v0.4.0

The connection daemon is gone: every command opens its own Firefox connection, nothing to start or stop. New since 0.3.0: --with-page on every action, --query on every read command, a bare ff-rdp home view with a SessionStart hook, and fixes for Firefox 152 through 157.

Background on the reset: kb/research/step-back-2026-10-02.md.

Breaking / Removed

Removed	Use instead
daemon status, daemon stop, --no-daemon, --daemon-timeout	nothing; run commands directly
cross-command event capture via the daemon	navigate URL --with-network, or network --follow > net.ndjson & started first
throttle command	navigate/reload --throttle slow-3g|fast-3g --block PATTERN (that load only)
emulate command	screenshot --color-scheme light|dark --media print|screen, navigate --user-agent UA
network --since	network --follow
inspect <actor-id>	inspect <js-expression> [--depth N]
--wait-timeout on wait and navigate	--timeout-ms (no alias)
screenshot --viewport-height, --dppx	screenshot --window-size WxH or launch --window-size WxH
meta.route, meta.daemon_fallback, eval meta.eval_path, click entered	gone from the envelope

Also:

• Refs (e<N>) are stamped on elements and numbered per document. A ref from an earlier page fails with error_type: "stale_ref" instead of clicking the wrong thing.
• page-text is capped at 8000 characters (--full lifts it); storage values at 2048 (--max-value-chars 0).
• --fields / --sort with an unknown name exit 1.
• launch: results.auto_consent is now results.auto_consent_extension_installed; --replace only stops Firefoxes that ff-rdp launched.
• Bare ff-rdp exits 0 with the home view, not usage exit 2.
• ff-rdp-core: fronts/ merged into actors/; ObjectActor::own_property_names and set_custom_viewport_size removed.

Added

• Act and see: --with-page on navigate, click, type, reload, back, forward, scroll returns the resulting page (headings, reader excerpt, interactive refs, page.facts from infoboxes). --query TEXT narrows it.
• Find, don't guess: --query / --query-regex on page-text, snapshot, a11y summary, dom.
• Ambient context: bare ff-rdp shows browser, tabs and the current page; install-hook --claude|--codex adds a SessionStart hook.
• Network: navigate --with-network --headers/--security; network --source watcher|performance-api.
• Consent: consent accept / navigate --auto-consent handle Sourcepoint, BBC and consentmanager; click --frame / eval --frame reach cross-origin iframes.
• Launch: --window-size WxH, --launch-timeout SECS, --english-language-pack; FF_RDP_PORT honoured everywhere.
• a11y --native, click/type --visible|--index N, wait --sleep-ms, eval top-level await, profiles prune --all --dry-run, cookies --fields/--sort/--limit.

Changed

• navigate reports the real HTTP status; DNS and certificate errors fail with exit 7 / 8 on every nav verb and --with-page.
• click hit-tests first (click_obscured / click_offscreen), and waits for the navigation it starts.
• eval gives each call its own scope (--no-isolate opts out); --stringify awaits Promises; rejected Promises are errors.
• perf vitals/audit report null for unmeasurable LCP/CLS/TBT instead of a fabricated good score.
• JS exceptions and --jq errors land in the JSON envelope as error_type: "User".

Fixed

• Firefox 152: cookies enumeration, navigate events budget. 153: screenshots, a11y tree. 155: full-page screenshots. 156/157: protocol contracts, greeting.
• reload / back / forward resolve in milliseconds instead of a 21 s fallback.
• network --headers returned empty headers; one-shot network hung on noisy pages.
• styles --layout reported zeros for px values; --full-page screenshots froze fixed elements.
• Launch leaks: stale profiles, recycled PIDs, orphaned Firefoxes.

Internal

Nightly live sweep, one required ci check, discipline gates and the Codex supervisor layer deleted, 178k to 156k Rust lines.