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1. Shard Calculation

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Response:

Calculated Shard: 51 (from laksa000)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa051.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://www.cnn.com/politics\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.cnn.com/politics\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics","crawl_time":1775534221,"first_indexed_time":1509044788,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,cnn!www,\/politics s443","src_root_hash":"2312100192101524051","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Politics | CNN Politics","meta_descriptions":["Politics at CNN has news, opinion and analysis of American and global politics Find news and video about elections, the White House, the U.N and much more."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Supreme Court clears path for Trump’s DOJ to dismiss criminal case against Steve Bannon\nCNN will host a California gubernatorial primary debate on May 5\nTrump voter regret is clearly registering now\nFor Subscribers\nFrom ERs to courtrooms, Trump’s warning that pregnant women shouldn’t take Tylenol is causing shockwaves\nVoters in Georgia have moved on from Marjorie Taylor Greene. On Tuesday, they finally fill her seat\nTrump endorses Republican Steve Hilton in California governor’s race\nInside the mission to recover a downed American airman\nFor Subscribers\nTrump is trying to build a massive voter database. Election officials are afraid of what he’ll do with it\nMissing service member rescued by US forces after jet downed in Iran, Trump announces\nHow Pam Bondi lost her job\nTrump threatens schools’ federal funding in new order aimed at stabilizing college sports\nTrump signs memo directing DHS to pay all workers amid shutdown\n‘This is a recalibration’: Trump Cabinet worries no one is safe after Bondi and Noem firings\nDowned jets puncture Trump’s and Hegseth’s claims of air invulnerability\nTrump’s DOJ tells Trump he can hold onto government docs when he leaves office, contrary to Watergate-era law\nTrump wants $152 million to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz as a secure prison\nMarkwayne Mullin has started making policy changes at DHS. Some GOP lawmakers want him to do more\nNYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans an April rally to mark his first 100 days in office\nExclusive: Justice Samuel Alito was taken to a hospital last month in previously undisclosed incident\nUS fighter jet shot down over Iran, 1 of 2 crew members rescued, US sources say\nWhite House seeks massive increase in defense spending and looks to slash housing, social services and health care","attrs_markdown":"Thank You\\!\n\nYour effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much appreciated.\n\nClose\n\nAd Feedback\n\n[Politics](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics)\n\n[Elections 2026](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2026)\n\n[Trump](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/president-donald-trump-47)\n\n[Facts First](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/fact-check)\n\n[CNN Polls](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/polling)\n\n[Redistricting Tracker](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/state-redistricting-maps-vis\/index.html)\n\n[Epstein Files](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/epstein-files)\n\n[More]()\n\n[Elections 2026](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2026)   [Trump](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/president-donald-trump-47)   [Facts First](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/fact-check)   [CNN Polls](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/polling)   [Redistricting Tracker](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/state-redistricting-maps-vis\/index.html)   [Epstein Files](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/epstein-files)\n\n[Watch](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/watch)   [Listen](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/audio)\n\nSubscribe\n\nSign in\n\nMy Account\n\n- [Settings](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/account\/settings)\n- [Newsletters](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters)\n- [Topics you follow](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/follow?iid=fw_var-nav)\n- [Sign out](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics)\n\nYour CNN account Sign in to your CNN account\n***\nSign in\n\nMy Account\n\n- [Settings](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/account\/settings)\n- [Newsletters](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters)\n- [Topics you follow](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/follow?iid=fw_var-nav)\n- [Sign out](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics)\n\nYour CNN account Sign in to your CNN account\n***\n[Listen](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/audio)   [Watch](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/watch)\n***\nEdition\n\n[US](https:\/\/us.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n\n[International](https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n\n[Arabic](https:\/\/arabic.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n\n[Español](https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n\nEdition\n\n- [US](https:\/\/us.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n- [International](https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n- [Arabic](https:\/\/arabic.