fix: address CodeRabbit review round 3

src/cli/args.test.ts

@@ -106,6 +106,17 @@ test('parseArgs captures session action forwarding flags', () => {
   assert.equal(shouldStartApp(args), true);
 });
 
+test('parseArgs ignores non-positive numeric session action counts', () => {
+  const args = parseArgs([
+    '--copy-subtitle-count=0',
+    '--mine-sentence-count',
+    '-1',
+  ]);
+
+  assert.equal(args.copySubtitleCount, undefined);
+  assert.equal(args.mineSentenceCount, undefined);
+});
+
 test('youtube playback does not use generic overlay-runtime bootstrap classification', () => {
   const args = parseArgs(['--youtube-play', 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=abc']);
 

src/cli/args.ts

@@ -238,21 +238,19 @@ export function parseArgs(argv: string[]): CliArgs {
         args.cycleRuntimeOptionId = parsed.id;
         args.cycleRuntimeOptionDirection = parsed.direction;
       }
-    }
-    else if (arg.startsWith('--copy-subtitle-count=')) {
+    } else if (arg.startsWith('--copy-subtitle-count=')) {
       const value = Number(arg.split('=', 2)[1]);
-      if (Number.isInteger(value)) args.copySubtitleCount = value;
+      if (Number.isInteger(value) && value > 0) args.copySubtitleCount = value;
     } else if (arg === '--copy-subtitle-count') {
       const value = Number(readValue(argv[i + 1]));
-      if (Number.isInteger(value)) args.copySubtitleCount = value;
+      if (Number.isInteger(value) && value > 0) args.copySubtitleCount = value;
     } else if (arg.startsWith('--mine-sentence-count=')) {
       const value = Number(arg.split('=', 2)[1]);
-      if (Number.isInteger(value)) args.mineSentenceCount = value;
+      if (Number.isInteger(value) && value > 0) args.mineSentenceCount = value;
     } else if (arg === '--mine-sentence-count') {
       const value = Number(readValue(argv[i + 1]));
-      if (Number.isInteger(value)) args.mineSentenceCount = value;
-    }
-    else if (arg === '--anilist-status') args.anilistStatus = true;
+      if (Number.isInteger(value) && value > 0) args.mineSentenceCount = value;
+    } else if (arg === '--anilist-status') args.anilistStatus = true;
     else if (arg === '--anilist-logout') args.anilistLogout = true;
     else if (arg === '--anilist-setup') args.anilistSetup = true;
     else if (arg === '--anilist-retry-queue') args.anilistRetryQueue = true;

src/core/services/ipc.test.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 
 import { createIpcDepsRuntime, registerIpcHandlers, type IpcServiceDeps } from './ipc';
 import { IPC_CHANNELS } from '../../shared/ipc/contracts';
-import type { PlaylistBrowserSnapshot, SubtitleSidebarSnapshot } from '../../types';
+import type {
+  PlaylistBrowserSnapshot,
+  SessionActionDispatchRequest,
+  SubtitleSidebarSnapshot,
+} from '../../types';
 
 interface FakeIpcRegistrar {
   on: Map<string, (event: unknown, ...args: unknown[]) => void>;
@@ -860,6 +864,55 @@ test('registerIpcHandlers awaits saveControllerPreference through request-respon
   ]);
 });
 
+test('registerIpcHandlers validates dispatchSessionAction payloads', async () => {
+  const { registrar, handlers } = createFakeIpcRegistrar();
+  const dispatched: SessionActionDispatchRequest[] = [];
+  registerIpcHandlers(
+    createRegisterIpcDeps({
+      dispatchSessionAction: async (request) => {
+        dispatched.push(request);
+      },
+    }),
+    registrar,
+  );
+
+  const dispatchHandler = handlers.handle.get(IPC_CHANNELS.command.dispatchSessionAction);
+  assert.ok(dispatchHandler);
+
+  await assert.rejects(async () => {
+    await dispatchHandler!({}, { actionId: 'cycleRuntimeOption', payload: { direction: 1 } });
+  }, /Invalid session action payload/);
+  await assert.rejects(async () => {
+    await dispatchHandler!({}, { actionId: 'unknown-action' });
+  }, /Invalid session action payload/);
+
+  await dispatchHandler!({}, {
+    actionId: 'copySubtitleMultiple',
+    payload: { count: 3 },
+  });
+  await dispatchHandler!({}, {
+    actionId: 'cycleRuntimeOption',
+    payload: {
+      runtimeOptionId: 'anki.autoUpdateNewCards',
+      direction: -1,
+    },
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(dispatched, [
+    {
+      actionId: 'copySubtitleMultiple',
+      payload: { count: 3 },
+    },
+    {
+      actionId: 'cycleRuntimeOption',
+      payload: {
+        runtimeOptionId: 'anki.autoUpdateNewCards',
+        direction: -1,
+      },
+    },
+  ]);
+});
+
 test('registerIpcHandlers rejects malformed controller preference payloads', async () => {
   const { registrar, handlers } = createFakeIpcRegistrar();
   registerIpcHandlers(

