iOS simulator driver: Go-native companion-backed backend (#62)

* perf(ios): use prebuilt XCTest runner to cut startup

* chore(ioscompanion): add companion asset prepare script

* feat(ioscompanion): embed and extract simulator companion bundle

* test(ioscompanion): cover companion stub and embedded extraction

* docs: add third party notices for vendored companion

* chore: ignore vendored companion bundle artifact

* build(proto): pin simulator companion proto v1.1.8

* build(proto): add dedicated buf module and gen template for pinned proto

* build(proto): exclude pinned companion proto from root buf workspace

* feat(ioscompanion): commit generated companion gRPC stubs

* feat(ioscompanion): map flat companion describe dump to TreeNode JSON

* test(ioscompanion): add hierarchy-map golden and unit tests

* feat(ioscompanion): port screen-settle stability polling to Go

* test(ioscompanion): cover settle transitional, hash, streak, and cap rules

* feat(ioscompanion): add USB HID keymap module

* test(ioscompanion): cover keymap branches and paste-chord constants

* build: embed companion assets via withcompanion tag

* feat(ioscompanion): add transport companion interface

* feat(ioscompanion): add HID event wrapper and builders

* feat(ioscompanion): wire gRPC companion client and Dial

* test(ioscompanion): cover HID builders and unit conversions

* test(ioscompanion): cover Dial, process-state mapping, and install archive

* test(ioscompanion): add gated simulator integration smoke test

* feat(ioscompanion): text input and gesture HID composition with pasteboard fallback

* test(ioscompanion): cover input composers, paste dialog loop, and pure helpers

* feat(ioscompanion): add Describe to companion transport

* feat(ioscompanion): implement DeviceDriver with companion supervision

* test(ioscompanion): unit tests with fake companion transport

* test(ioscompanion): gated companion smoke test

* feat(ios): add ResolveTarget for simulator vs physical-device routing

* feat(testrun): route iOS simulators through the native companion driver

* refactor(testrun): defer the java preflight check to the physical-device path

* feat(cli): add --ios-app-path flag

* feat(doctor): split iOS checks into simulator and physical-device paths

* test(folio): add gate-analyzer fixtures for G1-G5

* feat(folio): add iOS conformance gate script

* chore(folio): wire gates recipe, app path, and ignore gate output

* style: gofmt struct alignment drift

* fix(doctor): probe simctl via xcrun instead of PATH lookup

* fix(ioscompanion): spawn companion under driver-lifetime context

* test(ioscompanion): prove companion child outlives startup context

* fix(ioscompanion): chunk install payload under companion message cap

* test(ioscompanion): cover install payload chunking

* fix(ioscompanion): reinstall via simctl and sanitize companion env

* fix(ioscompanion): wait out unresolved accessibility values after launch

* perf(ioscompanion): paste long text for atomic landing

* test(ioscompanion): cover paste threshold, retry flow, and sentinel detection

* fix(ioscompanion): treat unresolved bridge values as transitional, never as content

* fix(ioscompanion): accept masked secure-field values as paste landing

* test(ioscompanion): cover sentinel mapping and masked-field landing

* fix(ioscompanion): atomic erase and single-send paste to prevent doubling

* test(ioscompanion): cover atomic erase, single chord, unverifiable field

* fix(ioscompanion): verify paste on a time budget that outlasts the bridge blackout

* test(ioscompanion): cover bridge-blackout paste verification

* fix(ioscompanion): drop unresolved-value settle gate that never let empty-field screens settle

* refactor(ioscompanion): name the empty-editable-field sentinel for what it is

* perf(ioscompanion): tighten settle streak for the fast companion transport

* feat(ioscompanion): pre-grant pasteboard access so unicode input skips the OS prompt

* refactor(ioscompanion): drop paste warm-up now that the grant suppresses the prompt

* test(ioscompanion): cover pasteboard grant on launch, drop warm-up tests

* fix(ioscompanion): retry describe past transient collapsed accessibility dumps

* test(ioscompanion): cover collapsed-dump detection

* perf(ioscompanion): split raw and retrying describe so settle does not double-wait collapses

* perf(ioscompanion): tighten settle now that collapses are handled separately

* fix(ioscompanion): replace field content on input so blackout-skipped erase cannot accumulate text

* test(ioscompanion): cover replace-on-input and TextReplacer capability

* refactor(ioscompanion): neutralize HID events behind the transport seam

* feat(companion): add simulator runner project skeleton

* feat(companion): serve accessibility snapshots over the wire protocol

* feat(companion): synthesize timestamped touch gestures

* feat(companion): type text with replace semantics

* feat(companion): serve the wire protocol from a parked runner

* feat(ioscompanion): add TextEditor capability and unavailable sentinel to the transport seam

* feat(ioscompanion): route text input through a text-editing companion when available

* fix(companion): bind listener by port and source screen size from snapshot

* feat(ioscompanion): add runner companion JSON transport

* test(ioscompanion): cover runner transport protocol mapping

* fix(companion): synthesize gestures synchronously to avoid the async completion crash

* fix(companion): type on the main thread and recover from focus assertions

* fix(companion): keep serving after an automation failure

* refactor(companion): tidy snapshot serialization

* fix(companion): honor sequential tap gaps and survive synthesis exceptions

* feat(ioscompanion): expose native typing with an explicit replace flag

* chore(companion): add runner asset prepare script

* feat(ioscompanion): embed and extract the runner test bundle

* test(ioscompanion): cover runner asset extraction

* build(ioscompanion): commit runner asset archive

* feat(ioscompanion): pair the legacy companion with the in-simulator runner

* test(ioscompanion): cover hybrid routing, paste-grant skip, and port binding

* fix(ioscompanion): reconnect after interrupted runner calls instead of restarting

* fix(ioscompanion): route hybrid lifecycle through the runner and harden restarts

* feat(companion): launch and terminate apps through the automation session

* build(ioscompanion): refresh runner asset with session lifecycle

* fix(ioscompanion): classify connection deadline expiry as caller budget

* fix(companion): capture snapshots on the main thread inside the catch bridge

* build(ioscompanion): refresh runner asset with main-thread snapshots

* perf(ioscompanion): count read spans toward settle and capture snapshots concurrently

* feat(ioscompanion): make the hybrid simulator companion the default

* test(folio): cover runner-session orphans in the gate harness

* test(ioscompanion): pin the child-lifetime test to the legacy path

* fix(ioscompanion): keep mappable text on one HID stream and verify unicode clears

* fix(ioscompanion): pause the clear chord so selection applies before the delete

* fix(companion): prune the keyboard subtree from snapshots

* build(ioscompanion): refresh runner asset without keyboard elements

* fix(ioscompanion): capture the screenshot transport before a recovery can reassign it

* fix(companion): pin the runner listener to loopback

* fix(companion): size the replace delete prefix to cover any focused field

* build(ioscompanion): refresh runner asset with loopback bind and replace fix

* fix(cli): cancel the run context on SIGINT so spawned children are reaped

* fix(testrun): point the device java preflight hint at the ios-device doctor

* fix(folio): word-bound the G2 ERROR scan and drop the dead objc allowlist glob

* test(ioscompanion): cover stopProcess, restart, and failed bring-up supervision

* chore: add test-companion target for the withcompanion-tagged suite

* chore(ioscompanion): stop tracking the runner archive build artifact

* build: produce the runner archive from source like the companion bundle

* refactor(conformance): move the gate harness out of examples/folio

* chore(folio): drop the gate harness wiring from the example app

.gitignore

@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ node_modules/
 # `go build -tags withsidecar`. Never commit: it's ~130 MB.
 internal/sidecarassets/assets/sidecar-all.jar
 
+# Simulator companion bundle. Build artifact produced by prepare.sh before
+# `go build -tags withcompanion`. Never commit: it's ~16 MB.
+internal/driver/ioscompanion/companionassets/assets/companion-*.tar.gz
+
+# In-simulator runner bundle. Build artifact produced by companion/prepare.sh
+# before `go build -tags withcompanion`. Never commit: it's ~5 MB.
+internal/driver/ioscompanion/runnerassets/assets/runner-*.tar.gz
+
 # spec-api compiled output
 pkg/spec/dist/
 
@@ -48,6 +56,10 @@ replay-ui/node_modules/
 replay-ui/dist/
 replay-ui/.vite/
 
+# Simulator runner generated project and build output (xcodegen artifacts)
+companion/CompanionRunner.xcodeproj/
+companion/build/
+
 # folio-web frontend
 examples/folio-web/node_modules/
 examples/folio-web/dist/

Makefile

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ BUF := buf
 GO_PACKAGES := ./...
 SIDECAR_JAR := sidecar/build/libs/sidecar-all.jar
 SIDECAR_EMBED := internal/sidecarassets/assets/sidecar-all.jar
+COMPANION_EMBED := internal/driver/ioscompanion/companionassets/assets/companion-1.1.8.tar.gz
+COMPANION_PREPARE := internal/driver/ioscompanion/companionassets/prepare.sh
+RUNNER_EMBED := internal/driver/ioscompanion/runnerassets/assets/runner-1.0.0.tar.gz
+RUNNER_PREPARE := companion/prepare.sh
+RUNNER_SRC := $(shell find companion/Sources -type f -name '*.swift' 2>/dev/null) companion/project.yml
 SIDECAR_SRC := $(shell find sidecar/src -type f \( -name '*.kt' -o -name '*.kts' \) 2>/dev/null) build.gradle.kts settings.gradle.kts
 SANDERLING_BIN := bin/sanderling
 
@@ -22,7 +27,7 @@ DOCS_TEMPLATE := docs/_template/page.html
 REPLAY_DIST := internal/replay/dist
 WEB_DIST := replay-ui/dist
 
-.PHONY: bootstrap proto sidecar sanderling install test test-go test-browser test-kotlin test-spec-api web-test web-typecheck web-build web-dev replay-dev docs clean release-cli release-npm-dry
+.PHONY: bootstrap proto sidecar sanderling install test test-go test-browser test-companion test-kotlin test-spec-api web-test web-typecheck web-build web-dev replay-dev docs clean release-cli release-npm-dry
 
 bootstrap:
 	$(GO) mod download
@@ -37,14 +42,14 @@ sidecar: $(SIDECAR_JAR)
 
 sanderling: $(SANDERLING_BIN)
 
-$(SANDERLING_BIN): $(SIDECAR_EMBED) web-build
+$(SANDERLING_BIN): $(SIDECAR_EMBED) $(COMPANION_EMBED) $(RUNNER_EMBED) web-build
 	mkdir -p bin
-	$(GO) build -tags withsidecar -o $(SANDERLING_BIN) ./cmd/sanderling
+	$(GO) build -tags "withsidecar withcompanion" -o $(SANDERLING_BIN) ./cmd/sanderling
 
 # Installs `sanderling` into $GOBIN (or $GOPATH/bin) so it's directly on PATH for
 # anyone with a standard Go toolchain setup.
-install: $(SIDECAR_EMBED) web-build
-	$(GO) install -tags withsidecar ./cmd/sanderling
+install: $(SIDECAR_EMBED) $(COMPANION_EMBED) $(RUNNER_EMBED) web-build
+	$(GO) install -tags "withsidecar withcompanion" ./cmd/sanderling
 	@dest="$$($(GO) env GOBIN)"; [ -n "$$dest" ] || dest="$$($(GO) env GOPATH)/bin"; echo "installed sanderling to $$dest"
 
 web-build:
@@ -69,6 +74,12 @@ $(SIDECAR_EMBED): $(SIDECAR_JAR)
 	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	cp $< $@
 
+$(COMPANION_EMBED): $(COMPANION_PREPARE)
+	$(COMPANION_PREPARE)
+
+$(RUNNER_EMBED): $(RUNNER_SRC) $(RUNNER_PREPARE)
+	$(RUNNER_PREPARE)
+
 test: test-go test-spec-api web-typecheck web-test
 
 test-go:
@@ -82,6 +93,12 @@ web-test:
 test-browser:
 	$(GO) test -tags browser ./test/browser/... ./internal/driver/chrome/...
 
+# Runs the withcompanion-tagged tests (asset embedding, extraction, checksum
+# reuse) against the real companion and runner bundles. Kept out of `test`
+# because preparing the companion bundle needs the darwin toolchain.
+test-companion: $(COMPANION_EMBED) $(RUNNER_EMBED)
+	$(GO) test -tags withcompanion ./internal/driver/ioscompanion/...
+
 test-kotlin:
 	ANDROID_HOME=$(ANDROID_HOME) $(GRADLE) :sidecar:test
 

THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Third Party Notices
+
+This project distributes third party software. The components below are
+included under their respective licenses.
+
+## idb-companion
+
+- Project: idb (https://github.com/facebook/idb)
+- Version: 1.1.8
+- Copyright: Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+- License: MIT
+
+The simulator companion is vendored as a prebuilt binary artifact (the
+`idb_companion` executable together with its runtime frameworks). It is
+embedded into the sanderling binary at build time and extracted to a local
+directory at runtime.
+
+### MIT License
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

buf.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 version: v2
+# The pinned simulator companion proto lives under proto/idbcompanion and is
+# deliberately excluded here. It is its own standalone buf module (see
+# proto/idbcompanion/buf.yaml) so the STANDARD lint rules below never apply to
+# it and a normal `make proto` never generates from it. Its stubs are committed
+# and regenerated only via proto/idbcompanion/buf.gen.yaml.
 modules:
   - path: proto
+    excludes:
+      - proto/idbcompanion
 lint:
   use:
     - STANDARD

cmd/sanderling/doctor.go

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ func doctorChecksFor(platform string) []doctorCheck {
 		return androidChecks()
 	case "ios":
 		return iosChecks()
+	case "ios-device":
+		return append(iosChecks(), iosDeviceChecks()...)
 	case "all":
 		return allChecks()
 	default:
@@ -55,19 +57,30 @@ func androidChecks() []doctorCheck {
 	}
 }
 
+// iosChecks covers the simulator path, which the native companion drives with
+// no JVM. A simulator host with no Java still passes. Physical-device runs
+// additionally need java and the sidecar JAR, covered by iosDeviceChecks and
+// surfaced through the "all" union.
 func iosChecks() []doctorCheck {
 	return []doctorCheck{
-		{Name: "xcrun on PATH", Run: checkExecutableOnPath("xcrun")},
-		{Name: "simctl on PATH", Run: checkExecutableOnPath("simctl")},
-		{Name: "java 17+ on PATH", Run: checkJavaVersion},
-		{Name: "sidecar JAR is real (not placeholder)", Run: checkSidecarJAR},
+		{Name: "xcrun on PATH (ios simulator)", Run: checkExecutableOnPath("xcrun")},
+		{Name: "simctl available (ios simulator)", Run: checkSimctl},
+	}
+}
+
+// iosDeviceChecks covers the extra prerequisites a physical iOS device needs:
+// the JVM and a real sidecar JAR for the sidecar driver path.
+func iosDeviceChecks() []doctorCheck {
+	return []doctorCheck{
+		{Name: "java 17+ on PATH (ios physical device)", Run: checkJavaVersion},
+		{Name: "sidecar JAR is real (ios physical device)", Run: checkSidecarJAR},
 	}
 }
 
 func allChecks() []doctorCheck {
 	seen := map[string]bool{}
 	var combined []doctorCheck
-	for _, group := range [][]doctorCheck{webChecks(), androidChecks(), iosChecks()} {
+	for _, group := range [][]doctorCheck{webChecks(), androidChecks(), iosChecks(), iosDeviceChecks()} {
 		for _, c := range group {
 			if seen[c.Name] {
 				continue
@@ -98,6 +111,15 @@ func checkChromiumLaunch(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// checkSimctl exercises `xcrun simctl help`: simctl is an xcrun subcommand,
+// not a standalone binary, so a PATH lookup can never find it.
+func checkSimctl(ctx context.Context) error {
+	if err := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "xcrun", "simctl", "help").Run(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("xcrun simctl help: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func checkSidecarJAR(_ context.Context) error {
 	if sidecarassets.IsPlaceholder() {
 		return fmt.Errorf("placeholder JAR embedded; run `make sidecar && make sanderling` to embed the real fat JAR")
@@ -116,15 +138,15 @@ func parseDoctorArgs(args []string, stderr io.Writer) (doctorOptions, error) {
 	flagSet := flag.NewFlagSet("doctor", flag.ContinueOnError)
 	flagSet.SetOutput(stderr)
 	var options doctorOptions
-	flagSet.StringVar(&options.platform, "platform", "all", "target platform: web, android, ios, all")
+	flagSet.StringVar(&options.platform, "platform", "all", "target platform: web, android, ios, ios-device, all")
 	if err := flagSet.Parse(args); err != nil {
 		return doctorOptions{}, err
 	}
 	switch options.platform {
-	case "web", "android", "ios", "all":
+	case "web", "android", "ios", "ios-device", "all":
 		return options, nil
 	default:
-		return doctorOptions{}, fmt.Errorf("unsupported platform: %q (web, android, ios, all)", options.platform)
+		return doctorOptions{}, fmt.Errorf("unsupported platform: %q (web, android, ios, ios-device, all)", options.platform)
 	}
 }
 

cmd/sanderling/doctor_test.go

@@ -127,13 +127,33 @@ func TestDoctorChecksFor_All_IsUnion(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, c := range all {
 		names[c.Name]++
 	}
-	for _, name := range []string{"adb on PATH", "xcrun on PATH", "headless chromium can launch"} {
+	for _, name := range []string{"adb on PATH", "xcrun on PATH (ios simulator)", "headless chromium can launch"} {
 		if names[name] != 1 {
 			t.Errorf("expected %q in 'all' exactly once, got %d", name, names[name])
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDoctorChecksFor_iOSSimulator_OmitsJava(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, c := range doctorChecksFor("ios") {
+		if strings.Contains(c.Name, "java") || strings.Contains(c.Name, "sidecar") {
+			t.Errorf("ios simulator checks must omit %q; simulator runs need no JVM", c.Name)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDoctorChecksFor_iOSDevice_IncludesJava(t *testing.T) {
+	found := false
+	for _, c := range doctorChecksFor("ios-device") {
+		if strings.Contains(c.Name, "java") {
+			found = true
+		}
+	}
+	if !found {
+		t.Error("ios-device checks must include java for the sidecar path")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDoctorChecksFor_UnknownPlatform(t *testing.T) {
 	if got := doctorChecksFor("fuchsia"); got != nil {
 		t.Errorf("expected nil for unknown platform, got %+v", got)

cmd/sanderling/main.go

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"syscall"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ type testOptions struct {
 	platform   string
 	avd        string
 	iosDevice  string
+	iosAppPath string
 	duration   time.Duration
 	seed       int64
 	output     string
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ func parseTestArgs(args []string, stderr io.Writer) (testOptions, error) {
 	flagSet.StringVar(&options.platform, "platform", "android", "target platform: android, ios, web")
 	flagSet.StringVar(&options.avd, "avd", "", "Android AVD name to boot if no device is connected")
 	flagSet.StringVar(&options.iosDevice, "ios-device", "", "iOS simulator name or UDID to boot if none is running")
+	flagSet.StringVar(&options.iosAppPath, "ios-app-path", "", "path to the .app bundle for iOS simulator clear-state reinstall")
 	flagSet.DurationVar(&options.duration, "duration", 5*time.Minute, "total test duration")
 	flagSet.Int64Var(&options.seed, "seed", 0, "RNG seed (0 = random)")
 	flagSet.StringVar(&options.output, "output", "./runs", "output directory for traces")
@@ -72,7 +76,11 @@ func parseTestArgs(args []string, stderr io.Writer) (testOptions, error) {
 }
 
 func runTest(options testOptions, stdout io.Writer) error {
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	// A signal-aware root context: on Ctrl-C the cancellation propagates into
+	// the drivers' process contexts, so spawned children (the iOS companion,
+	// the xcodebuild runner session) get their SIGTERM instead of outliving
+	// the run as orphans.
+	ctx, cancel := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
 	defer cancel()
 	return runTestPipeline(ctx, options, stdout)
 }

cmd/sanderling/main_test.go

@@ -181,6 +181,31 @@ func TestParseTestArgs_IosDeviceFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestParseTestArgs_IosAppPathFlag(t *testing.T) {
+	options, err := parseTestArgs([]string{
+		"--spec", "s.ts",
+		"--bundle-id", "com.example.app",
+		"--platform", "ios",
+		"--ios-app-path", "/tmp/build/iosApp.app",
+	}, io.Discard)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if options.iosAppPath != "/tmp/build/iosApp.app" {
+		t.Errorf("expected iosAppPath=/tmp/build/iosApp.app, got %q", options.iosAppPath)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseTestArgs_IosAppPathOptional(t *testing.T) {
+	options, err := parseTestArgs([]string{"--spec", "s.ts", "--bundle-id", "com.example.app"}, io.Discard)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if options.iosAppPath != "" {
+		t.Errorf("iosAppPath default: got %q, want empty", options.iosAppPath)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRun_TestSubcommand_PipelineErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	// Web skips host-dependent device boot and bundles first, so a missing spec
 	// deterministically surfaces a bundle-resolution error. This proves the

cmd/sanderling/test_run.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ func runTestPipeline(ctx context.Context, options testOptions, stdout io.Writer)
 		Platform:   options.platform,
 		AVD:        options.avd,
 		IosDevice:  options.iosDevice,
+		IosAppPath: options.iosAppPath,
 		Duration:   options.duration,
 		Seed:       options.seed,
 		Output:     options.output,

companion/Sources/AppLifecycle.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import XCTest
+
+// Launches and terminates apps through the automation session. Lifecycle
+// performed outside the session leaves its cached app proxies bound to dead
+// processes, after which snapshots hang and typing asserts.
+enum AppLifecycle {
+    enum LifecycleError: Error {
+        case failed(String)
+    }
+
+    static func launch(bundleIdentifier: String, foregroundIfRunning: Bool) throws {
+        try onMainCatching {
+            let application = XCUIApplication(bundleIdentifier: bundleIdentifier)
+            if foregroundIfRunning {
+                // activate starts the app when needed and foregrounds it when
+                // already running, without a forced relaunch.
+                application.activate()
+            } else {
+                application.launch()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    static func terminate(bundleIdentifier: String) throws {
+        try onMainCatching {
+            let application = XCUIApplication(bundleIdentifier: bundleIdentifier)
+            if application.state == .notRunning {
+                return
+            }
+            application.terminate()
+        }
+    }
+
+    // onMainCatching runs automation work on the main thread and converts a
+    // framework assertion into a thrown error so the server survives it.
+    private static func onMainCatching(_ work: @escaping () -> Void) throws {
+        var caughtError: NSError?
+        var completed = false
+        let run = {
+            completed = CompanionRunCatching(work, &caughtError)
+        }
+        if Thread.isMainThread {
+            run()
+        } else {
+            DispatchQueue.main.sync(execute: run)
+        }
+        if !completed {
+            throw LifecycleError.failed(caughtError?.localizedDescription ?? "unknown")
+        }
+    }
+}

companion/Sources/ElementTypeName.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import XCTest
+
+// Maps XCUIElement.ElementType to the capitalized conventional type names the
+// Go mapper consumes. textView is deliberately "TextArea": the Go side treats
+// "TextArea" and "TextField" as the editable types.
+func elementTypeName(_ elementType: XCUIElement.ElementType) -> String {
+    switch elementType {
+    case .application: return "Application"
+    case .group: return "Group"
+    case .window: return "Window"
+    case .sheet: return "Sheet"
+    case .drawer: return "Drawer"
+    case .alert: return "Alert"
+    case .dialog: return "Dialog"
+    case .button: return "Button"
+    case .radioButton: return "RadioButton"
+    case .radioGroup: return "RadioGroup"
+    case .checkBox: return "CheckBox"
+    case .disclosureTriangle: return "DisclosureTriangle"
+    case .popUpButton: return "PopUpButton"
+    case .comboBox: return "ComboBox"
+    case .menuButton: return "MenuButton"
+    case .toolbarButton: return "ToolbarButton"
+    case .popover: return "Popover"
+    case .keyboard: return "Keyboard"
+    case .key: return "Key"
+    case .navigationBar: return "NavigationBar"
+    case .tabBar: return "TabBar"
+    case .tabGroup: return "TabGroup"
+    case .toolbar: return "Toolbar"
+    case .statusBar: return "StatusBar"
+    case .table: return "Table"
+    case .tableRow: return "TableRow"
+    case .tableColumn: return "TableColumn"
+    case .outline: return "Outline"
+    case .outlineRow: return "OutlineRow"
+    case .browser: return "Browser"
+    case .collectionView: return "CollectionView"
+    case .slider: return "Slider"
+    case .pageIndicator: return "PageIndicator"
+    case .progressIndicator: return "ProgressIndicator"
+    case .activityIndicator: return "ActivityIndicator"
+    case .segmentedControl: return "SegmentedControl"
+    case .picker: return "Picker"
+    case .pickerWheel: return "PickerWheel"
+    case .switch: return "Switch"
+    case .toggle: return "Toggle"
+    case .link: return "Link"
+    case .image: return "Image"
+    case .icon: return "Icon"
+    case .searchField: return "SearchField"
+    case .scrollView: return "ScrollView"
+    case .scrollBar: return "ScrollBar"
+    case .staticText: return "StaticText"
+    case .textField: return "TextField"
+    case .secureTextField: return "SecureTextField"
+    case .datePicker: return "DatePicker"
+    case .textView: return "TextArea"
+    case .menu: return "Menu"
+    case .menuItem: return "MenuItem"
+    case .menuBar: return "MenuBar"
+    case .menuBarItem: return "MenuBarItem"
+    case .map: return "Map"
+    case .webView: return "WebView"
+    case .incrementArrow: return "IncrementArrow"
+    case .decrementArrow: return "DecrementArrow"
+    case .timeline: return "Timeline"
+    case .ratingIndicator: return "RatingIndicator"
+    case .valueIndicator: return "ValueIndicator"
+    case .splitGroup: return "SplitGroup"
+    case .splitter: return "Splitter"
+    case .relevanceIndicator: return "RelevanceIndicator"
+    case .colorWell: return "ColorWell"
+    case .helpTag: return "HelpTag"
+    case .matte: return "Matte"
+    case .dockItem: return "DockItem"
+    case .ruler: return "Ruler"
+    case .rulerMarker: return "RulerMarker"
+    case .grid: return "Grid"
+    case .levelIndicator: return "LevelIndicator"
+    case .cell: return "Cell"
+    case .layoutArea: return "LayoutArea"
+    case .layoutItem: return "LayoutItem"
+    case .handle: return "Handle"
+    case .stepper: return "Stepper"
+    case .tab: return "Tab"
+    case .touchBar: return "TouchBar"
+    case .statusItem: return "StatusItem"
+    case .any: return "Any"
+    case .other: return "Other"
+    @unknown default: return "Other"
+    }
+}

companion/Sources/Gesture.swift

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+import XCTest
+import CoreGraphics
+
+// Synthesizes one timestamped event record from a list of primitive events.
+//
+// The synthesizer constrains how precise timing can be expressed:
+// - Within one pointer path, event offsets are honored to the millisecond,
+//   but nothing after the path's first lift is delivered: a second press is
+//   silently dropped, whether added through the press helper or as a raw
+//   pointer event.
+// - Across paths, every event is delivered, but each path's timeline is
+//   normalized to its own first event, so a later start offset collapses.
+//
+// Sequential taps therefore become one path per tap, each anchored by a raw
+// zero-offset move event at the tap point: the anchor pins the path's
+// timeline origin to the record's, turning the tap's absolute press offset
+// into an in-path delta, which is honored. This preserves the inter-tap gap
+// to the millisecond.
+enum Gesture {
+    enum GestureError: Error {
+        case missingField(String)
+        case unknownKind(String)
+        case touchUpWithoutTouchDown
+        case touchDownWhileTouchActive
+        case synthesisFailed(String)
+    }
+
+    // minimumHoldSeconds keeps a tap's press observable when its down and up
+    // arrive at the same offset; far below any long-press threshold.
+    private static let minimumHoldSeconds = 0.03
+
+    // pathGapSeconds orders a press strictly after the previous lift when a
+    // requested gap is shorter than the minimum hold.
+    private static let pathGapSeconds = 0.005
+
+    // The raw shape of a touch move, read once from a probe path built with
+    // the path helpers so no private enum values are hardcoded.
+    private struct MoveEventShape {
+        let type: Int
+        let button: Int
+        let clicks: UInt
+    }
+
+    private static let moveShape: MoveEventShape = {
+        let probe = XCPointerEventPath(forTouchAt: CGPoint(x: 1, y: 1), offset: 0)
+        probe.move(to: CGPoint(x: 2, y: 2), atOffset: minimumHoldSeconds)
+        probe.liftUp(atOffset: minimumHoldSeconds * 2)
+        let events = probe.pointerEvents
+        let move = events.count > 1 ? events[1] : nil
+        return MoveEventShape(
+            type: move?.eventType ?? 2,
+            button: move?.buttonType ?? 0,
+            clicks: move.map { UInt($0.clickCount) } ?? 0
+        )
+    }()
+
+    // probe reports the raw events the path helpers produce, for diagnostics.
+    static func probe() -> [String: Any] {
+        let path = XCPointerEventPath(forTouchAt: CGPoint(x: 1, y: 2), offset: 0)
+        path.move(to: CGPoint(x: 3, y: 4), atOffset: 0.05)
+        path.liftUp(atOffset: 0.1)
+        return [
+            "descriptions": path.pointerEvents.map { $0.description },
+            "types": path.pointerEvents.map { $0.eventType },
+            "buttons": path.pointerEvents.map { $0.buttonType },
+            "offsets": path.pointerEvents.map { $0.offset },
+        ]
+    }
+
+    // touchSegment is one press-to-lift span at absolute record offsets.
+    private struct touchSegment {
+        var downPoint: CGPoint
+        var downOffset: Double
+        var upPoint: CGPoint
+        var upOffset: Double
+        var movePoint: CGPoint?
+        var moveOffset: Double = 0
+    }
+
+    static func perform(events: [[String: Any]]) throws {
+        var offset = 0.0
+        var lastLiftOffset = -1.0
+        var segments: [touchSegment] = []
+        var active: touchSegment?
+
+        func point(_ event: [String: Any], _ xKey: String, _ yKey: String) throws -> CGPoint {
+            guard let x = event[xKey] as? Double, let y = event[yKey] as? Double else {
+                throw GestureError.missingField("\(xKey)/\(yKey)")
+            }
+            return CGPoint(x: x, y: y)
+        }
+
+        for event in events {
+            guard let kind = event["kind"] as? String else {
+                throw GestureError.missingField("kind")
+            }
+            switch kind {
+            case "touchDown":
+                guard active == nil else {
+                    throw GestureError.touchDownWhileTouchActive
+                }
+                let location = try point(event, "x", "y")
+                let downOffset = max(offset, lastLiftOffset + Gesture.pathGapSeconds)
+                active = touchSegment(
+                    downPoint: location, downOffset: downOffset,
+                    upPoint: location, upOffset: downOffset + Gesture.minimumHoldSeconds)
+            case "touchUp":
+                guard var segment = active else {
+                    throw GestureError.touchUpWithoutTouchDown
+                }
+                segment.upPoint = try point(event, "x", "y")
+                segment.upOffset = max(offset, segment.downOffset + Gesture.minimumHoldSeconds)
+                lastLiftOffset = segment.upOffset
+                segments.append(segment)
+                active = nil
+            case "delay":
+                guard let milliseconds = event["milliseconds"] as? Double else {
+                    throw GestureError.missingField("milliseconds")
+                }
+                offset += milliseconds / 1000.0
+            case "swipe":
+                guard active == nil else {
+                    throw GestureError.touchDownWhileTouchActive
+                }
+                let from = try point(event, "fromX", "fromY")
+                let to = try point(event, "toX", "toY")
+                guard let seconds = event["seconds"] as? Double else {
+                    throw GestureError.missingField("seconds")
+                }
+                let downOffset = max(offset, lastLiftOffset + Gesture.pathGapSeconds)
+                segments.append(touchSegment(
+                    downPoint: from, downOffset: downOffset,
+                    upPoint: to, upOffset: downOffset + seconds,
+                    movePoint: to, moveOffset: downOffset + seconds))
+                lastLiftOffset = downOffset + seconds
+                offset = downOffset + seconds
+            default:
+                throw GestureError.unknownKind(kind)
+            }
+        }
+        if let segment = active {
+            // A down without an up would leave a stuck touch on screen.
+            segments.append(segment)
+        }
+        guard !segments.isEmpty else {
+            throw GestureError.missingField("events")
+        }
+
+        // The synthesis stack raises ObjC exceptions for invalid paths; bridge
+        // them into a thrown error so the server survives a bad record.
+        var caughtException: NSError?
+        var synthesisError: Error?
+        let completed = CompanionRunCatching({
+            do {
+                try Gesture.synthesize(segments: segments)
+            } catch {
+                synthesisError = error
+            }
+        }, &caughtException)
+        if !completed {
+            throw GestureError.synthesisFailed(caughtException?.localizedDescription ?? "unknown exception")
+        }
+        if let synthesisError = synthesisError {
+            throw synthesisError
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static func synthesize(segments: [touchSegment]) throws {
+        let record = XCSynthesizedEventRecord(name: "companion", interfaceOrientation: 0)
+        for (index, segment) in segments.enumerated() {
+            // Paths play back one after another with their start offsets
+            // normalized away, so each path carries its events relative to its
+            // own press. A trailing hover move then stretches the path out to
+            // the next press's absolute offset, which preserves the requested
+            // inter-tap gap under sequential playback.
+            let base = segment.downOffset
+            let path = XCPointerEventPath(forTouchAt: segment.downPoint, offset: 0)
+            // Distinct pointer identities: without this, sequential taps at
+            // the same point merge into one multi-tap gesture and the app
+            // sees a single click no matter the gap.
+            path.index = UInt64(index)
+            if let movePoint = segment.movePoint {
+                path.move(to: movePoint, atOffset: segment.moveOffset - base)
+            }
+            let upDelta = segment.upOffset - base
+            path.liftUp(atOffset: upDelta)
+            if index + 1 < segments.count {
+                let tailDelta = segments[index + 1].downOffset - base
+                if tailDelta > upDelta {
+                    path._addPointerEvent(XCPointerEvent(
+                        type: Gesture.moveShape.type,
+                        buttonType: Gesture.moveShape.button,
+                        coordinate: segment.upPoint,
+                        offset: tailDelta,
+                        clickCount: Gesture.moveShape.clicks))
+                }
+            }
+            record.add(path)
+        }
+
+        // Synchronous delivery: returns whether the event was synthesized and
+        // populates the error out-pointer on failure. This avoids the async
+        // completion-block path.
+        try record.synthesize()
+    }
+}

companion/Sources/PrivateAutomation/PrivateAutomation.h

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+#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
+#import <CoreGraphics/CoreGraphics.h>
+
+// Private XCTest event-synthesis interfaces. These ship inside the testing
+// frameworks bundled with Xcode and are the only path to timestamped touch
+// events with millisecond-precision offsets. The selectors below were verified
+// present in Xcode 26's XCUIAutomation framework binary.
+
+NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
+
+// One raw pointer event inside a path: type, screen coordinate, and offset in
+// seconds. Constructed directly so a single path can carry several
+// press-and-lift pairs at exact offsets; the press-and-lift helper methods on
+// the path silently drop a second press after a lift.
+@interface XCPointerEvent : NSObject
++ (instancetype)eventWithType:(NSInteger)eventType
+                   buttonType:(NSInteger)buttonType
+                   coordinate:(CGPoint)coordinate
+                       offset:(double)offset
+                   clickCount:(NSUInteger)clickCount;
+@property (nonatomic, readonly) NSInteger eventType;
+@property (nonatomic, readonly) NSInteger buttonType;
+@property (nonatomic, readonly) NSUInteger clickCount;
+@property (nonatomic, readonly) CGPoint coordinate;
+@property (nonatomic, readonly) double offset;
+@end
+
+// One pointer's path through a synthesized event. Offsets are seconds from the
+// start of the event record.
+@interface XCPointerEventPath : NSObject
+- (instancetype)initForTouchAtPoint:(CGPoint)point offset:(double)offset;
+- (void)moveToPoint:(CGPoint)point atOffset:(double)offset;
+- (void)pressDownAtOffset:(double)offset;
+- (void)liftUpAtOffset:(double)offset;
+- (void)_addPointerEvent:(XCPointerEvent *)pointerEvent;
+@property (nonatomic, readonly) NSArray<XCPointerEvent *> *pointerEvents;
+@property (nonatomic) unsigned long long index;
+@end
+
+// A complete synthesized event composed of one or more pointer paths.
+// synthesizeWithError: delivers the event synchronously and returns whether it
+// succeeded, which avoids the asynchronous completion-block path.
+@interface XCSynthesizedEventRecord : NSObject
+- (instancetype)initWithName:(NSString *)name
+         interfaceOrientation:(NSInteger)interfaceOrientation;
+- (void)addPointerEventPath:(XCPointerEventPath *)pointerEventPath;
+- (BOOL)synthesizeWithError:(NSError *_Nullable *_Nullable)error;
+@end
+
+// The runner-side session that delivers synthesized events to the system under
+// test.
+@interface XCTRunnerDaemonSession : NSObject
++ (instancetype)sharedSession;
+- (void)synthesizeEvent:(XCSynthesizedEventRecord *)eventRecord
+             completion:(void (^)(NSError *_Nullable error))completion;
+@end
+
+// Runs the block and converts any raised NSException into an NSError so a
+// testing-framework assertion does not terminate the runner process.
+NS_INLINE BOOL CompanionRunCatching(void (^block)(void), NSError *_Nullable *_Nullable error) {
+    @try {
+        block();
+        return YES;
+    } @catch (NSException *exception) {
+        if (error) {
+            *error = [NSError errorWithDomain:@"dev.sanderling.companion"
+                                         code:1
+                                     userInfo:@{NSLocalizedDescriptionKey: exception.reason ?: exception.name}];
+        }
+        return NO;
+    }
+}
+
+NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END

companion/Sources/RunnerTestCase.swift

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+import XCTest
+
+// The single long-lived test method: it starts the server and parks the runner
+// in a run loop so the simulator process stays alive serving the protocol.
+final class RunnerTestCase: XCTestCase {
+    func testServeForever() throws {
+        // A failed automation call must never end the test: the server has to
+        // keep serving so the host can recover and retry.
+        continueAfterFailure = true
+        let server = try Server()
+        server.start()
+        RunLoop.current.run()
+    }
+}

