DiscordChatExporter/docs/recurring-scrape-merge-readiness.md

Recurring scrape — merge readiness

Branch status (2026-06-04)

Gate	Status
Offline smokes (run-all-smokes.sh)	21/21 pass
Live proof (run-operator-proof.sh --sync-gui --target eod_discord)	Passed on maintainer host
Monthly cron (setup-cron.sh)	Installed (00 04 1 * *); dry-run preflight OK for all enabled targets
Upstream CI (fork PR)	action_required until Tyrrrz approves workflow runs

Fork branch feat/recurring-cli-scrape adds append-only, Docker-based incremental exports with optional monthly cron. Intended for personal archive trees under a configurable archive_root (for example ~/Documents/*).

Recent operator tooling (plans 054–059): salvage subcommand, archive-root scrape lock + scrape-lock-status.sh, --salvage-only / --salvage-before-scrape on validation/documents/handoff/proof, lock gate before scrape, --reclaim-stale for dead holders.

GUI zip users: docs/gui-zip-recurring-scrape-bridge.md.

What ships

• Config: config/scrape-targets.json — per-server output_dir, optional channel_ids, enabled flags
• Core: scripts/run-discord-scrape.sh — incremental --after, merge-by-id, fail-closed path safety
• Host: scripts/run-discord-scrape-host.sh, scripts/run-documents-scrape.sh, scripts/bootstrap-recurring-scrape.sh
• Auth: scrape.env, scripts/setup-scrape-auth.sh, scripts/sync-token-from-gui.sh
• Cron: scripts/setup-cron.sh (--interval monthly default)
• Integrity: scripts/audit-archive-json.sh, scripts/salvage-truncated-export.sh, scripts/prove-incremental-append.sh, scripts/scrape-lock-status.sh
• CI: .github/workflows/main.yml job recurring-scrape-smoke runs ./scripts/run-all-smokes.sh

Validate before merge

./scripts/run-all-smokes.sh
./scripts/run-all-smokes.sh --include-container   # optional; needs Docker/Podman

Operator quick path

./scripts/operator-handoff.sh      # disk + verify + archive dry-run
./scripts/verify-operator-ready.sh
cp scrape.env.example scrape.env   # or ./scripts/sync-token-from-gui.sh --force
./scripts/bootstrap-recurring-scrape.sh
./scripts/run-documents-scrape.sh
./scripts/setup-cron.sh --dry-run

Optional Discord probe for one target:

./scripts/verify-operator-ready.sh --preflight KotOR_discord_msgs

Single-target live proof (handoff → scrape → grow-only check):

./scripts/run-operator-proof.sh --sync-gui --target eod_discord
./scripts/run-operator-proof.sh --dry-run   # handoff only

Full validation with log (GUI token sync + scrape + audit):

./scripts/run-operator-validation.sh --sync-gui
./scripts/run-operator-validation.sh --sync-gui --target eod_discord
./scripts/run-operator-validation.sh --sync-gui --per-target --continue-on-error
./scripts/run-operator-validation.sh --dry-run
./scripts/run-operator-validation.sh --salvage-only --target KotOR_discord_msgs --channel 221726893064454144
./scripts/run-operator-validation.sh --salvage-before-scrape --target KotOR_discord_msgs --channel 221726893064454144

Lock and salvage helpers:

./scripts/scrape-lock-status.sh
./scripts/scrape-lock-status.sh --reclaim-stale
./scripts/run-documents-scrape.sh --salvage-before-scrape --target NAME [--channel ID]

Detail: .docs/Recurring-Scrape-Setup.md · operator checklist · troubleshooting

Disk space

Incremental merges need temporary space (often 2× the largest channel JSON). Before scraping:

df -h ~/Documents /home/brunner56/Downloads/DiscordChatExporter
./scripts/verify-operator-ready.sh   # fails below 1 GiB free by default

Override threshold: DCE_MIN_FREE_MB=2048 ./scripts/verify-operator-ready.sh
Skip check (smokes only): DCE_MIN_FREE_MB=0
Also enforced by run-documents-scrape.sh, run-discord-scrape-host.sh (cron), and run-operator-validation.sh.

