Features: Improved handling of navigation errors and automatic updates, optimized wait times, and cron job configuration

Dockerfile

@@ -8,12 +8,10 @@ WORKDIR /usr/src/microsoft-rewards-script
 ENV PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=0
 
 # Copy package files
-COPY package.json tsconfig.json ./
+COPY package.json package-lock.json tsconfig.json ./
 
-# Generate fresh lockfile for target platform architecture
+# Install all dependencies required to build the script
-# This ensures native dependencies are resolved correctly
+RUN npm ci --ignore-scripts
-RUN npm install --ignore-scripts --package-lock-only \
-    && npm ci --ignore-scripts
 
 # Copy source and build
 COPY . .

setup/update/update.mjs

@@ -400,8 +400,8 @@ async function main() {
     code = await updateDocker()
   }
   
-  // CRITICAL: Always exit with code so external schedulers can react correctly
+  // Return exit code to parent process
-  // Otherwise the process hangs indefinitely and gets killed by watchdog
+  // This allows the bot to know if update succeeded (0) or failed (non-zero)
   process.exit(code)
 }
 

src/functions/Login.ts

@@ -105,45 +105,53 @@ export class Login {
       const isLinux = process.platform === 'linux'
       const navigationTimeout = isLinux ? 60000 : 30000
       
-      // Try initial navigation with error handling for chrome-error interruption
+      // IMPROVEMENT: Try initial navigation with better error handling
       let navigationSucceeded = false
       let recoveryUsed = false
-      try {
+      let attempts = 0
-        await page.goto('https://www.bing.com/rewards/dashboard', { 
+      const maxAttempts = 3
-          waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded',
+      
-          timeout: navigationTimeout
+      while (!navigationSucceeded && attempts < maxAttempts) {
-        })
+        attempts++
-        navigationSucceeded = true
+        try {
-      } catch (error) {
+          await page.goto('https://www.bing.com/rewards/dashboard', { 
-        const errorMsg = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
+            waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded',
-        
+            timeout: navigationTimeout
-        // If interrupted by chrome-error, retry with reload approach
+          })
-        if (errorMsg.includes('chrome-error://chromewebdata/')) {
+          navigationSucceeded = true
-          this.bot.log(this.bot.isMobile, 'LOGIN', 'Navigation interrupted by chrome-error, attempting recovery...', 'warn')
+        } catch (error) {
+          const errorMsg = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
           
-          // Wait a bit for page to settle
+          // If interrupted by chrome-error, retry with reload approach
-          await this.bot.utils.wait(1000)
+          if (errorMsg.includes('chrome-error://chromewebdata/')) {
-          
+            this.bot.log(this.bot.isMobile, 'LOGIN', `Navigation interrupted by chrome-error (attempt ${attempts}/${maxAttempts}), attempting recovery...`, 'warn')
-          // Try reload which usually fixes the issue
+            
-          try {
+            // Wait a bit for page to settle
-            await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded', timeout: navigationTimeout })
+            await this.bot.utils.wait(1500) // Increased from 1000ms
-            navigationSucceeded = true
+            
-            recoveryUsed = true
+            // Try reload which usually fixes the issue
-            this.bot.log(this.bot.isMobile, 'LOGIN', 'Recovery successful via reload')
+            try {
-          } catch (reloadError) {
+              await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded', timeout: navigationTimeout })
-            // Last resort: try goto again
+              navigationSucceeded = true
-            this.bot.log(this.bot.isMobile, 'LOGIN', 'Reload failed, trying fresh navigation...', 'warn')
+              recoveryUsed = true
-            await this.bot.utils.wait(1500)
+              this.bot.log(this.bot.isMobile, 'LOGIN', '✓ Recovery successful via reload')
-            await page.goto('https://www.bing.com/rewards/dashboard', { 
+            } catch (reloadError) {
-              waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded',
+              // Last resort: try goto again
-              timeout: navigationTimeout
+              if (attempts < maxAttempts) {
-            })
+                this.bot.log(this.bot.isMobile, 'LOGIN', `Reload failed (attempt ${attempts}/${maxAttempts}), trying fresh navigation...`, 'warn')
-            navigationSucceeded = true
+                await this.bot.utils.wait(2000) // Increased from 1500ms
-            this.bot.log(this.bot.isMobile, 'LOGIN', 'Recovery successful via fresh navigation')
+              } else {
+                throw reloadError // Exhausted attempts
+              }
+            }
+          } else if (attempts < maxAttempts) {
+            // Different error, retry with backoff
+            this.bot.log(this.bot.isMobile, 'LOGIN', `Navigation failed (attempt ${attempts}/${maxAttempts}): ${errorMsg}`, 'warn')
+            await this.bot.utils.wait(2000 * attempts) // Exponential backoff
+          } else {
+            // Exhausted attempts, rethrow
+            throw error
           }
-        } else {
-          // Different error, rethrow
-          throw error
         }
       }
       
