ChromeDevTools / ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp
Support snapshot diffs
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently the tools always return the full page snapshot.
Describe the solution you'd like
Instead, when the snapshot is delivered in response to an action, we should only produce a diff to the previous snapshot.
Describe alternatives you've considered
None
Additional context
Related to https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/issues/726
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Research direction
Review related issue #726 first, then trace how snapshots are produced after actions. Determine the current snapshot response path and define the expected diff behavior; the work is done when action responses provide only the changes from the previous snapshot rather than the full page snapshot.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100