tooling: instagram-chrome-scrape.py (was reels-scrape.py) gains --tab posts with early stop; chrome-sync.sh + reels/posts-sync.sh wrappers; MANUAL-RUN.md; atomic-deploy note

MANUAL-RUN.md

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+# Manual run — scrape, archive, push to the NAS
+
+**`tooling` branch only. Never push this to GitHub.** Like `TOOLING.md`, it names the fetch host,
+the NAS hosts and their paths.
+
+How to do by hand everything the timers normally do, plus the second NAS hop that feeds
+`cosmo_web`. `TOOLING.md` has the details behind each step.
+
+## Where things go
+
+1. **mattellite → ana-nas.** Every scrape script ends by rsyncing its new files to
+   `ana-nas:/volume1/rslsync/sync/Instagram-archive/archives/` (10.20.28.200).
+   <https://instaarchive.ergosteur.com> reads straight from there. **There is no separate step
+   for this hop.**
+2. **ana-nas → DH2300.** The `archiver-instagram` container on `DH2300-D7CA` pulls that archive,
+   makes thumbnails, remuxes video, normalizes into `cosmo_web`'s data and translates captions.
+   It runs weekly (Wednesday 04:00). Step 6 below runs it by hand.
+
+## 1. Pre-flight (mattellite)
+
+```sh
+ssh matt@mattellite
+~/gdl/check-session.py                                   # want: "session ok ... expires <date>"
+curl -s http://localhost:9222/json/version | head -2     # Chrome DevTools port is up
+~/gdl/gdl-upgrade.sh                                     # gallery-dl + yt-dlp to latest
+```
+
+If the session check fails, log in to Instagram in the VNC Chrome (display `:1`), **reload the
+tab** (a dead session can still look logged in) and re-check.
+
+## 2. Stories — first; they expire in 24 h
+
+```sh
+~/gdl/run-stories.sh
+```
+
+About 2 minutes. `rsync ... (code 23)` / `failed to set permissions` is expected: the script
+says "files landed" when that is the only problem. `No results` for a profile just means it has
+no active story.
+
+## 3. Posts and reels
+
+**While gallery-dl's listing is broken** ([gh#9829](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/9829),
+from 2026-10-22), use the browser scraper, one profile at a time:
+
+```sh
+for p in heejin kimxxlip; do ~/gdl/posts-sync.sh $p; done
+for p in withaseul cher_ryppo zindoriyam; do ~/gdl/posts-sync.sh $p; done
+~/gdl/posts-sync.sh official_artms
+```
+
+- `posts-sync.sh` scrolls `/<user>/` in the signed-in Chrome, stops once it reaches posts the
+  archive already holds, and fetches only the new ones as single posts. Each profile takes a few
+  minutes, mostly the 12–20 s gap between fetches.
+- It prints `no new posts for <user>` when a profile is caught up.
+- Logs: `~/gdl/logs/posts-<user>-*.log`.
+- Reels also show up in the main grid. `~/gdl/run-reels-all.sh` sweeps the separate Reels tab
+  too (~15 min) and is rarely needed.
+
+**Once a gallery-dl release fixes the listing**, one command covers posts, reels, stories and
+highlights for all six profiles:
+
+```sh
+~/gdl/run-profiles.sh        # ~5 min
+```
+
+For long runs, detach:
+`setsid nohup ~/gdl/run-profiles.sh >/dev/null 2>&1 &`, then
+`tail -f ~/gdl/logs/$(ls -1t ~/gdl/logs | head -1)`.
+
+**Stop at once** on a `429` from `scontent-*.cdninstagram.com` or a `400 Bad Request` on
+`/api/v1/feed/reels_media/`. See "When a run fails" in `TOOLING.md`.
+
+## 4. Highlights
+
+These only come through `run-profiles.sh`. Expect them to fail with the same
+`Requested user could not be found` until gh#9829 is fixed in a release, so skip them until then.
+
+## 5. Check it landed (any machine)
+
+```sh
+for u in heejin kimxxlip withaseul cher_ryppo zindoriyam official_artms; do
+  n=$(curl -s "https://instaarchive.ergosteur.com/api/archives/$u/files" | python3 -c 'import json,sys; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(len(d if isinstance(d,list) else d["files"]))')
+  printf '%-16s %s\n' "$u" "$n"
+done
+```
+
+Or browse <https://instaarchive.ergosteur.com>. New files appear without a redeploy.
+
+## 6. Push to `cosmo_web` (the DH2300 hop)
+
+This runs the same command the container's cron line runs (from `docker/archiver-instagram-entrypoint.sh`
+in Cosmo-Live-Downloads):
+
+```sh
+ssh matt@DH2300-D7CA
+docker exec cosmo-web-archiver-instagram-1 sh -c \
+  'cd /work && . /app/instagram-archiver.env && python3 scripts/instagram_archive_run.py'
+docker logs --tail 50 cosmo-web-archiver-instagram-1
+```
+
+It pings that container's Healthchecks check, same as a scheduled run. The pipeline itself
+(mirror, thumbnail, remux, normalize, collaborators, translate) is described in the docstring of
+`scripts/instagram_archive_run.py` in Cosmo-Live-Downloads.

