Measures to prevent bot detection
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Description
Hi! Thanks for this incredible tool!
Nevertheless I have 2 problems:
1.) I always get an "Save your login info screen" after login, which is not recogniced by the bot.. the bot then ends with an error:
Failed to run
Try the troubleshooting button. Error:
Protocol error (Runtime.callFunctionOn): Could not find object with given id
if i am fast enough i can skip the screen before bot does react

2.) I get always blocked after the first UNFOLLOW after a few moments:

here the log
LOGS FROM LAST RUN
5:56 PMNo cookies found
5:56 PMSetting language to English (en)
5:56 PMWaiting 1 sec
5:56 PMWaiting 4 sec
5:56 PMFound language selector
5:56 PMAlready English language
5:56 PMWaiting 1 sec
5:56 PMPressing button: Accept cookies dialog 2 button 1
5:56 PMWaiting 18 sec
5:56 PMNo login page button, assuming we are on login form
5:56 PMWaiting 2 sec
5:56 PMWaiting 1 sec
5:56 PMWaiting 9 sec
5:57 PMStill not logged in, trying to reload loading page
5:57 PMWaiting 8 sec
5:57 PMSetting language to English (en)
5:57 PMWaiting 2 sec
5:57 PMWaiting 4 sec
5:57 PMFound language selector
5:57 PMAlready English language
5:57 PMSaving cookies
5:57 PMHave followed/unfollowed 0 in the last hour
5:57 PMHave followed/unfollowed 0 in the last 24 hours
5:57 PMHave liked 0 images in the last 24 hours
5:57 PMNavigating to user mike_myer_ss
5:57 PMGoto https://www.instagram.com/mike_myer_ss
5:57 PMWaiting 2 sec
5:57 PMUnfollowing currently followed users who were auto-followed more than 5 days ago (limit 94)...
5:57 PMUnfollowing users, up to limit 94
5:57 PMHas more pages (current 1)
5:57 PMNavigating to user ayaa.sa3d
5:57 PMGoto https://www.instagram.com/ayaa.sa3d
5:57 PMWaiting 3 sec
5:57 PMUnfollowing user ayaa.sa3d
5:57 PMWaiting 2 sec
5:58 PMWaiting 9 sec
5:58 PMAction Blocked, waiting 3 hours...
5:58 PMDeleting cookies
5:58 PMWaiting 17245 sec
So what's the problem?
It seems to me that there could be several behaviours that Instagram considers suspicious:
- The user's pages are called up via a URL that presumably does not appear on the page currently being displayed, which makes it clear to Insta that a BOT is running?
- At every start, the cookie query comes up again because the cookies are deleted again. -> rather conspicuous
- Every time I start Insta I get an email that a new unknown browser has logged in -> isn't that unrealistic and alerts Insta even more?
Looking forward to your feedback!
Mike
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reproducing the login prompt and action-blocked behavior using the supplied logs, then trace the login, cookie, navigation, and unfollow flows; done would require a clearly defined, tested change that addresses the confirmed cause.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100