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Owner rule: no run may produce audible sound. All five Playwright launches here (tests/verify-browser.cjs and four experimental/six-encounters browser checks) started Chromium with no mute.
tests/silent-browser.cjs (silentLaunch, silentLaunchPersistentContext): Chromium gets --mute-audio merged into the caller's own args; every context from newContext/newPage gets tests/silent-init.js.
tests/silent-init.js (engine-agnostic, so it is the mute for WebKit/Firefox): pins native muted=true/volume=0 on every audio/video element at creation, parse, load and play while the page still reads back what it set; routes every connection to a realtime AudioContext destination through a gain-0 sink; leaves OfflineAudioContext on its real destination; zeroes speechSynthesis utterance volume; releases elements routed via createMediaElementSource from the pin (silenced in the graph instead).
All five launches converted. tests/silent-launch-lint.test.cjs fails on any bare chromium/webkit/firefox launch, persistent launch or CDP connect anywhere in the repo (no allowlist beyond the helper).
tests/silent-browser.test.cjs: fake-engine contract (args merge, every context/page injected) plus page tests with silent fixtures only (zero-sample WAV): parsed, created, new Audio, innerHTML and iframe elements stay natively muted at volume 0 after the app sets muted=false, volume=0.5 and plays; destination goes through a gain-0 sink; offline rendering keeps signal.
npm test runs test:silence; the six-encounters workflow runs the lint and also triggers on tests/silent-*.
Local gates (Chrome 157, Playwright 1.62.1, Node via NODE_PATH): node --test silent tests 7 pass, 1 skipped (the WebKit page test: WebKit is not installed here, I did not download it, and CI installs chromium only, so WebKit coverage is a skip in CI too and is exercised by the sibling loop-compositor macOS job); tests/verify-browser.cjs passed 34/34 visual, 92 behavior checks; six-encounters review-browser, browser, generation-browser, character-browser all PASS under the helper; test:silence in six-encounters 3 pass.
Note: the owner's main checkout of this repo has an uncommitted edit to experimental/six-encounters/tests/review-browser.cjs from another session; this PR was built from a separate clone and will conflict trivially with it if that edit lands.
Summary by Sourcery
Enforce silent audio output across all Playwright browser verification runs and continuously validate that no check bypasses the shared safeguards.
New Features:
Add a shared browser-launch helper that prevents audible output across Chromium, WebKit, and Firefox checks by muting media, Web Audio, and speech synthesis.
Add repository-wide enforcement that browser checks use the silent launch helper.
Bug Fixes:
Prevent automated browser verification from producing audible sound during media playback, audio rendering, or speech synthesis.
Enhancements:
Convert the main visual verification and six-encounters browser checks to use silent launches.
Preserve application-facing media state while ensuring native media output remains muted and realtime audio is routed through a zero-gain sink.
Cover browser silence behavior with engine contract, media, audio graph, persistent-context, and speech synthesis tests.
CI:
Run silence checks in the main test suite and the six-encounters workflow.
Trigger the six-encounters workflow when shared silence-helper files change.
Documentation:
Document the repository-wide silent-browser requirement and its verification command.
Tests:
Add tests for silent browser launch behavior and linting of unsupported direct browser launches.
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Tests
Browser tests now run with audio and video silenced, while checking that media controls and audio processing continue to behave as expected.
Automated checks verify silent browser setup and run in the test suite and relevant pull request and push workflows.
Documentation
Added guidance on silent browser testing and available browser coverage.
Added since the first push: newPage makes its silenced context first (blank-page setContent covered); the init script re-arms after document.open; persistent contexts run the script in the already-open page; shadow roots (open and attachShadow-closed) are watched; the app-visible volume/muted values announce volumechange and native state is re-pinned; SSML speech is spoken as empty; the sink is exposed as a description (sinkInfo), never the node; the lint flags aliased, chained, ESM-renamed, split-line and computed launches and any launch in a driver file whose owner is not an app object.
