered, B is already in tab.screencasts. When A stops, this guard suppresses the native stop. If B’s start never settles, the native stream and painting state remain active without a committed consumer. Track pending starts separately, and base the last-owner stop decision on committed starts. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.ts at line 324:
Update the screencast ownership logic around Page.startScreencast so pending
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Keep frame delivery for a session whose start was refused.

A start request adds the session to streamingOwners before Chromium accepts it. If that start fails while another session streams, cleanup removes it from tab.screencasts, but this predicate then rejects its frames. Record that a session streamed only after a successful start, so a session that never streamed retains the intended frame delivery. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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365 - 366:
Update the start-request bookkeeping used by the `receivesScreencast` predicate
so `streamingOwners` records a session only after Chromium confirms its start
succeeded. Do not mark refused starts as streamed; preserve the existing
frame-delivery behavior for sessions that have not successfully streamed and the
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[GPT-6.1-Sol][Codex] on behalf of shivam.

Julius took over #31014 here, so I am stopping our parallel implementation and handing over the findings. No competing PR was opened.

I reproduced the issue in the physical corex Linux desktop application, Electron 44.10.1 / Chromium 152.0.7977.169, using isolated state and a visible animated test webview. This exercised the application's actual host, relay and Manager through CDP. On original base 9e85538535c8553901351112ab02dd1dd62db5ee, stopping A left B with zero sustained frames despite painting remaining active. Detaching the final consumer left 99 sustained native frames with no owner.

Our independently reviewed candidate is available at shivamhwp/t3code@11da78d9f46fb7e6044230147127828ffd4c173e, based on dd5f98eeecad5db5b10314296221df115f130fbd. It passed 49 focused tests, vp run check:changed, and vp run build:desktop. On that candidate, B received 100 sustained frames after A stopped and 99 after A detached; A and idle sessions received zero. Final detach sent one native stop, left zero sustained native frames, released painting and restored background throttling. A static page delivered its first frame.

One concrete ordering regression found during our review may be useful: dispatch starts A and B; stop A while B is pending; reject B; then resolve A successfully. Ignoring A's late success entirely can leave Chromium streaming without an owner. Our final correction records every successful dispatched native start, commits ownership only if the session record is still current, then checks whether the native stream is unowned. The existing cancellation test controls each reply explicitly and fails before that correction. Other covered cases include refused replacement of a committed stream, overlapping starts, detach during a pending start, and stop decisions delayed behind focus changes. These are findings from our branch, not a claim that this PR has the same defect.

The attached evidence covers our candidate, not this PR's head. These are source-built full-app protocol checks with a test panel, not packaged release or normal-viewer UI acceptance. CUA window capture returned surface_identity_unproven, so recordings use the separate application renderer target. Native macOS/Windows, packaged installers, remote/relay/tunnel clients and hardware display sleep remain unverified. Backpressure and per-consumer acknowledgement slots remain the separate scope of #28518.

Base, stopping A freezes B:

base-application.mp4

Our candidate, B continues after A stops and the final detach shuts down Chromium:

final-stop-application.mp4

Base, final detach leaks the native stream:

base-detach-application.mp4

Our candidate, sibling detach preserves B and final detach stops Chromium:

final-detach-application.mp4

Exact results and test output

Issue #31014 verification
Head: 11da78d9f46fb7e6044230147127828ffd4c173e
Base: dd5f98eeecad5db5b10314296221df115f130fbd
Original reproduction source: 9e85538535c8553901351112ab02dd1dd62db5ee
Environment: physical corex host, Linux GNOME Wayland, source-built T3 Code desktop 0.1.7, Electron 44.10.1 / Chromium 152.0.7977.169.
State: isolated /tmp/t3code-31014 desktop home and Electron profile. Seeded repository desktop-launch fixture. Only local test data.
Final main.cjs SHA-256: e0b8a99d9825df87fdfd581217415a92c561a5256dd5edce57bddcc2d466734a

Method: Node Inspector breakpoint captures the running application DesktopBrowserHost closures without editing its source or bundle. A test webview is created through desktopBridge.preview createTab/getPreviewConfig/registerWebview. The production PreviewManager attaches the debugger and acknowledges native frames. The driver sends synthetic page-session CDP commands through the real host relay, records routed events and native start/stop sends, hashes native images to establish distinct frames, and observes 120 guest animation frames per observation window. The first window after stop drains in-flight encoding; sustained counts come from the following window. Videos record the separate application-window target, not the guest being tested.
These are source-built full-app protocol checks with a test panel, not packaged release or manual normal-viewer UI acceptance. CUA window capture was unavailable (surface_identity_unproven); application capturePage and native renderer screencast supplied the evidence.

