From d3042349e5bc64078d2c62e30f69677e357e34ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: abrichr <richard.abrich@mldsai.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 12:50:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] feat(flow): optional Chrome extension shadow-DOM evidence

First slice of #1872: Manifest V3 unpacked extension that captures
open-shadow-DOM target paths while a recording is active, redacts
secrets in the content script, shows a REC badge, and delivers lines
through a local native-messaging host into extension_evidence.jsonl.
Flow ingests that file as an optional, backend-agnostic evidence
source; an absent file is a valid empty capture.

Network save capture, cross-origin iframes, and compiler identity use
are deferred.
---
 packages/flow/chrome_extension/README.md      |  56 ++++
 packages/flow/chrome_extension/background.js  | 115 +++++++
 packages/flow/chrome_extension/content.js     | 191 ++++++++++++
 .../flow/chrome_extension/icons/icon128.png   | Bin 0 -> 2998 bytes
 .../flow/chrome_extension/icons/icon16.png    | Bin 0 -> 386 bytes
 .../flow/chrome_extension/icons/icon48.png    | Bin 0 -> 1223 bytes
 packages/flow/chrome_extension/manifest.json  |  40 +++
 .../native_host/com.openadapt.extension.json  |   9 +
 .../native_host/openadapt_extension_host.py   |  89 ++++++
 .../flow/docs/CHROME_EXTENSION_EVIDENCE.md    |  41 +++
 .../flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py | 186 ++++++++++++
 .../chrome_extension_harness.js               | 282 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../flow/tests/test_extension_evidence.py     | 151 ++++++++++
 .../tests/test_extension_shadow_evidence.py   | 238 +++++++++++++++
 14 files changed, 1398 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 packages/flow/chrome_extension/README.md
 create mode 100644 packages/flow/chrome_extension/background.js
 create mode 100644 packages/flow/chrome_extension/content.js
 create mode 100644 packages/flow/chrome_extension/icons/icon128.png
 create mode 100644 packages/flow/chrome_extension/icons/icon16.png
 create mode 100644 packages/flow/chrome_extension/icons/icon48.png
 create mode 100644 packages/flow/chrome_extension/manifest.json
 create mode 100644 packages/flow/chrome_extension/native_host/com.openadapt.extension.json
 create mode 100755 packages/flow/chrome_extension/native_host/openadapt_extension_host.py
 create mode 100644 packages/flow/docs/CHROME_EXTENSION_EVIDENCE.md
 create mode 100644 packages/flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py
 create mode 100644 packages/flow/tests/extension_support/chrome_extension_harness.js
 create mode 100644 packages/flow/tests/test_extension_evidence.py
 create mode 100644 packages/flow/tests/test_extension_shadow_evidence.py

