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Claudeandclaude[bot] d709ea110d perf(stairs): draw all treads of a stair as one path (#740)
A floor with stairs pays for them on every switch to it: the stair layer
is emptied on other floors, so Lit recreates every symbol on each return
and the browser lays out and paints it again. With 250 stairs (the
large-house fixture, the per-floor limit) that was 2,875 SVG elements and
about 40 ms per entry locally; each stair carried 3-7 separate tread lines
with four bound coordinates each.

The treads of one stair are now a single <path class="hp-stair-tread">
with one `M a L b` subpath per tread, in geometry order and with the
numbers the lines carried. Treads of one stair never overlap (straight:
parallel, >= 20 cm apart; spiral: inner ends >= 6.7 cm apart at the
3.6 cm stroke), so the path paints the same pixels at any opacity. The
outline points and the tread data are built once per cached geometry
object (cachedStairMarkup, weak keys), not on every render. The View and
plan-editor layers share the strings; outline, hit polygon, trapezoid,
arrow, attributes and handlers are unchanged. Floor 1 of the fixture
drops from 4,210 to 2,960 elements.

Witnesses: the unit test for the path data and its cache, and the
smoke_stairs markup checks in View and in the plan editor, are red on
dev. The stairs-view-tread-lines mutant restores the View lines.

Issue: #740
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_018qZfe7YS4rqEMKoVeS3GKd
2026-10-01 18:27:53 +00:00

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Browser guards mutation registry (#659)

This is the reviewed classification of every mutation witness that still needs a browser. The guideline is 200 (#699: a guideline, not a wall); mutation-gate --check, npm run inventory and the unit contract all read this same inventory. A new browser guard must be added deliberately under one reason below, and its mutant because must explain the concrete browser-only invariant.

Converted witnesses are not listed here: their registry guard names an explicit node --test suite plus test/mutation-browser-offload.test.mjs, and every converted mutant is run once to prove that the Node witness actually kills it.

Category Count Why a browser is still required
Performance threshold 4 The witness measures real browser wall-time or frame work; a pure assertion cannot prove the budget.
Browser harness integrity 4 The mutation breaks page-error, round-trip or page-registration observation in the browser harness itself.
Paint, cascade and layer composition 26 The invariant depends on computed CSS, SVG paint, clipping, stacking or pixels produced by Chromium.
Pointer geometry and trusted interaction 45 The invariant depends on hit testing, pointer capture, touch/keyboard dispatch or live DOM geometry.
Responsive DOM layout 36 The invariant depends on measured element boxes, responsive breakpoints, native/HA dialog shells or focusable target size.
Custom-element and HA browser lifecycle 90 The invariant crosses Lit/custom-element lifecycle, browser storage/events, lazy loading or a complete HA-card state transition.
Total 205 / 200 Above the guideline mutation-gate --check warns rather than fails (#699); each guard above it is held by its own reason in this inventory and its because.

Measured effect

The measurements below are GitHub-hosted Linux runs from 2026-09-27. They are recorded separately from the policy limit: the limit proves that browser guards cannot grow unnoticed, while timings show the effect actually observed on the shared runners.

Measurement Before After Observed change
Full-registry wall time 54:18 (1,017 mutants) 48:08 (1,028 mutants) -6:10 (-11.4%), despite 11 additional mutants
Sum of the six Each test catches its breakage steps 4:17:19 4:12:32 -4:47 (-1.9%)
Longest full-registry shard step 50:45 45:13 -5:32 (-10.9%)
Same converted-witness slice, aggregate time 33:43.9 12:07.7 -21:36.2 (-64.0%)
Same converted-witness slice, critical shard 8:05.1 2:19.3 -5:45.8 (-71.3%)

The candidate slice compares the same 83 converted mutant ids in the baseline full-registry log and in the S7 candidate Validate 36316464432. It sums the interval between consecutive per-mutant completion timestamps on each of the six shards. One of the 84 converted ids, active-tab-not-revealed, was the first completed mutant in its shard, so the log cannot isolate its time from clean-guard setup and it is excluded from both sides. The complete candidate run, which also selected registry/tooling mutants outside this converted slice, finished in 10:03.

The original estimate of three to four hours saved on a full-registry run is not supported by this A/B evidence. The directly converted slice is materially faster, but registry growth and shared-runner variance consume most of that gain in the end-to-end total; only the measured reductions above are claimed.

Reviewed per-mutant inventory

Performance threshold

The witness measures real browser wall-time or frame work; a pure assertion cannot prove the budget.

  • junction-limit-p3-quadratic-again
  • junction-limit-p4-bruteforce-again
  • wall-draw-full-preflight-again
  • wall-draw-wall-artifact-discarded

Browser harness integrity

The mutation breaks page-error, round-trip or page-registration observation in the browser harness itself.