TOOLING.md

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 
 ## Quick reference — getting new content onto the site
 
+For the whole thing by hand, step by step (including the DH2300 / `cosmo_web` hop), see
+[MANUAL-RUN.md](MANUAL-RUN.md).
+
 The three systemd timers (see "Scheduling" below) run these unattended; run
 them by hand only to get content sooner. Everything runs on `mattellite`; it
 fetches, publishes to the NAS itself, and the site picks it up with no deploy
@@ -290,8 +293,11 @@ restored, `posts` listings for `heejin`/`kimxxlip` returned `No results` in ~3 s
 profile skips; it does not say that), while stories worked and the posts opened fine in the
 browser. The host was on gallery-dl 1.32.14; 1.32.17 (2026-10-17) lists "instagram: update
 `user` & `posts` query parameters". After upgrading, the profile lookup failed instead
-(`KeyError: 'data'`, `Requested user could not be found`) -- **unresolved when written**, see
+(`KeyError: 'data'`, `Requested user could not be found`). That is upstream
-the end of this section.
+[gh#9829](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/9829) -- Instagram changed the query again
+on ~10-21; a fix is merged upstream but **not in a release** as of 10-22. Single-post fetches
+(`/p/<code>/`) still work, so the gap is the *listing*, which the browser covers -- see
+"Posts grid by browser" below.
 
 `scripts/gdl-upgrade.sh` (`pipx upgrade --include-injected gallery-dl`, so yt-dlp too) now runs:
 
@@ -303,6 +309,35 @@ the end of this section.
 It costs no Instagram requests. The trade-off: a bad upstream release is picked up
 automatically; roll back with `pipx install --force gallery-dl==<old>` and re-inject yt-dlp.
 
+### Posts grid by browser: `posts-sync.sh`
+
+The reels workaround from August, generalised. `reels-scrape.py` is now
+**`instagram-chrome-scrape.py`** with `--tab reels|posts`, and `reels-sync.sh`'s body is now
+**`chrome-sync.sh`** (`GDL_TAB=reels|posts`); `reels-sync.sh` and the new `posts-sync.sh` are
+two-line wrappers that set the tab, so every older command still works.
+
+```sh
+ssh mattellite
+~/gdl/posts-sync.sh heejin          # scroll /heejin/, fetch new /p/ links as single posts
+```
+
+`--tab posts` scrolls the main grid (`/<user>/`), collects `/p/` and `/reel/` links, and dedupes
+against the whole archive like the reels tab does. Unlike reels it **stops early**: the grid is
+newest-first, so after 2 scroll rounds in a row that turned up nothing unarchived
+(`--max-known-rounds`, round 1 exempt because pinned posts sit on top) there is nothing newer to
+find. First run, `heejin`: 3 scrolls, 36 posts seen, 30 already held, 6 new.
+
+Same caveats as reels: it drives the signed-in Chrome on `:9222`, so it is by hand, not on a
+timer. Once a gallery-dl release fixes the listing, `run-profiles.sh` covers posts again and
+this goes back to being a fallback.
+
+**Deploy scripts atomically, never in place.** bash reads a script as it runs, so overwriting
+`gdl-cron.sh` under a running sync makes bash resume at the same byte offset in the *new* text.
+On 10-22 an `scp` over it mid-run made the wrapper die after the sync with
+`line 163: status: unbound variable`. The fetch and publish had finished, but the exit line and
+the Healthchecks ping were skipped. Copy to a temp name and `mv` it into place (a new inode; the
+running bash keeps the old one), or check `pgrep -af gdl-` first.
+
 **A `--min-interval` trap:** a run that returns `No results` still counts as a fetch, so the
 next run skips the source for 20 h. Re-run after a bad result with `--min-interval 0`
 (not `--force`, which also drops the probe cache).
@@ -339,6 +374,9 @@ every deletion because of it.
 | path | what it is |
 |---|---|
 | `scripts/gdl-sync.py` | the gallery-dl fetcher; replaced JD2 for the ARTMS profiles |
+| `scripts/gdl-upgrade.sh` | `pipx upgrade` gallery-dl + yt-dlp; run by `gdl-cron.sh` and `gdl-upgrade.timer` |
+| `scripts/instagram-chrome-scrape.py` | list a profile's reels tab or posts grid by scrolling the signed-in Chrome over CDP |
+| `scripts/chrome-sync.sh` | scrape + fetch new posts for one profile; `reels-sync.sh` / `posts-sync.sh` set the tab |
 | `scripts/gdl-cron.sh` | unattended wrapper: `stories` \| `profiles` \| `full-sweep` |
 | `scripts/systemd/` | the timers actually installed on the fetch host |
 | `scripts/test_gdl_sync.py` | its tests |
@@ -746,7 +784,7 @@ before something worse.
 changelog cites "posts & reels extractors... content retrieval failures", and
 upgrading (`pipx upgrade gallery-dl`) confirmed it -- a full `run-profiles.sh`
 across all six profiles came back with **zero** `HTTP redirect` errors on
-posts or reels, first time since 2026-08-26. `reels-scrape.py`/`reels-sync.sh`/
+posts or reels, first time since 2026-08-26. `reels-scrape.py` (now `instagram-chrome-scrape.py`)/`reels-sync.sh`/
 `run-reels-all.sh` are no longer needed for routine use; left in place as a
 fallback (and because the whole-archive dedup fix they picked up along the
 way, see below, is independently useful). If this regresses, check the
@@ -768,7 +806,8 @@ Posts, highlights and stories were unaffected at the time; only reels broke
 (posts later broke too, some time before 2026-09-13, in the same way — same
 fix resolved both).
 