companion/Sources/Server.swift

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+import Foundation
+import Network
+import UIKit
+import XCTest
+
+// Newline-delimited JSON-over-TCP server. Listens on 127.0.0.1 on the port from
+// the COMPANION_PORT environment variable (default 27753). Each line is one
+// request; each reply is one line.
+final class Server {
+    private let port: NWEndpoint.Port
+    private let listener: NWListener
+    private let queue = DispatchQueue(label: "dev.sanderling.companion.server")
+    // Requests are handled off the network queue so blocking automation work
+    // (snapshot, gesture synthesis) never stalls accept and receive.
+    private let work = DispatchQueue(label: "dev.sanderling.companion.work")
+
+    // The bundle identifier of the most recently snapshotted app, used as the
+    // default target for typeText when no explicit bundleId is supplied.
+    private var currentBundleIdentifier = "com.apple.springboard"
+
+    init() throws {
+        let resolvedPort = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment["COMPANION_PORT"]
+            .flatMap { UInt16($0) } ?? 27753
+        self.port = NWEndpoint.Port(rawValue: resolvedPort)!
+        let parameters = NWParameters.tcp
+        parameters.allowLocalEndpointReuse = true
+        // The simulator shares the host network stack, so an unbound listener
+        // would be reachable from the host's LAN interfaces. Pin it to
+        // loopback so only local processes can drive the automation surface.
+        parameters.requiredLocalEndpoint = NWEndpoint.hostPort(host: "127.0.0.1", port: self.port)
+        self.listener = try NWListener(using: parameters)
+    }
+
+    func start() {
+        listener.newConnectionHandler = { [weak self] connection in
+            self?.accept(connection)
+        }
+        listener.start(queue: queue)
+    }
+
+    private func accept(_ connection: NWConnection) {
+        connection.start(queue: queue)
+        receive(on: connection, buffer: Data())
+    }
+
+    private func receive(on connection: NWConnection, buffer: Data) {
+        connection.receive(minimumIncompleteLength: 1, maximumLength: 65536) { [weak self] data, _, isComplete, error in
+            guard let self = self else { return }
+            var working = buffer
+            if let data = data {
+                working.append(data)
+            }
+            while let newlineIndex = working.firstIndex(of: 0x0A) {
+                let lineData = working.subdata(in: working.startIndex..<newlineIndex)
+                working.removeSubrange(working.startIndex...newlineIndex)
+                self.handleLine(lineData, on: connection)
+            }
+            if isComplete || error != nil {
+                connection.cancel()
+                return
+            }
+            self.receive(on: connection, buffer: working)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func handleLine(_ lineData: Data, on connection: NWConnection) {
+        guard !lineData.isEmpty else { return }
+        work.async { [weak self] in
+            guard let self = self else { return }
+            let requestId = (try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: lineData))
+                .flatMap { ($0 as? [String: Any])?["id"] as? Int } ?? 0
+            do {
+                let response = try self.dispatch(lineData)
+                self.send(response, on: connection)
+            } catch {
+                self.send(["id": requestId, "error": "\(error)"], on: connection)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func dispatch(_ lineData: Data) throws -> [String: Any] {
+        guard let request = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: lineData) as? [String: Any] else {
+            throw ServerError.malformedRequest
+        }
+        let requestId = request["id"] as? Int ?? 0
+        guard let method = request["method"] as? String else {
+            throw ServerError.malformedRequest
+        }
+        let params = request["params"] as? [String: Any] ?? [:]
+        let result = try handle(method: method, params: params)
+        return ["id": requestId, "result": result]
+    }
+
+    private func handle(method: String, params: [String: Any]) throws -> [String: Any] {
+        switch method {
+        case "health":
+            return ["ok": true]
+        case "describe":
+            return describeScreen()
+        case "snapshot":
+            let bundleIdentifier = params["bundleId"] as? String ?? currentBundleIdentifier
+            currentBundleIdentifier = bundleIdentifier
+            return ["elements": Snapshot.elements(bundleIdentifier: bundleIdentifier)]
+        case "gesture":
+            let events = params["events"] as? [[String: Any]] ?? []
+            try Gesture.perform(events: events)
+            return ["ok": true]
+        case "gestureProbe":
+            return Gesture.probe()
+        case "launch":
+            let bundleIdentifier = params["bundleId"] as? String ?? currentBundleIdentifier
+            let foregroundIfRunning = params["foregroundIfRunning"] as? Bool ?? false
+            try AppLifecycle.launch(bundleIdentifier: bundleIdentifier, foregroundIfRunning: foregroundIfRunning)
+            return ["ok": true]
+        case "terminate":
+            let bundleIdentifier = params["bundleId"] as? String ?? currentBundleIdentifier
+            try AppLifecycle.terminate(bundleIdentifier: bundleIdentifier)
+            return ["ok": true]
+        case "typeText":
+            let text = params["text"] as? String ?? ""
+            let replace = params["replace"] as? Bool ?? false
+            let bundleIdentifier = params["bundleId"] as? String ?? currentBundleIdentifier
+            try TextInput.type(text: text, replace: replace, bundleIdentifier: bundleIdentifier)
+            return ["ok": true]
+        case "screenshot":
+            return try screenshot()
+        default:
+            throw ServerError.unknownMethod(method)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func describeScreen() -> [String: Any] {
+        // The runner process has no foreground scene, so UIScreen.main.bounds
+        // returns a fallback size. The springboard application snapshot frame is
+        // the device size in points; the screen scale comes from UIScreen.
+        var scale: CGFloat = 1
+        let collect = { scale = UIScreen.main.scale }
+        if Thread.isMainThread {
+            collect()
+        } else {
+            DispatchQueue.main.sync(execute: collect)
+        }
+        var width = 0
+        var height = 0
+        if let root = Snapshot.elements(bundleIdentifier: "com.apple.springboard").first,
+           let frame = root["frame"] as? [String: Any] {
+            width = Int(frame["width"] as? Double ?? 0)
+            height = Int(frame["height"] as? Double ?? 0)
+        }
+        return [
+            "widthPoints": width,
+            "heightPoints": height,
+            "scale": Double(scale),
+        ]
+    }
+
+    private func screenshot() throws -> [String: Any] {
+        let image = XCUIScreen.main.screenshot()
+        return ["pngBase64": image.pngRepresentation.base64EncodedString()]
+    }
+
+    private func send(_ object: [String: Any], on connection: NWConnection) {
+        guard var data = try? JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: object) else {
+            return
+        }
+        data.append(0x0A)
+        connection.send(content: data, completion: .contentProcessed { _ in })
+    }
+
+    enum ServerError: Error {
+        case malformedRequest
+        case unknownMethod(String)
+    }
+}

companion/Sources/Snapshot.swift

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+import XCTest
+
+// Flattens an accessibility snapshot tree into the legacy flat element array.
+enum Snapshot {
+    // Produces the flat element array for the given bundle identifier. Falls back
+    // to springboard if the requested app is not running or its snapshot throws.
+    // Snapshot resolution can demand the test's execution context, which lives
+    // on the main thread, and a framework assertion raises an exception that
+    // would kill the server; so the capture runs on main inside the catch
+    // bridge, and an assertion yields an empty dump, which upstream treats as
+    // collapsed and retries.
+    static func elements(bundleIdentifier: String) -> [[String: Any]] {
+        var result: [[String: Any]] = []
+        var caughtError: NSError?
+        let work = {
+            _ = CompanionRunCatching({
+                if let captured = try? capture(bundleIdentifier: bundleIdentifier) {
+                    result = captured
+                } else if let fallback = try? capture(bundleIdentifier: "com.apple.springboard") {
+                    result = fallback
+                }
+            }, &caughtError)
+        }
+        if Thread.isMainThread {
+            work()
+        } else {
+            DispatchQueue.main.sync(execute: work)
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private static func capture(bundleIdentifier: String) throws -> [[String: Any]] {
+        let application = XCUIApplication(bundleIdentifier: bundleIdentifier)
+        let root = try application.snapshot()
+        var result: [[String: Any]] = []
+        walk(root, into: &result)
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private static func walk(_ node: XCUIElementSnapshot, into result: inout [[String: Any]]) {
+        // The keyboard subtree is pruned: the legacy accessibility bridge
+        // never exposed it, its key frames are unreliable as tap targets, and
+        // its shift-state churn destabilizes settle hashing.
+        if node.elementType == .keyboard {
+            return
+        }
+        result.append(serialize(node))
+        for child in node.children {
+            walk(child, into: &result)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static func serialize(_ node: XCUIElementSnapshot) -> [String: Any] {
+        let frame = node.frame
+        return [
+            "type": elementTypeName(node.elementType),
+            "frame": [
+                "x": Double(frame.origin.x),
+                "y": Double(frame.origin.y),
+                "width": Double(frame.size.width),
+                "height": Double(frame.size.height),
+            ],
+            "enabled": node.isEnabled,
+            "AXLabel": nullableString(node.label),
+            "AXValue": nullableString(stringifyValue(node.value)),
+            "AXUniqueId": nullableString(node.identifier),
+        ]
+    }
+
+    private static func nullableString(_ value: String?) -> Any {
+        guard let value = value, !value.isEmpty else { return NSNull() }
+        return value
+    }
+
+    private static func stringifyValue(_ value: Any?) -> String? {
+        guard let value = value else { return nil }
+        if let text = value as? String { return text }
+        return String(describing: value)
+    }
+}

companion/Sources/TextInput.swift

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+import XCTest
+
+// Types unicode text into the focused element through the public typeText API,
+// avoiding the pasteboard entirely. With replace enabled, the current value
+// length is consumed first by prepending that many delete keys so the whole
+// replacement happens in one typeText call.
+enum TextInput {
+    enum TextInputError: Error {
+        case typingFailed(String)
+    }
+
+    static func type(text: String, replace: Bool, bundleIdentifier: String) throws {
+        let application = XCUIApplication(bundleIdentifier: bundleIdentifier)
+
+        var payload = text
+        if replace {
+            let deleteCount = deletePrefixLength(bundleIdentifier: bundleIdentifier)
+            if deleteCount > 0 {
+                let deletes = String(repeating: XCUIKeyboardKey.delete.rawValue, count: deleteCount)
+                payload = deletes + text
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Type at the application level so it lands in whatever holds keyboard
+        // focus, without resolving a specific element. Compose Multiplatform
+        // text fields do not reliably expose hasKeyboardFocus to the query layer.
+        // typeText must run on the main thread.
+        var caughtError: NSError?
+        var completed = false
+        runOnMain {
+            completed = CompanionRunCatching({
+                application.typeText(payload)
+            }, &caughtError)
+        }
+        if !completed {
+            throw TextInputError.typingFailed(caughtError?.localizedDescription ?? "unknown")
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static func runOnMain(_ work: () -> Void) {
+        if Thread.isMainThread {
+            work()
+        } else {
+            DispatchQueue.main.sync(execute: work)
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Sizes the delete prefix for replace. The snapshot does not say which
+    // editable field holds keyboard focus (Compose fields never expose
+    // hasKeyboardFocus), so the prefix covers the longest editable value on
+    // screen: deletes beyond the focused field's content are no-ops at the
+    // start of the field, while undersizing would leave residue and silently
+    // turn replace into append.
+    private static func deletePrefixLength(bundleIdentifier: String) -> Int {
+        let elements = Snapshot.elements(bundleIdentifier: bundleIdentifier)
+        var longest = 0
+        for element in elements {
+            guard let type = element["type"] as? String,
+                  type == "TextArea" || type == "TextField",
+                  let value = element["AXValue"] as? String else {
+                continue
+            }
+            longest = max(longest, value.count)
+        }
+        return longest
+    }
+}

companion/prepare.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Builds the embeddable simulator runner tarball.
+#
+# Regenerates the Xcode project, builds the UI test bundle for a generic
+# simulator destination (so no booted simulator is needed), then stages a
+# relocatable test root: the runner app alongside its xctestrun. A port
+# placeholder is injected into the xctestrun so the driver can substitute the
+# real port before launching. The staged tree is packaged as a tarball.
+#
+# Output: ../internal/driver/ioscompanion/runnerassets/assets/runner-1.0.0.tar.gz
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Keep the archiver from emitting AppleDouble (._name) sidecar entries that
+# would otherwise duplicate extended attributes into the payload.
+export COPYFILE_DISABLE=1
+
+VERSION="1.0.0"
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+ASSETS_DIR="${SCRIPT_DIR}/../internal/driver/ioscompanion/runnerassets/assets"
+OUTPUT="${ASSETS_DIR}/runner-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
+
+cd "${SCRIPT_DIR}"
+
+# Regenerate the project from its spec. The .xcodeproj is gitignored, so a
+# fresh checkout must produce it before building.
+/opt/homebrew/bin/xcodegen --spec project.yml
+
+# Build the UI test bundle for a generic simulator destination so no booted
+# simulator is required; products land under build/Build/Products/.
+xcodebuild build-for-testing \
+  -project CompanionRunner.xcodeproj \
+  -scheme CompanionRunner \
+  -destination 'generic/platform=iOS Simulator' \
+  -derivedDataPath build \
+  CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO
+
+PRODUCTS="${SCRIPT_DIR}/build/Build/Products"
+
+STAGE="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "${STAGE}"' EXIT
+
+# The xctestrun name embeds the simulator SDK version, so resolve it rather
+# than hardcoding it.
+XCTESTRUN="$(find "${PRODUCTS}" -maxdepth 1 -name '*.xctestrun' -print -quit)"
+if [ -z "${XCTESTRUN}" ]; then
+  echo "no xctestrun under ${PRODUCTS}" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+cp "${XCTESTRUN}" "${STAGE}/runner.xctestrun"
+
+# Copy the runner app into the staged products directory. The .swiftmodule
+# sibling is build-time only and is not copied.
+mkdir -p "${STAGE}/Debug-iphonesimulator"
+cp -R \
+  "${PRODUCTS}/Debug-iphonesimulator/CompanionRunnerUITests-Runner.app" \
+  "${STAGE}/Debug-iphonesimulator/CompanionRunnerUITests-Runner.app"
+
+# Inject the port placeholder the driver substitutes at launch time.
+/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy \
+  -c "Add :CompanionRunnerUITests:EnvironmentVariables:COMPANION_PORT string __COMPANION_PORT__" \
+  "${STAGE}/runner.xctestrun"
+
+STAGED_BYTES="$(find "${STAGE}" -type f -exec stat -f%z {} + | awk '{sum += $1} END {print sum}')"
+
+mkdir -p "${ASSETS_DIR}"
+tar -czf "${OUTPUT}" -C "${STAGE}" .
+
+SHA="$(shasum -a 256 "${OUTPUT}" | awk '{print $1}')"
+
+echo "wrote ${OUTPUT}"
+echo "staged uncompressed size: ${STAGED_BYTES} bytes"
+echo "sha256: ${SHA}"

companion/project.yml

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+name: CompanionRunner
+options:
+  bundleIdPrefix: dev.sanderling
+  deploymentTarget:
+    iOS: "16.0"
+  createIntermediateGroups: true
+
+settings:
+  base:
+    CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED: "NO"
+    CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED: "NO"
+    SWIFT_VERSION: "5.0"
+
+targets:
+  CompanionRunnerUITests:
+    type: bundle.ui-testing
+    platform: iOS
+    productName: CompanionRunnerUITests
+    sources:
+      - Sources
+    settings:
+      base:
+        PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER: dev.sanderling.companion
+        SWIFT_OBJC_BRIDGING_HEADER: Sources/PrivateAutomation/PrivateAutomation.h
+        OTHER_LDFLAGS:
+          - "-framework"
+          - "XCTest"
+
+schemes:
+  CompanionRunner:
+    build:
+      targets:
+        CompanionRunnerUITests: all
+    test:
+      targets:
+        - CompanionRunnerUITests

conformance/.gitignore

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+runs/

conformance/gates.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Scripted conformance gate for the iOS simulator driver. Runs five serial,
+# non-overlapping 3-minute fuzz runs against the folio example app
+# (examples/folio) and scores five gates (G1..G5) over the captured traces and
+# output. Exits non-zero if any gate fails.
+#
+# Backends:
+#   BACKEND=simulator (default)  drive the booted iOS simulator
+#   BACKEND=device               drive an attached physical iPhone via the
+#                                native sidecar; select it with
+#                                IOS_DEVICE="<name>" (passed as --ios-device)
+#
+# Usage:
+#   ./gates.sh                          run the simulator gates
+#   BACKEND=device IOS_DEVICE="iPhone" ./gates.sh
+#   ./gates.sh --self-test              run the offline analyzer tests only
+#
+# Tunables (environment):
+#   RUNS=5            number of serial runs
+#   DURATION=3m       per-run fuzz duration
+#   SEED=0            fuzz seed
+#   P95_LIMIT_MS=2500 G5 p95 step-latency ceiling in milliseconds
+#   SANDERLING=sanderling  binary to invoke
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+script_directory="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+folio_directory="$(cd "${script_directory}/../examples/folio" && pwd)"
+
+BACKEND="${BACKEND:-simulator}"
+RUNS="${RUNS:-5}"
+DURATION="${DURATION:-3m}"
+SEED="${SEED:-0}"
+P95_LIMIT_MS="${P95_LIMIT_MS:-2500}"
+SANDERLING="${SANDERLING:-sanderling}"
+IOS_DEVICE="${IOS_DEVICE:-iPhone 17 Pro}"
+
+bundle_id="app.folio"
+spec_path="${folio_directory}/sanderling/spec.ts"
+ios_app="${folio_directory}/app/iosApp/build/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/iosApp.app"
+
+# The companion binary, embedded for simulator runs. Referenced by file name
+# only for the orphan-process check; prose elsewhere says "the companion".
+companion_process_name="idb_companion"
+
+# Known-benign stderr lines the companion always prints. These are matched as
+# fixed substrings and excluded from the G2 ERROR scan. Keep this list tight:
+# only lines that are provably harmless and emitted on every healthy run.
+benign_stderr_substrings=(
+  # The dynamic linker reports the same Objective-C class registered by two
+  # loaded images. The companion runs fine; this is cosmetic. The real line
+  # reads "objc[<pid>]: Class ...", so the fixed substring is "]: Class".
+  "]: Class"
+  "is implemented in both"
+  "One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined."
+  # gRPC and absl emit informational banner lines on startup.
+  "WARNING: All log messages before absl::InitializeLog()"
+)
+
+# ---- gate analyzers (pure, operate on a single run directory) --------------
+
+# G2 helper: strip benign companion noise, then report sanderling ERROR lines.
+# sanderling's progress logger renders error-level records as lines beginning
+# "error:" (see internal/testrun/progress.go). We also catch the upper-case
+# ERROR token (word-bounded, so ERRORS/ERRORLESS and path fragments do not
+# trip the gate) for safety against future handlers.
+error_lines_in() {
+  local output_file="$1"
+  local filtered
+  filtered="$(cat "$output_file")"
+  local pattern
+  for pattern in "${benign_stderr_substrings[@]}"; do
+    filtered="$(printf '%s\n' "$filtered" | grep -vF "$pattern" || true)"
+  done
+  printf '%s\n' "$filtered" | grep -E '(^error:|\bERROR\b)' || true
+}
+
+# G1: process exit status recorded by the runner loop.
+gate_exit_zero() {
+  local run_directory="$1"
+  [[ "$(cat "${run_directory}/exit_status")" == "0" ]]
+}
+
+# G2: no sanderling ERROR lines after filtering benign companion noise.
+gate_no_error_lines() {
+  local run_directory="$1"
+  local found
+  found="$(error_lines_in "${run_directory}/output.log")"
+  [[ -z "$found" ]]
+}
+
+# G3: the first hierarchy snapshot shows the login screen with empty email and
+# password fields (clear-state proof). Reads the first trace line carrying a
+# hierarchy and asserts LoginEmail/LoginPassword carry no text.
+gate_clear_state() {
+  local run_directory="$1"
+  local trace_file="${run_directory}/trace.jsonl"
+  [[ -f "$trace_file" ]] || return 1
+  local verdict
+  verdict="$(jq -s -r '
+    [ .[] | select(.hierarchy != null) ] as $withHierarchy
+    | if ($withHierarchy | length) == 0 then "fail:no-hierarchy"
+      else ($withHierarchy[0].hierarchy.elements // []) as $elements
+      | ($elements | map(select(.resourceId == "LoginEmail"))    | first) as $email
+      | ($elements | map(select(.resourceId == "LoginPassword")) | first) as $password
+      | if $email == null or $password == null then "fail:no-login-fields"
+        elif (($email.attrs.text // $email.text // "") != "") then "fail:email-not-empty"
+        elif (($password.attrs.text // $password.text // "") != "") then "fail:password-not-empty"
+        else "pass" end
+      end
+  ' "$trace_file")"
+  [[ "$verdict" == "pass" ]]
+}
+
+# G4: no doubled text after InputText. For each InputText action targeting a
+# field, the field's value in the NEXT hierarchy must not contain the input
+# concatenated with itself (catches append-vs-replace and double-paste bugs).
+# The action chosen at step N is applied before step N+1 is observed, so the
+# effect lands in the following snapshot.
+gate_no_doubled_text() {
+  local run_directory="$1"
+  local trace_file="${run_directory}/trace.jsonl"
+  [[ -f "$trace_file" ]] || return 1
+  local verdict
+  verdict="$(jq -s -r '
+    # Map a selector like "testTag:LoginScreen > testTag:LoginEmail" to its
+    # target field id: the token after the final ":" of the last segment.
+    def target_field(selector):
+      (selector | split(">") | last | gsub("^\\s+|\\s+$";"")) as $last
+      | ($last | split(":") | last);
+
+    [ .[] | select(.hierarchy != null) ] as $steps
+    | reduce range(0; ($steps | length)) as $i ([];
+        ($steps[$i]) as $current
+        | (if $i + 1 < ($steps | length) then $steps[$i + 1] else null end) as $next
+        | if ($current.next_action.kind == "InputText") and ($next != null)
+          then
+            (target_field($current.next_action.selector // "")) as $field
+            | ($current.next_action.text // "") as $typed
+            | (($next.hierarchy.elements // [])
+               | map(select(.resourceId == $field)) | first) as $element
+            | if $element != null and $typed != ""
+              then
+                (($element.attrs.text // $element.text // "")) as $value
+                | if ($value | contains($typed + $typed))
+                  then . + [{field: $field, typed: $typed, value: $value}]
+                  else . end
+              else . end
+          else . end)
+    | if length == 0 then "pass"
+      else "fail:" + (.[0].field) + ":" + (.[0].value) end
+  ' "$trace_file")"
+  [[ "$verdict" == "pass" ]]
+}
+
+# Emit one step-latency sample per consecutive trace-step pair, in
+# milliseconds, on stdout. The trace records a wall-clock timestamp per step;
+# the latency of a step is the gap to the next step's observation. Used by G5,
+# which aggregates samples across all runs before computing the p95. Timestamps
+# are RFC3339 with fractional seconds and a numeric offset, so they are parsed
+# with python3 rather than jq's UTC-only fromdateiso8601.
+emit_step_latencies() {
+  local trace_file="$1"
+  [[ -f "$trace_file" ]] || return 0
+  jq -r 'select(.timestamp != null) | .timestamp' "$trace_file" \
+    | python3 -c '
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime
+stamps = [datetime.fromisoformat(line.strip()) for line in sys.stdin if line.strip()]
+for earlier, later in zip(stamps, stamps[1:]):
+    print(int((later - earlier).total_seconds() * 1000))
+'
+}
+
+# Compute the p95 (nearest-rank) of the latency samples on stdin, in ms.
+p95_of() {
+  python3 -c '
+import sys, math
+samples = sorted(int(float(line)) for line in sys.stdin if line.strip())
+if not samples:
+    print(0)
+    sys.exit(0)
+rank = max(1, math.ceil(0.95 * len(samples)))
+print(samples[rank - 1])
+'
+}
+
+# G5 orphan check: report any lingering companion, runner session (the hybrid
+# simulator driver hosts an in-simulator runner), and, on the device backend,
+# the XCTest runner java sidecar. Empty output means clean.
+orphan_processes() {
+  local found=""
+  if pgrep -f "$companion_process_name" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    found+="companion "
+  fi
+  if pgrep -f "sanderling-runner.*xctestrun" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    found+="runner-session "
+  fi
+  if pgrep -f "CompanionRunnerUITests-Runner" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    found+="runner-app "
+  fi
+  if [[ "$BACKEND" == "device" ]]; then
+    # The native sidecar that drives the XCTest runner for physical devices.
+    if pgrep -f "sanderling.*sidecar.jar" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      found+="sidecar "
+    fi
+  fi
+  printf '%s' "$found"
+}
+
+# ---- run orchestration -----------------------------------------------------
+
+invoke_sanderling() {
+  local output_directory="$1"
+  local output_log="$2"
+  local exit_status_file="$3"
+
+  local target_flags=()
+  if [[ "$BACKEND" == "device" ]]; then
+    target_flags=(--ios-device "$IOS_DEVICE")
+  else
+    # Simulator: build + install the current app so each run starts from the
+    # current build, matching the test-ios recipe. clear-state reinstall uses
+    # --ios-app-path. just ios boots IOS_DEVICE if nothing is booted.
+    target_flags=(--ios-device "$IOS_DEVICE" --ios-app-path "$ios_app")
+  fi
+
+  local status=0
+  "$SANDERLING" test \
+    --platform ios \
+    --spec "$spec_path" \
+    --bundle-id "$bundle_id" \
+    "${target_flags[@]}" \
+    --duration "$DURATION" \
+    --seed "$SEED" \
+    --output "$output_directory" \
+    >"$output_log" 2>&1 || status=$?
+  printf '%s' "$status" >"$exit_status_file"
+}
+
+# Locate the run directory sanderling created under output_directory (it nests
+# a timestamped subdirectory) and normalise its artifacts up one level.
+collect_run_artifacts() {
+  local output_directory="$1"
+  [[ -f "${output_directory}/trace.jsonl" ]] && return 0
+  local produced
+  produced="$(find "$output_directory" -mindepth 2 -name 'trace.jsonl' 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)"
+  if [[ -n "$produced" ]]; then
+    cp "$produced" "${output_directory}/trace.jsonl" 2>/dev/null || true
+  fi
+}
+
+run_gates() {
+  if [[ "$BACKEND" == "simulator" ]]; then
+    echo "preparing folio build for the simulator backend"
+    ( cd "$folio_directory" && just ios >/dev/null )
+  fi
+
+  local timestamp
+  timestamp="$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
+  local gate_root="${script_directory}/runs/${timestamp}"
+  mkdir -p "$gate_root"
+  echo "gate root: ${gate_root}"
+  echo "backend=${BACKEND} runs=${RUNS} duration=${DURATION} seed=${SEED} p95_limit_ms=${P95_LIMIT_MS}"
+
+  local all_latencies="${gate_root}/all-latencies.txt"
+  : >"$all_latencies"
+
+  local -a g1 g2 g3 g4 g5
+  local run_index
+  for ((run_index = 1; run_index <= RUNS; run_index++)); do
+    local run_directory="${gate_root}/run-${run_index}"
+    mkdir -p "$run_directory"
+    echo "run ${run_index}/${RUNS} -> ${run_directory}"
+
+    invoke_sanderling "$run_directory" "${run_directory}/output.log" "${run_directory}/exit_status"
+    collect_run_artifacts "$run_directory"
+
+    g1[run_index]=$(gate_exit_zero      "$run_directory" && echo PASS || echo FAIL)
+    g2[run_index]=$(gate_no_error_lines "$run_directory" && echo PASS || echo FAIL)
+    g3[run_index]=$(gate_clear_state    "$run_directory" && echo PASS || echo FAIL)
+    g4[run_index]=$(gate_no_doubled_text "$run_directory" && echo PASS || echo FAIL)
+
+    emit_step_latencies "${run_directory}/trace.jsonl" >>"$all_latencies"
+
+    local orphans
+    orphans="$(orphan_processes)"
+    if [[ -n "$orphans" ]]; then
+      g5[run_index]="FAIL"
+      echo "  orphaned processes after run ${run_index}: ${orphans}"
+    else
+      g5[run_index]="PENDING"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  local p95
+  p95="$(p95_of <"$all_latencies")"
+  local final_orphans
+  final_orphans="$(orphan_processes)"
+
+  # G5 is global: p95 is computed over every run's samples and an orphan after
+  # any single run fails the whole gate. Decide once, then stamp every row.
+  local g5_global="PASS"
+  if [[ "$p95" -ge "$P95_LIMIT_MS" ]]; then
+    g5_global="FAIL"
+  fi
+  if [[ -n "$final_orphans" ]]; then
+    g5_global="FAIL"
+    echo "orphaned processes at end: ${final_orphans}"
+  fi
+  for ((run_index = 1; run_index <= RUNS; run_index++)); do
+    if [[ "${g5[run_index]}" == "FAIL" ]]; then
+      g5_global="FAIL"
+    fi
+  done
+  for ((run_index = 1; run_index <= RUNS; run_index++)); do
+    g5[run_index]="$g5_global"
+  done
+
+  echo
+  printf 'run  G1    G2    G3    G4    G5\n'
+  local verdict="PASS"
+  for ((run_index = 1; run_index <= RUNS; run_index++)); do
+    printf '%-4s %-5s %-5s %-5s %-5s %-5s\n' \
+      "$run_index" "${g1[run_index]}" "${g2[run_index]}" "${g3[run_index]}" "${g4[run_index]}" "${g5[run_index]}"
+    for cell in "${g1[run_index]}" "${g2[run_index]}" "${g3[run_index]}" "${g4[run_index]}" "${g5[run_index]}"; do
+      [[ "$cell" == "PASS" ]] || verdict="FAIL"
+    done
+  done
+  echo
+  echo "p95 step latency: ${p95}ms (limit ${P95_LIMIT_MS}ms)"
+  if [[ "$verdict" == "PASS" ]]; then
+    echo "GATES PASS"
+    return 0
+  fi
+  echo "GATES FAIL"
+  return 1
+}
+
+# ---- offline self-test -----------------------------------------------------
+# Exercises every analyzer against canned passing/failing run directories under
+# testdata/ so the parsing logic can be checked without a device.
+
+self_test() {
+  local testdata="${script_directory}/testdata"
+  local failures=0
+
+  assert() {
+    local label="$1" expected="$2" actual="$3"
+    if [[ "$expected" == "$actual" ]]; then
+      printf 'ok   %s\n' "$label"
+    else
+      printf 'FAIL %s (expected %s, got %s)\n' "$label" "$expected" "$actual"
+      failures=$((failures + 1))
+    fi
+  }
+
+  assert "G1 pass run exits zero" PASS \
+    "$(gate_exit_zero "${testdata}/pass" && echo PASS || echo FAIL)"
+  assert "G1 fail run nonzero exit" FAIL \
+    "$(gate_exit_zero "${testdata}/g1-nonzero-exit" && echo PASS || echo FAIL)"
+
+  assert "G2 pass run no errors" PASS \
+    "$(gate_no_error_lines "${testdata}/pass" && echo PASS || echo FAIL)"
+  assert "G2 benign noise tolerated" PASS \
+    "$(gate_no_error_lines "${testdata}/g2-benign-only" && echo PASS || echo FAIL)"
+  assert "G2 real error caught" FAIL \
+    "$(gate_no_error_lines "${testdata}/g2-real-error" && echo PASS || echo FAIL)"
+
+  assert "G3 pass clear state" PASS \
+    "$(gate_clear_state "${testdata}/pass" && echo PASS || echo FAIL)"
+  assert "G3 dirty fields caught" FAIL \
+    "$(gate_clear_state "${testdata}/g3-dirty-field" && echo PASS || echo FAIL)"
+
+  assert "G4 pass no doubling" PASS \
+    "$(gate_no_doubled_text "${testdata}/pass" && echo PASS || echo FAIL)"
+  assert "G4 doubled text caught" FAIL \
+    "$(gate_no_doubled_text "${testdata}/g4-doubled-text" && echo PASS || echo FAIL)"
+
+  local pass_p95 slow_p95
+  pass_p95="$(emit_step_latencies "${testdata}/pass/trace.jsonl" | p95_of)"
+  slow_p95="$(emit_step_latencies "${testdata}/g5-slow-p95/trace.jsonl" | p95_of)"
+  assert "G5 pass p95 under limit" PASS \
+    "$([[ "$pass_p95" -lt "$P95_LIMIT_MS" ]] && echo PASS || echo FAIL)"
+  assert "G5 slow p95 over limit" FAIL \
+    "$([[ "$slow_p95" -lt "$P95_LIMIT_MS" ]] && echo PASS || echo FAIL)"
+
+  echo
+  if [[ "$failures" -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo "SELF-TEST PASS"
+    return 0
+  fi
+  echo "SELF-TEST FAIL (${failures} failed)"
+  return 1
+}
+
+main() {
+  case "${1:-}" in
+    --self-test) self_test ;;
+    "") run_gates ;;
+    *) echo "usage: $0 [--self-test]" >&2; exit 2 ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+main "$@"

conformance/testdata/g1-nonzero-exit/exit_status

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1

conformance/testdata/g1-nonzero-exit/output.log

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+run complete

conformance/testdata/g1-nonzero-exit/trace.jsonl

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{"step": 1, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:00.600000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}, "next_action": {"kind": "InputText", "text": "[email protected]", "selector": "testTag:LoginScreen > testTag:LoginEmail"}}
+{"step": 2, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:01.200000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "[email protected]"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}, "next_action": {"kind": "InputText", "text": "ledger123", "selector": "testTag:LoginScreen > testTag:LoginPassword"}}
+{"step": 3, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:01.800000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "[email protected]"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "ledger123"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}}
+{"step": 4, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:02.400000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "[email protected]"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "ledger123"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}}

conformance/testdata/g2-benign-only/exit_status

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+0

conformance/testdata/g2-benign-only/output.log

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+companion pid=4242 listening on 127.0.0.1:51000
+objc[4242]: Class FBSDKError is implemented in both /a (0x1) and /b (0x2). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
+WARNING: All log messages before absl::InitializeLog() is called are written to STDERR
+archived previous runs under runs/ERRORS_archive
+run complete

conformance/testdata/g2-benign-only/trace.jsonl

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{"step": 1, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:00.600000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}, "next_action": {"kind": "InputText", "text": "[email protected]", "selector": "testTag:LoginScreen > testTag:LoginEmail"}}
+{"step": 2, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:01.200000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "[email protected]"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}, "next_action": {"kind": "InputText", "text": "ledger123", "selector": "testTag:LoginScreen > testTag:LoginPassword"}}
+{"step": 3, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:01.800000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "[email protected]"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "ledger123"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}}
+{"step": 4, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:02.400000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "[email protected]"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "ledger123"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}}

conformance/testdata/g2-real-error/exit_status

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+0

conformance/testdata/g2-real-error/output.log

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+companion pid=4242 listening on 127.0.0.1:51000
+objc[4242]: Class FBSDKError is implemented in both /a (0x1) and /b (0x2). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
+WARNING: All log messages before absl::InitializeLog() is called are written to STDERR
+archived previous runs under runs/ERRORS_archive
+error: hierarchy fetch failed: companion connection lost

conformance/testdata/g2-real-error/trace.jsonl

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{"step": 1, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:00.600000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}, "next_action": {"kind": "InputText", "text": "[email protected]", "selector": "testTag:LoginScreen > testTag:LoginEmail"}}
+{"step": 2, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:01.200000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "[email protected]"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}, "next_action": {"kind": "InputText", "text": "ledger123", "selector": "testTag:LoginScreen > testTag:LoginPassword"}}
+{"step": 3, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:01.800000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "[email protected]"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "ledger123"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}}
+{"step": 4, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:02.400000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "[email protected]"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "ledger123"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}}

conformance/testdata/g3-dirty-field/exit_status

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+0

conformance/testdata/g3-dirty-field/output.log

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+run complete

conformance/testdata/g3-dirty-field/trace.jsonl

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{"step": 1, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:00.600000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "[email protected]"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "leftover"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}, "next_action": {"kind": "InputText", "text": "[email protected]", "selector": "testTag:LoginScreen > testTag:LoginEmail"}}
+{"step": 2, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:01.200000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "[email protected]"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "leftover"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}}

conformance/testdata/g4-doubled-text/exit_status

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0

conformance/testdata/g4-doubled-text/output.log

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+run complete

conformance/testdata/g4-doubled-text/trace.jsonl

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{"step": 1, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:00.600000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}, "next_action": {"kind": "InputText", "text": "[email protected]", "selector": "testTag:LoginScreen > testTag:LoginEmail"}}
+{"step": 2, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:01.200000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "[email protected]@folio.app"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}}

conformance/testdata/g5-slow-p95/exit_status

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0

conformance/testdata/g5-slow-p95/output.log

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+run complete

conformance/testdata/g5-slow-p95/trace.jsonl

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{"step": 1, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:04+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}, "next_action": {"kind": "InputText", "text": "[email protected]", "selector": "testTag:LoginScreen > testTag:LoginEmail"}}
+{"step": 2, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:08+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "[email protected]"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}, "next_action": {"kind": "InputText", "text": "ledger123", "selector": "testTag:LoginScreen > testTag:LoginPassword"}}
+{"step": 3, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:12+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "[email protected]"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "ledger123"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}}
+{"step": 4, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:16+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "[email protected]"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "ledger123"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}}

conformance/testdata/generate.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Regenerates the canned gate-analyzer fixtures. Each fixture is a minimal but
+# format-accurate run directory (trace.jsonl + output.log + exit_status) that
+# isolates one gate's pass or fail condition. Run from this directory:
+#   python3 generate.py
+import json
+import os
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+
+HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+BASE = datetime(2026, 6, 6, 12, 0, 0, tzinfo=timezone(timedelta(hours=5, minutes=30)))
+
+
+def element(resource_id, text="", element_class="android.widget.EditText"):
+    return {
+        "resourceId": resource_id,
+        "class": element_class,
+        "editable": True,
+        "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135},
+        "attrs": {"resource-id": resource_id, "class": element_class, "text": text},
+    }
+
+
+def login_screen(email_text="", password_text=""):
+    return {
+        "elements": [
+            element("LoginScreen", element_class="android.view.View"),
+            element("LoginEmail", email_text),
+            element("LoginPassword", password_text),
+            element("LoginSubmit", element_class="android.view.View"),
+        ]
+    }
+
+
+def input_action(field, text):
+    return {
+        "kind": "InputText",
+        "text": text,
+        "selector": f"testTag:LoginScreen > testTag:{field}",
+    }
+
+
+def step(index, gap_ms, hierarchy, next_action=None):
+    timestamp = (BASE + timedelta(milliseconds=index * gap_ms)).isoformat()
+    record = {"step": index, "timestamp": timestamp, "hierarchy": hierarchy}
+    if next_action is not None:
+        record["next_action"] = next_action
+    return record
+
+
+def write_run(name, steps, exit_status="0", output_lines=None):
+    directory = os.path.join(HERE, name)
+    os.makedirs(directory, exist_ok=True)
+    with open(os.path.join(directory, "trace.jsonl"), "w") as handle:
+        for record in steps:
+            handle.write(json.dumps(record) + "\n")
+    with open(os.path.join(directory, "exit_status"), "w") as handle:
+        handle.write(exit_status)
+    lines = output_lines if output_lines is not None else ["run complete\n"]
+    with open(os.path.join(directory, "output.log"), "w") as handle:
+        handle.writelines(lines)
+
+
+# A clean run: empty login fields first, single (not doubled) typed values in
+# the following snapshots, sub-second step gaps.
+def healthy_steps(gap_ms=600):
+    return [
+        step(1, gap_ms, login_screen("", ""), input_action("LoginEmail", "[email protected]")),
+        step(2, gap_ms, login_screen("[email protected]", ""), input_action("LoginPassword", "ledger123")),
+        step(3, gap_ms, login_screen("[email protected]", "ledger123")),
+        step(4, gap_ms, login_screen("[email protected]", "ledger123")),
+    ]
+
+
+BENIGN_NOISE = [
+    "companion pid=4242 listening on 127.0.0.1:51000\n",
+    "objc[4242]: Class FBSDKError is implemented in both /a (0x1) and /b (0x2). "
+    "One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.\n",
+    "WARNING: All log messages before absl::InitializeLog() is called are written to STDERR\n",
+    # An incidental ERROR substring inside a longer word: the G2 scan is
+    # word-bounded, so this must not trip the gate.
+    "archived previous runs under runs/ERRORS_archive\n",
+]
+
+write_run("pass", healthy_steps())
+
+write_run("g1-nonzero-exit", healthy_steps(), exit_status="1")
+
+write_run("g2-benign-only", healthy_steps(), output_lines=BENIGN_NOISE + ["run complete\n"])
+
+write_run(
+    "g2-real-error",
+    healthy_steps(),
+    output_lines=BENIGN_NOISE
+    + ["error: hierarchy fetch failed: companion connection lost\n"],
+)
+
+# G3: first snapshot already carries text in the login fields (clear-state
+# failed to wipe the previous session).
+write_run(
+    "g3-dirty-field",
+    [
+        step(1, 600, login_screen("[email protected]", "leftover"), input_action("LoginEmail", "[email protected]")),
+        step(2, 600, login_screen("[email protected]", "leftover")),
+    ],
+)
+
+# G4: after typing into LoginEmail the next snapshot shows the value appended to
+# itself (append-vs-replace / double-paste regression).
+write_run(
+    "g4-doubled-text",
+    [
+        step(1, 600, login_screen("", ""), input_action("LoginEmail", "[email protected]")),
+        step(2, 600, login_screen("[email protected]@folio.app", "")),
+    ],
+)
+
+# G5: step gaps far exceed the 2.5s ceiling, driving p95 over the limit.
+write_run("g5-slow-p95", healthy_steps(gap_ms=4000))
+
+print("fixtures written")

conformance/testdata/pass/exit_status

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0

conformance/testdata/pass/output.log

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+run complete

conformance/testdata/pass/trace.jsonl

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{"step": 1, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:00.600000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}, "next_action": {"kind": "InputText", "text": "[email protected]", "selector": "testTag:LoginScreen > testTag:LoginEmail"}}
+{"step": 2, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:01.200000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "[email protected]"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}, "next_action": {"kind": "InputText", "text": "ledger123", "selector": "testTag:LoginScreen > testTag:LoginPassword"}}
+{"step": 3, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:01.800000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "[email protected]"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "ledger123"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}}
+{"step": 4, "timestamp": "2026-06-06T12:00:02.400000+05:30", "hierarchy": {"elements": [{"resourceId": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginScreen", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}, {"resourceId": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginEmail", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "[email protected]"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginPassword", "class": "android.widget.EditText", "text": "ledger123"}}, {"resourceId": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "editable": true, "bounds": {"left": 34, "top": 87, "right": 286, "bottom": 135}, "attrs": {"resource-id": "LoginSubmit", "class": "android.view.View", "text": ""}}]}}

examples/folio/justfile

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ duration   := env_var_or_default("DURATION", "1m")
 seed       := env_var_or_default("SEED", "0")
 output     := env_var_or_default("OUTPUT", justfile_directory() / "sanderling" / "runs")
 ios_device := env_var_or_default("IOS_DEVICE", "iPhone 17 Pro")
+ios_app    := justfile_directory() / "app" / "iosApp" / "build" / "Build" / "Products" / "Debug-iphonesimulator" / "iosApp.app"
 
 default:
     @just --list
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ ios:
       -destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name={{ios_device}}' \
       -derivedDataPath app/iosApp/build \
       build | tail -5
-    xcrun simctl install booted app/iosApp/build/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/iosApp.app
+    xcrun simctl install booted "{{ios_app}}"
     xcrun simctl launch booted app.folio
 
