jackwener/OpenCLI · error · CommandExecutionError

Reuters whoami failed: ${probe.detail}

Error message

Reuters whoami failed: ${probe.detail}

What it means

verifyReutersIdentity runs an in-page whoami probe via page.evaluate; if the probe throws (a JS exception inside the page or in the injected script), the result has kind 'exception' and the code wraps it in a CommandExecutionError. The library throws this because it cannot determine the Reuters identity when the probe script fails to execute, distinguishing it from an explicit auth wall.

Source

Thrown at clis/reuters/auth.js:42

            const u = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(oidcKey) || '{}');
            cuid = String(u?.profile?.cuid || u?.profile?.sub || '');
          } catch {}
        }
        if (!cuid) {
          const ajs = localStorage.getItem('ajs_user_id');
          if (ajs && ajs !== 'null') cuid = ajs;
        }
        if (!cuid) {
          return { kind: 'auth', detail: 'Reuters logged-in but cuid missing — session shape drifted' };
        }
        return { ok: true, user_id: cuid, subscribed: Boolean(subState.isSubscribed) };
      } catch (e) {
        return { kind: 'exception', detail: String(e && e.message || e) };
      }
    })()
  `);
  if (probe?.kind === 'auth') throw new AuthRequiredError('reuters.com', probe.detail);
  if (probe?.kind === 'exception') throw new CommandExecutionError(`Reuters whoami failed: ${probe.detail}`);
  if (!probe?.ok) throw new CommandExecutionError(`Unexpected Reuters probe: ${JSON.stringify(probe)}`);
  return { user_id: probe.user_id, subscribed: probe.subscribed };
}

registerSiteAuthCommands({
  site: 'reuters',
  domain: 'reuters.com',
  loginUrl: 'https://www.reuters.com/account/sign-in/',
  columns: ['user_id', 'subscribed'],
  verify: verifyReutersIdentity,
  // No-navigation poll: check localStorage on the current page so login-flow
  // polling doesn't bounce the user off the sign-in page every interval.
  poll: async (page) => {
    const loggedIn = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
      try {
        const raw = localStorage.getItem('rcom-subscription-state');
        return raw ? JSON.parse(raw).isLoggedIn === true : false;
      } catch { return false; }

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Solutions

1. Retry the identity verification after re-loading https://www.reuters.com fully (increase wait time after page.goto).
2. Check the probe.detail in the message — it names the in-page error; fix the underlying cause (e.g. consent-wall, CSP, blocked localStorage).
3. Ensure the user is logged in first; run the login/wait flow that throws AuthRequiredError before calling verifyReutersIdentity.
4. If Reuters changed its page, update the whoami script to match the current site.

Example fix

// before
const who = await verifyReutersIdentity(page);
// after
let who;
try {
  who = await verifyReutersIdentity(page);
} catch (e) {
  await page.goto('https://www.reuters.com');
  await page.wait(5);
  who = await verifyReutersIdentity(page);
}

// before calling, ensure the page is on reuters.com and loaded
if (!page.url().includes('reuters.com')) await page.goto('https://www.reuters.com');
await page.wait(3);

function isProbeResult(p) {
  return p != null && typeof p === 'object' &&
    (p.kind === 'auth' || p.kind === 'exception' || p.ok === true);
}

try {
  const who = await verifyReutersIdentity(page);
} catch (e) {
  if (e instanceof AuthRequiredError) {
    // prompt login
  } else if (/Reuters whoami failed/.test(e.message)) {
    // in-page exception: reload page and retry once
    await page.goto('https://www.reuters.com');
    await page.wait(5);
  } else {
    throw e;
  }
}

When it happens

Trigger: The injected whoami script (executed via page.evaluate) throws an exception — e.g. localStorage access blocked, JSON parse failure on an unexpected response shape, or a runtime error in the page script — so probe.kind === 'exception' at clis/reuters/auth.js:42.

Common situations: Reuters page loaded in a broken/incomplete state before the script ran; browser context with localStorage disabled or restricted by cookie-consent overlays; a Reuters DOM/API change breaking the whoami script; anti-bot interstitial replacing the page content.

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