Importance ranking is just a heuristic pass that scores/prioritizes elements (size, visibility, role, state) so the snapshot stays small and focused. It’s deterministic, not ML.

The verification layer absolutely still exists without it — assertions, predicates, retries, and artifacts all work locally. The API-backed ranking just improves pruning quality on very dense pages, but it’s not required for correctness.

You can set use_api = False in the SnapshotOptions to avoid using the api