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1. Shard Calculation

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Response:

Calculated Shard: 79 (from laksa081)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa079.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.texastribune.org/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.texastribune.org/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

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Give today to support the reporting that keeps Texans informed.\nAlfredo Palacios\nEli Hartman\/The Texas Tribune\nThe Best of the Tribune in your Inbox\nThe Y’all is a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies that define the state of Texas. Produced by Texas Tribune journalists embedded in communities across the state.\nGabriel V. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune\nMaria Crane\/The Texas Tribune\nBrenda Bazán for The Texas Tribune\nJoel Angel Juarez for The Texas Tribune\nKaylee Greenlee for the Texas Tribune\nRonaldo Bolaños\/The Texas Tribune\nSomething went wrong. Please refresh the page and\/or try again.","attrs_markdown":"![](https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tribune-Logo-Color-Horizontal-1024x113.png)\n\n## You came here for Texas news.\nNever miss a story with The Brief, our free newsletter.\n\n![](https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Tribune-Member-Logo-YellowBlack-Horizontal.png)\n\n## Texans need truth. 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in Texas’ social studies rewrite](https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/04\/10\/texas-education-board-social-studies-overhaul-initial-approval\/)\nby [Jaden Edison](https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/author\/jaden-edison\/)\n\nApril 10, 2026\n\n[![Trump’s DOJ will move forward with Colony Ridge settlement despite concerns from judge](https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texastribune.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026324_COLONY-RIDGE-DOJ-SETTLEMENT_LP_587_maxHeight_3000_maxWidth_3000-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&quality=89&ssl=1)](https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/04\/10\/colony-ridge-settlement-doj-court-hearing\/)\n\nLexi Parra for The Texas Tribune and ProPublica\n\n[Investigations](https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/series\/investigations\/)\n\n## [Trump’s DOJ will move forward with Colony Ridge settlement despite concerns from judge](https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/04\/10\/colony-ridge-settlement-doj-court-hearing\/)\nBy [Zach 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Before recent changes, the proposal’s length, lack of diversity and Christian focus received criticism.\n\nby [Jaden Edison](https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/author\/jaden-edison\/)\n\nApril 9, 2026\n\nApril 10, 2026\n\n[![Texas’ highest criminal court overturns sentence of inmate who has been on death row for 47 years](https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texastribune.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20200820-Huntsville-Jail-MF-08.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&quality=89&ssl=1)](https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/04\/09\/texas-death-row-clarence-curtis-jordan-sentence-overturn-harris-county\/)\n\nMark Felix for The Texas Tribune\n\n## [Texas’ highest criminal court overturns sentence of inmate who has been on death row for 47 years](https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/04\/09\/texas-death-row-clarence-curtis-jordan-sentence-overturn-harris-county\/)\nClarence Curtis Jordan’s attorney said the intellectually disabled man didn’t have a lawyer to work on his behalf for nearly four decades.\n\nby [Alex 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