  • benchmark-page-verdict-unwatched
  • report-page-errors-skips-round-trip
  • smoke-guard-blind-to-tail
  • smoke-guard-forgets-to-register-pages

Paint, cascade and layer composition

The invariant depends on computed CSS, SVG paint, clipping, stacking or pixels produced by Chromium.

  • daycycle-outline-not-promoted
  • daycycle-outline-promoted-on-inner-paper
  • daycycle-static-outline-promoted-on-inner-paper
  • decor-restored-below-room-fills
  • device-keyboard-bypasses-click-path
  • device-long-value-ellipsis-restored
  • device-unavailable-hover-restored
  • golden-filled-tunnel-removed
  • golden-lamp-out-of-reach
  • hatch-static-renderer-untouched
  • hatch-stroke-not-scaled
  • hatch-zoom-compensation-back
  • iso-first-frame-reveals-flat-during-lazy-load
  • iso-room-label-44-box-centres-name
  • iso-sun-card-drops-occluders
  • iso-sun-flat-wedges-remain
  • iso-theme-dark-wall-rule-returns
  • stage3-w4-device-target-loses-44px-floor
  • stage3-w5-runtime-nudge-writes-storage
  • stage3-w6-no-borders-keeps-raised-plates
  • stage3-w7-sun-state-enters-structural-key
  • sun-ray-origin-cache-ignored
  • sun-ray-origin-save-forced-inner
  • value-static-icon-keeps-live-vacuum
  • value-static-icon-keeps-route-warning
  • value-static-icon-keeps-vacuum-overlay

Pointer geometry and trusted interaction

The invariant depends on hit testing, pointer capture, touch/keyboard dispatch or live DOM geometry.

  • align-guides-exclude-dead-source
  • align-point-reads-frozen-snapshot
  • decor-default-style-debounce-cut
  • decor-default-style-seed-cut
  • decor-keyboard-nudge-drops-focus-dialog-guards
  • decor-keyboard-nudge-reruns-magnet
  • dense-device-hit-browser-skips-painted-priority
  • double-fit-bypasses-canonical-fit-all
  • furniture-art-editor-adopt-skipped
  • furniture-edge-handles-steal-the-corner
  • furniture-exterior-surface-removed
  • furniture-shift-listeners-not-attached
  • furniture-wall-runtime-drops-drag-side
  • furniture-wall-runtime-drops-raw-intent
  • live-pinch-compositor-demoted-on-active-lit-commit
  • opening-dimension-overlay-hidden
  • opening-search-hides-none
  • opening-search-select-not-wired
  • placement-accepts-any-mouse-button
  • reorder-skips-materialization
  • resize-history-boundary-repair-removed
  • resize-label-uses-old-room-gear-centre
  • resize-labels-hide-narrow-area
  • resize-pointer-capture-removed
  • resize-preview-reject-silent
  • room-fit-html-overlay-jumps-ahead
  • room-fit-pan-release-reaccepted
  • room-fit-persists-zoom
  • safe-resize-commit-preflight-bypassed
  • sections-editor-transition-uses-window-height
  • sections-grid-drops-stage-flex-chain
  • sections-grid-falls-back-to-viewport-height
  • sections-resize-drops-stage-refit-observer
  • space-card-decor-capability-change-not-adopted
  • space-card-decor-capability-downgrade-does-not-clear-assets
  • tab-drag-outlives-the-card
  • tab-drag-survives-release-outside
  • tab-drag-target-follows-captured-source
  • tab-drop-indicator-always-before
  • tab-drop-outside-commits-last-target
  • tab-reorder-not-persisted
  • touch-pinch-marker-hold-rearmed
  • touch-pinch-zoom-persists-per-frame
  • unavailable-toggle-stays-silent
  • wall-draw-rejection-rollback-skipped

Responsive DOM layout

The invariant depends on measured element boxes, responsive breakpoints, native/HA dialog shells or focusable target size.

  • dialog-ha-disconnected-reject-reopen-enabled
  • dialog-ha-rejected-close-reopen-disabled
  • dialog-native-reconnect-recovery-disabled
  • dialog-native-surface-stretches-to-viewport
  • dialog-native-update-recovery-disabled
  • fit-house-hidden-walls-vote
  • grid-scale-imperial-roundtrip-drift
  • grid-scale-opening-hit-unscaled
  • grid-scale-opening-symbol-unscaled
  • grid-scale-plan-chrome-unscaled
  • grid-scale-static-factor-missing
  • header-menu-item-below-44
  • header-menu-outside-tap-reaches-plan
  • hidden-room-names-compact-svg-fallback
  • hidden-room-names-full-svg-fallback
  • hidden-room-names-iso-override
  • hp-dialog-ignores-flex-content
  • panel-readonly-empty-bypasses-write-capability
  • phone-editor-close-hidden-with-mode-buttons
  • phone-header-at-tablet-width
  • phone-header-shows-title
  • phone-header-wraps
  • static-card-descendants-hit-testable
  • summary-dialog-drops-flex-content
  • summary-picker-hot-add-stays-filtered
  • tab-editing-without-write-access
  • toolbar-active-highlight-stops-at-tab
  • toolbar-close-back-inside-tab
  • toolbar-close-hidden-at-medium-width
  • toolbar-close-slot-collapses-outside-editor
  • toolbar-close-slot-idle-focusable
  • toolbar-close-slot-leaves-mode-group
  • toolbar-close-target-below-24
  • toolbar-device-count-returns
  • toolbar-mode-zoom-gap-regresses
  • warm-dialog-drops-transferred-baseline

Custom-element and HA browser lifecycle

The invariant crosses Lit/custom-element lifecycle, browser storage/events, lazy loading or a complete HA-card state transition.