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n- [Español](https:\/\/cnnespanol.cnn.com\/?hpt=header_edition-picker)\n***\n[Elections 2026](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2026)\n\n[Trump](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/president-donald-trump-47)\n\n[Facts First](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/fact-check)\n\n[CNN Polls](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/polling)\n\n[Redistricting Tracker](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/state-redistricting-maps-vis\/index.html)\n\n[Epstein Files](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/epstein-files)\n***\nFollow CNN Politics\n\nDownload the CNN App\n***\n\n- [US](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us)\n  - 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L. Louise Lucas talks about redistricting at her office in her hometown of Portsmouth, Virginia, on Wednesday, April 1. “I wake up every morning with a mission,” she said.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/01-01-260401-cvh-politics-louiselucas-04012026-0017-20260403205652606.jpg?c=2x3&q=h_384,w_256,c_fill) • For Subscribers Carolyn Van Houten for CNN](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/06\/politics\/virginia-redistricting-louise-lucas-democrats-republicans)\n  [For Subscribersby Fredreka Schouten How a trash-talking, meme-posting great-grandmother pulled Virginia into a fight that could define the midterms](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/06\/politics\/virginia-redistricting-louise-lucas-democrats-republicans)\n- [![Rep. 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Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 6, 2026.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2269545357.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_438,w_780,c_fill) Kent Nishimura\/AFP\/Getty Images](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/06\/politics\/hegseth-trump-iran-war-easter-christianity-analysis)\n  [Trump and Hegseth on Iran war: ‘God is good’](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/06\/politics\/hegseth-trump-iran-war-easter-christianity-analysis)\n- [![U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2026.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2026-04-02t015626z-750291782-rc2pgkaxpgx7-rtrmadp-3-iran-crisis-trump-address-20260402030301157.JPG?c=2x3&q=h_384,w_256,c_fill) • For Subscribers Alex Brandon\/Reuters](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/02\/politics\/trump-speech-iran-war-oil-prices-analysis)\n  [For Subscribersby Stephen Collinson Trump makes his best case for the war — but fails to ease worries about how it will end](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/02\/politics\/trump-speech-iran-war-oil-prices-analysis)\n- [![President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday, March 31, in Washington, DC, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listens.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap26090792668323-20260331224200510.jpg?c=2x3&q=h_384,w_256,c_fill) • For Subscribers Alex Brandon\/AP](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/01\/politics\/trump-iran-strait-of-hormuz-nato-allies-analysis)\n  [For Subscribersby Stephen Collinson Trump might end his war — but the rest of the world may pay the price](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/01\/politics\/trump-iran-strait-of-hormuz-nato-allies-analysis)\n- [![An F\/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron 37, lands on the flight deck of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, while operating in support of Operation Epic Fury in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, on March 2.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/9546221.jpg?c=2x3&q=h_384,w_256,c_fill) • For Subscribers US Navy](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/03\/31\/politics\/trump-iran-israel-war-strait-of-hormuz-analysis)\n  [For Subscribersby Stephen Collinson Why America’s hard-power military might isn’t ending the Iran war](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/03\/31\/politics\/trump-iran-israel-war-strait-of-hormuz-analysis)\n- [![Journalists work at the site of a car repair shop and dealership damaged by a strike amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, on March 28.](https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2026-03-28t111801z-2006348572-rc2ldkau2d4o-rtrmadp-3-iran-crisis-aftermath.JPG?c=2x3&q=h_384,w_256,c_fill) Majid Asgaripour\/West Asia News 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now](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/04\/politics\/voter-regret-trump-2024)\n- [For Subscribers From ERs to courtrooms, Trump’s warning that pregnant women shouldn’t take Tylenol is causing shockwaves](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/06\/politics\/trump-tylenol-pregnancy-autism)\n- [Voters in Georgia have moved on from Marjorie Taylor Greene. On Tuesday, they finally fill her seat](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/06\/politics\/georgia-special-election-marjorie-taylor-greene-shawn-harris-clay-fuller)\n- [Trump endorses Republican Steve Hilton in California governor’s race](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/06\/politics\/steve-hilton-trump-endorsement-california-hnk)\n- [Inside the mission to recover a downed American airman](https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/05\/politics\/american-airman-rescue-mission-trump-iran)\n- [For Subscribers Trump is trying to build a massive voter database. 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