diff --git a/packages/flow/chrome_extension/README.md b/packages/flow/chrome_extension/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35e1024ea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flow/chrome_extension/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Optional Chrome extension evidence (everyday Chrome)
+
+**Status:** unpack-first scaffold for [OpenAdapt#1872](https://github.com/OpenAdaptAI/OpenAdapt/issues/1872).
+Not a store listing. Not required for recording.
+
+OpenAdapt records everyday Chrome through the OS accessibility tree with no
+install. Accessibility cannot see open shadow DOM detail, cross-origin
+iframes, or network saves. This Manifest V3 extension is an optional evidence
+source for those gaps. Without it, recording still works.
+
+## This slice (Part of #1872)
+
+- Content script builds a shadow-piercing target path across **open** shadow
+  roots (`host >>> inner`).
+- Closed shadow roots are marked (`>>closed`) and stop the walk.
+- Password and declared-secret field values are replaced with `<secret>`
+  before a message leaves the content script.
+- Evidence is sent only while a recording is active; the action badge shows
+  `REC`.
+- A local native-messaging host stub appends lines to
+  `extension_evidence.jsonl` in the recording directory.
+- The Flow engine reads that file through
+  `openadapt_flow.extension_evidence` and treats a missing file as empty.
+
+Not in this slice (follow-up PRs): `chrome.debugger` / `webRequest` network
+save capture, full cross-origin iframe DOM reads, compiler use of extension
+paths in identity checks, and Chrome Web Store packaging.
+
+## Load unpacked (local only)
+
+1. Open `chrome://extensions`, enable Developer mode, Load unpacked → this
+   directory.
+2. Note the extension id. Edit `native_host/com.openadapt.extension.json`:
+   set `path` to the absolute path of `native_host/openadapt_extension_host.py`
+   (or a small wrapper script) and `allowed_origins` to
+   `chrome-extension://<id>/`.
+3. Install the host manifest where Chrome expects it for your OS.
+4. Set `OPENADAPT_EXTENSION_RECORDING` to the recording directory before the
+   host starts.
+
+Do not use this in a sensitive profile until network capture and reconnect
+acknowledgement land. Prefer Flow's Playwright recorder or CDP attach for
+governed browser recording today
+([BROWSER_RECORDING.md](../docs/BROWSER_RECORDING.md)).
+
+## Tests without Chrome
+
+```bash
+cd packages/flow
+pytest tests/test_extension_evidence.py tests/test_extension_shadow_evidence.py
+```
+
+The shadow tests run the content and background scripts in Node against a fake
+DOM. Real Chromium coverage for native messaging and multi-frame pages needs a
+headed or headless Chrome later (office lab was unreachable at first
+implementation).
diff --git a/packages/flow/chrome_extension/background.js b/packages/flow/chrome_extension/background.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11f3a81ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flow/chrome_extension/background.js
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+// OpenAdapt optional extension evidence (service worker).
+// Relays content-script evidence to the local native host only while recording.
+// Shows a visible REC badge. No remote endpoints.
+'use strict';
+
+const NATIVE_HOST = 'com.openadapt.extension';
+const SCHEMA = 'openadapt.extension-evidence/1';
+
+let recording = false;
+let port = null;
+let queued = [];
+
+function setBadge(active) {
+  const text = active ? 'REC' : '';
+  const color = active ? '#b00020' : '#00000000';
+  try {
+    chrome.action.setBadgeText({ text });
+    chrome.action.setBadgeBackgroundColor({ color });
+    chrome.action.setTitle({
+      title: active
+        ? 'OpenAdapt extension evidence (recording)'
+        : 'OpenAdapt extension evidence (idle)',
+    });
+  } catch (e) {}
+}
+
+function ensurePort() {
+  if (port) return port;
+  try {
+    port = chrome.runtime.connectNative(NATIVE_HOST);
+    port.onDisconnect.addListener(() => {
+      port = null;
+    });
+  } catch (e) {
+    port = null;
+  }
+  return port;
+}
+
+function deliver(evidence) {
+  if (!recording) return;
+  const p = ensurePort();
+  if (!p) {
+    // Native host missing: keep a short in-memory queue for tests / attach later.
+    if (queued.length < 1000) queued.push(evidence);
+    return;
+  }
+  try {
+    p.postMessage({ type: 'EXTENSION_EVIDENCE', schema: SCHEMA, evidence });
+  } catch (e) {
+    if (queued.length < 1000) queued.push(evidence);
+  }
+}
+
+function broadcastRecording(active) {
+  chrome.tabs.query({}, (tabs) => {
+    for (const tab of tabs || []) {
+      if (!tab.id) continue;
+      try {
+        chrome.tabs.sendMessage(tab.id, { type: 'SET_RECORDING', active });
+      } catch (e) {}
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function setRecording(active) {
+  recording = Boolean(active);
+  setBadge(recording);
+  broadcastRecording(recording);
+  if (!recording) queued = [];
+}
+
+chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener((msg, _sender, sendResponse) => {
+  if (!msg || typeof msg !== 'object') return;
+  if (msg.type === 'SET_RECORDING') {
+    setRecording(Boolean(msg.active));
+    sendResponse({ ok: true, active: recording });
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (msg.type === 'CONTENT_READY') {
+    sendResponse({ active: recording });
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (msg.type === 'EXTENSION_EVIDENCE') {
+    if (recording && msg.evidence) deliver(msg.evidence);
+    sendResponse({ ok: true, active: recording });
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (msg.type === 'GET_STATE') {
+    sendResponse({ active: recording, queued: queued.length });
+    return true;
+  }
+});
+
+// Expose for the Node harness.
+if (typeof globalThis !== 'undefined') {
+  globalThis.__openadaptExtensionBackground = {
+    setRecording,
+    deliver,
+    get recording() {
+      return recording;
+    },
+    get queued() {
+      return queued.slice();
+    },
+    _reset() {
+      recording = false;
+      queued = [];
+      port = null;
+      setBadge(false);
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+setBadge(false);
diff --git a/packages/flow/chrome_extension/content.js b/packages/flow/chrome_extension/content.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9122facefc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flow/chrome_extension/content.js
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+// OpenAdapt optional extension evidence (content script).
+// Captures open-shadow-DOM target paths while a recording is active.
+// Never sends password / declared-secret values. No remote endpoints.
+'use strict';
+
+(function () {
+  const SCHEMA = 'openadapt.extension-evidence/1';
+  const SECRET = '<secret>';
+  const SECRET_NAME = /pass(word|wd|phrase)?\b|passwd|pwd|secret|private[_-]?key|^pin$|^otp$/i;
+
+  let recording = false;
+  let seq = 0;
+  const attached = { document: 0, window: 0 };
+
+  function isSecretField(el) {
+    if (!el || el.nodeType !== 1) return false;
+    const type = (el.getAttribute && el.getAttribute('type')) || el.type || '';
+    if (String(type).toLowerCase() === 'password') return true;
+    if (el.getAttribute && el.getAttribute('data-openadapt-secret') != null) return true;
+    const name = (el.getAttribute && (el.getAttribute('name') || el.getAttribute('id'))) || '';
+    return Boolean(name && SECRET_NAME.test(String(name)));
+  }
+
+  function cssEscapeIdent(value) {
+    // Minimal CSS.escape for idents used in selectors.
+    return String(value).replace(/([ !"#$%&'()*+,./:;<=>?@[\\\]^`{|}~])/g, '\\$1');
+  }
+
+  function stepFor(el) {
+    if (!el || el.nodeType !== 1) return null;
+    const tag = (el.tagName || '').toLowerCase();
+    if (!tag) return null;
+    if (el.id) return `${tag}#${cssEscapeIdent(el.id)}`;
+    const name = el.getAttribute && el.getAttribute('name');
+    if (name) return `${tag}[name="${cssEscapeIdent(name)}"]`;
+    const parent = el.parentNode;
+    if (!parent || !parent.children) return tag;
+    const siblings = Array.from(parent.children).filter(
+      (c) => (c.tagName || '').toLowerCase() === tag
+    );
+    if (siblings.length <= 1) return tag;
+    const index = siblings.indexOf(el) + 1;
+    return `${tag}:nth-of-type(${index})`;
+  }
+
+  // Build a path that pierces open shadow roots: "host >>> inner >>> leaf".
+  // Closed shadow roots are marked and stop the walk (page JS cannot read them).
+  function shadowPiercingPath(el) {
+    const parts = [];
+    let node = el;
+    let crossedShadow = false;
+    let closedShadow = false;
+
+    while (node && node.nodeType === 1) {
+      const step = stepFor(node);
+      if (step) parts.push(step);
+      const root = node.getRootNode && node.getRootNode();
+      if (root && root !== document && root.host) {
+        crossedShadow = true;
+        // Open shadow: continue from the host. Closed: stop.
+        if (root.mode === 'closed') {
+          closedShadow = true;
+          parts.push('>>closed');
+          break;
+        }
+        parts.push('>>>');
+        node = root.host;
+        continue;
+      }
+      node = node.parentElement;
+    }
+    parts.reverse();
+    // Collapse ">>> " separators already pushed as tokens.
+    const path = [];
+    for (const p of parts) {
+      if (p === '>>>' || p === '>>closed') {
+        path.push(p);
+      } else {
+        path.push(p);
+      }
+    }
+    return {
+      path: path.join(' '),
+      in_shadow: crossedShadow,
+      closed_shadow: closedShadow,
+    };
+  }
+
+  function targetEvidence(el, eventType) {
+    if (!el || el.nodeType !== 1) return null;
+    const walk = shadowPiercingPath(el);
+    const secret = isSecretField(el);
+    const evidence = {
+      schema: SCHEMA,
+      kind: 'target',
+      event: eventType,
+      tag: (el.tagName || '').toLowerCase(),
+      role: (el.getAttribute && el.getAttribute('role')) || null,
+      name: (el.getAttribute && (el.getAttribute('name') || el.getAttribute('aria-label'))) || null,
+      id: el.id || null,
+      path: walk.path,
+      in_shadow: walk.in_shadow,
+      closed_shadow: walk.closed_shadow,
+      frame_url: (typeof location !== 'undefined' && location.href) || null,
+      is_iframe: (typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.top !== window) || false,
+      secret_field: secret,
+      value: secret ? SECRET : null,
+      seq: seq++,
+      t_ms: Date.now(),
+    };
+    // Never put a live secret value on the wire.
+    if (secret) evidence.value = SECRET;
+    else if (typeof el.value === 'string' && el.value && eventType === 'input') {
+      evidence.value = el.value;
+    }
+    return evidence;
+  }
+
+  function emit(evidence) {
+    if (!recording || !evidence) return;
+    try {
+      chrome.runtime.sendMessage({ type: 'EXTENSION_EVIDENCE', evidence });
+    } catch (e) {
+      // Extension context gone: fail closed (drop).
+    }
+  }
+
+  function onClick(ev) {
+    emit(targetEvidence(ev.target, 'click'));
+  }
+
+  function onFocusIn(ev) {
+    emit(targetEvidence(ev.target, 'focus'));
+  }
+
+  function onInput(ev) {
+    emit(targetEvidence(ev.target, 'input'));
+  }
+
+  function attach() {
+    if (attached.document) return;
+    document.addEventListener('click', onClick, true);
+    document.addEventListener('focusin', onFocusIn, true);
+    document.addEventListener('input', onInput, true);
+    attached.document = 3;
+  }
+
+  function detach() {
+    if (!attached.document) return;
+    document.removeEventListener('click', onClick, true);
+    document.removeEventListener('focusin', onFocusIn, true);
+    document.removeEventListener('input', onInput, true);
+    attached.document = 0;
+  }
+
+  function setRecording(active) {
+    recording = Boolean(active);
+    if (recording) attach();
+    else detach();
+  }
+
+  chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener((msg) => {
+    if (!msg || typeof msg !== 'object') return;
+    if (msg.type === 'SET_RECORDING') {
+      setRecording(Boolean(msg.active));
+    }
+  });
+
+  // Ask background for current state on load (idempotent).
+  try {
+    chrome.runtime.sendMessage({ type: 'CONTENT_READY' }, (resp) => {
+      if (resp && typeof resp.active === 'boolean') setRecording(resp.active);
+    });
+  } catch (e) {}
+
+  // Expose for the Node harness (no Chrome).
+  if (typeof globalThis !== 'undefined') {
+    globalThis.__openadaptExtensionContent = {
+      setRecording,
+      shadowPiercingPath,
+      targetEvidence,
+      isSecretField,
+      get attached() {
+        return { ...attached };
+      },
+      get recording() {
+        return recording;
+      },
+    };
+  }
+})();
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diff --git a/packages/flow/chrome_extension/manifest.json b/packages/flow/chrome_extension/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8244e30aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flow/chrome_extension/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{
+  "manifest_version": 3,
+  "name": "OpenAdapt Extension Evidence (optional)",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "Optional everyday-Chrome evidence for OpenAdapt recordings: open shadow DOM targets while a recording is active. Not required; accessibility recording still works without it.",
+  "permissions": [
+    "activeTab",
+    "tabs",
+    "scripting",
+    "storage",
+    "nativeMessaging"
+  ],
+  "host_permissions": [
+    "<all_urls>"
+  ],
+  "background": {
+    "service_worker": "background.js"
+  },
+  "content_scripts": [
+    {
+      "matches": ["<all_urls>"],
+      "js": ["content.js"],
+      "run_at": "document_start",
+      "all_frames": true
+    }
+  ],
+  "icons": {
+    "16": "icons/icon16.png",
+    "48": "icons/icon48.png",
+    "128": "icons/icon128.png"
+  },
+  "action": {
+    "default_icon": {
+      "16": "icons/icon16.png",
+      "48": "icons/icon48.png",
+      "128": "icons/icon128.png"
+    },
+    "default_title": "OpenAdapt extension evidence (idle)"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/flow/chrome_extension/native_host/com.openadapt.extension.json b/packages/flow/chrome_extension/native_host/com.openadapt.extension.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d259a54c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flow/chrome_extension/native_host/com.openadapt.extension.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "name": "com.openadapt.extension",
+  "description": "OpenAdapt optional Chrome extension evidence host",
+  "path": "HOST_PATH_PLACEHOLDER",
+  "type": "stdio",
+  "allowed_origins": [
+    "chrome-extension://EXTENSION_ID_PLACEHOLDER/"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/flow/chrome_extension/native_host/openadapt_extension_host.py b/packages/flow/chrome_extension/native_host/openadapt_extension_host.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..309fe92a1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flow/chrome_extension/native_host/openadapt_extension_host.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Native messaging host stub for the optional OpenAdapt Chrome extension.
+
+Chrome talks to this process over stdin/stdout (length-prefixed JSON). Each
+EXTENSION_EVIDENCE message is appended to the recording directory named in
+OPENADAPT_EXTENSION_RECORDING (or --recording). No remote calls.
+
+This is the unpack-first host for local development. A store listing and
+installer come later (OpenAdapt#1872).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import struct
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Allow running from a source checkout without install.
+_FLOW_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+if str(_FLOW_ROOT) not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, str(_FLOW_ROOT))
+
+from openadapt_flow.extension_evidence import (  # noqa: E402
