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+# Roll — Browser Operations (managed + interactive lanes)
+
+Roll can drive a **managed, isolated Chrome via the real `chrome-devtools-mcp` sidecar**
+to collect browser diagnostics — navigation checks, DOM snapshots, console and
+network capture, and diagnostic screenshots. Each managed operation spawns a
+pinned-version `chrome-devtools-mcp` stdio session under a temporary Chrome
+profile; the session performs MCP initialize + tools/list, validates a minimum
+tool manifest, and only then executes the requested action. The profile is
+removed afterwards.
+
+A separate **interactive owner-Chrome lane** supports a single, low-risk
+operation against an already-open localhost debug endpoint, with foreground
+owner approval and strict lease controls.
+
+Both lanes are opt-in, dependency-gated, and deliberately narrow.
+
+Two things they are **not**:
+
+- They are **not** installers. Roll never adds a dependency to your product
+  repo's `package.json`, and never enables remote debugging on your own
+  (owner) Chrome. Setup only writes a machine-level config after you confirm.
+- Their output is **not** visual acceptance evidence. A managed diagnostic
+  screenshot or an interactive owner-run result proves a page action succeeded;
+  neither satisfies a story's visual AC. Only **Roll Capture** (a physical
+  screenshot of your real terminal/app) satisfies visual acceptance — see
+  [Acceptance evidence](acceptance-evidence.md).
+
+---
+
+## Privacy & Security Boundaries
+
+These invariants hold across every operation, managed or interactive:
+
+- **Temporary profile only.** Managed Chrome runs under a fresh temporary
+  profile that is deleted after the operation. Owner browser state (cookies,
+  logins, history, localStorage) is never entered, read, or exported.
+- **No credential export.** Cookies, storage, and network bodies have no CLI
+  or adapter surface. Neither lane can export owner credentials.
+- **Telemetry disabled.** `chrome-devtools-mcp` is started with
+  `--no-usage-statistics`. No data is sent to Chrome, CrUX, Lighthouse, or
+  any external telemetry service.
+- **Bounded, redacted diagnostics.** Diagnostic artifacts (console summaries,
+  network metadata, performance counters) are bounded to a fixed allowlist of
+  numeric metrics and redacted of URLs, resource names, and traces. See
+  [Optional diagnostic profiles](#optional-diagnostic-profiles).
+- **No generic MCP bypass.** Only the pinned `chrome-devtools-mcp` transport
+  is registered for browser operations. A generic `mcp.call` directed at
+  DevTools is rejected (fail-closed).
+- **DevTools artifacts never satisfy visual AC.** Diagnostic screenshots and
+  DOM snapshots are classified as diagnostic-only; they cannot earn a
+  visual-acceptance verdict. See [Evidence boundary](#evidence-boundary).
+- **No automatic Chrome startup.** Roll never launches or closes your owner
+  Chrome. The interactive lane connects only to a Chrome debug endpoint you
+  started yourself on a loopback address.
+- **Machine-level config only.** Setup writes `~/.roll/browser-operations.yaml`
+  — never a product repo file — and only with `--confirm`.
+
+---
+
+## Managed Lane
+
+The managed lane is the **primary browser-operation path**. It launches Chrome
+under a fresh temporary profile, spawns the pinned `chrome-devtools-mcp` sidecar,
+runs one operation against an allowlisted target, and removes the profile
+afterwards.
+
+### Prerequisites & Doctor
+
+The managed lane needs the pinned `chrome-devtools-mcp` transport and a Chrome
+binary. Roll does not install these — it reports what is missing and how to fix
+it. Start with the static doctor:
+
+```bash
+roll browser doctor
+```
+
+```
+Browser operations doctor
+浏览器操作体检
+
+~ managed:     degraded — chrome-devtools-mcp not ready; existing Playwright and Roll Capture paths remain usable
+    → roll browser setup --dry-run
+    → install the missing dependency, then re-run roll browser doctor
+✓ interactive: ready    owner Chrome reachable on 127.0.0.1:9222
+~ capture:     degraded — Roll Capture readiness probe skipped (headless / CI / ROLL_NO_SCREENCAP).
