{
  "protocolVersion": "2026-08-28.2",
  "status": "engineering-pilot",
  "methods": ["manual", "watchpeak"],
  "latenciesMs": [0, 50, 150, 300],
  "jitter": { "lowAmplitudeMs": 8, "highAmplitudeMs": 65 },
  "bufferPatterns": {
    "none": null,
    "peer-stall": { "participant": "follower", "durationMs": 900, "startsAtFractionOfRun": 0.42 }
  },
  "sampleEveryMs": 100,
  "watchpeakPolicy": {
    "eventFollowupDelaysMs": [650, 1800],
    "playbackRequestRetryDelaysMs": [0, 1000, 2500, 5000, 9000, 15000],
    "recentSnapshotGuardMs": 4000,
    "periodicAuthoritySyncMs": 10000,
    "correctionThresholdMs": 550,
    "seekVerificationDelayMs": 900
  },
  "manualReactionDelayMs": { "minimum": 70, "maximum": 310 },
  "pilotRepeatsPerCondition": 3,
  "fullRepeatsPerCondition": 30,
  "fixture": "locally generated neutral 20-second WebM",
  "privacy": "No customer sessions, watch history, chat, voice, camera or streaming credentials are used."
}