claude[bot]andClaude 4d38eab74e test: migrate cpp-heap specs to v8 heap snapshot helpers (#55243)
Split out of #55229 and extended per review there.

- heapsnapshot-helpers.js reads V8's flat snapshot arrays:
  takeHeapSnapshot()/parseHeapSnapshot(), countHeapSnapshotNodes(),
  snapshotContainsRetainingPath() and countRetainingPathNodes(). Path
  steps skip weak edges and can also match edge type, edge name, node
  type and detachedness; each node counts once however many paths reach
  it. The old object-graph containsRetainingPath() is removed.
- Every recordState() + containsRetainingPath() check in cpp-heap.spec.ts
  uses the new helpers, and --expose-internals is dropped.
- The node-counting checks (powerMonitor, autoUpdater, the two
  webContents before/after counts and api-ipc's ObjectTemplateInfo count)
  use countHeapSnapshotNodes() over the node array; the occurrences
  checks (three Session roots, one WebFrameMain root) count distinct nodes.
- The renderer cached-templates test keeps webContents.takeHeapSnapshot()
  and counts its markers with countHeapSnapshotNodes() instead of
  createJSHeapSnapshot().
- Tests that make the remote app quit inside remotely() register their
  exit/close listener first, so a fast exit is not missed (19 tests).
- 'should settle an in-flight call stack reply after frame disposal'
  keeps the page running script so the V8 interrupt is serviced, and
  awaits the result instead of racing a 5 s timeout.
- 'should release the root for a detached frame after navigation' runs
  its app with --disable-renderer-backgrounding so the old page's unload
  IPC is not dropped.


Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LPMvJBQiyP6b7QjatACmnS

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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