Align current support matrix with v0.4.53 evidence

Test official Free Loader with native Decky settings and empty deals

app/updater.js

@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ old="$stage/old.app"
 if mv "$app" "$old"; then
   if mv "$new" "$app"; then rm -rf "$old"; else mv "$old" "$app"; fi
 fi
-xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "$app" 2>/dev/null
 rm -rf "$stage"
 open "$app"
 `;

docs/current-support-matrix.md

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # What we have tested
 
-Current published release: Frame Control **v0.4.52**, 28 October 2026. Rows identify the last direct check of each feature; an older row does not mean the latest installer was retested on that hardware. “Real Frame + physical PC” means an actual headset and a non-virtual computer. “VM only” means a Windows virtual machine, sometimes connected to the real Frame. A CI test or a simulated device is **not** a physical hardware test. See each link for the exact procedure and limits.
+Current published release: Frame Control **v0.4.53**, 28 October 2026. Rows identify the last direct check of each feature; an older row does not mean the latest installer was retested on that hardware. “Real Frame + physical PC” means an actual headset and a non-virtual computer. “VM only” means a Windows virtual machine, sometimes connected to the real Frame. A CI test or a simulated device is **not** a physical hardware test. See each link for the exact procedure and limits.
 
 | Feature | Real Frame + physical PC tested | VM only | Untested or limited | Last check and proof |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mac desktop release — tested on a real Mac | Physical MacBook Air (MacBookAir9,1), Intel Core i3, macOS 15.7.7 (24G720): official v0.4.39 x64 DMG and ZIP hashes/architectures verified; clean DMG app installed and launched. Native UI, preferences across restart, update discovery of 0.4.40, offline OBS Start/Stop and 116-entry Decky store checked. Actual Open at Login menu toggled on, persisted across Quit/relaunch, then restored off. A 54-byte relay upload/readback/delete passed under coordinator/headset locks | No | Ordinary browser quarantine, right-click Open and Open Anyway remain unverified; the synthetic quarantine probe was inconclusive. Actual login startup untested. Direct frame.local had no route and app SSH trust failed; relay transfer is not native Mac transfer acceptance. Real OBS/Framey VR unverified. Earlier shutdown race fix #284 shipped in v0.4.40, whose Intel installer was not tested here | 26 Oct, official v0.4.39 tag `fd0b0a9`: [repeat Intel acceptance evidence](evidence/intel-mac-v0.4.39-2026-10-26.md); [earlier release test](evidence/mac-v0439-2026-10-26.md) |
-| Core title smoke test | A Linux host ran the v0.4.52 versioned source candidate, whose tree matches the tagged release commit, against the real Frame under a unique lock: 12 steps passed, one optional x86_64 launch was skipped, zero failed; a separate locked cleanup audit passed | No | The headset was in standby and unworn. Steam Linux Runtime 4 was absent, so the x86_64 test executable did not launch. Worn rendering and physical-controller input were not checked | 28 Oct, v0.4.52 tag `v0.4.52`, Frame OS 0.5.6 build `20261022.6153909`: [release verification](evidence/v0452-release-2026-10-28.md), [candidate smoke](evidence/v0452-candidate-2026-10-28.md) |
+| Core title smoke test | A Linux host ran the v0.4.53 versioned source candidate against the real Frame under a unique lock; only documentation changed before the tagged release, leaving its executable source the same: 12 steps passed, one optional x86_64 launch was skipped, zero failed; a separate locked cleanup audit passed | No | The headset was in standby and unworn. Steam Linux Runtime 4 was absent, so the x86_64 test executable did not launch. Worn rendering and physical-controller input were not checked | 28 Oct, v0.4.53 tag `v0.4.53`, Frame OS 0.5.6 build `20261022.6153909`: [release verification](evidence/v0453-release-2026-10-28.md), [candidate smoke](evidence/v0453-candidate-2026-10-28.md) |
 | Windows desktop in the headset | No physical Windows PC test | Windows 11 VM sent a whole desktop to a real Frame; this used an intermediate fix, not the final native DLL | Physical GPU, capture and controller input; individual windows unavailable in bundled DXGI build | 24 Oct, v0.4.10 installer + candidate fix: [VM log](evidence/windows-vm-2026-10-24.md), [PC guide](pc-in-headset.md) |
 | Linux desktop in the headset | No | No | Native Linux PC capture is disabled; lxso2 lacked a desktop portal and PipeWire session. The separate Steam `-pipewire` helper is not Frame Control's PC capture | 24 Oct, v0.4.17: [host audit](evidence/linux-pc-host-lxso2-2026-10-24.md), [Steam helper PR #163](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/163) |
 | Mac desktop in the headset | A physical Mac sent its screen/window to a real Frame | No | Current v0.4.26 Mac installer and worn-headset controller input have not been repeated | 28 Sep, pre-v0.4 / Frame OS 0.4.1: [Mac guide and measurement](streaming.md#b-show-the-macs-desktop-inside-the-frame) |
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Current published release: Frame Control **v0.4.52**, 28 October 2026. Rows iden
 | Open at login | No Frame needed; official v0.4.39 on the physical Intel Air toggled the actual native menu on, retained its checkmark after Quit/relaunch and restored it off. Linux autostart file previously toggled on a physical Linux host with an isolated config directory | No | A full OS login session and physical Windows host login remain untested | 26 Oct, v0.4.39: [native Intel toggle evidence](evidence/intel-mac-v0.4.39-2026-10-26.md); Linux v0.4.26: [PR #189](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/189) |