Gates on this head: node --test tests/silent-browser.test.cjs tests/silent-launch-lint.test.cjs 11 pass, 5 skipped (the WebKit page tests: WebKit is not installed here and was not downloaded; skip only on a missing executable); hosted verify x3 passed with steps (52s, 1m44s, 44s) and semgrep passed.
Known limit, stated in the init script header: media parsed inside a closed declarative shadow root cannot be reached by page script (Chromium is covered by --mute-audio).
Reviews: Codex, CodeRabbit and Sourcery each reviewed earlier heads and every finding is dispositioned in the PR comments; the final push got only a Codex usage-limit notice, so d96a530 itself has no automated review.
The change adds a shared browser launch helper and initialization script to silence browser output. Existing browser tests use the helper. New lint and test checks detect bare launches and run as part of the test workflows.
Changes: Silent browser test execution
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Summary
Silence media and audio output tests/silent-init.js
The initialization script pins media elements to native mute and zero volume while preserving app-visible values. It routes realtime audio destinations through a zero-gain sink and sets speech utterance volume to zero.
Shared launch helper and browser tests tests/silent-browser.cjs, tests/silent-browser.test.cjs
The helper adds Chromium’s mute flag when needed and registers the initialization script on new contexts, pages, and persistent contexts. Tests check launch options, media behavior, and audio routing in Chromium and WebKit.
Adopt the helper in browser tests experimental/six-encounters/tests/browser.cjs, experimental/six-encounters/tests/character-browser.cjs, experimental/six-encounters/tests/generation-browser.cjs, experimental/six-encounters/tests/review-browser.cjs, tests/verify-browser.cjs
These browser tests now use silentLaunch and retain their existing launch options.
Enforce and document silent launches tests/silent-launch-lint.test.cjs, package.json, experimental/six-encounters/package.json, .github/workflows/experimental-six-encounters.yml, tests/README.md
The lint test checks for bare browser launches. The npm scripts and experimental workflow run the silence check. The README describes the helper and its browser coverage.
sequenceDiagram
participant BrowserTests
participant silentLaunch
participant Chromium
participant BrowserContext
participant silent-init.js
BrowserTests->>silentLaunch: launch Chromium with test options
silentLaunch->>Chromium: launch with merged mute arguments
Chromium-->>silentLaunch: return browser
BrowserTests->>BrowserContext: create context or page
BrowserContext->>silent-init.js: register and run initialization script
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Merge Risk: Low · up to 10c1c
The change silences the browser tests in Chromium and adds a lint against bare launches. Some edge cases remain: media parsed into shadow roots can still make sound in non-Chromium engines, and the lint misses a launch written across two lines. These affect test tooling only, and the author can fix them in a follow-up or before merge.
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The title names the main change: a permanent silent-launch helper for browser checks, with an init script and a lint test. The raw summary and objectives confirm that the PR adds tests/silent-browser.…
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Issue #73 requires (1) a shared launch helper that adds --mute-audio, (2) an init script that pins media elements to muted at volume 0, (3) a gain-0 sink for realtime AudioContext destinations, (4) ro…
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All changed files relate to issue #73. The changes are the helper module and its tests, the init script, the lint test, the five converted launch sites, the package.json test:silence script and test c…
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The title names the main change: a permanent silent-launch helper for browser checks, with an init script and a lint test. The raw summary and objectives confirm that the PR adds tests/silent-browser.cjs with silentLaunch, the tests/silent-init.js init script, and tests/silent-launch-lint.test.cjs, and that it converts browser launches to the helper. The title is specific and concise, though 77 characters is slightly long.
