{
  "checker": {
    "details": {
      "argv": [
        "/opt/lo-venv/bin/local-operator",
        "serve",
        "--port",
        "1111"
      ],
      "bytes": 1360,
      "kind": "http",
      "scope": "product operation",
      "status": 200,
      "url": "http://127.0.0.1:1111/v1/capabilities",
      "working": true
    },
    "status": "PASS"
  },
  "deviations": [
    "`npx local-operator-ui` failed with exit 1 and no output in this VM; the npx cache did not produce a runnable launch. Ran `npm install -g local-operator-ui` instead.",
    "`npm install -g local-operator-ui` failed at node-pty build with 'make not found'; ran `apt-get install build-essential` then reran npm install, which succeeded.",
    "`local-operator-ui` (desktop app) failed: the Electron runtime download was blocked ('fetch failed'), so the GUI cannot start. Not fixed; no network workaround was attempted.",
    "Used the README Troubleshooting fallback `pip install local-operator` + `local-operator serve` as the runnable product path instead of the Electron UI. The npm package version (0.34.55) and the pinned repo commit are not verified to match."
  ],
  "main_blocker": null,
  "operation": "Start the Local Operator backend API with `local-operator serve` (README Troubleshooting fallback) and GET /v1/capabilities, which returned HTTP 200 with the backend's feature list.",
  "operation_scope": "Covers only the backend HTTP API. The README's primary path, the Electron desktop UI (`npx local-operator-ui` / `npm install -g local-operator-ui`), was NOT launched: the Electron runtime download is blocked in this VM, there is no DISPLAY, and the app aborts when run as root without --no-sandbox (which I did not add). No browser was installed; the shared CDP endpoint was not used.",
  "outcome": "working",
  "steps": [
    "apt-get install curl ca-certificates xz-utils; downloaded Node v22.13.1 linux-x64 to /opt/node22 (README: Node.js 22.13.1 or newer)",
    "npx --yes local-operator-ui (README: Run with npx) -> exit 1, no output",
    "apt-get install build-essential; npm install -g local-operator-ui (README: Install with npm) -> added 63 packages, version 0.34.55",
    "local-operator-ui (README: Install with npm, run the application) -> Electron binary download failed (fetch failed), exit 1",
    "python3 -m venv /opt/lo-venv; /opt/lo-venv/bin/pip install local-operator (README: Troubleshooting, manual backend fallback) -> ok",
    "/opt/lo-venv/bin/local-operator serve --port 1111 -> Application startup complete, listening on 127.0.0.1:1111",
    "curl http://127.0.0.1:1111/v1/capabilities -> HTTP 200, JSON with desktop_contract, features",
    "stopped the test server (pid 2622) so the checker can start its own"
  ],
  "stuck_step": null,
  "suggested_fix": "For the desktop UI: allow the Electron binary download (or set ELECTRON_MIRROR) and provide an X display (e.g. xvfb-run) and a non-root user, or run with a sandbox setup the user accepts. The backend path needs no change."
}