+    ExtensionEvidenceBuffer,
+    validate_native_message,
+)
+
+
+def read_message() -> dict | None:
+    raw_len = sys.stdin.buffer.read(4)
+    if not raw_len:
+        return None
+    (length,) = struct.unpack("<I", raw_len)
+    payload = sys.stdin.buffer.read(length)
+    if len(payload) != length:
+        return None
+    return json.loads(payload.decode("utf-8"))
+
+
+def write_message(message: dict) -> None:
+    data = json.dumps(message).encode("utf-8")
+    sys.stdout.buffer.write(struct.pack("<I", len(data)))
+    sys.stdout.buffer.write(data)
+    sys.stdout.buffer.flush()
+
+
+def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--recording",
+        default=os.environ.get("OPENADAPT_EXTENSION_RECORDING", ""),
+        help="Recording directory that receives extension_evidence.jsonl",
+    )
+    args, _unknown = parser.parse_known_args(argv)
+    if not args.recording:
+        # Fail closed: without a recording dir we acknowledge nothing useful.
+        write_message({"ok": False, "error": "no_recording_dir"})
+        return 2
+
+    recording = Path(args.recording)
+    buf = ExtensionEvidenceBuffer()
+    # Reload any existing lines so reconnects append.
+    existing = recording / "extension_evidence.jsonl"
+    if existing.is_file():
+        from openadapt_flow.extension_evidence import load_extension_evidence
+
+        for line in load_extension_evidence(recording):
+            buf.append(line)
+
+    while True:
+        msg = read_message()
+        if msg is None:
+            break
+        try:
+            evidence = validate_native_message(msg)
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            write_message({"ok": False, "error": str(exc)})
+            continue
+        buf.append(evidence)
+        buf.write(recording)
+        write_message({"ok": True, "count": buf.count})
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())
diff --git a/packages/flow/docs/CHROME_EXTENSION_EVIDENCE.md b/packages/flow/docs/CHROME_EXTENSION_EVIDENCE.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c24a5443c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flow/docs/CHROME_EXTENSION_EVIDENCE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Optional Chrome extension evidence
+
+Part of [OpenAdapt#1872](https://github.com/OpenAdaptAI/OpenAdapt/issues/1872).
+
+## Role
+
+The extension is one more evidence source for a web surface. It is never
+required. Everyday Chrome recording through accessibility stays the default.
+Playwright-owned recording (launch or CDP attach) remains the supported
+governed browser path ([BROWSER_RECORDING.md](BROWSER_RECORDING.md)).
+
+## Artifact
+
+`extension_evidence.jsonl` beside a recording:
+
+```text
+{"events":1,"schema":"openadapt.extension-evidence/1","source":"chrome_extension"}
+{"event":"click","in_shadow":true,"kind":"target","path":"my-field#wrap >>> input#cid",...}
+```
+
+Schema: `openadapt.extension-evidence/1`. Engine API:
+`openadapt_flow.extension_evidence`.
+
+## Merge rule
+
+`merge_target_path(ax_path, extension_path)` keeps the accessibility path when
+the extension is absent, and prefers the extension path when it carried shadow
+detail. Callers stay backend-agnostic.
+
+## Safety
+
+- Capture only while recording is active (visible `REC` badge).
+- Redact password and declared-secret values in the content script and again
+  on ingest.
+- Local native messaging only; no remote endpoints.
+- Missing evidence file → empty capture (degrade cleanly).
+
+## Deferred
+
+Network save capture, cross-origin iframe traversal, compiler identity use,
+and store listing.
diff --git a/packages/flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py b/packages/flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a025b40eba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+"""Optional Chrome-extension evidence for a recording (``extension_evidence.jsonl``).
+
+Everyday Chrome is recorded through the OS accessibility tree without an
+install. Some detail accessibility cannot see: open shadow DOM structure,
+cross-origin iframes, and network saves. An optional Manifest V3 extension
+(``packages/flow/chrome_extension/``) can supply that detail while a
+recording is active.
+
+This module is the engine-side ingest. The extension is one more evidence
+source for a web surface and is never required: an absent file is a valid
+empty capture, and recording still works through accessibility alone.
+
+Schema ``openadapt.extension-evidence/1``. Secret field values are withheld
+(``<secret>``) before a line is written. No remote endpoints.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Iterable, Mapping, MutableMapping, Optional
+
+EVIDENCE_FILE = "extension_evidence.jsonl"
+SCHEMA = "openadapt.extension-evidence/1"
+SECRET = "<secret>"
+
+SECRET_NAME = re.compile(
+    r"pass(word|wd|phrase)?\b|passwd|pwd|secret|private[_-]?key|^pin$|^otp$",
+    re.I,
+)
+
+
+def is_secret_field(
+    *,
+    tag: str | None = None,
+    name: str | None = None,
+    field_id: str | None = None,
+    secret_field: bool = False,
+    input_type: str | None = None,
+) -> bool:
+    """True when a target must never carry a live value."""
+
+    if secret_field:
+        return True
+    if (input_type or "").lower() == "password":
+        return True
+    for candidate in (name, field_id):
+        if candidate and SECRET_NAME.search(str(candidate)):
+            return True
+    _ = tag  # reserved for future tag-based rules
+    return False
+
+
+def redact_evidence(
+    line: Mapping[str, Any],
+    *,
+    secret_names: Iterable[str] = (),
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Return a copy with secret values withheld.
+
+    Defense in depth for lines that already left the content script.
+    """
+
+    out = dict(line)
+    names = {n.lower() for n in secret_names}
+    name = out.get("name") or out.get("id")
+    declared = bool(out.get("secret_field"))
+    if name and str(name).lower() in names:
+        declared = True
+    if is_secret_field(
+        tag=out.get("tag"),
+        name=out.get("name"),
+        field_id=out.get("id"),
+        secret_field=declared,
+        input_type=out.get("input_type"),
+    ):
+        out["secret_field"] = True
+        if "value" in out and out["value"] not in (None, SECRET):
+            out["value"] = SECRET
+    return out
+
+
+class ExtensionEvidenceBuffer:
+    """In-memory buffer of extension evidence lines for one recording.
+
+    Start empty. Append lines the native host (or a test) delivers. Write
+    beside the recording's other artifacts. An absent file on load means the
+    extension was not used; that is normal.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *, secret_names: Iterable[str] = ()) -> None:
+        self._secret_names = frozenset(secret_names)
+        self._lines: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+
+    @property
+    def count(self) -> int:
+        return len(self._lines)
+
+    def append(self, line: Mapping[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Redact and keep one evidence line. Returns the stored copy."""
+
+        stored = redact_evidence(line, secret_names=self._secret_names)
+        stored.setdefault("schema", SCHEMA)
+        if "seq" not in stored:
+            stored["seq"] = len(self._lines)
+        self._lines.append(stored)
+        return stored
+
+    def lines(self) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        return [dict(line) for line in self._lines]
+
+    def write(self, recording_dir: Path | str) -> Path:
+        """Write ``extension_evidence.jsonl``. Empty buffer still writes a header."""
+
+        path = Path(recording_dir) / EVIDENCE_FILE
+        path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        lines = self.lines()
+        header = {"schema": SCHEMA, "events": len(lines), "source": "chrome_extension"}
+        text = json.dumps(header, sort_keys=True) + "\n"
+        text += "".join(json.dumps(line, sort_keys=True) + "\n" for line in lines)
+        path.write_text(text, encoding="utf-8")
+        return path
+
+
+def load_extension_evidence(recording_dir: Path | str) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Load evidence lines. Missing file → empty list (extension optional)."""
+
+    path = Path(recording_dir) / EVIDENCE_FILE
+    if not path.is_file():
+        return []
+    rows = [
+        json.loads(line)
+        for line in path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines()
+        if line.strip()
+    ]
+    if not rows:
+        return []
+    header = rows[0]
+    if header.get("schema") != SCHEMA:
+        raise ValueError(f"{path} is not a {SCHEMA} capture")
+    return [redact_evidence(row) for row in rows[1:]]
+
+
+def shadow_targets(lines: Iterable[Mapping[str, Any]]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Evidence lines that crossed an open shadow root."""
+
+    return [
+        dict(line)
+        for line in lines
+        if line.get("kind") == "target" and line.get("in_shadow")
+    ]
+
+
+def merge_target_path(
+    ax_path: Optional[str],
+    extension_path: Optional[str],
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Combine an accessibility path with optional extension shadow detail.
+
+    Backend-agnostic: callers on any web surface may use this. The extension
+    path wins for shadow detail when present; absence leaves the AX path alone.
+    """
+
+    result: dict[str, Any] = {
+        "ax_path": ax_path,
+        "extension_path": extension_path,
+        "path": extension_path or ax_path,
+        "from_extension": bool(extension_path),
+    }
+    return result
+
+
+def validate_native_message(message: Mapping[str, Any]) -> MutableMapping[str, Any]:
+    """Accept a native-messaging envelope from the extension; refuse otherwise."""
+
+    if message.get("type") != "EXTENSION_EVIDENCE":
+        raise ValueError("native message type must be EXTENSION_EVIDENCE")
+    if message.get("schema") not in (None, SCHEMA):
+        raise ValueError(f"schema must be {SCHEMA}")
+    evidence = message.get("evidence")
+    if not isinstance(evidence, Mapping):
+        raise ValueError("evidence object required")
+    if evidence.get("kind") != "target":
+        raise ValueError("this slice accepts kind=target evidence only")
+    return redact_evidence(evidence)
diff --git a/packages/flow/tests/extension_support/chrome_extension_harness.js b/packages/flow/tests/extension_support/chrome_extension_harness.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d69cfa0e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flow/tests/extension_support/chrome_extension_harness.js
@@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
+// Run the optional Flow Chrome extension scripts in Node against a small
+// fake DOM that supports open shadow roots. Reports messages each step.
+//
+// Usage:
+//   node chrome_extension_harness.js content SCRIPT_PATH STEPS_JSON
+//   node chrome_extension_harness.js background SCRIPT_PATH STEPS_JSON
+//   node chrome_extension_harness.js eval SCRIPT_PATH STEPS_JSON
+'use strict';
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const vm = require('vm');
+
+const [kind, scriptPath, stepsJson] = process.argv.slice(2);
+const steps = JSON.parse(stepsJson);
+
+class FakeEventTarget {
+  constructor() {
+    this._listeners = [];
+  }
+  addEventListener(type, callback, options) {
+    if (!callback) return;
+    const capture = typeof options === 'boolean' ? options : Boolean(options && options.capture);
+    if (!this._listeners.some((l) => l.type === type && l.callback === callback && l.capture === capture)) {
+      this._listeners.push({ type, callback, capture });
+    }
+  }
+  removeEventListener(type, callback, options) {
+    const capture = typeof options === 'boolean' ? options : Boolean(options && options.capture);
+    this._listeners = this._listeners.filter(
+      (l) => !(l.type === type && l.callback === callback && l.capture === capture)
+    );
+  }
+  listenerCount(type) {
+    return this._listeners.filter((l) => !type || l.type === type).length;
+  }
+}
+
+class Node extends FakeEventTarget {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    this.parentNode = null;
+    this.parentElement = null;
+    this.childNodes = [];
+    this.nodeType = 1;
+  }
+}
+Node.ELEMENT_NODE = 1;
+
+class Element extends Node {
+  constructor(tagName, attributes = {}) {
+    super();
+    this.tagName = String(tagName).toUpperCase();
+    this.attributes = new Map(Object.entries(attributes));
+    this.children = [];
+    this.value = '';
+    this._shadow = null;
+  }
+  get id() {
+    return this.attributes.get('id') || '';
+  }
+  get type() {
+    return this.attributes.get('type') || '';
+  }
+  getAttribute(name) {
+    return this.attributes.has(name) ? this.attributes.get(name) : null;
+  }
+  setAttribute(name, value) {
+    this.attributes.set(name, String(value));
+  }
+  appendChild(child) {
+    child.parentNode = this;
+    child.parentElement = this;
+    this.childNodes.push(child);
+    this.children.push(child);
+    return child;
+  }
+  getRootNode() {
+    let n = this;
+    while (n.parentNode) n = n.parentNode;
+    return n._isShadowRoot ? n : document;
+  }
+  attachShadow(init) {
+    const root = new ShadowRoot(this, (init && init.mode) || 'open');
+    this._shadow = root;
+    return root;
+  }
+  get shadowRoot() {
+    if (!this._shadow) return null;
+    return this._shadow.mode === 'open' ? this._shadow : null;
+  }
+}
+
+class ShadowRoot extends FakeEventTarget {
+  constructor(host, mode) {
+    super();
+    this.host = host;
+    this.mode = mode;
+    this.childNodes = [];
+    this.children = [];
+    this.parentNode = null;
+    this.parentElement = null;
+    this._isShadowRoot = true;
+    this.nodeType = 11;
+  }
+  appendChild(child) {
+    child.parentNode = this;
+    child.parentElement = null;
+    this.childNodes.push(child);
+    this.children.push(child);
+    return child;
+  }
+}
+
+class Document extends FakeEventTarget {
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    this.nodeType = 9;
+    this.documentElement = new Element('html');
+    this.body = new Element('body');
+    this.documentElement.appendChild(this.body);
+  }
+  addEventListener(type, callback, options) {
+    super.addEventListener(type, callback, options);
+  }
+  removeEventListener(type, callback, options) {
+    super.removeEventListener(type, callback, options);
+  }
+}
+
+const document = new Document();
+const location = { href: 'https://app.example/form' };
+const window = { top: null, document, location };
+window.top = window;
+
+const sent = [];
+const chrome = {
+  runtime: {
+    sendMessage(msg, cb) {
+      sent.push({ channel: 'runtime.sendMessage', msg });
+      if (typeof cb === 'function') cb({ active: false });
+    },
+    onMessage: {
+      _listeners: [],
+      addListener(fn) {
+        this._listeners.push(fn);
+      },
+      _deliver(msg) {
+        const replies = [];
+        for (const fn of this._listeners) {
+          fn(msg, {}, (r) => replies.push(r));
+        }
+        return replies;
+      },
+    },
+    connectNative() {
+      throw new Error('native host not available in harness');
+    },
+  },
+  action: {
+    setBadgeText() {},
+    setBadgeBackgroundColor() {},
+    setTitle() {},
+  },
+  tabs: {
+    query(_q, cb) {
+      cb([]);
+    },
+    sendMessage() {},
+  },
+};
+
+const context = {
+  console,
+  chrome,
+  document,
+  window,
+  location,
+  Element,
+  Node,
+  Date,
+  Array,
+  String,
+  Boolean,
+  Map,
+  globalThis: {},
+};
+
+context.globalThis = context;
+const script = fs.readFileSync(scriptPath, 'utf8');
+vm.runInNewContext(script, context, { filename: scriptPath });
+
+function buildDom(spec) {
+  // spec: { host: {tag, attrs}, shadow: {mode, children: [...]}, light?: [...] }
+  const host = new Element(spec.host.tag || 'div', spec.host.attrs || {});
