DIYgod/RSSHub · error · Error

Unable to fetch visitor cookies. Please set WEIBO_COOKIES. R

Error message

Unable to fetch visitor cookies. Please set WEIBO_COOKIES. Redirection: ${times}, last URL: ${page.url()}

What it means

The Playwright-based visitor cookie bootstrap failed. The code expects exactly 2 redirections through m.weibo.cn (initial → visitor.passport.weibo.cn → authed) and a non-empty cookie jar; if times < 2 or no cookies were captured, acquisition is deemed broken and the user is told to supply WEIBO_COOKIES.

Source

Thrown at lib/routes/weibo/utils.ts:109

                            await page.route('**/*', (route) => {
                                const request = route.request();
                                // 1st: initial request, 302 to visitor.passport.weibo.cn; 2nd: auth ok
                                if (!expectResourceTypes.has(request.resourceType()) || times >= 2) {
                                    route.abort();
                                    return;
                                }
                                if (request.url().startsWith(url)) {
                                    times++;
                                }
                                route.continue();
                            });
                        },
                        gotoConfig: { waitUntil: 'networkidle' },
                    });
                    const cookies: string = await getCookies(page, 'weibo.cn');
                    await destroy();
                    if (times < 2 || !cookies) {
                        throw new Error(`Unable to fetch visitor cookies. Please set WEIBO_COOKIES. Redirection: ${times}, last URL: ${page.url()}`);
                    }
                    return cookies;
                })();

                try {
                    return await visitorCookiesPromise;
                } finally {
                    visitorCookiesPromise = undefined;
                }
            });
        };
    })(),
    tryWithCookies: (() => {
        let errors = 0;
        const verifier = (resp: any): void => {
            if (resp?.data?.ok === -100) {
                throw new RenewWeiboCookiesError(`Cookies expired. Msg: ${resp?.data?.msg || ''} ${resp?.data?.url || ''}`);
            }

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Solutions

1. Install the browser runtime: run `npx playwright install chromium` (and OS deps via `playwright install-deps`) on the RSSHub host.
2. Set WEIBO_COOKIES manually to skip the Playwright visitor path.
3. Check RSSHub can reach m.weibo.cn from its network egress (no proxy/captcha intercepting) and that request abortion logic at utils.ts:94-97 still matches weibo's resource types.

// Pre-flight: confirm Playwright + chromium are usable before relying on visitor cookies
import { chromium } from 'playwright';
let browser;
try {
    browser = await chromium.launch();
} catch (e) {
    throw new Error('Playwright chromium unavailable — visitor cookie fetch will fail. Set WEIBO_COOKIES or install chromium.');
} finally {
    await browser?.close();
}

function isWeiboVisitorFetchError(e: unknown): boolean {
    return e instanceof Error && /Unable to fetch visitor cookies/i.test(e.message);
}

try {
    return await weiboUtils.tryWithCookies(cb);
} catch (e) {
    if (isWeiboVisitorFetchError(e) && process.env.WEIBO_COOKIES) {
        // last resort: retry once with the operator-supplied cookies
        return await cb(process.env.WEIBO_COOKIES, () => {});
    }
    throw e;
}

When it happens

Trigger: getPlaywrightPage loads m.weibo.cn but the redirect counter `times` stays below 2 (blocked/aborted early, network error, or flow changed) or getCookies(page,'weibo.cn') returns empty — utils.ts:108-109.

Common situations: Playwright/Chromium not installed or missing system deps on the host; m.weibo.cn changed its visitor-login redirect chain; the host IP is geo/IP-blocked by weibo; container lacks the browser runtime.

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AI-assisted analysis of DIYgod/RSSHub@bed535e087 (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/8c2c0204440a899d. Report an issue: GitHub.