 | Local Frame Control extensions | Example panel displayed live Frame status in a browser preview; the real Frame served a read-only example in the experimental headset panel | No | No wearer-visible extension view; third-party extensions and physical Windows/macOS extension folders untested | 25 Oct, v0.4.29: [PR #194](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/194), [PR #201](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/201), [extension guide](extensions.md) |
 | Experimental Frame Control SteamVR panel | Frame OS 0.5.6 registered and served the opt-in overlay. A later unattended check safely woke SteamVR and found the panel in stereo compositor and mirror captures; it removed its temporary service and restored power settings | No | No person wore the headset for that check. Physical controller input, scrolling, VR keyboard, comfort and legibility remain unverified. The large status view has browser and packaging checks, not a wearer review | 26 Oct, v0.4.29–0.4.40: [panel PR #201](https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/pull/201), [unattended evidence](evidence/framey-vr-2026-10-25/README.md), [post-#292 unworn sample exercise](evidence/v0440-release-2026-10-26.md#post-tag-292-panel-regression), [earlier standby-gated exercise](evidence/framey-vr-standby-gate-2026-10-26.md), [worn checklist](framey-vr-check.md) |
-| Experimental Decky Loader manager | Earlier real Frame checks passed opt-in ARM64 user-service install/status/update/remove and managed ProtonDB install/update/remove. The current exact-version catalog records six scoped works: Notebook default drawing, Volume Mixer and Mixer silent per-app volume, Volume Boost muted sink controls, DeckySpy metrics, and Simple Timer silent in-panel timers | No | v0.4.52 classifies 116 exact-version plugins as **6 works / 54 partial / 45 broken / 11 N/A**. “Works” applies only to each documented behavior, never worn VR. Network Sentinel and Battery Tracker are partial; their managed real-Frame ARM64 behavior is unverified. Most other backends, audible output, physical-controller use and wearer-visible official panels remain unverified | 28 Oct, v0.4.52: [exact-version table](framey-compatibility.md), [release verification](evidence/v0452-release-2026-10-28.md), [DeckySpy evidence](evidence/framey-deckyspy-2026-10-26.md), [Simple Timer evidence](evidence/framey-simple-timer-2026-10-26.md), [audio evidence](evidence/framey-audio-arm64-2026-10-26.md) |
-| Experimental Framey VR plugin panels and store | An unattended Frame OS 0.5.6 exercise showed the repository sample panel in stereo compositor and mirror captures. Synthetic OpenVR clicks changed a live sample setting, read its Decky backend file, and confirmed it after a fresh iframe reopen; temporary services were removed and original power settings restored | No | This was the repository sample, not an official store plugin. Physical controllers, native scrolling, VR keyboard, wearer comfort and legibility remain unverified. Fake-Frame install/remove and local Chromium plugin initialization do not prove an official plugin is visible or usable in worn VR | 28 Oct, v0.4.52 catalog with earlier 25–26 Oct VR evidence: [unattended sample evidence](evidence/framey-vr-2026-10-25/README.md), [compatibility table](framey-compatibility.md), [worn checklist](framey-vr-check.md) |
+| Experimental Decky Loader manager | Earlier real Frame checks passed opt-in ARM64 user-service install/status/update/remove and managed ProtonDB install/update/remove. The current exact-version catalog records six scoped works: Notebook default drawing, Volume Mixer and Mixer silent per-app volume, Volume Boost muted sink controls, DeckySpy metrics, and Simple Timer silent in-panel timers | No | v0.4.53 classifies 116 exact-version plugins as **6 works / 54 partial / 45 broken / 11 N/A**. “Works” applies only to each documented behavior, never worn VR. Network Sentinel and Battery Tracker are partial; their managed real-Frame ARM64 behavior is unverified. Most other backends, audible output, physical-controller use and wearer-visible official panels remain unverified | 28 Oct, v0.4.53: [exact-version table](framey-compatibility.md), [release verification](evidence/v0453-release-2026-10-28.md), [DeckySpy evidence](evidence/framey-deckyspy-2026-10-26.md), [Simple Timer evidence](evidence/framey-simple-timer-2026-10-26.md), [audio evidence](evidence/framey-audio-arm64-2026-10-26.md) |
+| Experimental Framey VR plugin panels and store | An unattended Frame OS 0.5.6 exercise showed the repository sample panel in stereo compositor and mirror captures. Synthetic OpenVR clicks changed a live sample setting, read its Decky backend file, and confirmed it after a fresh iframe reopen; temporary services were removed and original power settings restored | No | This was the repository sample, not an official store plugin. Physical controllers, native scrolling, VR keyboard, wearer comfort and legibility remain unverified. Fake-Frame install/remove and local Chromium plugin initialization do not prove an official plugin is visible or usable in worn VR | 28 Oct, v0.4.53 catalog with earlier 25–26 Oct VR evidence: [unattended sample evidence](evidence/framey-vr-2026-10-25/README.md), [compatibility table](framey-compatibility.md), [worn checklist](framey-vr-check.md) |
 
