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The server mechanism used by shot-scraper video and shot-scraper multi now polls for port availability and waits up to 30 seconds for the target URL to accept connections, replacing the previous fixed one-second delay.

shot-scraper's internal server startup logic was changed from a fixed one-second wait to active polling for port availability, waiting up to 30 seconds, fixing failures when a server takes longer than a second to start. ✦ AI generated

Simon Willison · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-07-12 · original ↗

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server: processes used by shot-scraper multi and shot-scraper video now wait up to 30 seconds for the target URL to accept connections, polling for port availability and replacing the previous fixed one-second delay.

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