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Issue #73 requires (1) a shared launch helper that adds --mute-audio, (2) an init script that pins media elements to muted at volume 0, (3) a gain-0 sink for realtime AudioContext destinations, (4) routing of all five launches (tests/verify-browser.cjs and four experimental/six-encounters browser checks) through the helper, and (5) a lint that fails on bare launches. The PR summary maps each requirement to a file: tests/silent-browser.cjs (MUTE_ARGS, silentLaunch, silentLaunchPersistentContext), tests/silent-init.js (native muted/volume pinning, realtime AudioContext sink, speech synthesis volume 0), the five converted launch sites, and tests/silent-launch-lint.test.cjs. I read tests/silent-launch-lint.test.cjs at the reviewed head. It scans the repository for chromium/webkit/firefox/electron launch, launchPersistentContext, launchServer, connectOverCDP and puppeteer launch calls. It has unit assertions for detection and for the helper's two engine.launch calls. The lint exempts three files (tests/silent-browser.cjs, tests/silent-browser.test.cjs, tests/silent-launch-lint.test.cjs). The PR description says there is no allowlist beyond the helper, so this exemption list differs from that claim. The exemptions do not block any issue requirement. I did not re-read the five converted launch sites or tests/silent-init.js. Their status rests on the PR summary and the PR's reported local test results.
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All changed files relate to issue #73. The changes are the helper module and its tests, the init script, the lint test, the five converted launch sites, the package.json test:silence script and test chain, the six-encounters workflow trigger and lint step, and tests/README.md documentation of the helper. Supporting tests and documentation implement the issue's objectives. The three lint exemptions are test and helper files that the lint itself must allow. The PR description's claim of 'no allowlist beyond the helper' does not match the code. This is a documentation inconsistency, not an unrelated change.
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Provide shared launch helpers that add Chromium’s mute flag and inject the silencing script into regular and persistent Playwright contexts.
tests/silent-browser.cjs L1-55
Implementation
Implement the init-time silencing behavior for media elements, realtime Web Audio, and speech synthesis, while preserving offline rendering and application-visible media values.
tests/silent-init.js L1-216
Configuration
Run the silence checks in both test suites and trigger the experimental workflow when shared silence files change.
Test launch argument merging, context coverage, and runtime silence behavior using silent fixtures.
tests/silent-browser.test.cjs L1-271
Add a repository-wide lint test that rejects browser launches bypassing the shared helper.
tests/silent-launch-lint.test.cjs L1-103
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Skip WebKit only when its executable is absent
When WebKit is installed but fails to launch for another reason, this treats the failure as “not installed” and skips the test. The suite can therefore pass without exercising WebKit’s audio-suppression path; restrict the skip to a confirmed missing-executable case.
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Verify that realtime audio is actually routed through the sink
This test sets the source gain to zero before connecting it, then separately checks a sink created by the diagnostic helper. It would still pass if the connect interception stopped routing destination connections through that sink, leaving realtime Web Audio audible; verify the routing itself rather than the source gain and sink independently.
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Catch aliased Playwright engines in the launch lint
If a test aliases a Playwright engine to a name not listed here—for example, const runner = chromium; runner.launch()—the captured owner fails this whitelist and the repo-wide scan passes. That launch bypasses the mute flag and init script, allowing a future browser check to produce sound without failing the lint; resolve aliases or otherwise detect these Playwright launches.
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Review comments at @tests/silent-init.js:
- Line 49: Update the pinned-element volume validation around nativeVolume.set
so assignments still receive native validation without changing the pinned
element’s volume; validate using a separate media element or another approach
that preserves native semantics and prevents repeated volumechange events.
- Around line 81-82: Update the media-pinning logic around sweep and the
document MutationObserver to observe shadow roots, ensuring media already
present and later added to each root is pinned. Cover roots created through both
Element.prototype.attachShadow and declarative shadow DOM parsing; do not rely
on the attachShadow patch alone. Preserve the existing document observation
behavior.
Review comments at @tests/silent-launch-lint.test.cjs:
- Line 26: Update the matcher used by bareLaunches so it detects launch calls
spanning multiple lines across the complete source while preserving each match’s
source location; add a matcher test for the split-line chromium.launch() case.
