gallery-dl/.planning/phases/06-auth-cli/06-02-SUMMARY.md

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phase	plan	subsystem	tags	requires	provides	affects	tech-stack	key-files	key-decisions	patterns-established	duration	completed
06-auth-cli	02	auth	browser-cookies firefox chrome sqlite rusqlite	phase provides 06-auth-cli Cookie file parsing from plan 06-01	Browser cookie extraction from Firefox and Chrome profiles extract_browser_cookies(), extract_firefox_cookies(), extract_chrome_cookies() Profile detection for Firefox and Chrome	authentication CLI	added patterns tempfile for safe database copying SQLite cookie database extraction cross-platform profile detection	created modified src/auth/browser.rs src/auth/mod.rs Cargo.toml	Used tempfile to copy browser databases before reading to avoid locking Handle encrypted Chrome cookies gracefully with warning logs	Browser profile detection follows platform conventions (~/.mozilla/firefox, ~/.config/google-chrome) SQLite queries use domain filtering via LIKE patterns	7 min	2026-02-16T09:13:10Z

Phase 6: Auth & CLI Summary

Browser cookie extraction from Firefox and Chrome SQLite databases

Performance

• Duration: 7 min
• Started: 2026-02-16T09:06:10Z
• Completed: 2026-02-16T09:13:10Z
• Tasks: 2
• Files modified: 4

Accomplishments

• Created browser cookie extraction module supporting Firefox and Chrome
• Profile detection finds default Firefox/Chrome profiles automatically
• Cookie extraction reads from SQLite databases without locking issues
• Handles encrypted Chrome cookies gracefully with warning logs

Task Commits

Each task was committed atomically:

1. Task 1: Create browser extraction module - 43f1f8d8 (feat)
2. Task 2: Export browser functions in auth module - e463d174 (feat)

Fix commit: e9650c23 (fix) - borrow checker and Chrome extraction fix

Plan metadata: (to be committed)

Files Created/Modified

• src/auth/browser.rs - Browser cookie extraction (NEW)
• src/auth/mod.rs - Exports browser functions
• Cargo.toml - Added tempfile dependency

Decisions Made

• Used tempfile to copy browser databases before reading to avoid locking
• Handle encrypted Chrome cookies gracefully with warning logs

Deviations from Plan

None - plan executed exactly as written.

Issues Encountered

• Rule 3 (Blocking): temp crate was only in dev-dependencies - added to regular dependencies
• Rust borrow checker issue with match arms - restructured code to fix

User Setup Required

None - no external service configuration required.

Next Phase Readiness

• Ready for next auth-CLI plan (Plan 06-03)
• Browser cookie extraction integrated with auth module

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Phase: 06-auth-cli Completed: 2026-02-16

Self-Check: PASSED

• src/auth/browser.rs exists (12114 bytes)
• src/auth/mod.rs exists (602 bytes)
• Commits present: 43f1f8d8, e463d174, e9650c23, da8f4fe1
• All 145 library tests pass