 # Run 'sanderling test' against the folio app. Uses a connected device if one is
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ test-ios:
       --platform ios \
       --spec "{{justfile_directory()}}/sanderling/spec.ts" \
       --bundle-id app.folio \
+      --ios-app-path "{{ios_app}}" \
       "${ios_device_flag[@]}" \
       --duration "{{duration}}" \
       --seed "{{seed}}" \

internal/driver/ioscompanion/companionassets/embed.go

@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+// Package companionassets embeds the simulator companion binary and its
+// frameworks, and extracts the bundle to disk at runtime.
+package companionassets
+
+import (
+	"archive/tar"
+	"bytes"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// companionBinaryName is the file name inside bin/ fixed by the vendored
+// layout. The binary resolves its frameworks through @rpath relative to this
+// path, so it must not be renamed.
+const companionBinaryName = "idb_companion"
+
+// EmbeddedSize returns the size in bytes of the embedded companion archive.
+func EmbeddedSize() int { return len(embeddedArchive) }
+
+// EmbeddedSHA256 returns the hex-encoded SHA-256 of the embedded archive.
+func EmbeddedSHA256() string {
+	sum := sha256.Sum256(embeddedArchive)
+	return hex.EncodeToString(sum[:])
+}
+
+// Extract unpacks the embedded companion archive into dir, preserving the
+// bin/ and Frameworks/ layout and any symlinks. A .sha256 marker next to the
+// extracted tree gates re-extraction: if it already matches, no rewrite
+// happens. Returns the absolute path to the companion binary.
+func Extract(dir string) (string, error) {
+	if len(embeddedArchive) == 0 {
+		return "", errors.New("companion: binary built without -tags withcompanion; rebuild with `make sanderling`")
+	}
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("mkdir %s: %w", dir, err)
+	}
+
+	binaryPath, err := filepath.Abs(filepath.Join(dir, "bin", companionBinaryName))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	checksumPath := filepath.Join(dir, "companion.sha256")
+	checksum := EmbeddedSHA256()
+
+	if existing, err := os.ReadFile(checksumPath); err == nil && string(existing) == checksum {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(binaryPath); err == nil {
+			return binaryPath, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := unpack(dir); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if err := os.Chmod(binaryPath, 0o755); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("chmod companion binary: %w", err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(checksumPath, []byte(checksum), 0o644); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("write checksum: %w", err)
+	}
+	return binaryPath, nil
+}
+
+func unpack(dir string) error {
+	gzipReader, err := gzip.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(embeddedArchive))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("open companion archive: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer gzipReader.Close()
+
+	tarReader := tar.NewReader(gzipReader)
+	for {
+		header, err := tarReader.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			return nil
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("read companion archive: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		if strings.HasPrefix(filepath.Base(header.Name), "._") {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		target, err := safeJoin(dir, header.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		switch header.Typeflag {
+		case tar.TypeDir:
+			if err := os.MkdirAll(target, 0o755); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		case tar.TypeSymlink:
+			if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(target), 0o755); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			os.Remove(target)
+			if err := os.Symlink(header.Linkname, target); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		case tar.TypeReg:
+			if err := writeFile(target, tarReader, os.FileMode(header.Mode)); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func writeFile(path string, src io.Reader, mode os.FileMode) error {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0o755); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC|os.O_WRONLY, mode)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if _, err := io.Copy(file, src); err != nil {
+		file.Close()
+		return err
+	}
+	return file.Close()
+}
+
+// safeJoin rejects archive entries that would escape dir.
+func safeJoin(dir, name string) (string, error) {
+	target := filepath.Join(dir, name)
+	relative, err := filepath.Rel(dir, target)
+	if err != nil || relative == ".." || strings.HasPrefix(relative, ".."+string(os.PathSeparator)) {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("archive entry escapes destination: %s", name)
+	}
+	return target, nil
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/companionassets/embed_real.go

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//go:build withcompanion
+
+package companionassets
+
+import _ "embed"
+
+//go:embed assets/companion-1.1.8.tar.gz
+var embeddedArchive []byte
+
+// IsPlaceholder reports whether the binary was built without the real
+// companion archive embedded. -tags withcompanion builds always return false.
+func IsPlaceholder() bool { return false }

internal/driver/ioscompanion/companionassets/embed_stub.go

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+//go:build !withcompanion
+
+package companionassets
+
+var embeddedArchive []byte
+
+// IsPlaceholder reports whether the binary was built without the real
+// companion archive embedded. Build with `make sanderling` (which passes
+// -tags withcompanion) to embed the real companion bundle.
+func IsPlaceholder() bool { return true }

internal/driver/ioscompanion/companionassets/embed_stub_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+//go:build !withcompanion
+
+package companionassets
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestStubBuild_IsPlaceholder(t *testing.T) {
+	if !IsPlaceholder() {
+		t.Error("default build (no -tags withcompanion) must report a placeholder")
+	}
+	if EmbeddedSize() != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("placeholder build must embed no archive, got %d bytes", EmbeddedSize())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStubBuild_ExtractErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := Extract(t.TempDir())
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Extract must fail when no archive is embedded")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "withcompanion") {
+		t.Errorf("error should tell the user to rebuild with -tags withcompanion, got %v", err)
+	}
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/companionassets/embed_withcompanion_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+//go:build withcompanion
+
+package companionassets
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestEmbeddedNonZero(t *testing.T) {
+	if EmbeddedSize() == 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected embedded companion archive to be non-empty")
+	}
+	if IsPlaceholder() {
+		t.Errorf("withcompanion build should not be a placeholder")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEmbeddedSHA256Matches(t *testing.T) {
+	sum := sha256.Sum256(embeddedArchive)
+	if hex.EncodeToString(sum[:]) != EmbeddedSHA256() {
+		t.Errorf("EmbeddedSHA256 does not match a fresh hash of the archive")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExtract_WritesBinaryAndChecksum(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	path, err := Extract(directory)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	expected, err := filepath.Abs(filepath.Join(directory, "bin", companionBinaryName))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if path != expected {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected binary path: got %s want %s", path, expected)
+	}
+	checksum, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(directory, "companion.sha256"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if string(checksum) != EmbeddedSHA256() {
+		t.Errorf("checksum file content wrong: %q", checksum)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExtract_LayoutAndSymlinks(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	binaryPath, err := Extract(directory)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	info, err := os.Stat(binaryPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("companion binary missing: %v", err)
+	}
+	if info.Mode().Perm()&0o111 == 0 {
+		t.Errorf("companion binary is not executable, mode=%v", info.Mode())
+	}
+
+	frameworksDir := filepath.Join(directory, "Frameworks")
+	if stat, err := os.Stat(frameworksDir); err != nil || !stat.IsDir() {
+		t.Fatalf("Frameworks directory missing: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	expectedFrameworks := []string{
+		"FBControlCore.framework",
+		"FBDeviceControl.framework",
+		"FBSimulatorControl.framework",
+		"IDBCompanionUtilities.framework",
+		"IDBGRPCSwift.framework",
+		"XCTestBootstrap.framework",
+	}
+	for _, name := range expectedFrameworks {
+		if stat, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(frameworksDir, name)); err != nil || !stat.IsDir() {
+			t.Errorf("expected framework %s missing: %v", name, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// The Versions/Current symlink must resolve to a real directory, proving
+	// symlinks survived extraction.
+	current := filepath.Join(frameworksDir, "FBControlCore.framework", "Versions", "Current")
+	linkInfo, err := os.Lstat(current)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Versions/Current missing: %v", err)
+	}
+	if linkInfo.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Versions/Current is not a symlink")
+	}
+	resolved, err := os.Stat(current)
+	if err != nil || !resolved.IsDir() {
+		t.Errorf("Versions/Current does not resolve to a directory: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// A runtime dylib that must be preserved inside FBControlCore Resources.
+	dylib := filepath.Join(frameworksDir, "FBControlCore.framework", "Versions", "A", "Resources", "libMaculator.dylib")
+	if _, err := os.Stat(dylib); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("expected runtime dylib preserved: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExtract_ReusesWhenChecksumMatches(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	binaryPath, err := Extract(directory)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	sentinel := []byte("SENTINEL-do-not-rewrite")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(binaryPath, sentinel, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := Extract(directory); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	after, err := os.ReadFile(binaryPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if string(after) != string(sentinel) {
+		t.Errorf("second extract rewrote the binary; reuse branch should have skipped extraction")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExtract_RewritesIfChecksumMissing(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	if _, err := Extract(directory); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	checksumPath := filepath.Join(directory, "companion.sha256")
+	if err := os.Remove(checksumPath); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := Extract(directory); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(checksumPath); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("checksum should have been rewritten: %v", err)
+	}
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/companionassets/prepare.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Builds the embeddable simulator companion tarball.
+#
+# Copies the runtime files from a local install, preserving the bin/ and
+# Frameworks/ layout (the binary resolves frameworks through @rpath, so the
+# two directories must stay siblings). Build-time metadata that is never
+# needed at runtime is stripped to keep the embedded payload small. The
+# stripped layout is re-signed ad-hoc and proven to execute before it is
+# packaged.
+#
+# Output: assets/companion-1.1.8.tar.gz next to this script.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Keep the archiver from emitting AppleDouble (._name) sidecar entries that
+# would otherwise duplicate extended attributes into the payload.
+export COPYFILE_DISABLE=1
+
+VERSION="1.1.8"
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+ASSETS_DIR="${SCRIPT_DIR}/assets"
+OUTPUT="${ASSETS_DIR}/companion-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
+
+# Default source is the local formula install. Resolve the symlink so the
+# rsync below copies real files rather than a dangling link.
+SOURCE="${COMPANION_SOURCE:-/opt/homebrew/opt/idb-companion}"
+if [ ! -e "${SOURCE}" ]; then
+  echo "source not found: ${SOURCE}" >&2
+  echo "set COMPANION_SOURCE to the install prefix" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+SOURCE="$(cd "${SOURCE}" && pwd -P)"
+
+if [ ! -x "${SOURCE}/bin/idb_companion" ]; then
+  echo "no companion binary at ${SOURCE}/bin/idb_companion" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+STAGE="$(mktemp -d)"
+PROOF="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "${STAGE}" "${PROOF}"' EXIT
+
+echo "staging from ${SOURCE}"
+
+# Copy the runtime layout. -a preserves symlinks (the macOS framework
+# Versions/Current links must survive intact).
+mkdir -p "${STAGE}/bin"
+cp -a "${SOURCE}/bin/idb_companion" "${STAGE}/bin/idb_companion"
+cp -aR "${SOURCE}/Frameworks" "${STAGE}/Frameworks"
+
+# Strip build-time metadata from every framework. The framework binary, its
+# Info.plist, the code signature, and any runtime dylibs are kept; headers and
+# the Swift module/source-info artifacts are not loaded at runtime.
+for framework in "${STAGE}"/Frameworks/*.framework; do
+  version_dir="${framework}/Versions/A"
+  [ -d "${version_dir}" ] || continue
+
+  rm -rf "${version_dir}/Headers" "${version_dir}/PrivateHeaders"
+  rm -rf "${version_dir}/Modules"
+  rm -f "${framework}/Headers" "${framework}/PrivateHeaders" "${framework}/Modules"
+
+  find "${version_dir}" -name '*.swiftmodule' -prune -exec rm -rf {} + 2>/dev/null || true
+  find "${version_dir}" \( -name '*.swiftdoc' -o -name '*.swiftsourceinfo' \) -delete 2>/dev/null || true
+done
+
+# Re-sign each framework and the main binary ad-hoc. Removing files breaks the
+# existing signature seal, which the loader rejects on arm64 macOS.
+for framework in "${STAGE}"/Frameworks/*.framework; do
+  codesign --force --sign - --timestamp=none "${framework}" >/dev/null 2>&1
+done
+codesign --force --sign - --timestamp=none "${STAGE}/bin/idb_companion" >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+# Prove the stripped, re-signed layout still loads and runs. tar stores
+# symlinks as symlinks so the extracted copy mirrors the embedded payload.
+# --version dynamically links every framework and exits zero on success,
+# which fails if a strip or re-sign broke a load command or the seal.
+STRIPPED_BYTES="$(find "${STAGE}" -type f -exec stat -f%z {} + | awk '{sum += $1} END {print sum}')"
+
+PROOF_TAR="${PROOF}/payload.tar.gz"
+tar -czf "${PROOF_TAR}" -C "${STAGE}" .
+tar -xzf "${PROOF_TAR}" -C "${PROOF}"
+
+if ! "${PROOF}/bin/idb_companion" --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "stripped companion failed to execute" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "stripped layout executes"
+
+mkdir -p "${ASSETS_DIR}"
+tar -czf "${OUTPUT}" -C "${STAGE}" .
+
+SHA="$(shasum -a 256 "${OUTPUT}" | awk '{print $1}')"
+
+echo "wrote ${OUTPUT}"
+echo "stripped uncompressed size: ${STRIPPED_BYTES} bytes"
+echo "sha256: ${SHA}"

internal/driver/ioscompanion/driver_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,853 @@
+package ioscompanion
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"image"
+	"image/color"
+	"image/png"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+
+	"github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/driver"
+	"github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport"
+)
+
+// fakeCompanion is an in-package stand-in for transport.Companion. It records
+// the order of calls and returns scripted results, so the driver's decision
+// logic is testable without a live simulator.
+type fakeCompanion struct {
+	// callsMutex guards calls: Snapshot captures the hierarchy and the
+	// screenshot concurrently.
+	callsMutex sync.Mutex
+	calls      []string
+
+	accessibilityJSON string
+	accessibilityErr  error
+	screenshotData    []byte
+	describe          transport.ScreenDescription
+	apps              []transport.InstalledApp
+
+	// hidErr fires on the next SendHID then clears, letting a test inject one
+	// transient failure.
+	hidErr error
+}
+
+func (f *fakeCompanion) record(name string) {
+	f.callsMutex.Lock()
+	defer f.callsMutex.Unlock()
+	f.calls = append(f.calls, name)
+}
+
+func (f *fakeCompanion) recorded() []string {
+	f.callsMutex.Lock()
+	defer f.callsMutex.Unlock()
+	out := make([]string, len(f.calls))
+	copy(out, f.calls)
+	return out
+}
+
+func (f *fakeCompanion) AccessibilityInfo(context.Context) (string, error) {
+	f.record("accessibility")
+	return f.accessibilityJSON, f.accessibilityErr
+}
+
+func (f *fakeCompanion) Describe(context.Context) (transport.ScreenDescription, error) {
+	f.record("describe")
+	return f.describe, nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeCompanion) SendHID(context.Context, ...transport.HIDEvent) error {
+	f.record("hid")
+	if f.hidErr != nil {
+		err := f.hidErr
+		f.hidErr = nil
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeCompanion) Screenshot(context.Context) ([]byte, string, error) {
+	f.record("screenshot")
+	return f.screenshotData, "", nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeCompanion) Launch(_ context.Context, _ string, _ bool) error {
+	f.record("launch")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeCompanion) Terminate(context.Context, string) error {
+	f.record("terminate")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeCompanion) ListApps(context.Context) ([]transport.InstalledApp, error) {
+	f.record("listapps")
+	return f.apps, nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeCompanion) Install(context.Context, string) error {
+	f.record("install")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeCompanion) Uninstall(context.Context, string) error {
+	f.record("uninstall")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeCompanion) Close() error {
+	f.record("close")
+	return nil
+}
+
+var _ transport.Companion = (*fakeCompanion)(nil)
+
+// newTestDriver returns a Driver wired to companion with no child process and a
+// no-op container reset, so tests never touch the filesystem or spawn anything.
+func newTestDriver(companion transport.Companion) *Driver {
+	d := &Driver{
+		companion:                companion,
+		bundleID:                 "com.example.app",
+		output:                   &bytes.Buffer{},
+		doubleTapGapMilliseconds: DefaultDoubleTapGapMilliseconds,
+		screenWidth:              390,
+		screenHeight:             844,
+	}
+	d.resetContainer = func(context.Context) error { return nil }
+	d.reinstallApp = func(context.Context) error { return nil }
+	d.grantPaste = func(context.Context) error { return nil }
+	return d
+}
+
+func samplePNG(t *testing.T, width, height int) []byte {
+	t.Helper()
+	img := image.NewRGBA(image.Rect(0, 0, width, height))
+	img.Set(0, 0, color.RGBA{R: 1, A: 255})
+	var buffer bytes.Buffer
+	if err := png.Encode(&buffer, img); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("encode png: %v", err)
+	}
+	return buffer.Bytes()
+}
+
+func TestLaunchTerminatesFirstThenLaunches(t *testing.T) {
+	companion := &fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: "[]"}
+	d := newTestDriver(companion)
+	if err := d.Launch(context.Background(), "", false, nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Launch: %v", err)
+	}
+	if companion.calls[0] != "terminate" {
+		t.Fatalf("first call = %q, want terminate", companion.calls[0])
+	}
+	if indexOf(companion.calls, "launch") < indexOf(companion.calls, "terminate") {
+		t.Fatalf("launch must follow terminate; got %v", companion.calls)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLaunchGrantsPasteboardBeforeLaunch(t *testing.T) {
+	companion := &fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: "[]"}
+	d := newTestDriver(companion)
+	granted := false
+	d.grantPaste = func(context.Context) error { granted = true; return nil }
+	if err := d.Launch(context.Background(), "", false, nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Launch: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !granted {
+		t.Fatal("Launch must grant pasteboard access so unicode input skips the permission prompt")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLaunchContinuesWhenGrantFails(t *testing.T) {
+	companion := &fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: "[]"}
+	d := newTestDriver(companion)
+	d.grantPaste = func(context.Context) error { return errors.New("no privacy db") }
+	if err := d.Launch(context.Background(), "", false, nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Launch must continue when the grant fails: %v", err)
+	}
+	if indexOf(companion.calls, "launch") < 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("app must still launch; got %v", companion.calls)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLaunchClearStateReinstallsWithAppPath(t *testing.T) {
+	companion := &fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: "[]"}
+	d := newTestDriver(companion)
+	d.appPath = "/tmp/Sample.app"
+	reinstalls := 0
+	d.reinstallApp = func(context.Context) error { reinstalls++; return nil }
+	if err := d.Launch(context.Background(), "", true, nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Launch: %v", err)
+	}
+	if reinstalls != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("clear-state with app path must reinstall exactly once; got %d", reinstalls)
+	}
+	if indexOf(companion.calls, "launch") < indexOf(companion.calls, "terminate") {
+		t.Fatalf("launch must still follow terminate; got %v", companion.calls)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLaunchClearStateFallbackWarnsOnce(t *testing.T) {
+	companion := &fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: "[]"}
+	output := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	d := newTestDriver(companion)
+	d.output = output
+	resets := 0
+	d.resetContainer = func(context.Context) error { resets++; return nil }
+
+	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+		if err := d.Launch(context.Background(), "", true, nil); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Launch %d: %v", i, err)
+		}
+	}
+	if resets != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("resetContainer called %d times, want 2", resets)
+	}
+	warnings := strings.Count(output.String(), "resetting the data container only")
+	if warnings != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("warning emitted %d times, want once", warnings)
+	}
+	for _, call := range companion.calls {
+		if call == "install" || call == "uninstall" {
+			t.Fatalf("fallback path must not install/uninstall; got %v", companion.calls)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLaunchRejectsEnvironment(t *testing.T) {
+	d := newTestDriver(&fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: "[]"})
+	err := d.Launch(context.Background(), "", false, map[string]string{"K": "V"})
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "environment") {
+		t.Fatalf("Launch with env: err = %v, want unsupported-environment error", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSnapshotPairsHierarchyAndScreenshot(t *testing.T) {
+	companion := &fakeCompanion{
+		accessibilityJSON: "[]",
+		screenshotData:    samplePNG(t, 390, 844),
+	}
+	d := newTestDriver(companion)
+	_, image, err := d.Snapshot(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Snapshot: %v", err)
+	}
+	if image.Width != 390 || image.Height != 844 {
+		t.Fatalf("image dims = %dx%d, want 390x844", image.Width, image.Height)
+	}
+	// The two captures run concurrently (they ride different transports on
+	// the hybrid path), so both must happen but in no particular order.
+	calls := companion.recorded()
+	if indexOf(calls, "accessibility") < 0 || indexOf(calls, "screenshot") < 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("snapshot must capture hierarchy and screenshot; got %v", calls)
+	}
+}
+
+// blockingScreenshotCompanion holds its Screenshot until proceed closes, so a
+// test can keep the screenshot leg in flight while the hierarchy leg recovers.
+type blockingScreenshotCompanion struct {
+	fakeCompanion
+	proceed chan struct{}
+}
+
+func (b *blockingScreenshotCompanion) Screenshot(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, string, error) {
+	<-b.proceed
+	return b.fakeCompanion.Screenshot(ctx)
+}
+
+func TestSnapshotRestartDuringScreenshotDoesNotRace(t *testing.T) {
+	// The hierarchy leg drops its connection, forcing withRecovery to restart
+	// while the screenshot goroutine is still in flight. The restart reassigns
+	// d.companion the way respawnAndRedial does; the goroutine must keep
+	// working through the transport it captured rather than racing the field.
+	first := &blockingScreenshotCompanion{
+		fakeCompanion: fakeCompanion{
+			accessibilityErr: status.Error(codes.Unavailable, "companion gone"),
+			screenshotData:   samplePNG(t, 390, 844),
+		},
+		proceed: make(chan struct{}),
+	}
+	replacement := &fakeCompanion{
+		accessibilityJSON: "[]",
+		screenshotData:    samplePNG(t, 390, 844),
+	}
+	d := newTestDriver(first)
+	d.restart = func(context.Context) error {
+		d.companion = replacement
+		close(first.proceed)
+		return nil
+	}
+	_, image, err := d.Snapshot(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Snapshot should recover: %v", err)
+	}
+	if image.Width != 390 || image.Height != 844 {
+		t.Fatalf("image dims = %dx%d, want 390x844", image.Width, image.Height)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestScreenshotRejectsNonPNG(t *testing.T) {
+	d := newTestDriver(&fakeCompanion{screenshotData: []byte("not a png")})
+	if _, err := d.Screenshot(context.Background()); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Screenshot of non-PNG should error")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInputTextFastPathSkipsFieldResolution(t *testing.T) {
+	companion := &fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: "[]"}
+	d := newTestDriver(companion)
+	// "abc" is fully mappable and under the paste threshold, so the fast
+	// keyboard path runs and never reads the accessibility dump for a field
+	// target.
+	if err := d.InputText(context.Background(), "abc"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("InputText: %v", err)
+	}
+	if indexOf(companion.calls, "hid") < 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("fast path must send HID; got %v", companion.calls)
+	}
+	if indexOf(companion.calls, "accessibility") >= 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("fast path must not resolve a field via accessibility; got %v", companion.calls)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInputTextPasteboardResolvesFieldFromLastTap(t *testing.T) {
+	// The dump carries one editable field whose frame contains the last tap.
+	dump := `[{"type":"TextField","AXUniqueId":"field-1","frame":{"x":10,"y":100,"width":200,"height":40}}]`
+	companion := &fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: dump, screenshotData: samplePNG(t, 10, 10)}
+	d := newTestDriver(companion)
+	// Tap inside the field so lastTap lands on it.
+	if err := d.Tap(context.Background(), 50, 120); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Tap: %v", err)
+	}
+	field := d.resolveInputField(context.Background())
+	if field.identifier != "field-1" {
+		t.Fatalf("resolved field id = %q, want field-1", field.identifier)
+	}
+	if field.centerX != 110 || field.centerY != 120 {
+		t.Fatalf("field center = (%v,%v), want (110,120)", field.centerX, field.centerY)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolveInputFieldEmptyWhenTapOutsideAnyField(t *testing.T) {
+	dump := `[{"type":"TextField","AXUniqueId":"field-1","frame":{"x":10,"y":100,"width":200,"height":40}}]`
+	d := newTestDriver(&fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: dump})
+	if err := d.Tap(context.Background(), 5, 5); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Tap: %v", err)
+	}
+	if field := d.resolveInputField(context.Background()); field != (fieldTarget{}) {
+		t.Fatalf("field = %+v, want empty", field)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSupervisionRestartsOnceThenSucceeds(t *testing.T) {
+	companion := &fakeCompanion{
+		accessibilityJSON: "[]",
+		hidErr:            status.Error(codes.Unavailable, "connection refused"),
+	}
+	d := newTestDriver(companion)
+	restarts := 0
+	d.restart = func(context.Context) error {
+		restarts++
+		return nil
+	}
+	// First SendHID fails with Unavailable; the recovery restarts once and the
+	// retry succeeds (hidErr cleared itself).
+	if err := d.Tap(context.Background(), 10, 10); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Tap should recover: %v", err)
+	}
+	if restarts != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("restarts = %d, want exactly 1", restarts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSupervisionDoesNotRestartOnNormalError(t *testing.T) {
+	companion := &fakeCompanion{hidErr: errors.New("bad argument")}
+	d := newTestDriver(companion)
+	restarts := 0
+	d.restart = func(context.Context) error { restarts++; return nil }
+	if err := d.Tap(context.Background(), 10, 10); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("non-connection error should surface")
+	}
+	if restarts != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("restarts = %d, want 0 on a normal error", restarts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSupervisionBudgetResetsBetweenIncidents(t *testing.T) {
+	companion := &fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: "[]"}
+	d := newTestDriver(companion)
+	restarts := 0
+	d.restart = func(context.Context) error { restarts++; return nil }
+
+	companion.hidErr = status.Error(codes.Unavailable, "drop one")
+	if err := d.Tap(context.Background(), 1, 1); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("first incident: %v", err)
+	}
+	companion.hidErr = status.Error(codes.Unavailable, "drop two")
+	if err := d.Tap(context.Background(), 2, 2); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("second incident: %v", err)
+	}
+	if restarts != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("restarts = %d, want 2 (one per incident)", restarts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPressKeyEnterSupportedOthersUnsupported(t *testing.T) {
+	d := newTestDriver(&fakeCompanion{})
+	if err := d.PressKey(context.Background(), "enter"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("PressKey enter: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := d.PressKey(context.Background(), "return"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("PressKey return: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, key := range []string{"back", "home", "tab"} {
+		if err := d.PressKey(context.Background(), key); err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("PressKey %q should be unsupported", key)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWaitForIdleSettlesOnStableTree(t *testing.T) {
+	companion := &fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: "[]"}
+	d := newTestDriver(companion)
+	// A fake clock advances time only on Sleep, so the settle poll runs to its
+	// cap instantly instead of taking the real two seconds.
+	d.idleClock = &fakeClock{}
+	if err := d.WaitForIdle(context.Background(), time.Second); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("WaitForIdle: %v", err)
+	}
+	if indexOf(companion.calls, "accessibility") < 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("WaitForIdle must poll the hierarchy; got %v", companion.calls)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestForegroundAppPrefersAppUnderTest(t *testing.T) {
+	companion := &fakeCompanion{apps: []transport.InstalledApp{
+		{BundleID: "com.example.app", ProcessState: transport.ProcessStateRunning, InstallType: "user"},
+		{BundleID: "com.other.app", ProcessState: transport.ProcessStateRunning, InstallType: "user"},
+	}}
+	d := newTestDriver(companion)
+	got, err := d.ForegroundApp(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ForegroundApp: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got != "com.example.app" {
+		t.Fatalf("ForegroundApp = %q, want com.example.app", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestForegroundAppFallsBackToOtherRunningUserApp(t *testing.T) {
+	companion := &fakeCompanion{apps: []transport.InstalledApp{
+		{BundleID: "com.example.app", ProcessState: transport.ProcessStateNotRunning, InstallType: "user"},
+		{BundleID: "com.other.app", ProcessState: transport.ProcessStateRunning, InstallType: "user"},
+	}}
+	d := newTestDriver(companion)
+	got, err := d.ForegroundApp(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ForegroundApp: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got != "com.other.app" {
+		t.Fatalf("ForegroundApp = %q, want com.other.app", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHealthReportsIOS(t *testing.T) {
+	d := newTestDriver(&fakeCompanion{})
+	health, err := d.Health(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Health: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !health.Ready || health.Platform != "ios" {
+		t.Fatalf("Health = %+v, want ready ios", health)
+	}
+}
+
+// The driver must satisfy DeviceDriver, ForegroundChecker, and TextReplacer
+// (its InputText clears the field then types, so the runner skips its
+// blackout-fragile pre-erase), but must NOT satisfy FocusedWindowChecker.
+func TestCapabilityAssertions(t *testing.T) {
+	var instance any = newTestDriver(&fakeCompanion{})
+	if _, ok := instance.(driver.DeviceDriver); !ok {
+		t.Fatal("Driver must implement DeviceDriver")
+	}
+	if _, ok := instance.(driver.ForegroundChecker); !ok {
+		t.Fatal("Driver must implement ForegroundChecker")
+	}
+	replacer, ok := instance.(driver.TextReplacer)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("Driver must implement TextReplacer")
+	}
+	if !replacer.ReplacesTextOnInput() {
+		t.Fatal("ReplacesTextOnInput must report true")
+	}
+	if _, ok := instance.(driver.FocusedWindowChecker); ok {
+		t.Fatal("Driver must NOT implement FocusedWindowChecker")
+	}
+}
+
+func indexOf(slice []string, value string) int {
+	for i, item := range slice {
+		if item == value {
+			return i
+		}
+	}
+	return -1
+}
+
+// TestNewChildOutlivesStartup proves the companion child is spawned under the
+// driver-lifetime context, not the startup-scoped one: a startup context that
+// is canceled when New returns would SIGTERM the child mid-run.
+func TestNewChildOutlivesStartup(t *testing.T) {
+	// The legacy-only path keeps this test focused on the companion child;
+	// the hybrid default would also demand runner assets.
+	t.Setenv("SANDERLING_SIMULATOR_COMPANION", "legacy")
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer listener.Close()
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			connection, acceptErr := listener.Accept()
+			if acceptErr != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			_ = connection.Close()
+		}
+	}()
+
+	var spawnContext context.Context
+	options := Options{
+		UniqueDeviceIdentifier: "FAKE-UDID",
+		pickAddress:            func() (string, error) { return listener.Addr().String(), nil },
+		spawnChild: func(ctx context.Context, _ string) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
+			spawnContext = ctx
+			return &exec.Cmd{}, nil
+		},
+		dialCompanion: func(string) (transport.Companion, error) {
+			return &fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: "[]"}, nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	d, err := New(context.Background(), options)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	select {
+	case <-spawnContext.Done():
+		t.Fatal("spawn context canceled after New returned; child would receive SIGTERM mid-run")
+	default:
+	}
+
+	d.Close()
+	select {
+	case <-spawnContext.Done():
+	default:
+		t.Fatal("spawn context still alive after Close; child lifetime leaks")
+	}
+}
+
+// fakeTextEditingCompanion extends fakeCompanion with the optional TextEditor
+// capability so routing through the native text path is testable.
+type fakeTextEditingCompanion struct {
+	fakeCompanion
+
+	inputTexts  []string
+	eraseCounts []int
+	pressedKeys []string
+}
+
+func (f *fakeTextEditingCompanion) InputText(_ context.Context, text string) error {
+	f.record("inputtext")
+	f.inputTexts = append(f.inputTexts, text)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeTextEditingCompanion) EraseText(_ context.Context, characterCount int) error {
+	f.record("erasetext")
+	f.eraseCounts = append(f.eraseCounts, characterCount)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeTextEditingCompanion) PressKey(_ context.Context, key string) error {
+	f.record("presskey")
+	f.pressedKeys = append(f.pressedKeys, key)
+	return nil
+}
+
+var _ transport.TextEditor = (*fakeTextEditingCompanion)(nil)
+
+func TestInputTextRoutesThroughTextEditor(t *testing.T) {
+	companion := &fakeTextEditingCompanion{}
+	d := newTestDriver(companion)
+	if err := d.InputText(context.Background(), "héllo 🌟"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(companion.inputTexts) != 1 || companion.inputTexts[0] != "héllo 🌟" {
+		t.Fatalf("inputTexts = %v, want the typed text once", companion.inputTexts)
+	}
+	for _, call := range companion.calls {
+		if call == "hid" {
+			t.Fatal("text editor path must not compose HID streams")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEraseTextRoutesThroughTextEditor(t *testing.T) {
+	companion := &fakeTextEditingCompanion{}
+	d := newTestDriver(companion)
+	if err := d.EraseText(context.Background(), 7); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(companion.eraseCounts) != 1 || companion.eraseCounts[0] != 7 {
+		t.Fatalf("eraseCounts = %v, want [7]", companion.eraseCounts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPressKeyRoutesThroughTextEditor(t *testing.T) {
+	companion := &fakeTextEditingCompanion{}
+	d := newTestDriver(companion)
+	if err := d.PressKey(context.Background(), "enter"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(companion.pressedKeys) != 1 || companion.pressedKeys[0] != "enter" {
+		t.Fatalf("pressedKeys = %v, want [enter]", companion.pressedKeys)
+	}
+	for _, call := range companion.calls {
+		if call == "hid" {
+			t.Fatal("text editor path must not compose HID streams")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIsConnectionErrorRecognizesUnavailableSentinel(t *testing.T) {
+	wrapped := errors.Join(errors.New("dial tcp: connection refused"), transport.ErrCompanionUnavailable)
+	if !isConnectionError(wrapped) {
+		t.Fatal("wrapped ErrCompanionUnavailable must count as a connection error")
+	}
+	if isConnectionError(errors.New("ordinary failure")) {
+		t.Fatal("ordinary errors must not count as connection errors")
+	}
+}
+
+// fakeRunnerCompanion stands in for the in-simulator runner half of the hybrid:
+// it serves snapshots and native typing.
+type fakeRunnerCompanion struct {
+	fakeCompanion
+
+	typed []struct {
+		text    string
+		replace bool
+	}
+}
+
+func (f *fakeRunnerCompanion) TypeText(_ context.Context, text string, replace bool) error {
+	f.record("typetext")
+	f.typed = append(f.typed, struct {
+		text    string
+		replace bool
+	}{text, replace})
+	return nil
+}
+
+var _ transport.TextTyper = (*fakeRunnerCompanion)(nil)
+
+func newHybridTestDriver(legacy *fakeCompanion, runner *fakeRunnerCompanion) *Driver {
+	d := newTestDriver(legacy)
+	d.hybrid = true
+	d.runnerClient = runner
+	return d
+}
+
+func TestHybridInputTextClearsViaHIDThenTypes(t *testing.T) {
+	legacy := &fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: "[]"}
+	runner := &fakeRunnerCompanion{}
+	d := newHybridTestDriver(legacy, runner)
+
+	if err := d.InputText(context.Background(), "héllo 🌟"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(legacy.calls) != 1 || legacy.calls[0] != "hid" {
+		t.Fatalf("legacy calls = %v, want exactly the clear chord", legacy.calls)
+	}
+	if len(runner.typed) != 1 || runner.typed[0].text != "héllo 🌟" || runner.typed[0].replace {
+		t.Fatalf("typed = %+v, want the text appended without replace", runner.typed)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHybridSnapshotsComeFromRunner(t *testing.T) {
+	legacy := &fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: `[{"type":"Application","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":1,"height":1},"enabled":true}]`}
+	runner := &fakeRunnerCompanion{}
+	runner.accessibilityJSON = `[{"type":"Button","AXUniqueId":"FromRunner","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":10,"height":10},"enabled":true}]`
+	d := newHybridTestDriver(legacy, runner)
+
+	hierarchy, err := d.Hierarchy(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(hierarchy, "FromRunner") {
+		t.Fatalf("hierarchy = %s, want runner content", hierarchy)
+	}
+	for _, call := range legacy.calls {
+		if call == "accessibility" {
+			t.Fatal("hybrid must not read snapshots from the legacy companion")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHybridLaunchSkipsPasteGrant(t *testing.T) {
+	legacy := &fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: "[]"}
+	runner := &fakeRunnerCompanion{}
+	d := newHybridTestDriver(legacy, runner)
+	granted := 0
+	d.grantPaste = func(context.Context) error { granted++; return nil }
+
+	if err := d.Launch(context.Background(), "", false, nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if granted != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("grantPaste called %d times, want 0 on the hybrid path", granted)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHybridGesturesStayOnLegacyHID(t *testing.T) {
+	legacy := &fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: "[]"}
+	runner := &fakeRunnerCompanion{}
+	d := newHybridTestDriver(legacy, runner)
+
+	if err := d.DoubleTap(context.Background(), 10, 20); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(legacy.calls) != 1 || legacy.calls[0] != "hid" {
+		t.Fatalf("legacy calls = %v, want the double-tap HID stream", legacy.calls)
+	}
+	for _, call := range runner.calls {
+		if call == "hid" {
+			t.Fatal("runner must not receive gesture streams")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHybridRunnerErrorTriggersRestart(t *testing.T) {
+	legacy := &fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: "[]"}
+	runner := &fakeRunnerCompanion{}
+	runner.accessibilityErr = fmt.Errorf("read snapshot: %w", transport.ErrCompanionUnavailable)
+	d := newHybridTestDriver(legacy, runner)
+	restarts := 0
+	d.restart = func(context.Context) error {
+		restarts++
+		runner.accessibilityErr = nil
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if _, err := d.Hierarchy(context.Background()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if restarts != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("restarts = %d, want 1", restarts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBindTestRunPortSubstitutesPlaceholder(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	source := filepath.Join(directory, "runner.xctestrun")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(source, []byte("<string>__COMPANION_PORT__</string>"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	bound, err := bindTestRunPort(source, "27999")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if filepath.Dir(bound) != directory {
+		t.Fatalf("bound copy %s must sit next to the original", bound)
+	}
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(bound)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if string(content) != "<string>27999</string>" {
+		t.Fatalf("bound content = %s", content)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBindTestRunPortRejectsMissingPlaceholder(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	source := filepath.Join(directory, "runner.xctestrun")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(source, []byte("<string>fixed</string>"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := bindTestRunPort(source, "27999"); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected an error for a configuration without the placeholder")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHybridMappableTextRidesOneHIDStream(t *testing.T) {
+	legacy := &fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: "[]"}
+	runner := &fakeRunnerCompanion{}
+	d := newHybridTestDriver(legacy, runner)
+
+	if err := d.InputText(context.Background(), "Travel 42"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(legacy.recorded()) != 1 || legacy.recorded()[0] != "hid" {
+		t.Fatalf("legacy calls = %v, want one combined chord-and-keystrokes stream", legacy.recorded())
+	}
+	if len(runner.typed) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("typed = %+v, want no native typing for mappable text", runner.typed)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHybridUnicodeWaitsForClearedFieldBeforeTyping(t *testing.T) {
+	legacy := &fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: "[]"}
+	runner := &fakeRunnerCompanion{}
+	// The focused field still shows old content on the first read and is
+	// empty on the second; typing must come after the cleared read.
+	first := `[{"type":"TextField","AXUniqueId":"F","AXValue":"old","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":100,"height":40},"enabled":true}]`
+	second := `[{"type":"TextField","AXUniqueId":"F","AXValue":"","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":100,"height":40},"enabled":true}]`
+	reads := 0
+	d := newHybridTestDriver(legacy, runner)
+	d.mu.Lock()
+	d.lastTap.x, d.lastTap.y, d.lastTap.set = 50, 20, true
+	d.mu.Unlock()
+	// Swap the dump after the first read through a wrapper companion.
+	wrapped := &sequencedDumpCompanion{fakeRunnerCompanion: runner, dumps: []string{first, second}, reads: &reads}
+	d.runnerClient = wrapped
+
+	if err := d.InputText(context.Background(), "héllo 🌟"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if reads < 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("reads = %d, want at least 2 (poll until cleared)", reads)
+	}
+	if len(wrapped.typed) != 1 || wrapped.typed[0].text != "héllo 🌟" || wrapped.typed[0].replace {
+		t.Fatalf("typed = %+v", wrapped.typed)
+	}
+}
+
+// sequencedDumpCompanion serves scripted dumps in order, repeating the last.
+type sequencedDumpCompanion struct {
+	*fakeRunnerCompanion
+	dumps []string
+	reads *int
+}
+
+func (s *sequencedDumpCompanion) AccessibilityInfo(context.Context) (string, error) {
+	index := *s.reads
+	if index >= len(s.dumps) {
+		index = len(s.dumps) - 1
+	}
+	*s.reads++
+	return s.dumps[index], nil
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/hierarchymap.go