  • accepted-marker-rolled-back-by-layout-failure
  • area-relocation-clears-whole-history
  • area-relocation-loses-position-on-refusal
  • backdrop-busy-dismiss-races-decision
  • backdrop-downscale-drops-alpha
  • backdrop-phase2-falls-back-to-original
  • backdrop-probe-always-safe
  • barrier-cache-never-invalidated
  • camera-anchor-from-presented
  • camera-cancel-loses-zoom
  • child-readd-clears-parent-tombstone
  • cold-view-toggle-delegated-to-runtime
  • cold-view-vacuum-mapid-delegated
  • color-picker-confirm-click-through
  • color-picker-invalid-confirm-latch-removed
  • config-updated-event-ignored
  • confirm-dialog-loses-alertdialog
  • current-rejected-physical-write-keeps-optimistic-wall
  • danger-confirm-back-into-the-branch
  • danger-confirm-lost-space-request-guard-removed
  • danger-confirm-lost-space-transition-cancel-removed
  • danger-confirm-uses-last-rendered-language-gate
  • danger-confirm-warm-language-guard-removed
  • danger-confirm-warm-transition-cancel-removed
  • daycycle-programmatic-camera-skips-safe-outline
  • device-echo-keeps-local-noncanonical
  • device-focus-tooltip-blur-cleanup-removed
  • device-focus-tooltip-handler-removed
  • device-focus-tooltip-room-hover-overwrites
  • device-inbox-batch-rollback
  • household-enter-stops-acting
  • household-marker-drops-keyboard-reach
  • device-markers-rendered-without-keys
  • device-pointer-leave-clears-focus-fallback
  • device-position-cancel-routed-to-commit
  • discovery-reset-writes-a-copy
  • editor-neutral-escape-does-not-exit
  • empty-space-cleanup-disabled
  • fixed-floor-transition-guard-bypassed
  • french-locale-wrong-dictionary
  • hp-dialog-escape-does-not-close
  • junction-limit-baseline-cache-stale
  • junction-limit-candidate-fail-open
  • junction-limit-write-gate-removed
  • locale-failure-toast-dropped
  • marker-reject-keeps-optimistic-candidate
  • marker-rollback-keeps-enqueue-time-revision
  • moon-static-clock-tick-off
  • namespace-loader-returns-english
  • near-axis-authoring-snap-bypassed
  • onboarding-loader-skips-namespace-ensure
  • openings-rendered-without-keys
  • plan-only-preview-label-hidden
  • plan-room-area-icon-hidden
  • plan-room-area-icon-navigates
  • plan-upload-client-limit
  • plan-upload-guard-original
  • plan-upload-reduced-over-limit-staged
  • post-write-tail-runs-on-refused-gate
  • readonly-view-syncs-new-devices
  • render-invalidation-renders-irrelevant-ha
  • render-reconcile-restarts-editor-runtime-cycle
  • reopened-room-from-registry-space
  • room-accept-leaves-coincident-partitions
  • room-gear-second-touch-keeps-drag
  • room-settings-click-does-not-open
  • room-tooltip-off-skips-pointer-modality
  • rooms-rendered-without-keys
  • rooms-rendered-without-space-key
  • same-space-room-change-recenters
  • space-card-rooms-rendered-without-keys
  • space-create-hidden-display-override
  • stairs-view-pan-opens-target-floor
  • stairs-view-tread-lines
  • support-invalid-response-leaks-issued-token
  • support-stale-preview-response-revives-consent
  • support-timeout-claims-success
  • vacuum-overlay-back-to-the-dock-space-filter
  • volumetric-kiosk-ignores-setting
  • view-current-space-aria-removed
  • wall-face-apply-skips-overlap-guard
  • wallthick-hit-narrowed
  • warm-pending-mode-leaves-revive-waiting
  • writer-history-skips-finished-chain-normalization
  • zigbee-topology-endpoint-cleanup-skipped
  • zigbee-topology-endpoint-elevation-removed
  • zigbee-topology-hovered-endpoint-elevation-removed
  • zigbee-topology-overlay-double-live-projection
  • zigbee-topology-overlay-layer-lowered
  • zigbee-topology-unknown-casing-gaps-filled
  • zigbee-topology-unknown-casing-removed
  • zigbee-topology-unrelated-markers-raised