-`scripts/reels-scrape.py` works around it by never calling that endpoint:
+`scripts/reels-scrape.py` (renamed `instagram-chrome-scrape.py` on 2026-10-22, when it gained
+`--tab posts`) works around it by never calling that endpoint:
 it drives the same signed-in Chrome via its loopback CDP port (`:9222`,
 already exposed for MCP automation), scrolls the reels tab like a person
 would, and scrapes `/reel/<code>/` links out of the rendered page. It only
@@ -841,7 +880,7 @@ PROFILE=someuser
 # 1. Scrape by scrolling; dedupe against the archive; write new URLs to a file.
 #    Needs gallery-dl's own pipx venv python -- that's where websocket-client
 #    (the one extra dependency this needs) got injected.
-~/.local/share/pipx/venvs/gallery-dl/bin/python3 ~/gdl/reels-scrape.py \
+~/.local/share/pipx/venvs/gallery-dl/bin/python3 ~/gdl/instagram-chrome-scrape.py \
   --profile "$PROFILE" \
   --index https://instaarchive.ergosteur.com \
   --out ~/gdl/"$PROFILE"-reels.txt
@@ -857,7 +896,7 @@ cd ~/gdl && PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH ./gdl-sync.py \
 
 Notes:
 
-- `reels-scrape.py` fails fast if Chrome/CDP isn't up
+- `instagram-chrome-scrape.py` fails fast if Chrome/CDP isn't up
   (`curl -s http://localhost:9222/json/version` to check first).
 - If it finds nothing new, `gdl-sync.py --post-urls-file` refuses to run
   ("no usable URLs") rather than doing nothing quietly — expected when a
@@ -880,7 +919,7 @@ them, filed them correctly under `{username}` (the post's *true* owner, per
 its own metadata) — where they already existed from that profile's own
 regular sync — and `rsync --ignore-existing` silently skipped every one, so
 nothing was lost or duplicated. But 9 Instagram requests were spent finding
-that out. Since a shortcode is globally unique, `reels-scrape.py` now checks
+that out. Since a shortcode is globally unique, the scraper now checks
 every archived profile's listing, not just the one being scraped — all local
 requests to the viewer's own API, never to `instagram.com`, so checking all
 16 profiles costs nothing on the budget that actually matters. Confirmed