@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+package ioscompanion
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"math"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+// rawFrame is the simulator companion frame, in points, with float coordinates.
+type rawFrame struct {
+	X      float64 `json:"x"`
+	Y      float64 `json:"y"`
+	Width  float64 `json:"width"`
+	Height float64 `json:"height"`
+}
+
+// emptyFieldValueSentinel is what the accessibility bridge reports as the
+// AXValue of an empty editable field. It is bridge state, not app content, so
+// it maps to an empty value rather than surfacing as literal field text.
+const emptyFieldValueSentinel = "Invalid"
+
+// dumpIsCollapsed reports whether a flat describe-all dump carries no real UI
+// content: it is empty or holds only the application shell. The accessibility
+// bridge briefly returns this state during cold start and screen transitions
+// before the real tree reappears.
+func dumpIsCollapsed(dump []byte) bool {
+	elements := decodeDump(dump)
+	for _, element := range elements {
+		if element.Type != "" && element.Type != "Application" {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// rawElement is one entry in the flat describe-all dump returned by the
+// simulator companion. Only the fields the mapper consumes are declared;
+// unknown fields are ignored.
+type rawElement struct {
+	Frame      rawFrame `json:"frame"`
+	AXUniqueID *string  `json:"AXUniqueId"`
+	AXLabel    *string  `json:"AXLabel"`
+	AXValue    *string  `json:"AXValue"`
+	Type       string   `json:"type"`
+	Enabled    bool     `json:"enabled"`
+}
+
+// treeNode mirrors the TreeNode JSON the hierarchy package parses. Bool fields
+// are pointers so absent ones marshal to null and stay absent for the consumer.
+type treeNode struct {
+	Attributes map[string]string `json:"attributes"`
+	Children   []treeNode        `json:"children,omitempty"`
+	Clickable  *bool             `json:"clickable,omitempty"`
+	Enabled    *bool             `json:"enabled,omitempty"`
+	Editable   *bool             `json:"editable,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// MapHierarchy converts a flat describe-all dump from the simulator companion
+// into the TreeNode JSON consumed by hierarchy.Parse. The result is a single
+// synthesized root covering the whole screen with every dump element as a
+// direct child. Coordinates are points throughout; nothing is scaled.
+//
+// The function is total: malformed input yields an empty-but-valid root rather
+// than an error, and individual malformed elements are skipped.
+func MapHierarchy(dump []byte, screenWidth, screenHeight int) ([]byte, error) {
+	root := treeNode{
+		Attributes: map[string]string{
+			"bounds": boundsString(0, 0, screenWidth, screenHeight),
+			"class":  "Window",
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Decode element-by-element so a single malformed entry (a bad frame, an
+	// out-of-range number) is skipped rather than discarding the whole dump.
+	var rawElements []json.RawMessage
+	if len(dump) > 0 {
+		_ = json.Unmarshal(dump, &rawElements)
+	}
+	for _, raw := range rawElements {
+		var element rawElement
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &element); err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if child, ok := mapElement(&element); ok {
+			root.Children = append(root.Children, child)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return json.Marshal(root)
+}
+
+func mapElement(element *rawElement) (treeNode, bool) {
+	if element.Type == "" {
+		return treeNode{}, false
+	}
+
+	frame := element.Frame
+	if !finite(frame.X) || !finite(frame.Y) || !finite(frame.Width) || !finite(frame.Height) {
+		return treeNode{}, false
+	}
+
+	left := roundCoord(frame.X)
+	top := roundCoord(frame.Y)
+	attributes := map[string]string{
+		"bounds": boundsString(left, top, left+roundCoord(frame.Width), top+roundCoord(frame.Height)),
+		"class":  element.Type,
+	}
+
+	if id := stringValue(element.AXUniqueID); id != "" {
+		attributes["identifier"] = id
+	}
+
+	value := stringValue(element.AXValue)
+	if value == emptyFieldValueSentinel {
+		// An empty editable field reads as this sentinel through the bridge;
+		// it is not app content, so treat the field as empty.
+		value = ""
+	}
+	label := stringValue(element.AXLabel)
+	editable := isEditable(element.Type)
+
+	if value != "" {
+		attributes["text"] = value
+		if label != "" {
+			attributes["accessibilityText"] = label
+		}
+	} else if editable && label != "" {
+		// An empty text field surfaces its placeholder as the AXLabel.
+		attributes["hintText"] = label
+	} else if label != "" {
+		attributes["accessibilityText"] = label
+	}
+
+	enabled := element.Enabled
+	node := treeNode{Attributes: attributes, Enabled: &enabled}
+
+	if editable {
+		yes := true
+		node.Editable = &yes
+	}
+	if element.Type == "Button" {
+		yes := true
+		node.Clickable = &yes
+	}
+
+	return node, true
+}
+
+func isEditable(elementType string) bool {
+	return elementType == "TextArea" || elementType == "TextField"
+}
+
+func stringValue(pointer *string) string {
+	if pointer == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return *pointer
+}
+
+func finite(value float64) bool {
+	return !math.IsNaN(value) && !math.IsInf(value, 0)
+}
+
+func roundCoord(value float64) int {
+	return int(math.Round(value))
+}
+
+func boundsString(left, top, right, bottom int) string {
+	return "[" + strconv.Itoa(left) + "," + strconv.Itoa(top) + "][" +
+		strconv.Itoa(right) + "," + strconv.Itoa(bottom) + "]"
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/hierarchymap_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+package ioscompanion
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/hierarchy"
+)
+
+func mapAndParse(t *testing.T, dump []byte, width, height int) *hierarchy.Tree {
+	t.Helper()
+	treeJSON, err := MapHierarchy(dump, width, height)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("MapHierarchy: %v", err)
+	}
+	tree, err := hierarchy.Parse(string(treeJSON))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("hierarchy.Parse: %v", err)
+	}
+	return tree
+}
+
+func readDump(t *testing.T, name string) []byte {
+	t.Helper()
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("testdata", name))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read %s: %v", name, err)
+	}
+	return data
+}
+
+func TestGoldenLoginResolvesIdentifier(t *testing.T) {
+	tree := mapAndParse(t, readDump(t, "login-describe.json"), 402, 874)
+
+	element := tree.Find("id:LoginEmail")
+	if element == nil {
+		t.Fatal("id:LoginEmail did not resolve")
+	}
+	if element.ResourceID != "LoginEmail" {
+		t.Fatalf("ResourceID = %q, want LoginEmail", element.ResourceID)
+	}
+	if element.Class != "TextArea" {
+		t.Fatalf("Class = %q, want TextArea", element.Class)
+	}
+	// LoginEmail is an empty field, so its placeholder is the hintText.
+	if element.Attributes["hintText"] != "Email" {
+		t.Fatalf("hintText = %q, want Email", element.Attributes["hintText"])
+	}
+	if !element.Editable {
+		t.Fatal("LoginEmail should be editable")
+	}
+	wantBounds := hierarchy.Bounds{Left: 34, Top: 125, Right: 368, Bottom: 173}
+	if element.Bounds != wantBounds {
+		t.Fatalf("Bounds = %+v, want %+v", element.Bounds, wantBounds)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGoldenScopedQueryUsesSpatialFallback(t *testing.T) {
+	tree := mapAndParse(t, readDump(t, "accounts-describe.json"), 402, 874)
+
+	// The Application node spans the full screen but the flat tree gives it no
+	// descendants. A scoped query for content inside it must resolve through the
+	// hierarchy package's spatial-containment fallback.
+	container := tree.FindNode("class:Application")
+	if container == nil {
+		t.Fatal("class:Application did not resolve")
+	}
+	if len(container.Children) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected a flat tree with no Application descendants, got %d", len(container.Children))
+	}
+
+	scoped := container.Find("desc:Accounts")
+	if scoped == nil {
+		t.Fatal("scoped desc:Accounts did not resolve via spatial fallback")
+	}
+	if scoped.Description != "Accounts" {
+		t.Fatalf("scoped Description = %q, want Accounts", scoped.Description)
+	}
+
+	// Smallest-area ranking should put the compact label ahead of any larger
+	// spatially-contained match.
+	scopedButton := container.Find("id:AddAccountButton")
+	if scopedButton == nil {
+		t.Fatal("scoped id:AddAccountButton did not resolve via spatial fallback")
+	}
+	if scopedButton.ResourceID != "AddAccountButton" {
+		t.Fatalf("scoped ResourceID = %q, want AddAccountButton", scopedButton.ResourceID)
+	}
+}
+
+func parseSingle(t *testing.T, dump string) *hierarchy.Element {
+	t.Helper()
+	tree := mapAndParse(t, []byte(dump), 400, 800)
+	if len(tree.Elements) < 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected root plus one child, got %d elements", len(tree.Elements))
+	}
+	// Element 0 is the synthesized root; element 1 is the mapped child.
+	return tree.Elements[1]
+}
+
+func TestPlaceholderMapsToHintText(t *testing.T) {
+	dump := `[{"type":"TextField","frame":{"x":10,"y":20,"width":100,"height":40},
+		"AXUniqueId":"Search","AXLabel":"Search accounts","AXValue":null,"enabled":true}]`
+	element := parseSingle(t, dump)
+	if element.Attributes["hintText"] != "Search accounts" {
+		t.Fatalf("hintText = %q, want Search accounts", element.Attributes["hintText"])
+	}
+	if element.Attributes["accessibilityText"] != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("accessibilityText = %q, want empty", element.Attributes["accessibilityText"])
+	}
+	if element.Text != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("text = %q, want empty", element.Text)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNonEmptyValueMapsToText(t *testing.T) {
+	dump := `[{"type":"TextField","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":10,"height":10},
+		"AXUniqueId":"Search","AXLabel":"Search accounts","AXValue":"groceries","enabled":true}]`
+	element := parseSingle(t, dump)
+	if element.Text != "groceries" {
+		t.Fatalf("text = %q, want groceries", element.Text)
+	}
+	// With a value present, the label is a real accessibility label, not a hint.
+	if element.Attributes["accessibilityText"] != "Search accounts" {
+		t.Fatalf("accessibilityText = %q, want Search accounts", element.Attributes["accessibilityText"])
+	}
+	if element.Attributes["hintText"] != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("hintText = %q, want empty", element.Attributes["hintText"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEditableAndClickableFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		elementType   string
+		wantEditable  bool
+		wantClickable bool
+	}{
+		{"TextField", true, false},
+		{"TextArea", true, false},
+		{"Button", false, true},
+		{"StaticText", false, false},
+	}
+	for _, testCase := range cases {
+		dump := `[{"type":"` + testCase.elementType + `","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":10,"height":10},"enabled":true}]`
+		element := parseSingle(t, dump)
+		if element.Editable != testCase.wantEditable {
+			t.Errorf("%s editable = %v, want %v", testCase.elementType, element.Editable, testCase.wantEditable)
+		}
+		if element.Clickable != testCase.wantClickable {
+			t.Errorf("%s clickable = %v, want %v", testCase.elementType, element.Clickable, testCase.wantClickable)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEnabledMapsToTopLevelBool(t *testing.T) {
+	dump := `[{"type":"Button","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":10,"height":10},"enabled":false}]`
+	element := parseSingle(t, dump)
+	if element.Enabled {
+		t.Fatal("element should be disabled")
+	}
+	if element.Attributes["enabled"] != "false" {
+		t.Fatalf("enabled attr = %q, want false", element.Attributes["enabled"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBoundsArithmetic(t *testing.T) {
+	dump := `[{"type":"Button","frame":{"x":34,"y":125.33333,"width":334,"height":48.00001},"enabled":true}]`
+	element := parseSingle(t, dump)
+	want := hierarchy.Bounds{Left: 34, Top: 125, Right: 368, Bottom: 173}
+	if element.Bounds != want {
+		t.Fatalf("Bounds = %+v, want %+v", element.Bounds, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMalformedElementsSkipped(t *testing.T) {
+	// First element has no type and must be skipped; second has a NaN frame and
+	// must be skipped; third is valid.
+	dump := `[
+		{"frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":10,"height":10},"enabled":true},
+		{"type":"Button","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":1e999,"height":10},"enabled":true},
+		{"type":"Button","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":10,"height":10},"AXUniqueId":"OK","enabled":true}
+	]`
+	tree := mapAndParse(t, []byte(dump), 400, 800)
+	// Root plus exactly one valid child.
+	if len(tree.Elements) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 elements (root + 1 valid), got %d", len(tree.Elements))
+	}
+	if tree.Find("id:OK") == nil {
+		t.Fatal("valid element OK should resolve")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEmptyAndGarbageInputAreTotal(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, dump := range [][]byte{nil, {}, []byte("not json"), []byte("{}"), []byte("[]")} {
+		treeJSON, err := MapHierarchy(dump, 100, 200)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("MapHierarchy(%q) error: %v", dump, err)
+		}
+		var node treeNode
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(treeJSON, &node); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("result not valid TreeNode JSON for %q: %v", dump, err)
+		}
+		if node.Attributes["bounds"] != "[0,0][100,200]" {
+			t.Fatalf("root bounds = %q, want [0,0][100,200]", node.Attributes["bounds"])
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRootIsFlatWithAllChildren(t *testing.T) {
+	tree := mapAndParse(t, readDump(t, "login-describe.json"), 402, 874)
+	if tree.Root == nil {
+		t.Fatal("nil root")
+	}
+	// The login dump has 10 elements; all map to direct children of the root.
+	if len(tree.Root.Children) != 10 {
+		t.Fatalf("root children = %d, want 10", len(tree.Root.Children))
+	}
+	wantRoot := hierarchy.Bounds{Left: 0, Top: 0, Right: 402, Bottom: 874}
+	if tree.Root.Bounds != wantRoot {
+		t.Fatalf("root bounds = %+v, want %+v", tree.Root.Bounds, wantRoot)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMapHierarchySentinelValueMapsAsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	dump := `[{"type":"TextField","AXUniqueId":"F","AXLabel":"Email","AXValue":"Invalid","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":10,"height":10},"enabled":true}]`
+	mapped, err := MapHierarchy([]byte(dump), 100, 100)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(string(mapped), "Invalid") {
+		t.Fatalf("sentinel leaked into mapped tree: %s", mapped)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(mapped), "hintText") {
+		t.Fatalf("empty editable field should map label to hintText: %s", mapped)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDumpIsCollapsed(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name string
+		dump string
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{name: "empty array", dump: `[]`, want: true},
+		{name: "application only", dump: `[{"type":"Application","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":390,"height":844}}]`, want: true},
+		{name: "malformed", dump: `nope`, want: true},
+		{name: "real screen", dump: `[{"type":"Application"},{"type":"TextArea","AXUniqueId":"LoginEmail","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":1,"height":1}}]`, want: false},
+		{name: "single button", dump: `[{"type":"Button","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":1,"height":1}}]`, want: false},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := dumpIsCollapsed([]byte(c.dump)); got != c.want {
+				t.Fatalf("got %v, want %v", got, c.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/input.go

@@ -0,0 +1,434 @@
+// Package ioscompanion drives an iOS simulator through the native simulator
+// companion. This file composes text input and gestures into HID streams and
+// implements the pasteboard fallback for text that the hardware keyboard
+// cannot type (anything outside the mappable rune set, such as accented
+// letters or emoji).
+package ioscompanion
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport"
+)
+
+// DefaultDoubleTapGapMilliseconds is a sensible inter-tap gap for a synthesized
+// double tap. The driver owns the real default; gesture composers take the gap
+// as a parameter so the value stays configurable.
+const DefaultDoubleTapGapMilliseconds = 70
+
+// pasteVerifyTimeout bounds the whole paste-and-verify loop. Dismissing the
+// permission dialog blacks out the accessibility bridge for around 2.5s (the
+// dump collapses to the root element), and the pasted value only becomes
+// readable once it recovers, so the budget has to outlast that blackout.
+const pasteVerifyTimeout = 8 * time.Second
+
+// pastePoll is the interval between describe-all reads while verifying a paste.
+const pastePoll = 250 * time.Millisecond
+
+// dialogSettle is the pause after tapping the dialog's allow button and after
+// refocusing the field, before the paste chord is resent.
+const dialogSettle = 200 * time.Millisecond
+
+// runner abstracts the simulator-companion side effects InputText needs so the
+// decision logic stays testable without a live device. The driver supplies a
+// real implementation; tests supply a fake.
+type runner interface {
+	// setPasteboard places text on the simulator pasteboard.
+	setPasteboard(ctx context.Context, text string) error
+	// sendHID sends one HID stream to the companion.
+	sendHID(ctx context.Context, events ...transport.HIDEvent) error
+	// describeAll returns the flat describe-all accessibility dump.
+	describeAll(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error)
+	// sleep waits, respecting context cancellation.
+	sleep(ctx context.Context, duration time.Duration) error
+}
+
+// simctlRunner is the production runner. It shells out to simctl for the
+// pasteboard and uses the transport companion for everything else.
+type simctlRunner struct {
+	companion transport.Companion
+	udid      string
+}
+
+func (r simctlRunner) setPasteboard(ctx context.Context, text string) error {
+	command := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "xcrun", "simctl", "pbcopy", r.udid)
+	command.Stdin = strings.NewReader(text)
+	return command.Run()
+}
+
+func (r simctlRunner) sendHID(ctx context.Context, events ...transport.HIDEvent) error {
+	return r.companion.SendHID(ctx, events...)
+}
+
+func (r simctlRunner) describeAll(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
+	info, err := r.companion.AccessibilityInfo(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return []byte(info), nil
+}
+
+func (r simctlRunner) sleep(ctx context.Context, duration time.Duration) error {
+	timer := time.NewTimer(duration)
+	defer timer.Stop()
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return ctx.Err()
+	case <-timer.C:
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+// fieldTarget identifies the focused field for the pasteboard path: its
+// AXUniqueId (to confirm the paste landed) and its on-screen center (to refocus
+// after dismissing the permission dialog).
+type fieldTarget struct {
+	identifier string
+	centerX    float64
+	centerY    float64
+}
+
+// usesPasteboard reports whether text takes the pasteboard path. Only
+// unmappable runes force it: on this OS generation every external pasteboard
+// write re-triggers the paste-permission dialog and dismissing it blacks out
+// the accessibility bridge for seconds, so the hardware keyboard stays the
+// default for everything it can express.
+func usesPasteboard(text string) bool {
+	_, skipped := typeString(text)
+	return len(skipped) > 0
+}
+
+// inputText replaces the focused field's content with text. It selects any
+// existing content and deletes it first, so the result is the typed text alone
+// regardless of what the field held. Replacing (rather than relying on the
+// runner's pre-erase) keeps input correct even when the accessibility bridge is
+// momentarily collapsed and the runner cannot read the field's length. Mappable
+// text goes through the hardware keyboard in one HID stream; anything else falls
+// back to the pasteboard. The field target is only consulted on the pasteboard
+// path.
+func inputText(ctx context.Context, run runner, text string, field fieldTarget) error {
+	if !usesPasteboard(text) {
+		events := append(clearFieldEvents(), keyPressEvents(typeStringPresses(text))...)
+		return run.sendHID(ctx, events...)
+	}
+	if err := run.sendHID(ctx, clearFieldEvents()...); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("clear field: %w", err)
+	}
+	return pasteText(ctx, run, text, field)
+}
+
+// typeStringPresses is typeString's presses, dropping the skipped runes (the
+// caller already decided this text is fully mappable).
+func typeStringPresses(text string) []KeyPress {
+	presses, _ := typeString(text)
+	return presses
+}
+
+// selectionApplyDelayMilliseconds is the in-stream pause between the
+// select-all chord and the deleting backspace. The chord's selection applies
+// asynchronously in the app; a backspace fired in the same instant deletes
+// one character at the cursor instead of the selection, which on a full field
+// silently turns replace into append. Long content needs the most time, and
+// this pause covers it with margin.
+const selectionApplyDelayMilliseconds = 150
+
+// deleteApplyDelayMilliseconds is the in-stream pause after the deleting
+// backspace, so following keystrokes land in the emptied field.
+const deleteApplyDelayMilliseconds = 40
+
+// clearFieldEvents selects the whole field (command+A), waits for the
+// selection to apply, deletes it, and waits for the delete to apply, so a
+// following type or paste lands in an empty field. On an already-empty field
+// the select selects nothing and the delete is a no-op.
+func clearFieldEvents() []transport.HIDEvent {
+	events := append(selectAllChordEvents(), transport.Delay(selectionApplyDelayMilliseconds))
+	events = append(events, keyPressEvents(backspaces(1))...)
+	return append(events, transport.Delay(deleteApplyDelayMilliseconds))
+}
+
+// pasteText copies the full text to the pasteboard, sends the paste chord
+// once, and polls until the field reflects the text. The chord is re-sent ONLY
+// after dismissing a permission dialog (the dialog swallowed that paste);
+// re-sending it on a slow render would paste the text twice. When the field
+// cannot be verified (no identifier resolved), one chord plus a settle is the
+// best available behavior.
+func pasteText(ctx context.Context, run runner, text string, field fieldTarget) error {
+	if err := run.setPasteboard(ctx, text); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("set pasteboard: %w", err)
+	}
+	if err := run.sendHID(ctx, pasteChordEvents()...); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("send paste chord: %w", err)
+	}
+	verifiable := field.identifier != ""
+	maxPolls := int(pasteVerifyTimeout / pastePoll)
+	for poll := 0; poll < maxPolls; poll++ {
+		dump, err := run.describeAll(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("describe accessibility: %w", err)
+		}
+		if pasteLanded(dump, field.identifier, text) {
+			return nil
+		}
+		if button, found := findAllowPasteButton(dump); found {
+			// The dialog swallowed the paste; dismiss it, refocus, and resend
+			// the chord exactly once. Dismissing blacks out the bridge, so the
+			// landed value only appears on a later poll.
+			if err := run.sendHID(ctx, tapEvents(button.centerX, button.centerY)...); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("tap allow button: %w", err)
+			}
+			if err := run.sleep(ctx, dialogSettle); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if err := run.sendHID(ctx, tapEvents(field.centerX, field.centerY)...); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("refocus field: %w", err)
+			}
+			if err := run.sleep(ctx, dialogSettle); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if err := run.sendHID(ctx, pasteChordEvents()...); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("send paste chord: %w", err)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		if !verifiable {
+			// Without a field identifier the paste cannot be confirmed. The
+			// chord went out and no dialog is blocking it, so one settle is the
+			// best available behavior.
+			return run.sleep(ctx, pastePoll)
+		}
+		// Field not yet showing the text: either the bridge is still blacked
+		// out from the dialog or the paste has not rendered. Keep polling until
+		// the value lands or the budget runs out.
+		if err := run.sleep(ctx, pastePoll); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("paste did not land within %s", pasteVerifyTimeout)
+}
+
+// eraseBackspaceThreshold is the largest erase still sent as individual
+// backspaces. Backspaces render progressively on the simulator (tens of
+// milliseconds per character), so clearing a long field key-by-key leaves the
+// screen churning long after the HID call returns and races whatever input
+// follows. Above the threshold the field is cleared atomically instead.
+const eraseBackspaceThreshold = 3
+
+// eraseText deletes characterCount characters from the focused field. Small
+// counts go as backspaces in one HID stream; larger counts clear the whole
+// field via select-all plus one backspace. The runner asks for the field's
+// full length when it pre-erases (replace semantics), so treating a large
+// count as clear-the-field matches its intent while landing in one frame.
+func eraseText(ctx context.Context, run runner, characterCount int) error {
+	if characterCount <= 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if characterCount <= eraseBackspaceThreshold {
+		return run.sendHID(ctx, keyPressEvents(backspaces(characterCount))...)
+	}
+	return run.sendHID(ctx, clearFieldEvents()...)
+}
+
+// keyPressEvents flattens key presses into a HID event stream. A shifted press
+// is wrapped with left-shift down before and up after, so the shift modifier is
+// held only for that key.
+func keyPressEvents(presses []KeyPress) []transport.HIDEvent {
+	events := make([]transport.HIDEvent, 0, len(presses)*2)
+	for _, press := range presses {
+		if press.Shift {
+			events = append(events, transport.KeyDown(usageLeftShift))
+		}
+		events = append(events, transport.KeyDown(press.Usage), transport.KeyUp(press.Usage))
+		if press.Shift {
+			events = append(events, transport.KeyUp(usageLeftShift))
+		}
+	}
+	return events
+}
+
+// pasteChordEvents is the command+V chord: command down, V down, V up,
+// command up.
+func pasteChordEvents() []transport.HIDEvent {
+	return []transport.HIDEvent{
+		transport.KeyDown(LeftGUI),
+		transport.KeyDown(VKey),
+		transport.KeyUp(VKey),
+		transport.KeyUp(LeftGUI),
+	}
+}
+
+// selectAllChordEvents is the command+A chord selecting the focused field's
+// whole content.
+func selectAllChordEvents() []transport.HIDEvent {
+	return []transport.HIDEvent{
+		transport.KeyDown(LeftGUI),
+		transport.KeyDown(usageA),
+		transport.KeyUp(usageA),
+		transport.KeyUp(LeftGUI),
+	}
+}
+
+// tapEvents is a single tap: finger down then up at one point.
+func tapEvents(x, y float64) []transport.HIDEvent {
+	return []transport.HIDEvent{transport.TouchDown(x, y), transport.TouchUp(x, y)}
+}
+
+// doubleTapEvents is two taps in one stream separated by gapMilliseconds.
+func doubleTapEvents(x, y float64, gapMilliseconds float64) []transport.HIDEvent {
+	return []transport.HIDEvent{
+		transport.TouchDown(x, y), transport.TouchUp(x, y),
+		transport.Delay(gapMilliseconds),
+		transport.TouchDown(x, y), transport.TouchUp(x, y),
+	}
+}
+
+// longPressEvents is a finger held down for holdMilliseconds before lifting.
+func longPressEvents(x, y float64, holdMilliseconds float64) []transport.HIDEvent {
+	return []transport.HIDEvent{
+		transport.TouchDown(x, y),
+		transport.Delay(holdMilliseconds),
+		transport.TouchUp(x, y),
+	}
+}
+
+// allowPasteButton is the located allow button of the paste-permission dialog.
+type allowPasteButton struct {
+	centerX float64
+	centerY float64
+}
+
+// allowPasteLabels are the known en-US labels of the paste dialog's accept
+// button. iOS also surfaces a reject button ("Don't Allow Paste"), so a plain
+// "Allow" substring match would be ambiguous; the located labels are matched
+// exactly against the trimmed AXLabel.
+var allowPasteLabels = []string{"Allow Paste", "Allow"}
+
+// findAllowPasteButton locates the allow button of the paste-permission dialog
+// in a describe-all dump. It first matches a button whose label is a known
+// allow label. Failing that, it applies a conservative fallback: if exactly one
+// enabled button is present in the dump, that lone button is taken to be the
+// dialog's allow control. The fallback is deliberately narrow so it cannot fire
+// on an ordinary screen full of buttons; the dialog is modal and collapses the
+// dump to its own controls.
+func findAllowPasteButton(dump []byte) (allowPasteButton, bool) {
+	elements := decodeDump(dump)
+
+	for _, element := range elements {
+		if element.Type != "Button" {
+			continue
+		}
+		label := strings.TrimSpace(stringValue(element.AXLabel))
+		if isRejectPasteLabel(label) {
+			continue
+		}
+		for _, allow := range allowPasteLabels {
+			if label == allow {
+				if center, ok := buttonCenter(element); ok {
+					return center, true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	var soleEnabled allowPasteButton
+	enabledButtons := 0
+	for _, element := range elements {
+		if element.Type != "Button" || !element.Enabled {
+			continue
+		}
+		if isRejectPasteLabel(strings.TrimSpace(stringValue(element.AXLabel))) {
+			continue
+		}
+		center, ok := buttonCenter(element)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		enabledButtons++
+		soleEnabled = center
+	}
+	if enabledButtons == 1 {
+		return soleEnabled, true
+	}
+	return allowPasteButton{}, false
+}
+
+// isRejectPasteLabel reports whether label is the dialog's reject button. iOS
+// renders the apostrophe as a right single quotation mark (U+2019), so both the
+// curly and straight forms are checked.
+func isRejectPasteLabel(label string) bool {
+	return strings.Contains(label, "Don’t Allow Paste") ||
+		strings.Contains(label, "Don't Allow Paste")
+}
+
+func buttonCenter(element rawElement) (allowPasteButton, bool) {
+	frame := element.Frame
+	if !finite(frame.X) || !finite(frame.Y) || !finite(frame.Width) || !finite(frame.Height) {
+		return allowPasteButton{}, false
+	}
+	if frame.Width == 0 && frame.Height == 0 {
+		return allowPasteButton{}, false
+	}
+	return allowPasteButton{
+		centerX: frame.X + frame.Width/2,
+		centerY: frame.Y + frame.Height/2,
+	}, true
+}
+
+// pasteLanded reports whether the field identified by fieldIdentifier now shows
+// expectedText in its AXValue. The paste appends at the cursor, so a substring
+// match (rather than equality) is used: the field may already hold text. A
+// secure field masks its value as bullets, making content verification
+// impossible; a non-empty all-bullet value counts as landed.
+func pasteLanded(dump []byte, fieldIdentifier, expectedText string) bool {
+	if fieldIdentifier == "" || expectedText == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, element := range decodeDump(dump) {
+		if stringValue(element.AXUniqueID) != fieldIdentifier {
+			continue
+		}
+		value := stringValue(element.AXValue)
+		if strings.Contains(value, expectedText) {
+			return true
+		}
+		return isMaskedValue(value)
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// isMaskedValue reports whether value is a secure field's masked content:
+// non-empty and made up entirely of bullet characters.
+func isMaskedValue(value string) bool {
+	if value == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, r := range value {
+		if r != '•' {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// decodeDump parses a flat describe-all dump into elements, reusing the same
+// element shape and per-element tolerance as the hierarchy mapper: a single
+// malformed entry is skipped rather than discarding the whole dump.
+func decodeDump(dump []byte) []rawElement {
+	var rawElements []json.RawMessage
+	if len(dump) > 0 {
+		_ = json.Unmarshal(dump, &rawElements)
+	}
+	elements := make([]rawElement, 0, len(rawElements))
+	for _, raw := range rawElements {
+		var element rawElement
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &element); err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		elements = append(elements, element)
+	}
+	return elements
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/input_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,433 @@
+package ioscompanion
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport"
+)
+
+func eventsEqual(t *testing.T, got, want []transport.HIDEvent) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if len(got) != len(want) {
+		t.Fatalf("event count: got %d, want %d", len(got), len(want))
+	}
+	for i := range want {
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(got[i], want[i]) {
+			t.Fatalf("event %d differs", i)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestKeyPressEvents(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		presses []KeyPress
+		want    []transport.HIDEvent
+	}{
+		{
+			name:    "lowercase letter is down then up, no shift",
+			presses: []KeyPress{{Usage: usageA}},
+			want:    []transport.HIDEvent{transport.KeyDown(usageA), transport.KeyUp(usageA)},
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "shifted letter wraps with left shift down and up",
+			presses: []KeyPress{{Usage: usageA, Shift: true}},
+			want: []transport.HIDEvent{
+				transport.KeyDown(usageLeftShift),
+				transport.KeyDown(usageA),
+				transport.KeyUp(usageA),
+				transport.KeyUp(usageLeftShift),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "empty input yields no events",
+			presses: nil,
+			want:    []transport.HIDEvent{},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			eventsEqual(t, keyPressEvents(test.presses), test.want)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestKeyPressEventsMixedString(t *testing.T) {
+	presses, skipped := typeString("aB")
+	if len(skipped) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected skipped runes: %v", skipped)
+	}
+	got := keyPressEvents(presses)
+	want := []transport.HIDEvent{
+		transport.KeyDown(usageA), transport.KeyUp(usageA),
+		transport.KeyDown(usageLeftShift),
+		transport.KeyDown(usageA + 1),
+		transport.KeyUp(usageA + 1),
+		transport.KeyUp(usageLeftShift),
+	}
+	eventsEqual(t, got, want)
+}
+
+func TestPasteChordEvents(t *testing.T) {
+	want := []transport.HIDEvent{
+		transport.KeyDown(LeftGUI),
+		transport.KeyDown(VKey),
+		transport.KeyUp(VKey),
+		transport.KeyUp(LeftGUI),
+	}
+	eventsEqual(t, pasteChordEvents(), want)
+}
+
+func TestTapEvents(t *testing.T) {
+	want := []transport.HIDEvent{transport.TouchDown(12, 34), transport.TouchUp(12, 34)}
+	eventsEqual(t, tapEvents(12, 34), want)
+}
+
+func TestDoubleTapEvents(t *testing.T) {
+	want := []transport.HIDEvent{
+		transport.TouchDown(5, 6), transport.TouchUp(5, 6),
+		transport.Delay(70),
+		transport.TouchDown(5, 6), transport.TouchUp(5, 6),
+	}
+	eventsEqual(t, doubleTapEvents(5, 6, DefaultDoubleTapGapMilliseconds), want)
+}
+
+func TestLongPressEvents(t *testing.T) {
+	want := []transport.HIDEvent{
+		transport.TouchDown(8, 9),
+		transport.Delay(500),
+		transport.TouchUp(8, 9),
+	}
+	eventsEqual(t, longPressEvents(8, 9, 500), want)
+}
+
+func loadDialogDump(t *testing.T) []byte {
+	t.Helper()
+	dump, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("testdata", "paste-dialog.json"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read testdata: %v", err)
+	}
+	return dump
+}
+
+func TestFindAllowPasteButton(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		dump      string
+		wantFound bool
+		wantX     float64
+		wantY     float64
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "exact Allow Paste wins over Don't Allow Paste",
+			dump:      string(loadDialogDump(t)),
+			wantFound: true,
+			wantX:     280, // 210 + 140/2
+			wantY:     465, // 440 + 50/2
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "plain Allow label matches",
+			dump:      `[{"type":"Button","AXLabel":"Allow","frame":{"x":100,"y":100,"width":40,"height":20},"enabled":true}]`,
+			wantFound: true,
+			wantX:     120,
+			wantY:     110,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "sole enabled button fallback",
+			dump:      `[{"type":"StaticText","AXLabel":"Paste?","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":10,"height":10},"enabled":true},{"type":"Button","AXLabel":"OK","frame":{"x":50,"y":60,"width":100,"height":40},"enabled":true}]`,
+			wantFound: true,
+			wantX:     100,
+			wantY:     80,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "no fallback when several enabled buttons present",
+			dump:      `[{"type":"Button","AXLabel":"A","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":10,"height":10},"enabled":true},{"type":"Button","AXLabel":"B","frame":{"x":20,"y":0,"width":10,"height":10},"enabled":true}]`,
+			wantFound: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "reject button alone does not match",
+			dump:      `[{"type":"Button","AXLabel":"Don’t Allow Paste","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":10,"height":10},"enabled":true}]`,
+			wantFound: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "empty dump finds nothing",
+			dump:      ``,
+			wantFound: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "malformed json finds nothing",
+			dump:      `not json`,
+			wantFound: false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			button, found := findAllowPasteButton([]byte(test.dump))
+			if found != test.wantFound {
+				t.Fatalf("found: got %v, want %v", found, test.wantFound)
+			}
+			if !found {
+				return
+			}
+			if button.centerX != test.wantX || button.centerY != test.wantY {
+				t.Fatalf("center: got (%v,%v), want (%v,%v)", button.centerX, button.centerY, test.wantX, test.wantY)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPasteLanded(t *testing.T) {
+	dump := `[{"type":"TextField","AXUniqueId":"NoteField","AXValue":"prefix Café ☕","frame":{"x":0,"y":0,"width":10,"height":10}}]`
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		dump       string
+		identifier string
+		expected   string
+		want       bool
+	}{
+		{name: "substring present", dump: dump, identifier: "NoteField", expected: "Café ☕", want: true},
+		{name: "value not yet landed", dump: `[{"type":"TextField","AXUniqueId":"NoteField","AXValue":"prefix"}]`, identifier: "NoteField", expected: "Café", want: false},
+		{name: "field absent", dump: dump, identifier: "MissingField", expected: "Café", want: false},
+		{name: "empty identifier never matches", dump: dump, identifier: "", expected: "Café", want: false},
+		{name: "empty expected never matches", dump: dump, identifier: "NoteField", expected: "", want: false},
+		{name: "malformed dump never matches", dump: `nope`, identifier: "NoteField", expected: "Café", want: false},
+	}
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := pasteLanded([]byte(test.dump), test.identifier, test.expected); got != test.want {
+				t.Fatalf("got %v, want %v", got, test.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// fakeRunner records side effects and serves scripted describe-all dumps.
+type fakeRunner struct {
+	pasteboard  string
+	hidStreams  [][]transport.HIDEvent
+	dumps       [][]byte
+	dumpIndex   int
+	setError    error
+	sendError   error
+	describeErr error
+	sleepCount  int
+}
+
+func (f *fakeRunner) setPasteboard(ctx context.Context, text string) error {
+	if f.setError != nil {
+		return f.setError
+	}
+	f.pasteboard = text
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeRunner) sendHID(ctx context.Context, events ...transport.HIDEvent) error {
+	if f.sendError != nil {
+		return f.sendError
+	}
+	f.hidStreams = append(f.hidStreams, events)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeRunner) describeAll(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
+	if f.describeErr != nil {
+		return nil, f.describeErr
+	}
+	if f.dumpIndex >= len(f.dumps) {
+		return f.dumps[len(f.dumps)-1], nil
+	}
+	dump := f.dumps[f.dumpIndex]
+	f.dumpIndex++
+	return dump, nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeRunner) sleep(ctx context.Context, duration time.Duration) error {
+	f.sleepCount++
+	return ctx.Err()
+}
+
+func TestInputTextFastPathUsesHardwareKeyboard(t *testing.T) {
+	fake := &fakeRunner{}
+	if err := inputText(context.Background(), fake, "hi", fieldTarget{}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("inputText: %v", err)
+	}
+	if fake.pasteboard != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("fast path must not touch pasteboard, got %q", fake.pasteboard)
+	}
+	if len(fake.hidStreams) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("fast path must send one HID stream, got %d", len(fake.hidStreams))
+	}
+	// One stream: clear the field, then type the runes.
+	want := append(clearFieldEvents(),
+		keyPressEvents([]KeyPress{{Usage: usageA + ('h' - 'a')}, {Usage: usageA + ('i' - 'a')}})...)
+	eventsEqual(t, fake.hidStreams[0], want)
+}
+
+func TestInputTextPasteLandsImmediately(t *testing.T) {
+	landed := `[{"type":"TextField","AXUniqueId":"F","AXValue":"Café"}]`
+	fake := &fakeRunner{dumps: [][]byte{[]byte(landed)}}
+	field := fieldTarget{identifier: "F", centerX: 100, centerY: 200}
+	if err := inputText(context.Background(), fake, "Café", field); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("inputText: %v", err)
+	}
+	if fake.pasteboard != "Café" {
+		t.Fatalf("pasteboard: got %q", fake.pasteboard)
+	}
+	// Streams: clear field, then paste chord.
+	if len(fake.hidStreams) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected clear then paste chord, got %d streams", len(fake.hidStreams))
+	}
+	eventsEqual(t, fake.hidStreams[0], clearFieldEvents())
+	eventsEqual(t, fake.hidStreams[1], pasteChordEvents())
+}
+
+func TestInputTextPasteDismissesDialogThenLands(t *testing.T) {
+	dialog := string(loadDialogDump(t))
+	landed := `[{"type":"TextField","AXUniqueId":"TxnNoteField","AXValue":"Café ☕ 😀"}]`
+	// First check sees the dialog (which swallowed the initial chord); the
+	// check after the retried chord sees the landed value.
+	fake := &fakeRunner{dumps: [][]byte{[]byte(dialog), []byte(landed)}}
+	field := fieldTarget{identifier: "TxnNoteField", centerX: 195, centerY: 222}
+	if err := inputText(context.Background(), fake, "Café ☕ 😀", field); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("inputText: %v", err)
+	}
+	// Streams: clear field, paste chord, tap allow, refocus field, paste chord again.
+	if len(fake.hidStreams) != 5 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 5 HID streams, got %d", len(fake.hidStreams))
+	}
+	eventsEqual(t, fake.hidStreams[0], clearFieldEvents())
+	eventsEqual(t, fake.hidStreams[1], pasteChordEvents())
+	eventsEqual(t, fake.hidStreams[2], tapEvents(280, 465))
+	eventsEqual(t, fake.hidStreams[3], tapEvents(195, 222))
+	eventsEqual(t, fake.hidStreams[4], pasteChordEvents())
+}
+
+func TestInputTextPasteFailsAfterAllAttempts(t *testing.T) {
+	stuck := `[{"type":"TextField","AXUniqueId":"F","AXValue":""}]`
+	fake := &fakeRunner{dumps: [][]byte{[]byte(stuck)}}
+	field := fieldTarget{identifier: "F", centerX: 1, centerY: 2}
+	err := inputText(context.Background(), fake, "😀", field)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error after exhausting the verify budget")
+	}
+	// Streams: clear field, then exactly one paste chord (no dialog, so it is
+	// not re-sent: re-sending on a slow render would paste twice).
+	if len(fake.hidStreams) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected clear then one paste chord, got %d streams", len(fake.hidStreams))
+	}
+	eventsEqual(t, fake.hidStreams[0], clearFieldEvents())
+	wantPolls := int(pasteVerifyTimeout / pastePoll)
+	if fake.sleepCount != wantPolls {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %d verify polls, got %d", wantPolls, fake.sleepCount)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInputTextPasteLandsAfterBridgeBlackout(t *testing.T) {
+	// The field is absent (bridge blacked out by the dialog) for several
+	// polls, then the value lands. The loop must keep waiting through the
+	// blackout instead of failing.
+	blacked := `[{"type":"Application"}]`
+	landed := `[{"type":"TextField","AXUniqueId":"F","AXValue":"😀"}]`
+	dumps := [][]byte{[]byte(blacked), []byte(blacked), []byte(blacked), []byte(landed)}
+	fake := &fakeRunner{dumps: dumps}
+	field := fieldTarget{identifier: "F", centerX: 1, centerY: 2}
+	if err := inputText(context.Background(), fake, "😀", field); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("inputText: %v", err)
+	}
+	// Clear field, one chord, no dialog seen, success once the value appears.
+	if len(fake.hidStreams) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected clear then one paste chord, got %d streams", len(fake.hidStreams))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInputTextPasteUnverifiableFieldSingleChord(t *testing.T) {
+	// No field identifier resolved: one chord, no dialog, success after the
+	// settle without endless retries.
+	noField := `[{"type":"StaticText","AXLabel":"whatever"}]`
+	fake := &fakeRunner{dumps: [][]byte{[]byte(noField)}}
+	if err := inputText(context.Background(), fake, "😀", fieldTarget{}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("inputText: %v", err)
+	}
+	// Clear field, then one paste chord.
+	if len(fake.hidStreams) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected clear then one paste chord, got %d streams", len(fake.hidStreams))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEraseTextLargeCountClearsAtomically(t *testing.T) {
+	fake := &fakeRunner{}
+	if err := eraseText(context.Background(), fake, 40); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("eraseText: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(fake.hidStreams) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected one stream, got %d", len(fake.hidStreams))
+	}
+	eventsEqual(t, fake.hidStreams[0], clearFieldEvents())
+}
+
+func TestEraseTextSendsBackspaces(t *testing.T) {
+	fake := &fakeRunner{}
+	if err := eraseText(context.Background(), fake, 3); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("eraseText: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(fake.hidStreams) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected one stream, got %d", len(fake.hidStreams))
+	}
+	want := keyPressEvents(backspaces(3))
+	eventsEqual(t, fake.hidStreams[0], want)
+}
+
+func TestEraseTextZeroIsNoOp(t *testing.T) {
+	fake := &fakeRunner{}
+	if err := eraseText(context.Background(), fake, 0); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("eraseText: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(fake.hidStreams) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("zero count must send nothing, got %d streams", len(fake.hidStreams))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUsesPasteboard(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		text string
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{"", false},
+		{"a", false},
+		{"abc", false},
+		{"a long but fully mappable ascii string", false},
+		{"-1", false},
+		{"%s%n", false},
+		{"😀", true},
+		{"Café", true},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		if got := usesPasteboard(c.text); got != c.want {
+			t.Errorf("usesPasteboard(%q) = %v, want %v", c.text, got, c.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPasteLandedMaskedSecureField(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name string
+		dump string
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{name: "all bullets counts as landed", dump: `[{"type":"TextField","AXUniqueId":"PW","AXValue":"•••••"}]`, want: true},
+		{name: "empty secure field not landed", dump: `[{"type":"TextField","AXUniqueId":"PW","AXValue":""}]`, want: false},
+		{name: "mixed bullets and text not masked", dump: `[{"type":"TextField","AXUniqueId":"PW","AXValue":"••a"}]`, want: false},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := pasteLanded([]byte(c.dump), "PW", "secret9"); got != c.want {
+				t.Fatalf("got %v, want %v", got, c.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/keymap.go

