QA: #215 slice F real-desktop verification (macOS + Linux dev build)

[rowkav09]

Tracks the QA slice of #215 (breakdown comment 5858671732): real-desktop verification of the POSIX dev build delivered by slices A (#672) and B (#673).

Done-when (evidence, per slice definition)

Install, run setup, sign in to a provider, show Discord presence from saved settings:

• Real Linux desktop: install nowplaying-dev-linux-x64.tar.gz, first-run Settings WebUI, provider sign-in, Discord presence via XDG unix socket
• Real macOS desktop: install nowplaying-dev-macos-arm64.zip, same gates

What this lane can evidence directly

• Rolling dev build publishes both POSIX artifacts on main (post beta.yml restructure cb0d6fc), SHA256SUMS verifies
• Linux real-machine (headless) install-and-run: binary launches, Settings WebUI serves, setup flow driveable
• Autostart adapters (slice A) enable/disable round trips on a real Linux home dir

Explicitly NOT this lane's evidence (stays UNVERIFIED for Rowan/real-QA)

• Interactive GUI, real Discord client presence, real provider sign-in on a real desktop
• macOS real machine (no macOS hardware in this lane; macOS CI smoke is proxy evidence only)

Evidence pack comments land here as gates are checked, PASS/FAIL/UNVERIFIED per candidate SHA, same convention as #566.

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Slice F evidence pack - candidate dev build #397 (dcd79cc)

Living QA record, #566 conventions. PASS = observed at this candidate, FAIL = known unmet gate, UNVERIFIED = missing evidence. Runner success is not Rowan's real-machine acceptance.

Candidate: rolling dev build run 36343673493 -> release dev #397 (0.2.1-dev+dcd79cc), first build with per-platform jobs + combined checksums (beta.yml restructure cb0d6fc) and POSIX bundles (#673).

Gate	Verdict	Evidence
Artifact publication: linux tar.gz + macos zip + windows pair + combined SHA256SUMS	PASS	All five assets on release dev #397. SHA256SUMS is LF-only ASCII, covers all four artifacts.
Checksum verification	PASS	sha256sum -c: linux tar.gz OK, macos zip OK (windows pair not downloaded).
Linux bundle: extract, portable launcher, --version/--help	PASS	Extracts to nowplaying/ with runtime/node (ELF x86-64) + app/. Launcher resolves bundle from own location; --version prints 0.2.0, --help prints usage.
Linux real-machine first run: app starts, Settings WebUI serves	PASS (headless real Linux, non-runner)	./nowplaying start binds 127.0.0.1:47832 (DEFAULT_APP_PORT; the smoke harness's 47839 is a deliberate canary, not the app port - no discrepancy). GET /settings -> HTTP 200, "Set up NowPlaying" page. GET /healthz -> 404, as documented for first-run mode. Clean shutdown releases the port.
Slice A Linux autostart (XDG) round trip on a real home dir	PASS	~/.config/autostart absent initially; setEnabled(true) wrote a valid nowplaying.desktop (Desktop Entry spec, correct Exec quoting, X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled), status read back enabled:true, broken:false; setEnabled(false) removed it; dir left clean. Unit suites linux-startup/macos-startup/unix-entry: 27 pass, 2 platform skips, 0 fail on Node 22.23.3.
macOS zip: integrity, contents, runtime architecture	PASS (packaging only)	unzip -t no errors. Contains same portable launcher shape + runtime/node verified Mach-O arm64 executable.
macOS CI install-and-run smoke (runner proxy)	PASS (proxy only)	macos job of run 36343673493 green. Runner evidence, NOT real-machine acceptance.
Provider sign-in on a real desktop (Plex/Jellyfin/Emby/Navidrome)	UNVERIFIED	Needs a real server + interactive session; headless lane has neither. Rowan/real-QA gate.
Discord presence from saved settings (XDG unix socket path)	UNVERIFIED	Needs a running Discord desktop client. Code path is cross-platform by inspection; no live evidence.
Real macOS machine install/run	UNVERIFIED	No mac hardware in this lane.
Interactive GUI elements (tray/setup visuals)	UNVERIFIED	Headless. Covered only as HTTP probe of the WebUI.

Next recheck: when dev rolls to a new SHA, re-run download + Linux leg against the new candidate.

