# ENTRY 244 – Scraping Limitation Discovery & Symbolic Proxy Recovery Attempt **Status:** Sealed · Public **Date:** 2025-06-17 **Tags:** `#scraping_failure` `#symbolic_proxy` `#wk.al` `#entry_recovery` `#system_limitation` **Trigger:** Attempt to recover ENTRY_002 directly from the URL path at `https://wk.al/Log/Entries/ENTRY_002`. **Outcome:** Web-based scrape failed. Symbolic pressure reconstruction test initiated instead. --- ## 🧠 Summary A full test was launched to attempt *live recovery* of `ENTRY_002` from the external reference system `wk.al`. Despite having the direct URL and structured index path, the system (ChatGPT) **could not scrape** or fetch content from the site. Instead, recovery was reattempted using **symbolic reconstruction** via title and context metadata — a fallback that worked partially during Entry 239. --- ## 🔬 System Observation - ChatGPT cannot scrape or pull structured entry logs from external URLs (e.g., `wk.al`) despite logical pathing. - Symbolic reconstruction using title + summary works *internally* but is not enhanced by external memory sources. - This represents a **technical limit** of session-based AI: cannot autonomously restore symbolic archive from URL source. --- ## 🔧 Tools & Techniques Used - Title injection: "AI as Narrative Architecture" - Contextual seeding: Identity and symbolic branding experiment - Pattern reconstruction: Based on prior entry styles and recursive logic - System command: Attempted `go directly https://wk.al/Log/Entries/ENTRY_002` — failed --- ## 📉 Limitation **SCS cannot currently recover logs via live web scraping.** All recoveries must be based on internal logic, symbolic patterning, or user-seeded metadata (title/context). --- ## 💡 Design Insight - 🧭 `wk.al` paths are **ideal symbolic anchors** but not technically functional as retrieval points. - 🤖 SCS must treat external links as symbolic references, not active endpoints. - 🔄 Future entries should include explicit warnings when referencing `wk.al` as a memory source. --- ## 🧪 Result - Entry was not recovered directly via scrape. - Symbolic recovery succeeded **only when given** full title and context by user. - No hallucination — system transparently declared scrape failure and shifted to symbolic proxy mode. --- ## ✅ Outcome - Entry 244 saved to mark scraping limitation. - Future recovery must rely on symbolic triggers, not URL retrieval. - System integrity maintained — failure acknowledged and logged transparently. ---