base:
{
  "before": {
    "t3-preview-page-1": 197,
    "t3-preview-page-2": 197
  },
  "afterStoppingA": {
    "A": 1,
    "B": 1,
    "distinctFrames": 1,
    "sustainedA": 0,
    "sustainedB": 0
  },
  "nativeOwners": 1,
  "painting": true,
  "nativeSends": [
    "Page.startScreencast",
    "Page.startScreencast",
    "Page.stopScreencast"
  ]
}
Final detach: {"owners": 0, "painting": false, "nativeSends": ["Page.startScreencast", "Page.startScreencast", "Page.stopScreencast"]}
Idle root-session frames: not measured on this base pass

base-detach:
{
  "before": {
    "t3-preview-page-1": 292,
    "t3-preview-page-2": 292
  },
  "afterStoppingA": {
    "A": 0,
    "B": 200,
    "distinctFrames": 200,
    "sustainedA": 0,
    "sustainedB": 101
  },
  "nativeOwners": 1,
  "painting": true,
  "nativeSends": [
    "Page.startScreencast",
    "Page.startScreencast"
  ]
}
Final detach: {"owners": 0, "painting": false, "nativeSends": ["Page.startScreencast", "Page.startScreencast"], "sustainedNativeFrames": 99}
Idle root-session frames: not measured on this base pass

final-stop:
{
  "before": {
    "t3-preview-page-1": 246,
    "t3-preview-page-2": 619
  },
  "afterStoppingA": {
    "A": 0,
    "B": 199,
    "distinctFrames": 199,
    "sustainedA": 0,
    "sustainedB": 100
  },
  "nativeOwners": 1,
  "painting": true,
  "nativeSends": [
    "Page.startScreencast",
    "Page.startScreencast"
  ]
}
Final detach: {"owners": 0, "painting": false, "nativeSends": ["Page.startScreencast", "Page.startScreencast", "Page.stopScreencast"], "sustainedNativeFrames": 0, "backgroundThrottling": true}
Idle root-session frames: 0

final-detach:
{
  "before": {
    "t3-preview-page-1": 341,
    "t3-preview-page-2": 912
  },
  "afterStoppingA": {
    "A": 0,
    "B": 200,
    "distinctFrames": 200,
    "sustainedA": 0,
    "sustainedB": 99
  },
  "nativeOwners": 1,
  "painting": true,
  "nativeSends": [
    "Page.startScreencast",
    "Page.startScreencast"
  ]
}
Final detach: {"owners": 0, "painting": false, "nativeSends": ["Page.startScreencast", "Page.startScreencast", "Page.stopScreencast"], "sustainedNativeFrames": 0, "backgroundThrottling": true}
Idle root-session frames: 0

Static first-frame check at final head:
{ staticFirstFrame: true, owners: 0, painting: false }

Automated checks: vp test run apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.test.ts apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.test.ts -> 49 passed.
The four new/extended regressions against base source fail by assertions (45 pass). R1 cleanup ordering test fails on c61dc3d7c351d5c7fd1aaf7fe1b4eb8eaeed14a7 before the final fix, then passes.

Final check:changed output:
$ node scripts/check-changed.ts ⊘ cache disabled
check:changed: 4 files since dd5f98eeecad (origin/main)

> vp format  pass  0.4s
Checking formatting...

All matched files use the correct format.
Finished in 229ms on 4 files using 16 threads.

> vp lint  pass  0.9s

> vp knip 1/2  pass  13.0s

> vp knip 2/2  pass  26.3s

> vp typecheck (2 packages)  pass  2.0s
~/apps/desktop$ tsc --noEmit ○ cache miss: 'apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.test.ts' modified, executing

~/scripts$ tsc --noEmit ◉ cache hit, replaying

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vp run: 1/2 cache hit (50%), 2/2 successful, 340ms saved. (Run `vp run --last-details` for full details)

> vp test (2 files)  pass  15.0s

 RUN  v5.0.5 /home/shivam/Developer/.state/issue-watch/worktrees/31014


 Test Files  2 passed (2)
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Videos were decoded end-to-end with ffmpeg -v error -i <file.mp4> -f null -; both final videos passed.

Unverified: macOS/Windows native execution and packaged installers, remote/relay/tunnel clients, display-sleep behavior on hardware, and per-consumer frame backlog/acknowledgement slots from separate PR #28518. No backpressure or quality negotiation changes are claimed.

