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1. Shard Calculation

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Calculated Shard: 76 (from laksa123)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa076.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/58546\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/58546\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

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(Kyodo) ![](https://english-kyodo.ismcdn.jp/mwimgs/f/e/635m/img_fea5ffe51f8bf0b6f7971a386502f1c7994158.jpg) Representatives from the United States perform at World Cosplay Summit 2025 at Aichi Arts Center in Nagoya on Aug. 3, 2025. 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