scripts/chrome-sync.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# The full scrape-then-fetch pipeline for one profile: scroll the real page in
+# the signed-in Chrome (instagram-chrome-scrape.py), then fetch and publish
+# whatever's new as single posts. See TOOLING.md ("Reels: the API is blocked,
+# scrape by scrolling instead", and 2026-10-22 for the posts grid) for why this
+# exists at all -- it drives the actual signed-in browser session instead of
+# the listing API, and is slower by design.
+#
+# Usage: GDL_TAB=reels|posts ./chrome-sync.sh <username-or-profile-url>
+# Normally called through reels-sync.sh / posts-sync.sh, which set GDL_TAB.
+#
+# Deliberately NOT wired into gdl-cron.sh or the timers -- see TOOLING.md.
+# Exits non-zero if either step does. Everything is logged.
+set -eu
+
+RAW="${1:?usage: GDL_TAB=reels|posts chrome-sync.sh <username-or-profile-url>}"
+TAB="${GDL_TAB:?set GDL_TAB=reels or posts (or use reels-sync.sh / posts-sync.sh)}"
+
+GDL_HOME="${GDL_HOME:-$HOME/gdl}"
+GDL_PYTHON="${GDL_PYTHON:-$HOME/.local/share/pipx/venvs/gallery-dl/bin/python3}"
+INDEX="${GDL_INDEX:-https://instaarchive.ergosteur.com}"
+PUBLISH="${GDL_PUBLISH:-agentapi@10.20.28.200:/volume1/rslsync/sync/Instagram-archive/archives/}"
+
+# Same hand-paced pacing gdl-cron.sh uses -- see its comment for why. Override
+# per-run with GDL_SLEEP_REQUEST etc. if you ever need to, but raise them
+# rather than lower them.
+SLEEP_REQUEST="${GDL_SLEEP_REQUEST:-12 20}"
+SLEEP="${GDL_SLEEP:-5 10}"
+RATE="${GDL_RATE:-500K}"
+SCROLL_PAUSE="${GDL_SCROLL_PAUSE:-2.0 3.5}"
+MAX_IDLE_ROUNDS="${GDL_MAX_IDLE_ROUNDS:-3}"
+
+PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"; export PATH
+
+if [ ! -x "$GDL_PYTHON" ]; then
+  echo "instagram-chrome-scrape.py needs gallery-dl's own pipx venv python (websocket-client" >&2
+  echo "was injected there, not into the system python): $GDL_PYTHON not found" >&2
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+# Same username-from-URL parsing gdl-sync.py already does for --urls-file,
+# reused rather than re-implemented so the two never drift apart.
+PROFILE=$("$GDL_PYTHON" -c "
+import re, sys, importlib.util
+from pathlib import Path
+spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location('gdl_sync', Path('$GDL_HOME/gdl-sync.py'))
+gdl = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+sys.modules['gdl_sync'] = gdl
+spec.loader.exec_module(gdl)
+raw = '$RAW'
+m = gdl.RE_PROFILE_URL.match(raw)
+user = m.group('user') if m else raw.strip('/')
+if not user or '/' in user or ' ' in user:
+    print(f'cannot read a username from {raw!r}', file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(1)
+print(user)
+")
+
+mkdir -p "$GDL_HOME/logs"
+LOG="$GDL_HOME/logs/$TAB-$PROFILE-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)-$$.log"
+URLS_FILE="$GDL_HOME/$PROFILE-$TAB.txt"
+STAGING="$GDL_HOME/staging-$TAB-$PROFILE"
+
+echo "=== $TAB-sync $PROFILE $(date -Is) ===" | tee -a "$LOG"
+
+# The exit status has to survive the pipe into tee -- see gdl-cron.sh's
+# comment on PIPESTATUS for why this needs to be bash, not sh.
+set +e
+"$GDL_PYTHON" "$GDL_HOME/instagram-chrome-scrape.py" \
+    --profile "$PROFILE" \
+    --tab "$TAB" \
+    --index "$INDEX" \
+    --scroll-pause $SCROLL_PAUSE \
+    --max-idle-rounds "$MAX_IDLE_ROUNDS" \
+    --out "$URLS_FILE" 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG"
+scrape_status=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+set -e
+
+if [ "$scrape_status" -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "=== exit $scrape_status (scrape failed) at $(date -Is) ===" | tee -a "$LOG"
+  exit "$scrape_status"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -s "$URLS_FILE" ]; then
+  echo "no new $TAB for $PROFILE; nothing to fetch" | tee -a "$LOG"
+  echo "=== exit 0 at $(date -Is) ===" | tee -a "$LOG"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Staging is wiped every run on purpose -- same reasoning as gdl-cron.sh: what
+# we already hold is decided by the archive dedupe in instagram-chrome-scrape.py, not by
+# what happens to be sitting in staging.
+rm -rf "$STAGING"
+
+set +e
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+"$GDL_HOME/gdl-sync.py" \
+    --publish "$PUBLISH" \
+    --staging "$STAGING" \
+    --post-urls-file "$URLS_FILE" \
+    --sleep-request $SLEEP_REQUEST \
+    --sleep $SLEEP \
+    --rate "$RATE" \
+    --execute 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG"
+status=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+set -e
+
+echo "=== exit $status at $(date -Is) ===" | tee -a "$LOG"
+
+# Keep the log directory from growing without bound -- scoped to this
+# script's own logs so it never touches gdl-cron.sh's rotation.
+ls -1t "$GDL_HOME/logs" | grep "^$TAB-[^0-9]" | tail -n +30 | while read -r old; do
+  rm -f "$GDL_HOME/logs/$old"
+done
+
+exit "$status"

scripts/gdl-sync.py

@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def read_urls_file(path: Path) -> list[str]:
 def read_post_urls_file(path: Path) -> list[str]:
     """
     Read individual post/reel URLs from a file, one per line -- the output
-    format `reels-scrape.py` writes. Blank lines and `#` comments are skipped;
+    format `instagram-chrome-scrape.py` writes. Blank lines and `#` comments are skipped;
     order is kept and duplicates dropped, same conventions as read_urls_file.
     """
     urls: list[str] = []
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ def main() -> int:
                    help="file of post/reel URLs, one per line; # comments and "
                         "blank lines allowed. Same handling as --post-url, "
                         "paced with --sleep-request between items. This is "
-                        "the format reels-scrape.py writes")
+                        "the format instagram-chrome-scrape.py writes")
     ap.add_argument("--cookies", default="chrome:/home/matt/.config/google-chrome-devtools",
                     help="gallery-dl --cookies-from-browser value")
     ap.add_argument("--archive-db", type=Path, default=None,

scripts/instagram-chrome-scrape.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """
-Find a profile's reels by scrolling the real page, not calling the API.
+Find a profile's reels (or posts) by scrolling the real page, not calling the API.
 
 gallery-dl's dedicated reels extractor POSTs to /api/v1/clips/user/, which
 Instagram now 302-redirects to the home page for this account -- confirmed on
@@ -11,11 +11,19 @@ on loopback CDP for MCP automation -- see TOOLING.md) via the DevTools
 protocol, scrolls it like a person would, and scrapes `/reel/<code>/` links
 out of the rendered page instead.
 