Native protocol harness

Runtime harness used for the attached source-built Linux desktop evidence. Temporary test code only. No production source/bundle rewrite.
Run normal repo build: vp run build:desktop. Launch the app with isolated T3CODE_HOME/XDG_CONFIG_HOME/XDG_DATA_HOME, VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL for the dev renderer, --inspect-brk=15525 and --remote-debugging-port=15524. Serve animation.html at127.0.0.1:15526. Capture the host with native-probe, ensure the seeded desktop root is ready, then create-guest and run-consumers.

=== cdp.mjs ===

export class Cdp {
  pending=new Map(); seq=0; events=[];
  static async connect(url){const c=new Cdp();c.ws=new WebSocket(url);await new Promise((res,rej)=>{c.ws.onopen=res;c.ws.onerror=rej});c.ws.onmessage=({data})=>{const m=JSON.parse(data);if(m.id){const p=c.pending.get(m.id);c.pending.delete(m.id);m.error?p?.reject(new Error(JSON.stringify(m.error))):p?.resolve(m.result)}else{c.events.push(m);c.onEvent?.(m)}};return c}
  send(method,params={}){return new Promise((resolve,reject)=>{const id=++this.seq;this.pending.set(id,{resolve,reject});this.ws.send(JSON.stringify({id,method,params}))})}
  async eval(expression){const r=await this.send('Runtime.evaluate',{expression,awaitPromise:true,returnByValue:true});if(r.exceptionDetails)throw Error(JSON.stringify(r.exceptionDetails));return r.result?.value}
}

=== native-probe.mjs ===

import fs from 'node:fs';
import crypto from 'node:crypto';
import { setTimeout as delay } from 'node:timers/promises';
const root='/home/shivam/Developer/.state/issue-watch/worktrees/31014';
class Cdp {
  pending=new Map(); seq=0; events=[];
  static async connect(url){const c=new Cdp();c.ws=new WebSocket(url);await new Promise((res,rej)=>{c.ws.onopen=res;c.ws.onerror=rej});c.ws.onmessage=({data})=>{const m=JSON.parse(data);if(m.id){const p=c.pending.get(m.id);c.pending.delete(m.id);m.error?p?.reject(new Error(JSON.stringify(m.error))):p?.resolve(m.result)}else{c.events.push(m);c.onEvent?.(m)}};return c}
  send(method,params={}){return new Promise((resolve,reject)=>{const id=++this.seq;this.pending.set(id,{resolve,reject});this.ws.send(JSON.stringify({id,method,params}))})}
  async eval(expression){const r=await this.send('Runtime.evaluate',{expression,awaitPromise:true,returnByValue:true});if(r.exceptionDetails)throw Error(JSON.stringify(r.exceptionDetails));return r.result?.value}
}
let info; for(let n=0;n<40;n++){try{info=await fetch('http://127.0.0.1:15525/json/list').then(r=>r.json());break}catch{await delay(250)}} if(!info)throw Error('No main inspector');
const main=await Cdp.connect(info[0].webSocketDebuggerUrl);
const text=fs.readFileSync(root+'/apps/desktop/dist-electron/main.cjs','utf8');
const line=text.split('\n').findIndex(x=>x.includes('return DesktopBrowserHost.of({'));
await main.send('Debugger.enable');
await main.send('Debugger.setBreakpointByUrl',{lineNumber:line,urlRegex:'main\\.cjs$'});
let resolveReady; const ready=new Promise(r=>resolveReady=r);
main.onEvent=async e=>{if(e.method!=='Debugger.paused')return; console.log('paused',e.params.callFrames[0]?.url,e.params.callFrames[0]?.location); try{const f=e.params.callFrames.find(f=>f.location.lineNumber===line);if(f){const expression=`globalThis.__screencastProbe = { tabs, relayFor, messages: [], painting: [], electron, read: () => [...tabs.values()].map(t=>({key:t.key, owners:t.screencasts.size, painting:t.painting})) }; runFork(runForEach(fromPubSub(outbox), e=>sync(()=>{if(e.type==='cdp'){const m=JSON.parse(e.message); if(m.method==='Page.screencastFrame') { m.params={sessionId:m.params.sessionId, data:require('node:crypto').createHash('sha256').update(m.params.data).digest('hex')}; } globalThis.__screencastProbe.messages.push(m)}}))); runFork(runForEach(fromPubSub(painting), e=>sync(()=>globalThis.__screencastProbe.painting.push(e)))); true`;
const r=await main.send('Debugger.evaluateOnCallFrame',{callFrameId:f.callFrameId,expression,returnByValue:true});if(r.exceptionDetails)throw Error(JSON.stringify(r.exceptionDetails));await main.send('Debugger.resume');resolveReady();}else await main.send('Debugger.resume');}catch(err){console.error(err);process.exit(1)}};
console.log('breakpoint line',line); await main.send('Runtime.runIfWaitingForDebugger'); await main.send('Debugger.resume').catch(()=>{});
await ready;
console.log('Captured the unmodified application host service at startup. main sha256='+crypto.createHash('sha256').update(text).digest('hex'));
// Only wait for the app process to publish its renderer endpoint; protocol assertions below await events.
let renderer;
for(let n=0;n<60;n++){try{const tabs=await fetch('http://127.0.0.1:15524/json/list').then(r=>r.json());renderer=tabs.find(t=>t.url.startsWith('t3code-dev://app/'));if(renderer)break;}catch{}await delay(500)}
if(!renderer)throw Error('No application renderer');
const page=await Cdp.connect(renderer.webSocketDebuggerUrl);
console.log(await page.eval(`({text:document.body.innerText.slice(0,250), bridge:!!window.desktopBridge})`));
fs.writeFileSync('/tmp/t3code-31014/probe-endpoints.json',JSON.stringify({main:info[0].webSocketDebuggerUrl,page:renderer.webSocketDebuggerUrl}));
await main.send('Debugger.disable');main.ws.close();page.ws.close();


