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apify/crawlee

Crawlee—A web scraping and browser automation library for Node.js to build reliable crawlers. In JavaScript and TypeScript. Extract data for AI, LLMs, RAG, or GPTs. Download HTML, PDF, JPG, PNG, and other files from websites. Works with Puppeteer, Playwright, Cheerio, JSDOM, and raw HTTP. Both headful and headless mode. With proxy rotation. · TypeScript · 843 source files

Analyzed at dbe57fb09c on 2026-08-30. 184 documented errors.

Code / MessageTypeSeverityTags
The `minConcurrency`/`maxConcurrency`/`initialConcurrency`/`
validation error configuration, concurrency, invalid-options
The `requestManager` option cannot be used in conjunction wi
validation error configuration, request-queue, invalid-options
Request provider is not initialized!
exception error initialization, request-provider, internal-state
Giving up: ${state.reason}
exception error rate-limit, stalled, keep-alive
Skipping request ${request.url} as disallowed by robots.txt
exception warning robots-txt, skipped-request, crawling-policy
The current SessionPool instance couldn't find a valid sessi
exception error session, session-pool, timeout
Skipping request ${request.id} (starting url: ${request.url}
exception warning redirect, enqueue-strategy, skipped-request
This crawler instance is already running, you can add more r
validation error concurrency, lifecycle, crawler-run
Cannot decide what to purge before running again: `sameDomai
validation error configuration, purge, request-manager, rerun
Expected an iterable or async iterable, got ${getObjectType(
validation error type-error, arguments, add-requests
Failed to infer format from the path: '${path}'. Supported f
validation error configuration, dataset-export, validation
Unsupported format: '${format}'. Use one of ${supportedForma
validation error configuration, dataset-export, validation
Request blocked - received ${statusCode} status code.
exception error network, anti-bot, session
fetchNextRequest called on an uninitialized crawler
exception error internal-state, lifecycle, crawler
${crawlerName}: ${names.map((name) => `\`${name}\``).join(',
validation error configuration, browser-pool, mutually-exclusive-options
Navigation timed out after ${this.#navigationTimeoutMillis /
exception error timeout, navigation, browser
The `response` property is not available. This might mean th
exception error lifecycle, browser, navigation
The `gotoOptions` property is not available until `prepareNa
exception error lifecycle, browser, navigation
The `request.loadedUrl` property is not available - `skipNav
exception error skip-navigation, lifecycle, browser
The `response` property is not available - `skipNavigation`
exception error skip-navigation, lifecycle, browser
${error} (possible values: 'Cloudflare challenge failed, fou
exception warning anti-bot, session, cloudflare, blocked-request
${this.getMessageFromError(error)}
exception error proxy, session, network, browser-crawler
${status} - Error status code was set by user.
http error http-status, error-status-code, retry, configuration
An extracted URL: ${href} is relative and options.baseUrl is
validation error enqueue-links, url, relative-url, configuration
Invalid "proxyUrl". Unsupported protocol: ${proxyUrl}.
validation error proxy, validation, configuration, browser-launcher
Invalid "proxyUrl" option: authentication is only supported
validation error proxy, validation, authentication, socks
Cannot activate BrowserController without an assigned browse
exception error lifecycle, browser-controller, api-misuse
BrowserController already has a browser instance assigned.
exception error lifecycle, browser-controller, api-misuse
Failed to resolve the remote browser endpoint.
exception critical network, remote-browser, launch
Failed to connect to remote browser at "${sanitizeEndpointFo
exception critical network, websocket, remote-browser, launch
${errorMessage.join(' ')}​
exception error launch, browser-installation, diagnostics
Browser plugin at index ${i} (${providedPluginName}) is not
validation error configuration, plugins, constructor
Page with ID: ${id} already exists.
exception error duplicate-id, api-misuse, browser-pool
Provided browserPlugin is not one of the plugins used by Bro
validation error configuration, plugins, browser-pool
browserController.newPage() failed: ${browserController.id}
exception error page-creation, browser-crash, retry
Cannot extend LaunchContext with key: ${key}, because it's r
validation error browser-pool, launch-context, reserved-key, api-misuse
Function `newContext()` is not available in incognito mode
exception error browser-pool, playwright, incognito, unsupported-api
Function `newBrowserCDPSession()` is not available in incogn
exception error browser-pool, playwright, incognito, cdp
Function `startTracing()` is not available in incognito mode
exception error browser-pool, playwright, incognito, tracing
Function `stopTracing()` is not available in incognito mode
exception error browser-pool, playwright, incognito, tracing
A new page can be created with provided context only when us
validation error browser-pool, playwright, incognito, context-options
A new page can be created with provided context only when us
validation error browser-pool, puppeteer, incognito, proxy
Experimental containers are only available with Playwright
validation error browser-pool, puppeteer, playwright, unsupported-feature
Remote browser endpoint resolved to an empty string.