+```
+
+Each lane reports one of three honest states:
+
+| State | Meaning |
+|-------|---------|
+| `ready` | The lane's prerequisites are satisfied. |
+| `degraded` | The lane is unavailable or partially available. Existing Playwright and Roll Capture paths keep working — a missing prerequisite is never reported as a pass. |
+| `blocked` | A hard precondition prevents the lane from running; the reason and repair command are printed. |
+
+The static doctor inspects the machine environment and configuration. It does
+**not** spawn `chrome-devtools-mcp` — a `ready` verdict from the static doctor
+means the binary and config are present; it does not prove the MCP sidecar
+initializes correctly.
+
+### Live MCP Probe (`doctor --probe`)
+
+`doctor --probe` runs a **real, temporary `chrome-devtools-mcp` session** to
+validate the full transport lifecycle end-to-end. Only a successful probe
+advances the managed lane to `ready` in the doctor output.
+
+```bash
+roll browser doctor --probe
+```
+
+```
+Browser operations doctor --probe
+浏览器操作体检 --probe
+
+⏳ Running live MCP lane probe — this will:
+   1. Spawn the pinned chrome-devtools-mcp session (temporary process)
+   2. Run MCP initialize + tools/list + manifest validation
+   3. Close the session and clean up the temporary Chrome profile
+The probe may take a few seconds. No owner state enters the temporary profile.
+
+⏳ 正在运行实时 MCP 通道探测——将会：
+   1. 启动固定版本的 chrome-devtools-mcp 会话（临时进程）
+   2. 运行 MCP initialize + tools/list + 清单验证
+   3. 关闭会话并清理临时 Chrome 档案
+探测可能需要几秒。绝不会进入 owner 状态。
+
+✅ Live probe passed — managed lane is ready.
+✅ 实时探测通过——受管通道就绪。
+
+✓ managed:     ready    chrome-devtools-mcp 1.5.0 (8 tools) — live probe passed
+```
+
+The probe lifecycle:
+
+1. **Spawn** — a temporary `chrome-devtools-mcp` stdio process starts with the
+   pinned version and `--no-usage-statistics`.
+2. **Initialize** — MCP `initialize` handshake completes.
+3. **Validate** — `tools/list` runs; the response is checked against the minimum
+   tool manifest (navigate, snapshot, console, network, screenshot).
+4. **Close & clean** — the MCP process and temporary Chrome profile are removed.
+
+A failed probe categorizes each failure honestly:
+
+```
+❌ Live probe failed — see categorized failures below.
+❌ 实时探测失败——见下方分类失败信息。
+   transport: chrome-devtools-mcp not installed or not on PATH
+   manifest: tool manifest missing required entries (expected: navigate, snapshot, console, network, screenshot; got: [])
+   chrome: chrome binary not found at expected path
+```
+
+Re-run `doctor --probe` after fixing the reported issues. The static doctor
+(without `--probe`) remains available for quick environment checks; it reports
+the lane as `configured` when the binary and config are present but the probe
+has not yet passed.
+
+### Setup (dry-run first)
+
+`setup --dry-run` shows the exact machine-level config Roll would write and runs
+the dependency preflight. It writes **nothing**:
+
+```bash
+roll browser setup --dry-run
+```
+
+```
+Browser operations setup
+浏览器操作安装
+
+  target (machine-level, never committed): ~/.roll/browser-operations.yaml
+
+  proposed ~/.roll/browser-operations.yaml:
+    devtools:
+      command: npx
+      args: ["-y", "chrome-devtools-mcp@1.5.0", "--no-usage-statistics"]
+      package: chrome-devtools-mcp
+      package_version: 1.5.0
+      chrome_channel: stable
+      remote_debugging: { host: "127.0.0.1", port: 9222 }
+  ...
+  Roll never installs into a product package.json and never enables owner Chrome remote debugging.
+  Roll 绝不改动产品仓 package.json，也绝不自动开启 owner Chrome 的远程调试。
+
+  dry-run: no configuration was written.
+```
+
+Only after you review it do you write the config, and only with explicit
+confirmation:
+
+```bash
+roll browser setup --confirm
+```
+
+Without `--confirm` (and without `--dry-run`), `setup` refuses and writes
+nothing.