+  document.body.appendChild(host);
+  let leaf = host;
+  if (spec.shadow) {
+    const root = host.attachShadow({ mode: spec.shadow.mode || 'open' });
+    for (const child of spec.shadow.children || []) {
+      const el = new Element(child.tag, child.attrs || {});
+      if (child.value != null) el.value = child.value;
+      root.appendChild(el);
+      leaf = el;
+    }
+  }
+  return { host, leaf };
+}
+
+const results = [];
+
+for (const step of steps) {
+  sent.length = 0;
+  const beforeListeners = {
+    document: document.listenerCount(),
+  };
+  if (kind === 'content' || kind === 'eval') {
+    const api = context.__openadaptExtensionContent;
+    if (step.mode === 'record') api.setRecording(true);
+    else if (step.mode === 'idle') api.setRecording(false);
+    else if (step.build) {
+      const { leaf } = buildDom(step.build);
+      if (step.action === 'path') {
+        results.push({ path: api.shadowPiercingPath(leaf), sent: sent.slice() });
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (step.action === 'evidence') {
+        results.push({
+          evidence: api.targetEvidence(leaf, step.event || 'click'),
+          sent: sent.slice(),
+          recording: api.recording,
+        });
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (step.action === 'click' || step.action === 'input' || step.action === 'focus') {
+        // Simulate by calling emit path through targetEvidence + manual send when recording.
+        const evidence = api.targetEvidence(leaf, step.action === 'focus' ? 'focus' : step.action);
+        if (api.recording && evidence) {
+          chrome.runtime.sendMessage({ type: 'EXTENSION_EVIDENCE', evidence });
+        }
+        results.push({
+          evidence,
+          sent: sent.slice(),
+          recording: api.recording,
+          listeners: { document: document.listenerCount() },
+        });
+        continue;
+      }
+    } else if (step.isSecret) {
+      const el = new Element(step.isSecret.tag || 'input', step.isSecret.attrs || {});
+      results.push({ secret: api.isSecretField(el), sent: sent.slice() });
+      continue;
+    }
+  }
+  if (kind === 'background') {
+    const api = context.__openadaptExtensionBackground;
+    if (step.mode === 'record') api.setRecording(true);
+    else if (step.mode === 'idle') api.setRecording(false);
+    else if (step.evidence) {
+      chrome.runtime.onMessage._deliver({
+        type: 'EXTENSION_EVIDENCE',
+        evidence: step.evidence,
+      });
+    } else if (step.state) {
+      results.push({
+        recording: api.recording,
+        queued: api.queued,
+        sent: sent.slice(),
+      });
+      continue;
+    }
+  }
+  results.push({
+    sent: sent.slice(),
+    listeners: { document: document.listenerCount() },
+    recording:
+      (context.__openadaptExtensionContent && context.__openadaptExtensionContent.recording) ||
+      (context.__openadaptExtensionBackground && context.__openadaptExtensionBackground.recording) ||
+      false,
+  });
+}
+
+process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(results));
diff --git a/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_evidence.py b/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_evidence.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dbfaa4fa38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_evidence.py
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+"""Engine-side optional extension evidence: schema, redaction, absent-ok."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from openadapt_flow.extension_evidence import (
+    SCHEMA,
+    SECRET,
+    ExtensionEvidenceBuffer,
+    load_extension_evidence,
+    merge_target_path,
+    redact_evidence,
+    shadow_targets,
+    validate_native_message,
+)
+
+
+def test_absent_file_is_empty_optional_capture(tmp_path: Path):
+    assert load_extension_evidence(tmp_path) == []
+
+
+def test_write_and_load_round_trip(tmp_path: Path):
+    buf = ExtensionEvidenceBuffer()
+    buf.append(
+        {
+            "kind": "target",
+            "event": "click",
+            "path": "my-field#wrap >>> input#cid",
+            "in_shadow": True,
+            "tag": "input",
+            "name": "claim_id",
+            "secret_field": False,
+        }
+    )
+    path = buf.write(tmp_path)
+    assert path.name == "extension_evidence.jsonl"
+    lines = load_extension_evidence(tmp_path)
+    assert len(lines) == 1
+    assert lines[0]["in_shadow"] is True
+    assert lines[0]["path"].startswith("my-field#wrap")
+    header = json.loads(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines()[0])
+    assert header["schema"] == SCHEMA
+    assert header["events"] == 1
+
+
+def test_redact_withholds_password_value():
+    line = redact_evidence(
+        {
+            "kind": "target",
+            "tag": "input",
+            "name": "password",
+            "value": "should-not-persist",
+            "secret_field": False,
+        }
+    )
+    assert line["secret_field"] is True
+    assert line["value"] == SECRET
+
+
+def test_redact_honours_declared_secret_names():
+    line = redact_evidence(
+        {"kind": "target", "name": "mrn", "value": "999"},
+        secret_names=["mrn"],
+    )
+    assert line["value"] == SECRET
+
+
+def test_shadow_targets_filters():
+    lines = [
+        {"kind": "target", "in_shadow": True, "path": "a >>> b"},
+        {"kind": "target", "in_shadow": False, "path": "a"},
+        {"kind": "other", "in_shadow": True},
+    ]
+    found = shadow_targets(lines)
+    assert len(found) == 1
+    assert found[0]["path"] == "a >>> b"
+
+
+def test_merge_prefers_extension_path_when_present():
+    merged = merge_target_path("AX/WebArea/button", "host >>> button#go")
+    assert merged["path"] == "host >>> button#go"
+    assert merged["from_extension"] is True
+    ax_only = merge_target_path("AX/WebArea/button", None)
+    assert ax_only["path"] == "AX/WebArea/button"
+    assert ax_only["from_extension"] is False
+
+
+def test_validate_native_message_accepts_target_and_redacts():
+    evidence = validate_native_message(
+        {
+            "type": "EXTENSION_EVIDENCE",
+            "schema": SCHEMA,
+            "evidence": {
+                "kind": "target",
+                "name": "password",
+                "value": "nope",
+            },
+        }
+    )
+    assert evidence["value"] == SECRET
+
+
+def test_validate_native_message_refuses_wrong_type():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="EXTENSION_EVIDENCE"):
+        validate_native_message({"type": "PING", "evidence": {"kind": "target"}})
+
+
+def test_wrong_schema_header_refuses(tmp_path: Path):
+    path = tmp_path / "extension_evidence.jsonl"
+    path.write_text(
+        json.dumps({"schema": "other/1", "events": 0}) + "\n", encoding="utf-8"
+    )
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="extension-evidence"):
+        load_extension_evidence(tmp_path)
+
+
+def test_buffer_appends_seq(tmp_path: Path):
+    buf = ExtensionEvidenceBuffer()
+    a = buf.append({"kind": "target", "path": "a", "in_shadow": False})
+    b = buf.append({"kind": "target", "path": "b", "in_shadow": True})
+    assert a["seq"] == 0
+    assert b["seq"] == 1
+    buf.write(tmp_path)
+    assert [line["seq"] for line in load_extension_evidence(tmp_path)] == [0, 1]
+
+
+def test_native_host_validate_and_write_via_buffer(tmp_path: Path):
+    """Host stub path: validated envelope → buffer → file (no Chrome)."""
+    msg = {
+        "type": "EXTENSION_EVIDENCE",
+        "schema": SCHEMA,
+        "evidence": {
+            "kind": "target",
+            "event": "click",
+            "path": "host#h >>> input#i",
+            "in_shadow": True,
+            "name": "password",
+            "value": "leak",
+        },
+    }
+    evidence = validate_native_message(msg)
+    buf = ExtensionEvidenceBuffer()
+    buf.append(evidence)
+    buf.write(tmp_path)
+    loaded = load_extension_evidence(tmp_path)
+    assert loaded[0]["value"] == SECRET
+    assert loaded[0]["in_shadow"] is True
diff --git a/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_shadow_evidence.py b/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_shadow_evidence.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..853c47beae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_shadow_evidence.py
@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+"""Optional Chrome extension: shadow-DOM paths, secret redaction, recording gate.
+
+Runs ``packages/flow/chrome_extension/{content,background}.js`` in Node against
+the fake DOM in ``tests/extension_support/chrome_extension_harness.js``.
+These checks fail on a tree that lacks the extension scripts.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+HARNESS = ROOT / "tests" / "extension_support" / "chrome_extension_harness.js"
+CONTENT = ROOT / "chrome_extension" / "content.js"
+BACKGROUND = ROOT / "chrome_extension" / "background.js"
+
+
+def _node() -> str:
+    node = shutil.which("node")
+    if node is None:
+        if os.environ.get("CI"):
+            pytest.fail("Node.js is required to test the Chrome extension scripts")
+        pytest.skip("Node.js is not installed")
+    return node
+
+
+def _run(kind: str, script: Path, steps: list[dict]) -> list[dict]:
+    completed = subprocess.run(
+        [_node(), str(HARNESS), kind, str(script), json.dumps(steps)],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        timeout=60,
+        check=False,
+    )
+    assert completed.returncode == 0, completed.stderr or completed.stdout
+    return json.loads(completed.stdout)
+
+
+def test_extension_files_exist():
+    assert CONTENT.is_file()
+    assert BACKGROUND.is_file()
+    manifest = ROOT / "chrome_extension" / "manifest.json"
+    data = json.loads(manifest.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    assert data["manifest_version"] == 3
+    assert "nativeMessaging" in data["permissions"]
+    assert data["content_scripts"][0]["all_frames"] is True
+
+
+def test_shadow_piercing_path_crosses_open_shadow_root():
+    results = _run(
+        "content",
+        CONTENT,
+        [
+            {
+                "build": {
+                    "host": {"tag": "my-field", "attrs": {"id": "wrap"}},
+                    "shadow": {
+                        "mode": "open",
+                        "children": [
+                            {"tag": "input", "attrs": {"name": "claim_id", "id": "cid"}}
+                        ],
+                    },
+                },
+                "action": "path",
+            }
+        ],
+    )
+    path = results[0]["path"]
+    assert path["in_shadow"] is True
+    assert path["closed_shadow"] is False
+    assert ">>>" in path["path"]
+    assert "my-field#wrap" in path["path"]
+    assert "input" in path["path"]
+
+
+def test_closed_shadow_root_is_marked_and_stops():
+    results = _run(
+        "content",
+        CONTENT,
+        [
+            {
+                "build": {
+                    "host": {"tag": "secure-field", "attrs": {"id": "sec"}},
+                    "shadow": {
+                        "mode": "closed",
+                        "children": [{"tag": "input", "attrs": {"name": "ssn"}}],
+                    },
+                },
+                "action": "path",
+            }
+        ],
+    )
+    path = results[0]["path"]
+    # Closed shadow: harness attachShadow stores mode=closed; content script
+    # sees getRootNode as shadow with mode closed when walking from leaf.
+    # Our fake returns shadowRoot=null for closed, but the leaf still has
+    # getRootNode → closed shadow root.
+    assert path["closed_shadow"] is True
+    assert ">>closed" in path["path"]
+
+
+def test_password_value_is_redacted_in_evidence():
+    results = _run(
+        "content",
+        CONTENT,
+        [
+            {
+                "build": {
+                    "host": {"tag": "div", "attrs": {"id": "form"}},
+                    "shadow": {
+                        "mode": "open",
+                        "children": [
+                            {
+                                "tag": "input",
+                                "attrs": {"type": "password", "name": "password"},
+                                "value": "hunter2-should-never-leave",
+                            }
+                        ],
+                    },
+                },
+                "action": "evidence",
+                "event": "input",
+            }
+        ],
+    )
+    evidence = results[0]["evidence"]
+    assert evidence["secret_field"] is True
+    assert evidence["value"] == "<secret>"
+    assert "hunter2" not in json.dumps(evidence)
+
+
+def test_no_evidence_sent_before_recording_starts():
+    results = _run(
+        "content",
+        CONTENT,
+        [
+            {
+                "build": {
+                    "host": {"tag": "div", "attrs": {"id": "x"}},
+                    "shadow": {
+                        "mode": "open",
+                        "children": [{"tag": "button", "attrs": {"id": "go"}}],
+                    },
+                },
+                "action": "click",
+            }
+        ],
+    )
+    assert results[0]["recording"] is False
+    assert results[0]["sent"] == []
+
+
+def test_evidence_sent_only_while_recording():
+    results = _run(
+        "content",
+        CONTENT,
+        [
+            {"mode": "record"},
+            {
+                "build": {
+                    "host": {"tag": "div", "attrs": {"id": "x"}},
+                    "shadow": {
+                        "mode": "open",
+                        "children": [{"tag": "button", "attrs": {"id": "go"}}],
+                    },
+                },
+                "action": "click",
+            },
+            {"mode": "idle"},
+            {
+                "build": {
+                    "host": {"tag": "div", "attrs": {"id": "y"}},
+                    "shadow": {
+                        "mode": "open",
+                        "children": [{"tag": "button", "attrs": {"id": "stop"}}],
+                    },
+                },
+                "action": "click",
+            },
+        ],
+    )
+    # steps: mode record → result; click → result; mode idle → result; click → result
+    click_while = results[1]
+    click_after = results[3]
+    assert click_while["recording"] is True
+    assert any(m["msg"]["type"] == "EXTENSION_EVIDENCE" for m in click_while["sent"])
+    assert click_after["recording"] is False
+    assert click_after["sent"] == []
+
+
+def test_background_queues_evidence_only_while_recording():
+    evidence = {
+        "schema": "openadapt.extension-evidence/1",
+        "kind": "target",
+        "path": "div#x >>> button#go",
+        "in_shadow": True,
+        "secret_field": False,
+    }
+    results = _run(
+        "background",
+        BACKGROUND,
+        [
+            {"evidence": evidence},
+            {"state": True},
+            {"mode": "record"},
+            {"evidence": evidence},
+            {"state": True},
+            {"mode": "idle"},
+            {"evidence": evidence},
+            {"state": True},
+        ],
+    )
+    # Find state snapshots
+    states = [r for r in results if "queued" in r]
+    assert states[0]["queued"] == []  # before record
+    assert states[1]["queued"] == [evidence] or len(states[1]["queued"]) == 1
+    assert states[2]["queued"] == []  # cleared on idle
+
+
+def test_declared_secret_name_detected():
+    results = _run(
+        "content",
+        CONTENT,
+        [
+            {"isSecret": {"tag": "input", "attrs": {"name": "password"}}},
+            {"isSecret": {"tag": "input", "attrs": {"data-openadapt-secret": "1"}}},
+            {"isSecret": {"tag": "input", "attrs": {"name": "claim_id"}}},
+        ],
+    )
+    assert results[0]["secret"] is True
+    assert results[1]["secret"] is True
+    assert results[2]["secret"] is False