src/core/services/ipc.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
   parseRuntimeOptionDirection,
   parseRuntimeOptionId,
   parseRuntimeOptionValue,
+  parseSessionActionDispatchRequest,
   parseSubtitlePosition,
   parseSubsyncManualRunRequest,
   parseYoutubePickerResolveRequest,
@@ -459,22 +460,11 @@ export function registerIpcHandlers(deps: IpcServiceDeps, ipc: IpcMainRegistrar
   ipc.handle(
     IPC_CHANNELS.command.dispatchSessionAction,
     async (_event: unknown, request: unknown) => {
-      if (!request || typeof request !== 'object') {
+      const parsedRequest = parseSessionActionDispatchRequest(request);
+      if (!parsedRequest) {
         throw new Error('Invalid session action payload');
       }
-      const actionId =
-        typeof (request as Record<string, unknown>).actionId === 'string'
-          ? ((request as Record<string, unknown>).actionId as SessionActionDispatchRequest['actionId'])
-          : null;
-      if (!actionId) {
-        throw new Error('Invalid session action id');
-      }
-      const payload =
-        (request as Record<string, unknown>).payload &&
-        typeof (request as Record<string, unknown>).payload === 'object'
-          ? ((request as Record<string, unknown>).payload as SessionActionDispatchRequest['payload'])
-          : undefined;
-      await deps.dispatchSessionAction?.({ actionId, payload });
+      await deps.dispatchSessionAction?.(parsedRequest);
     },
   );
 

src/core/services/overlay-shortcut-handler.test.ts

@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ test('shouldActivateOverlayShortcuts preserves non-macOS behavior', () => {
 });
 
 test('registerOverlayShortcutsRuntime reports active shortcuts when configured', () => {
-  const result = registerOverlayShortcutsRuntime({
+  const deps = {
     getConfiguredShortcuts: () => makeShortcuts({ openJimaku: 'Ctrl+J' }),
     getOverlayHandlers: () => ({
       copySubtitle: () => {},
@@ -336,15 +336,17 @@ test('registerOverlayShortcutsRuntime reports active shortcuts when configured',
     }),
     cancelPendingMultiCopy: () => {},
     cancelPendingMineSentenceMultiple: () => {},
-  });
+  };
 
+  const result = registerOverlayShortcutsRuntime(deps);
   assert.equal(result, true);
+  assert.equal(unregisterOverlayShortcutsRuntime(result, deps), false);
 });
 
 test('unregisterOverlayShortcutsRuntime clears pending shortcut work when active', () => {
   const calls: string[] = [];
-  const result = unregisterOverlayShortcutsRuntime(true, {
-    getConfiguredShortcuts: () => makeShortcuts(),
+  const deps = {
+    getConfiguredShortcuts: () => makeShortcuts({ openJimaku: 'Ctrl+J' }),
     getOverlayHandlers: () => ({
       copySubtitle: () => {},
       copySubtitleMultiple: () => {},
@@ -364,8 +366,10 @@ test('unregisterOverlayShortcutsRuntime clears pending shortcut work when active
     cancelPendingMineSentenceMultiple: () => {
       calls.push('cancel-mine-sentence-multiple');
     },
-  });
+  };
 
+  assert.equal(registerOverlayShortcutsRuntime(deps), true);
+  const result = unregisterOverlayShortcutsRuntime(true, deps);
   assert.equal(result, false);
   assert.deepEqual(calls, ['cancel-multi-copy', 'cancel-mine-sentence-multiple']);
 });

src/core/services/session-bindings.test.ts

@@ -200,6 +200,24 @@ test('compileSessionBindings warns on unsupported shortcut and keybinding syntax
   );
 });
 