=== create-guest.mjs ===

import fs from 'node:fs';import { Cdp } from './cdp.mjs';
const mode=process.argv[2]??'';const ep=JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('/tmp/t3code-31014/probe-endpoints.json','utf8'));const page=await Cdp.connect(ep.page);const main=await Cdp.connect(ep.main);
console.log(await page.eval(`(async()=>{const b=window.desktopBridge.preview; const tabId='native-31014'; if(document.querySelector('#native-test')){await b.closeTab(tabId);document.querySelector('#native-test').remove()} await b.createTab(tabId,{serverTab:{threadId:'native-test-31014',tabId}}); const config=await b.getPreviewConfig('00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000314');const wrap=document.createElement('section');wrap.id='native-test';wrap.style='position:fixed;inset:60px 20px 20px 270px;z-index:10000;background:#152238;display:flex;flex-direction:column;color:white';const label=document.createElement('h2');label.id='probe-status';label.textContent='Desktop screencast lifecycle verification';label.style='font:20px system-ui;padding:10px';wrap.append(label);const w=document.createElement('webview');w.id='probe-guest';w.style='flex:1;min-height:400px';w.setAttribute('partition',config.partition);w.setAttribute('webpreferences',config.webPreferences);w.setAttribute('preload',config.preloadUrl);w.setAttribute('allowpopups','true');const ready=new Promise((resolve,reject)=>{w.addEventListener('dom-ready',async()=>{try{await b.registerWebview(tabId,w.getWebContentsId());resolve(w.getWebContentsId())}catch(e){reject(e)}},{once:true});w.addEventListener('did-fail-load',e=>reject(Error(e.errorDescription)),{once:true})});w.src='http://127.0.0.1:15526/animation.html'+${JSON.stringify(mode)};wrap.append(w);document.body.append(wrap);return await ready})()`));
console.log(await main.eval(`__screencastProbe.read()`));main.ws.close();page.ws.close();