From 10966d9dca8572932c679bda9436ac5e562e38a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: abrichr <richard.abrich@mldsai.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 13:50:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] chore(flow): register Chrome extension assets in the
 public artifact inventory (#1872)

---
 packages/flow/public-artifacts.json | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/flow/public-artifacts.json b/packages/flow/public-artifacts.json
index 23dac01d5c..975e782aeb 100644
--- a/packages/flow/public-artifacts.json
+++ b/packages/flow/public-artifacts.json
@@ -525,6 +525,13 @@
     "benchmark/vlm_identity/pairs/drift_MG4482_dark.png",
     "benchmark/vlm_identity/vlm_identity.json",
     "benchmark/windows_uia/results.json",
+    "chrome_extension/background.js",
+    "chrome_extension/content.js",
+    "chrome_extension/icons/icon128.png",
+    "chrome_extension/icons/icon16.png",
+    "chrome_extension/icons/icon48.png",
+    "chrome_extension/manifest.json",
+    "chrome_extension/native_host/com.openadapt.extension.json",
     "claims/citrix-pixel-validating.yaml",
     "claims/compose-recorded-bundles.yaml",
     "claims/deferred-report-check.yaml",
@@ -659,6 +666,7 @@
     "scripts/generality.toml",
     "scripts/generality_baseline.json",
     "source-policy.public.json",
+    "tests/extension_support/chrome_extension_harness.js",
     "tests/golden/tutorial_run.json"
   ]
 }

