Core Flow
- Capture raw response text before parsing.
- Validate with JSON Validator.
- Normalize using JSON Formatter.
- Compare payload variants via JSON Diff.
High-Impact Checks
- Content-Type mismatch (HTML returned instead of JSON).
- Unexpected token from escaped payload strings.
- Type mismatch between expected interfaces and runtime data.
For typed outputs, convert to TypeScript definitions and lock interface expectations.