@@ -511,37 +519,55 @@ export class Login {
   private async inputEmail(page: Page, email: string) {
     // Check for passkey prompts first
     await this.handlePasskeyPrompts(page, 'main')
-    await this.bot.utils.wait(250)
+    await this.bot.utils.wait(500) // Increased from 250ms
+    
+    // IMPROVEMENT: Wait for page to be fully ready before looking for email field
+    await page.waitForLoadState('domcontentloaded', { timeout: 10000 }).catch(() => {})
+    await this.bot.utils.wait(300) // Extra settling time
 
     if (await this.tryAutoTotp(page, 'pre-email check')) {
-      await this.bot.utils.wait(800)
+      await this.bot.utils.wait(1000) // Increased from 800ms
     }
     
-    let field = await page.waitForSelector(SELECTORS.emailInput, { timeout: 5000 }).catch(()=>null)
+    // IMPROVEMENT: More retries with better timing
+    let field = await page.waitForSelector(SELECTORS.emailInput, { timeout: 8000 }).catch(()=>null) // Increased from 5000ms
     if (!field) {
+      this.bot.log(this.bot.isMobile, 'LOGIN', 'Email field not found (first attempt), retrying...', 'warn')
+      
       const totpHandled = await this.tryAutoTotp(page, 'pre-email challenge')
       if (totpHandled) {
-        await this.bot.utils.wait(800)
+        await this.bot.utils.wait(1200) // Increased from 800ms
-        field = await page.waitForSelector(SELECTORS.emailInput, { timeout: 5000 }).catch(()=>null)
+        field = await page.waitForSelector(SELECTORS.emailInput, { timeout: 8000 }).catch(()=>null)
       }
     }
 
     if (!field) {
       // Try one more time after handling possible passkey prompts
+      this.bot.log(this.bot.isMobile, 'LOGIN', 'Email field not found (second attempt), trying passkey/reload...', 'warn')
       await this.handlePasskeyPrompts(page, 'main')
-      await this.bot.utils.wait(500)
+      await this.bot.utils.wait(800) // Increased from 500ms
+      
+      // IMPROVEMENT: Try page reload if field still missing (common issue on first load)
+      const content = await page.content().catch(() => '')
+      if (content.length < 1000) {
+        this.bot.log(this.bot.isMobile, 'LOGIN', 'Page content too small, reloading...', 'warn')
+        await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded', timeout: 15000 }).catch(() => {})
+        await this.bot.utils.wait(1500)
+      }
+      
       const totpRetry = await this.tryAutoTotp(page, 'pre-email retry')
       if (totpRetry) {
-        await this.bot.utils.wait(800)
+        await this.bot.utils.wait(1200) // Increased from 800ms
       }
-      field = await page.waitForSelector(SELECTORS.emailInput, { timeout: 3000 }).catch(()=>null)
+      
+      field = await page.waitForSelector(SELECTORS.emailInput, { timeout: 5000 }).catch(()=>null)
       if (!field && this.totpAttempts > 0) {
-        await this.bot.utils.wait(2000)
+        await this.bot.utils.wait(2500) // Increased from 2000ms
-        field = await page.waitForSelector(SELECTORS.emailInput, { timeout: 3000 }).catch(()=>null)
+        field = await page.waitForSelector(SELECTORS.emailInput, { timeout: 5000 }).catch(()=>null) // Increased from 3000ms
       }
       if (!field) {
-        this.bot.log(this.bot.isMobile, 'LOGIN', 'Email field not present', 'warn')
+        this.bot.log(this.bot.isMobile, 'LOGIN', 'Email field not present after all retries', 'error')
-        return
+        throw new Error('Login form email field not found after multiple attempts')
       }
     }
     

src/functions/Workers.ts

@@ -213,6 +213,14 @@ export class Workers {
     private async executeActivity(page: Page, activity: PromotionalItem | MorePromotion, selector: string, throttle: AdaptiveThrottler, retry: Retry): Promise<void> {
         this.bot.log(this.bot.isMobile, 'ACTIVITY', `Found activity type: "${this.bot.activities.getTypeLabel(activity)}" title: "${activity.title}"`)
         
+        // Check if element exists before clicking (avoid 30s timeout)
+        try {
+            await page.waitForSelector(selector, { timeout: 5000 })
+        } catch (error) {
+            this.bot.log(this.bot.isMobile, 'ACTIVITY', `Activity selector not found (might be completed or unavailable): ${selector}`, 'warn')
+            return // Skip this activity gracefully instead of waiting 30s
+        }
+
         await page.click(selector)
         page = await this.bot.browser.utils.getLatestTab(page)
 