+`--tab posts` does the same for the main profile grid (`/<user>/`, both `/p/` and
+`/reel/` links), for when gallery-dl's posts listing breaks -- on 2026-10-22,
+1.32.14 returned "No results" and 1.32.17 "Requested user could not be found"
+(upstream gh#9829), while single-post fetches kept working. Since the grid
+runs newest-first, it stops scrolling once rounds turn up nothing but
+already-archived posts (`--max-known-rounds`) instead of walking a whole
+profile's history.
+
 This only finds shortcodes; it never downloads anything itself. What comes
 out the other end is deduped against the archive (via the same --index used
 elsewhere) and printed as plain post URLs -- feed them to gdl-sync.py:
 
-    ./scripts/reels-scrape.py --profile someuser \\
+    ./scripts/instagram-chrome-scrape.py --profile someuser \\
         --index https://instaarchive.ergosteur.com > /tmp/someuser-reels.txt
 
     ./scripts/gdl-sync.py --publish user@host:/path --staging /var/tmp/gdl \\
@@ -38,7 +46,13 @@ import time
 from pathlib import Path
 from urllib.request import urlopen
 
-RE_REEL_HREF = re.compile(r"/reel/([^/?#]+)")
+RE_POST_HREF = re.compile(r"/(p|reel)/([^/?#]+)")
+
+# tab -> (page path under the profile, link kinds to collect)
+TABS = {
+    "reels": ("reels/", ("reel",)),
+    "posts": ("", ("p", "reel")),
+}
 
 # The reels tab has finished loading once a scroll round finds no NEW
 # shortcodes this many times in a row -- lazy-loaded feeds sometimes stall
@@ -46,21 +60,29 @@ RE_REEL_HREF = re.compile(r"/reel/([^/?#]+)")
 DEFAULT_MAX_IDLE_ROUNDS = 3
 DEFAULT_MAX_SCROLLS = 200
 DEFAULT_SCROLL_PAUSE = (2.0, 3.5)
-
+# Posts tab only: stop after this many consecutive scroll rounds whose new
-SCRAPE_JS = (
+# shortcodes were all already archived. The first round is exempt -- it holds
-    "(() => {"
+# the pinned posts, which are old by nature and sit above the new ones.
-    "window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);"
+DEFAULT_MAX_KNOWN_ROUNDS = 2
-    "return Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('a[href*=\"/reel/\"]'))"
-    ".map(a => a.getAttribute('href'));"
-    "})()"
-)
 
 
-def extract_shortcodes(hrefs: list[str]) -> list[str]:
+def scrape_js(kinds: tuple[str, ...]) -> str:
+    selector = ", ".join(f'a[href*="/{k}/"]' for k in kinds)
+    return (
+        "(() => {"
+        "window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);"
+        f"return Array.from(document.querySelectorAll({json.dumps(selector)}))"
+        ".map(a => a.getAttribute('href'));"
+        "})()"
+    )
+
+
+def extract_shortcodes(hrefs: list[str],
+                       kinds: tuple[str, ...] = ("reel",)) -> list[str]:
     codes = []
     for href in hrefs:
-        if m := RE_REEL_HREF.search(href):
+        if (m := RE_POST_HREF.search(href)) and m.group(1) in kinds:
-            codes.append(m.group(1))
+            codes.append(m.group(2))
     return codes
 
 
@@ -100,23 +122,45 @@ class CDP:
         self.ws.close()
 
 
-def scrape_reels(user: str, cdp_port: int = 9222,
+def should_stop_known(round_no: int, new: list[str], have: set[str],
-                 scroll_pause: tuple[float, float] = DEFAULT_SCROLL_PAUSE,
+                      streak: int, max_known_rounds: int) -> tuple[bool, int]:
-                 max_idle_rounds: int = DEFAULT_MAX_IDLE_ROUNDS,
-                 max_scrolls: int = DEFAULT_MAX_SCROLLS,
-                 log=lambda msg: None) -> list[str]:
     """
-    Open the profile's reels tab in a NEW tab of the already-signed-in Chrome,
+    Early-stop bookkeeping for a newest-first grid: returns (stop, streak).
-    scroll it to the bottom repeatedly, and collect every unique `/reel/`
+    A round counts toward the streak when it found new shortcodes and every
-    shortcode that appears. Closes the tab when done either way.
+    one is already archived; a round with anything unarchived resets it. An
+    empty round leaves it alone (that is what max_idle_rounds is for), and
+    round 1 never counts -- pinned posts come first.
     """
+    if max_known_rounds <= 0 or round_no == 1 or not new:
+        return False, streak
+    if all(c in have for c in new):
+        streak += 1
+    else:
+        streak = 0
+    return streak >= max_known_rounds, streak
+
+
+def scrape_grid(user: str, tab: str = "reels", cdp_port: int = 9222,
+                scroll_pause: tuple[float, float] = DEFAULT_SCROLL_PAUSE,
+                max_idle_rounds: int = DEFAULT_MAX_IDLE_ROUNDS,
+                max_scrolls: int = DEFAULT_MAX_SCROLLS,
+                have: set[str] | None = None,
+                max_known_rounds: int = 0,
+                log=lambda msg: None) -> list[str]:
+    """
+    Open the profile's reels tab (or main grid) in a NEW tab of the
+    already-signed-in Chrome, scroll it to the bottom repeatedly, and collect
+    every unique shortcode that appears. Closes the tab when done either way.
+    """
+    path, kinds = TABS[tab]
+    js = scrape_js(kinds)
     version = json.loads(urlopen(f"http://localhost:{cdp_port}/json/version",
                                  timeout=10).read())
     browser = CDP(version["webSocketDebuggerUrl"])
     target_id = None
     try:
         target = browser.send("Target.createTarget", {
-            "url": f"https://www.instagram.com/{user}/reels/"})
+            "url": f"https://www.instagram.com/{user}/{path}"})
         target_id = target["targetId"]
         attach = browser.send("Target.attachToTarget", {
             "targetId": target_id, "flatten": True})
@@ -128,16 +172,24 @@ def scrape_reels(user: str, cdp_port: int = 9222,
 