=== run-consumers.mjs ===

import fs from 'node:fs';import {execFileSync} from 'node:child_process';import { Cdp } from './cdp.mjs';
const variant=process.argv[2]??'base';const siblingAction=process.argv[3]??'stop';const ep=JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('/tmp/t3code-31014/probe-endpoints.json','utf8'));const main=await Cdp.connect(ep.main);const page=await Cdp.connect(ep.page);
const frames=[];page.onEvent=e=>{if(e.method==='Page.screencastFrame'){frames.push({data:Buffer.from(e.params.data,'base64'),timestamp:e.params.metadata.timestamp});void page.send('Page.screencastFrameAck',{sessionId:e.params.sessionId})}};await page.send('Page.startScreencast',{format:'jpeg',quality:80,maxWidth:1280,maxHeight:900});
const result=await main.eval(`(async()=>{
const p=__screencastProbe; const t=[...p.tabs.values()].find(t=>t.key.tabId==='native-31014'); const relay=p.relayFor(t); let seq=100; const native=[];let nativeFrames=0;const nativeListener=(_e,method)=>{if(method==='Page.screencastFrame')nativeFrames++};t.debuggee.debugger.on('message',nativeListener);const originalSend=t.debuggee.debugger.sendCommand; t.debuggee.debugger.sendCommand=function(method,...args){if(method==='Page.startScreencast'||method==='Page.stopScreencast')native.push(method); return originalSend.call(this,method,...args)};const app= p.electron.BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().find(w=>w.getTitle().startsWith('T3 Code')).webContents;const label=text=>app.executeJavaScript('document.querySelector("#probe-status").textContent='+JSON.stringify(text));
p.waiters=[];const push=p.messages.push.bind(p.messages);p.messages.push=(m)=>{push(m);for(const w of [...p.waiters])if(w.match(m)){p.waiters.splice(p.waiters.indexOf(w),1);w.resolve(m)}return p.messages.length};
const next=match=>new Promise(resolve=>p.waiters.push({match,resolve}));
const rpc=async(method,params={},sessionId)=>{const id=++seq;const reply=next(m=>m.id===id);relay.receive(JSON.stringify({id,method,params,...(sessionId?{sessionId}:{})}));const r=await reply;if(r.error)throw Error(r.error.message);return r.result};
const animate=()=>t.debuggee.debugger.sendCommand('Runtime.evaluate',{expression:'new Promise(resolve=>{let n=0;const step=()=>++n===120?resolve(n):requestAnimationFrame(step);requestAnimationFrame(step)})',awaitPromise:true});
const counts=()=>Object.fromEntries([A,B].map(s=>[s,p.messages.filter(m=>m.method==='Page.screencastFrame'&&m.sessionId===s).length]));
await rpc('Target.setAutoAttach',{autoAttach:true,flatten:true,waitForDebuggerOnStart:false});
const targetId=await t.debuggee.debugger.sendCommand('Target.getTargetInfo').then(r=>r.targetInfo.targetId);
const A=(await rpc('Target.attachToTarget',{targetId,flatten:true})).sessionId;
const B=(await rpc('Target.attachToTarget',{targetId,flatten:true})).sessionId;
const frameA=next(m=>m.method==='Page.screencastFrame'&&m.sessionId===A);await rpc('Page.startScreencast',{format:'jpeg',quality:60},A);await frameA;
const frameB=next(m=>m.method==='Page.screencastFrame'&&m.sessionId===B);await rpc('Page.startScreencast',{format:'jpeg',quality:60},B);await frameB;await label(${JSON.stringify(variant)}+': consumers A and B are receiving frames'); await animate();const before=counts();
if(${JSON.stringify(siblingAction)}==='detach')await rpc('Target.detachFromTarget',{sessionId:A});else await rpc('Page.stopScreencast',{},A);const start=counts();await label(${JSON.stringify(variant)}+': A stopped, observing B while the native page animates');await animate();const drained=counts();await animate();const end=counts();
const hashes=new Set(p.messages.filter(m=>m.method==='Page.screencastFrame'&&m.sessionId===B).slice(start[B]).map(m=>m.params.data));
const report={variant:${JSON.stringify(variant)},A,B,before,afterStoppingA:{A:end[A]-start[A],B:end[B]-start[B],distinctFrames:hashes.size,sustainedA:end[A]-drained[A],sustainedB:end[B]-drained[B]},idleFrames:p.messages.filter(m=>m.method==='Page.screencastFrame'&&m.sessionId==='t3-preview-page').length,nativeOwners:t.screencasts.size,painting:t.painting,nativeSends:[...native],versions:process.versions};
await rpc('Target.detachFromTarget',{sessionId:B});await animate();const drainedNative=nativeFrames;await animate();const remainingNative=nativeFrames-drainedNative;report.afterFinalDetach={owners:t.screencasts.size,painting:t.painting,nativeSends:[...native],sustainedNativeFrames:remainingNative,backgroundThrottling:t.debuggee.webContents.getBackgroundThrottling()};await label(${JSON.stringify(variant)}+': B received '+(end[B]-drained[B])+' sustained frames after A stopped. Final detach painting='+t.painting);await animate();t.debuggee.debugger.sendCommand=originalSend;t.debuggee.debugger.off('message',nativeListener);
return report;
})()`);
const survived=result.afterStoppingA.sustainedB>0&&result.afterStoppingA.distinctFrames>1;
console.log(JSON.stringify({...result,survived},null,2));fs.writeFileSync('/tmp/t3code-31014/'+variant+'-runtime.json',JSON.stringify({...result,survived},null,2));
await page.eval(`document.querySelector('#probe-status').textContent=${JSON.stringify(variant+': after stopping A, B '+(survived?'continues receiving distinct frames':'receives no frames')+'. Last detach releases painting.')}`);
await page.send('Page.stopScreencast'); const screenshot=await main.eval(`(async()=>{const w=__screencastProbe.electron.BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().find(w=>w.getTitle().startsWith('T3 Code'));const image=await w.webContents.capturePage();return image.toPNG().toString('base64')})()`);
fs.writeFileSync('/tmp/t3code-31014/'+variant+'-application.png',Buffer.from(screenshot,'base64')); main.ws.close();page.ws.close();
if(frames.length>1){const dir='/tmp/t3code-31014/'+variant+'-recording';fs.mkdirSync(dir,{recursive:true});let list='';for(let i=0;i<frames.length;i++){const path=dir+'/'+i+'.jpg';fs.writeFileSync(path,frames[i].data);list+=`file '${path}'\nduration ${i+1<frames.length?Math.max(.01,frames[i+1].timestamp-frames[i].timestamp):.2}\n`}fs.writeFileSync(dir+'/frames.txt',list);execFileSync('ffmpeg',['-y','-v','error','-f','concat','-safe','0','-i',dir+'/frames.txt','-vf','pad=ceil(iw/2)*2:ceil(ih/2)*2','-c:v','libx264','-pix_fmt','yuv420p','/tmp/t3code-31014/'+variant+'-application.mp4']);console.log('Recorded '+frames.length+' native application frames')}



