Run immediate browsing sessions with enabled votes

src/services/account-browsing-simulation.ts

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ export interface AccountBrowsingSimulationServiceOptions {
   };
   sink: BrowsingDecisionSink;
   voter?: BrowsingVoter;
+  /** Browser dry-run is an absolute no-write boundary, including manual runs. */
+  dryRun?: boolean;
   logger: Logger;
   now?: () => number;
   random?: () => number;
@@ -55,9 +57,9 @@ export class AccountBrowsingSimulationService {
     this.random = options.random ?? Math.random;
   }
 
-  /** Runs one operator-requested, simulation-only selection without waiting for the schedule. */
+  /** Runs one operator-requested selection without waiting for the schedule. */
   runNow(signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<BrowsingSimulationOutcome> {
-    return this.tick({ force: true }, signal);
+    return this.tick({ allowVoting: !this.options.dryRun, force: true }, signal);
   }
 
   async tick(
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ export class AccountBrowsingSimulationService {
     const selected = candidates[Math.floor(this.random() * candidates.length)];
     const decision = toDecision(this.options.accountId, selected, 'simulated-upvote', 'Eligible browsing selection', sessionId, now);
     await this.options.sink.recordSimulation(decision);
-    if (settings.autoVoteEnabled && allowVoting && this.options.voter) {
+    if (settings.autoVoteEnabled && allowVoting && !this.options.dryRun && this.options.voter) {
       const result = await this.options.voter.upvote(selected.fullname);
       if (result.status === 'submitted') {
         this.options.repository.markVoteSubmitted(this.options.accountId, selected.fullname);

src/services/reddit-account-runtime-builder.ts

@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ async function buildRuntime(
       },
       sink: browsingRepository,
       voter: commentClient,
+      dryRun: accountConfig.browser.dryRun,
       logger,
       onActivity: (decision) => activityLogRepo.insert({
         timestamp: decision.decidedAt,

src/web/api-catalog.ts

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export const API_OPERATIONS: readonly ApiOperation[] = [
     requestSchema: BrowsingSettingsUpdateRequestSchema,
     responseSchema: GrowthAccountResponseSchema,
   }),
-  operation('runBrowsingSimulation', 'POST', '/api/growth/{accountId}/browsing/run', 'Run one simulation-only browsing session immediately', ['Growth'], {
+  operation('runBrowsingSimulation', 'POST', '/api/growth/{accountId}/browsing/run', 'Run one browsing session immediately', ['Growth'], {
     access: 'admin',
     responseSchema: GrowthAccountResponseSchema,
   }),

src/web/routes/growth.ts

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export function createGrowthRouter(ctx: WebContext): Router {
     } catch (error) {
       return res.status(502).json({ error: `Browsing simulation failed: ${errorMessage(error)}` });
     }
-    ctx.broadcaster.push('info', `Browsing simulation run manually for u/${username}; no Reddit vote was submitted`);
+    ctx.broadcaster.push('info', `Browsing session run manually for u/${username}`);
     return res.json({ success: true, account: detail(repo, browsingRepo, accountId, username) });
   });