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id: "5ce8011f-cdeb-4ca9-8ee0-f04fb4a52504"
name: "Native .click() on star element"
micro_summary: "A direct element .click() probe for starring Gmail messages; the parent finding is that Gmail rejects untrusted synthetic events."
status: "discarded"
see_also: []
scope: "Attempted to star by calling .click() on the <span aria-label=\"Not starred\"> element directly."
discard_reason: ".called .click() on the star span element. Gmail checks event.isTrusted and rejects programmatic clicks. Star stayed \"Not starred\"."
---