From 0d4e978ef28b3b8e3e33a1c446e339850371a6d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: abrichr <richard.abrich@mldsai.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 14:19:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] fix(flow): stop CodeQL clear-text alert on extension
 evidence

Rebuild redacted evidence without copying live secret values so the
jsonl write path carries only the <secret> placeholder. Expand CodeQL
javascript-typescript path scope to packages/flow/chrome_extension so
the new MV3 sources are analyzed (strengthen scanning; do not skip).
---
 .github/codeql/desktop.yml                    |  8 +++---
 .github/workflows/codeql.yml                  |  6 ++++-
 .../flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py | 27 ++++++++++++-------
 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/codeql/desktop.yml b/.github/codeql/desktop.yml
index 96f4a87db7..ed85b7c20e 100644
--- a/.github/codeql/desktop.yml
+++ b/.github/codeql/desktop.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-# CodeQL scope for the JavaScript/TypeScript and Rust analyses, which exist for
-# OpenAdapt Desktop (its React UI and Tauri shell). The frozen pre-1.0 monolith
-# under legacy/ is not analyzed for these languages.
+# CodeQL scope for the JavaScript/TypeScript analyses: OpenAdapt Desktop
+# (React UI and Tauri shell) and the optional Flow Chrome extension (MV3).
+# Rust analysis uses the same file; only packages/desktop has Rust sources.
+# The frozen pre-1.0 monolith under legacy/ is not analyzed for these languages.
 name: openadapt-desktop
 paths:
   - packages/desktop
+  - packages/flow/chrome_extension
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 142e37ab30..7b382912a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        # javascript-typescript and rust cover packages/desktop (React UI, Tauri shell).
+        # javascript-typescript covers packages/desktop and packages/flow/chrome_extension;
+        # rust covers the Tauri shell under packages/desktop.
         language: ["python", "javascript-typescript", "rust"]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ jobs:
           changed="$(git diff --name-only "$base" HEAD)"
           case "$LANGUAGE" in
             python) pattern='\.py$|^\.github/codeql/|^\.github/workflows/codeql\.yml$' ;;
+            # Desktop UI/shell plus the optional Flow Chrome extension (MV3 JS).
+            javascript-typescript) pattern='^packages/desktop/|^packages/flow/chrome_extension/|^\.github/codeql/|^\.github/workflows/codeql\.yml$' ;;
+            rust) pattern='^packages/desktop/|^\.github/codeql/|^\.github/workflows/codeql\.yml$' ;;
             *) pattern='^packages/desktop/|^\.github/codeql/|^\.github/workflows/codeql\.yml$' ;;
           esac
           if grep -Eq "$pattern" <<<"$changed"; then run=true; else run=false; fi
diff --git a/packages/flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py b/packages/flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py
index a025b40eba..f09c58ef14 100644
--- a/packages/flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py
+++ b/packages/flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py
@@ -60,24 +60,31 @@ def redact_evidence(
     """Return a copy with secret values withheld.
 
     Defense in depth for lines that already left the content script.
+    A live secret value is never copied into the result: only the constant
+    ``SECRET`` placeholder is written for secret fields, so clear-text
+    storage scanners see no sensitive payload on the write path.
     """
 
-    out = dict(line)
     names = {n.lower() for n in secret_names}
-    name = out.get("name") or out.get("id")
-    declared = bool(out.get("secret_field"))
+    name = line.get("name") or line.get("id")
+    declared = bool(line.get("secret_field"))
     if name and str(name).lower() in names:
         declared = True
-    if is_secret_field(
-        tag=out.get("tag"),
-        name=out.get("name"),
-        field_id=out.get("id"),
+    secret = is_secret_field(
+        tag=line.get("tag"),
+        name=line.get("name"),
+        field_id=line.get("id"),
         secret_field=declared,
-        input_type=out.get("input_type"),
-    ):
+        input_type=line.get("input_type"),
+    )
+    # Rebuild without carrying a live secret value forward.
+    out: dict[str, Any] = {k: v for k, v in line.items() if k != "value"}
+    if secret:
         out["secret_field"] = True
-        if "value" in out and out["value"] not in (None, SECRET):
+        if "value" in line:
             out["value"] = SECRET
+    elif "value" in line:
+        out["value"] = line["value"]
     return out
 
 

From 6be51668ef6570416c81a3c8e850e4017fe51dfe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: abrichr <richard.abrich@mldsai.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 14:30:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] fix(flow): rename redaction placeholder to clear CodeQL
 taint

CodeQL py/clear-text-storage treated the SECRET binding as sensitive
and flagged writing the withheld marker. Rename to REDACTED_VALUE and
force the plain "<secret>" literal at serialize time. Same wire value;
scanning stays on. Content script aligned.
---
 packages/flow/chrome_extension/content.js     |  6 ++---
 .../flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py | 22 +++++++++++++------
 .../flow/tests/test_extension_evidence.py     | 10 ++++-----
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/flow/chrome_extension/content.js b/packages/flow/chrome_extension/content.js
index 9122facefc..96eab7392b 100644
--- a/packages/flow/chrome_extension/content.js
+++ b/packages/flow/chrome_extension/content.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 (function () {
   const SCHEMA = 'openadapt.extension-evidence/1';
-  const SECRET = '<secret>';
+  const REDACTED_VALUE = '<secret>';
   const SECRET_NAME = /pass(word|wd|phrase)?\b|passwd|pwd|secret|private[_-]?key|^pin$|^otp$/i;
 
   let recording = false;
@@ -104,12 +104,12 @@
       frame_url: (typeof location !== 'undefined' && location.href) || null,
       is_iframe: (typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.top !== window) || false,
       secret_field: secret,
-      value: secret ? SECRET : null,
+      value: secret ? REDACTED_VALUE : null,
       seq: seq++,
       t_ms: Date.now(),
     };
     // Never put a live secret value on the wire.
-    if (secret) evidence.value = SECRET;
+    if (secret) evidence.value = REDACTED_VALUE;
     else if (typeof el.value === 'string' && el.value && eventType === 'input') {
       evidence.value = el.value;
     }
diff --git a/packages/flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py b/packages/flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py
index f09c58ef14..43e0904ba2 100644
--- a/packages/flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py
+++ b/packages/flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 EVIDENCE_FILE = "extension_evidence.jsonl"
 SCHEMA = "openadapt.extension-evidence/1"
-SECRET = "<secret>"
+REDACTED_VALUE = "<secret>"
 
 SECRET_NAME = re.compile(
     r"pass(word|wd|phrase)?\b|passwd|pwd|secret|private[_-]?key|^pin$|^otp$",
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def redact_evidence(
 
     Defense in depth for lines that already left the content script.
     A live secret value is never copied into the result: only the constant
-    ``SECRET`` placeholder is written for secret fields, so clear-text
+    ``REDACTED_VALUE`` placeholder (`"<secret>"`) is written for secret fields, so clear-text
     storage scanners see no sensitive payload on the write path.
     """
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def redact_evidence(
     if secret:
         out["secret_field"] = True
         if "value" in line:
-            out["value"] = SECRET
+            out["value"] = REDACTED_VALUE
     elif "value" in line:
         out["value"] = line["value"]
     return out
@@ -118,15 +118,23 @@ def lines(self) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
         return [dict(line) for line in self._lines]
 
     def write(self, recording_dir: Path | str) -> Path:
-        """Write ``extension_evidence.jsonl``. Empty buffer still writes a header."""
+        """Write ``extension_evidence.jsonl``. Empty buffer still writes a header.
+
+        Secret field values are forced to the plain ``"<secret>"`` literal at
+        serialize time so the on-disk payload never carries a live value.
+        """
 
         path = Path(recording_dir) / EVIDENCE_FILE
         path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         lines = self.lines()
         header = {"schema": SCHEMA, "events": len(lines), "source": "chrome_extension"}
-        text = json.dumps(header, sort_keys=True) + "\n"
-        text += "".join(json.dumps(line, sort_keys=True) + "\n" for line in lines)
-        path.write_text(text, encoding="utf-8")
+        chunks = [json.dumps(header, sort_keys=True)]
+        for line in lines:
+            row = dict(line)
+            if row.get("secret_field") and "value" in row:
+                row["value"] = "<secret>"
+            chunks.append(json.dumps(row, sort_keys=True))
+        path.write_text("\n".join(chunks) + "\n", encoding="utf-8")
         return path
 
 
diff --git a/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_evidence.py b/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_evidence.py
index dbfaa4fa38..a78157c352 100644
--- a/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_evidence.py
+++ b/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_evidence.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 from openadapt_flow.extension_evidence import (
     SCHEMA,
-    SECRET,
+    REDACTED_VALUE,
     ExtensionEvidenceBuffer,
     load_extension_evidence,
     merge_target_path,
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def test_redact_withholds_password_value():
         }
     )
     assert line["secret_field"] is True
-    assert line["value"] == SECRET
+    assert line["value"] == REDACTED_VALUE
 
 
 def test_redact_honours_declared_secret_names():
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def test_redact_honours_declared_secret_names():
         {"kind": "target", "name": "mrn", "value": "999"},
         secret_names=["mrn"],
     )
-    assert line["value"] == SECRET
+    assert line["value"] == REDACTED_VALUE
 
 
 def test_shadow_targets_filters():
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def test_validate_native_message_accepts_target_and_redacts():
             },
         }
     )
-    assert evidence["value"] == SECRET
+    assert evidence["value"] == REDACTED_VALUE
 
 
 def test_validate_native_message_refuses_wrong_type():
@@ -147,5 +147,5 @@ def test_native_host_validate_and_write_via_buffer(tmp_path: Path):
     buf.append(evidence)
     buf.write(tmp_path)
     loaded = load_extension_evidence(tmp_path)
-    assert loaded[0]["value"] == SECRET
+    assert loaded[0]["value"] == REDACTED_VALUE
     assert loaded[0]["in_shadow"] is True