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Minor · Performance & Scalability · Quick win
Validate volume without changing the pinned element’s native volume.
For a pinned element, audio.onvolumechange = () => { audio.volume = 0.5; } creates continuous events. Each assignment changes native volume from 0 to 0.5, then pin changes it back to 0. Both transitions queue volumechange. Each event repeats the sequence, even though the requested volume remains 0.5. Native same-value assignments normally stop this feedback. Validate against a separate media element, or otherwise preserve native validation without changing the pinned element’s volume. (html.spec.whatwg.org)
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Review comment at @tests/silent-init.js at line 49:
Update the pinned-element volume validation around nativeVolume.set so assignments still receive native validation without changing the pinned element’s volume; validate using a separate media element or another approach that preserves native semantics and prevents repeated volumechange events.
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Cover media in closed declarative shadow roots
When a WebKit test page plays audio or video inside a closed declarative shadow root, root.shadowRoot is null, so this sweep and the document observer cannot reach the element; the parser also bypasses the wrapped attachShadow. The element therefore remains unmuted and can produce sound. Chromium's launch flag masks this case, but WebKit has no equivalent flag.
Review dispositions on head 3ba3691 (all checks executed steps and passed: 3 verify jobs 48s, 1m5s, 1m56s, semgrep):
Codex P2 "skip WebKit only when its executable is absent": accepted, fixed in a5af043 (skip only on "Executable doesn't exist"; any other launch failure fails). Codex's comment re-anchors to the newest head with the same id; the code at that line now has the missing-executable test.
Codex P2 "verify realtime audio is routed through the sink": accepted, fixed in a5af043 with a regression test that installs a connect spy underneath the init script and asserts only the sink node reaches the AudioDestinationNode.
Codex P2 "lint aliased engines" and CodeRabbit major "launches split across lines": accepted, fixed in a5af043 (comment-aware whole-source scan, alias and destructuring tracking, bracket and bound launches) with regression cases.
CodeRabbit minor "validate volume without changing the pinned element": accepted, fixed (range check on a detached probe; volumechange announced when the app-visible value changes; test).
CodeRabbit minor "shadow roots": accepted, fixed (attachShadow watch plus declarative open roots; open and closed attachShadow roots tested).
Codex P2 "closed declarative shadow roots": rejected with reason. A closed declarative root has no script-reachable handle (shadowRoot is null and attachShadow is never called), so no page script can pin an autoplay element parsed inside it. Chromium is covered by --mute-audio at launch; WebKit is not reachable by script alone, and the fix would need an output-level mute that this repo must not use (no system volume or device changes). No artwork or test here uses declarative shadow DOM.
Persistent-context first page (raised on sibling PRs): fixed here too in 3ba3691 with a test.
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Install the routing spy in a deterministic order
When Playwright evaluates the context init scripts in reverse order, the spy wraps the already-patched connect instead of sitting beneath it. The app’s connection is then logged before it is redirected, while sinkFor uses the helper’s closed-over native method and bypasses the spy; the sink-edge assertion fails even when routing is correct. Playwright leaves the evaluation order of multiple init scripts undefined, so combine the spy and silence setup into one ordered script.
… on native volumechange, any-launch-in-a-driver-file lint with chained aliases, computed and getattr launches
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Final dispositions on head d96a530 (hosted verify x3 executed steps and passed: 52s, 1m44s, 44s; semgrep passed; local gates: node --test silent tests 11 pass / 5 skipped (WebKit, not installed here), verify-browser.cjs 34/34 visual and 92 behavior checks earlier on this helper):
Codex P2 "routing spy order": accepted and fixed in d96a530 (one init script: spy first, then the silent init, so order is not left to Playwright).