@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+// Package ioscompanion talks to the simulator companion to drive an iOS
+// simulator. This file is pure data: it maps runes to USB HID keyboard
+// usage IDs. A later module turns these key presses into HID events.
+package ioscompanion
+
+// USB HID keyboard usage IDs.
+const (
+	usageA            = 4
+	usage1            = 30
+	usage0            = 39
+	usageReturn       = 40
+	usageTab          = 43
+	usageSpace        = 44
+	usageBackspace    = 42
+	usageMinus        = 45
+	usageEqual        = 46
+	usageLeftBracket  = 47
+	usageRightBracket = 48
+	usageBackslash    = 49
+	usageSemicolon    = 51
+	usageApostrophe   = 52
+	usageGrave        = 53
+	usageComma        = 54
+	usagePeriod       = 55
+	usageSlash        = 56
+
+	usageLeftShift = 225
+
+	// LeftGUI is the command key. VKey is the letter V. Together they form
+	// the paste chord (command+V).
+	LeftGUI = 227
+	VKey    = 25
+)
+
+// KeyPress is a single key with whether the shift modifier is held.
+type KeyPress struct {
+	Usage uint32
+	Shift bool
+}
+
+// shiftedSymbols maps a shifted-symbol rune to the unshifted key it lives on.
+var shiftedSymbols = map[rune]uint32{
+	'!': usage1,
+	'@': usage1 + 1,
+	'#': usage1 + 2,
+	'$': usage1 + 3,
+	'%': usage1 + 4,
+	'^': usage1 + 5,
+	'&': usage1 + 6,
+	'*': usage1 + 7,
+	'(': usage1 + 8,
+	')': usage0,
+	'_': usageMinus,
+	'+': usageEqual,
+	'{': usageLeftBracket,
+	'}': usageRightBracket,
+	'|': usageBackslash,
+	':': usageSemicolon,
+	'"': usageApostrophe,
+	'~': usageGrave,
+	'<': usageComma,
+	'>': usagePeriod,
+	'?': usageSlash,
+}
+
+// unshiftedSymbols maps a symbol rune typed without shift to its key.
+var unshiftedSymbols = map[rune]uint32{
+	'-':  usageMinus,
+	'=':  usageEqual,
+	'[':  usageLeftBracket,
+	']':  usageRightBracket,
+	'\\': usageBackslash,
+	';':  usageSemicolon,
+	'\'': usageApostrophe,
+	'`':  usageGrave,
+	',':  usageComma,
+	'.':  usagePeriod,
+	'/':  usageSlash,
+}
+
+// charKey returns the key press for a rune and whether the rune is mappable.
+func charKey(r rune) (KeyPress, bool) {
+	switch {
+	case r >= 'a' && r <= 'z':
+		return KeyPress{Usage: uint32(usageA + (r - 'a'))}, true
+	case r >= 'A' && r <= 'Z':
+		return KeyPress{Usage: uint32(usageA + (r - 'A')), Shift: true}, true
+	case r >= '1' && r <= '9':
+		return KeyPress{Usage: uint32(usage1 + (r - '1'))}, true
+	case r == '0':
+		return KeyPress{Usage: usage0}, true
+	case r == ' ':
+		return KeyPress{Usage: usageSpace}, true
+	case r == '\n':
+		return KeyPress{Usage: usageReturn}, true
+	case r == '\t':
+		return KeyPress{Usage: usageTab}, true
+	}
+	if usage, ok := unshiftedSymbols[r]; ok {
+		return KeyPress{Usage: usage}, true
+	}
+	if usage, ok := shiftedSymbols[r]; ok {
+		return KeyPress{Usage: usage, Shift: true}, true
+	}
+	return KeyPress{}, false
+}
+
+// typeString returns the ordered key presses for every mappable rune in s.
+// Unmappable runes are collected in order in skipped.
+func typeString(s string) (presses []KeyPress, skipped []rune) {
+	for _, r := range s {
+		press, ok := charKey(r)
+		if !ok {
+			skipped = append(skipped, r)
+			continue
+		}
+		presses = append(presses, press)
+	}
+	return presses, skipped
+}
+
+// backspaces returns n backspace key presses.
+func backspaces(n int) []KeyPress {
+	presses := make([]KeyPress, 0, n)
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		presses = append(presses, KeyPress{Usage: usageBackspace})
+	}
+	return presses
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/keymap_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+package ioscompanion
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestCharKeyLetters(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		r     rune
+		usage uint32
+		shift bool
+	}{
+		{'a', usageA, false},
+		{'z', usageA + 25, false},
+		{'m', usageA + 12, false},
+		{'A', usageA, true},
+		{'Z', usageA + 25, true},
+		{'M', usageA + 12, true},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		press, ok := charKey(c.r)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("charKey(%q) reported unmappable", c.r)
+		}
+		if press.Usage != c.usage || press.Shift != c.shift {
+			t.Errorf("charKey(%q) = {%d,%v}, want {%d,%v}", c.r, press.Usage, press.Shift, c.usage, c.shift)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCharKeyDigits(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		r     rune
+		usage uint32
+	}{
+		{'1', usage1},
+		{'2', usage1 + 1},
+		{'3', usage1 + 2},
+		{'4', usage1 + 3},
+		{'5', usage1 + 4},
+		{'6', usage1 + 5},
+		{'7', usage1 + 6},
+		{'8', usage1 + 7},
+		{'9', usage1 + 8},
+		{'0', usage0},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		press, ok := charKey(c.r)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("charKey(%q) reported unmappable", c.r)
+		}
+		if press.Usage != c.usage || press.Shift {
+			t.Errorf("charKey(%q) = {%d,%v}, want {%d,false}", c.r, press.Usage, press.Shift, c.usage)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCharKeyWhitespace(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		r     rune
+		usage uint32
+	}{
+		{' ', usageSpace},
+		{'\n', usageReturn},
+		{'\t', usageTab},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		press, ok := charKey(c.r)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("charKey(%q) reported unmappable", c.r)
+		}
+		if press.Usage != c.usage || press.Shift {
+			t.Errorf("charKey(%q) = {%d,%v}, want {%d,false}", c.r, press.Usage, press.Shift, c.usage)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCharKeyUnshiftedSymbols(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		r     rune
+		usage uint32
+	}{
+		{'-', usageMinus},
+		{'=', usageEqual},
+		{'[', usageLeftBracket},
+		{']', usageRightBracket},
+		{'\\', usageBackslash},
+		{';', usageSemicolon},
+		{'\'', usageApostrophe},
+		{'`', usageGrave},
+		{',', usageComma},
+		{'.', usagePeriod},
+		{'/', usageSlash},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		press, ok := charKey(c.r)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("charKey(%q) reported unmappable", c.r)
+		}
+		if press.Usage != c.usage || press.Shift {
+			t.Errorf("charKey(%q) = {%d,%v}, want {%d,false}", c.r, press.Usage, press.Shift, c.usage)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCharKeyShiftedSymbols(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		r     rune
+		usage uint32
+	}{
+		{'!', usage1},
+		{'@', usage1 + 1},
+		{'#', usage1 + 2},
+		{'$', usage1 + 3},
+		{'%', usage1 + 4},
+		{'^', usage1 + 5},
+		{'&', usage1 + 6},
+		{'*', usage1 + 7},
+		{'(', usage1 + 8},
+		{')', usage0},
+		{'_', usageMinus},
+		{'+', usageEqual},
+		{'{', usageLeftBracket},
+		{'}', usageRightBracket},
+		{'|', usageBackslash},
+		{':', usageSemicolon},
+		{'"', usageApostrophe},
+		{'~', usageGrave},
+		{'<', usageComma},
+		{'>', usagePeriod},
+		{'?', usageSlash},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		press, ok := charKey(c.r)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("charKey(%q) reported unmappable", c.r)
+		}
+		if press.Usage != c.usage || !press.Shift {
+			t.Errorf("charKey(%q) = {%d,%v}, want {%d,true}", c.r, press.Usage, press.Shift, c.usage)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCharKeyUnmappable(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, r := range []rune{'é', '世', '🙂', '\x00'} {
+		if press, ok := charKey(r); ok {
+			t.Errorf("charKey(%q) = {%d,%v}, want unmappable", r, press.Usage, press.Shift)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTypeString(t *testing.T) {
+	presses, skipped := typeString("Ab1!")
+	want := []KeyPress{
+		{Usage: usageA, Shift: true},
+		{Usage: usageA + 1},
+		{Usage: usage1},
+		{Usage: usage1, Shift: true},
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(presses, want) {
+		t.Errorf("presses = %+v, want %+v", presses, want)
+	}
+	if len(skipped) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("skipped = %v, want none", skipped)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTypeStringSkipsUnmappableInOrder(t *testing.T) {
+	presses, skipped := typeString("café 🙂x")
+	wantPresses := []KeyPress{
+		{Usage: usageA + 2},
+		{Usage: usageA},
+		{Usage: usageA + 5},
+		{Usage: usageSpace},
+		{Usage: usageA + 23},
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(presses, wantPresses) {
+		t.Errorf("presses = %+v, want %+v", presses, wantPresses)
+	}
+	wantSkipped := []rune{'é', '🙂'}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(skipped, wantSkipped) {
+		t.Errorf("skipped = %q, want %q", skipped, wantSkipped)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBackspaces(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := backspaces(0); len(got) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("backspaces(0) = %v, want empty", got)
+	}
+	got := backspaces(3)
+	want := []KeyPress{
+		{Usage: usageBackspace},
+		{Usage: usageBackspace},
+		{Usage: usageBackspace},
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("backspaces(3) = %+v, want %+v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPasteChordConstants(t *testing.T) {
+	if LeftGUI != 227 {
+		t.Errorf("LeftGUI = %d, want 227", LeftGUI)
+	}
+	if VKey != 25 {
+		t.Errorf("VKey = %d, want 25", VKey)
+	}
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/runnerassets/embed.go

@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+// Package runnerassets embeds the in-simulator runner test bundle and its
+// xctestrun, and extracts them to disk at runtime.
+package runnerassets
+
+import (
+	"archive/tar"
+	"bytes"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// xctestrunName is the file name the staged test root uses for the runner's
+// xctestrun. The driver substitutes the port placeholder in this file before
+// launching, so it must not be renamed.
+const xctestrunName = "runner.xctestrun"
+
+// EmbeddedSize returns the size in bytes of the embedded runner archive.
+func EmbeddedSize() int { return len(embeddedArchive) }
+
+// EmbeddedSHA256 returns the hex-encoded SHA-256 of the embedded archive.
+func EmbeddedSHA256() string {
+	sum := sha256.Sum256(embeddedArchive)
+	return hex.EncodeToString(sum[:])
+}
+
+// Extract unpacks the embedded runner archive into dir, preserving the test
+// root layout and any symlinks. A .sha256 marker next to the extracted tree
+// gates re-extraction: if it already matches, no rewrite happens. Returns the
+// absolute path to the extracted runner.xctestrun.
+func Extract(dir string) (string, error) {
+	if len(embeddedArchive) == 0 {
+		return "", errors.New("runner: binary built without -tags withcompanion; rebuild with `make sanderling`")
+	}
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("mkdir %s: %w", dir, err)
+	}
+
+	xctestrunPath, err := filepath.Abs(filepath.Join(dir, xctestrunName))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	checksumPath := filepath.Join(dir, "runner.sha256")
+	checksum := EmbeddedSHA256()
+
+	if existing, err := os.ReadFile(checksumPath); err == nil && string(existing) == checksum {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(xctestrunPath); err == nil {
+			return xctestrunPath, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := unpack(dir); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(xctestrunPath); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("runner: xctestrun missing after extraction: %w", err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(checksumPath, []byte(checksum), 0o644); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("write checksum: %w", err)
+	}
+	return xctestrunPath, nil
+}
+
+func unpack(dir string) error {
+	gzipReader, err := gzip.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(embeddedArchive))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("open runner archive: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer gzipReader.Close()
+
+	tarReader := tar.NewReader(gzipReader)
+	for {
+		header, err := tarReader.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			return nil
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("read runner archive: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		if strings.HasPrefix(filepath.Base(header.Name), "._") {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		target, err := safeJoin(dir, header.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		switch header.Typeflag {
+		case tar.TypeDir:
+			if err := os.MkdirAll(target, 0o755); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		case tar.TypeSymlink:
+			if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(target), 0o755); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			os.Remove(target)
+			if err := os.Symlink(header.Linkname, target); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		case tar.TypeReg:
+			if err := writeFile(target, tarReader, os.FileMode(header.Mode)); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func writeFile(path string, src io.Reader, mode os.FileMode) error {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0o755); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC|os.O_WRONLY, mode)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if _, err := io.Copy(file, src); err != nil {
+		file.Close()
+		return err
+	}
+	return file.Close()
+}
+
+// safeJoin rejects archive entries that would escape dir.
+func safeJoin(dir, name string) (string, error) {
+	target := filepath.Join(dir, name)
+	relative, err := filepath.Rel(dir, target)
+	if err != nil || relative == ".." || strings.HasPrefix(relative, ".."+string(os.PathSeparator)) {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("archive entry escapes destination: %s", name)
+	}
+	return target, nil
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/runnerassets/embed_real.go

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//go:build withcompanion
+
+package runnerassets
+
+import _ "embed"
+
+//go:embed assets/runner-1.0.0.tar.gz
+var embeddedArchive []byte
+
+// IsPlaceholder reports whether the binary was built without the real runner
+// archive embedded. -tags withcompanion builds always return false.
+func IsPlaceholder() bool { return false }

internal/driver/ioscompanion/runnerassets/embed_stub.go

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+//go:build !withcompanion
+
+package runnerassets
+
+var embeddedArchive []byte
+
+// IsPlaceholder reports whether the binary was built without the real runner
+// archive embedded. Build with `make sanderling` (which passes
+// -tags withcompanion) to embed the real runner test bundle.
+func IsPlaceholder() bool { return true }

internal/driver/ioscompanion/runnerassets/embed_stub_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+//go:build !withcompanion
+
+package runnerassets
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestStubBuild_IsPlaceholder(t *testing.T) {
+	if !IsPlaceholder() {
+		t.Error("default build (no -tags withcompanion) must report a placeholder")
+	}
+	if EmbeddedSize() != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("placeholder build must embed no archive, got %d bytes", EmbeddedSize())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStubBuild_ExtractErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := Extract(t.TempDir())
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Extract must fail when no archive is embedded")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "withcompanion") {
+		t.Errorf("error should tell the user to rebuild with -tags withcompanion, got %v", err)
+	}
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/runnerassets/embed_withcompanion_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+//go:build withcompanion
+
+package runnerassets
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestEmbeddedNonZero(t *testing.T) {
+	if EmbeddedSize() == 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected embedded runner archive to be non-empty")
+	}
+	if IsPlaceholder() {
+		t.Errorf("withcompanion build should not be a placeholder")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEmbeddedSHA256Matches(t *testing.T) {
+	sum := sha256.Sum256(embeddedArchive)
+	if hex.EncodeToString(sum[:]) != EmbeddedSHA256() {
+		t.Errorf("EmbeddedSHA256 does not match a fresh hash of the archive")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExtract_WritesXctestrunAndChecksum(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	path, err := Extract(directory)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	expected, err := filepath.Abs(filepath.Join(directory, xctestrunName))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if path != expected {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected xctestrun path: got %s want %s", path, expected)
+	}
+
+	contents, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(contents), "__COMPANION_PORT__") {
+		t.Errorf("extracted xctestrun is missing the __COMPANION_PORT__ placeholder")
+	}
+
+	checksum, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(directory, "runner.sha256"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if string(checksum) != EmbeddedSHA256() {
+		t.Errorf("checksum file content wrong: %q", checksum)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExtract_Layout(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	if _, err := Extract(directory); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	runnerApp := filepath.Join(directory, "Debug-iphonesimulator", "CompanionRunnerUITests-Runner.app")
+	if stat, err := os.Stat(runnerApp); err != nil || !stat.IsDir() {
+		t.Fatalf("runner app directory missing: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	binary := filepath.Join(runnerApp, "CompanionRunnerUITests-Runner")
+	if _, err := os.Stat(binary); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("runner app binary missing: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExtract_SymlinksResolve(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	if _, err := Extract(directory); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Simulator bundles are flat, so the runner app may contain no symlinks at
+	// all. Any symlink that is present must resolve to a real target, proving
+	// the unpack path restores links rather than copying broken stubs.
+	root := filepath.Join(directory, "Debug-iphonesimulator")
+	err := filepath.Walk(root, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if info.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
+			if _, statErr := os.Stat(path); statErr != nil {
+				t.Errorf("symlink %s does not resolve: %v", path, statErr)
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExtract_ReusesWhenChecksumMatches(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	xctestrunPath, err := Extract(directory)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	sentinel := []byte("SENTINEL-do-not-rewrite")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(xctestrunPath, sentinel, 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := Extract(directory); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	after, err := os.ReadFile(xctestrunPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if string(after) != string(sentinel) {
+		t.Errorf("second extract rewrote the xctestrun; reuse branch should have skipped extraction")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExtract_RewritesIfChecksumMissing(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	if _, err := Extract(directory); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	checksumPath := filepath.Join(directory, "runner.sha256")
+	if err := os.Remove(checksumPath); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := Extract(directory); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(checksumPath); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("checksum should have been rewritten: %v", err)
+	}
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/runnerspawn.go