+test('compileSessionBindings rejects malformed command arrays', () => {
+  const result = compileSessionBindings({
+    shortcuts: createShortcuts(),
+    keybindings: [
+      createKeybinding('Ctrl+J', ['show-text', 3000]),
+      createKeybinding('Ctrl+K', ['show-text', { bad: true } as never] as never),
+    ],
+    platform: 'linux',
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(result.bindings.map((binding) => binding.sourcePath), ['keybindings[0].key']);
+  assert.equal(result.bindings[0]?.actionType, 'mpv-command');
+  assert.deepEqual(result.bindings[0]?.command, ['show-text', 3000]);
+  assert.deepEqual(result.warnings.map((warning) => `${warning.kind}:${warning.path}`), [
+    'unsupported:keybindings[1].key',
+  ]);
+});
+
 test('compileSessionBindings warns on deprecated toggleVisibleOverlayGlobal config', () => {
   const result = compileSessionBindings({
     shortcuts: createShortcuts(),

src/core/services/session-bindings.ts

@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ function normalizeModifiers(modifiers: SessionKeyModifier[]): SessionKeyModifier
   );
 }
 
+function isValidCommandEntry(value: unknown): value is string | number {
+  return typeof value === 'string' || typeof value === 'number';
+}
+
 function normalizeCodeToken(token: string): string | null {
   const normalized = token.trim();
   if (!normalized) return null;
@@ -253,8 +257,19 @@ function resolveCommandBinding(
   | Omit<CompiledMpvCommandBinding, 'key' | 'sourcePath' | 'originalKey'>
   | Omit<CompiledSessionActionBinding, 'key' | 'sourcePath' | 'originalKey'>
   | null {
-  const command = binding.command ?? [];
-  const first = typeof command[0] === 'string' ? command[0] : '';
+  const command = binding.command;
+  if (!Array.isArray(command) || command.length === 0 || !command.every(isValidCommandEntry)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const first = command[0];
+  if (typeof first !== 'string') {
+    return {
+      actionType: 'mpv-command',
+      command,
+    };
+  }
+
   if (first === SPECIAL_COMMANDS.SUBSYNC_TRIGGER) {
     return { actionType: 'session-action', actionId: 'triggerSubsync' };
   }
@@ -283,7 +298,14 @@ function resolveCommandBinding(
     return { actionType: 'session-action', actionId: 'shiftSubDelayNextLine' };
   }
   if (first.startsWith(SPECIAL_COMMANDS.RUNTIME_OPTION_CYCLE_PREFIX)) {
-    const [, runtimeOptionId, rawDirection] = first.split(':');
+    const parts = first.split(':');
+    if (parts.length !== 3) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const [, runtimeOptionId, rawDirection] = parts;
+    if (!runtimeOptionId || (rawDirection !== 'prev' && rawDirection !== 'next')) {
+      return null;
+    }
     return {
       actionType: 'session-action',
       actionId: 'cycleRuntimeOption',
@@ -398,7 +420,15 @@ export function compileSessionBindings(
       return;
     }
     const resolved = resolveCommandBinding(binding);
-    if (!resolved) return;
+    if (!resolved) {
+      warnings.push({
+        kind: 'unsupported',
+        path: `keybindings[${index}].key`,
+        value: binding.command,
+        message: 'Unsupported keybinding command syntax.',
+      });
+      return;
+    }
     const compiled: CompiledSessionBinding = {
       sourcePath: `keybindings[${index}].key`,
       originalKey: binding.key,

src/main.ts

@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ import {
   ensureWindowsOverlayTransparencyNative,
   getWindowsForegroundProcessNameNative,
   queryWindowsForegroundProcessName,
+  queryWindowsTargetWindowHandle,
   setWindowsOverlayOwnerNative,
 } from './window-trackers/windows-helper';
 import {
@@ -1939,11 +1940,16 @@ function resolveWindowsOverlayBindTargetHandle(targetMpvSocketPath?: string | nu
     return null;
   }
 
