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docs(fetch): auto mode may ignore --wait/--wait-for, not always
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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions skills/trace-debug/SKILL.md
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## Failure → action map
- `FETCH_FAILED` / empty content → first retry in auto mode (`mode=auto`), which
escalates for you and bills only for what succeeds. For slow pages add
`--wait-for <selector>`. Only when auto mode has failed on its own, take
manual control with `--manual --js-render`, then `--premium-proxy`. Each step
escalates for you and bills only for what succeeds. Only when auto mode has
failed on its own, take manual control with `--manual --js-render`, then
`--premium-proxy`. For slow pages, add `--wait-for <selector>` to a
`--manual --js-render` run; auto mode may ignore it. Each step
multiplies the cost of the request, and both together are the most expensive
configuration available ([[cost-control]]).
- `REQUEST_TIMEOUT` → the CLI stopped waiting; the API was reached. Raise
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/cli/commands/fetch.ts
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" --js-render render JavaScript (manual mode only)",
" --premium-proxy use residential IPs (manual mode only)",
" --proxy-country <cc> geo-target (auto mode; in manual mode needs --premium-proxy)",
" --wait <ms> fixed wait after load",
" --wait-for <selector> wait for a CSS selector",
" --wait <ms> fixed wait after load (needs --manual --js-render; auto mode may ignore it)",
" --wait-for <selector> wait for a CSS selector (needs --manual --js-render; auto mode may ignore it)",
" --js-instructions <j> JSON instructions to run on the page",
" --session-id <n> keep the same IP across requests",
" --original-status return the target's original HTTP status",
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