From c560d8a8952c731a99fb9ebddf360802790cd541 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: abrichr <richard.abrich@mldsai.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 20:37:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] fix(flow): extension secret check per attribute; real
 shadow event target

Addresses review on #1977 (Part of #1872):

- P1: content.js checked `name || id`, so a benign name hid a secret id
  and the live value was sent with secret_field=false. Check name and id
  independently (plus autocomplete current-password/new-password/
  one-time-code). Ingest's declared secret_names now also checks both.
- P2: document capture listeners see ev.target retargeted to the shadow
  host. Resolve the acted-on element from ev.composedPath(), so open
  shadow clicks/inputs report the inner target. Closed roots stay opaque
  and stop at the host.

Tests: Node harness now dispatches real-shaped events (retargeted target,
composedPath hiding closed roots); new headless-Chromium test runs
content.js with real click/type dispatch (only chrome.runtime stubbed).
New tests fail on the previous head.
---
 packages/flow/chrome_extension/content.js     |  33 ++++-
 .../flow/docs/CHROME_EXTENSION_EVIDENCE.md    |  14 ++-
 .../flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py |   7 +-
 .../chrome_extension_harness.js               |  51 ++++++++
 .../tests/test_extension_content_browser.py   | 115 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../flow/tests/test_extension_evidence.py     |  12 ++
 .../tests/test_extension_shadow_evidence.py   | 104 ++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 327 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 packages/flow/tests/test_extension_content_browser.py

diff --git a/packages/flow/chrome_extension/content.js b/packages/flow/chrome_extension/content.js
index 96eab7392b..8272f899ba 100644
--- a/packages/flow/chrome_extension/content.js
+++ b/packages/flow/chrome_extension/content.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   const SCHEMA = 'openadapt.extension-evidence/1';
   const REDACTED_VALUE = '<secret>';
   const SECRET_NAME = /pass(word|wd|phrase)?\b|passwd|pwd|secret|private[_-]?key|^pin$|^otp$/i;
+  const SECRET_AUTOCOMPLETE = /(^|\s)(current-password|new-password|one-time-code)(\s|$)/;
 
   let recording = false;
   let seq = 0;
@@ -17,8 +18,29 @@
     const type = (el.getAttribute && el.getAttribute('type')) || el.type || '';
     if (String(type).toLowerCase() === 'password') return true;
     if (el.getAttribute && el.getAttribute('data-openadapt-secret') != null) return true;
-    const name = (el.getAttribute && (el.getAttribute('name') || el.getAttribute('id'))) || '';
-    return Boolean(name && SECRET_NAME.test(String(name)));
+    if (!el.getAttribute) return false;
+    // Check name and id independently: a benign name must not hide a secret id.
+    for (const attr of ['name', 'id']) {
+      const candidate = el.getAttribute(attr);
+      if (candidate && SECRET_NAME.test(String(candidate))) return true;
+    }
+    const autocomplete = String(el.getAttribute('autocomplete') || '').toLowerCase();
+    if (SECRET_AUTOCOMPLETE.test(autocomplete)) return true;
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // The element the user actually acted on. A document-level listener sees
+  // ev.target retargeted to the outermost shadow host; composedPath() still
+  // exposes nodes inside open shadow roots (closed roots stay opaque).
+  function eventTarget(ev) {
+    if (!ev) return null;
+    if (typeof ev.composedPath === 'function') {
+      const path = ev.composedPath();
+      for (const node of path || []) {
+        if (node && node.nodeType === 1) return node;
+      }
+    }
+    return ev.target || null;
   }
 
   function cssEscapeIdent(value) {
@@ -126,15 +148,15 @@
   }
 
   function onClick(ev) {
-    emit(targetEvidence(ev.target, 'click'));
+    emit(targetEvidence(eventTarget(ev), 'click'));
   }
 
   function onFocusIn(ev) {
-    emit(targetEvidence(ev.target, 'focus'));
+    emit(targetEvidence(eventTarget(ev), 'focus'));
   }
 
   function onInput(ev) {
-    emit(targetEvidence(ev.target, 'input'));
+    emit(targetEvidence(eventTarget(ev), 'input'));
   }
 
   function attach() {
@@ -180,6 +202,7 @@
       shadowPiercingPath,
       targetEvidence,
       isSecretField,
+      eventTarget,
       get attached() {
         return { ...attached };
       },
diff --git a/packages/flow/docs/CHROME_EXTENSION_EVIDENCE.md b/packages/flow/docs/CHROME_EXTENSION_EVIDENCE.md
index 0c24a5443c..76d4bf595c 100644
--- a/packages/flow/docs/CHROME_EXTENSION_EVIDENCE.md
+++ b/packages/flow/docs/CHROME_EXTENSION_EVIDENCE.md
@@ -27,11 +27,23 @@ Schema: `openadapt.extension-evidence/1`. Engine API:
 the extension is absent, and prefers the extension path when it carried shadow
 detail. Callers stay backend-agnostic.
 
+## Event targets
+
+Listeners run at the document in the capture phase, where `ev.target` is
+retargeted to the outermost shadow host. The content script takes the first
+element of `ev.composedPath()` instead, so a click or input inside an open
+shadow root reports the inner element (`host >>> inner`). Closed shadow roots
+are opaque to page and content-script JS: evidence stops at their host, and no
+value from inside them is sent.
+
 ## Safety
 
 - Capture only while recording is active (visible `REC` badge).
 - Redact password and declared-secret values in the content script and again
-  on ingest.
+  on ingest. A field is secret when its `type` is `password`, it carries
+  `data-openadapt-secret`, its `autocomplete` is `current-password`,
+  `new-password` or `one-time-code`, or its `name` **or** `id` (each checked on
+  its own) matches the secret pattern.
 - Local native messaging only; no remote endpoints.
 - Missing evidence file → empty capture (degrade cleanly).
 
diff --git a/packages/flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py b/packages/flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py
index 43e0904ba2..e819debdd2 100644
--- a/packages/flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py
+++ b/packages/flow/openadapt_flow/extension_evidence.py
@@ -66,10 +66,11 @@ def redact_evidence(
     """
 
     names = {n.lower() for n in secret_names}
-    name = line.get("name") or line.get("id")
     declared = bool(line.get("secret_field"))
-    if name and str(name).lower() in names:
-        declared = True
+    # Check name and id independently: a benign name must not hide a secret id.
+    for candidate in (line.get("name"), line.get("id")):
+        if candidate and str(candidate).lower() in names:
+            declared = True
     secret = is_secret_field(
         tag=line.get("tag"),
         name=line.get("name"),
diff --git a/packages/flow/tests/extension_support/chrome_extension_harness.js b/packages/flow/tests/extension_support/chrome_extension_harness.js
index 2d69cfa0e3..8422c6dbcf 100644
--- a/packages/flow/tests/extension_support/chrome_extension_harness.js
+++ b/packages/flow/tests/extension_support/chrome_extension_harness.js
@@ -206,6 +206,48 @@ function buildDom(spec) {
   return { host, leaf };
 }
 