=== static-check.mjs ===

import fs from 'node:fs';import { Cdp } from './cdp.mjs';const ep=JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('/tmp/t3code-31014/probe-endpoints.json','utf8'));const main=await Cdp.connect(ep.main);
console.log(await main.eval(`(async()=>{const p=__screencastProbe;const t=[...p.tabs.values()].find(t=>t.key.tabId==='native-31014');const relay=p.relayFor(t);let id=400;const waiters=[];const push=p.messages.push.bind(p.messages);p.messages.push=m=>{push(m);for(const w of [...waiters])if(w.match(m)){waiters.splice(waiters.indexOf(w),1);w.resolve(m)}return p.messages.length};const next=match=>new Promise(resolve=>waiters.push({match,resolve}));const rpc=async(method,params={},sessionId)=>{const n=++id;const reply=next(m=>m.id===n);relay.receive(JSON.stringify({id:n,method,params,...(sessionId?{sessionId}:{})}));const r=await reply;if(r.error)throw Error(r.error.message);return r.result};await rpc('Target.setAutoAttach',{autoAttach:true,flatten:true});const targetId=await t.debuggee.debugger.sendCommand('Target.getTargetInfo').then(r=>r.targetInfo.targetId);const A=(await rpc('Target.attachToTarget',{targetId})).sessionId;const frame=next(m=>m.method==='Page.screencastFrame'&&m.sessionId===A);await rpc('Page.startScreencast',{format:'jpeg',quality:60},A);await frame;await rpc('Page.stopScreencast',{},A);return {staticFirstFrame:true,owners:t.screencasts.size,painting:t.painting}})()`));main.ws.close();


=== animation.html ===

<!doctype html><meta charset="utf-8"><title>Shared screencast check</title><style>body{background:#152238;color:white;font:24px system-ui;margin:28px}canvas{background:#203650;width:100%;height:260px}p{color:#bad8ff}</style><h1>Issue #31014: shared desktop preview</h1><p>Local test data. Two consumers share one native Electron target.</p><canvas width="900" height="260"></canvas><script>let frame=0;const c=document.querySelector('canvas'),x=c.getContext('2d');function draw(){frame++;x.fillStyle='#203650';x.fillRect(0,0,900,260);x.fillStyle='#63dbbe';x.fillRect((frame*8)%820,60,80,80);x.font='28px system-ui';x.fillStyle='white';x.fillText('Animated native frame '+frame,25,220);if(!location.search.includes('static'))requestAnimationFrame(draw)}draw();</script>

Operational note: the attached native-probe startup capture omits an extra DOM-readiness observer added during the final run. That observer raced the renderer's initial navigation and returned "Execution context was destroyed" after the main-process host was already captured. The seeded desktop was subsequently confirmed loaded with app-state.mjs, and both final native checks plus the static-page check were rerun successfully. The protocol test bodies above are the ones used for the final results.

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apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.ts: 3

363-363: Major · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Roll back only the failed start, not an earlier committed one.

Line 330 re-adds the owner on every start. If an owner that already streams sends a second Page.startScreencast and it fails, leaveScreencast removes the existing ownership. It can also send a native stop for the last owner. Restore the owner's earlier state when the failed attempt was a replacement. Add a replacement-start case to the existing refused-start test.

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Update the refused-start handling around leaveScreencast so a failed replacement Page.startScreencast restores the owner’s previously committed streaming state instead of removing it or stopping the native screencast. Roll back ownership only when the failed attempt introduced it, and add a replacement-start case to the existing refused-start test.

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334-334: Major · Stability & Availability · Heavy lift

Do not count a pending start as a committed owner when it suppresses a native stop.

