{
  "checker": {
    "details": {
      "argv": [
        "/usr/bin/python3",
        "/workspace/cloud/send_job.py",
        "new",
        "--kind",
        "ping",
        "--secret",
        "throwaway-test-secret-0123456789abcdef"
      ],
      "kind": "cli",
      "needs_browser": false,
      "needs_credentials": false,
      "returncode": 0,
      "scope": "product operation",
      "stderr": "send_job 3.7.36",
      "stdout": "[HOMING-PIGEON] job c5ea89af-64da-4651-a31c-aa380bf2c395\n\n{\"v\":1,\"type\":\"job\",\"job_id\":\"c5ea89af-64da-4651-a31c-aa380bf2c395\",\"issued_at\":\"2026-10-18T18:33:46Z\",\"kind\":\"ping\",\"sig\":\"<secret>\"}",
      "working": true
    },
    "status": "PASS"
  },
  "deviations": [
    "INSTALL.md pip/Docker/release-binary paths not used: the runner is stdlib-only and runs from the checkout, so no install was required.",
    "README 'Testing' dry-run command with config.json not runnable: no mailbox config (needs IMAP/SMTP account + app password, which we do not have). Recorded as credentials gap.",
    "The probe uses a throwaway local HMAC secret; it is only used to sign a test ping locally and is not a real credential."
  ],
  "main_blocker": null,
  "operation": "README 'Sending a job': python3 cloud/send_job.py new --kind ping --secret <string>, which builds and HMAC-signs a ping job message (verified: prints a signed JSON job with kind ping).",
  "operation_scope": "Covers the signing helper only. The end-to-end mailbox round-trip (runner polls IMAP, executes, replies via SMTP) was NOT run: it needs a dedicated mailbox, app password, and config.json, none of which are available in this guest. The runner's own config check was exercised and fails as expected without credentials.",
  "outcome": "working",
  "steps": [
    "Read README.md and INSTALL.md (install paths: Docker, pip, release binary).",
    "python3 --version -> 3.12.3; runner and cloud helper use Python 3.9+ stdlib only, so no install was needed (no pip/Docker/binary install performed).",
    "python3 cloud/send_job.py --help",
    "python3 cloud/send_job.py new --kind ping --secret throwaway-test-secret-0123456789abcdef -> signed job, rc=0",
    "python3 runner/runner.py --config /workspace/.coldpass/no-config.json --once --dry-run -> 'config error: no config file ... (run with --setup)', rc=2"
  ],
  "stuck_step": null,
  "suggested_fix": "To exercise the full runner round-trip, supply a dedicated throwaway mailbox (IMAP/SMTP + app password) and run runner/install.py or create config.json from runner/config.example.json, then run runner.py --once --dry-run and a ping job."
}