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fix(image): stop pre-minting reCAPTCHA for the browser transport (#891) - #916
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The UI transport never reads request.recaptcha_token - Flow's page mints its own
on click, and git log -S shows the token was never consumed there. The client
pre-mint was dead weight that ran on whatever page the pool handed out; after a
successful migrated image that is about:blank, where the mint raised a
misleading RecaptchaError instead of exit 36.
uses_page_owned_image_recaptcha collapses to True, and the URL/latch logic that
only fed the mint decision is deleted with its write-only latch. The migrated
composer now refuses unported forms by name ('the IMAGEN_3_5 model is not
ported yet'), worded as the host Flow served. HTTP image transports still mint.
Baseline before/after on a live profile, $0: both t2i --model imagen4 arms exit
36; the refusal moved from the client mint guard to the composer. Three new e2e
tests (fresh client, warm client after a success, MCP twin) pass live.
Commits the two 2026-09-20 spike scripts and their verdict doc.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe UI automation transport now declares page-owned image reCAPTCHA handling for all page states, so image generation skips client-side token minting for that transport. Tests cover HTTP minting, migrated-host refusals on fresh and reused clients, and MCP error reporting. The PR also adds spike tooling and issue documentation. ChangesImage reCAPTCHA handling
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The spike output contains a stale field. Token handling for the documented UI and HTTP transports remains supported by the supplied evidence; the concern about a false-returning capability remains unconfirmed. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to The browser image path no longer mints an unused token, while the shipped HTTP image transports still receive client-minted tokens. An optional transport capability is now treated as present or absent rather than checking its answer, which could leave a custom HTTP transport with an unminted request. No server-side CAPTCHA bypass is established. Retained concerns
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Review comments at @scripts/dev/spike_warm_client_unported_form.py:
- Around line 84-86: Remove the served_migrated_latch assignment from the
result-building code; UiAutomationTransport no longer exposes
_served_migrated_host, so the field always contains None and misleads readers.
Review comments at @src/gflow_cli/api/client.py:
- Around line 2746-2752: Update the recaptcha capability check in the client
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CHANGELOG.mdKNOWN_ISSUES.mddocs/superpowers/plans/2026-09-29-891-warm-client-premint/PLAN.mddocs/superpowers/plans/2026-09-29-891-warm-client-premint/SCENARIO.mddocs/superpowers/spikes/2026-09-20-warm-client-premint-on-about-blank.mdscripts/dev/spike_mint_on_about_blank.pyscripts/dev/spike_warm_client_unported_form.pysrc/gflow_cli/api/client.pysrc/gflow_cli/api/transports/migrated_composer.pysrc/gflow_cli/api/transports/ui_automation.pytests/api/test_image_capability_and_cookie_bar.pytests/api/transports/test_migrated_images.pytests/e2e/test_migrated_host_e2e.pytests/scripts/test_spike_profile_lease.pywebsite/docs/KNOWN_ISSUES.md
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| result["served_migrated_latch"] = getattr(transport, "_served_migrated_host", None) | ||
| cap = getattr(transport, "uses_page_owned_image_recaptcha", None) | ||
| result["page_owned_recaptcha"] = cap() if callable(cap) else None |
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Spike reads a removed latch attribute.
_served_migrated_host no longer exists on UiAutomationTransport. getattr(..., None) always returns None. The served_migrated_latch field in the output is now meaningless. Remove it, or the evidence JSON will mislead readers.
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| result["served_migrated_latch"] = getattr(transport, "_served_migrated_host", None) | |
| cap = getattr(transport, "uses_page_owned_image_recaptcha", None) | |
| result["page_owned_recaptcha"] = cap() if callable(cap) else None | |
| cap = getattr(transport, "uses_page_owned_image_recaptcha", None) | |
| result["page_owned_recaptcha"] = cap() if callable(cap) else None |
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Remove the served_migrated_latch assignment from the result-building code;
UiAutomationTransport no longer exposes _served_migrated_host, so the field
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…le docs - _drive_images_generation calls uses_page_owned_image_recaptcha() rather than only testing it exists, so a transport answering False still gets a mint. - Docstring no longer claims the method always mints or is the only mint site. - Collapse the 8-case parametrize over a constant to one about:blank assertion. - migrated-host-driver-wire-lessons memory: replace the latch lesson (deleted by this PR) with #891's — the UI transport never consumed the token.
- Correct reachability everywhere: gflow run --config runs every prompt through one client with a per-prompt model. Measured on develop: [nano2, imagen4] -> item 2 RecaptchaError, whole run exit 1, results table lost. On this branch: exit 36, item 2 refused by name, '1/2 succeeded'. - Pin the labs.google kill switch for images (now its only exit-36 source) with an offline test asserting at=image_flow_host_kill_switch. - e2e: spy on FlowApiClient._mint_recaptcha_token instead of inferring from logs (a successful mint logs nothing); the MCP twin asserts it too. 3/3 live. - Stale 'sequential reCAPTCHA mints' in USAGE.md and the cli_run docstring.
