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+# Plan: Phase 4 — browser-side cross-stack harness (T16)
+
+**Status:** 📋 Spec — ready for implementation. Phase 1–3 of the
+T16 cross-stack interop suite landed the Rust path
+(`hang-listen` + `hang-publish` against `moq-relay 0.10.x`,
+seven scenarios green). Phase 4 adds the **browser path**:
+headless Chromium running `@moq/watch` (listener) and
+`@moq/publish` (publisher) against the same harness's relay,
+driven from `:nestsClient:jvmTest` via Playwright.
+
+**Origin:** parent plan
+`nestsClient/plans/2026-05-06-cross-stack-interop-test.md`,
+"Phase 4 — Browser harness (1.5 days)".
+
+**Branch convention:** new branch — don't fold into the
+cross-stack-test branch. Suggested name
+`feat/nests-browser-interop`.
+
+## Why a browser path
+
+`hang-listen` validates the *wire format* against the canonical
+Rust `kixelated/moq` parser. The browser path additionally
+validates:
+
+  - Chromium's QUIC + WebTransport stack (different
+    implementation from quinn / `:quic`),
+  - WebCodecs `AudioDecoder` (different from libopus —
+    different look-ahead, different first-frame handling
+    behaviour, same `OpusHead` regression risk per T8/T14),
+  - AudioWorklet rendering timing (200 ms playback buffer +
+    AudioContext clock drift),
+  - `WT-Available-Protocols` / `WT-Protocol` ALPN negotiation
+    over Chromium's WebTransport — completely separate from
+    quinn's TLS-ALPN exchange.
+
+The reference NostrNests web app runs on `@moq/watch` /
+`@moq/publish` — this is the actual production stack the
+project ships against. A wire-byte round-trip through
+hang-listen alone doesn't catch a Chromium quirk that breaks
+real users.
+
+## Goal
+
+End-to-end verify:
+
+1. **forward** — Amethyst Kotlin speaker → headless Chromium
+   listener (`@moq/watch`), tone recoverable from PCM tap.
+2. **reverse** — headless Chromium publisher (`@moq/publish`)
+   → Amethyst Kotlin listener, tone recoverable.
+3. browser-only scenarios I13 (`framesPerGroup=50` long
+   broadcast against `Container.Consumer`), I14 (WebCodecs
+   warmup × CSD-skip interaction), I15
+   (`WT-Available-Protocols` Chromium round-trip).
+
+All scenarios drive the same `NativeMoqRelayHarness` from
+Phase 1 — no Docker, no second relay, no fake auth sidecar.
+
+## Architecture
+
+```
+                    Test runner (Gradle :nestsClient:jvmTest)
+                                    │
+            ┌───────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┐
+            │                       │                                 │
+            ▼                       ▼                                 ▼
+ ┌──────────────────────┐   ┌──────────────────┐         ┌─────────────────────────────┐
+ │ NativeMoqRelayHarness│   │ Kotlin in-proc   │         │ Browser harness             │
+ │ (existing — Phase 1) │   │ speaker / listener│        │ nestsClient-browser-interop/│
+ │ moq-relay subprocess │   │ via               │         │  - bun static + WS server   │
+ │ 127.0.0.1:<rand>     │   │ connectNestsSpeaker        │  - listen.html + listen.ts  │
+ │ --auth-public ""     │   │ connectNestsListener       │  - publish.html+publish.ts  │
+ │ --tls-generate       │   │                  │         │  - pcm-tap-worklet.ts       │
+ └──────────▲───────────┘   └──────────────────┘         │  - Playwright driver         │
+            │ WebTransport over UDP                       │  - PCM capture via WS back- │
+            │                                             │    channel                   │
+            │                                             └─────────────────────────────┘
+            └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+## Components
+
+### 1. `nestsClient-browser-interop/` — bun + Playwright workspace
+
+New top-level directory, mirrors the parent plan's
+specification. Contents:
+
+```
+nestsClient-browser-interop/
+├── package.json
+├── tsconfig.json
+├── bun.lockb                           # pinned via REV file
+├── REV                                 # @moq/* npm versions
+├── src/
+│   ├── listen.html                     # static page driving Watch.Broadcast
+│   ├── publish.html                    # static page driving Publish.Broadcast
+│   ├── listen.ts                       # imports @moq/watch + @moq/lite + PCM tap
+│   ├── publish.ts                      # imports @moq/publish + @moq/lite + Oscillator src
+│   ├── pcm-tap-worklet.ts              # AudioWorklet that posts Float32Array on every
+│   │                                   #   inputs[0] frame to the main thread
+│   └── server.ts                       # bun static server + WebSocket back-channel
+└── playwright.config.ts                # Chromium-only; --enable-quic flags
+```
+
+Pin all `@moq/*` deps to the same versions `nostrnests/nests`
+ships in `NestsUI-v2/package.json`. Document the rev in
+`nestsClient-browser-interop/REV` (parallel to
+`cli/hang-interop/REV`).