         seen: set[str] = set()
         idle = 0
+        known_streak = 0
         for i in range(max_scrolls):
             result = browser.send(
                 "Runtime.evaluate",
-                {"expression": SCRAPE_JS, "returnByValue": True},
+                {"expression": js, "returnByValue": True},
                 session_id=session_id)
             hrefs = result.get("result", {}).get("value") or []
-            codes = extract_shortcodes(hrefs)
+            codes = extract_shortcodes(hrefs, kinds)
-            new = [c for c in codes if c not in seen]
+            new = list(dict.fromkeys(c for c in codes if c not in seen))
             seen.update(new)
-            log(f"  scroll {i + 1}: {len(seen)} unique reels so far (+{len(new)})")
+            log(f"  scroll {i + 1}: {len(seen)} unique {tab} so far (+{len(new)})")
+
+            stop, known_streak = should_stop_known(
+                i + 1, new, have or set(), known_streak, max_known_rounds)
+            if stop:
+                log(f"  {known_streak} round(s) of already-archived {tab} in a row; "
+                    f"stopping")
+                break
 
             if new:
                 idle = 0
@@ -162,7 +214,9 @@ def main() -> int:
     ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__,
                                  formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
     ap.add_argument("--profile", required=True,
-                    help="Instagram username to scrape reels for")
+                    help="Instagram username to scrape")
+    ap.add_argument("--tab", choices=sorted(TABS), default="reels",
+                    help="reels tab, or the main posts grid (default: reels)")
     ap.add_argument("--index", required=True,
                     help="existing archive listing, same as gdl-sync.py's "
                          "--index: a local root, or the viewer's base URL. "
@@ -179,6 +233,11 @@ def main() -> int:
     ap.add_argument("--max-scrolls", type=int, default=DEFAULT_MAX_SCROLLS,
                     help="hard ceiling on scroll rounds, in case a page never "
                          "goes idle")
+    ap.add_argument("--max-known-rounds", type=int, default=None,
+                    help="stop after this many consecutive scroll rounds of "
+                         "only already-archived shortcodes; 0 disables "
+                         f"(default: {DEFAULT_MAX_KNOWN_ROUNDS} for posts, "
+                         "0 for reels)")
     ap.add_argument("--out", type=Path,
                     help="write new reel URLs here, one per line (default: "
                          "stdout)")
@@ -208,20 +267,30 @@ def main() -> int:
     print(f"archive already holds {len(have)} shortcode(s) across "
           f"{len(profiles)} profile(s)", file=sys.stderr)
 
-    print(f"scraping https://www.instagram.com/{args.profile}/reels/ ...",
+    max_known = args.max_known_rounds
+    if max_known is None:
+        max_known = DEFAULT_MAX_KNOWN_ROUNDS if args.tab == "posts" else 0
+
+    path, _ = TABS[args.tab]
+    print(f"scraping https://www.instagram.com/{args.profile}/{path} ...",
           file=sys.stderr)
-    codes = scrape_reels(args.profile, cdp_port=args.cdp_port,
+    codes = scrape_grid(args.profile, tab=args.tab, cdp_port=args.cdp_port,
                         scroll_pause=tuple(args.scroll_pause),
                         max_idle_rounds=args.max_idle_rounds,
                         max_scrolls=args.max_scrolls,
+                        have=have, max_known_rounds=max_known,
                         log=lambda msg: print(msg, file=sys.stderr))
 
     new_codes = [c for c in codes if c not in have]
-    print(f"found {len(codes)} reel(s) on the page, {len(codes) - len(new_codes)} "
+    print(f"found {len(codes)} {args.tab} on the page, {len(codes) - len(new_codes)} "
           f"already archived, {len(new_codes)} new", file=sys.stderr)
 
-    urls = [f"https://www.instagram.com/{args.profile}/reel/{c}/"
+    # /p/<code>/ resolves reels too, so the posts grid needs no per-kind URL.
-            for c in new_codes]
+    if args.tab == "posts":
+        urls = [f"https://www.instagram.com/p/{c}/" for c in new_codes]
+    else:
+        urls = [f"https://www.instagram.com/{args.profile}/reel/{c}/"
+                for c in new_codes]
     text = "\n".join(urls)
     if args.out:
         args.out.write_text(text + ("\n" if text else ""))

scripts/posts-sync.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# chrome-sync.sh for the main profile grid: scroll /<user>/ in the signed-in
+# Chrome, collect /p/ and /reel/ links, fetch only the new ones as single
+# posts. A by-hand fallback for when gallery-dl's posts listing is broken
+# (2026-10-22: upstream gh#9829) while single-post fetches still work -- see
+# TOOLING.md. Stops scrolling once it reaches already-archived posts.
+#
+# Usage: ./posts-sync.sh <username-or-profile-url>
+set -eu
+export GDL_TAB=posts
+exec "$(dirname "$0")/chrome-sync.sh" "$@"