+
+### Running a Managed Operation (Real MCP Lane)
+
+`roll browser run` with `--story` and `--url` executes through the **real,
+policy-gated MCP lane**. This is the production path. The project must first
+opt in via `.roll/policy.yaml` (everything is disabled by default):
+
+```yaml
+browser_operations:
+  enabled: true
+  managed:
+    enabled: true
+    allowed_origins: [https://example.com]
+    allowed_actions: [navigate, snapshot, console, network, screenshot]
+    max_runs_per_cycle: 20
+    timeout_ms: 30000
+```
+
+```bash
+roll browser run \
+  --story US-BROW-021 \
+  --url https://example.com \
+  --action screenshot
+```
+
+Verbatim output (captured from a real run, 2026-07-16):
+
+```
+Managed browser operation — real MCP
+受管浏览器操作 — 真实 MCP
+
+  mcp package / MCP 包:  1.5.0
+  transport initialized / 传输初始化:  yes
+  manifest verified / 清单验证:  yes
+  lane / 通道:            managed
+  action / 动作:          screenshot
+  target / 目标:          https://example.com
+  run state / 运行状态:   passed
+  result / 结果:          pass (action: ok)
+  temp profile / 临时档案: removed (owner state never entered / 绝不进入 owner 状态)
+  diagnostics / 诊断产物:  1 (diagnostic-only, NOT visual acceptance / 仅诊断，非视觉验收)
+  summary / 摘要:         diagnostic screenshot recorded
+
+  Diagnostic success is not visual acceptance evidence.
+  诊断通过不等于视觉验收证据。
+```
+
+Supported actions: `navigate` (default), `snapshot`, `console`, `network`,
+`screenshot`.
+
+The MCP session lifecycle is:
+
+1. **Policy check** — the project's `.roll/policy.yaml` must enable the managed
+   lane (`browser_operations.enabled: true` plus `managed.enabled: true` with an
+   origin allowlist). With no explicit policy everything is disabled, and the
+   run is **denied** before any process starts.
+2. **Session spawn** — the pinned `chrome-devtools-mcp` starts with a fresh
+   temporary Chrome profile.
+3. **MCP handshake** — `initialize` → `tools/list` → manifest validation.
+   Any failure here aborts the run (`devtools-error`).
+4. **Action execution** — the requested action runs against the allowlisted
+   target.
+5. **Cleanup** — the MCP process group is terminated, including the `npx`
+   wrapper and its DevTools server child; the temporary profile is deleted
+   (even on timeout or crash). If cleanup cannot be confirmed, the run fails
+   loudly and reports `MCP process cleanup failed`; it never claims a clean
+   session.
+
+A target outside the allowlist — including a redirect away from the requested
+origin — is **denied**, not followed. A `--story` identifier is **required** for
+the real lane; it is recorded in the operation ledger for auditability.
+
+#### Blocked / Unavailable Transcript
+
+When the managed lane is unavailable or policy-denied, the run fails loud.
+Verbatim output with no `.roll/policy.yaml` present (captured 2026-07-16):
+
+```
+Managed browser operation — real MCP
+受管浏览器操作 — 真实 MCP
+
+  denied / 已拒绝:       Browser operations are disabled in project policy
+
+  Diagnostic success is not visual acceptance evidence.
+  诊断通过不等于视觉验收证据。
+```
+
+Resolve: add the `browser_operations:` opt-in block shown above to
+`.roll/policy.yaml`, run `roll browser doctor --probe` to verify, then retry.
+
+Failure modes and their remediation:
+
+| Failure | Doctor signal | Fix |
+|---------|--------------|-----|
+| `chrome-devtools-mcp` not installed | `managed: degraded — transport not found` | `npm i -g chrome-devtools-mcp@<version>` or `roll browser setup --confirm` |
+| Chrome binary not found | `managed: degraded — chrome not found` | Install Chrome (stable channel) |
+| Policy disables managed lane | run → `denied` | Add the `browser_operations:` opt-in block (`enabled: true` + `managed.enabled: true` + origin allowlist) to `.roll/policy.yaml` |
+| MCP handshake fails | `doctor --probe` → `manifest` failure | Check `chrome-devtools-mcp` version; re-run `roll browser update --check` |
+| MCP process crashes mid-run | run → `devtools-error` | Re-run; consistent crashes → `roll browser doctor --probe` |
+| Run timeout | run → `timeout` | Target may be slow; profile cleaned up regardless |
+
+### Fixture Path (Test-Only)
+
+A `--fixture` flag runs a **fake-target path** for testing seams and exploring
+the lane's reporting without a real MCP process. It is **not** a managed lane
+fallback — the fixture uses hardcoded test data and never proves the real MCP
+transport works.