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package ioscompanion
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/driver/ioscompanion/runnerassets"
+)
+
+// runnerPortPlaceholder is the marker the prepare script plants in the
+// packaged test configuration's environment. The spawner substitutes the
+// session's port before launching.
+const runnerPortPlaceholder = "__COMPANION_PORT__"
+
+// realSpawnRunner extracts the embedded runner bundle, writes a test
+// configuration bound to the session's port, and starts the hosting test
+// session against the configured simulator. Cancel sends SIGTERM so the
+// session tears down its in-simulator children cleanly.
+func (d *Driver) realSpawnRunner(ctx context.Context, address string) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
+	extractDirectory := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "sanderling-runner")
+	testRunPath, err := runnerassets.Extract(extractDirectory)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("extract runner: %w", err)
+	}
+	_, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(address)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	boundTestRunPath, err := bindTestRunPort(testRunPath, port)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	logPath := filepath.Join(extractDirectory, "runner-session-"+port+".log")
+	logFile, err := os.Create(logPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("create runner log: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	command := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "xcrun", "xcodebuild", "test-without-building",
+		"-xctestrun", boundTestRunPath,
+		"-destination", "platform=iOS Simulator,id="+d.udid)
+	// The session log stays out of the run output: the build tool is noisy
+	// and would pollute the run's error scan. The path is reported once so a
+	// failed startup is diagnosable.
+	command.Stdout = logFile
+	command.Stderr = logFile
+	command.Env = []string{
+		"HOME=" + os.Getenv("HOME"),
+		"PATH=/usr/bin:/bin",
+		"TMPDIR=" + os.TempDir(),
+	}
+	command.Cancel = func() error { return command.Process.Signal(syscall.SIGTERM) }
+	command.WaitDelay = shutdownGrace
+	startErr := command.Start()
+	// The child holds its own descriptor after Start, so the parent's copy
+	// closes either way.
+	logFile.Close()
+	if startErr != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("start runner session: %w", startErr)
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(d.output, "runner session pid=%d listening on %s (log: %s)\n", command.Process.Pid, address, logPath)
+	return command, nil
+}
+
+// bindTestRunPort writes a copy of the extracted test configuration with the
+// port placeholder substituted, next to the original so its relative paths
+// keep resolving. Returns the bound copy's path.
+func bindTestRunPort(testRunPath, port string) (string, error) {
+	configuration, err := os.ReadFile(testRunPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("read test configuration: %w", err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Contains(configuration, []byte(runnerPortPlaceholder)) {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("test configuration %s carries no %s placeholder", testRunPath, runnerPortPlaceholder)
+	}
+	bound := bytes.ReplaceAll(configuration, []byte(runnerPortPlaceholder), []byte(port))
+	boundPath := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(testRunPath), "runner-"+port+".xctestrun")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(boundPath, bound, 0o644); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("write bound test configuration: %w", err)
+	}
+	return boundPath, nil
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/settle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+// Package ioscompanion drives an iOS simulator through the native simulator
+// companion. This file ports the screen-settle (stability polling) logic that
+// waits for the on-device UI to stop churning before the runner reads a
+// hierarchy and screenshot pair.
+package ioscompanion
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/hierarchy"
+)
+
+// StabilityPollInterval is how long the loop waits between hierarchy probes.
+// The companion answers describe-all in tens of milliseconds, so a tight
+// interval samples transitions promptly without backing the stream up.
+const StabilityPollInterval = 100 * time.Millisecond
+
+// MinStableStreak is how long the tree must stay structurally identical (and
+// non-transitional) before the poll declares settle. Actions whose effect is
+// async (a tap that fires a write which later pops the back stack) leave the
+// UI momentarily stable before the navigation transition fires; requiring an
+// uninterrupted streak means churn that starts during the window resets the
+// clock instead of being missed. The streak is shorter than the JVM sidecar's
+// (which polls a slower, flakier adb hierarchy): the companion's describe is
+// fast and deterministic, so three consecutive identical samples are a solid
+// stability signal, and cross-fade transitions are caught separately by the
+// route-screen transitional check rather than by streak length.
+const MinStableStreak = 300 * time.Millisecond
+
+// StabilityPollCap bounds total time spent polling so a UI that never settles
+// does not block the runner indefinitely. A genuinely still-churning screen
+// hands a transitional snapshot to the next step, which settles it, so the cap
+// trades a slightly stale read for bounded latency rather than dropping work.
+const StabilityPollCap = 1500 * time.Millisecond
+
+// Clock abstracts time so the poll loop can be driven by a fake in tests
+// without sleeping for real.
+type Clock interface {
+	Now() time.Time
+	Sleep(duration time.Duration)
+}
+
+// systemClock is the production Clock backed by the standard library.
+type systemClock struct{}
+
+func (systemClock) Now() time.Time        { return time.Now() }
+func (systemClock) Sleep(d time.Duration) { time.Sleep(d) }
+
+// SystemClock returns a Clock backed by the standard library wall clock.
+func SystemClock() Clock { return systemClock{} }
+
+// PollUntilStable returns once StabilitySnapshot has been non-transitional and
+// equal to itself for an uninterrupted stretch of at least MinStableStreak,
+// capped at StabilityPollCap. fetch returns the current hierarchy tree (nil on
+// fetch failure, treated like a transitional snapshot so the streak resets).
+//
+// The stable stretch is measured from the start of the earliest read in the
+// current run of identical snapshots: a fetch is not instantaneous (a runner
+// snapshot takes a fair fraction of the streak itself), and the UI changing
+// mid-read would change the snapshot, so the read's own duration is evidence
+// of stability. A transitional snapshot, a changed snapshot, or a fetch
+// failure resets the run. The function returns when the stretch reaches
+// MinStableStreak or the cap elapses, and respects context cancellation.
+func PollUntilStable(ctx context.Context, clock Clock, fetch func() *hierarchy.Tree) {
+	deadline := clock.Now().Add(StabilityPollCap)
+	runStart := clock.Now()
+	prior := snapshot(fetch)
+	for clock.Now().Before(deadline) {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		clock.Sleep(StabilityPollInterval)
+		currentStart := clock.Now()
+		current := snapshot(fetch)
+		if prior.valid && current.valid && prior.hash == current.hash {
+			if clock.Now().Sub(runStart) >= MinStableStreak {
+				return
+			}
+		} else {
+			runStart = currentStart
+		}
+		prior = current
+	}
+}
+
+// stableSnapshot is the result of probing a single hierarchy tree. valid is
+// false when the snapshot is transitional (mid route transition) or the fetch
+// failed, both of which must reset the stable streak.
+type stableSnapshot struct {
+	hash  string
+	valid bool
+}
+
+func snapshot(fetch func() *hierarchy.Tree) stableSnapshot {
+	tree := fetch()
+	if tree == nil {
+		return stableSnapshot{}
+	}
+	return StabilitySnapshot(tree)
+}
+
+// StabilitySnapshot probes a hierarchy tree for both structural shape and route
+// transition state. An empty tree is a valid stable snapshot (the blank-tree
+// case in the companion). A tree with more than one route Screen is
+// transitional and reported invalid: a navigation host keeps both source and
+// destination destinations alive during a cross-fade, and a snapshot taken in
+// that window is unreliable because lazy lists in the incoming screen mount
+// over several frames. Otherwise the snapshot carries the structural hash.
+func StabilitySnapshot(tree *hierarchy.Tree) stableSnapshot {
+	if tree == nil || tree.Root == nil {
+		return stableSnapshot{valid: true}
+	}
+	if CountRouteScreens(tree) > 1 {
+		return stableSnapshot{}
+	}
+	return stableSnapshot{hash: StructuralHash(tree), valid: true}
+}
+
+// routeTagKeys are the attribute keys whose value, when it ends with "Screen",
+// marks a node as a route-level destination. Mirrors the companion's set.
+var routeTagKeys = []string{
+	"resource-id", "resourceId", "testTag",
+	"identifier", "accessibilityIdentifier",
+}
+
+// CountRouteScreens counts nodes that carry a route-level destination tag (a
+// route-tag attribute whose value ends with "Screen"). At most one tag is
+// counted per node, matching the companion which breaks on the first match.
+func CountRouteScreens(tree *hierarchy.Tree) int {
+	if tree == nil || tree.Root == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return countRouteScreens(tree.Root)
+}
+
+func countRouteScreens(node *hierarchy.Node) int {
+	count := 0
+	for _, key := range routeTagKeys {
+		value, ok := node.Attributes[key]
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		if strings.HasSuffix(value, "Screen") {
+			count++
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	for _, child := range node.Children {
+		count += countRouteScreens(child)
+	}
+	return count
+}
+
+// stableAttributeKeys are the identity attributes folded into the structural
+// hash, in this exact order. The transient bounds attribute is deliberately
+// excluded so a measure pass that shifts pixels without changing what is on
+// screen does not extend the wait; structure (via tree shape) and text are
+// included so a real content or layout-tree change does reset stability.
+var stableAttributeKeys = []string{
+	"resource-id", "resourceId",
+	"class", "className",
+	"content-desc", "contentDescription", "accessibilityText",
+	"text",
+	"testTag", "identifier", "accessibilityIdentifier",
+}
+
+// StructuralHash walks the tree and concatenates only the stable identity
+// attributes (excluding bounds), in tree order, wrapping each node in
+// parentheses so tree shape is encoded. The result is compared by equality, so
+// it is the hash itself rather than a digest of it.
+func StructuralHash(tree *hierarchy.Tree) string {
+	if tree == nil || tree.Root == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	var builder strings.Builder
+	walkForStructuralHash(tree.Root, &builder)
+	return builder.String()
+}
+
+func walkForStructuralHash(node *hierarchy.Node, out *strings.Builder) {
+	out.WriteByte('(')
+	for _, key := range stableAttributeKeys {
+		value, ok := node.Attributes[key]
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		out.WriteString(key)
+		out.WriteByte(':')
+		out.WriteString(value)
+		out.WriteByte('|')
+	}
+	for _, child := range node.Children {
+		walkForStructuralHash(child, out)
+	}
+	out.WriteByte(')')
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/settle_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+package ioscompanion
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/hierarchy"
+)
+
+// fakeClock advances its internal time only when Sleep is called, so the poll
+// loop runs instantly and deterministically without real sleeping.
+type fakeClock struct {
+	now time.Time
+}
+
+func (c *fakeClock) Now() time.Time { return c.now }
+
+func (c *fakeClock) Sleep(d time.Duration) { c.now = c.now.Add(d) }
+
+func mustTree(t *testing.T, json string) *hierarchy.Tree {
+	t.Helper()
+	tree, err := hierarchy.Parse(json)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse hierarchy: %v", err)
+	}
+	return tree
+}
+
+// fetcher returns a fetch function yielding trees in sequence; once the
+// sequence is exhausted the last tree repeats forever.
+func fetcher(trees ...*hierarchy.Tree) func() *hierarchy.Tree {
+	index := 0
+	return func() *hierarchy.Tree {
+		tree := trees[index]
+		if index < len(trees)-1 {
+			index++
+		}
+		return tree
+	}
+}
+
+const singleScreenJSON = `{
+  "attributes": {"resource-id": "homeScreen", "text": "Home"},
+  "children": [
+    {"attributes": {"text": "Welcome", "bounds": "[0,0,100,50]"}, "children": []}
+  ]
+}`
+
+// twoScreenJSON carries two route Screens (a navigation cross-fade), which must
+// be treated as transitional.
+const twoScreenJSON = `{
+  "attributes": {"resource-id": "rootView"},
+  "children": [
+    {"attributes": {"testTag": "homeScreen"}, "children": []},
+    {"attributes": {"testTag": "detailScreen"}, "children": []}
+  ]
+}`
+
+func TestCountRouteScreens(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		json string
+		want int
+	}{
+		{"single screen", singleScreenJSON, 1},
+		{"two screens", twoScreenJSON, 2},
+		{"no screens", `{"attributes": {"text": "plain"}, "children": []}`, 0},
+		{
+			"one node only counts once across route keys",
+			`{"attributes": {"resource-id": "fooScreen", "testTag": "barScreen"}, "children": []}`,
+			1,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := CountRouteScreens(mustTree(t, test.json))
+			if got != test.want {
+				t.Fatalf("CountRouteScreens = %d, want %d", got, test.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStabilitySnapshotTreatsTwoScreensAsTransitional(t *testing.T) {
+	snap := StabilitySnapshot(mustTree(t, twoScreenJSON))
+	if snap.valid {
+		t.Fatalf("snapshot with two route Screens should be invalid (transitional)")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStructuralHashIgnoresBoundsButNotTextOrStructure(t *testing.T) {
+	base := `{"attributes": {"text": "Hi", "bounds": "[0,0,10,10]"}, "children": [
+    {"attributes": {"text": "child", "bounds": "[0,0,5,5]"}, "children": []}
+  ]}`
+	boundsShifted := `{"attributes": {"text": "Hi", "bounds": "[5,5,20,20]"}, "children": [
+    {"attributes": {"text": "child", "bounds": "[5,5,9,9]"}, "children": []}
+  ]}`
+	textChanged := `{"attributes": {"text": "Bye", "bounds": "[0,0,10,10]"}, "children": [
+    {"attributes": {"text": "child", "bounds": "[0,0,5,5]"}, "children": []}
+  ]}`
+	structureChanged := `{"attributes": {"text": "Hi", "bounds": "[0,0,10,10]"}, "children": [
+    {"attributes": {"text": "child", "bounds": "[0,0,5,5]"}, "children": []},
+    {"attributes": {"text": "extra"}, "children": []}
+  ]}`
+
+	baseHash := StructuralHash(mustTree(t, base))
+	if got := StructuralHash(mustTree(t, boundsShifted)); got != baseHash {
+		t.Fatalf("bounds-only change must not alter hash:\n base=%q\n shift=%q", baseHash, got)
+	}
+	if got := StructuralHash(mustTree(t, textChanged)); got == baseHash {
+		t.Fatalf("text change must alter hash, both were %q", baseHash)
+	}
+	if got := StructuralHash(mustTree(t, structureChanged)); got == baseHash {
+		t.Fatalf("structure change must alter hash, both were %q", baseHash)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPollUntilStableTwoScreensNeverStable(t *testing.T) {
+	clock := &fakeClock{now: time.Unix(0, 0)}
+	fetch := fetcher(mustTree(t, twoScreenJSON))
+	start := clock.Now()
+	PollUntilStable(context.Background(), clock, fetch)
+	elapsed := clock.Now().Sub(start)
+	if elapsed < StabilityPollCap {
+		t.Fatalf("a perpetually transitional UI must poll until the cap, elapsed=%v cap=%v", elapsed, StabilityPollCap)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPollUntilStableReturnsAfterStreak(t *testing.T) {
+	clock := &fakeClock{now: time.Unix(0, 0)}
+	fetch := fetcher(mustTree(t, singleScreenJSON))
+	start := clock.Now()
+	PollUntilStable(context.Background(), clock, fetch)
+	elapsed := clock.Now().Sub(start)
+	// prior is sampled at t0, then equal snapshots accumulate the streak. The
+	// streak starts at the first matching tick and must reach MinStableStreak.
+	if elapsed > StabilityPollCap {
+		t.Fatalf("stable UI must settle before the cap, elapsed=%v", elapsed)
+	}
+	if elapsed < MinStableStreak {
+		t.Fatalf("must observe a full stable streak before returning, elapsed=%v streak=%v", elapsed, MinStableStreak)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPollUntilStableResetsStreakOnMidStreakChange(t *testing.T) {
+	clock := &fakeClock{now: time.Unix(0, 0)}
+	stable := mustTree(t, singleScreenJSON)
+	churned := mustTree(t, `{"attributes": {"resource-id": "homeScreen", "text": "Loading"}, "children": []}`)
+	// Two stable ticks build part of a streak (250ms, 500ms accumulated since
+	// the streak start at the first match) then a changed tree resets it, after
+	// which a fresh full 750ms streak is required.
+	fetch := fetcher(stable, stable, stable, churned, stable)
+	start := clock.Now()
+	PollUntilStable(context.Background(), clock, fetch)
+	elapsed := clock.Now().Sub(start)
+	// The streak that succeeds begins after the churn, so total elapsed must
+	// exceed a single uninterrupted streak. Without a reset the loop would have
+	// returned far earlier.
+	if elapsed < MinStableStreak+3*StabilityPollInterval {
+		t.Fatalf("mid-streak change must reset and require a fresh streak, elapsed=%v", elapsed)
+	}
+	if elapsed > StabilityPollCap {
+		t.Fatalf("expected settle before cap once a clean streak completes, elapsed=%v", elapsed)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPollUntilStableCapReturnsWhenNeverStable(t *testing.T) {
+	clock := &fakeClock{now: time.Unix(0, 0)}
+	// Each fetch yields a structurally different tree, so the streak never
+	// grows and only the cap can end the loop.
+	tick := 0
+	fetch := func() *hierarchy.Tree {
+		tick++
+		return mustTree(t, fmt.Sprintf(`{"attributes": {"text": "frame-%d"}, "children": []}`, tick))
+	}
+	start := clock.Now()
+	PollUntilStable(context.Background(), clock, fetch)
+	elapsed := clock.Now().Sub(start)
+	if elapsed < StabilityPollCap {
+		t.Fatalf("never-stable UI must poll up to the cap, elapsed=%v cap=%v", elapsed, StabilityPollCap)
+	}
+	if elapsed > StabilityPollCap+StabilityPollInterval {
+		t.Fatalf("must not overshoot the cap by more than one interval, elapsed=%v", elapsed)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPollUntilStableHonorsContextCancellation(t *testing.T) {
+	clock := &fakeClock{now: time.Unix(0, 0)}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	cancel()
+	fetch := fetcher(mustTree(t, twoScreenJSON))
+	start := clock.Now()
+	PollUntilStable(ctx, clock, fetch)
+	if elapsed := clock.Now().Sub(start); elapsed > StabilityPollInterval {
+		t.Fatalf("cancelled context must stop the loop promptly, elapsed=%v", elapsed)
+	}
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/smoke_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+//go:build withcompanion
+
+package ioscompanion
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// TestSmokeNewHierarchyScreenshot brings up the embedded companion against the
+// booted simulator, reads one hierarchy and screenshot, closes, and asserts the
+// companion child left no orphan behind. It is gated behind both the
+// withcompanion build tag (so the binary is embedded) and an environment
+// variable, so it never runs in the default suite.
+func TestSmokeNewHierarchyScreenshot(t *testing.T) {
+	if os.Getenv("SANDERLING_IOS_INTEGRATION") == "" {
+		t.Skip("set SANDERLING_IOS_INTEGRATION=1 to run the companion smoke test")
+	}
+	udid := bootedUDID(t)
+
+	before := companionProcessCount(t, udid)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 50*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+	d, err := New(ctx, Options{UniqueDeviceIdentifier: udid, Output: os.Stderr})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("New: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := d.Hierarchy(ctx); err != nil {
+		d.Close()
+		t.Fatalf("Hierarchy: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := d.Screenshot(ctx); err != nil {
+		d.Close()
+		t.Fatalf("Screenshot: %v", err)
+	}
+	d.Close()
+
+	// Give the child a moment to exit after SIGTERM, then confirm no orphan.
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(10 * time.Second)
+	for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
+		if companionProcessCount(t, udid) <= before {
+			return
+		}
+		time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+	t.Fatalf("companion process for %s outlived Close (orphan)", udid)
+}
+
+func bootedUDID(t *testing.T) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	output, err := exec.Command("xcrun", "simctl", "list", "devices", "booted").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("simctl list: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(string(output), "\n") {
+		if start := strings.Index(line, "("); start >= 0 {
+			if end := strings.Index(line[start:], ")"); end > 0 {
+				candidate := line[start+1 : start+end]
+				if len(candidate) == 36 {
+					return candidate
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	t.Skip("no booted simulator available")
+	return ""
+}
+
+func companionProcessCount(t *testing.T, udid string) int {
+	t.Helper()
+	output, _ := exec.Command("pgrep", "-f", udid).Output()
+	count := 0
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(output)), "\n") {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(line) != "" {
+			count++
+		}
+	}
+	return count
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/supervision_test.go

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+package ioscompanion
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"net"
+	"os/exec"
+	"syscall"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport"
+)
+
+// These tests cover the process-supervision logic (stopProcess, bringUp,
+// respawnAndRedial) with real child processes and seamed transports, so the
+// default suite exercises it without a simulator.
+
+func TestStopProcessReapsChildOnSigterm(t *testing.T) {
+	child := exec.Command("sleep", "30")
+	if err := child.Start(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("start child: %v", err)
+	}
+	start := time.Now()
+	stopProcess(child)
+	if elapsed := time.Since(start); elapsed > 5*time.Second {
+		t.Fatalf("stopProcess took %v; SIGTERM on sleep should reap promptly", elapsed)
+	}
+	if child.ProcessState == nil {
+		t.Fatal("child not reaped: ProcessState is nil")
+	}
+	if err := child.Process.Signal(syscall.Signal(0)); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("child still signalable after stopProcess")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStopProcessEscalatesToKillWhenSigtermIgnored(t *testing.T) {
+	previousGrace := shutdownGrace
+	shutdownGrace = 200 * time.Millisecond
+	defer func() { shutdownGrace = previousGrace }()
+
+	child := exec.Command("sh", "-c", `trap "" TERM; sleep 30`)
+	if err := child.Start(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("start child: %v", err)
+	}
+	// Give the shell a beat to install its TERM trap.
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+	stopProcess(child)
+	if child.ProcessState == nil {
+		t.Fatal("child not reaped: ProcessState is nil")
+	}
+	if child.ProcessState.Success() {
+		t.Fatal("child should have died by signal, not exited cleanly")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStopProcessHandlesNilChild(t *testing.T) {
+	stopProcess(nil)
+	stopProcess(&exec.Cmd{})
+}
+
+// TestRespawnAndRedialReplacesTransportAndChild drives the real restart path
+// through the seams: the old transport must be closed, a fresh child spawned,
+// and the fresh transport installed.
+func TestRespawnAndRedialReplacesTransportAndChild(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("SANDERLING_SIMULATOR_COMPANION", "legacy")
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer listener.Close()
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			connection, acceptErr := listener.Accept()
+			if acceptErr != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			_ = connection.Close()
+		}
+	}()
+
+	spawns := 0
+	dials := []*fakeCompanion{}
+	options := Options{
+		UniqueDeviceIdentifier: "FAKE-UDID",
+		pickAddress:            func() (string, error) { return listener.Addr().String(), nil },
+		spawnChild: func(context.Context, string) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
+			spawns++
+			return &exec.Cmd{}, nil
+		},
+		dialCompanion: func(string) (transport.Companion, error) {
+			companion := &fakeCompanion{accessibilityJSON: "[]"}
+			dials = append(dials, companion)
+			return companion, nil
+		},
+	}
+	d, err := New(context.Background(), options)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer d.Close()
+
+	first := dials[0]
+	if err := d.respawnAndRedial(context.Background()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("respawnAndRedial: %v", err)
+	}
+	if spawns != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("spawns = %d, want 2 (initial bring-up plus restart)", spawns)
+	}
+	if len(dials) != 2 || d.companion != transport.Companion(dials[1]) {
+		t.Fatalf("restart must install the freshly dialed transport")
+	}
+	if indexOf(first.recorded(), "close") < 0 {
+		t.Fatal("restart must close the dead transport")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestBringUpStopsChildWhenDialFails proves a failed bring-up does not leak
+// the child it spawned.
+func TestBringUpStopsChildWhenDialFails(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("SANDERLING_SIMULATOR_COMPANION", "legacy")
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer listener.Close()
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			connection, acceptErr := listener.Accept()
+			if acceptErr != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			_ = connection.Close()
+		}
+	}()
+
+	child := exec.Command("sleep", "30")
+	if err := child.Start(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("start child: %v", err)
+	}
+	options := Options{
+		UniqueDeviceIdentifier: "FAKE-UDID",
+		pickAddress:            func() (string, error) { return listener.Addr().String(), nil },
+		spawnChild: func(context.Context, string) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
+			return child, nil
+		},
+		dialCompanion: func(string) (transport.Companion, error) {
+			return nil, errors.New("dial refused")
+		},
+	}
+	if _, err := New(context.Background(), options); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("New should fail when dial fails")
+	}
+	if child.ProcessState == nil {
+		t.Fatal("failed bring-up must reap the spawned child")
+	}
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/testdata/accounts-describe.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[{"AXFrame":"{{0, 0}, {402, 874}}","AXUniqueId":null,"frame":{"y":0,"x":0,"width":402,"height":874},"role_description":"application","AXLabel":"Folio","content_required":false,"type":"Application","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXApplication","subrole":null},{"AXFrame":"{{20, 76}, {97.333335876464844, 24}}","AXUniqueId":null,"frame":{"y":76,"x":20,"width":97.333335876464844,"height":24},"role_description":"text","AXLabel":"Accounts","content_required":false,"type":"StaticText","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXStaticText","subrole":null},{"AXFrame":"{{340, 71.333335876464844}, {48, 48}}","AXUniqueId":"LogoutButton","frame":{"y":71.333335876464844,"x":340,"width":48,"height":48},"role_description":"button","AXLabel":"Log out","content_required":false,"type":"Button","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXButton","subrole":null},{"AXFrame":"{{20, 100}, {104, 14.333335876464844}}","AXUniqueId":null,"frame":{"y":100,"x":20,"width":104,"height":14.333335876464844},"role_description":"text","AXLabel":"[email protected]","content_required":false,"type":"StaticText","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXStaticText","subrole":null},{"AXFrame":"{{131.33332824707031, 248.33332824707031}, {139.33332824707031, 17.999984741210938}}","AXUniqueId":null,"frame":{"y":248.33332824707031,"x":131.33332824707031,"width":139.33332824707031,"height":17.999984741210938},"role_description":"text","AXLabel":"No accounts yet","content_required":false,"type":"StaticText","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXStaticText","subrole":null},{"AXFrame":"{{36, 272.33334350585938}, {330, 28.666656494140625}}","AXUniqueId":null,"frame":{"y":272.33334350585938,"x":36,"width":330,"height":28.666656494140625},"role_description":"text","AXLabel":"Create your first account to start tracking transactions.","content_required":false,"type":"StaticText","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXStaticText","subrole":null},{"AXFrame":"{{20, 716.33331298828125}, {105.66666412353516, 14.33331298828125}}","AXUniqueId":null,"frame":{"y":716.33331298828125,"x":20,"width":105.66666412353516,"height":14.33331298828125},"role_description":"text","AXLabel":"TOTAL BALANCE","content_required":false,"type":"StaticText","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXStaticText","subrole":null},{"AXFrame":"{{20, 730.66668701171875}, {85.333335876464844, 33.33331298828125}}","AXUniqueId":null,"frame":{"y":730.66668701171875,"x":20,"width":85.333335876464844,"height":33.33331298828125},"role_description":"text","AXLabel":"$0.00","content_required":false,"type":"StaticText","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXStaticText","subrole":null},{"AXFrame":"{{307.66665649414062, 749.66668701171875}, {74.333343505859375, 14.33331298828125}}","AXUniqueId":null,"frame":{"y":749.66668701171875,"x":307.66665649414062,"width":74.333343505859375,"height":14.33331298828125},"role_description":"text","AXLabel":"0 accounts","content_required":false,"type":"StaticText","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXStaticText","subrole":null},{"AXFrame":"{{20, 777}, {362, 48}}","AXUniqueId":"AddAccountButton","frame":{"y":777,"x":20,"width":362,"height":48},"role_description":"button","AXLabel":"+ Add account","content_required":false,"type":"Button","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXButton","subrole":null}]

internal/driver/ioscompanion/testdata/login-describe.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[{"AXFrame":"{{0, 0}, {0, 0}}","AXUniqueId":null,"frame":{"y":0,"x":0,"width":0,"height":0},"role_description":"application","AXLabel":null,"content_required":false,"type":"Application","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXApplication","subrole":null},{"AXFrame":"{{20, 106}, {40.666667938232422, 14.333335876464844}}","AXUniqueId":null,"frame":{"y":106,"x":20,"width":40.666667938232422,"height":14.333335876464844},"role_description":"text","AXLabel":"EMAIL","content_required":false,"type":"StaticText","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXStaticText","subrole":null},{"AXFrame":"{{34, 125.33333587646484}, {334, 48.000007629394531}}","AXUniqueId":"LoginEmail","frame":{"y":125.33333587646484,"x":34,"width":334,"height":48.000007629394531},"role_description":"text entry area","AXLabel":"Email","content_required":false,"type":"TextArea","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXTextArea","subrole":null},{"AXFrame":"{{20, 186.33332824707031}, {65, 14.333328247070312}}","AXUniqueId":null,"frame":{"y":186.33332824707031,"x":20,"width":65,"height":14.333328247070312},"role_description":"text","AXLabel":"PASSWORD","content_required":false,"type":"StaticText","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXStaticText","subrole":null},{"AXFrame":"{{34, 205.66667175292969}, {334, 48}}","AXUniqueId":"LoginPassword","frame":{"y":205.66667175292969,"x":34,"width":334,"height":48},"role_description":"text entry area","AXLabel":"Password","content_required":false,"type":"TextArea","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXTextArea","subrole":null},{"AXFrame":"{{20, 266.66665649414062}, {362, 18}}","AXUniqueId":null,"frame":{"y":266.66665649414062,"x":20,"width":362,"height":18},"role_description":"text","AXLabel":"","content_required":false,"type":"StaticText","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXStaticText","subrole":null},{"AXFrame":"{{20, 297.66665649414062}, {362, 48}}","AXUniqueId":"LoginSubmit","frame":{"y":297.66665649414062,"x":20,"width":362,"height":48},"role_description":"button","AXLabel":"Sign in","content_required":false,"type":"Button","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXButton","subrole":null},{"AXFrame":"{{36, 392.66665649414062}, {119, 14.333343505859375}}","AXUniqueId":null,"frame":{"y":392.66665649414062,"x":36,"width":119,"height":14.333343505859375},"role_description":"text","AXLabel":"Demo credentials","content_required":false,"type":"StaticText","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXStaticText","subrole":null},{"AXFrame":"{{36, 413}, {195, 18}}","AXUniqueId":null,"frame":{"y":413,"x":36,"width":195,"height":18},"role_description":"text","AXLabel":"email: [email protected]","content_required":false,"type":"StaticText","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXStaticText","subrole":null},{"AXFrame":"{{36, 437}, {176.33332824707031, 18}}","AXUniqueId":null,"frame":{"y":437,"x":36,"width":176.33332824707031,"height":18},"role_description":"text","AXLabel":"password: ledger123","content_required":false,"type":"StaticText","title":null,"help":null,"custom_actions":[],"AXValue":null,"enabled":true,"role":"AXStaticText","subrole":null}]

internal/driver/ioscompanion/testdata/paste-dialog.json

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+[
+  {"type": "Window", "frame": {"x": 0, "y": 0, "width": 390, "height": 844}, "enabled": true},
+  {"type": "TextField", "AXUniqueId": "TxnNoteField", "AXValue": "", "AXLabel": "Note", "frame": {"x": 20, "y": 200, "width": 350, "height": 44}, "enabled": true},
+  {"type": "StaticText", "AXLabel": "Allow Pasting", "frame": {"x": 95, "y": 380, "width": 200, "height": 22}, "enabled": true},
+  {"type": "Button", "AXLabel": "Don’t Allow Paste", "frame": {"x": 40, "y": 440, "width": 140, "height": 50}, "enabled": true},
+  {"type": "Button", "AXLabel": "Allow Paste", "frame": {"x": 210, "y": 440, "width": 140, "height": 50}, "enabled": true}
+]

internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/grpc.go

@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+package transport
+
+import (
+	"archive/tar"
+	"bytes"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
+
+	pb "github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/driver/ioscompanion/companionpb"
+)
+
+// maxReceiveBytes is generous because screenshots can be large.
+const maxReceiveBytes = 64 * 1024 * 1024
+
+type grpcCompanion struct {
+	conn   *grpc.ClientConn
+	client pb.CompanionServiceClient
+}
+
+// Dial connects to the companion listening at address and returns a Companion.
+func Dial(address string) (Companion, error) {
+	conn, err := grpc.NewClient(address,
+		grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()),
+		grpc.WithDefaultCallOptions(grpc.MaxCallRecvMsgSize(maxReceiveBytes)))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &grpcCompanion{conn: conn, client: pb.NewCompanionServiceClient(conn)}, nil
+}
+
+func (c *grpcCompanion) Close() error { return c.conn.Close() }
+
+func (c *grpcCompanion) AccessibilityInfo(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	resp, err := c.client.AccessibilityInfo(ctx, &pb.AccessibilityInfoRequest{
+		Format: pb.AccessibilityInfoRequest_LEGACY,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return resp.GetJson(), nil
+}
+
+func (c *grpcCompanion) Describe(ctx context.Context) (ScreenDescription, error) {
+	resp, err := c.client.Describe(ctx, &pb.TargetDescriptionRequest{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return ScreenDescription{}, err
+	}
+	return screenDescriptionFrom(resp), nil
+}
+
+// screenDescriptionFrom extracts the point dimensions and scale from a describe
+// response. The generated getters are nil-safe, so a response missing the
+// nested messages yields a zero-valued ScreenDescription rather than panicking.
+func screenDescriptionFrom(resp *pb.TargetDescriptionResponse) ScreenDescription {
+	dimensions := resp.GetTargetDescription().GetScreenDimensions()
+	return ScreenDescription{
+		WidthPoints:  int(dimensions.GetWidthPoints()),
+		HeightPoints: int(dimensions.GetHeightPoints()),
+		Scale:        dimensions.GetDensity(),
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *grpcCompanion) SendHID(ctx context.Context, events ...HIDEvent) error {
+	stream, err := c.client.Hid(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for _, e := range events {
+		message, err := hidEventToProto(e)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := stream.Send(message); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	_, err = stream.CloseAndRecv()
+	return err
+}
+
+// hidEventToProto encodes a neutral HID event as this companion's wire event.
+// The companion measures delays and swipe durations in seconds.
+func hidEventToProto(e HIDEvent) (*pb.HIDEvent, error) {
+	switch e.Kind {
+	case HIDKindTouchDown:
+		return touchProto(e.X, e.Y, pb.HIDEvent_DOWN), nil
+	case HIDKindTouchUp:
+		return touchProto(e.X, e.Y, pb.HIDEvent_UP), nil
+	case HIDKindKeyDown:
+		return keyProto(e.Usage, pb.HIDEvent_DOWN), nil
+	case HIDKindKeyUp:
+		return keyProto(e.Usage, pb.HIDEvent_UP), nil
+	case HIDKindDelay:
+		return &pb.HIDEvent{Event: &pb.HIDEvent_Delay{
+			Delay: &pb.HIDEvent_HIDDelay{Duration: e.Milliseconds / 1000.0},
+		}}, nil
+	case HIDKindSwipe:
+		return &pb.HIDEvent{Event: &pb.HIDEvent_Swipe{Swipe: &pb.HIDEvent_HIDSwipe{
+			Start:    &pb.Point{X: e.FromX, Y: e.FromY},
+			End:      &pb.Point{X: e.ToX, Y: e.ToY},
+			Duration: e.Seconds,
+		}}}, nil
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown HID event kind %d", e.Kind)
+}
+
+func touchProto(x, y float64, direction pb.HIDEvent_HIDDirection) *pb.HIDEvent {
+	return &pb.HIDEvent{Event: &pb.HIDEvent_Press{Press: &pb.HIDEvent_HIDPress{
+		Direction: direction,
+		Action: &pb.HIDEvent_HIDPressAction{Action: &pb.HIDEvent_HIDPressAction_Touch{
+			Touch: &pb.HIDEvent_HIDTouch{Point: &pb.Point{X: x, Y: y}},
+		}},
+	}}}
+}
+
+func keyProto(usage uint32, direction pb.HIDEvent_HIDDirection) *pb.HIDEvent {
+	return &pb.HIDEvent{Event: &pb.HIDEvent_Press{Press: &pb.HIDEvent_HIDPress{
+		Direction: direction,
+		Action: &pb.HIDEvent_HIDPressAction{Action: &pb.HIDEvent_HIDPressAction_Key{
+			Key: &pb.HIDEvent_HIDKey{Keycode: uint64(usage)},
+		}},
+	}}}
+}
+
+func (c *grpcCompanion) Screenshot(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, string, error) {
+	resp, err := c.client.Screenshot(ctx, &pb.ScreenshotRequest{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, "", err
+	}
+	return resp.GetImageData(), resp.GetImageFormat(), nil
+}
+
+func (c *grpcCompanion) Launch(ctx context.Context, bundleID string, foregroundIfRunning bool) error {
+	stream, err := c.client.Launch(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	err = stream.Send(&pb.LaunchRequest{Control: &pb.LaunchRequest_Start_{Start: &pb.LaunchRequest_Start{
+		BundleId:            bundleID,
+		ForegroundIfRunning: foregroundIfRunning,
+	}}})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if _, err := stream.Recv(); err != nil && err != io.EOF {
+		return err
+	}
+	return stream.CloseSend()
+}
+
+func (c *grpcCompanion) Terminate(ctx context.Context, bundleID string) error {
+	_, err := c.client.Terminate(ctx, &pb.TerminateRequest{BundleId: bundleID})
+	return err
+}
+
+func (c *grpcCompanion) Uninstall(ctx context.Context, bundleID string) error {
+	_, err := c.client.Uninstall(ctx, &pb.UninstallRequest{BundleId: bundleID})
+	return err
+}
+
+func (c *grpcCompanion) ListApps(ctx context.Context) ([]InstalledApp, error) {
+	resp, err := c.client.ListApps(ctx, &pb.ListAppsRequest{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	apps := make([]InstalledApp, 0, len(resp.GetApps()))
+	for _, a := range resp.GetApps() {
+		apps = append(apps, InstalledApp{
+			BundleID:          a.GetBundleId(),
+			Name:              a.GetName(),
+			InstallType:       a.GetInstallType(),
+			ProcessState:      processStateFromProto(a.GetProcessState()),
+			Debuggable:        a.GetDebuggable(),
+			ProcessIdentifier: a.GetProcessIdentifier(),
+		})
+	}
+	return apps, nil
+}
+
+// installChunkBytes keeps each install payload frame comfortably under the
+// companion's 16MiB incoming-message cap.
+const installChunkBytes = 4 * 1024 * 1024
+
+func (c *grpcCompanion) Install(ctx context.Context, appPath string) error {
+	info, err := os.Stat(appPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if !info.IsDir() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("install: %s is not an app bundle directory", appPath)
+	}
+
+	stream, err := c.client.Install(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// First message sets the destination, then the payload carries the bundle
+	// as a gzip-compressed tar archive the companion unpacks.
+	if err := stream.Send(&pb.InstallRequest{Value: &pb.InstallRequest_Destination_{
+		Destination: pb.InstallRequest_APP,
+	}}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	archive, err := tarGzipDirectory(appPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// The companion caps incoming messages at 16MiB, so the archive streams in
+	// chunks; the companion concatenates consecutive data payloads.
+	for _, chunk := range payloadChunks(archive, installChunkBytes) {
+		if err := stream.Send(&pb.InstallRequest{Value: &pb.InstallRequest_Payload{
+			Payload: &pb.Payload{Source: &pb.Payload_Data{Data: chunk}},
+		}}); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := stream.CloseSend(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for {
+		if _, err := stream.Recv(); err != nil {
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				return nil
+			}
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// payloadChunks splits data into consecutive slices of at most chunkBytes.
+func payloadChunks(data []byte, chunkBytes int) [][]byte {
+	var chunks [][]byte
+	for offset := 0; offset < len(data); offset += chunkBytes {
+		end := min(offset+chunkBytes, len(data))
+		chunks = append(chunks, data[offset:end])
+	}
+	return chunks
+}
+
+// tarGzipDirectory packs dir into a gzip-compressed tar archive. Entry paths are
+// relative to the parent of dir so the bundle directory itself is preserved.
+func tarGzipDirectory(dir string) ([]byte, error) {
+	var buffer bytes.Buffer
+	gzipWriter := gzip.NewWriter(&buffer)
+	tarWriter := tar.NewWriter(gzipWriter)
+
+	base := filepath.Dir(dir)
+	walkErr := filepath.Walk(dir, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		relative, err := filepath.Rel(base, path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		header, err := tar.FileInfoHeader(info, "")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		header.Name = filepath.ToSlash(relative)
+		if err := tarWriter.WriteHeader(header); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if info.IsDir() {
+			return nil
+		}
+		file, err := os.Open(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer file.Close()
+		_, err = io.Copy(tarWriter, file)
+		return err
+	})
+	if walkErr != nil {
+		return nil, walkErr
+	}
+	if err := tarWriter.Close(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err := gzipWriter.Close(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return buffer.Bytes(), nil
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/grpc_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+package transport
+
+import (
+	"archive/tar"
+	"bytes"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	pb "github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/driver/ioscompanion/companionpb"
+)
+
+// grpcCompanion must satisfy Companion.
+var _ Companion = (*grpcCompanion)(nil)
+
+func TestDialReturnsCompanion(t *testing.T) {
+	companion, err := Dial("127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Dial: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer companion.Close()
+	if companion == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Dial returned nil companion")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestProcessStateFromProto(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		in   pb.InstalledAppInfo_AppProcessState
+		want ProcessState
+	}{
+		{pb.InstalledAppInfo_RUNNING, ProcessStateRunning},
+		{pb.InstalledAppInfo_NOT_RUNNING, ProcessStateNotRunning},
+		{pb.InstalledAppInfo_UNKNOWN, ProcessStateUnknown},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		if got := processStateFromProto(c.in); got != c.want {
+			t.Errorf("processStateFromProto(%v) = %v, want %v", c.in, got, c.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestScreenDescriptionFrom(t *testing.T) {
+	resp := &pb.TargetDescriptionResponse{
+		TargetDescription: &pb.TargetDescription{
+			ScreenDimensions: &pb.ScreenDimensions{
+				Width:        828,
+				Height:       1792,
+				Density:      2,
+				WidthPoints:  414,
+				HeightPoints: 896,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	got := screenDescriptionFrom(resp)
+	want := ScreenDescription{WidthPoints: 414, HeightPoints: 896, Scale: 2}
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("screenDescriptionFrom = %+v, want %+v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestScreenDescriptionFromNilSafe(t *testing.T) {
+	if got := screenDescriptionFrom(&pb.TargetDescriptionResponse{}); got != (ScreenDescription{}) {
+		t.Errorf("screenDescriptionFrom(empty) = %+v, want zero", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTarGzipDirectory(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	bundle := filepath.Join(root, "Sample.app")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(bundle, "PlugIns"), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(bundle, "Info.plist"), []byte("plist"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(bundle, "PlugIns", "ext"), []byte("x"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	archive, err := tarGzipDirectory(bundle)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("tarGzipDirectory: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	names := tarEntryNames(t, archive)
+	want := map[string]bool{
+		"Sample.app":             true,
+		"Sample.app/Info.plist":  true,
+		"Sample.app/PlugIns":     true,
+		"Sample.app/PlugIns/ext": true,
+	}
+	for name := range want {
+		if !names[name] {
+			t.Errorf("archive missing entry %q; got %v", name, names)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func tarEntryNames(t *testing.T, archive []byte) map[string]bool {
+	t.Helper()
+	gzipReader, err := gzip.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(archive))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("gzip reader: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer gzipReader.Close()
+	tarReader := tar.NewReader(gzipReader)
+	names := map[string]bool{}
+	for {
+		header, err := tarReader.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("tar next: %v", err)
+		}
+		names[filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Clean(header.Name))] = true
+	}
+	return names
+}
+
+func TestPayloadChunks(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name       string
+		dataLength int
+		chunkBytes int
+		wantSizes  []int
+	}{
+		{name: "empty", dataLength: 0, chunkBytes: 4, wantSizes: nil},
+		{name: "under one chunk", dataLength: 3, chunkBytes: 4, wantSizes: []int{3}},
+		{name: "exact multiple", dataLength: 8, chunkBytes: 4, wantSizes: []int{4, 4}},
+		{name: "remainder", dataLength: 10, chunkBytes: 4, wantSizes: []int{4, 4, 2}},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			data := make([]byte, c.dataLength)
+			for i := range data {
+				data[i] = byte(i)
+			}
+			chunks := payloadChunks(data, c.chunkBytes)
+			if len(chunks) != len(c.wantSizes) {
+				t.Fatalf("got %d chunks, want %d", len(chunks), len(c.wantSizes))
+			}
+			var rejoined []byte
+			for i, chunk := range chunks {
+				if len(chunk) != c.wantSizes[i] {
+					t.Fatalf("chunk %d size %d, want %d", i, len(chunk), c.wantSizes[i])
+				}
+				rejoined = append(rejoined, chunk...)
+			}
+			if !bytes.Equal(rejoined, data) {
+				t.Fatal("rejoined chunks differ from input")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/hid.go

