{
  "slug": "chrome-devtools-mcp-adds-take-memory-snapshot-ffbb9a952ca5",
  "title": "chrome-devtools-mcp adds take_memory_snapshot",
  "tools": [
    "chrome-devtools-mcp"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-02-25T06:57:30.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-02-25T06:57:30.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When debugging a memory leak, call `take_memory_snapshot` to save a heap snapshot of the currently selected page. Provide a `.heapsnapshot` path in `filePath`.",
    "examples": [
      "take_memory_snapshot({\"filePath\":\"<path>.heapsnapshot\"})"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: 0.18.0",
      "filePath (required, string) (required): Path to the `.heapsnapshot` file where the snapshot is saved.",
      "The `filePath` parameter is required and must identify a `.heapsnapshot` file.",
      "The snapshot is of the currently selected page."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "When debugging a memory leak in a page, capture its heap snapshot to a file for inspection.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/releases/tag/chrome-devtools-mcp-v0.18.0",
    "https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/pull/1023",
    "https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/blob/7ffdc5ee4d9df9f62f03354fa758fb4d022c3b08/docs/tool-reference.md"
  ],
  "rank": 0.98036,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v1+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "ghtools-20261008",
    "verdict_id": "ghtools-20261008:ghtools-20261008-210ebd676b9d5d8d-5:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "602c00b324f7e66839d16778d091c262c4ee70e978047a91d5991c04e5cd2691"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "7258ac076506637b9e7230f6158583927c91d0d8ab3330198695ccd6e2ff5645",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "ghtools-20261008:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.98 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.85 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}