+
+```bash
+roll browser run --fixture --action screenshot
+```
+
+```
+Managed browser operation — fixture (fake target)
+受管浏览器操作 — fixture（假目标）
+
+  lane / 通道:            managed (fixture — TEST ONLY / 仅测试)
+  action / 动作:          screenshot
+  target / 目标:          https://fake.target.test
+  run state / 运行状态:   passed
+  result / 结果:          pass (action: ok)
+  temp profile / 临时档案: removed (owner state never entered / 绝不进入 owner 状态)
+  diagnostics / 诊断产物:  1 (diagnostic-only, NOT visual acceptance / 仅诊断，非视觉验收)
+  summary / 摘要:         diagnostic screenshot captured at https://fake.target.test
+
+  Diagnostic success is not visual acceptance evidence.
+  诊断通过不等于视觉验收证据。
+```
+
+The fixture supports injection flags for exploring failure modes:
+`--fail timeout|crash|devtools-error`, `--redirect <url>`, `--perf-fail`.
+These are test-only — they have no effect on the real MCP lane.
+
+**A fixture run can never earn a `verified` verdict.** Only the real MCP lane
+(no `--fixture` flag) exercises the actual transport. The live regression gate
+(see below) enforces this at the CI level: a `fixture`-sourced report can
+exercise seams but can never produce a `verified` result.
+
+### Transport Updates
+
+The DevTools transport version is **pinned**. `update --check` compares the
+pinned version against a candidate without downloading or changing anything:
+
+```bash
+roll browser update --check
+```
+
+Applying an update is gated the same way as setup — it requires explicit
+confirmation, runs a smoke check, then a **real MCP probe**, and keeps the
+prior version intact on any failure:
+
+```bash
+roll browser update --apply --confirm
+```
+
+The update lifecycle:
+
+1. **Check** — compare pinned version against the candidate.
+2. **Smoke check** — validate the candidate binary starts.
+3. **MCP probe** — `doctor --probe` runs against the candidate version.
+   If the probe fails, the update is **aborted** and the prior version is
+   kept intact.
+4. **Apply** — only if smoke + probe both pass, the config is rewritten
+   and the new version becomes the pinned transport.
+
+```
+Update applied: 1.5.0 → 1.6.0
+更新已应用：1.5.0 → 1.6.0
+  wrote: ~/.roll/browser-operations.yaml
+
+  smoke check: passed
+  冒烟检查：通过
+
+  MCP probe: passed (1.6.0)
+  MCP 探测：通过 (1.6.0)
+
+✓ managed:     ready    chrome-devtools-mcp 1.6.0 (8 tools) — live probe passed
+```
+
+A failed update keeps the prior version:
+
+```
+Update aborted: live MCP probe failed for 1.6.0
+更新中止：1.6.0 实时 MCP 探测失败
+
+  Prior version 1.5.0 is kept intact.
+  已保留原版本 1.5.0。
+
+  transport: process exited before initialize completed
+```
+
+---
+
+## Optional Diagnostic Profiles
+
+The managed lane ships two **optional, opt-in** diagnostic profiles: a
+performance profile and a small set of device-emulation profiles. Both run only
+inside the managed isolated lane (real MCP path), and both produce
+**diagnostic-only** material.
+
+Read the boundary before adopting them:
+
+- They are **opt-in**. Nothing collects a profile unless you explicitly select
+  one on the command line; the baseline managed operation is unchanged when no
+  profile is requested.
+- Their output is **diagnostic-only**, never visual acceptance evidence and
+  never a multi-browser test matrix. A profile summary proves a local diagnostic
+  ran; it does not satisfy a story's visual AC. Use
+  [Roll Capture](acceptance-evidence.md) for visual acceptance.