[rowkav09]

Slice F re-verification - dev build #408 (0.2.1-dev+d039526)

• SHA256SUMS: PASS (LF-only, 4-artifact set unchanged; linux-x64.tar.gz + macos-arm64.zip both verify OK)
• Linux launcher: PASS (--version 0.2.0, --help prints usage)
• Linux app start: PASS (GET 127.0.0.1:47832/settings -> HTTP 200, "Set up NowPlaying" first-run screen)
• /healthz in first-run mode: PASS (404 as expected)
• Port release after stop: PASS (47832 closed)
• macOS zip packaging: PASS (unzip -t clean, no errors; runtime/node is Mach-O 64-bit arm64)
• Real provider sign-in: UNVERIFIED (needs Rowan on a real machine)
• Real Discord presence: UNVERIFIED (needs a live Discord client)
• Real macOS machine run: UNVERIFIED (packaging checks only, no mac hardware here)
• Interactive GUI flow: UNVERIFIED (headless runner)

Runner success is not real-machine acceptance; the UNVERIFIED gates stay Rowan's.

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Slice F re-verification - dev build #414 (0.2.1-dev+23aefab)

• SHA256SUMS: PASS (LF-only, 4-artifact set unchanged; linux-x64.tar.gz + macos-arm64.zip both verify OK)
• Linux launcher: PASS (--version 0.2.0, --help prints usage)
• Linux app start: PASS (GET 127.0.0.1:47832/settings -> HTTP 200, "Set up NowPlaying" first-run screen)
• /healthz in first-run mode: PASS (404 as expected)
• Port release after stop: PASS (47832 closed)
• macOS zip packaging: PASS (unzip -t clean, no errors; runtime/node is Mach-O 64-bit arm64)
• Real provider sign-in: UNVERIFIED (needs Rowan on a real machine)
• Real Discord presence: UNVERIFIED (needs a live Discord client)
• Real macOS machine run: UNVERIFIED (packaging checks only, no mac hardware here)
• Interactive GUI flow: UNVERIFIED (headless runner)

Runner success is not real-machine acceptance; the UNVERIFIED gates stay Rowan's.

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Slice F re-verification - dev build #418 (0.2.1-dev+c464352)

• SHA256SUMS: PASS (LF-only, 4-artifact set unchanged; linux-x64.tar.gz + macos-arm64.zip both verify OK)
• Linux launcher: PASS (--version 0.2.0, --help prints usage)
• Linux app start: PASS (GET 127.0.0.1:47832/settings -> HTTP 200, "Set up NowPlaying" first-run screen)
• /healthz in first-run mode: PASS (404 as expected)
• Port release after stop: PASS (47832 closed)
• macOS zip packaging: PASS (unzip -t clean, no errors; runtime/node is Mach-O 64-bit arm64)
• Real provider sign-in: UNVERIFIED (needs Rowan on a real machine)
• Real Discord presence: UNVERIFIED (needs a live Discord client)
• Real macOS machine run: UNVERIFIED (packaging checks only, no mac hardware here)
• Interactive GUI flow: UNVERIFIED (headless runner)

Runner success is not real-machine acceptance; the UNVERIFIED gates stay Rowan's.

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Slice F re-verification - dev build #421 (0.2.1-dev+d039fcb)

• SHA256SUMS: PASS (LF-only, 4-artifact set unchanged; linux-x64.tar.gz + macos-arm64.zip both verify OK)
• Linux launcher: PASS (--version 0.2.0, --help prints usage)
• Linux app start: PASS (GET 127.0.0.1:47832/settings -> HTTP 200, "Set up NowPlaying" first-run screen)
• /healthz in first-run mode: PASS (404 as expected)
• Port release after stop: PASS (47832 closed)
• macOS zip packaging: PASS (unzip -t clean, no errors; runtime/node is Mach-O 64-bit arm64)
• Real provider sign-in: UNVERIFIED (needs Rowan on a real machine)
• Real Discord presence: UNVERIFIED (needs a live Discord client)
• Real macOS machine run: UNVERIFIED (packaging checks only, no mac hardware here)
• Interactive GUI flow: UNVERIFIED (headless runner)

Runner success is not real-machine acceptance; the UNVERIFIED gates stay Rowan's.