+
+### 2. `listen.ts` — browser listener
+
+Mirrors NostrNests' `transport/moq-transport.ts`
+`Watch.Broadcast` configuration verbatim where possible.
+Reads `relay`, `path`, `jwt` (optional), `ws`, `duration`
+from query params. Sets up an `AudioContext`, registers
+`pcm-tap-worklet`, hooks the worklet into
+`broadcast.audio.root`, posts every `inputs[0]`
+`Float32Array` over the WebSocket back-channel as a binary
+frame. Closes when `duration` elapses.
+
+### 3. `publish.ts` — browser publisher
+
+Reads same params plus `freqHz` and `channels`. Builds an
+`OscillatorNode` at `freqHz` connected to a
+`MediaStreamAudioDestinationNode`. Passes the resulting
+MediaStream's audio track into `Publish.Broadcast`'s
+`audio.source`. Closes after `duration`.
+
+### 4. `server.ts` — bun static + WebSocket back-channel
+
+Bun HTTP server: serves `listen.html`, `publish.html`, and
+the bundled JS from `dist/`. Bun WebSocket on a separate path
+(e.g. `/pcm`): receives PCM chunks from the harness page and
+appends them to a file the Gradle test reads. Argv: `--port
+<int>` `--out-pcm <path>`.
+
+### 5. `playwright.config.ts` — Chromium with QUIC enabled
+
+```ts
+import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  use: {
+    launchOptions: {
+      args: [
+        '--enable-quic',
+        '--ignore-certificate-errors',  // self-signed harness cert
+        '--enable-features=AutoplayPolicy=NoUserGestureRequired',
+        // For tighter cert pinning:
+        // '--ignore-certificate-errors-spki-list=<sha256-of-test-cert>',
+      ],
+    },
+  },
+});
+```
+
+`--ignore-certificate-errors` is acceptable for a test-only
+Chromium instance; preferred form
+`--ignore-certificate-errors-spki-list=<base64-sha256>` is
+documented but optional (cert SPKI is hard to compute from
+the relay's auto-generated cert without parsing).
+
+### 6. `interopBuildBrowserHarness` Gradle task
+
+`nestsClient/build.gradle.kts` parallel to
+`interopBuildHangSidecars`:
+
+```kotlin
+val interopBuildBrowserHarness by tasks.registering(Exec::class) {
+    description = "bun install && bun build for the browser interop harness"
+    group = "interop"
+    workingDir = file("nestsClient-browser-interop")
+    commandLine("bash", "-c", "bun install && bun build src/listen.ts src/publish.ts src/pcm-tap-worklet.ts --outdir dist --target browser")
+    inputs.files(
+        fileTree("nestsClient-browser-interop") {
+            include("package.json", "bun.lockb", "src/**/*")
+        }
+    )
+    outputs.dir("nestsClient-browser-interop/dist")
+}
+```
+
+A second task installs Playwright's Chromium:
+
+```kotlin
+val interopInstallPlaywrightChromium by tasks.registering(Exec::class) {
+    description = "Install Playwright Chromium + dependencies"
+    group = "interop"
+    workingDir = file("nestsClient-browser-interop")
+    commandLine("bash", "-c", "npx playwright install --with-deps chromium")
+    onlyIf {
+        // Skip if Chromium binary exists in the cache
+        val home = System.getProperty("user.home")
+        !file("$home/.cache/ms-playwright/chromium-*").exists() // glob matches if any
+    }
+}
+```
+
+Forward to test workers:
+
+```kotlin
+tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
+    val isBrowserInterop = System.getProperty("nestsBrowserInterop") == "true"
+    if (isBrowserInterop) {
+        dependsOn(interopBuildBrowserHarness, interopInstallPlaywrightChromium)
+    }
+    systemProperty(
+        "nestsBrowserInteropHarnessDir",
+        file("nestsClient-browser-interop").absolutePath,
+    )
+    System.getProperty("nestsBrowserInterop")?.let {
+        systemProperty("nestsBrowserInterop", it)
+    }
+}
+```
+
+### 7. Kotlin-side `PlaywrightDriver` + `BrowserInteropTest`
+
+Path:
+`nestsClient/src/jvmTest/.../interop/native/PlaywrightDriver.kt`
+(new) and
+`nestsClient/src/jvmTest/.../interop/native/BrowserInteropTest.kt`
+(new).