scripts/reels-sync.sh

@@ -1,114 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# The full reels pipeline for one profile: scrape by scrolling the real page,
+# chrome-sync.sh for a profile's reels tab. See TOOLING.md ("Reels: the API is
-# then fetch and publish whatever's new. See TOOLING.md ("Reels: the API is
+# blocked, scrape by scrolling instead").
-# blocked, scrape by scrolling instead") for why this exists at all -- the
-# dedicated reels API is blocked, this drives the actual signed-in browser
-# session instead, and is slower by design.
 #
 # Usage: ./reels-sync.sh <username-or-profile-url>
-#   ./reels-sync.sh zindoriyam
-#   ./reels-sync.sh https://www.instagram.com/zindoriyam/
-#
-# Deliberately NOT wired into gdl-cron.sh or the timers -- see TOOLING.md.
-# Exits non-zero if either step does. Everything is logged.
 set -eu
-
+export GDL_TAB=reels
-RAW="${1:?usage: reels-sync.sh <username-or-profile-url>}"
+exec "$(dirname "$0")/chrome-sync.sh" "$@"
-
-GDL_HOME="${GDL_HOME:-$HOME/gdl}"
-GDL_PYTHON="${GDL_PYTHON:-$HOME/.local/share/pipx/venvs/gallery-dl/bin/python3}"
-INDEX="${GDL_INDEX:-https://instaarchive.ergosteur.com}"
-PUBLISH="${GDL_PUBLISH:-agentapi@10.20.28.200:/volume1/rslsync/sync/Instagram-archive/archives/}"
-
-# Same hand-paced pacing gdl-cron.sh uses -- see its comment for why. Override
-# per-run with GDL_SLEEP_REQUEST etc. if you ever need to, but raise them
-# rather than lower them.
-SLEEP_REQUEST="${GDL_SLEEP_REQUEST:-12 20}"
-SLEEP="${GDL_SLEEP:-5 10}"
-RATE="${GDL_RATE:-500K}"
-SCROLL_PAUSE="${GDL_SCROLL_PAUSE:-2.0 3.5}"
-MAX_IDLE_ROUNDS="${GDL_MAX_IDLE_ROUNDS:-3}"
-
-PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"; export PATH
-
-if [ ! -x "$GDL_PYTHON" ]; then
-  echo "reels-scrape.py needs gallery-dl's own pipx venv python (websocket-client" >&2
-  echo "was injected there, not into the system python): $GDL_PYTHON not found" >&2
-  exit 2
-fi
-
-# Same username-from-URL parsing gdl-sync.py already does for --urls-file,
-# reused rather than re-implemented so the two never drift apart.
-PROFILE=$("$GDL_PYTHON" -c "
-import re, sys, importlib.util
-from pathlib import Path
-spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location('gdl_sync', Path('$GDL_HOME/gdl-sync.py'))
-gdl = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
-sys.modules['gdl_sync'] = gdl
-spec.loader.exec_module(gdl)
-raw = '$RAW'
-m = gdl.RE_PROFILE_URL.match(raw)
-user = m.group('user') if m else raw.strip('/')
-if not user or '/' in user or ' ' in user:
-    print(f'cannot read a username from {raw!r}', file=sys.stderr)
-    sys.exit(1)
-print(user)
-")
-
-mkdir -p "$GDL_HOME/logs"
-LOG="$GDL_HOME/logs/reels-$PROFILE-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)-$$.log"
-URLS_FILE="$GDL_HOME/$PROFILE-reels.txt"
-STAGING="$GDL_HOME/staging-reels-$PROFILE"
-
-echo "=== reels-sync $PROFILE $(date -Is) ===" | tee -a "$LOG"
-
-# The exit status has to survive the pipe into tee -- see gdl-cron.sh's
-# comment on PIPESTATUS for why this needs to be bash, not sh.
-set +e
-"$GDL_PYTHON" "$GDL_HOME/reels-scrape.py" \
-    --profile "$PROFILE" \
-    --index "$INDEX" \
-    --scroll-pause $SCROLL_PAUSE \
-    --max-idle-rounds "$MAX_IDLE_ROUNDS" \
-    --out "$URLS_FILE" 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG"
-scrape_status=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
-set -e
-
-if [ "$scrape_status" -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "=== exit $scrape_status (scrape failed) at $(date -Is) ===" | tee -a "$LOG"
-  exit "$scrape_status"
-fi
-
-if [ ! -s "$URLS_FILE" ]; then
-  echo "no new reels for $PROFILE; nothing to fetch" | tee -a "$LOG"
-  echo "=== exit 0 at $(date -Is) ===" | tee -a "$LOG"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-# Staging is wiped every run on purpose -- same reasoning as gdl-cron.sh: what
-# we already hold is decided by the archive dedupe in reels-scrape.py, not by
-# what happens to be sitting in staging.
-rm -rf "$STAGING"
-
-set +e
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-"$GDL_HOME/gdl-sync.py" \
-    --publish "$PUBLISH" \
-    --staging "$STAGING" \
-    --post-urls-file "$URLS_FILE" \
-    --sleep-request $SLEEP_REQUEST \
-    --sleep $SLEEP \
-    --rate "$RATE" \
-    --execute 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOG"
-status=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
-set -e
-
-echo "=== exit $status at $(date -Is) ===" | tee -a "$LOG"
-
-# Keep the log directory from growing without bound -- scoped to this
-# script's own logs so it never touches gdl-cron.sh's rotation.
-ls -1t "$GDL_HOME/logs" | grep '^reels-' | tail -n +30 | while read -r old; do
-  rm -f "$GDL_HOME/logs/$old"
-done
-
-exit "$status"

