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LinkedIn Bot Debugged With OpenTelemetry and SigNoz
A developer built a headless Selenium bot to automate LinkedIn connection requests, but it failed silently due to ChromeDriver version mismatches and other issues. By instrumenting the bot with OpenTelemetry and sending traces to SigNoz, they gained visibility into failures like browser launch errors and stalled runs. The approach helped correlate log data and identify root causes that plain log files missed.
Meridian48 take
This is a practical case study in observability for cron jobs, but the bot itself likely violates LinkedIn's terms of service — a reminder that technical cleverness doesn't excuse policy violations.
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