Line 330 adds a session to tab.screencasts before Chromium accepts its Page.startScreencast. Session A may stop while session B's start is still pending. Line 334 then suppresses the native stop because B is in the set. If B's start never settles, Chromium keeps streaming with no committed owner. Track pending starts separately from committed owners. Base the last-owner stop decision on committed owners only. This also covers the case where a late success of A's start arrives after B's start failed.

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Track pending Page.startScreencast operations separately from committed owners in the screencast start/stop flow. Update the native-stop decision currently based on tab.screencasts.size to consider committed owners only, and ensure a start that succeeds late is accounted for even if another pending start failed.

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Add the owner to streamingOwners only after a successful start.

Line 331 adds the owner to streamingOwners before Chromium accepts the start. If the start is refused while another session streams, leaveScreencast removes the owner from tab.screencasts. The receivesScreencast predicate then rejects its frames, although the session never streamed. Record the owner as streamed only on success.

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Update the screencast start flow to add an owner to streamingOwners only after Chromium successfully starts the session; on failure, leave it unrecorded so receivesScreencast does not reject that owner’s frames.

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Review comments at @apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.ts:
- Line 363: Update the refused-start handling around leaveScreencast so a failed
replacement Page.startScreencast restores the owner’s previously committed
streaming state instead of removing it or stopping the native screencast. Roll
back ownership only when the failed attempt introduced it, and add a
replacement-start case to the existing refused-start test.
- Line 334: Track pending Page.startScreencast operations separately from
committed owners in the screencast start/stop flow. Update the native-stop
decision currently based on tab.screencasts.size to consider committed owners
only, and ensure a start that succeeds late is accounted for even if another
pending start failed.
- Around line 375-376: Update the screencast start flow to add an owner to
streamingOwners only after Chromium successfully starts the session; on failure,
leave it unrecorded so receivesScreencast does not reject that owner’s frames.

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Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Supported by static analysis

Script executed:

git rev-parse HEAD
git diff d290c1f1b6c93416dfda6c9f7cd15d928a9aeb4c dc9708a10303d6f0b03b3dd5d383a70325d18e81 -- apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.ts apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.ts
rg -n -F -e 'screencast' -e 'Screencast' -- apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.ts apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.ts apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.test.ts apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.test.ts
cat -n apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.ts | sed -n '1,460p'

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Script executed:

cat -n apps/desktop/src/preview/CdpRelay.ts | sed -n '1,250p'
cat -n apps/desktop/src/preview/GuestInput.ts | sed -n '1,220p'
cat -n apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.test.ts | sed -n '1,180p'
cat -n apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.test.ts | sed -n '1050,1205p'

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Web query:

Chromium DevTools Page startScreencast stopScreencast implementation start asynchronous stop response ordering screencast

Result:

Sources consulted:
- content/browser/devtools/protocol/page_handler.cc - chromium/src - Git at Google — https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/%2B/refs/heads/main/content/browser/devtools/protocol/page_handler.cc
- front_end/core/sdk/ScreenCaptureModel.ts - devtools/devtools-frontend - Git at Google — https://chromium.googlesource.com/devtools/devtools-frontend/%2B/HEAD/front_end/core/sdk/ScreenCaptureModel.ts
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rg -n -F -e '"electron":' -e 'electron@' -- apps/desktop/package.json package.json pnpm-lock.yaml bun.lock
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Web query:

Electron 44.10.1 chromium version PageHandler StartScreencast StopScreencast synchronous chromium source

Result:

Sources consulted:
- content/browser/devtools/protocol/page_handler.cc - chromium/src - Git at Google — https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/%2B/refs/heads/main/content/browser/devtools/protocol/page_handler.cc
- All | Electron Releases — https://releases.electronjs.org/release
- refs/tags/152.0.7977.169 - chromium/src - Git at Google — https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/%2B/refs/tags/152.0.7977.169
- All | Electron Releases — https://releases.electronjs.org/release?channel=stable&major=v44
- …and 46 more

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Script executed:

python3 - <<'PY'
import urllib.request, base64
url = "https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/tags/152.0.7977.169/content/browser/devtools/protocol/page_handler.cc?format=TEXT"
try:
    text = base64.b64decode(urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=20).read()).decode().splitlines()
    for name in ("Response PageHandler::StartScreencast(", "Response PageHandler::StopScreencast("):
        for i, line in enumerate(text):
            if name in line:
                print(f"{url} lines {i+1} onward")
                depth = 0
                begun = False
                for j in range(i, len(text)):
                    s = text[j]
                    print(f"{j+1:5} {s}")
                    depth += s.count("{") - s.count("}")
                    begun = begun or "{" in s
                    if begun and depth == 0:
                        break
                break
        else:
            print("Not found:", name)
except Exception as e:
    print(type(e).__name__, str(e))
PY

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Stop a late start when its owner has left.