Podman hosts: install podman-compose (dnf install podman-compose) when docker compose cannot reach the socket; scripts auto-prefer podman-compose when present.

Host validation (2026-05-29 / 2026-05-30)

Single-target proof (eod_discord)

./scripts/run-operator-proof.sh --sync-gui --target eod_discord

Result: passed — preflight OK, incremental scrape completed, append-safe proof OK for all 6 channels. Log: logs/operator-proof-20260529T213341Z.log.

Full per-target validation (--per-target --continue-on-error)

DCE_MIN_FREE_MB=0 ./scripts/run-operator-validation.sh --sync-gui --per-target --continue-on-error \
  --log-file logs/full-validation-latest.log

Combined 2026-05-30 validation (logs/full-validation-latest.log + logs/validation-resume-20260530.log):

Target	Scrape	Audit	Notes
ror_orig_discord	pass	pass	full-validation run
ror_new_discord	pass	pass	full-validation run
openkotor_discord_msgs	pass	pass	full-validation run
KotOR_Speedrun_Discord	pass	pass	7 channels skipped (forbidden)
holocron_toolset_discord	pass	pass	validation-resume
expanded_kotor_discord	pass	pass	validation-resume
eod_discord	pass	pass	validation-resume
DS_Discord_msgs	pass	pass	validation-resume; some channels forbidden
KotOR_discord_msgs	scrape pass / audit pass*	pass*	plan 045: audit excludes .dce-temp partials; yes_general catch-up in progress with preserved partial temps (~23–29 MiB)

* Audit failed before plan 045 because truncated partial exports under .dce-temp/ were scanned as archives. After fix, audit passes while partial temps exist.

Plan 047 (2026-06-04): Treat SIGTERM (143) and SIGINT (130) export exits as skippable aborts — stopping validation no longer fails the whole target with ERROR: Channel failed. .dce-scrape.lock gitignored.

Plan 046 (2026-06-04): run-discord-scrape-host.sh scrape holds non-blocking flock on .dce-scrape.lock so overlapping manual/cron validation cannot spawn twin yes_general exports. Stop duplicate runs before restarting KotOR validation.

Plan 045 (2026-06-04): audit-archive-json.sh and verify-documents-archives.sh skip */.dce-temp/* (in-progress partial exports). Salvage run 2026-06-03: 7 merged, 17 unchanged, 3 skipped (+5404 messages); yes_general OOM-skipped with partial temps preserved for next salvage.

Plan 044 (2026-06-04): Offline smoke asserts partial temp preserved on OOM skip (channel 134). Host wrapper prefers DISCORD_TOKEN_FILE over inherited shell tokens.

Plan 061 (2026-06-04): Shared scripts/lib/scrape-lock.sh — lock path, held check, holder formatting, and reclaim helpers sourced by host runner, lock status, and operator wrappers. run-all-smokes.sh → 21/21 pass.

Plans 054–059 (2026-06-04): Salvage-only subcommand; archive-root lock with meta sidecar; operator validation/proof/handoff salvage flags; scrape-lock-status.sh + --reclaim-stale; documents scrape lock gate + --salvage-before-scrape. run-all-smokes.sh → 21/21 pass.

KotOR / yes_general (plan 040–043): Incremental --after works for all channels; most return UNCHANGED in seconds. yes_general archive last message was 2021-01-17 — the first catch-up legitimately fetches years of history. Prior bug: OOM skip deleted partial temp exports, causing re-download loops. Plan 043 preserves partial temps and salvages on next run.

docker compose build   # or podman-compose build
DCE_MIN_FREE_MB=0 ./scripts/run-operator-validation.sh --target KotOR_discord_msgs

Large yes_general may still skip; export that channel separately with more container memory if needed.

Disk: ~65 GiB free on /home (2026-05-30); large channel merges still need headroom.

CI note (fork PRs)

Upstream workflows may show action_required for cross-repo PRs from th3w1zard1/DiscordChatExporter until a maintainer approves workflow runs. Local run-all-smokes.sh is the authoritative offline gate.