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| Dim | Verdict | Headline |
|---|---|---|
| D0 CI | 🟢 | Everything green except pip-audit, which is a develop-wide CVE fixed in #917 |
| D1 Correctness | 🟢 | Nothing in the UI transport reads recaptcha_token, and the latch fed only the mint decision |
| D2+D14 Quality/YAGNI | 🟡 | The capability's return value was unread, the docstring was stale, and 8 tests covered a constant |
| D3 Security | 🟢 | No tokenless submit anywhere; the HTTP transports still mint; the lease exemption is correct |
| D4 Tests | 🟡 | The image kill switch had become untested; the e2e mint check could miss a successful mint |
| D5 Memory | 🟡 | migrated-host-driver-wire-lessons still taught the deleted latch |
| D6/D15 UI/parity | 🟡 | Reachability was wrong: gflow run --config reaches #891 |
Fixed:
- The capability is now called, not just checked for existence.
- The docstrings and memory are corrected.
- The 8-case constant test is collapsed.
- A new offline test pins the
labs.googleimage kill switch atat=image_flow_host_kill_switch. - The e2e checks now spy on
_mint_recaptcha_tokendirectly. 3/3 pass live.
Reachability, measured on ffroliva with gflow run [nano2, imagen4]:
develop: exit 1,RecaptchaErrorwith a traceback, results table lost.- This branch: exit 36, prompt 2 refused by name, "1/2 succeeded".
The CHANGELOG, KNOWN_ISSUES, the spike and the PR body are corrected to match.
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Summary
The client pre-minted a reCAPTCHA token before every image request. The browser transport never reads that token. Flow's page mints its own when Generate is clicked. Nothing in
ui_automation.py,drivers/ormigrated_composer.pyreferencesrecaptcha_token, andgit log -Sshows it never did.The dead mint was not harmless. It ran on whatever page the pool handed out, and after a successful migrated image run that page is parked on
about:blank. The mint then raisedRecaptchaError("the Flow editor page may have failed to load…"), and the migration guard stayed silent, so an unported form on a warm client never got its exit 36._drive_images_generationskips the mint for any transport that declaresuses_page_owned_image_recaptcha. The HTTP image transports don't declare it, so they still mint.uses_page_owned_image_recaptchacollapses toreturn True. Its URL/latch logic existed only to feed the mint decision and is deleted, along with the now write-only_served_migrated_hostlatch. That is a net -120 lines.Closes #891.
Reachability (corrected by the council):
gflow run --configreaches it. It runs every prompt through one client and accepts a per-promptmodel. Measured onffrolivawith[nano2, imagen4]:develop: prompt 2 raisedRecaptchaError, and the whole run crashed with exit 1 and lost its results table.A single
t2i/i2i, MCP (fresh client per task) andimage batch(refused on flow.google.com) do not reach it.Process
Predict (CAUTION 7/10) and a scoping correction were posted on #891. The scenario and plan are in
docs/superpowers/plans/2026-09-29-891-warm-client-premint/.Verification
Baseline, the decisive risk. Today's exit 36 for an unported form came from the mint's host guard, so removing the mint had to be proven not to lose it. Run on
ffrolivafor $0, withgflow image t2i --model imagen4:develop342f39d--project <id>mint_recaptcha_tokenmint_recaptcha_tokenE2E, live on
ffroliva: 3 passed in 50.9 s.test_e2e_unported_image_form_is_refused_by_name(e2e_auth, $0)test_e2e_warm_client_refuses_an_unported_form_after_a_success(e2e_image, one image of the daily cap). This is the migrated_images_prefer: measure the mint tradeoff, fix the project-less claim, run the gated review (from #781) #891 repro. The same shape ondevelopproducedRecaptchaError(spike, 2026-09-20).test_e2e_mcp_unported_image_form_is_refused_by_name(e2e_auth, $0). This is the MCP twin, queued path.Offline:
src/change.spike_mint_on_about_blank.py. That spike uses an anonymouschromium.launchwith no profile, so it now has a reasoned exemption.Not verified: an account served labs. Labs answers 308 on every profile here. It is correct by construction, since the token was never sent, but it was not observed.
Follow-ups filed
ref/reference_entity"batch:N" is parsed and never applied (the DAG resolver has no caller). The v0.52.0 live ledger's PASS for it is wrong.about:blankpage (inferred, needs a spike).RecaptchaErroris not aGFlowError.Test plan
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