fix: list passing entries in verbose verify JSON

verify accepted --verbose beside --json and dropped it in every
mode, so the output was the same with or without it. The JSON now
lists every entry with its ground truth under --verbose.

scripts/verify.py

@@ -2165,9 +2165,7 @@ def _main(held: contextlib.ExitStack) -> None:
             regions=requested_regions, platforms_dir=args.platforms_dir,
         )
         if args.json:
-            result["details"] = [
-                d for d in result["details"] if d["status"] != Status.OK
-            ]
+            result["details"] = _json_details(result["details"], args.verbose)
             print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))
         else:
             print_emulator_result(result, verbose=args.verbose)
@@ -2182,9 +2180,7 @@ def _main(held: contextlib.ExitStack) -> None:
             regions=requested_regions, platforms_dir=args.platforms_dir,
         )
         if args.json:
-            result["details"] = [
-                d for d in result["details"] if d["status"] != Status.OK
-            ]
+            result["details"] = _json_details(result["details"], args.verbose)
             print(json.dumps(result, indent=2))
         else:
             print_emulator_result(result, verbose=args.verbose)
@@ -2255,12 +2251,22 @@ def _main(held: contextlib.ExitStack) -> None:
 
     if args.json:
         for r in all_results.values():
-            r["details"] = [d for d in r["details"] if d["status"] != Status.OK]
+            r["details"] = _json_details(r["details"], args.verbose)
         print(json.dumps(all_results, indent=2))
 
     _exit_if_strict(args.strict, [r for r, _ in group_results])
 
 
+def _json_details(details: list[dict], verbose: bool) -> list[dict]:
+    """The entries a JSON report lists: what needs attention, or every one.
+
+    --verbose shows each entry with its ground truth in the text report; it
+    used to be accepted beside --json and dropped, the output byte for byte
+    the same, so a script asking for the passing entries got nothing.
+    """
+    return list(details) if verbose else [d for d in details if d["status"] != Status.OK]
+
+
 def _exit_if_strict(strict: bool, results: list[dict]) -> None:
     """Exit 1 under --strict when a platform result counts a critical file:
     a required file missing or rejected where the frontend reads hashes."""

tests/test_audit_regressions.py

@@ -345,6 +345,36 @@ class DoubledCitationPaths(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(errors, [])
 
 
+class VerboseAppliesToJson(unittest.TestCase):
+    """verify accepted --verbose beside --json in every mode and dropped it:
+    the output was byte for byte the same, and the passing entries a script
+    asked for never came."""
+
+    def _run(self, *args: str) -> dict:
+        import json
+        import subprocess
+
+        completed = subprocess.run(
+            [sys.executable, "scripts/verify.py", *args, "--json"],
+            capture_output=True, text=True, cwd=ROOT, timeout=900, check=False,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(completed.returncode, 0, completed.stderr[-2000:])
+        return json.loads(completed.stdout)
+
+    def test_emulator_and_system_modes_list_the_passing_entries(self):
+        for mode in (("--emulator", "handy"), ("--system", "atari-lynx")):
+            with self.subTest(mode=mode[0]):
+                plain = self._run(*mode)
+                verbose = self._run(*mode, "--verbose")
+                self.assertGreater(len(verbose["details"]), len(plain["details"]))
+                self.assertIn("ok", {d["status"] for d in verbose["details"]})
+
+    def test_every_json_branch_reads_the_flag(self):
+        source = (ROOT / "scripts" / "verify.py").read_text()
+        self.assertEqual(source.count("_json_details("), 4)
+        self.assertNotIn('if d["status"] != Status.OK\n            ]', source)
+
+
 class FaqRegressions(unittest.TestCase):
     """The FAQ states facts the code owns; these tie it back to the source.
 

wiki/troubleshooting.md

@@ -210,8 +210,10 @@ python scripts/verify.py --system sony-playstation
 # By hardware target
 python scripts/verify.py --platform retroarch --target switch
 
-# JSON for scripted processing
+# JSON for scripted processing: the entries that need attention
 python scripts/verify.py --platform retroarch --json
+# every entry, passing ones included, with its ground truth
+python scripts/verify.py --platform retroarch --json --verbose
 ```
 
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