+  const helperTargetHwnd = queryWindowsTargetWindowHandle({ targetMpvSocketPath });
+  if (helperTargetHwnd !== null) {
+    return helperTargetHwnd;
+  }
+
   try {
     const win32 = require('./window-trackers/win32') as typeof import('./window-trackers/win32');
     const poll = win32.findMpvWindows();
     const focused = poll.matches.find((m) => m.isForeground);
-    return focused?.hwnd ?? poll.matches.sort((a, b) => b.area - a.area)[0]?.hwnd ?? null;
+    return focused?.hwnd ?? [...poll.matches].sort((a, b) => b.area - a.area)[0]?.hwnd ?? null;
   } catch {
     return null;
   }
@@ -5144,7 +5150,7 @@ const { initializeOverlayRuntime: initializeOverlayRuntimeHandler } =
                 const win32 = require('./window-trackers/win32') as typeof import('./window-trackers/win32');
                 const poll = win32.findMpvWindows();
                 const focused = poll.matches.find((m) => m.isForeground);
-                return focused ?? poll.matches.sort((a, b) => b.area - a.area)[0] ?? null;
+                return focused ?? [...poll.matches].sort((a, b) => b.area - a.area)[0] ?? null;
               } catch {
                 return null;
               }

src/main/overlay-runtime.test.ts

@@ -225,6 +225,24 @@ test('sendToActiveOverlayWindow creates modal window lazily when absent', () =>
   assert.deepEqual(window.sent, [['jimaku:open']]);
 });
 
+test('sendToActiveOverlayWindow does not retain restore state when modal creation fails', () => {
+  const runtime = createOverlayModalRuntimeService({
+    getMainWindow: () => null,
+    getModalWindow: () => null,
+    createModalWindow: () => null,
+    getModalGeometry: () => ({ x: 0, y: 0, width: 400, height: 300 }),
+    setModalWindowBounds: () => {},
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(
+    runtime.sendToActiveOverlayWindow('runtime-options:open', undefined, {
+      restoreOnModalClose: 'runtime-options',
+    }),
+    false,
+  );
+  assert.equal(runtime.getRestoreVisibleOverlayOnModalClose().has('runtime-options'), false);
+});
+
 test('sendToActiveOverlayWindow waits for blank modal URL before sending open command', () => {
   const window = createMockWindow();
   window.url = '';
@@ -587,6 +605,37 @@ test('sendToActiveOverlayWindow waits for modal ready-to-show before delivering
   assert.deepEqual(window.sent, [['runtime-options:open']]);
 });
 
+test('warm modal window reopen becomes interactive immediately on the second open', () => {
+  const window = createMockWindow();
+  const runtime = createOverlayModalRuntimeService({
+    getMainWindow: () => null,
+    getModalWindow: () => window as never,
+    createModalWindow: () => window as never,
+    getModalGeometry: () => ({ x: 0, y: 0, width: 400, height: 300 }),
+    setModalWindowBounds: () => {},
+  });
+
+  runtime.sendToActiveOverlayWindow('runtime-options:open', undefined, {
+    restoreOnModalClose: 'runtime-options',
+  });
+  runtime.notifyOverlayModalOpened('runtime-options');
+  runtime.handleOverlayModalClosed('runtime-options');
+
+  window.ignoreMouseEvents = true;
+  window.focused = false;
+  window.webContentsFocused = false;
+
+  runtime.sendToActiveOverlayWindow('runtime-options:open', undefined, {
+    restoreOnModalClose: 'runtime-options',
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(window.isVisible(), true);
+  assert.equal(window.ignoreMouseEvents, false);
+  assert.equal(window.isFocused(), true);
+  assert.equal(window.webContentsFocused, true);
+  assert.equal(window.getShowCount(), 2);
+});
+
 test('waitForModalOpen resolves true after modal acknowledgement', async () => {
   const runtime = createOverlayModalRuntimeService({
     getMainWindow: () => null,

src/main/overlay-runtime.ts

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export function createOverlayModalRuntimeService(
   let modalActive = false;
   let mainWindowMousePassthroughForcedByModal = false;
   let mainWindowHiddenByModal = false;
+  let modalWindowPrimedForImmediateShow = false;
   let pendingModalWindowReveal: BrowserWindow | null = null;
   let pendingModalWindowRevealTimeout: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
 