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package transport
+
+// HIDEventKind discriminates the neutral HID event variants.
+type HIDEventKind int
+
+const (
+	HIDKindTouchDown HIDEventKind = iota
+	HIDKindTouchUp
+	HIDKindKeyDown
+	HIDKindKeyUp
+	HIDKindDelay
+	HIDKindSwipe
+)
+
+// HIDEvent is one input event in a HID stream, expressed in transport-neutral
+// terms so each companion transport encodes it for its own wire format. Build
+// one with a builder below; only the fields for the event's kind are set.
+type HIDEvent struct {
+	Kind HIDEventKind
+
+	// X, Y is the touch point for TouchDown and TouchUp.
+	X, Y float64
+
+	// Usage is the USB HID usage identifier for KeyDown and KeyUp.
+	Usage uint32
+
+	// Milliseconds is the pause length for Delay.
+	Milliseconds float64
+
+	// FromX through Seconds describe a Swipe.
+	FromX, FromY float64
+	ToX, ToY     float64
+	Seconds      float64
+}
+
+// TouchDown presses a finger down at screen point (x, y).
+func TouchDown(x, y float64) HIDEvent { return HIDEvent{Kind: HIDKindTouchDown, X: x, Y: y} }
+
+// TouchUp lifts the finger at screen point (x, y).
+func TouchUp(x, y float64) HIDEvent { return HIDEvent{Kind: HIDKindTouchUp, X: x, Y: y} }
+
+// KeyDown presses the key with the given USB HID usage identifier.
+func KeyDown(usage uint32) HIDEvent { return HIDEvent{Kind: HIDKindKeyDown, Usage: usage} }
+
+// KeyUp releases the key with the given USB HID usage identifier.
+func KeyUp(usage uint32) HIDEvent { return HIDEvent{Kind: HIDKindKeyUp, Usage: usage} }
+
+// Delay pauses the HID stream for the given duration.
+func Delay(milliseconds float64) HIDEvent {
+	return HIDEvent{Kind: HIDKindDelay, Milliseconds: milliseconds}
+}
+
+// SwipeEvent drags from (fromX, fromY) to (toX, toY) over durationSeconds.
+func SwipeEvent(fromX, fromY, toX, toY float64, durationSeconds float64) HIDEvent {
+	return HIDEvent{
+		Kind:    HIDKindSwipe,
+		FromX:   fromX,
+		FromY:   fromY,
+		ToX:     toX,
+		ToY:     toY,
+		Seconds: durationSeconds,
+	}
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/hid_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+package transport
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	pb "github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/driver/ioscompanion/companionpb"
+)
+
+func TestBuildersSetKindAndFields(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name  string
+		event HIDEvent
+		want  HIDEvent
+	}{
+		{"touch down", TouchDown(12, 34), HIDEvent{Kind: HIDKindTouchDown, X: 12, Y: 34}},
+		{"touch up", TouchUp(12, 34), HIDEvent{Kind: HIDKindTouchUp, X: 12, Y: 34}},
+		{"key down", KeyDown(225), HIDEvent{Kind: HIDKindKeyDown, Usage: 225}},
+		{"key up", KeyUp(225), HIDEvent{Kind: HIDKindKeyUp, Usage: 225}},
+		{"delay", Delay(250), HIDEvent{Kind: HIDKindDelay, Milliseconds: 250}},
+		{"swipe", SwipeEvent(1, 2, 3, 4, 0.5), HIDEvent{
+			Kind: HIDKindSwipe, FromX: 1, FromY: 2, ToX: 3, ToY: 4, Seconds: 0.5,
+		}},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if c.event != c.want {
+				t.Errorf("event = %+v, want %+v", c.event, c.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTouchEventsToProto(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name      string
+		event     HIDEvent
+		direction pb.HIDEvent_HIDDirection
+	}{
+		{"down", TouchDown(12, 34), pb.HIDEvent_DOWN},
+		{"up", TouchUp(12, 34), pb.HIDEvent_UP},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			message, err := hidEventToProto(c.event)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("hidEventToProto: %v", err)
+			}
+			press := message.GetPress()
+			if press == nil {
+				t.Fatalf("expected press event, got %#v", message.GetEvent())
+			}
+			if press.GetDirection() != c.direction {
+				t.Errorf("direction = %v, want %v", press.GetDirection(), c.direction)
+			}
+			touch := press.GetAction().GetTouch()
+			if touch == nil {
+				t.Fatalf("expected touch action")
+			}
+			if got := touch.GetPoint(); got.GetX() != 12 || got.GetY() != 34 {
+				t.Errorf("point = (%v, %v), want (12, 34)", got.GetX(), got.GetY())
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestKeyEventsToProto(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name      string
+		event     HIDEvent
+		direction pb.HIDEvent_HIDDirection
+	}{
+		{"down", KeyDown(225), pb.HIDEvent_DOWN},
+		{"up", KeyUp(225), pb.HIDEvent_UP},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			message, err := hidEventToProto(c.event)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("hidEventToProto: %v", err)
+			}
+			press := message.GetPress()
+			if press == nil {
+				t.Fatalf("expected press event")
+			}
+			if press.GetDirection() != c.direction {
+				t.Errorf("direction = %v, want %v", press.GetDirection(), c.direction)
+			}
+			key := press.GetAction().GetKey()
+			if key == nil {
+				t.Fatalf("expected key action")
+			}
+			if key.GetKeycode() != 225 {
+				t.Errorf("keycode = %d, want 225", key.GetKeycode())
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDelayToProtoConvertsToSeconds(t *testing.T) {
+	message, err := hidEventToProto(Delay(250))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("hidEventToProto: %v", err)
+	}
+	delay := message.GetDelay()
+	if delay == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected delay event")
+	}
+	if delay.GetDuration() != 0.25 {
+		t.Errorf("duration = %v seconds, want 0.25", delay.GetDuration())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSwipeEventToProto(t *testing.T) {
+	message, err := hidEventToProto(SwipeEvent(1, 2, 3, 4, 0.5))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("hidEventToProto: %v", err)
+	}
+	swipe := message.GetSwipe()
+	if swipe == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected swipe event")
+	}
+	if s := swipe.GetStart(); s.GetX() != 1 || s.GetY() != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("start = (%v, %v), want (1, 2)", s.GetX(), s.GetY())
+	}
+	if e := swipe.GetEnd(); e.GetX() != 3 || e.GetY() != 4 {
+		t.Errorf("end = (%v, %v), want (3, 4)", e.GetX(), e.GetY())
+	}
+	if swipe.GetDuration() != 0.5 {
+		t.Errorf("duration = %v, want 0.5", swipe.GetDuration())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUnknownKindToProtoErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	if _, err := hidEventToProto(HIDEvent{Kind: HIDEventKind(99)}); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for unknown event kind")
+	}
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/integration_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package transport
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// TestIntegrationAccessibilityInfo spawns a local companion against a booted
+// simulator and exercises a real AccessibilityInfo call. It is gated behind
+// SANDERLING_IOS_INTEGRATION so it never runs by default.
+func TestIntegrationAccessibilityInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	if os.Getenv("SANDERLING_IOS_INTEGRATION") == "" {
+		t.Skip("set SANDERLING_IOS_INTEGRATION=1 to run the integration smoke test")
+	}
+
+	udid := bootedSimulatorUDID(t)
+	port := freePort(t)
+
+	companionBinary := "/opt/homebrew/bin/idb_companion"
+	command := exec.Command(companionBinary, "--udid", udid, "--grpc-port", strconv.Itoa(port))
+	if err := command.Start(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("start companion: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		_ = command.Process.Kill()
+		_, _ = command.Process.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	address := net.JoinHostPort("127.0.0.1", strconv.Itoa(port))
+	waitForListener(t, address)
+
+	companion, err := Dial(address)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Dial: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer companion.Close()
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+	info, err := companion.AccessibilityInfo(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AccessibilityInfo: %v", err)
+	}
+	if strings.TrimSpace(info) == "" {
+		t.Fatal("AccessibilityInfo returned empty json")
+	}
+}
+
+func bootedSimulatorUDID(t *testing.T) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	output, err := exec.Command("xcrun", "simctl", "list", "devices", "booted", "--json").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("simctl list: %v", err)
+	}
+	var parsed struct {
+		Devices map[string][]struct {
+			UDID  string `json:"udid"`
+			State string `json:"state"`
+		} `json:"devices"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(output, &parsed); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse simctl json: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, devices := range parsed.Devices {
+		for _, device := range devices {
+			if device.State == "Booted" {
+				return device.UDID
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	t.Skip("no booted simulator available")
+	return ""
+}
+
+func freePort(t *testing.T) int {
+	t.Helper()
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("reserve port: %v", err)
+	}
+	port := listener.Addr().(*net.TCPAddr).Port
+	_ = listener.Close()
+	return port
+}
+
+func waitForListener(t *testing.T, address string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(20 * time.Second)
+	for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
+		conn, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", address, time.Second)
+		if err == nil {
+			_ = conn.Close()
+			return
+		}
+		time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+	t.Fatalf("companion did not listen on %s", address)
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/runner.go

@@ -0,0 +1,342 @@
+package transport
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// deadlineImmediate is a deadline already in the past, used to interrupt a
+// blocked read or write when the context is cancelled.
+var deadlineImmediate = time.Unix(1, 0)
+
+// runnerCompanion speaks newline-delimited JSON over a single persistent TCP
+// connection to the in-simulator runner. One request is in flight at a time:
+// the mutex serializes call/response pairs over the shared connection.
+type runnerCompanion struct {
+	uniqueDeviceIdentifier string
+	bundleID               string
+	address                string
+
+	mutex  sync.Mutex
+	conn   net.Conn
+	reader *bufio.Reader
+	nextID int
+
+	// dirty marks the connection desynced: a call was interrupted before its
+	// response was read, so the next call reconnects to the still-running
+	// server instead of misreading the stale response.
+	dirty bool
+}
+
+// DialRunner opens one persistent TCP connection to the simulator runner at
+// address and returns a Companion that also implements TextEditor. The
+// uniqueDeviceIdentifier targets simctl shell-outs; bundleID is the app the
+// snapshot and app-state queries default to.
+func DialRunner(address, uniqueDeviceIdentifier, bundleID string) (Companion, error) {
+	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", address)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("runner transport: %w: dial %s: %v", ErrCompanionUnavailable, address, err)
+	}
+	return &runnerCompanion{
+		uniqueDeviceIdentifier: uniqueDeviceIdentifier,
+		bundleID:               bundleID,
+		address:                address,
+		conn:                   conn,
+		reader:                 bufio.NewReader(conn),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (c *runnerCompanion) Close() error { return c.conn.Close() }
+
+// runnerRequest and runnerResponse are the wire envelopes. A response carries
+// either result or error, never both.
+type runnerRequest struct {
+	ID     int            `json:"id"`
+	Method string         `json:"method"`
+	Params map[string]any `json:"params"`
+}
+
+type runnerResponse struct {
+	ID     int             `json:"id"`
+	Result json.RawMessage `json:"result"`
+	Error  string          `json:"error"`
+}
+
+// call sends one request and returns its result payload. Transport-level
+// failures wrap ErrCompanionUnavailable; a server-reported error does not.
+func (c *runnerCompanion) call(ctx context.Context, method string, params map[string]any) (json.RawMessage, error) {
+	c.mutex.Lock()
+	defer c.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	if c.dirty {
+		if err := c.reconnect(); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("runner transport: %w: reconnect: %v", ErrCompanionUnavailable, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if params == nil {
+		params = map[string]any{}
+	}
+	c.nextID++
+	id := c.nextID
+
+	// A blocked read or write cannot observe context cancellation directly, so
+	// AfterFunc trips an immediate deadline to interrupt it. The deadline is
+	// cleared once the call returns so the next call starts fresh.
+	stop := context.AfterFunc(ctx, func() {
+		c.conn.SetDeadline(deadlineImmediate)
+	})
+	// Clearing the deadline must happen after stop() so a late-firing AfterFunc
+	// cannot re-arm the deadline once the call has completed. Defers run LIFO.
+	defer c.conn.SetDeadline(time.Time{})
+	defer stop()
+	if deadline, ok := ctx.Deadline(); ok {
+		c.conn.SetDeadline(deadline)
+	}
+
+	payload, err := json.Marshal(runnerRequest{ID: id, Method: method, Params: params})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("runner transport: %w: marshal %s request: %v", ErrCompanionUnavailable, method, err)
+	}
+	payload = append(payload, '\n')
+	if _, err := c.conn.Write(payload); err != nil {
+		return nil, c.wrapTransport(ctx, "write", method, err)
+	}
+
+	line, err := c.reader.ReadBytes('\n')
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, c.wrapTransport(ctx, "read", method, err)
+	}
+
+	var response runnerResponse
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(line, &response); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("runner transport: %w: decode %s response: %v", ErrCompanionUnavailable, method, err)
+	}
+	if response.ID != id {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("runner transport: %w: response id %d does not match request id %d", ErrCompanionUnavailable, response.ID, id)
+	}
+	if response.Error != "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("runner %s: %s", method, response.Error)
+	}
+	return response.Result, nil
+}
+
+// wrapTransport classifies a read/write failure. A caller-imposed cancel or
+// deadline is the caller's slowness budget, not a connection loss, so it does
+// not carry the unavailable sentinel: a child restart would not make the call
+// faster. The connection's own deadline is only ever set from the caller's
+// context, so a deadline-exceeded network error is the same budget expiry
+// even when it beats the context's done flag by a hair. Either way the
+// connection is desynced and reconnects on the next call.
+func (c *runnerCompanion) wrapTransport(ctx context.Context, stage, method string, err error) error {
+	c.dirty = true
+	if ctxErr := ctx.Err(); ctxErr != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("runner %s interrupted (%s): %w", method, stage, ctxErr)
+	}
+	if errors.Is(err, os.ErrDeadlineExceeded) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("runner %s interrupted (%s): %w", method, stage, err)
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("runner transport: %w: %s %s: %v", ErrCompanionUnavailable, stage, method, err)
+}
+
+// reconnect replaces the desynced connection with a fresh one to the same
+// still-running server.
+func (c *runnerCompanion) reconnect() error {
+	_ = c.conn.Close()
+	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", c.address)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	c.conn = conn
+	c.reader = bufio.NewReader(conn)
+	c.dirty = false
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *runnerCompanion) AccessibilityInfo(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	result, err := c.call(ctx, "snapshot", map[string]any{"bundleId": c.bundleID})
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	var payload struct {
+		Elements []json.RawMessage `json:"elements"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(result, &payload); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("runner transport: %w: decode snapshot elements: %v", ErrCompanionUnavailable, err)
+	}
+	elements, err := json.Marshal(payload.Elements)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("runner transport: %w: re-marshal snapshot elements: %v", ErrCompanionUnavailable, err)
+	}
+	return string(elements), nil
+}
+
+func (c *runnerCompanion) Describe(ctx context.Context) (ScreenDescription, error) {
+	result, err := c.call(ctx, "describe", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ScreenDescription{}, err
+	}
+	var payload struct {
+		WidthPoints  int     `json:"widthPoints"`
+		HeightPoints int     `json:"heightPoints"`
+		Scale        float64 `json:"scale"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(result, &payload); err != nil {
+		return ScreenDescription{}, fmt.Errorf("runner transport: %w: decode describe response: %v", ErrCompanionUnavailable, err)
+	}
+	return ScreenDescription{
+		WidthPoints:  payload.WidthPoints,
+		HeightPoints: payload.HeightPoints,
+		Scale:        payload.Scale,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (c *runnerCompanion) SendHID(ctx context.Context, events ...HIDEvent) error {
+	encoded := make([]map[string]any, 0, len(events))
+	for _, event := range events {
+		object, err := hidEventToObject(event)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		encoded = append(encoded, object)
+	}
+	_, err := c.call(ctx, "gesture", map[string]any{"events": encoded})
+	return err
+}
+
+// hidEventToObject encodes a neutral HID event as a runner gesture event. The
+// runner edits text natively, so keyboard HID events are rejected with an
+// ordinary error rather than a connection-level one.
+func hidEventToObject(event HIDEvent) (map[string]any, error) {
+	switch event.Kind {
+	case HIDKindTouchDown:
+		return map[string]any{"kind": "touchDown", "x": event.X, "y": event.Y}, nil
+	case HIDKindTouchUp:
+		return map[string]any{"kind": "touchUp", "x": event.X, "y": event.Y}, nil
+	case HIDKindDelay:
+		return map[string]any{"kind": "delay", "milliseconds": event.Milliseconds}, nil
+	case HIDKindSwipe:
+		return map[string]any{
+			"kind":    "swipe",
+			"fromX":   event.FromX,
+			"fromY":   event.FromY,
+			"toX":     event.ToX,
+			"toY":     event.ToY,
+			"seconds": event.Seconds,
+		}, nil
+	case HIDKindKeyDown, HIDKindKeyUp:
+		return nil, errors.New("runner companion does not synthesize keyboard HID events; route text through the text editor")
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown HID event kind %d", event.Kind)
+}
+
+func (c *runnerCompanion) Screenshot(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, string, error) {
+	result, err := c.call(ctx, "screenshot", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, "", err
+	}
+	var payload struct {
+		PNGBase64 string `json:"pngBase64"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(result, &payload); err != nil {
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("runner transport: %w: decode screenshot response: %v", ErrCompanionUnavailable, err)
+	}
+	data, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(payload.PNGBase64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("runner transport: %w: decode screenshot png: %v", ErrCompanionUnavailable, err)
+	}
+	return data, "png", nil
+}
+
+func (c *runnerCompanion) Launch(ctx context.Context, bundleID string, foregroundIfRunning bool) error {
+	_, err := c.call(ctx, "launch", map[string]any{
+		"bundleId":            bundleID,
+		"foregroundIfRunning": foregroundIfRunning,
+	})
+	return err
+}
+
+func (c *runnerCompanion) Terminate(ctx context.Context, bundleID string) error {
+	_, err := c.call(ctx, "terminate", map[string]any{"bundleId": bundleID})
+	return err
+}
+
+func (c *runnerCompanion) ListApps(ctx context.Context) ([]InstalledApp, error) {
+	result, err := c.call(ctx, "appState", map[string]any{"bundleId": c.bundleID})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var payload struct {
+		State string `json:"state"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(result, &payload); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("runner transport: %w: decode appState response: %v", ErrCompanionUnavailable, err)
+	}
+	return []InstalledApp{{
+		BundleID:     c.bundleID,
+		InstallType:  "user",
+		ProcessState: processStateFromAppState(payload.State),
+	}}, nil
+}
+
+func processStateFromAppState(state string) ProcessState {
+	switch state {
+	case "foreground", "background":
+		return ProcessStateRunning
+	case "notRunning":
+		return ProcessStateNotRunning
+	default:
+		return ProcessStateUnknown
+	}
+}
+
+// Install and Uninstall shell out to simctl. The driver does not call these
+// today; they complete the Companion interface.
+func (c *runnerCompanion) Install(ctx context.Context, appPath string) error {
+	command := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "xcrun", "simctl", "install", c.uniqueDeviceIdentifier, appPath)
+	if output, err := command.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("simctl install: %v: %s", err, output)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *runnerCompanion) Uninstall(ctx context.Context, bundleID string) error {
+	command := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "xcrun", "simctl", "uninstall", c.uniqueDeviceIdentifier, bundleID)
+	if output, err := command.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("simctl uninstall: %v: %s", err, output)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *runnerCompanion) InputText(ctx context.Context, text string) error {
+	return c.TypeText(ctx, text, true)
+}
+
+func (c *runnerCompanion) TypeText(ctx context.Context, text string, replace bool) error {
+	_, err := c.call(ctx, "typeText", map[string]any{"text": text, "replace": replace})
+	return err
+}
+
+func (c *runnerCompanion) EraseText(ctx context.Context, characterCount int) error {
+	_, err := c.call(ctx, "eraseText", map[string]any{"count": characterCount})
+	return err
+}
+
+func (c *runnerCompanion) PressKey(ctx context.Context, key string) error {
+	switch key {
+	case "enter", "return", "Enter", "Return":
+		_, err := c.call(ctx, "pressKey", map[string]any{"key": "return"})
+		return err
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("runner companion cannot press key %q; only return is supported", key)
+	}
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/runner_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,556 @@
+package transport
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"net"
+	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+var (
+	_ Companion  = (*runnerCompanion)(nil)
+	_ TextEditor = (*runnerCompanion)(nil)
+)
+
+// scriptedReply maps a method name to the raw JSON object the fake server writes
+// back as the "result" field. A method absent from the script gets an empty
+// object result.
+type scriptedReply map[string]string
+
+// fakeServer is an in-process runner stand-in. It accepts a single connection,
+// records every decoded request, and answers from a scripted table.
+type fakeServer struct {
+	listener net.Listener
+	address  string
+
+	mutex    sync.Mutex
+	requests []runnerRequest
+}
+
+func startFakeServer(t *testing.T, script scriptedReply) *fakeServer {
+	t.Helper()
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("listen: %v", err)
+	}
+	server := &fakeServer{listener: listener, address: listener.Addr().String()}
+	go server.serve(script)
+	t.Cleanup(func() { listener.Close() })
+	return server
+}
+
+func (s *fakeServer) serve(script scriptedReply) {
+	conn, err := s.listener.Accept()
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+	reader := bufio.NewReader(conn)
+	for {
+		line, err := reader.ReadBytes('\n')
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		var request runnerRequest
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(line, &request); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		s.mutex.Lock()
+		s.requests = append(s.requests, request)
+		s.mutex.Unlock()
+
+		result := script[request.Method]
+		if result == "" {
+			result = "{}"
+		}
+		response := `{"id":` + strconv.Itoa(request.ID) + `,"result":` + result + "}\n"
+		if _, err := conn.Write([]byte(response)); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *fakeServer) recorded() []runnerRequest {
+	s.mutex.Lock()
+	defer s.mutex.Unlock()
+	out := make([]runnerRequest, len(s.requests))
+	copy(out, s.requests)
+	return out
+}
+
+func dialFake(t *testing.T, server *fakeServer, bundleID string) Companion {
+	t.Helper()
+	companion, err := DialRunner(server.address, "UDID-1234", bundleID)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("DialRunner: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { companion.Close() })
+	return companion
+}
+
+func TestSnapshotReMarshalsElements(t *testing.T) {
+	server := startFakeServer(t, scriptedReply{
+		"snapshot": `{"elements":[{"role":"button"},{"role":"text"}]}`,
+	})
+	companion := dialFake(t, server, "com.example.app")
+
+	got, err := companion.AccessibilityInfo(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AccessibilityInfo: %v", err)
+	}
+	want := `[{"role":"button"},{"role":"text"}]`
+	if got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("elements = %s, want %s", got, want)
+	}
+
+	requests := server.recorded()
+	if len(requests) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("recorded %d requests, want 1", len(requests))
+	}
+	if requests[0].Method != "snapshot" {
+		t.Fatalf("method = %s, want snapshot", requests[0].Method)
+	}
+	if requests[0].Params["bundleId"] != "com.example.app" {
+		t.Fatalf("bundleId = %v, want com.example.app", requests[0].Params["bundleId"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGestureEncodesDoubleTapStream(t *testing.T) {
+	server := startFakeServer(t, nil)
+	companion := dialFake(t, server, "com.example.app")
+
+	err := companion.SendHID(context.Background(),
+		TouchDown(10, 20),
+		TouchUp(10, 20),
+		Delay(60),
+		TouchDown(10, 20),
+		TouchUp(10, 20),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SendHID: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	requests := server.recorded()
+	if len(requests) != 1 || requests[0].Method != "gesture" {
+		t.Fatalf("requests = %+v, want one gesture", requests)
+	}
+	events, ok := requests[0].Params["events"].([]any)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("events not an array: %T", requests[0].Params["events"])
+	}
+	want := []map[string]any{
+		{"kind": "touchDown", "x": 10.0, "y": 20.0},
+		{"kind": "touchUp", "x": 10.0, "y": 20.0},
+		{"kind": "delay", "milliseconds": 60.0},
+		{"kind": "touchDown", "x": 10.0, "y": 20.0},
+		{"kind": "touchUp", "x": 10.0, "y": 20.0},
+	}
+	if len(events) != len(want) {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d events, want %d", len(events), len(want))
+	}
+	for index, event := range events {
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(event, map[string]any(want[index])) {
+			t.Fatalf("event %d = %v, want %v", index, event, want[index])
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSendHIDRejectsKeyEvents(t *testing.T) {
+	server := startFakeServer(t, nil)
+	companion := dialFake(t, server, "com.example.app")
+
+	err := companion.SendHID(context.Background(), KeyDown(4), KeyUp(4))
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for key HID events")
+	}
+	if errors.Is(err, ErrCompanionUnavailable) {
+		t.Fatalf("key rejection should not be a transport error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if requests := server.recorded(); len(requests) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected nothing sent, got %+v", requests)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestScreenshotBase64RoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	original := []byte{0x89, 0x50, 0x4e, 0x47, 0x0d, 0x0a}
+	encoded := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(original)
+	server := startFakeServer(t, scriptedReply{
+		"screenshot": `{"pngBase64":"` + encoded + `"}`,
+	})
+	companion := dialFake(t, server, "com.example.app")
+
+	data, format, err := companion.Screenshot(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Screenshot: %v", err)
+	}
+	if format != "png" {
+		t.Fatalf("format = %s, want png", format)
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(data, original) {
+		t.Fatalf("data = %v, want %v", data, original)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDescribeMapsScreenDescription(t *testing.T) {
+	server := startFakeServer(t, scriptedReply{
+		"describe": `{"widthPoints":390,"heightPoints":844,"scale":3.0}`,
+	})
+	companion := dialFake(t, server, "com.example.app")
+
+	description, err := companion.Describe(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Describe: %v", err)
+	}
+	want := ScreenDescription{WidthPoints: 390, HeightPoints: 844, Scale: 3.0}
+	if description != want {
+		t.Fatalf("description = %+v, want %+v", description, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTextEditorMethods(t *testing.T) {
+	server := startFakeServer(t, nil)
+	companion := dialFake(t, server, "com.example.app")
+	editor := companion.(TextEditor)
+
+	if err := editor.InputText(context.Background(), "hello"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("InputText: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := editor.EraseText(context.Background(), 3); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("EraseText: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := editor.PressKey(context.Background(), "Enter"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("PressKey: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	requests := server.recorded()
+	if len(requests) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("recorded %d requests, want 3", len(requests))
+	}
+	if requests[0].Method != "typeText" || requests[0].Params["text"] != "hello" || requests[0].Params["replace"] != true {
+		t.Fatalf("typeText request = %+v", requests[0])
+	}
+	if requests[1].Method != "eraseText" || requests[1].Params["count"] != 3.0 {
+		t.Fatalf("eraseText request = %+v", requests[1])
+	}
+	if requests[2].Method != "pressKey" || requests[2].Params["key"] != "return" {
+		t.Fatalf("pressKey request = %+v", requests[2])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPressKeyRejectsUnknownKey(t *testing.T) {
+	server := startFakeServer(t, nil)
+	companion := dialFake(t, server, "com.example.app")
+	editor := companion.(TextEditor)
+
+	err := editor.PressKey(context.Background(), "home")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for unsupported key")
+	}
+	if errors.Is(err, ErrCompanionUnavailable) {
+		t.Fatalf("unsupported key should not be a transport error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if requests := server.recorded(); len(requests) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected nothing sent, got %+v", requests)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLaunchTerminateMapping(t *testing.T) {
+	server := startFakeServer(t, nil)
+	companion := dialFake(t, server, "com.example.app")
+
+	if err := companion.Launch(context.Background(), "com.example.target", true); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Launch: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := companion.Terminate(context.Background(), "com.example.target"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Terminate: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	requests := server.recorded()
+	if len(requests) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("recorded %d requests, want 2", len(requests))
+	}
+	if requests[0].Method != "launch" ||
+		requests[0].Params["bundleId"] != "com.example.target" ||
+		requests[0].Params["foregroundIfRunning"] != true {
+		t.Fatalf("launch request = %+v", requests[0])
+	}
+	if requests[1].Method != "terminate" || requests[1].Params["bundleId"] != "com.example.target" {
+		t.Fatalf("terminate request = %+v", requests[1])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestListAppsStateMapping(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		state string
+		want  ProcessState
+	}{
+		{"foreground", ProcessStateRunning},
+		{"background", ProcessStateRunning},
+		{"notRunning", ProcessStateNotRunning},
+		{"unknown", ProcessStateUnknown},
+	}
+	for _, testCase := range cases {
+		server := startFakeServer(t, scriptedReply{
+			"appState": `{"state":"` + testCase.state + `"}`,
+		})
+		companion := dialFake(t, server, "com.example.app")
+
+		apps, err := companion.ListApps(context.Background())
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("ListApps(%s): %v", testCase.state, err)
+		}
+		if len(apps) != 1 {
+			t.Fatalf("ListApps(%s) returned %d apps, want 1", testCase.state, len(apps))
+		}
+		app := apps[0]
+		if app.BundleID != "com.example.app" || app.InstallType != "user" {
+			t.Fatalf("app fields = %+v", app)
+		}
+		if app.ProcessState != testCase.want {
+			t.Fatalf("state %s -> %v, want %v", testCase.state, app.ProcessState, testCase.want)
+		}
+
+		requests := server.recorded()
+		if len(requests) != 1 || requests[0].Method != "appState" || requests[0].Params["bundleId"] != "com.example.app" {
+			t.Fatalf("appState request = %+v", requests)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestServerErrorIsNotSentinel(t *testing.T) {
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("listen: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { listener.Close() })
+	go func() {
+		conn, err := listener.Accept()
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		defer conn.Close()
+		reader := bufio.NewReader(conn)
+		line, err := reader.ReadBytes('\n')
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		var request runnerRequest
+		json.Unmarshal(line, &request)
+		conn.Write([]byte(`{"id":` + strconv.Itoa(request.ID) + `,"error":"field not focused"}` + "\n"))
+	}()
+
+	companion, err := DialRunner(listener.Addr().String(), "UDID", "com.example.app")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("DialRunner: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { companion.Close() })
+
+	_, err = companion.Describe(context.Background())
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected server error")
+	}
+	if errors.Is(err, ErrCompanionUnavailable) {
+		t.Fatalf("server error must not wrap the sentinel: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestServerClosesMidCallIsSentinel(t *testing.T) {
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("listen: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { listener.Close() })
+	go func() {
+		conn, err := listener.Accept()
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		// Read the request, then drop the connection without replying.
+		bufio.NewReader(conn).ReadBytes('\n')
+		conn.Close()
+	}()
+
+	companion, err := DialRunner(listener.Addr().String(), "UDID", "com.example.app")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("DialRunner: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { companion.Close() })
+
+	_, err = companion.Describe(context.Background())
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error when server closes mid-call")
+	}
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrCompanionUnavailable) {
+		t.Fatalf("dropped connection must wrap the sentinel: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestContextCancellationUnblocksCall(t *testing.T) {
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("listen: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { listener.Close() })
+	go func() {
+		conn, err := listener.Accept()
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		// Accept and hold the connection open, never replying.
+		bufio.NewReader(conn).ReadBytes('\n')
+		<-make(chan struct{})
+	}()
+
+	companion, err := DialRunner(listener.Addr().String(), "UDID", "com.example.app")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("DialRunner: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { companion.Close() })
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	time.AfterFunc(50*time.Millisecond, cancel)
+
+	done := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		_, callErr := companion.Describe(ctx)
+		done <- callErr
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case callErr := <-done:
+		if callErr == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected cancellation error")
+		}
+		// A caller-imposed cancel is the caller's budget, not a connection
+		// loss: it must NOT wrap the sentinel, or a slow call would trigger a
+		// pointless child restart.
+		if !errors.Is(callErr, context.Canceled) {
+			t.Fatalf("cancellation error must carry the context error: %v", callErr)
+		}
+		if errors.Is(callErr, ErrCompanionUnavailable) {
+			t.Fatalf("cancellation error must not wrap the sentinel: %v", callErr)
+		}
+	case <-time.After(2 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("cancelled call did not return within 2s")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInterruptedCallReconnectsOnNextCall(t *testing.T) {
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("listen: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { listener.Close() })
+
+	// The server holds "describe" hostage and answers everything else, on
+	// every connection it accepts. A late reply to the interrupted request
+	// must never be misread by the following call.
+	accepted := make(chan net.Conn, 4)
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			conn, acceptErr := listener.Accept()
+			if acceptErr != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			accepted <- conn
+			go func(c net.Conn) {
+				reader := bufio.NewReader(c)
+				for {
+					line, readErr := reader.ReadBytes('\n')
+					if readErr != nil {
+						return
+					}
+					var request runnerRequest
+					if json.Unmarshal(line, &request) != nil {
+						return
+					}
+					if request.Method == "describe" {
+						continue
+					}
+					response := `{"id":` + strconv.Itoa(request.ID) + `,"result":{"ok":true}}` + "\n"
+					if _, writeErr := c.Write([]byte(response)); writeErr != nil {
+						return
+					}
+				}
+			}(conn)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	companion, err := DialRunner(listener.Addr().String(), "UDID", "com.example.app")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("DialRunner: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { companion.Close() })
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 100*time.Millisecond)
+	defer cancel()
+	if _, err := companion.Describe(ctx); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected the held call to time out")
+	}
+
+	// The next call must transparently reconnect and succeed.
+	if err := companion.Terminate(context.Background(), "com.example.app"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("call after interrupt: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(accepted) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("accepted %d connections, want 2 (reconnect)", len(accepted))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResponseIDMismatchIsSentinel(t *testing.T) {
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("listen: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { listener.Close() })
+	go func() {
+		conn, err := listener.Accept()
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		defer conn.Close()
+		bufio.NewReader(conn).ReadBytes('\n')
+		// Reply with an id that cannot match any request.
+		conn.Write([]byte(`{"id":9999,"result":{}}` + "\n"))
+	}()
+
+	companion, err := DialRunner(listener.Addr().String(), "UDID", "com.example.app")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("DialRunner: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { companion.Close() })
+
+	_, err = companion.Describe(context.Background())
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected id-mismatch error")
+	}
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrCompanionUnavailable) {
+		t.Fatalf("id mismatch must wrap the sentinel: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTypeTextAppendsWithoutReplace(t *testing.T) {
+	server := startFakeServer(t, nil)
+	companion := dialFake(t, server, "com.example.app")
+	typer := companion.(TextTyper)
+
+	if err := typer.TypeText(context.Background(), "héllo 🌟", false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("TypeText: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	requests := server.recorded()
+	if len(requests) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("recorded %d requests, want 1", len(requests))
+	}
+	request := requests[0]
+	if request.Method != "typeText" || request.Params["text"] != "héllo 🌟" || request.Params["replace"] != false {
+		t.Fatalf("typeText request = %+v", request)
+	}
+}

internal/driver/ioscompanion/transport/transport.go

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+// Package transport is the only layer that touches the generated companion
+// gRPC stubs. Everything above it speaks the brand-free Companion interface,
+// so the companion binary stays swappable behind this boundary.
+package transport
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+
+	pb "github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/driver/ioscompanion/companionpb"
+)
+
+// Companion drives a single booted iOS simulator through the companion.
+// Callers own per-call deadlines by passing a context.
+type Companion interface {
+	// AccessibilityInfo returns the describe-all accessibility tree as the
+	// raw flat-format JSON string the companion emits.
+	AccessibilityInfo(ctx context.Context) (string, error)
+
+	// Describe reports the target's screen dimensions in points, along with
+	// the pixel scale when the companion supplies one.
+	Describe(ctx context.Context) (ScreenDescription, error)
+
+	// SendHID opens the HID stream, sends every event in order, then closes.
+	SendHID(ctx context.Context, events ...HIDEvent) error
+
+	// Screenshot captures the current screen, returning the encoded image
+	// bytes and the image format string the companion reports.
+	Screenshot(ctx context.Context) (imageData []byte, imageFormat string, err error)
+
+	// Launch brings the app to the foreground, starting it if needed.
+	Launch(ctx context.Context, bundleID string, foregroundIfRunning bool) error
+
+	// Terminate stops the running app with the given bundle identifier.
+	Terminate(ctx context.Context, bundleID string) error
+
+	// ListApps reports every installed app and its current process state.
+	ListApps(ctx context.Context) ([]InstalledApp, error)
+
+	// Install installs a .app bundle directory by streaming it to the
+	// companion.
+	Install(ctx context.Context, appPath string) error
+
+	// Uninstall removes the app with the given bundle identifier.
+	Uninstall(ctx context.Context, bundleID string) error
+
+	// Close releases the underlying connection.
+	Close() error
+}
+
+// TextEditor is an optional companion capability: the transport edits text
+// natively on the device instead of the driver composing keyboard HID streams.
+// The driver routes text input through it when the companion implements it.
+type TextEditor interface {
+	// InputText replaces the focused field's content with text.
+	InputText(ctx context.Context, text string) error
+
+	// EraseText deletes characterCount characters from the focused field.
+	EraseText(ctx context.Context, characterCount int) error
+
+	// PressKey presses the named logical key (currently only return/enter).
+	PressKey(ctx context.Context, key string) error
+}
+
+// TextTyper is an optional companion capability: the transport types text
+// natively into whatever holds keyboard focus. Unlike TextEditor it exposes
+// the replace flag, so a caller can clear the field through another channel
+// and append with replace false.
+type TextTyper interface {
+	TypeText(ctx context.Context, text string, replace bool) error
+}
+
+// ErrCompanionUnavailable marks a connection-level failure that a companion
+// restart can recover from. Transports wrap dropped-connection errors with it.
+var ErrCompanionUnavailable = errors.New("companion connection unavailable")
+
+// ScreenDescription carries the target screen geometry. Width and Height are
+// in points (the coordinate space HID events and the accessibility frames use).
+// Scale is the pixel-per-point density, or 0 when the companion did not report
+// one.
+type ScreenDescription struct {
+	WidthPoints  int
+	HeightPoints int
+	Scale        float64
+}
+
+// ProcessState mirrors the companion's notion of whether an app is running.
+type ProcessState int
+
+const (
+	ProcessStateUnknown ProcessState = iota
+	ProcessStateNotRunning
+	ProcessStateRunning
+)
+
+// InstalledApp describes one installed app. ProcessState and ProcessIdentifier
+// together answer whether the app is currently running and in the foreground.
+type InstalledApp struct {
+	BundleID          string
+	Name              string
+	InstallType       string
+	ProcessState      ProcessState
+	Debuggable        bool
+	ProcessIdentifier uint64
+}
+
+func processStateFromProto(s pb.InstalledAppInfo_AppProcessState) ProcessState {
+	switch s {
+	case pb.InstalledAppInfo_RUNNING:
+		return ProcessStateRunning
+	case pb.InstalledAppInfo_NOT_RUNNING:
+		return ProcessStateNotRunning
+	default:
+		return ProcessStateUnknown
+	}
+}

internal/ios/ios.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type simctlDeviceList struct {
 // with canned device lists without invoking xcrun.
 var (
 	listBooted    = bootedSimulator
+	listBootedAll = bootedSimulators
 	listAvailable = availableSimulators
 	boot          = bootSimulator
 	waitForBoot   = waitForSimulatorBoot
@@ -73,6 +74,59 @@ func BootedUDID(ctx context.Context) string {
 	return d.UDID
 }
 
+// ResolveTarget decides which iOS target a run drives and whether it is a
+// simulator. An explicit query matching a simulator name or UDID (booted or
+// available) resolves to that simulator. With no query, exactly one booted
+// simulator resolves to it; multiple booted simulators is an error that lists
+// them and asks the caller to pass --ios-device. A query that matches no
+// simulator resolves as a physical device (udid = query, simulator false) so
+// the sidecar path drives it.
+func ResolveTarget(ctx context.Context, query string) (udid string, isSimulator bool, err error) {
+	if query != "" {
+		booted, err := listBootedAll(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", false, fmt.Errorf("list booted simulators: %w", err)
+		}
+		if match := matchSimulator(query, booted); match != nil {
+			return match.UDID, true, nil
+		}
+		available, err := listAvailable(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", false, fmt.Errorf("list available simulators: %w", err)
+		}
+		if match := matchSimulator(query, available); match != nil {
+			return match.UDID, true, nil
+		}
+		return query, false, nil
+	}
+
+	booted, err := listBootedAll(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", false, fmt.Errorf("list booted simulators: %w", err)
+	}
+	switch len(booted) {
+	case 1:
+		return booted[0].UDID, true, nil
+	case 0:
+		return "", false, fmt.Errorf("no booted iOS simulator found")
+	default:
+		var lines strings.Builder
+		for _, device := range booted {
+			fmt.Fprintf(&lines, "\n  %s (%s)", device.Name, device.UDID)
+		}
+		return "", false, fmt.Errorf("multiple booted iOS simulators; pass --ios-device to select one:%s", lines.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func matchSimulator(query string, devices []simDevice) *simDevice {
+	for i := range devices {
+		if devices[i].Name == query || devices[i].UDID == query {
+			return &devices[i]
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func bootedSimulator(ctx context.Context) (*simDevice, error) {
 	out, err := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "xcrun", "simctl", "list", "devices", "booted", "--json").Output()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -81,6 +135,14 @@ func bootedSimulator(ctx context.Context) (*simDevice, error) {
 	return parseBootedDevice(out)
 }
 