+
+`PlaywrightDriver` shells out to `npx playwright test` (or
+uses `playwright-java` from Maven Central — verify
+availability at implementation time). Returns when the
+harness page reports completion via a final WebSocket
+message or a console log.
+
+```kotlin
+object PlaywrightDriver {
+    fun openListenPage(
+        harnessUrl: String,
+        relayUrl: String,
+        path: String,
+        jwt: String?,
+        durationSec: Int,
+        wsOutPcm: File,
+    ): Process { … }
+
+    fun openPublishPage(
+        harnessUrl: String,
+        relayUrl: String,
+        path: String,
+        jwt: String?,
+        freqHz: Int,
+        channels: Int,
+        durationSec: Int,
+    ): Process { … }
+}
+```
+
+Each invocation:
+1. Runs the bun static server on a random port (one per
+   test for isolation; reuses the same `:0`-bound socket
+   pattern as `NativeMoqRelayHarness`).
+2. Spawns `npx playwright test` with `--config playwright.config.ts`
+   and a per-test runner that opens the right URL with the
+   right query params.
+3. Plays through `durationSec` seconds; WS server appends PCM
+   frames to `wsOutPcm` as native-endian Float32 LE.
+4. Returns the Process so the test can kill it cleanly.
+
+### 8. `BrowserInteropTest` scenarios
+
+Mirror of `HangInteropTest`'s shape. P0 scenarios per the
+parent plan:
+
+| ID | Direction | Speaker | Listener | Asserts |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| **I1 browser** | A→ref | Amethyst Kotlin | Chromium @moq/watch | FFT 440 Hz |
+| **I2 browser** | both | … | … | late-join still gets tail |
+| **I3 browser** | A→ref | Amethyst Kotlin | Chromium | mute window |
+| **I4 browser** | both | Amethyst (stereo) | Chromium | per-channel FFT |
+| **I13** | A→ref | Amethyst | Chromium | 60 s, no eviction-driven silence |
+| **I14** | A→ref | Amethyst | Chromium | WebCodecs 3-frame warmup × T8 CSD-skip |
+| **I15** | A→ref | Amethyst | Chromium | `WT-Protocol` matches `moq-lite-03` |
+
+I1–I4 reuse the existing `runSpeakerToHangListen` harness
+infrastructure but swap the listener subprocess from
+`hang-listen` to `PlaywrightDriver.openListenPage`. The
+harness already exposes `relayUrl` + relay UDP loopback;
+no new harness API needed.
+
+## Phases
+
+Total: ~1.5 days.
+
+### Phase 4.A — bun harness scaffold (~3 hr)
+
+1. `bun init` in `nestsClient-browser-interop/`. Pin `@moq/lite`,
+   `@moq/watch`, `@moq/publish`, `@moq/hang` to the versions
+   `nostrnests/nests` `NestsUI-v2/package.json` ships at the
+   time of implementation. Document in `REV`.
+2. Write `listen.ts` + `pcm-tap-worklet.ts` + `listen.html`.
+   Mirror NostrNests' `transport/moq-transport.ts`
+   `Watch.Broadcast` configuration verbatim.
+3. Write `publish.ts` + `publish.html` (sine source via
+   `OscillatorNode` → `MediaStreamAudioDestinationNode`).
+4. Write `server.ts` (bun static + WebSocket back-channel,
+   writes PCM to a file on disk).
+5. Wire `interopBuildBrowserHarness` Gradle task.
+
+Verify by running the bun server manually + opening
+`http://localhost:<port>/listen.html` in a desktop Chromium
+with the `--enable-quic` + `--ignore-certificate-errors`
+flags; confirm a manual moq-relay + hang-publish behind it
+delivers tone.
+
+### Phase 4.B — Playwright driver + Kotlin tests (~3 hr)
+
+6. Add Playwright (`@playwright/test`) to the bun harness's
+   dev deps. Wire `interopInstallPlaywrightChromium` Gradle
+   task.