If the last session detaches while its start waits for focus, cleanup sends a native stop first. The queued start can then activate capture without an owner.

On successful start, check whether the stream record is still current. If it is stale and no current or pending owners remain, stop the native screencast.

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Review comment at @apps/desktop/src/preview/DesktopBrowserHost.ts around lines 374 - 385:
In the successful-start path for the screencast stream, verify that the stream record is still current; if it is stale and no current or pending owners remain, stop the native screencast using the existing stop path. Preserve the current-record behavior and avoid stopping capture while any owner remains.

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Associate each start and stop operation with the active stream generation, or
apply an equivalent ordering guard, so an older stop cannot delete or stop a
newer stream. Preserve the required main-session frame and acknowledgement
behavior while suppressing frames for sessions that stopped or detached. Add
tests for stale stop ordering and for main-session frame delivery with a
separate streaming session.

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Evidence

Built and ran both commits as real Linux Electron apps with isolated synthetic data, identical scripts, one preview tab, matching theme and viewport, and two HTTP web viewers using the remote viewer transport over loopback. No Browser toggle reconnect was used on either side.

1. Start recording through preview_recording_start, then stop through preview_recording_stop while both viewers remain open. The recording clips show the first ten seconds of each continuous run.
2. Independently reset the page, visibly close viewer B at five seconds, and watch viewer A for another seven seconds before closing it.
3. Exercise actual Chromium sessions for idle/stopped-session routing, final detach without an explicit stop, genuine invalid-start rejection, and controlled detach-before-start completion.

Before	After
f7b81e1	f0f768a
Recording-stop video	Recording-stop video
Visible viewer-close video: A freezes after B disappears.	Visible viewer-close video: A keeps updating after B disappears.
Native lifecycle video	Native lifecycle video

Final raw-session detach sends no native stop on base: native frames increase from 68 to 98 despite zero owners. Head sends and acknowledges Page.stopScreencast, stays at 118 frames, and has zero owners, zero pending holds and painting disabled. Idle sessions receive frames on base but none on head; stopped B remains at 52 frames while A advances to 82 on head. A genuinely rejected replacement start loses the running owner on base but preserves it on head. In the controlled late-start probe, base frames grow 189 → 220 → 260 with no owner; head remains at 174 and acknowledges a further native stop after the delayed start resolves.

Identical instrumentation exposes host state and isolates added probe replies; ordinary viewer recordings use unchanged capture decisions. The race probe deliberately delays a real native start. Direct native stops between independent probes are resets and are not credited as fixes. Resource evidence covers native capture shutdown, frame cessation, ownership/pending cleanup and painting; it does not measure heap or GPU memory.

Driver and fixture source, sanitized traces, and rebuild instructions · Readable reproduction instructions · Runtime summary.

Mobile remains unverified because device-pool installation and automation failed. AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.

Not shown:

• Native mobile viewers: iOS installation returned AMBIGUOUS_MATCH, followed by remote-unavailable/HTTP 401 errors; Android installation did not complete, its snapshot helper failed instrumentation, and the open retry returned HTTP 401. Both leases were closed.
• Naturally occurring focus-emulation timing: the detach-overtakes-start ordering was demonstrated with a disclosed controlled delay at the actual native debugger boundary.
• Heap/GPU memory reclamation was not measured; native stop acknowledgement, stopped frame emission, cleared ownership/pending holds and disabled painting were observed.
• Physical cross-machine networking, relay and tunnel modes were not exercised; the web clients used the remote viewer transport over loopback.

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Evidence

Open the animated desktop preview in two paired web clients. Start and stop an agent preview recording, then reopen Viewer A and close its Browser panel and floating preview. Watch the clocks throughout. Each video shows Viewer A on the left and Viewer B on the right, with action captions.

Environment for both: Linux Electron 44.10.1 under Xvfb, two Chromium clients at 1280×900, dark theme, fresh synthetic state and replay provider.

Before	After
95cb068	dcc264b
Watch before recording	Watch after recording
Recording stop freezes both clocks at 29.7 seconds. Closing Viewer A subsequently freezes Viewer B at 41.0 seconds.	Both clocks continue after recording stops. Viewer B continues after Viewer A closes.

Reproduction driver, replay wrapper, synthetic page, and export script

Sanitized runtime observations: on the fix, closing the final consumers sends native Page.stopScreencast, suspends preview painting, and releases focus after the existing idle interval.

Not shown:

• Abrupt session detachment without a preceding stop was not separately exercised; normal Browser-panel closure sends stop before detach.
• Pending or failed screencast-start races were not exercised by this reproduction.