 Release notes must preserve these limits until a newer recorded check changes them. When a feature is retested, add its date, exact app/Frame version, host type and proof here. The older [v0.3.1 matrix](support-matrix.html) is a historical snapshot and does not describe current coverage.

docs/evidence/framey-free-loader-native-2026-10-28.md

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Free Loader 1.6.0: private Decky backend check
+
+The official store archive for ID 63 was downloaded and matched SHA-256
+`05208aee6f6ba824391d8ddc81b1168b2599a9711e7528cdaa789f6cc710b42a`.
+The published Decky 3.3.0 amd64 loader matched SHA-256
+`e80d03e641d1766a33a817cb27ab8d2e0a4633685e5d27e4de948a6687526181`.
+
+An unprivileged, disposable Debian container ran that loader and the exact
+official plugin with no network, host devices, host session or writable host
+mount. Decky discovered Free Loader as enabled. Its API 1 methods returned 14
+default settings and an empty local deals map. A private `larger_text` setting
+changed to `true` and read back; startup created only the container's private
+settings file, and `read_deals` created an empty private deals cache. No feed,
+notification, Steam store or external account method was called. The local
+probe exited successfully; its container was removed. The committed native
+Decky runtime case repeats these calls and also checks persistence after a
+loader restart on the CI runner's native architecture. The local x86_64 run
+passed all 14 runtime cases, including Free Loader and the existing negative
+regressions. The runner removed its temporary containers and image.
+
+This strengthens the **partial** label. It does not verify a live feed refresh,
+notification delivery, real Frame ARM64 service, rendered deal cards, worn VR
+or controller interaction. The earlier opaque Chromium check had denied backend
+and network calls, so it could not establish that deal cards render with live
+data. No headset was touched for this check.

docs/framey-compatibility.md

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ The API column shows manifest / actual bundled frontend API. Many manifests say
 | 60: DeckyFileServer 1.2.0 | 1 / 2 | partial | Managed install supplies a native ARM64 helper and removes the exact archive's unnecessary root request. Real Decky 3.3.0 on Frame passes private read-only HTTPS listing/download and upload denial. Frontend address/picker limitations remain; use HTTPS and a preconfigured directory. Uploads, generated thumbnails and worn VR are unverified. Shared Toggle value rendering is repaired; other listed blockers remain. | static archive, local browser, fake-Frame, real Decky 3.3.0 amd64, real Frame SSH |
 | 61: TabMaster 2.15.1 | 1 / 2 | partial | Local Chromium rendered the QAM and navigable Overview/Filters documentation with an actual Decky 3.3.0 amd64 backend. Library-tab editing remains unavailable: Steam login/library patches and MobX reactions have no target. ARM64 and worn VR unverified. | static archive, local browser, fake-Frame |
 | 62: TS3 QuickAccess 1.2.0 | legacy / legacy | broken | Plugin contains a non-ARM64 Linux binary: ts3-qs4sd/bin/ts3-qs4sd.so. | static archive, local browser, fake-Frame |
-| 63: Free Loader 1.6.0 | 1 / 2 | partial | The exact archive's duplicate names contain identical bytes and differ only in execute bits; the guarded installer now accepts them, and a private local install/remove transaction passed. The current opaque Chromium host renders Free Games but cannot load deals with backend/network denied. Exact official Python settings and empty local-deals methods passed in a no-network container with a Decky stub. Real Decky, feed refresh, notifications and worn VR remain unverified. | static archive, local browser, fake-Frame pinned install/remove, local exact-archive transaction, isolated Python backend |
+| 63: Free Loader 1.6.0 | 1 / 2 | partial | The exact archive's byte-identical duplicate ZIP members pass guarded install/remove. Actual Decky 3.3.0 in a private network-isolated container discovers the plugin, reads default settings and empty local deals, and retains a settings change after restart. Live deal-feed refresh, notifications, Steam store integration, real Frame ARM64 service and worn VR remain unverified; no feed request was made. | static archive, local browser, fake-Frame pinned install/remove, local exact-archive transaction, isolated Python backend, isolated Linux backend |
 | 64: Syncthing 0.2.7 | legacy / legacy | broken | Plugin contains a non-ARM64 Linux binary: decky-syncthing/bin/decky-syncthing-watchdog. Shared Toggle value rendering is repaired; other listed blockers remain. | static archive, local browser, fake-Frame |
 | 65: Decky Terminal 0.5.3 | 1 / 2 | partial | Local routes initialize after parameter-route support; no shell commands were run. | static archive, local browser, fake-Frame |
 | 66: PlayTime 3.2.5 | 1 / 2 | partial | Statistics and routed settings render with a detached real Frame library/user snapshot and actual Decky 3.3.0 amd64 backend in isolation. User selection and empty statistics reads pass. Running snapshots are now exposed, but its private MobX observation is unsupported; automatic recording and ARM64 backend remain unverified. | static archive, local browser, fake-Frame, real Frame SSH |