+- They **minimize data** and send nothing off the machine.
+
+### Performance Profile (opt-in)
+
+`--perf-profile web-vitals-lite` collects a bounded, redacted set of local
+DevTools performance counters (documents, frames, layout/style counts and
+durations, script/task durations, JS heap size — a fixed allowlist of numeric
+metrics). It is disabled unless you select it, and selecting it is what flips the
+lane's performance-diagnostics policy on.
+
+```bash
+roll browser run --story US-BROW-021 --url https://example.test --perf-profile web-vitals-lite
+```
+
+```
+  perf profile / 性能诊断: web-vitals-lite (opt-in, diagnostic-only / 需选启，仅诊断)
+    metrics / 指标 (12, bounded & redacted / 有界脱敏):
+      - LayoutCount: 3
+      - ScriptDuration: 0.021
+      ...
+```
+
+Data-minimization and scope guarantees:
+
+- **Only numeric metric names in the profile allowlist survive.** No URL,
+  resource name, or trace is ever retained, so the profile cannot become an
+  analytics or evidence channel.
+- **No external telemetry.** Nothing is uploaded to CrUX, Lighthouse, or any
+  other service. Adding an external upload would require a separately designed,
+  consent-gated policy contract.
+- **Graceful degradation.** If collection fails, the run reports
+  `degraded — no signal collected` and the underlying action verdict is
+  unchanged.
+
+An unknown profile name is denied fail-fast, not silently ignored.
+
+### Device-Emulation Profiles (opt-in)
+
+`--profile <name>` runs the managed operation under a named Chrome
+device/viewport profile. The allowlist is finite — callers cannot submit
+arbitrary DevTools emulation parameters:
+
+| Profile | Viewport | Scale | Mobile |
+|---------|----------|-------|--------|
+| `Pixel 7` | 412 × 915 | 2.625 | yes |
+| `iPhone 14` | 390 × 844 | 3 | yes |
+| `iPad Pro` | 1024 × 1366 | 2 | no |
+
+```bash
+roll browser run --story US-BROW-021 --url https://example.test --action screenshot --profile "iPhone 14"
+# device profile / 设备仿真: iPhone 14
+```
+
+Scope guarantees:
+
+- **Finite allowlist only.** An unknown profile name is denied fail-fast; there
+  is no way to pass raw emulation parameters through it.
+- **This is Chrome DevTools emulation, not a multi-browser matrix.** Comparing
+  declared viewport behavior is in scope; a real cross-browser (Playwright-style)
+  farm is explicitly out of scope and would need a separately designed proposal.
+- **Security invariants are unchanged.** A device profile does not alter origin
+  policy, temporary-profile cleanup, Capture verdicts, or interactive
+  owner-Chrome behavior.
+
+---
+
+## Interactive Lane
+
+The interactive lane lets you run **one low-risk owner-Chrome operation** at a
+time against a page you already have open in your own Chrome. It is designed
+for manual attest workflows, not background automation.
+
+### What you must set up first
+
+Roll **does not start Chrome for you** and **does not enable remote debugging**.
+You must launch your own Chrome with a loopback debug endpoint before running
+`roll browser interactive`:
+
+```bash
+/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome \
+  --remote-debugging-port=9222 \
+  --user-data-dir=/tmp/owner-chrome-profile
+```
+
+Only `127.0.0.1:9222` (or another loopback address) is allowed. Non-loopback
+endpoints are rejected.
+
+### Run an interactive operation
+
+```bash
+roll browser interactive \
+  --story US-EXAMPLE-001 \
+  --origin https://example.test \
+  --action navigate --url https://example.test/login
+```
+
+Supported actions: `navigate`, `click`, `fill`, `press_key`.
+
+The command requires an **attached TTY**. It prints exactly what it will do,
+including the story, origin, action, and a 15-minute maximum lease, then asks
+for **one owner approval**:
+
+```
+Owner Chrome approval required (one operation only)
+  story: US-EXAMPLE-001
+  origin: https://example.test
+  action: navigate to https://example.test
+  expiry: 2026-07-15T08:34:00.000Z (15 minutes maximum)
+  credential export: denied (cookies, storage, and network bodies are unavailable)
+Approve this owner-run operation? [y/N]
+```
+
+If you decline, no connection is attempted. If you approve, Roll connects to
+the local debug endpoint, executes the single operation, prints the result,
+and releases the lease immediately:
+
+```
+manual owner-run result: ok (tab: 1234)
+This interactive result does not make CI pass and is not background automation.