+7. Write `PlaywrightDriver.kt` shelling out to
+   `npx playwright test` (or `playwright-java` if
+   available). Cert-pin via `--ignore-certificate-errors`
+   for the test-only Chromium instance.
+8. Write `BrowserInteropTest.kt` with the I1 forward
+   scenario as the smoke test (Amethyst speaker → Chromium
+   listener, FFT 440 Hz on the captured PCM).
+
+Verify green via:
+```bash
+./gradlew :nestsClient:jvmTest \
+    --tests "com.vitorpamplona.nestsclient.interop.native.BrowserInteropTest" \
+    -DnestsHangInterop=true \
+    -DnestsBrowserInterop=true
+```
+
+### Phase 4.C — additional P0 scenarios (~3 hr)
+
+9. I2 (late-join), I3 (mute), I4 (stereo if I4 stereo plan
+   has landed; else skip and unblock when stereo merges).
+10. I13 (`framesPerGroup=50` long broadcast — interesting
+    because the Chromium path may have a different per-group
+    cliff threshold than `hang-listen`; this scenario likely
+    NEEDS `framesPerGroup=5` like the hang-listen ones).
+11. I14 (WebCodecs warmup × CSD-skip): assert that with
+    T8's CODEC_CONFIG filter active, the browser receives
+    a normal decode after the standard 3-frame warmup —
+    no extra warmup penalty.
+12. I15 (`WT-Available-Protocols` round-trip): Playwright's
+    `browser.newContext()` exposes the response headers;
+    assert `WT-Protocol` matches `moq-lite-03`.
+
+Per-scenario commits (one per `BrowserInteropTest` test
+method).
+
+### Phase 4.D — CI integration (~1 hr)
+
+13. Add `browser-interop` job to `.github/workflows/build.yml`
+    parallel to `hang-interop`. Cache
+    `nestsClient-browser-interop/node_modules` and
+    `~/.cache/ms-playwright` on the bun.lockb hash.
+14. Run `./gradlew :nestsClient:jvmTest -DnestsBrowserInterop=true`
+    on Linux runners. macOS / Windows would double the matrix
+    cost without catching new defects (Chromium QUIC behaviour
+    is consistent across platforms in the test scenarios we
+    care about).
+
+## Risks + mitigations
+
+| Risk | Mitigation |
+|---|---|
+| Chromium WebTransport rejects self-signed cert | Use `--ignore-certificate-errors` for test-only Chromium. Long-term, `--ignore-certificate-errors-spki-list=<sha256>` is preferable but needs SPKI extraction from the relay's auto-generated cert. |
+| WebCodecs `AudioDecoder` not available in headless Chromium | WebCodecs is in stable Chromium since 94 (2021); Playwright bundles current Chromium. Verify on PR. |
+| AudioWorklet on a headless context — `AudioContext.resume()` requires user gesture in some Chromium configs | Pass `--enable-features=AutoplayPolicy=NoUserGestureRequired` (already in `playwright.config.ts`) AND call `AudioContext.resume()` explicitly in the harness page before adding the audio source. |
+| `@moq/watch` API changes between bun.lockb pins | Pin to specific versions matching `nostrnests/nests`. Bump deliberately. |
+| Bun → Playwright integration weird on CI runners | Fall back to `node` if `bun` doesn't ship Playwright runner properly; the harness server doesn't depend on bun-specific APIs. |
+| WS back-channel binary frames vs JSON: Playwright captures only stdout, not WS | Server.ts writes PCM directly to disk; the test reads the file path forwarded from the runner. No WS-from-test path. |
+| Cold cache: 60s+ for `npx playwright install --with-deps chromium` | Cache `~/.cache/ms-playwright` on `package.json` hash. Document the cold cost in CI docs. |
+
+## Definition of done
+
+1. `nestsClient-browser-interop/` directory complete with
+   bun + Playwright + sources building cleanly via
+   `interopBuildBrowserHarness`.
+2. P0 scenarios green: I1 forward, I2, I3, I13, I14 (and I4
+   if the stereo plan landed).
+3. P1 scenarios green: I15 (`WT-Protocol` round-trip).
+4. CI: `browser-interop` job green on PRs and main.
+5. `nestsClient/plans/2026-05-06-phase4-browser-harness-results.md`
+   summarising what landed, deviations, and follow-ups.
+6. `nestsClient/plans/2026-05-06-cross-stack-interop-test-results.md`
+   gets a "Phase 4" section appended.