scripts/test_gdl_sync.py

@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ class UrlsFile(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
 class PostUrlsFile(unittest.TestCase):
-    """The format reels-scrape.py writes: whole URLs, not usernames."""
+    """The format instagram-chrome-scrape.py writes: whole URLs, not usernames."""
 
     def test_skips_comments_blanks_and_duplicates(self):
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as d:

scripts/test_instagram_chrome_scrape.py

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Tests for the pure parts of instagram-chrome-scrape.py -- everything except the actual
+CDP session, which needs a live signed-in Chrome and is exercised by hand.
+
+    python3 -m unittest discover -s scripts -p 'test_*.py'
+"""
+
+import importlib.util
+import sys
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+_spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
+    "instagram_chrome_scrape", Path(__file__).with_name("instagram-chrome-scrape.py"))
+scrape = importlib.util.module_from_spec(_spec)
+sys.modules["instagram_chrome_scrape"] = scrape
+_spec.loader.exec_module(scrape)
+
+
+class ExtractShortcodes(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_reads_relative_and_absolute_hrefs(self):
+        hrefs = [
+            "/someuser/reel/ABC123/",
+            "https://www.instagram.com/someuser/reel/DEF456/",
+            "/reel/GHI789/?img_index=1",
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual(scrape.extract_shortcodes(hrefs),
+                         ["ABC123", "DEF456", "GHI789"])
+
+    def test_ignores_non_reel_links(self):
+        hrefs = ["/someuser/", "/someuser/p/ABC123/", "/explore/tags/foo/"]
+        self.assertEqual(scrape.extract_shortcodes(hrefs), [])
+
+    def test_empty_input(self):
+        self.assertEqual(scrape.extract_shortcodes([]), [])
+
+    def test_posts_kinds_read_both_post_and_reel_links(self):
+        hrefs = ["/someuser/p/ABC123/", "/p/DEF456/?img_index=2",
+                 "/someuser/reel/GHI789/", "/explore/tags/foo/"]
+        self.assertEqual(scrape.extract_shortcodes(hrefs, ("p", "reel")),
+                         ["ABC123", "DEF456", "GHI789"])
+
+
+class ShouldStopKnown(unittest.TestCase):
+    have = {"OLD1", "OLD2", "OLD3", "OLD4"}
+
+    def step(self, round_no, new, streak=0, max_known=2):
+        return scrape.should_stop_known(round_no, new, self.have, streak, max_known)
+
+    def test_first_round_never_counts(self):
+        # pinned posts: old, but on top of the grid
+        self.assertEqual(self.step(1, ["OLD1", "OLD2"]), (False, 0))
+
+    def test_stops_after_consecutive_known_rounds(self):
+        stop, streak = self.step(2, ["OLD1"])
+        self.assertEqual((stop, streak), (False, 1))
+        self.assertEqual(self.step(3, ["OLD2"], streak), (True, 2))
+
+    def test_unarchived_resets_streak(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.step(3, ["OLD3", "NEW1"], streak=1), (False, 0))
+
+    def test_empty_round_leaves_streak(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.step(3, [], streak=1), (False, 1))
+
+    def test_disabled(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.step(5, ["OLD1"], streak=9, max_known=0), (False, 9))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main(verbosity=2)

scripts/test_reels_scrape.py

@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""
-Tests for the pure parts of reels-scrape.py -- everything except the actual
-CDP session, which needs a live signed-in Chrome and is exercised by hand.
-
-    python3 -m unittest discover -s scripts -p 'test_*.py'
-"""
-
-import importlib.util
-import sys
-import unittest
-from pathlib import Path
-
-_spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
-    "reels_scrape", Path(__file__).with_name("reels-scrape.py"))
-scrape = importlib.util.module_from_spec(_spec)
-sys.modules["reels_scrape"] = scrape
-_spec.loader.exec_module(scrape)
-
-
-class ExtractShortcodes(unittest.TestCase):
-    def test_reads_relative_and_absolute_hrefs(self):
-        hrefs = [
-            "/someuser/reel/ABC123/",
-            "https://www.instagram.com/someuser/reel/DEF456/",
-            "/reel/GHI789/?img_index=1",
-        ]
-        self.assertEqual(scrape.extract_shortcodes(hrefs),
-                         ["ABC123", "DEF456", "GHI789"])
-
-    def test_ignores_non_reel_links(self):
-        hrefs = ["/someuser/", "/someuser/p/ABC123/", "/explore/tags/foo/"]
-        self.assertEqual(scrape.extract_shortcodes(hrefs), [])
-
-    def test_empty_input(self):
-        self.assertEqual(scrape.extract_shortcodes([]), [])
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    unittest.main(verbosity=2)