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  "works": "Re-checked a different way on npm 1.12.0, offline in a sandbox, using the official MCP Python SDK client and attaching to a separately started headless Chrome 156 (browserUrl and wsEndpoint). Server 1.12.0 listed 45 tools with memory debugging on (3 in slim mode). Real calls worked: a multi-field form filled and submitted correctly, Lighthouse returned scores and the right failing audits, heap snapshot comparison found exactly the planted objects, screencast saved a playable video, emulation and resize applied and reset, click-triggered dialogs were handled, and file paths outside the declared MCP root were refused.",
  "breaks": "Two real bugs: upload_file reports 'File uploaded' for a file that does not exist inside the root, leaving an unreadable file in the page input, so an agent thinks the attachment worked (public upstream issue 2944, closed as not planned; still happens in 1.12.0). The chrome-devtools CLI exits with status 0 when a tool fails (unknown element, invalid URL, throwing script, unknown page) and its JSON output has no error flag. Rough edges: a prompt dialog opened about 50 ms after evaluate_script returns is silently accepted with an empty answer and not reported; after a new server process reattaches to the same browser, page ids can be renumbered and named isolated contexts lose their names; the CLI daemon crashes with a raw stack trace when the user has no passwd entry (common in containers).",
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   "Prescreen clean: not on the Agent Tested malware list and no OSV records for 1.12.0. Neutral notes: page text, including any instructions planted on a page, is returned to the agent verbatim (documented), and usage statistics are sent to Google by default unless turned off.",
   "No new security finding. File paths outside the declared MCP root were refused. Neutral note: upload_file can report success for a missing file (public upstream issue 2944), so verify uploads yourself."
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