validation error browser-pool, remote-browser, configuration, empty-endpoint
Remote browser endpoint() must return a URL string or an obj
validation error browser-pool, remote-browser, configuration, shape-validation
The `body` property is not available - `skipNavigation` was
exception error cheerio-crawler, skip-navigation, api-misuse
The `$` property is not available - `skipNavigation` was use
exception error cheerio-crawler, skip-navigation, api-misuse
Cannot extract links because the DOM is not available.
exception error cheerio-crawler, enqueue-links, dom-unavailable
Selector '${selector}' not found.
exception error cheerio-crawler, selector, api-differences
The project name cannot be empty string.
validation error cli, validation, input-validation
${colors.red(`[${label}]`)}: All ${retries} attempts failed,
exception error cli, network, retries-exhausted, template-download
The ConcurrencySystem this AutoscaledPool borrows has not be
exception critical autoscaling, autoscaled-pool, lifecycle, core
availableMemoryRatio is not set in configuration.
validation error autoscaling, memory, configuration, core
Duplicate load signal name ${JSON.stringify(name)}: ${hint}
validation error autoscaling, system-status, configuration, core
Configuration is immutable. Pass options via the constructor
exception error configuration, immutability, core, typescript
Could not parse cookie header string: ${cookieHeaderString}
exception error cookies, http, parsing
The custom statistics field `${String(key)}` collides with a
validation error statistics, configuration, naming-collision
Could not derive the default values of the custom statistics
exception error statistics, configuration, deserialization
Statistics.startCapturing() was already called - this instan
exception error statistics, lifecycle, double-initialization
Cannot parse Glob pattern '${globTrimmed}': it must be an no
validation error validation, enqueue-links, glob
Chunk size must be a positive number (${inspect(chunkSize)})
validation error validation, iterables, batching
exclusiveStartKey "${exclusiveStartKey}" was not found in th
exception warning key-value-store, pagination, memory-storage
Request ID does not match its uniqueKey.
exception error request-queue, data-integrity, storage
"${segment}" is not allowed because it would resolve outside
validation error path-traversal, security, memory-storage, validation
OwnedOrInjected value is not initialized yet
exception error initialization, lifecycle, typescript
Cannot set() a borrowed OwnedOrInjected value
exception error lifecycle, dependency-injection, initialization
OwnedOrInjected value is already initialized
exception error lifecycle, initialization, double-initialization
The `tieredProxyUrls` option has been removed in Crawlee v4.
exception error proxy, breaking-change, migration, configuration
The provided newUrlFunction did not return a valid URL. Caus
validation error proxy, url-validation, configuration
Cannot combine custom proxies "options.proxyUrls" with custo
validation error proxy, configuration, conflicting-options
One of "options.proxyUrls" or "options.newUrlFunction" needs
validation error proxy, configuration, missing-argument
The state conversion for '${persistStateKey}' validated asyn
exception error validation, async, schema, recoverable-state
StateValidationError(persistStateKey, result.issues)
validation error validation, state, schema
StateValidationError(this.#persistStateKey, result.issues)
validation error validation, constructor, schema
Recoverable state has not yet been loaded - call initialize(
exception error lifecycle, state, initialization
Cannot clear the state persisted under key '${this.#persistS
exception error state, persistence, lifecycle
`Request` options must be an object, got the string '${optio
exception error typescript, api-misuse, request
Request with GET method cannot have a payload.
exception error http, request, validation
`alwaysEnqueue` cannot be used together with a custom `uniqu
exception error request, configuration, validation
RequestValidationError(label, result.issues)
validation error validation, schema, request
Route not found for label '${String(label)}'. You must set u
exception error routing, configuration, request
Default route is already defined! / Route for label '${Strin
exception error routing, configuration, duplicate
ServiceConflictError('Configuration', configuration, this.#c
exception error configuration, dependency-injection, lifecycle
ServiceConflictError('EventManager', eventManager, this.#eve
exception error event-manager, dependency-injection, lifecycle
ServiceConflictError('StorageBackend', storageBackend, this.
exception error storage, dependency-injection, lifecycle
ServiceConflictError('Logger', logger, this.#logger)
exception error logging, dependency-injection, lifecycle
Cannot set property '${String(prop)}' on serviceLocator dire
exception error proxy, immutability, dependency-injection
Cannot add session with id '${id}' as it already exists in t
exception error session, duplicate, session-pool
Data item${s}is not an object. You can push only objects int
validation error dataset, validation, json
Data item${s}is not serializable to JSON. Cause: ${err.messa
validation error dataset, json, serialization
dataset.getData(): The response is too large for parsing. Yo
exception error dataset, memory, pagination
Unsupported content type: ${contentType}
exception error dataset, export, content-type
Dataset.forEach/map/reduce() support only a "json" format.
