@m13v/s4l 1.7.5-rc.44 → 1.7.5-rc.45

package/mcp/dist/index.js

@@ -1011,6 +1011,27 @@ async function postApproved(batchId, plan) {
                 plan = fresh;
         }
     }
+    // Arm the cross-instance posting flag HERE, before the Reddit drain, not just
+    // before the Twitter phase below. Root cause (found 2026-07-16): this flag
+    // used to get set only right before ensureTwitterBrowserForPost(), AFTER the
+    // whole Reddit drain loop above (one runPython("post_reddit.py") call per
+    // approved Reddit card, each with real CDP/browser overhead — a batch of a
+    // handful of cards routinely runs minutes). For that entire window this
+    // instance's isPeerDrainActive() reported false, so a SECOND MCP instance's
+    // postApproved() (e.g. a fresh one-shot worker boot running its own startup
+    // backlog drain) could pass the SAME gate check above and start its own
+    // drain concurrently. Both eventually reached their own Twitter phase and
+    // both spawned scripts/twitter_post_plan.py with S4L_LOCK_ROLE=post — the
+    // ONLY code path that ever sets that role. Two live "post" role holders
+    // can't preempt each other (browser_mutex.py case 6: correct, preempting a
+    // peer mid-post risks a double-post), so one always waited 45s and gave up
+    // — the "Twitter browser locked by session python:<pid> ... waited 45s,
+    // giving up" failures that silently killed 11 real approved drafts over
+    // 2026-07-15/16. Arming the flag for the FULL function closes that window:
+    // a peer's gate check now blocks for the entire drain, Reddit included, so
+    // only one instance ever reaches the Twitter phase at a time.
+    postingActive = true;
+    startPostingFlagHeartbeat();
     // Post every card the user APPROVED that hasn't already landed or been ruled out.
     // `approved` is now a DURABLE decision (sticky, never cleared by a later call), so
     // filtering out posted/terminal here makes this idempotent: re-running it only
@@ -1029,8 +1050,11 @@ async function postApproved(batchId, plan) {
             delete c.discard_reason;
         }
     }
-    if (approved.length === 0)
+    if (approved.length === 0) {
+        postingActive = false;
+        stopPostingFlagHeartbeat();
         return { attempted: 0, exit_code: 0, summary: "nothing approved" };
+    }
     // ---- Reddit cards (2026-07-14): drain them FIRST, independently ----------
     // A reddit card carries the verbatim draft decision (reddit_decision) plus
     // plan metadata (reddit_plan_meta), so approval reconstructs a one-decision
@@ -1204,7 +1228,10 @@ async function postApproved(batchId, plan) {
     }
     if (approvedTwitter.length === 0) {
         // All-reddit batch: persist the stamps and return without touching the
-        // twitter preflight/lock path.
+        // twitter preflight/lock path. Must clear the flag armed above ourselves —
+        // this branch never reaches the Twitter phase's scheduleShellLockRelease().
+        postingActive = false;
+        stopPostingFlagHeartbeat();
         if (redditSkippedPeerDrain) {
             return {
                 attempted: 0,
@@ -1230,6 +1257,8 @@ async function postApproved(batchId, plan) {
     if (!readConfiguredTwitterHandle())
         await ensurePostingHandle();
     if (!readConfiguredTwitterHandle()) {
+        postingActive = false;
+        stopPostingFlagHeartbeat();
         return {
             attempted: 0,
             exit_code: 0,
@@ -2863,7 +2892,22 @@ tool("post_drafts", {
             warnings,
         });
     }
-    const result = await postApproved(batch_id, plan);
+    // postApproved now arms the cross-instance posting flag before the Reddit
+    // drain (see its own comment), not just before the Twitter phase. Every
+    // op inside that drain is already individually best-effort try/caught, so
+    // this is belt-and-suspenders: if something still throws past all of
+    // that, clear the flag before it escapes rather than leave this MCP
+    // instance's posting permanently gated behind a flag nothing will ever
+    // reset.
+    let result;
+    try {
+        result = await postApproved(batch_id, plan);
+    }
+    catch (e) {
+        postingActive = false;
+        stopPostingFlagHeartbeat();
+        throw e;
+    }
     // Report the REAL posted count from the pipeline, not the approved count.
     // A run can approve N yet land 0 (browser/session failure); reporting
     // approve.size here told the agent "posted: N" on a total failure.
@@ -5658,6 +5702,10 @@ async function drainApprovedBacklog() {
     }
     catch (e) {
         console.error("[post] drainApprovedBacklog error:", e?.message || e);
+        // Same reasoning as the other postApproved call site: don't let an
+        // escaped exception leave the cross-instance posting flag stuck true.
+        postingActive = false;
+        stopPostingFlagHeartbeat();
     }
 }
 async function main() {

package/mcp/dist/version.json

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "version": "1.7.5-rc.44",
-  "installedAt": "2026-07-16T18:49:09.291Z"
+  "version": "1.7.5-rc.45",
+  "installedAt": "2026-07-16T19:01:18.006Z"
 }

package/mcp/manifest.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "dxt_version": "0.1",
   "name": "social-autoposter",
   "display_name": "S4L",
-  "version": "1.7.5-rc.44",
+  "version": "1.7.5-rc.45",
   "description": "Draft, review, approve, and autopilot X/Twitter posts.",
   "long_description": "## **⚠️ The disclaimer above is generic Claude boilerplate.** Anthropic shows the same warning on every plugin regardless of what it does; any plugin has the same level of access as any app you download from the internet.\n\nS4L is an open source product developed by Mediar.ai Incorporated, a VC-backed San Francisco-based startup.\n\nTo get started:\n\n1\\. Copy this prompt: **Set me up on S4L plugin end to end**\n\n2\\. Quit with CMD+Q, reopen Claude, paste into a new chat.\n\nWhat happens next:\n\n* About every 5 minutes S4L scans X for posts that match your topics and drafts replies in your voice.\n* Drafts show up as review cards, usually the first within a few minutes. Nothing is posted automatically; you approve each one.\n* Posting autopilot stays off until you explicitly turn it on.",
   "author": {

package/mcp/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@m13v/s4l-mcp",
-  "version": "1.7.5-rc.44",
+  "version": "1.7.5-rc.45",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Desktop MCP client for social-autoposter (X/Twitter rail): manual draft/review/approve loop, autopilot control, and stats. Thin wrapper over the existing pipeline scripts.",
   "license": "MIT",

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@m13v/s4l",
-  "version": "1.7.5-rc.44",
+  "version": "1.7.5-rc.45",
   "description": "Automated social posting pipeline for Reddit, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, and Moltbook. Install as a Claude Code agent skill.",
   "bin": {
     "social-autoposter": "bin/cli.js",