fix(followers): fallback to legacy API

src/lib/twitter-client-users.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,79 @@ export function withUsers<TBase extends AbstractConstructor<TwitterClientBase>>(
       return Array.from(new Set([primary, 'kuFUYP9eV1FPoEy4N-pi7w']));
     }
 
+    private async getFollowersViaRest(userId: string, count: number): Promise<FollowingResult> {
+      const params = new URLSearchParams({
+        user_id: userId,
+        count: String(count),
+        skip_status: 'true',
+        include_user_entities: 'false',
+      });
+
+      const urls = [
+        `https://x.com/i/api/1.1/followers/list.json?${params.toString()}`,
+        `https://api.twitter.com/1.1/followers/list.json?${params.toString()}`,
+      ];
+
+      let lastError: string | undefined;
+
+      for (const url of urls) {
+        try {
+          const response = await this.fetchWithTimeout(url, {
+            method: 'GET',
+            headers: this.getHeaders(),
+          });
+
+          if (!response.ok) {
+            const text = await response.text();
+            lastError = `HTTP ${response.status}: ${text.slice(0, 200)}`;
+            continue;
+          }
+
+          const data = (await response.json()) as {
+            users?: Array<{
+              id_str?: string;
+              id?: string | number;
+              screen_name?: string;
+              name?: string;
+              description?: string;
+              followers_count?: number;
+              friends_count?: number;
+              verified?: boolean;
+              profile_image_url_https?: string;
+              created_at?: string;
+            }>;
+          };
+
+          const users = (data.users ?? [])
+            .map((u) => {
+              const id = typeof u.id_str === 'string' ? u.id_str : typeof u.id === 'number' ? String(u.id) : null;
+              const username = typeof u.screen_name === 'string' ? u.screen_name : null;
+              if (!id || !username) {
+                return null;
+              }
+              return {
+                id,
+                username,
+                name: typeof u.name === 'string' && u.name.length > 0 ? u.name : username,
+                description: typeof u.description === 'string' ? u.description : undefined,
+                followersCount: typeof u.followers_count === 'number' ? u.followers_count : undefined,
+                followingCount: typeof u.friends_count === 'number' ? u.friends_count : undefined,
+                isBlueVerified: typeof u.verified === 'boolean' ? u.verified : undefined,
+                profileImageUrl: typeof u.profile_image_url_https === 'string' ? u.profile_image_url_https : undefined,
+                createdAt: typeof u.created_at === 'string' ? u.created_at : undefined,
+              };
+            })
+            .filter((u) => u !== null);
+
+          return { success: true, users };
+        } catch (error) {
+          lastError = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+        }
+      }
+
+      return { success: false, error: lastError ?? 'Unknown error fetching followers' };
+    }
+
     /**
      * Fetch the account associated with the current cookies
      */
@@ -334,6 +407,14 @@ export function withUsers<TBase extends AbstractConstructor<TwitterClientBase>>(
         if (secondAttempt.success) {
           return { success: true, users: secondAttempt.users };
         }
+
+        // GraphQL Followers regularly returns 404 (queryId churn / endpoint flakiness).
+        // Fallback to the legacy 1.1 endpoint so the CLI stays useful.
+        const restAttempt = await this.getFollowersViaRest(userId, count);
+        if (restAttempt.success) {
+          return restAttempt;
+        }
+
         return { success: false, error: secondAttempt.error };
       }
 

tests/twitter-client.following-likes.test.ts

@@ -200,6 +200,46 @@ describe('TwitterClient following/followers', () => {
     expect(result.success).toBe(true);
     expect(mockFetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
   });
+
+  it('falls back to REST followers list after repeated 404s', async () => {
+    mockFetch
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ ok: false, status: 404, text: async () => 'nope' })
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ ok: false, status: 404, text: async () => 'still nope' })
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        ok: true,
+        status: 200,
+        json: async () => ({
+          users: [
+            {
+              id_str: '1',
+              screen_name: 'alpha',
+              name: 'Alpha',
+              description: 'bio-1',
+              followers_count: 10,
+              friends_count: 5,
+              verified: true,
+              profile_image_url_https: 'https://example.com/1.jpg',
+              created_at: '2024-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+            },
+          ],
+        }),
+      });
+
+    const client = new TwitterClient({ cookies: validCookies });
+    const clientPrivate = client as unknown as TwitterClient & { getFollowersQueryIds: () => Promise<string[]> };
+    clientPrivate.getFollowersQueryIds = async () => ['test'];
+
+    const result = await client.getFollowers('123', 1);
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.users?.[0].username).toBe('alpha');
+    expect(mockFetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+
+    const urls = mockFetch.mock.calls.map((call) => String(call[0]));
+    expect(urls[0]).toContain('/Followers?');
+    expect(urls[1]).toContain('/Followers?');
+    expect(urls[2]).toContain('/followers/list.json?');
+  });
 });
 
 describe('TwitterClient likes', () => {