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+name: Check Edge submission status
+
+# Read-only. Answers "did the publish actually land, or is it still in
+# certification?" — a question the store page cannot answer, because it
+# renders its version client-side and keeps showing the previous release
+# until certification clears.
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      operationId:
+        description: "Publish operation id from a publish-edge run (optional)"
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+      - run: node scripts/check-edge-status.mjs "${{ inputs.operationId }}"
+        working-directory: apps/extension
+        env:
+          EDGE_PRODUCT_ID: ${{ secrets.EDGE_PRODUCT_ID }}
+          EDGE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.EDGE_CLIENT_ID }}
+          EDGE_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.EDGE_API_KEY }}
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diff --git a/apps/extension/scripts/check-edge-status.mjs b/apps/extension/scripts/check-edge-status.mjs
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+// Read-only status probe for the Edge Add-ons submission pipeline.
+//
+// "publish: Succeeded" from publish-edge.mjs means Microsoft *accepted* the
+// submission, not that anything is live: certification runs afterwards and
+// the store keeps serving the previous version until it clears. That gap is
+// invisible from the store page, which renders its version client-side, so
+// without this the only way to tell "queued" from "silently rejected" is to
+// wait and refresh.
+//
+// Makes no writes — safe to run against a submission that is mid-review.
+//
+// Usage: node scripts/check-edge-status.mjs [publishOperationId]
+
+const API_ROOT = process.env.EDGE_API_ROOT || "https://api.addons.microsoftedge.microsoft.com";
+const EDGE_PRODUCT_ID = (process.env.EDGE_PRODUCT_ID || "").trim();
+const EDGE_CLIENT_ID = (process.env.EDGE_CLIENT_ID || "").trim();
+const EDGE_API_KEY = (process.env.EDGE_API_KEY || "").trim();
+const operationId = (process.argv[2] || process.env.EDGE_OPERATION_ID || "").trim();
+
+const missing = Object.entries({ EDGE_PRODUCT_ID, EDGE_CLIENT_ID, EDGE_API_KEY })
+  .filter(([, v]) => !v)
+  .map(([k]) => k);
+if (missing.length) {
+  console.error(`check-edge-status: missing required env: ${missing.join(", ")}`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const headers = { Authorization: `ApiKey ${EDGE_API_KEY}`, "X-ClientID": EDGE_CLIENT_ID };
+
+async function show(label, url) {
+  const res = await fetch(url, { headers });
+  const body = await res.text();
+  console.log(`\n${label}  (HTTP ${res.status})`);
+  try {
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(body), null, 2));
+  } catch {
+    console.log(body || "(empty body)");
+  }
+  return res;
+}
+
+if (operationId) {
+  await show(
+    `publish operation ${operationId}`,
+    `${API_ROOT}/v1/products/${EDGE_PRODUCT_ID}/submissions/operations/${operationId}`,
+  );
+}
+
+// The draft endpoint reports what is staged for the product right now, which
+// is what distinguishes "still in certification" from "nothing was ever
+// submitted".
+await show("current draft submission", `${API_ROOT}/v1/products/${EDGE_PRODUCT_ID}/submissions/draft`);
+
+// What the public store is actually serving, for comparison. No auth needed.
+const store = await fetch(
+  "https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/getproductdetailsbycrxid/nbblbelngcbfijhifmbjcoehocngplpc",
+  { headers: { "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0" } },
+);
+if (store.ok) {
+  const d = await store.json();
+  console.log(`\nlive on the Edge store: version ${d.version} — "${d.name}"`);
+}