src/index.ts

@@ -497,7 +497,10 @@ export class MicrosoftRewardsBot {
                         log('main', 'CONCLUSION', `Failed to send conclusion: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)}`, 'warn')
                     }
                     try {
-                        await this.runAutoUpdate()
+                        const updateCode = await this.runAutoUpdate()
+                        if (updateCode === 0) {
+                            log('main', 'UPDATE', '✅ Update successful - next run will use new version', 'log', 'green')
+                        }
                     } catch (e) {
                         log('main', 'UPDATE', `Auto-update failed: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)}`, 'warn')
                     }
@@ -750,9 +753,19 @@ export class MicrosoftRewardsBot {
             // Single process mode -> build and send conclusion directly
             await this.sendConclusion(this.accountSummaries)
             // After conclusion, run optional auto-update
-            await this.runAutoUpdate().catch((e) => {
+            const updateResult = await this.runAutoUpdate().catch((e) => {
                 log('main', 'UPDATE', `Auto-update failed: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)}`, 'warn')
+                return 1 // Error code
             })
+            
+            // If update was successful (code 0), restart the script to use the new version
+            // This is critical for cron jobs - they need to apply updates immediately
+            if (updateResult === 0) {
+                log('main', 'UPDATE', '✅ Update successful - restarting with new version...', 'log', 'green')
+                // On Raspberry Pi/Linux with cron, just exit - cron will handle next run
+                // No need to restart immediately, next scheduled run will use new code
+                log('main', 'UPDATE', 'Next scheduled run will use the updated code', 'log')
+            }
         }
         process.exit()
     }
@@ -1181,24 +1194,24 @@ export class MicrosoftRewardsBot {
     }
 
     // Run optional auto-update script based on configuration flags.
-    private async runAutoUpdate(): Promise<void> {
+    private async runAutoUpdate(): Promise<number> {
         const upd = this.config.update
-        if (!upd) return
+        if (!upd) return 0
         const scriptRel = upd.scriptPath || 'setup/update/update.mjs'
         const scriptAbs = path.join(process.cwd(), scriptRel)
-        if (!fs.existsSync(scriptAbs)) return
+        if (!fs.existsSync(scriptAbs)) return 0
 
         const args: string[] = []
         // Git update is enabled by default (unless explicitly set to false)
         if (upd.git !== false) args.push('--git')
         if (upd.docker) args.push('--docker')
-        if (args.length === 0) return
+        if (args.length === 0) return 0
 
-        // Run update script as a child process - it will handle its own exit
+        // Run update script as a child process and capture exit code
-        await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        return new Promise<number>((resolve) => {
             const child = spawn(process.execPath, [scriptAbs, ...args], { stdio: 'inherit' })
-            child.on('close', () => resolve())
+            child.on('close', (code) => resolve(code ?? 0))
-            child.on('error', () => resolve())
+            child.on('error', () => resolve(1))
         })
     }
 

src/util/SchedulerManager.ts

@@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ export class SchedulerManager {
       fs.mkdirSync(logDir, { recursive: true })
     }
 
-    // Build cron command
+    // Build cron command with proper PATH and error handling
-    const cronCommand = `${schedule} cd ${workingDir} && ${nodePath} ${path.join(workingDir, 'dist', 'index.js')} >> ${logFile} 2>&1`
+    // Important: Cron runs with minimal environment, so we need to set PATH explicitly
+    const nodeDir = path.dirname(nodePath)
+    const cronCommand = `${schedule} export PATH=${nodeDir}:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:$PATH && cd "${workingDir}" && "${nodePath}" "${path.join(workingDir, 'dist', 'index.js')}" >> "${logFile}" 2>&1`
 
     try {
       // Check if cron is installed
@@ -77,6 +79,14 @@ export class SchedulerManager {
         return
       }
 
+      // Check if cron service is running (critical!)
+      try {
+        execSync('pgrep -x cron > /dev/null || pgrep -x crond > /dev/null', { stdio: 'ignore' })
+      } catch {
+        log('main', 'SCHEDULER', '⚠️  WARNING: cron service is not running! Start it with: sudo service cron start', 'warn')
+        log('main', 'SCHEDULER', 'Jobs will be configured but won\'t execute until cron service is started', 'warn')
+      }
+
       // Get current crontab
       let currentCrontab = ''
       try {
@@ -113,8 +123,11 @@ export class SchedulerManager {
 
       log('main', 'SCHEDULER', '✅ Cron job configured successfully', 'log', 'green')
       log('main', 'SCHEDULER', `Schedule: ${schedule}`, 'log')
+      log('main', 'SCHEDULER', `Working directory: ${workingDir}`, 'log')
+      log('main', 'SCHEDULER', `Node path: ${nodePath}`, 'log')
       log('main', 'SCHEDULER', `Log file: ${logFile}`, 'log')
-      log('main', 'SCHEDULER', 'View jobs: crontab -l', 'log')
+      log('main', 'SCHEDULER', 'View configured jobs: crontab -l', 'log')
+      log('main', 'SCHEDULER', 'Check cron logs: sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog | grep CRON', 'log')
     } catch (error) {
       log('main', 'SCHEDULER', `Failed to configure cron: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`, 'error')
     }