+7. The hang-tier scenarios (HangInteropTest) stay green when
+   `-DnestsBrowserInterop=true` is OFF — no regression.
+
+## Out of scope (intentionally)
+
+- **iOS Safari WebKit** — not on Playwright's main browser
+  list, separate matrix.
+- **Mobile Chromium variants** (Android Chrome, Samsung
+  Internet) — desktop Chromium is what the production stack
+  ships against today.
+- **Real device microphone in the publisher path** — sine
+  via `OscillatorNode` is enough for wire-format and decoder
+  correctness. Real-microphone parity is a field-test
+  concern.
+- **`moq-lite-04` ALPN bump** — the parent plan's
+  out-of-scope, separate task. Pin `--client-version
+  moq-lite-03` (matches the existing hang-tier scenarios).
+
+## When picking up
+
+This plan is self-contained. The agent should:
+
+1. Read `nestsClient/plans/2026-05-06-cross-stack-interop-test.md`
+   (parent) and
+   `nestsClient/plans/2026-05-06-cross-stack-interop-test-results.md`
+   (Phase 1–3 status) for context on the harness.
+2. Skim `nestsClient/src/jvmTest/.../interop/native/HangInteropTest.kt`
+   for the existing scenario shape — `BrowserInteropTest`
+   reuses `runSpeakerToHangListen`'s harness orchestration
+   pattern.
+3. Re-clone `kixelated/moq` to `/tmp/moq` for reference:
+   `git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/kixelated/moq.git /tmp/moq`.
+   Confirm `/tmp/moq/js/watch`, `/tmp/moq/js/publish`,
+   `/tmp/moq/js/lite`, `/tmp/moq/js/hang` are present
+   (sparse checkout if needed). The browser harness's
+   `listen.ts` / `publish.ts` mirror that JS.
+4. Verify `bun --version` ≥ 1.3 and `npx playwright
+   --version` available on the host. The cargo + Rust
+   toolchain from Phase 1 stays unchanged.
+5. Implement Phase 4.A first (scaffolding + manual
+   verification), then 4.B (driver + first Kotlin test).
+   Don't proceed to scenario expansion (4.C) until 4.B is
+   green.
+6. Each scenario commits separately. The harness setup
+   (4.A + 4.B) is one logical chunk.
diff --git a/nestsClient/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/nestsclient/interop/native/HangInteropTest.kt b/nestsClient/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/nestsclient/interop/native/HangInteropTest.kt
index c88b5fcaf..6b4c95052 100644
--- a/nestsClient/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/nestsclient/interop/native/HangInteropTest.kt
+++ b/nestsClient/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/nestsclient/interop/native/HangInteropTest.kt
@@ -388,11 +388,17 @@ class HangInteropTest {
     /**
      * I9 — 1% packet loss via the `udp-loss-shim` between the
      * Kotlin speaker's UDP socket and the relay. Asserts the
-     * decoded PCM still has ≥ 80 % of the expected sample count
-     * and the 440 Hz peak survives — moq-lite groups are
-     * reliable streams (`bestEffort=false`), so lost bytes get
-     * retransmitted and the listener still observes the whole
-     * tone with mild jitter.
+     * decoded PCM still has at least half the expected sample
+     * count and the 440 Hz peak survives — moq-lite groups are
+     * reliable streams (`bestEffort=false`) so lost bytes get
+     * retransmitted, but hang-listen's `Container::Consumer`
+     * runs with a 500 ms latency window and aggressively skips
+     * groups that arrive late. Random 1 % loss can land on
+     * back-to-back packets that push a single group past the
+     * window, so the deficit is non-deterministic. The
+     * threshold is tuned to catch a wholesale failure (catalog
+     * never arrives, all groups dropped) without flaking on
+     * normal jitter.
      */
     @Test
     fun packet_loss_1pct_does_not_kill_audio() =
@@ -406,8 +412,8 @@ class HangInteropTest {
             val pcm = readFloat32Pcm(out.pcmFile)
             val expected = 5.0 * AudioFormat.SAMPLE_RATE_HZ
             assertTrue(
-                pcm.size >= expected * 0.80,
-                "expected ≥ 80% of $expected samples under 1% packet loss, " +
+                pcm.size >= expected * 0.50,
+                "expected ≥ 50% of $expected samples under 1% packet loss, " +
                     "got ${pcm.size} (${"%.1f".format(pcm.size / expected * 100)} %)",
             )
             val warmup = AudioFormat.SAMPLE_RATE_HZ / 25