+```
+
+### Lease expiry and cancellation
+
+Each interactive operation holds a lease for **at most 15 minutes**. The lease
+is bound to the holder process and the loopback endpoint; it is released as
+soon as the operation finishes. If the process dies or the lease expires, Roll
+reclaims it automatically. You cannot approve a persistent background lease —
+every operation needs its own foreground approval.
+
+### What the interactive lane will never do
+
+- Run without an attached TTY and explicit owner approval.
+- Connect to a non-loopback or remote debug endpoint.
+- Export cookies, storage, network bodies, or any other credentials.
+- Start Chrome automatically or leave a background scheduler running.
+- Make CI pass on its own — it is an **owner-run manual-attest** tool only.
+
+---
+
+## Evidence Boundary
+
+Managed browser diagnostics and interactive owner-run results are
+**diagnostic-only / manual-attest only**. Every run report repeats it:
+*diagnostic success is not visual acceptance evidence*. A diagnostic screenshot
+or interactive result is classified as a diagnostic artifact, not a visual-AC
+artifact, so it can never fake a story's visual acceptance. When a story needs
+visual acceptance, use **Roll Capture** — a physical screenshot of your real
+terminal/app — which alone satisfies that requirement. See
+[Acceptance evidence](acceptance-evidence.md).
+
+When `roll attest` receives a physical capture response, it writes a validated
+CaptureBridge link to `.roll/browser-operations/events.ndjson`. Doctor, truth,
+and dossier surfaces read that durable fact: a verified `roll.capture.v1`
+physical capture can satisfy a visual AC, while Playwright and DevTools
+diagnostics remain ineligible. With no persisted link, capture truth stays
+honestly unknown and the dossier does not invent a capture event.
+
+---
+
+## Dossier Timeline (optional)
+
+When a story has declared browser-operation facts (ledger start/finish, lease
+grant/expiry/release, or physical-capture results), the delivery dossier shows a
+compact **Browser operations timeline** under Execution. Ordering comes only from
+declared timestamps — missing categories render as honest absences with reasons,
+never an invented stamp or verdict. Redacted diagnostic artifacts and physical
+capture images are linked only when the viewer is authorized under existing
+dossier rules (local href map); otherwise the label stays visible without a
+link. Stories with no browser facts keep the previous dossier shape unchanged.
+
+**Unknown and degraded states are shown honestly.** When a category has no
+declared timestamp, the timeline renders it as an explicit absence with the
+reason (for example, *lease: unknown — no grant recorded*) rather than inventing
+a stamp or a verdict. A profile that degraded (see
+[Performance profile](#optional-diagnostic-profiles) above) appears as a
+degraded diagnostic, not a pass. If a timeline row looks unexpectedly empty or
+degraded, follow [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting) below — a degraded managed
+lane is a missing prerequisite, not a broken delivery.
+
+---
+
+## Safe Recovery
+
+- If `doctor` reports `managed: degraded`, existing Playwright and Roll Capture
+  paths remain usable — nothing you already rely on is broken. Install the
+  missing dependency and re-run `roll browser doctor --probe`.
+- The temporary profile is always removed after a run; owner Chrome state is
+  never entered. If a run is interrupted, re-running is safe — each run starts
+  from a fresh profile.
+- Nothing is written to your product repo. The only file Roll may write is the
+  machine-level `~/.roll/browser-operations.yaml`, and only with `--confirm`.
+
+---
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### `roll browser doctor` reports `managed: degraded`
+
+The static doctor found a missing prerequisite. Run `roll browser setup --dry-run`
+to see what's needed, then install the missing dependency and re-run
+`roll browser doctor --probe` to validate.
+
+### `doctor --probe` fails with "transport" or "manifest" errors
+
+The real MCP sidecar could not initialize. Common causes:
+
+- `chrome-devtools-mcp` is not installed globally (`npm i -g chrome-devtools-mcp`).