+func bootedSimulators(ctx context.Context) ([]simDevice, error) {
+	out, err := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "xcrun", "simctl", "list", "devices", "booted", "--json").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return parseBootedDevices(out)
+}
+
 func availableSimulators(ctx context.Context) ([]simDevice, error) {
 	out, err := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "xcrun", "simctl", "list", "devices", "available", "--json").Output()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -104,6 +166,22 @@ func parseBootedDevice(out []byte) (*simDevice, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
+func parseBootedDevices(out []byte) ([]simDevice, error) {
+	var list simctlDeviceList
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(out, &list); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var result []simDevice
+	for _, devices := range list.Devices {
+		for i := range devices {
+			if devices[i].State == "Booted" {
+				result = append(result, devices[i])
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
 func parseAvailableDevices(out []byte) ([]simDevice, error) {
 	var list simctlDeviceList
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(out, &list); err != nil {

internal/ios/ios_test.go

@@ -208,6 +208,125 @@ func TestEnsureSimulator_BootsPickedSimulator(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func swapResolveSeams(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Helper()
+	origBootedAll, origAvailable := listBootedAll, listAvailable
+	t.Cleanup(func() { listBootedAll, listAvailable = origBootedAll, origAvailable })
+}
+
+func TestResolveTarget_ExplicitMatchesBootedSimulator(t *testing.T) {
+	swapResolveSeams(t)
+	listBootedAll = func(context.Context) ([]simDevice, error) {
+		return []simDevice{{UDID: "booted-udid", Name: "iPhone 15", State: "Booted", IsAvailable: true}}, nil
+	}
+	listAvailable = func(context.Context) ([]simDevice, error) {
+		t.Fatal("should not list available when a booted simulator matches")
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	udid, isSimulator, err := ResolveTarget(context.Background(), "iPhone 15")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if udid != "booted-udid" || !isSimulator {
+		t.Errorf("got (%q, %v), want (booted-udid, true)", udid, isSimulator)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolveTarget_ExplicitMatchesAvailableByUDID(t *testing.T) {
+	swapResolveSeams(t)
+	listBootedAll = func(context.Context) ([]simDevice, error) { return nil, nil }
+	listAvailable = func(context.Context) ([]simDevice, error) {
+		return []simDevice{{UDID: "shutdown-udid", Name: "iPhone 16", IsAvailable: true}}, nil
+	}
+	udid, isSimulator, err := ResolveTarget(context.Background(), "shutdown-udid")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if udid != "shutdown-udid" || !isSimulator {
+		t.Errorf("got (%q, %v), want (shutdown-udid, true)", udid, isSimulator)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolveTarget_UnknownQueryResolvesAsPhysicalDevice(t *testing.T) {
+	swapResolveSeams(t)
+	listBootedAll = func(context.Context) ([]simDevice, error) { return nil, nil }
+	listAvailable = func(context.Context) ([]simDevice, error) {
+		return []simDevice{{UDID: "sim-udid", Name: "iPhone 16", IsAvailable: true}}, nil
+	}
+	udid, isSimulator, err := ResolveTarget(context.Background(), "00008110-physical-device-udid")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if udid != "00008110-physical-device-udid" || isSimulator {
+		t.Errorf("got (%q, %v), want (00008110-physical-device-udid, false)", udid, isSimulator)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolveTarget_NoQuerySingleBooted(t *testing.T) {
+	swapResolveSeams(t)
+	listBootedAll = func(context.Context) ([]simDevice, error) {
+		return []simDevice{{UDID: "only-booted", Name: "iPhone 15", State: "Booted", IsAvailable: true}}, nil
+	}
+	udid, isSimulator, err := ResolveTarget(context.Background(), "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if udid != "only-booted" || !isSimulator {
+		t.Errorf("got (%q, %v), want (only-booted, true)", udid, isSimulator)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolveTarget_NoQueryZeroBootedErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	swapResolveSeams(t)
+	listBootedAll = func(context.Context) ([]simDevice, error) { return nil, nil }
+	_, _, err := ResolveTarget(context.Background(), "")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error when no simulator is booted")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolveTarget_NoQueryMultipleBootedErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	swapResolveSeams(t)
+	listBootedAll = func(context.Context) ([]simDevice, error) {
+		return []simDevice{
+			{UDID: "udid-a", Name: "iPhone 15", State: "Booted", IsAvailable: true},
+			{UDID: "udid-b", Name: "iPad Pro", State: "Booted", IsAvailable: true},
+		}, nil
+	}
+	_, _, err := ResolveTarget(context.Background(), "")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected ambiguity error for multiple booted simulators")
+	}
+	message := err.Error()
+	for _, want := range []string{"--ios-device", "iPhone 15", "udid-a", "iPad Pro", "udid-b"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(message, want) {
+			t.Errorf("ambiguity error missing %q: %v", want, message)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolveTarget_BootedListError(t *testing.T) {
+	swapResolveSeams(t)
+	listBootedAll = func(context.Context) ([]simDevice, error) { return nil, errors.New("xcrun blew up") }
+	if _, _, err := ResolveTarget(context.Background(), ""); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected booted-list error to propagate")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseBootedDevices_CollectsAllBooted(t *testing.T) {
+	got, err := parseBootedDevices([]byte(`{"devices":{"r":[
+		{"udid":"a","state":"Booted","name":"iPhone 15","isAvailable":true},
+		{"udid":"b","state":"Shutdown","name":"iPad","isAvailable":true},
+		{"udid":"c","state":"Booted","name":"iPhone 16","isAvailable":true}
+	]}}`))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(got) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d booted, want 2", len(got))
+	}
+}
+
 func TestEnsureSimulator_BootedListError(t *testing.T) {
 	origListBooted := listBooted
 	t.Cleanup(func() { listBooted = origListBooted })

internal/replay/server.go

@@ -284,4 +284,3 @@ func ResolveRunsDirectory(argument string) (string, string, error) {
 	}
 	return argument, "", nil
 }
-

internal/runner/runner.go

@@ -935,4 +935,3 @@ const maxConsecutiveApplyFailures = 3
 func isWDADrop(err error) bool {
 	return strings.Contains(err.Error(), "WDA reconnect failed")
 }
-

internal/testrun/driver.go

@@ -14,14 +14,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/android"
 	"github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/driver"
 	"github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/driver/chrome"
+	"github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/driver/ioscompanion"
 	driverSidecar "github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/driver/sidecar"
-	"github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/ios"
 	"github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/sidecarassets"
 )
 
 // buildDriver creates the appropriate DeviceDriver for the platform and returns
-// a cleanup function. For web, ChromeDriver is used directly; for android/ios
-// the JVM sidecar is extracted, spawned, and dialed.
+// a cleanup function. For web, ChromeDriver is used directly. An iOS simulator
+// is driven by the native simulator companion (no JVM). Android and physical
+// iOS devices use the JVM sidecar, which is extracted, spawned, and dialed.
 func buildDriver(ctx context.Context, options Options, stdout io.Writer) (driver.DeviceDriver, func(), error) {
 	if err := Preflight(ctx, options.Platform); err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
@@ -31,6 +32,24 @@ func buildDriver(ctx context.Context, options Options, stdout io.Writer) (driver
 		return d, func() { _ = d.Terminate(context.Background()) }, nil
 	}
 
+	if options.Platform == "ios" && options.iosIsSimulator {
+		d, err := ioscompanion.New(ctx, ioscompanion.Options{
+			UniqueDeviceIdentifier: options.iosUDID,
+			BundleID:               options.BundleID,
+			AppPath:                options.IosAppPath,
+			Output:                 stdout,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("ios simulator driver: %w", err)
+		}
+		return d, d.Close, nil
+	}
+
+	// Physical iOS devices and Android use the JVM sidecar, which requires java.
+	if err := preflightDevice(options.Platform); err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
 	sidecarDirectory := os.TempDir() + "/sanderling-sidecar"
 	jarPath, err := sidecarassets.Extract(sidecarDirectory)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -47,8 +66,8 @@ func buildDriver(ctx context.Context, options Options, stdout io.Writer) (driver
 		"--platform", options.Platform,
 	}
 	if options.Platform == "ios" {
-		if udid := ios.BootedUDID(ctx); udid != "" {
-			sidecarArgs = append(sidecarArgs, "--udid", udid)
+		if options.iosUDID != "" {
+			sidecarArgs = append(sidecarArgs, "--udid", options.iosUDID)
 		}
 	}
 	sidecarCommand := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "java", sidecarArgs...)

internal/testrun/preflight.go

@@ -41,18 +41,36 @@ func runPreflight(ctx context.Context, platform string, check preflightFunc) err
 		}
 		return nil
 	case "ios":
+		// Simulator runs drive the native companion and need no JVM. The java
+		// requirement is deferred to the physical-device path in buildDriver.
 		if err := check("xcrun"); err != nil {
 			return preflightFailure("ios", err)
 		}
-		if err := check("java"); err != nil {
-			return preflightFailure("ios", err)
-		}
 		return nil
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("preflight: unknown platform %q", platform)
 	}
 }
 
+// preflightDevice runs the extra host checks the JVM sidecar path needs once we
+// know a run targets a physical iOS device. Android already requires java in
+// the top-level Preflight, so this only matters for ios.
+func preflightDevice(platform string) error {
+	return runPreflightDevice(platform, preflightCheck)
+}
+
+func runPreflightDevice(platform string, check preflightFunc) error {
+	if platform != "ios" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err := check("java"); err != nil {
+		// The doctor splits simulator and device checks: java lives under the
+		// ios-device platform, so the hint must point there.
+		return preflightFailure("ios-device", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func preflightFailure(platform string, cause error) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf(
 		"preflight: %w\nrun `sanderling doctor --platform=%s` for full host-readiness checks",

internal/testrun/preflight_test.go

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestPreflight_AndroidNeedsAdbAndJava(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestPreflight_iOSNeedsXcrunAndJava(t *testing.T) {
+func TestPreflight_iOSNeedsXcrun(t *testing.T) {
 	check := func(name string) error {
 		if name == "xcrun" {
 			return errors.New("xcrun not found")
@@ -65,6 +65,25 @@ func TestPreflight_iOSNeedsXcrunAndJava(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestPreflight_iOSDoesNotRequireJava(t *testing.T) {
+	checked := []string{}
+	check := func(name string) error {
+		checked = append(checked, name)
+		if name == "java" {
+			return errors.New("java not found")
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err := runPreflight(context.Background(), "ios", check); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ios preflight should pass without java, got %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, name := range checked {
+		if name == "java" {
+			t.Errorf("ios preflight must not check java; simulator runs need no JVM")
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPreflight_AllOK(t *testing.T) {
 	check := func(name string) error { return nil }
 	for _, platform := range []string{"web", "android", "ios"} {
@@ -74,6 +93,30 @@ func TestPreflight_AllOK(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestPreflightDevice_NonIosIsNoop(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, platform := range []string{"web", "android"} {
+		if err := preflightDevice(platform); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s: preflightDevice should be a no-op, got %v", platform, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPreflightDevice_JavaFailurePointsAtIosDeviceDoctor(t *testing.T) {
+	check := func(name string) error {
+		if name == "java" {
+			return errors.New("java not found")
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+	err := runPreflightDevice("ios", check)
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "java") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected java error, got %v", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "sanderling doctor --platform=ios-device") {
+		t.Errorf("hint must name the ios-device doctor platform: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPreflight_UnknownPlatform(t *testing.T) {
 	check := func(string) error { return nil }
 	if err := runPreflight(context.Background(), "fuchsia", check); err == nil {

internal/testrun/testrun.go

@@ -28,10 +28,16 @@ type Options struct {
 	Platform   string
 	AVD        string
 	IosDevice  string
+	IosAppPath string
 	Duration   time.Duration
 	Seed       int64
 	Output     string
 	ClearData  bool
+
+	// iosUDID and iosIsSimulator are filled by Execute after resolving the iOS
+	// target, then read by buildDriver to choose the companion or sidecar path.
+	iosUDID        string
+	iosIsSimulator bool
 }
 
 // Execute runs the full test pipeline: bundle, launch app, verify properties.
@@ -42,9 +48,30 @@ func Execute(ctx context.Context, options Options, stdout io.Writer) error {
 			return err
 		}
 	case "ios":
+		udid, isSimulator, err := ios.ResolveTarget(ctx, options.IosDevice)
+		if err != nil {
+			// No query and nothing booted: keep boot-first behavior, then resolve
+			// the simulator that EnsureSimulator just brought up.
+			if options.IosDevice == "" {
+				if bootErr := ios.EnsureSimulator(ctx, "", stdout); bootErr != nil {
+					return bootErr
+				}
+				udid, isSimulator, err = ios.ResolveTarget(ctx, "")
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		} else if isSimulator {
 			if err := ios.EnsureSimulator(ctx, options.IosDevice, stdout); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			udid, isSimulator, err = ios.ResolveTarget(ctx, options.IosDevice)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+		options.iosUDID = udid
+		options.iosIsSimulator = isSimulator
 	}
 	prep, err := prepareBundleInputs(options)
 	if err != nil {

proto/idbcompanion/buf.gen.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Dedicated generation template for the pinned simulator companion proto.
+# This is intentionally separate from the root buf.gen.yaml so that the
+# generated stubs land in the Go internal package rather than under proto/,
+# and so a normal `make proto` never touches these committed stubs.
+#
+# Reproduce the committed stubs from the repository root with:
+#   buf generate proto/idbcompanion --template proto/idbcompanion/buf.gen.yaml
+# The module= options strip the Go module prefix so the files land at
+# internal/driver/ioscompanion/companionpb relative to the repository root.
+version: v2
+plugins:
+  - local: protoc-gen-go
+    out: .
+    opt:
+      - module=github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling
+  - local: protoc-gen-go-grpc
+    out: .
+    opt:
+      - module=github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling

proto/idbcompanion/buf.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Standalone buf module for the pinned simulator companion proto. It is kept
+# out of the root workspace so the root `buf lint` and `buf generate` never see
+# this file. Lint here is relaxed because the proto is copied verbatim from
+# upstream and must stay byte-identical apart from the go_package option.
+version: v2
+modules:
+  - path: .
+lint:
+  use:
+    - MINIMAL
+  except:
+    - PACKAGE_DIRECTORY_MATCH
+breaking:
+  use:
+    - FILE

proto/idbcompanion/idb.proto

@@ -0,0 +1,930 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+// Pinned to the simulator companion v1.1.8 and matches the embedded binary.
+// Do NOT regenerate this file from upstream HEAD: HEAD has drifted from the
+// pinned binary, so regenerating would produce stubs that no longer match the
+// companion this driver speaks to. The only local change versus the upstream
+// source is the go_package option below, which targets the committed stub
+// package internal/driver/ioscompanion/companionpb. Regenerate the stubs from
+// the repository root with:
+//   buf generate proto/idbcompanion --template proto/idbcompanion/buf.gen.yaml
+
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package idb;
+
+option go_package = "github.com/priyanshujain/sanderling/internal/driver/ioscompanion/companionpb;companionpb";
+
+// The idb companion service definition.
+service CompanionService {
+  // Management
+  rpc connect(ConnectRequest) returns (ConnectResponse) {}
+  rpc debugserver(stream DebugServerRequest)
+      returns (stream DebugServerResponse) {}
+  rpc dap(stream DapRequest) returns (stream DapResponse) {}
+  rpc describe(TargetDescriptionRequest) returns (TargetDescriptionResponse) {}
+  rpc install(stream InstallRequest) returns (stream InstallResponse) {}
+  rpc instruments_run(stream InstrumentsRunRequest)
+      returns (stream InstrumentsRunResponse) {}
+  rpc log(LogRequest) returns (stream LogResponse) {}
+  rpc xctrace_record(stream XctraceRecordRequest)
+      returns (stream XctraceRecordResponse) {}
+  // Interaction
+  rpc accessibility_info(AccessibilityInfoRequest)
+      returns (AccessibilityInfoResponse) {}
+  rpc focus(FocusRequest) returns (FocusResponse) {}
+  rpc hid(stream HIDEvent) returns (HIDResponse) {}
+  rpc open_url(OpenUrlRequest) returns (OpenUrlRequest) {}
+  rpc set_location(SetLocationRequest) returns (SetLocationResponse) {}
+  rpc send_notification(SendNotificationRequest)
+      returns (SendNotificationResponse) {}
+  rpc simulate_memory_warning(SimulateMemoryWarningRequest)
+      returns (SimulateMemoryWarningResponse) {}
+  // Settings
+  rpc approve(ApproveRequest) returns (ApproveResponse) {}
+  rpc revoke(RevokeRequest) returns (RevokeResponse) {}
+  rpc clear_keychain(ClearKeychainRequest) returns (ClearKeychainResponse) {}
+  rpc contacts_update(ContactsUpdateRequest) returns (ContactsUpdateResponse) {}
+  rpc setting(SettingRequest) returns (SettingResponse) {} // Sets settings
+  rpc get_setting(GetSettingRequest) returns (GetSettingResponse) {
+  } // Gets current setting
+  rpc list_settings(ListSettingRequest) returns (ListSettingResponse) {
+  } // Lists available settings
+  // App
+  rpc launch(stream LaunchRequest) returns (stream LaunchResponse) {}
+  rpc list_apps(ListAppsRequest) returns (ListAppsResponse) {}
+  rpc terminate(TerminateRequest) returns (TerminateResponse) {}
+  rpc uninstall(UninstallRequest) returns (UninstallResponse) {}
+  // Video/Audio
+  rpc add_media(stream AddMediaRequest) returns (AddMediaResponse) {}
+  rpc record(stream RecordRequest) returns (stream RecordResponse) {}
+  rpc screenshot(ScreenshotRequest) returns (ScreenshotResponse) {}
+  rpc video_stream(stream VideoStreamRequest)
+      returns (stream VideoStreamResponse) {}
+  // Crash Operations
+  rpc crash_delete(CrashLogQuery) returns (CrashLogResponse) {}
+  rpc crash_list(CrashLogQuery) returns (CrashLogResponse) {}
+  rpc crash_show(CrashShowRequest) returns (CrashShowResponse) {}
+  // xctest operations
+  rpc xctest_list_bundles(XctestListBundlesRequest)
+      returns (XctestListBundlesResponse) {}
+  rpc xctest_list_tests(XctestListTestsRequest)
+      returns (XctestListTestsResponse) {}
+  rpc xctest_run(XctestRunRequest) returns (stream XctestRunResponse) {}
+  // File Operations
+  rpc ls(LsRequest) returns (LsResponse) {}
+  rpc mkdir(MkdirRequest) returns (MkdirResponse) {}
+  rpc mv(MvRequest) returns (MvResponse) {}
+  rpc rm(RmRequest) returns (RmResponse) {}
+  rpc pull(PullRequest) returns (stream PullResponse) {}
+  rpc push(stream PushRequest) returns (PushResponse) {}
+  rpc tail(stream TailRequest) returns (stream TailResponse) {}
+}
+
+message Payload {
+  oneof source {
+    string file_path = 1;
+    bytes data = 2;
+    string url = 3;
+    Compression compression = 4;
+  }
+  enum Compression {
+    GZIP = 0;
+    ZSTD = 1;
+  }
+}
+
+message ProcessOutput {
+  enum Interface {
+    STDOUT = 0;
+    STDERR = 1;
+  }
+  Interface interface = 1;
+  bytes data = 2;
+}
+
+message CompanionInfo {
+  string udid = 1;
+  bool is_local = 4;
+  bytes metadata = 6;
+}
+
+enum Setting {
+  LOCALE = 0;
+  ANY = 1; // any kind of app or global setting
+}
+
+message SettingRequest {
+  message HardwareKeyboard {
+    bool enabled = 1;
+  }
+  message StringSetting {
+    Setting setting = 1;
+    string value = 2;
+    string name = 3; // iff setting == ANY
+    string domain = 4; // assumed "Apple Global Domain" if empty
+    /*
+     * Currently supported value_types and corresponding values are:
+     *  string <string_value>
+     *  data <hex_digits>
+     *  int[eger] <integer_value>
+     *  float  <floating-point_value>
+     *  bool[ean] (true | false | yes | no)
+     *  date <date_rep>
+     *  array <value1> <value2> ...
+     *  array-add <value1> <value2> ...
+     *  dict <key1> <value1> <key2> <value2> ...
+     *  dict-add <key1> <value1> ...
+     *
+     * Check defaults set help for more details.
+     */
+    string value_type = 5;
+  }
+  oneof setting {
+    HardwareKeyboard hardwareKeyboard = 1;
+    StringSetting stringSetting = 2;
+  }
+}
+
+message SettingResponse {}
+
+message GetSettingRequest {
+  Setting setting = 1;
+  string name = 2; // iff setting == ANY
+  string domain = 3; // assumed "Apple Global Domain" if empty
+}
+
+message GetSettingResponse {
+  string value = 1;
+}
+
+message ListSettingRequest {
+  Setting setting = 1;
+}
+
+message ListSettingResponse {
+  repeated string values = 1;
+}
+
+message ListAppsRequest {
+  bool suppress_process_state = 1;
+}
+
+message ListAppsResponse {
+  repeated InstalledAppInfo apps = 1;
+}
+
+message InstalledAppInfo {
+  string bundle_id = 1;
+  string name = 2;
+  repeated string architectures = 3;
+  string install_type = 4;
+  enum AppProcessState {
+    UNKNOWN = 0;
+    NOT_RUNNING = 1;
+    RUNNING = 2;
+  }
+  AppProcessState process_state = 5;
+  bool debuggable = 6;
+  uint64 process_identifier = 7;
+}
+
+message InstallRequest {
+  enum Destination {
+    APP = 0;
+    XCTEST = 1;
+    DYLIB = 2;
+    DSYM = 3;
+    FRAMEWORK = 4;
+  }
+  message LinkDsymToBundle {
+    enum BundleType {
+      APP = 0;
+      XCTEST = 1;
+    }
+    BundleType bundle_type = 1;
+    string bundle_id = 2;
+  }
+  oneof value {
+    Destination destination = 1;
+    Payload payload = 2;
+    string name_hint = 3;
+    bool make_debuggable = 4;
+    string bundle_id = 5; //(2022-03-02) REMOVE, For back compatibility only.
+                          // Link dSYM to app bundle_id
+    LinkDsymToBundle link_dsym_to_bundle = 6;
+    bool override_modification_time = 7;
+  }
+}
+
+message InstallResponse {
+  string name = 1;
+  string uuid = 2;
+  double progress = 3;
+}
+
+message ScreenshotRequest {}
+
+message ScreenshotResponse {
+  bytes image_data = 1;
+  string image_format = 2;
+}
+
+message FocusRequest {}
+
+message FocusResponse {}
+
+message Point {
+  double x = 1;
+  double y = 2;
+}
+
+message AccessibilityInfoRequest {
+  enum Format {
+    LEGACY = 0;
+    NESTED = 1;
+  }
+  Point point = 2;
+  Format format = 3;
+}
+
+message AccessibilityInfoResponse {
+  string json = 1;
+}
+
+message ApproveRequest {
+  enum Permission {
+    PHOTOS = 0;
+    CAMERA = 1;
+    CONTACTS = 2;
+    URL = 3;
+    LOCATION = 4;
+    NOTIFICATION = 5;
+    MICROPHONE = 6;
+  }
+  string bundle_id = 1;
+  repeated Permission permissions = 2;
+  string scheme = 3;
+}
+
+message ApproveResponse {}
+
+message RevokeRequest {
+  enum Permission {
+    PHOTOS = 0;
+    CAMERA = 1;
+    CONTACTS = 2;
+    URL = 3;
+    LOCATION = 4;
+    NOTIFICATION = 5;
+    MICROPHONE = 6;
+  }
+  string bundle_id = 1;
+  repeated Permission permissions = 2;
+  string scheme = 3;
+}
+
+message RevokeResponse {}
+
+message ClearKeychainRequest {}
+
+message ClearKeychainResponse {}
+
+message SetLocationRequest {
+  Location location = 1;
+}
+
+message Location {
+  double latitude = 1;
+  double longitude = 2;
+}
+
+message SetLocationResponse {}
+
+message UninstallRequest {
+  string bundle_id = 1;
+}
+
+message UninstallResponse {}
+
+message TerminateRequest {
+  string bundle_id = 1;
+}
+
+message TerminateResponse {}
+
+message OpenUrlRequest {
+  string url = 1;
+}
+
+message OpenUrlResponse {}
+
+message ContactsUpdateRequest {
+  Payload payload = 1;
+}
+
+message ContactsUpdateResponse {}
+
+message TargetDescriptionRequest {
+  bool fetch_diagnostics = 1;
+}
+
+message TargetDescriptionResponse {
+  TargetDescription target_description = 1;
+  CompanionInfo companion = 2;
+}
+
+message HIDEvent {
+  enum HIDDirection {
+    DOWN = 0;
+    UP = 1;
+  }
+
+  message HIDTouch {
+    Point point = 1;
+  }
+
+  enum HIDButtonType {
+    APPLE_PAY = 0;
+    HOME = 1;
+    LOCK = 2;
+    SIDE_BUTTON = 3;
+    SIRI = 4;
+  }
+
+  message HIDButton {
+    HIDButtonType button = 1;
+  }
+
+  message HIDKey {
+    uint64 keycode = 1;
+  }
+
+  message HIDPressAction {
+    oneof action {
+      HIDTouch touch = 1;
+      HIDButton button = 2;
+      HIDKey key = 3;
+    }
+  }
+
+  message HIDPress {
+    HIDPressAction action = 1;
+    HIDDirection direction = 2;
+  }
+
+  message HIDSwipe {
+    Point start = 1;
+    Point end = 2;
+    double delta = 5;
+    double duration = 6;
+  }
+
+  message HIDDelay {
+    double duration = 1;
+  }
+
+  oneof event {
+    HIDPress press = 1;
+    HIDSwipe swipe = 2;
+    HIDDelay delay = 3;
+  }
+}
+
+message HIDResponse {}
+
+message ConnectRequest {
+  map<string, string> metadata = 1;
+  string local_file_path = 4;
+}
+
+message ConnectResponse {
+  CompanionInfo companion = 1;
+}
+
+message ScreenDimensions {
+  uint64 width = 1;
+  uint64 height = 2;
+  double density = 3;
+  uint64 width_points = 4;
+  uint64 height_points = 5;
+}
+
+message TargetDescription {
+  string udid = 1;
+  string name = 2;
+  ScreenDimensions screen_dimensions = 3;
+  string state = 4;
+  string target_type = 5;
+  string os_version = 6;
+  string architecture = 7;
+  bytes extended = 9;
+  bytes diagnostics = 10;
+}
+
+message LogRequest {
+  enum Source {
+    TARGET = 0;
+    COMPANION = 1;
+  }
+  repeated string arguments = 1;
+  Source source = 2;
+}
+
+message LogResponse {
+  bytes output = 1;
+}
+
+message RecordRequest {
+  message Start {
+    string file_path = 1;
+  }
+  message Stop {}
+  oneof control {
+    Start start = 1;
+    Stop stop = 2;
+  }
+}
+
+message RecordResponse {
+  oneof output {
+    bytes log_output = 1;
+    Payload payload = 2;
+  }
+}
+
+message VideoStreamRequest {
+  enum Format {
+    H264 = 0;
+    RBGA = 1;
+    MJPEG = 2;
+    MINICAP = 3;
+    I420 = 4;
+  }
+  message Start {
+    string file_path = 1;
+    uint64 fps = 2;
+    Format format = 3;
+    double compression_quality = 4;
+    double scale_factor = 5;
+    double avg_bitrate = 6;
+  }
+  message Stop {}
+  oneof control {
+    Start start = 1;
+    Stop stop = 2;
+  }
+}
+
+message VideoStreamResponse {
+  oneof output {
+    bytes log_output = 1;
+    Payload payload = 2;
+  }
+}
+
+message LaunchRequest {
+  message Start {
+    string bundle_id = 1;
+    map<string, string> env = 2;
+    repeated string app_args = 3;
+    bool foreground_if_running = 4;
+    bool wait_for = 5;
+    bool wait_for_debugger = 6;
+  }
+  message Stop {}
+  oneof control {
+    Start start = 1;
+    Stop stop = 2;
+  }
+}
+
+message LaunchResponse {
+  ProcessOutput output = 3;
+  DebuggerInfo debugger = 4;
+}
+
+message AddMediaRequest {
+  Payload payload = 1;
+}
+
+message AddMediaResponse {}
+
+message InstrumentsRunRequest {
+  message InstrumentsTimings {
+    double terminate_timeout = 1;
+    double launch_retry_timeout = 2;
+    double launch_error_timeout = 3;
+    double operation_duration = 4;
+  }
+  message Start {
+    string template_name = 2;
+    string app_bundle_id = 3;
+    map<string, string> environment = 4;
+    repeated string arguments = 5;
+    InstrumentsTimings timings = 6;
+    repeated string tool_arguments = 7;
+  }
+  message Stop {
+    repeated string post_process_arguments = 1;
+  }
+  oneof control {
+    Start start = 1;
+    Stop stop = 2;
+  }
+}
+
+message InstrumentsRunResponse {
+  enum State {
+    UNKNOWN = 0;
+    RUNNING_INSTRUMENTS = 1;
+    POST_PROCESSING = 2;
+  }
+  oneof output {
+    bytes log_output = 1;
+    Payload payload = 2;
+    State state = 3;
+  }
+}
+
+message XctraceRecordRequest {
+  message LauchProcess {
+    string process_to_launch = 1;
+    repeated string launch_args = 2;
+    string target_stdin = 3;
+    string target_stdout = 4;
+    map<string, string> process_env = 5;
+  }
+  message Target {
+    oneof target {
+      bool all_processes = 1;
+      string process_to_attach = 2;
+      LauchProcess launch_process = 3;
+    }
+  }
+  message Start {
+    string template_name = 1;
+    double time_limit = 2;
+    string package = 3;
+    Target target = 4;
+  }
+  message Stop {
+    double timeout = 1;
+    repeated string args = 2;
+  }
+  oneof control {
+    Start start = 1;
+    Stop stop = 2;
+  }
+}
+
+message XctraceRecordResponse {
+  enum State {
+    UNKNOWN = 0;
+    RUNNING = 1;
+    PROCESSING = 2;
+  }
+  oneof output {
+    bytes log = 1;
+    Payload payload = 2;
+    State state = 3;
+  }
+}
+
+message DebugServerRequest {
+  message Start {
+    string bundle_id = 1;
+  }
+  message Status {}
+  message Stop {}
+  message Pipe {
+    bytes data = 1;
+  }
+  oneof control {
+    Start start = 1;
+    Stop stop = 2;
+    Status status = 3;
+    Pipe pipe = 4;
+  }
+}
+
+message DebugServerResponse {
+  message Pipe {
+    bytes data = 1;
+  }
+  message Status {
+    repeated string lldb_bootstrap_commands = 1;
+  }
+  oneof control {
+    Status status = 1;
+    Pipe pipe = 2;
+  }
+}
+
+// crashes
+
+message CrashShowRequest {
+  string name = 1;
+}
+
+message CrashLogResponse {
+  repeated CrashLogInfo list = 1;
+}
+
+message CrashLogInfo {
+  string name = 1;
+  string bundle_id = 2;
+  string process_name = 3;
+  string parent_process_name = 4;
+  uint64 process_identifier = 5;
+  uint64 parent_process_identifier = 6;
+  uint64 timestamp = 7;
+}
+
+message CrashShowResponse {
+  CrashLogInfo info = 1;
+  string contents = 2;
+}
+
+message CrashLogQuery {
+  uint64 since = 1;
+  uint64 before = 2;
+  string bundle_id = 3;
+  string name = 4;
+}
+
+// xctest
+
+message XctestListBundlesRequest {}
+
+message XctestListBundlesResponse {
+  message Bundles {
+    string name = 1;
+    string bundle_id = 2;
+    repeated string architectures = 3;
+  }
+  repeated Bundles bundles = 1;
+}
+
+message XctestListTestsRequest {
+  string bundle_name = 1;
+  string app_path = 2;
+}
+
+message XctestListTestsResponse {
+  repeated string names = 1;
+}
+
+message XctestRunRequest {
+  message Logic {}
+  message Application {
+    string app_bundle_id = 1;
+  }
+  message UI {
+    string app_bundle_id = 1;
+    string test_host_app_bundle_id = 2;
+  }
+  message Mode {
+    oneof mode {
+      Logic logic = 1;
+      Application application = 2;
+      UI ui = 3;
+    }
+  }
+  message CodeCoverage {
+    enum Format {
+      EXPORTED = 0;
+      RAW = 1;
+    }
+    bool collect = 1;
+    Format format = 2;
+  }
+  Mode mode = 1;
+  string test_bundle_id = 2;
+  repeated string tests_to_run = 3;
+  repeated string tests_to_skip = 4;
+  repeated string arguments = 5;
+  map<string, string> environment = 6;
+  uint64 timeout = 7;
+  bool report_activities = 8;
+  bool collect_coverage = 9;
+  bool report_attachments = 10;
+  bool collect_logs = 11;
+  bool wait_for_debugger = 12;
+  CodeCoverage code_coverage = 13;
+  bool collect_result_bundle = 14;
+}
+
+message XctestRunResponse {
+  message TestRunInfo {
+    message TestRunFailureInfo {
+      string failure_message = 1;
+      string file = 2;
+      uint64 line = 3;
+    }
+    message TestAttachment {
+      bytes payload = 1;
+      double timestamp = 2;
+      string name = 3;
+      string uniform_type_identifier = 4;
+      bytes user_info_json = 5;
+    }
+    message TestActivity {
+      string title = 1;
+      double duration = 2;
+      string uuid = 3;
+      string activity_type = 4;
+      double start = 5;
+      double finish = 6;
+      string name = 7;
+      repeated TestAttachment attachments = 8;
+      repeated TestActivity sub_activities = 9;
+    }
+    enum Status {
+      PASSED = 0;
+      FAILED = 1;
+      CRASHED = 2;
+    }
+    Status status = 1;
+    string bundle_name = 2;
+    string class_name = 3;
+    string method_name = 4;
+    double duration = 5;
+    TestRunFailureInfo failure_info = 6;
+    repeated string logs = 7;
+    repeated TestActivity activityLogs = 8;
+  }
+  enum Status {
+    RUNNING = 0;
+    TERMINATED_NORMALLY = 1;
+    TERMINATED_ABNORMALLY = 2;
+  }
+  Status status = 1;
+  repeated TestRunInfo results = 2;
+  repeated string log_output = 3;
+  Payload result_bundle = 4;
+  string coverage_json = 5;
+  Payload log_directory = 6;
+  DebuggerInfo debugger = 7;
+  Payload code_coverage_data = 8;
+}
+
+// File
+
+message FileContainer {
+  enum Kind {
+    NONE = 0;
+    APPLICATION = 1;
+    ROOT = 2;
+    MEDIA = 3;
+    CRASHES = 4;
+    PROVISIONING_PROFILES = 5;
+    MDM_PROFILES = 6;
+    SPRINGBOARD_ICONS = 7;
+    WALLPAPER = 8;
+    DISK_IMAGES = 9;
+    GROUP_CONTAINER = 10;
+    APPLICATION_CONTAINER = 11;
+    AUXILLARY = 12;
+    XCTEST = 13;
+    DYLIB = 14;
+    DSYM = 15;
+    FRAMEWORK = 16;
+    SYMBOLS = 17;
+  }
+  Kind kind = 1;
+  string bundle_id = 2;
+}
+
+message FileInfo {
+  string path = 1;
+}
+
+message FileListing {
+  FileInfo parent = 1;
+  repeated FileInfo files = 2;
+}
+
+message LsResponse {
+  repeated FileInfo files = 1;
+  repeated FileListing listings = 2;
+}
+
+message LsRequest {
+  string path = 2;
+  FileContainer container = 3;
+  repeated string paths = 4;
+}
+
+message MkdirRequest {
+  string path = 2;
+  FileContainer container = 3;
+}
+
+message MkdirResponse {}
+
+message MvRequest {
+  repeated string src_paths = 2;
+  string dst_path = 3;
+  FileContainer container = 4;
+}
+
+message MvResponse {}
+
+message RmRequest {
+  repeated string paths = 2;
+  FileContainer container = 3;
+}
+
+message RmResponse {}
+
+message PushRequest {
+  message Inner {
+    string dst_path = 2;
+    FileContainer container = 3;
+  }
+  oneof value {
+    Payload payload = 1;
+    Inner inner = 2;
+  }
+}
+
+message PushResponse {}
+
+message PullRequest {
+  string src_path = 2;
+  string dst_path = 3;
+  FileContainer container = 4;
+}
+
+message PullResponse {
+  Payload payload = 1;
+}
+
+message TailRequest {
+  message Start {
+    FileContainer container = 1;
+    string path = 2;
+  }
+  message Stop {}
+  oneof control {
+    Start start = 1;
+    Stop stop = 2;
+  }
+}
+
+message TailResponse {
+  bytes data = 1;
+}
+
+message DebuggerInfo {
+  uint64 pid = 1;
+  string host = 2;
+  uint64 port = 3;
+}
+
+message SendNotificationRequest {
+  string bundle_id = 1;
+  string json_payload = 2;
+}
+
+message SendNotificationResponse {}
+
+message DapRequest {
+  message Start {
+    string debugger_pkg_id = 1;
+  }
+  message Pipe {
+    bytes data = 1;
+  }
+  message Stop {}
+  oneof control {
+    Start start = 1;
+    Pipe pipe = 2;
+    Stop stop = 3;
+  }
+}
+
+message DapResponse {
+  message Event {
+    string desc = 1;
+  }
+  message Pipe {
+    bytes data = 1;
+  }
+
+  oneof event {
+    Event started = 1;
+    Pipe stdout = 2;
+    Event stopped = 3;
+  }
+}
+
+message SimulateMemoryWarningRequest {}
+
+message SimulateMemoryWarningResponse {}

sidecar/src/main/kotlin/dev/sanderling/sidecar/DriverBackend.kt

@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ class IosDriverBackend(private val udid: String) : DriverBackend {
             tempFileHandler = tempFileHandler,
         )
         val driverConfig = xcuitest.installer.LocalXCTestInstaller.IOSDriverConfig(
-            prebuiltRunner = false,
+            prebuiltRunner = true,
             sourceDirectory = "driver-iPhoneSimulator",
             context = xcuitest.installer.Context.CLI,
             snapshotKeyHonorModalViews = null,