tests/decky-runtime/cases.json

@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
     "shim": null,
     "probe": "toggle-settings"
   },
+  {
+    "id": 63,
+    "shim": null,
+    "probe": "free-loader"
+  },
   {
     "id": 12,
     "shim": "music-control-system-dbus-env",

tests/decky-runtime/check.py

@@ -240,6 +240,30 @@ def main():
                 report['result'] = ('original empty argument bug reproduced: thumbnail policy ignored'
                     if args.reproduce_fileserver_empty_flag_regression else
                     'discovery, API1 settings, native HTTPS listing/download, thumbnail policy and stop passed; uploads disabled')
+            elif case['probe'] == 'free-loader':
+                settings = current('settings_read')
+                assert settings['notify_on_free_games'] is True, settings
+                assert settings['larger_text'] is False, settings
+                assert current('read_deals') == {}
+                # This plugin commits defaults on startup and writes an empty
+                # deals cache on first read. Both paths are private to this
+                # disposable container; no feed, notification or store call.
+                settings_dir = base/'settings'/record['folder']
+                assert (settings_dir/'settings.json').is_file()
+                assert (settings_dir/'deal_db.json').is_file()
+                current('settings_setSetting', 'larger_text', True)
+                assert current('settings_read')['larger_text'] is True
+                os.killpg(backend.pid, signal.SIGTERM)
+                backend.wait(timeout=8)
+                backend = subprocess.Popen([str(loader)], env=env, stdout=log, stderr=log,
+                                           start_new_session=True)
+                processes.append(backend)
+                until_ready(lambda: rpc('loader/get_plugins'), 'restarted Decky discovery')
+                assert until_ready(lambda: current('settings_read')['larger_text'],
+                                   'private Free Loader setting after restart') is True
+                assert current('read_deals') == {}
+                report['result'] = ('discovery, default settings, empty local deals, '
+                    'private setting write/read and restart persistence passed; feed, notifications and VR unverified')
             elif case['probe'] == 'toggle-settings':
                 def call(method, *values):
                     result = rpc('loader/call_plugin_method', record['name'], method, *values)

tests/test_framey_decky_runtime.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class RuntimeCoverage(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertIn(case['id'], official)
             self.assertIn(case['probe'], ('mpris', 'screenshots', 'system-monitor', 'timer-lifecycle',
                                          'toggle-settings', 'fileserver', 'localsend', 'network-sentinel',
-                                         'battery-tracker'))
+                                         'battery-tracker', 'free-loader'))
 
     def test_new_shim_without_runtime_case_fails_coverage(self):
         import frame_decky_store

ui/framey-compatibility.json

@@ -4703,14 +4703,15 @@
         "https://github.com/jwhitlow45/free-loader.git"
       ],
       "status": "partial",
-      "reason": "The exact archive's duplicate names contain identical bytes and differ only in execute bits; the guarded installer now accepts them, and a private local install/remove transaction passed. The current opaque Chromium host renders Free Games but cannot load deals with backend/network denied. Exact official Python settings and empty local-deals methods passed in a no-network container with a Decky stub. Real Decky, feed refresh, notifications and worn VR remain unverified.",
+      "reason": "The exact archive's byte-identical duplicate ZIP members pass guarded install/remove. Actual Decky 3.3.0 in a private network-isolated container discovers the plugin, reads default settings and empty local deals, and retains a settings change after restart. Live deal-feed refresh, notifications, Steam store integration, real Frame ARM64 service and worn VR remain unverified; no feed request was made.",
       "blockInstall": false,
       "verification": [
         "static archive",
         "local browser",
         "fake-Frame pinned install/remove",
         "local exact-archive transaction",
-        "isolated Python backend"
+        "isolated Python backend",
+        "isolated Linux backend"
       ],
       "browser": {
         "id": 63,