Codex P2 "chained aliases / ESM aliases / computed launches": accepted, fixed in d96a530 (alias fixpoint, import {chromium as chrome}, chromium[method](), and any launch in a driver file whose owner is not an app object is flagged) with regression cases.
Codex P2 "private sink" (raised on the sibling PR with the same init script) : accepted, fixed in d96a530 (sinkInfo returns a description, never the node).
Codex P2 "WebKit-compatible launch args": accepted, fixed in d96a530 (Chromium-only flags only for Chromium).
Codex P2 "repin after native volumechange": accepted, fixed in d96a530 (volumechange re-pins native state).
Codex P2 "closed declarative shadow roots": rejected with reason, twice raised. A closed declarative root has no script-reachable handle, so no page script can pin media parsed inside it; Chromium is covered by --mute-audio, and the limit is now stated in the init script header. No artwork or test here uses declarative shadow DOM.
Codex re-anchored comments on tests/silent-browser.test.cjs (skip only a missing executable; sink routing proof): both fixed in a5af043 and still covered by tests on this head.
Final-head review: Codex answered the last push with its usage-limit notice, CodeRabbit skipped it and Sourcery is out of budget, so no automated review exists for d96a530; the penultimate head's findings are all dispositioned above.
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Fixes #73
Owner rule: no run may produce audible sound. All five Playwright launches here (
tests/verify-browser.cjsand fourexperimental/six-encountersbrowser checks) started Chromium with no mute.tests/silent-browser.cjs(silentLaunch,silentLaunchPersistentContext): Chromium gets--mute-audiomerged into the caller's own args; every context fromnewContext/newPagegetstests/silent-init.js.tests/silent-init.js(engine-agnostic, so it is the mute for WebKit/Firefox): pins nativemuted=true/volume=0on every audio/video element at creation, parse, load and play while the page still reads back what it set; routes every connection to a realtime AudioContext destination through a gain-0 sink; leaves OfflineAudioContext on its real destination; zeroes speechSynthesis utterance volume; releases elements routed viacreateMediaElementSourcefrom the pin (silenced in the graph instead).tests/silent-launch-lint.test.cjsfails on any bare chromium/webkit/firefox launch, persistent launch or CDP connect anywhere in the repo (no allowlist beyond the helper).tests/silent-browser.test.cjs: fake-engine contract (args merge, every context/page injected) plus page tests with silent fixtures only (zero-sample WAV): parsed, created,new Audio, innerHTML and iframe elements stay natively muted at volume 0 after the app setsmuted=false, volume=0.5and plays; destination goes through a gain-0 sink; offline rendering keeps signal.npm testrunstest:silence; the six-encounters workflow runs the lint and also triggers ontests/silent-*.Local gates (Chrome 157, Playwright 1.62.1, Node via NODE_PATH):
node --testsilent tests 7 pass, 1 skipped (the WebKit page test: WebKit is not installed here, I did not download it, and CI installs chromium only, so WebKit coverage is a skip in CI too and is exercised by the sibling loop-compositor macOS job);tests/verify-browser.cjspassed 34/34 visual, 92 behavior checks; six-encounters review-browser, browser, generation-browser, character-browser all PASS under the helper;test:silencein six-encounters 3 pass.Note: the owner's main checkout of this repo has an uncommitted edit to
experimental/six-encounters/tests/review-browser.cjsfrom another session; this PR was built from a separate clone and will conflict trivially with it if that edit lands.Summary by Sourcery
Enforce silent audio output across all Playwright browser verification runs and continuously validate that no check bypasses the shared safeguards.
New Features:
Bug Fixes:
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CI:
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Final state (head d96a530, after review rounds)
node --test tests/silent-browser.test.cjs tests/silent-launch-lint.test.cjs11 pass, 5 skipped (the WebKit page tests: WebKit is not installed here and was not downloaded; skip only on a missing executable); hostedverifyx3 passed with steps (52s, 1m44s, 44s) and semgrep passed.