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Saved Runs & comparison

Persist 10 audits per browser, side-by-side diff against the current state.

Saved Runs is v2.0's answer to "compare today's audit to last week's". It persists the full audit state under a name you choose, and shows a side-by-side diff with the current state on demand.

Saving a run

  1. Get the panel into a state you want to remember (e.g. post-consent, all tags fired, audit grade settled).
  2. Click Save run in the panel header.
  3. Name it (e.g. pre-launch · staging).
  4. The run is persisted to chrome.storage.local.

What's saved

  • Tag inventory (platforms, IDs, fire counts)
  • Full event stream
  • Cookie audit
  • Consent timeline + classifications
  • dataLayer log
  • SST findings
  • PII findings
  • Audit grade + breakdown
  • Host + URL + timestamp + Pixel Auditor version

The Saved Runs modal

Open from the panel header (clock icon). Lists every saved run with name, host, timestamp, and grade. Up to 10 entries — saving an 11th deletes the oldest.

Loading a run for comparison

  1. Open the Saved Runs modal.
  2. Click Compare next to the run you want.
  3. The current panel splits into a side-by-side diff view: saved run on the left, current state on the right.

What the diff highlights

ChangeHighlight
Tag added+ green on the right
Tag removed− red strikethrough on the left
Fire count changeddelta badge: +3 or −1
New violationred row in the diff list
Resolved violationgreen strikethrough in the diff list
Grade changedOld grade → new grade in the header

Use cases

  • Pre-launch vs. post-launch — save the staging audit, compare to production after release
  • Before/after a fix — save the broken state, fix it, diff to confirm the fix worked
  • Periodic baseline — save once a week, watch tag drift over time
  • Cross-environment — save staging audit, switch to prod, diff (different URLs but the diff highlights tag-config drift)

Storage

Saved Runs live in chrome.storage.local. They are local to your device and never sent anywhere. They survive browser restarts but not extension uninstall — uninstalling clears them.

Cap and pruning

v2.0 caps Saved Runs at 10 per browser. Saving an 11th deletes the oldest. To delete manually: Saved Runs modal → × next to the entry.

tip Combine Saved Runs with Export Report: save the run, export the report. Both are useful for different audiences — the report is a polished hand-off, the saved run is your working diff base.