+- The version pinned in `~/.roll/browser-operations.yaml` does not match the
+  installed version. Run `roll browser update --check` to compare.
+- Chrome is not installed or not on PATH.
+
+### `roll browser run` says "Browser operations are disabled in project policy"
+
+The project's `.roll/policy.yaml` does not enable the managed lane. Add the
+`browser_operations` opt-in block (the same schema shown in
+[Running a Managed Operation](#running-a-managed-operation-real-mcp-lane)):
+
+```yaml
+browser_operations:
+  enabled: true
+  managed:
+    enabled: true
+    allowed_origins: [https://example.com]
+    allowed_actions: [navigate, snapshot, console, network, screenshot]
+```
+
+Then re-run `roll browser doctor --probe` to verify the lane is ready.
+
+### `roll browser run` without `--story` or `--url` fails
+
+The real MCP lane **requires** `--story <US-ID>` and `--url <targetUrl>`. These
+are recorded in the operation ledger for auditability. Omit them only with
+`--fixture` (test-only path).
+
+### `roll browser interactive` says "requires an attached TTY"
+
+Interactive owner-Chrome operations require a foreground terminal. They cannot
+run from a background scheduler, CI job, or non-interactive shell. This is by
+design: every operation needs live owner approval.
+
+### "Connects only to an already-open loopback Chrome debug endpoint"
+
+Roll does not start Chrome and does not open a remote debug port. Launch Chrome
+yourself with `--remote-debugging-port=9222` bound to `127.0.0.1`. Non-loopback
+addresses are rejected.
+
+### Can I use interactive mode to export cookies or keep a session open?
+
+No. Credential export (cookies, storage, and network bodies) is always denied.
+The lease is released immediately after the operation and expires within 15
+minutes; there is no background scheduler or persistent session.
+
+### Can I point interactive mode at a remote Chrome instance?
+
+No. Only loopback endpoints are supported. There is no remote endpoint, tunnel,
+or cloud browser integration.
+
+---
+
+## Live Regression Gate
+
+The managed lane is protected by a real, hermetic end-to-end gate
+(`pnpm test:browser-live`). It starts a local temporary HTTP target, a real
+exact-version `chrome-devtools-mcp` process, and a managed temporary Chrome
+profile, then drives navigation, DOM snapshot, real console/network summaries, a
+diagnostic screenshot, and the opt-in performance/device profiles through the
+public managed path (`roll browser run` without `--fixture`). It also proves
+final-origin redirect denial and that timeout, Chrome crash, MCP protocol error,
+and redaction failure each clean up the MCP process, Chrome, and the temporary
+profile. It performs **no external network request**.
+
+Two environments, deliberately separate:
+
+- **Default `roll test` / `pnpm -r test`** — never runs the live gate (it needs
+  Chrome). These suites stay green everywhere. The gate's own logic (capability
+  detection, evidence scoring, the local target) is covered by hermetic unit
+  tests that always run.
+- **Chrome-capable CI lane** (`.github/workflows/browser-live-gate.yml`) — sets
+  `ROLL_BROWSER_LIVE=1`, provisions a real Chrome, and runs the live gate for
+  real.
+
+The gate is **fail-loud, never a silent skip**. Run it locally with:
+
+```bash
+ROLL_BROWSER_LIVE=1 pnpm test:browser-live
+```
+
+If Chrome or `npx` is missing, or `ROLL_BROWSER_LIVE` is unset, the gate exits
+as an *explicitly unavailable environment gate* — it reports the missing
+capability and states plainly that the managed lane is **not verified**. It
+never reports the feature as verified from a skipped or fixture run: a
+`fixture`-sourced report can exercise seams but can never earn a `verified`
+verdict.
+
+A `verified` result prints the real transport verification (`transport
+initialized`, `manifest verified`), the per-scenario cleanup state, and the
+diagnostic-only boundary — the same summary a physical-terminal screenshot
+captures.
+
+---
+
+## See Also
+
+- [Tools & policy](tools.md) — how `browser.*` tool access is governed.
+- [Acceptance evidence](acceptance-evidence.md) — why diagnostics are not visual AC.
+- [FAQ](faq.md) — common questions and answers.
+- [中文版](../zh/browser-operations.md)