exception error validation, dataset, api-misuse
The "value" parameter must be a String, Buffer, ArrayBuffer,
validation error validation, key-value-store, content-type
The "value" parameter cannot be stringified to JSON: ${error
validation error serialization, json, key-value-store
The "value" parameter was stringified to JSON and returned u
validation error serialization, json, undefined
At least one of "sources" or "sourcesFunction" must be provi
exception error validation, request-list, configuration
RequestList sources are already loading or were loaded.
exception error request-list, lifecycle, double-initialization
Loading requests with sourcesFunction failed. Cause: ${err.m
exception error request-list, network, sources-function
Cannot persist state. options.persistStateKey is not set.
exception error request-list, persistence, configuration
The state object is invalid: nextIndex must be a non-negativ
exception error request-list, state, validation, corrupted-state
The state object is not consistent with RequestList, too few
exception error request-list, state, consistency, corrupted-state
The state object is not consistent with RequestList the orde
exception error state, persistence, request-list
The state object is not consistent with RequestList. Unknown
exception error state, persistence, request-list
Cannot fetch a request list from ${requestsFromUrl}: ${err}
exception error network, http, request-list
Cannot create Request from type: ${type}
exception error validation, request-list, type-error
Request object's uniqueKey must be a non-empty string
validation error validation, unique-key, request-list
The request is not being processed (uniqueKey: ${uniqueKey})
exception error state, request-list, lifecycle
RequestList is not initialized; you must call "await request
exception error lifecycle, initialization, request-list
Request options are not valid, the 'url' property is not a s
validation error validation, request-queue, type-error
Request options are not valid, the 'id' property must not be
validation error validation, request-queue, api-misuse
Request options are not valid, the 'requestsFromUrl' propert
validation error validation, request-queue, type-error
Cannot fetch a request list from ${requestsFromUrl}: ${err}
exception error network, http, request-queue
The request is not being processed (url: ${url})
exception error state, internal-invariant, sitemap
Cannot open storage with alias "${alias}" because a named st
exception error storage, naming-conflict, configuration
Cannot open storage with name "${name}" because an alias sto
exception error storage, naming-conflict, configuration
"${domain}" is not a valid hostname. The `domains` option ta
validation error validation, configuration, throttling
Cannot honour a crawl-delay floor covering every domain: thi
exception error throttling, configuration, crawl-delay
Cannot honour a pacing signal scoped to "${scope}": this man
exception error throttling, configuration, scope
Cannot record a journal entry on a transaction in the '${thi
exception error transaction, state, storage
The HTTP method CONNECT is not supported by the GotScrapingH
exception error http, unsupported-method, got-scraping
Too many redirects (${maxRedirects}) while requesting ${curr
http error http, redirect, network
Navigation timed out after ${this.#navigationTimeoutMillis /
exception error timeout, navigation, http-crawler
The `request.loadedUrl` property is not available - `skipNav
exception error skip-navigation, loaded-url, http-crawler
The `response` property is not available - `skipNavigation`
exception error skip-navigation, response, http-crawler
The `contentType` property is not available - `skipNavigatio
exception error skip-navigation, content-type, http-crawler
The `body` property is not available - `skipNavigation` was
exception error skip-navigation, body, http-crawler
The `json` property is not available - `skipNavigation` was
exception error skip-navigation, json, http-crawler
The `waitForSelector` method is not available - `skipNavigat
exception error skip-navigation, wait-for-selector, http-crawler
The `parseWithCheerio` method is not available - `skipNaviga
exception error skip-navigation, cheerio, http-crawler
Selector '${selector}' not found.
exception error http, cheerio, selector, static-html
<dynamic: blocked-request message returned by isRequestBlock
exception warning session, blocked, anti-scraping, retry
<dynamic: message extracted from proxied error via getMessag
exception warning proxy, network, session, retry
${status} - ${message}
http error http, status-code, json, server-error
${status} - Error status code was set by user.