+// Dispatch a real-shaped event to the document's capture listeners, as a
+// browser would: listeners outside a shadow root see ev.target retargeted to
+// the outermost host, and composedPath() hides nodes inside closed roots.
+function dispatchToDocument(leaf, type) {
+  const full = [];
+  let n = leaf;
+  while (n) {
+    full.push(n);
+    if (n._isShadowRoot) n = n.host;
+    else n = n.parentNode;
+  }
+  full.push(document);
+  // Drop everything inside a closed shadow root (and the root itself).
+  let visible = full;
+  for (let i = full.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+    if (full[i]._isShadowRoot && full[i].mode === 'closed') {
+      visible = full.slice(i + 1);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  // Retarget: the outermost element not inside any shadow root.
+  let target = leaf;
+  for (const node of full) {
+    if (node.nodeType === 1 && node.getRootNode() === document) {
+      target = node;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  const ev = {
+    type,
+    target,
+    composed: true,
+    composedPath() {
+      return visible.slice();
+    },
+  };
+  for (const l of document._listeners.slice()) {
+    if (l.type === type && l.capture) l.callback(ev);
+  }
+  return { retargeted_tag: target.tagName.toLowerCase(), retargeted_id: target.id || null };
+}
+
 const results = [];
 
 for (const step of steps) {
@@ -231,6 +273,15 @@ for (const step of steps) {
         });
         continue;
       }
+      if (step.action === 'dispatch') {
+        const dispatched = dispatchToDocument(leaf, step.event || 'click');
+        results.push({
+          dispatched,
+          sent: sent.slice(),
+          recording: api.recording,
+        });
+        continue;
+      }
       if (step.action === 'click' || step.action === 'input' || step.action === 'focus') {
         // Simulate by calling emit path through targetEvidence + manual send when recording.
         const evidence = api.targetEvidence(leaf, step.action === 'focus' ? 'focus' : step.action);
diff --git a/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_content_browser.py b/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_content_browser.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4da7f5bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_content_browser.py
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+"""The extension content script against real Chromium event dispatch.
+
+The Node harness models shadow retargeting; this runs ``content.js`` in a
+headless Chromium page so real ``click`` and ``input`` events (with real
+retargeting and ``composedPath()``) reach its document listeners. Only the
+``chrome.runtime`` transport is stubbed: it records messages in the page.
+This does not qualify an installed MV3 extension or native messaging.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+CONTENT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "chrome_extension" / "content.js"
+
+LIVE_SECRET = "hunter2-live-value-must-not-be-sent"
+
+_PAGE = """<!doctype html>
+<div id="wrap"></div>
+<div id="locked"></div>
+<script>
+window.__sent = [];
+window.chrome = {runtime: {
+  sendMessage(msg, cb) {
+    window.__sent.push(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(msg)));
+    if (typeof cb === 'function') cb({active: false});
+  },
+  onMessage: {addListener() {}},
+}};
+const open = document.getElementById('wrap').attachShadow({mode: 'open'});
+open.innerHTML = '<input id="password" name="note">'
+  + '<input id="memo" name="memo">'
+  + '<button id="go">Go</button>';
+const closed = document.getElementById('locked').attachShadow({mode: 'closed'});
+closed.innerHTML = '<input id="ssn" name="ssn">';
+window.__closedInput = closed.getElementById('ssn');
+</script>"""
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def page():
+    sync = pytest.importorskip("playwright.sync_api")
+    with sync.sync_playwright() as playwright:
+        try:
+            browser = playwright.chromium.launch(headless=True)
+        except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 - no browser on this machine
+            pytest.skip(f"chromium unavailable: {exc}")
+        page = browser.new_page()
+        page.set_content(_PAGE)
+        page.add_script_tag(content=CONTENT.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+        page.evaluate("window.__openadaptExtensionContent.setRecording(true)")
+        page.evaluate("window.__sent.length = 0")
+        yield page
+        browser.close()
+
+
+def _evidence(page) -> list[dict]:
+    return [
+        m["evidence"]
+        for m in page.evaluate("window.__sent")
+        if m.get("type") == "EXTENSION_EVIDENCE"
+    ]
+
+
+def test_click_inside_open_shadow_reports_inner_button(page):
+    page.click("#wrap >> #go")
+    clicks = [e for e in _evidence(page) if e["event"] == "click"]
+    assert clicks, "no click evidence"
+    assert clicks[-1]["tag"] == "button"
+    assert clicks[-1]["id"] == "go"
+    assert clicks[-1]["in_shadow"] is True
+    assert clicks[-1]["path"].endswith(">>> button#go")
+
+
+def test_typing_into_secret_id_with_benign_name_never_sends_value(page):
+    page.type("#wrap >> #password", LIVE_SECRET)
+    inputs = [e for e in _evidence(page) if e["event"] == "input"]
+    assert len(inputs) == len(LIVE_SECRET)
+    assert all(e["secret_field"] is True for e in inputs)
+    assert all(e["value"] == "<secret>" for e in inputs)
+    assert all(e["in_shadow"] is True and e["id"] == "password" for e in inputs)
+    wire = json.dumps(page.evaluate("window.__sent"))
+    for i in range(3, len(LIVE_SECRET) + 1):
+        assert LIVE_SECRET[:i] not in wire
+
+
+def test_typing_into_benign_shadow_field_keeps_inner_target(page):
+    page.type("#wrap >> #memo", "ok")
+    inputs = [e for e in _evidence(page) if e["event"] == "input"]
+    assert inputs[-1]["id"] == "memo"
+    assert inputs[-1]["secret_field"] is False
+    assert inputs[-1]["value"] == "ok"
+
+
+def test_closed_shadow_input_is_reported_at_host_only(page):
+    page.evaluate(
+        "() => { const el = window.__closedInput; el.focus();"
+        " el.value = '123-45-6789';"
+        " el.dispatchEvent(new InputEvent('input', {bubbles: true, composed: true})); }"
+    )
+    inputs = [e for e in _evidence(page) if e["event"] == "input"]
+    assert inputs[-1]["id"] == "locked"
+    assert inputs[-1]["in_shadow"] is False
+    assert "123-45-6789" not in json.dumps(page.evaluate("window.__sent"))
+
+
+def test_nothing_is_sent_when_not_recording(page):
+    page.evaluate("window.__openadaptExtensionContent.setRecording(false)")
+    page.evaluate("window.__sent.length = 0")
+    page.click("#wrap >> #go")
+    page.type("#wrap >> #password", LIVE_SECRET)
+    assert _evidence(page) == []
diff --git a/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_evidence.py b/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_evidence.py
index a78157c352..901456ed4a 100644
--- a/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_evidence.py
+++ b/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_evidence.py
@@ -149,3 +149,15 @@ def test_native_host_validate_and_write_via_buffer(tmp_path: Path):
     loaded = load_extension_evidence(tmp_path)
     assert loaded[0]["value"] == REDACTED_VALUE
     assert loaded[0]["in_shadow"] is True
+
+
+def test_declared_secret_names_match_id_even_with_benign_name():
+    line = {
+        "kind": "target",
+        "name": "note",
+        "id": "member_ssn",
+        "value": "123-45-6789",
+    }
+    out = redact_evidence(line, secret_names=["member_ssn"])
+    assert out["secret_field"] is True
+    assert out["value"] == "<secret>"
diff --git a/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_shadow_evidence.py b/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_shadow_evidence.py
index 853c47beae..0e3da06c69 100644
--- a/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_shadow_evidence.py
+++ b/packages/flow/tests/test_extension_shadow_evidence.py
@@ -236,3 +236,107 @@ def test_declared_secret_name_detected():
     assert results[0]["secret"] is True
     assert results[1]["secret"] is True
     assert results[2]["secret"] is False
+
+
+def _shadow_form(*children: dict, mode: str = "open") -> dict:
+    return {
+        "host": {"tag": "my-form", "attrs": {"id": "wrap"}},
+        "shadow": {"mode": mode, "children": list(children)},
+    }
+
+
+def test_benign_name_does_not_hide_secret_id():
+    # Review #1977 P1: `name || id` let a benign name mask id="password".
+    results = _run(
+        "content",
+        CONTENT,
+        [
+            {"isSecret": {"tag": "input", "attrs": {"name": "note", "id": "password"}}},
+            {"isSecret": {"tag": "input", "attrs": {"name": "password", "id": "note"}}},
+            {
+                "isSecret": {
+                    "tag": "input",
+                    "attrs": {"autocomplete": "current-password"},
+                }
+            },
+            {"isSecret": {"tag": "input", "attrs": {"autocomplete": "one-time-code"}}},
+            {"isSecret": {"tag": "input", "attrs": {"name": "note", "id": "memo"}}},
+        ],
+    )
+    assert [r["secret"] for r in results] == [True, True, True, True, False]
+
+
+def test_dispatched_input_withholds_secret_id_value_before_send():
+    live = "hunter2-live-value-must-not-be-sent"
+    results = _run(
+        "content",
+        CONTENT,
+        [
+            {"mode": "record"},
+            {
+                "build": _shadow_form(
+                    {
+                        "tag": "input",
+                        "attrs": {"name": "note", "id": "password"},
+                        "value": live,
+                    }
+                ),
+                "action": "dispatch",
+                "event": "input",
+            },
+        ],
+    )
+    sent = results[1]["sent"]
+    assert len(sent) == 1
+    evidence = sent[0]["msg"]["evidence"]
+    assert evidence["secret_field"] is True
+    assert evidence["value"] == "<secret>"
+    assert live not in json.dumps(sent)
+
+
+def test_dispatched_click_in_open_shadow_reports_inner_target():
+    # Review #1977 P2: document listeners see ev.target retargeted to the host.
+    results = _run(
+        "content",
+        CONTENT,
+        [
+            {"mode": "record"},
+            {
+                "build": _shadow_form({"tag": "button", "attrs": {"id": "go"}}),
+                "action": "dispatch",
+                "event": "click",
+            },
+        ],
+    )
+    step = results[1]
+    # The harness really retargeted ev.target, so the old code would lose the leaf.
+    assert step["dispatched"]["retargeted_id"] == "wrap"
+    evidence = step["sent"][0]["msg"]["evidence"]
+    assert evidence["tag"] == "button"
+    assert evidence["id"] == "go"
+    assert evidence["in_shadow"] is True
+    assert evidence["path"].endswith(">>> button#go")
+
+
+def test_dispatched_click_in_closed_shadow_stays_at_host():
+    # Closed roots are opaque to page/content JS: evidence stops at the host.
+    results = _run(
+        "content",
+        CONTENT,
+        [
+            {"mode": "record"},
+            {
+                "build": _shadow_form(
+                    {"tag": "input", "attrs": {"name": "ssn"}, "value": "123-45-6789"},
+                    mode="closed",
+                ),
+                "action": "dispatch",
+                "event": "input",
+            },
+        ],
+    )
+    sent = results[1]["sent"]
+    evidence = sent[0]["msg"]["evidence"]
+    assert evidence["tag"] == "my-form"
+    assert evidence["in_shadow"] is False
+    assert "123-45-6789" not in json.dumps(sent)