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Poll for submission success instead of single check

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After clicking submit, poll up to 4 times (2.5s + 3x2s = ~8.5s total)
for success text or form disappearance. Handles invisible reCAPTCHA
verification delay. Stops early on validation errors.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Matthew Jackson
2026-03-06 21:11:50 -08:00
parent 5caa063175
commit 0118254046
2 changed files with 30 additions and 21 deletions
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lib/apply/generic.mjs
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@@ -149,28 +149,34 @@ async function fillAndSubmit(page, job, formFiller, meta, opts) {
if (hasSubmit) {
await submitBtn.click();
await page.waitForTimeout(SUBMIT_WAIT);
// Wait for submission — poll for success or form disappearance
// (invisible reCAPTCHA + server round-trip can take several seconds)
const verifySelector = opts.verifySelector || 'form button[type="submit"]:not([disabled])';
const postSubmit = await page.evaluate((vs) => {
const text = (document.body.innerText || '').toLowerCase();
// Check for validation errors (red text, error messages)
const errorEls = document.querySelectorAll('[class*="error"], [class*="invalid"], [role="alert"]');
const validationErrors = Array.from(errorEls)
.map(el => el.innerText?.trim())
.filter(t => t && t.length < 200)
.slice(0, 3);
return {
hasSuccess: text.includes('application submitted') || text.includes('successfully applied') ||
text.includes('thank you') || text.includes('application received') ||
text.includes('application has been') || text.includes('we received your'),
hasForm: !!document.querySelector(vs),
validationErrors,
};
}, verifySelector).catch(() => ({ hasSuccess: false, hasForm: false, validationErrors: [] }));
let postSubmit = { hasSuccess: false, hasForm: true, validationErrors: [] };
for (let wait = 0; wait < 4; wait++) {
await page.waitForTimeout(wait === 0 ? SUBMIT_WAIT : 2000);
postSubmit = await page.evaluate((vs) => {
const text = (document.body.innerText || '').toLowerCase();
const errorEls = document.querySelectorAll('[class*="error"], [class*="invalid"], [role="alert"]');
const validationErrors = Array.from(errorEls)
.map(el => el.innerText?.trim())
.filter(t => t && t.length < 200)
.slice(0, 3);
return {
hasSuccess: text.includes('application submitted') || text.includes('successfully applied') ||
text.includes('thank you') || text.includes('application received') ||
text.includes('application has been') || text.includes('we received your'),
hasForm: !!document.querySelector(vs),
validationErrors,
};
}, verifySelector).catch(() => ({ hasSuccess: false, hasForm: false, validationErrors: [] }));
if (postSubmit.hasSuccess || !postSubmit.hasForm) {
return { status: 'submitted', meta };
if (postSubmit.hasSuccess || !postSubmit.hasForm) {
return { status: 'submitted', meta };
}
// Stop polling if validation errors appeared (form didn't submit)
if (postSubmit.validationErrors.length > 0) break;
}
return {