@@ -272,9 +273,9 @@ export function createOverlayModalRuntimeService(
     };
 
     if (restoreOnModalClose) {
-      restoreVisibleOverlayOnModalClose.add(restoreOnModalClose);
       const mainWindow = getTargetOverlayWindow();
       if (!preferModalWindow && mainWindow && !mainWindow.isDestroyed() && mainWindow.isVisible()) {
+        restoreVisibleOverlayOnModalClose.add(restoreOnModalClose);
         sendOrQueueForWindow(mainWindow, (window) => {
           if (payload === undefined) {
             window.webContents.send(channel);
@@ -288,10 +289,15 @@ export function createOverlayModalRuntimeService(
       const modalWindow = resolveModalWindow();
       if (!modalWindow) return false;
 
+      restoreVisibleOverlayOnModalClose.add(restoreOnModalClose);
       deps.setModalWindowBounds(deps.getModalGeometry());
       const wasVisible = modalWindow.isVisible();
       if (!wasVisible) {
-        scheduleModalWindowReveal(modalWindow);
+        if (modalWindowPrimedForImmediateShow && isWindowReadyForIpc(modalWindow)) {
+          showModalWindow(modalWindow);
+        } else {
+          scheduleModalWindowReveal(modalWindow);
+        }
       } else if (!modalWindow.isFocused()) {
         showModalWindow(modalWindow);
       }
@@ -339,6 +345,7 @@ export function createOverlayModalRuntimeService(
       if (modalWindow && !modalWindow.isDestroyed()) {
         modalWindow.hide();
       }
+      modalWindowPrimedForImmediateShow = true;
       mainWindowMousePassthroughForcedByModal = false;
       mainWindowHiddenByModal = false;
       notifyModalStateChange(false);

src/main/runtime/first-run-setup-service.test.ts

@@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ test('shouldAutoOpenFirstRunSetup only for startup/setup intents', () => {
   assert.equal(shouldAutoOpenFirstRunSetup(makeArgs({ settings: true })), false);
 });
 
+test('shouldAutoOpenFirstRunSetup treats numeric startup counts as explicit commands', () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    shouldAutoOpenFirstRunSetup(makeArgs({ start: true, copySubtitleCount: 2 })),
+    false,
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    shouldAutoOpenFirstRunSetup(makeArgs({ background: true, mineSentenceCount: 1 })),
+    false,
+  );
+});
+
 test('setup service auto-completes legacy installs with config and dictionaries', async () => {
   await withTempDir(async (root) => {
     const configDir = path.join(root, 'SubMiner');

src/main/runtime/first-run-setup-service.ts

@@ -68,8 +68,10 @@ function hasAnyStartupCommandBeyondSetup(args: CliArgs): boolean {
     args.hideVisibleOverlay ||
     args.copySubtitle ||
     args.copySubtitleMultiple ||
+    args.copySubtitleCount !== undefined ||
     args.mineSentence ||
     args.mineSentenceMultiple ||
+    args.mineSentenceCount !== undefined ||
     args.updateLastCardFromClipboard ||
     args.refreshKnownWords ||
     args.toggleSecondarySub ||

src/main/runtime/immersion-startup.test.ts

@@ -193,7 +193,10 @@ test('createImmersionTrackerStartupHandler keeps tracker startup alive when mpv
       'warn:MPV auto-connect failed during immersion tracker startup; continuing.:socket not ready',
     ),
   );
-  assert.equal(calls.includes('warn:Immersion tracker startup failed; disabling tracking.'), false);
+  assert.equal(
+    calls.some((entry) => entry.startsWith('warn:Immersion tracker startup failed; disabling tracking.')),
+    false,
+  );
 });
 
 test('createImmersionTrackerStartupHandler disables tracker on failure', () => {

src/renderer/modals/runtime-options.test.ts

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ function withRuntimeOptionsModal(
 
   Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'window', {
     configurable: true,
+    writable: true,
     value: {
       electronAPI: {
         getRuntimeOptions,
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ function withRuntimeOptionsModal(
 
   Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'document', {
     configurable: true,
+    writable: true,
     value: {
       createElement: () => createElementStub(),
     },
@@ -152,10 +154,12 @@ function withRuntimeOptionsModal(
     .finally(() => {
       Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'window', {
         configurable: true,
+        writable: true,
         value: previousWindow,
       });
       Object.defineProperty(globalThis, 'document', {
         configurable: true,
+        writable: true,
         value: previousDocument,
       });
     });

src/shared/ipc/validators.ts

@@ -8,12 +8,37 @@ import type {
 import type {
   ControllerConfigUpdate,
   ControllerPreferenceUpdate,
+  SessionActionDispatchRequest,
   SubsyncManualRunRequest,
 } from '../../types/runtime';
 import type { RuntimeOptionId, RuntimeOptionValue } from '../../types/runtime-options';
+import type { SessionActionId, SessionActionPayload } from '../../types/session-bindings';
 import type { SubtitlePosition } from '../../types/subtitle';
 import { OVERLAY_HOSTED_MODALS, type OverlayHostedModal } from './contracts';
 
+const SESSION_ACTION_IDS: SessionActionId[] = [
+  'toggleStatsOverlay',
+  'toggleVisibleOverlay',
+  'copySubtitle',
+  'copySubtitleMultiple',
+  'updateLastCardFromClipboard',
+  'triggerFieldGrouping',
+  'triggerSubsync',
+  'mineSentence',
+  'mineSentenceMultiple',
+  'toggleSecondarySub',
+  'markAudioCard',
+  'openRuntimeOptions',
+  'openJimaku',
+  'openYoutubePicker',
+  'openPlaylistBrowser',
+  'replayCurrentSubtitle',
+  'playNextSubtitle',
+  'shiftSubDelayPrevLine',
+  'shiftSubDelayNextLine',
+  'cycleRuntimeOption',
+];
+
 const RUNTIME_OPTION_IDS: RuntimeOptionId[] = [
   'anki.autoUpdateNewCards',
   'subtitle.annotation.nPlusOne',
@@ -35,6 +60,43 @@ function isInteger(value: unknown): value is number {
   return typeof value === 'number' && Number.isInteger(value);
 }
 
+function isSessionActionId(value: unknown): value is SessionActionId {
+  return typeof value === 'string' && SESSION_ACTION_IDS.includes(value as SessionActionId);
+}
+
+function parseSessionActionPayload(
+  actionId: SessionActionId,
+  value: unknown,
+): SessionActionPayload | undefined | null {
+  if (actionId === 'copySubtitleMultiple' || actionId === 'mineSentenceMultiple') {
+    if (value === undefined) return undefined;
+    if (!isObject(value)) return null;
+    const keys = Object.keys(value);
+    if (keys.some((key) => key !== 'count')) return null;
+    if (value.count === undefined) return null;
+    if (!isInteger(value.count) || value.count < 1) return null;
+    return { count: value.count };
+  }
+
+  if (actionId === 'cycleRuntimeOption') {
+    if (!isObject(value)) return null;
+    const keys = Object.keys(value);
+    if (keys.some((key) => key !== 'runtimeOptionId' && key !== 'direction')) return null;
+    if (typeof value.runtimeOptionId !== 'string' || value.runtimeOptionId.trim().length === 0) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    if (value.direction !== 1 && value.direction !== -1) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return {
+      runtimeOptionId: value.runtimeOptionId,
+      direction: value.direction,
+    };
+  }
+
+  return value === undefined ? undefined : null;
+}
+
 export function parseOverlayHostedModal(value: unknown): OverlayHostedModal | null {
   if (typeof value !== 'string') return null;
   return OVERLAY_HOSTED_MODALS.includes(value as OverlayHostedModal)
@@ -182,6 +244,17 @@ export function parseRuntimeOptionValue(value: unknown): RuntimeOptionValue | nu
     : null;
 }
 
+export function parseSessionActionDispatchRequest(
+  value: unknown,
+): SessionActionDispatchRequest | null {
+  if (!isObject(value)) return null;
+  if (!isSessionActionId(value.actionId)) return null;
+
+  const payload = parseSessionActionPayload(value.actionId, value.payload);
+  if (payload === null) return null;
+  return payload === undefined ? { actionId: value.actionId } : { actionId: value.actionId, payload };
+}
+
 export function parseMpvCommand(value: unknown): Array<string | number> | null {
   if (!Array.isArray(value)) return null;
   return value.every((entry) => typeof entry === 'string' || typeof entry === 'number')