http error http, status-code, configuration, crawlee
${status} - Internal Server Error: ${body.slice(0, 100)}
http error http, status-code, server-error, plain-text
Resource ${request.url} served with unsupported charset/enco
exception error encoding, charset, http, internationalization
Can not parse mime type ${mimeType} from "options.additional
validation critical configuration, mime-type, validation, crawler-setup
Request timed out after ${this.#navigationTimeoutMillis / 10
exception warning timeout, network, http, performance
Resource ${request.url} served Content-Type ${type}, but onl
exception warning mime-type, content-type, http, configuration
At most one of `body`, `form` and `json` may be specified in
validation error http, request-options, validation, api-misuse
The `window` property is not available - `skipNavigation` wa
exception error jsdom, skip-navigation, dom, api-misuse
The `body` property is not available - `skipNavigation` was
exception error jsdom, skip-navigation, dom, api-misuse
The `document` property is not available - `skipNavigation`
exception error jsdom, skip-navigation, dom, api-misuse
Cannot extract links because the JSDOM is not available.
exception error jsdom, skip-navigation, enqueue-links, dom
Selector '${selector}' not found.
exception error jsdom, selector, cheerio, timeout
The `window` property is not available - `skipNavigation` wa
exception error linkedom, skip-navigation, dom, api-misuse
The `body` property is not available - `skipNavigation` was
exception error linkedom, skip-navigation, dom, api-misuse
The `document` property is not available - `skipNavigation`
exception error linkedom, skip-navigation, dom, api-misuse
Cannot extract links because the DOM is not available.
exception error dom, link-extraction, crawler, html-parsing
Selector '${selector}' not found.
exception error selector, dom, timeout, crawler
AdaptivePlaywrightCrawler requires transactional storage - i
exception error configuration, storage, adaptive-playwright-crawler
The `${prop}` property is not available on the outer context
exception error adaptive-playwright-crawler, context, pipeline, response
Page object was used in HTTP-only request handler
exception error adaptive-crawler, playwright, http-only, crawlee
PlaywrightCrawlerOptions.launchContext.proxyUrl is not allow
validation error configuration, proxy, playwright, crawlee
Compilation result is not a function!
exception error vm-compilation, request-interception, scripting, crawlee
saveSnapshot with key ${key} failed. Cause:${(err as Error).
exception error snapshot, key-value-store, playwright, crawlee
Blocked by Cloudflare when processing ${url}
exception error cloudflare, session-rotation, proxy, anti-bot, crawlee
PuppeteerCrawlerOptions.launchContext.proxyUrl is not allowe
validation error configuration, proxy, puppeteer, crawlee
Intercept request handler must call one of request.continue|
exception error request-interception, puppeteer, handler-contract, crawlee
Cannot detect CDP client for Puppeteer ${parsed.version}. Yo
exception error cdp, puppeteer, version-incompatibility, crawlee
Compilation result is not a function!
exception error puppeteer, javascript, vm, configuration
saveSnapshot with key ${key} failed. Cause:${(err as Error).
exception error puppeteer, snapshot, key-value-store, error-wrapping
Stagehand instance not found for browser
exception error stagehand, browser-pool, configuration
No browser context available
exception error stagehand, playwright, browser-context, cdp
Failed to create new page: ${error instanceof Error ? error.
exception error stagehand, playwright, page-creation, error-wrapping
Stagehand did not register the page within ${timeoutMs}ms
exception error stagehand, cdp, timeout, registration
Could not resolve StagehandController for page — is the brow
exception error stagehand, browser-pool, configuration
Failed to get CDP URL from Stagehand
exception error stagehand, cdp, browser-launch, compatibility
Stagehand act() failed: ${improveErrorMessage(error)}
exception error stagehand, ai, act, llm
Stagehand extract() failed: ${improveErrorMessage(error)}
exception error stagehand, ai, extract, llm
Stagehand observe() failed: ${improveErrorMessage(error)}
exception error stagehand, llm, browser-automation
Stagehand agent() failed: ${improveErrorMessage(error)}
exception error stagehand, llm, agent
An extracted URL: ${href} is relative and baseUrl is not set
exception error cheerio, url, scraping
Failed to load robots.txt from ${url}: HTTP ${response.statu
http error network, robots-txt, http
Unsupported sitemap content type (contentType = ${contentTyp
exception error sitemap, content-type, parsing
The "urls" parameter must be an array
exception error validation, argument-type, email-extraction
Unknown enqueue strategy '${strategy satisfies never}'.
exception error typescript, exhaustiveness, enqueue-strategy
${result.error} (ArgumentValidationError for value: ${value}
validation error validation, zod, configuration
Request without proxy ${localAddress} ${request.headers.host
console warning proxy, networking, browser-pool
${colors.yellow(`[${label}]`)}: Attempt ${attempt + 1} of ${
console warning retry, network, cli, transient-failure
Installing Playwright browsers in an environment where brows
console info playwright, browsers, cli, idempotency
${operation} cannot be used inside a storage transaction: ${
exception error storage, transaction, key-value-store, stream
${operation} cannot be used inside a storage transaction: ${
exception error storage, transaction, request-queue, rollback