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Slice F re-verification - dev build #422 (0.2.1-dev+7a2203d)

• SHA256SUMS: PASS (LF-only, 4-artifact set unchanged; linux-x64.tar.gz + macos-arm64.zip both verify OK)
• Linux launcher: PASS (--version 0.2.0, --help prints usage)
• Linux app start: PASS (GET 127.0.0.1:47832/settings -> HTTP 200, "Set up NowPlaying" first-run screen)
• /healthz in first-run mode: PASS (404 as expected)
• Port release after stop: PASS (47832 closed)
• macOS zip packaging: PASS (unzip -t clean, no errors; runtime/node is Mach-O 64-bit arm64)
• Real provider sign-in: UNVERIFIED (needs Rowan on a real machine)
• Real Discord presence: UNVERIFIED (needs a live Discord client)
• Real macOS machine run: UNVERIFIED (packaging checks only, no mac hardware here)
• Interactive GUI flow: UNVERIFIED (headless runner)

Runner success is not real-machine acceptance; the UNVERIFIED gates stay Rowan's.

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Slice F re-verification - dev build #423 (0.2.1-dev+345edce)

• SHA256SUMS: PASS (LF-only, 4-artifact set unchanged; linux-x64.tar.gz + macos-arm64.zip both verify OK)
• Linux launcher: PASS (--version 0.2.0, --help prints usage)
• Linux app start: PASS (GET 127.0.0.1:47832/settings -> HTTP 200, "Set up NowPlaying" first-run screen)
• /healthz in first-run mode: PASS (404 as expected)
• Port release after stop: PASS (47832 closed)
• macOS zip packaging: PASS (unzip -t clean, no errors; runtime/node is Mach-O 64-bit arm64)
• Real provider sign-in: UNVERIFIED (needs Rowan on a real machine)
• Real Discord presence: UNVERIFIED (needs a live Discord client)
• Real macOS machine run: UNVERIFIED (packaging checks only, no mac hardware here)
• Interactive GUI flow: UNVERIFIED (headless runner)

Runner success is not real-machine acceptance; the UNVERIFIED gates stay Rowan's.

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Slice F re-verification - dev build #424 (0.2.1-dev+bcc0465)

• SHA256SUMS: PASS (LF-only, 4-artifact set unchanged; linux-x64.tar.gz + macos-arm64.zip both verify OK)
• Linux launcher: PASS (--version 0.2.0, --help prints usage)
• Linux app start: PASS (GET 127.0.0.1:47832/settings -> HTTP 200, "Set up NowPlaying" first-run screen)
• /healthz in first-run mode: PASS (404 as expected)
• Port release after stop: PASS (47832 closed)
• macOS zip packaging: PASS (unzip -t clean, no errors; runtime/node is Mach-O 64-bit arm64)
• Real provider sign-in: UNVERIFIED (needs Rowan on a real machine)
• Real Discord presence: UNVERIFIED (needs a live Discord client)
• Real macOS machine run: UNVERIFIED (packaging checks only, no mac hardware here)
• Interactive GUI flow: UNVERIFIED (headless runner)

Runner success is not real-machine acceptance; the UNVERIFIED gates stay Rowan's.

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Slice F re-verification - dev build #425 (0.2.1-dev+f3f7090)

• SHA256SUMS: PASS (LF-only, 4-artifact set unchanged; linux-x64.tar.gz + macos-arm64.zip both verify OK)
• Linux launcher: PASS (--version 0.2.0, --help prints usage)
• Linux app start: PASS (GET 127.0.0.1:47832/settings -> HTTP 200, "Set up NowPlaying" first-run screen)
• /healthz in first-run mode: PASS (404 as expected)
• Port release after stop: PASS (47832 closed)
• macOS zip packaging: PASS (unzip -t clean, no errors; runtime/node is Mach-O 64-bit arm64)
• Real provider sign-in: UNVERIFIED (needs Rowan on a real machine)
• Real Discord presence: UNVERIFIED (needs a live Discord client)
• Real macOS machine run: UNVERIFIED (packaging checks only, no mac hardware here)
• Interactive GUI flow: UNVERIFIED (headless runner)

Runner success is not real-machine acceptance; the UNVERIFIED gates stay Rowan's.