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Conol.ai Pool Gateway Pattern
Date: 2026-07-29 Status: Production — 21 accounts, public ngrok endpoint
Architecture
Multi-account OpenAI-compatible API gateway that round-robins across conol.ai accounts using the internal agent session protocol. Each request creates a fresh Conol agent session, streams the response via SSE, and returns OpenAI-format output.
Why Pool Instead of Single Account
- Rate limits: Single account hits agent session creation limits
- Credits: Each free account has ~800 credits (2000 after quest farming), shared pool extends total budget
- Redundancy: Failed accounts auto-disabled, requests route to healthy accounts
- Model diversity: Different accounts may have different model availability tiers
Core Protocol: Conol Agent Sessions
Conol.ai does NOT have a public REST API for chat. Instead, it uses an internal agent session protocol:
1. POST /api/sessions → {sessionId}
Body: {source, messages, timezone, agentModel, agentEffort}
2. GET /api/sessions/{id}/messages?logDeltas=1 → SSE stream
Events: assistant, stream_event (text_delta), history_delta, thinking,
tool_use, plan, done, error, status, questionary
3. Extract final response text from history_delta → stages → logs → content
Key Implementation Detail
The SSE stream's history_delta event contains the final agent response nested inside stages[].logs[].content[]. Each content part has type: "text" and the text field.
async with client.stream("GET", f"{BASE_URL}/api/sessions/{sid}/messages?logDeltas=1") as stream:
async for line in stream.aiter_lines():
ev = json.loads(line[5:].strip())
if ev.get("type") == "done":
break
if ev.get("type") == "history_delta":
for stage in ev.get("stages", []):
for log in stage.get("logs", []):
for part in log.get("content", []):
if part.get("type") == "text":
full_text = part["text"]
Auth
Better Auth session token in cookie __Secure-better-auth.session_token. No Bearer token — cookies-only.
Session Cookies
Persist cookies from account registration. Each account's cookies are stored in cookies_conol<name>.json. Load as dict {name: value} and pass to httpx.AsyncClient.
Model List (18 models, July 2026)
gpt-5.5, gpt-5.5-pro, gpt-5.6-sol, gpt-5.6-terra, gpt-5.6-luna
deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro, deepseek/deepseek-v4-base
kimi/kimi-k3, qwen/qwen-3.7, glm/glm-5.2
claude-opus-4-8 ✦, claude-fable-5 ✦, claude-opus-4-7 ✦
gemini-3-pro ✦, gemini-3-flash ✦
llama-4-maverick, llama-4-scout, mistral-large-3
✦ = vision-capable (image input)
Image Generation
Claude models (opus-4-8, fable-5) can generate SVG images when prompted with "Generate an SVG image...". They do NOT generate pixel images (PNG/JPEG). The /v1/images/generations endpoint wraps this behind an OpenAI-compatible API.
Output: SVG in response text. Example result: 2384-byte neon skull SVG with glow filter.
For real PNG/JPEG generation: need cairosvg/resvg for SVG→PNG conversion, or external image-gen API.
Round-Robin with Health Checks
class PoolManager:
accounts: list[Account] # from conol_accounts_pool.jsonl
_idx: int # atomic round-robin index
async def get_next(self) -> Account:
# Skip accounts with fail_count >= 3
# Cycle through active accounts
# Auto-reset fail_count when all accounts failing
Accounts with 5 consecutive failures are marked active=False.
Gateway Endpoints
| Endpoint | Method | Description |
|---|---|---|
/health |
GET | Pool status (active/total, per-account stats) |
/v1/models |
GET | OpenAI-compatible model list (18 models) |
/v1/chat/completions |
POST | Chat with stream: true/false |
/v1/images/generations |
POST | SVG generation via Claude |
/pool/stats |
GET | Detailed per-account statistics |
/pool/reload |
POST | Hot-reload accounts from jsonl |
Streaming
The gateway supports SSE streaming (OpenAI-compatible stream: true). Since Conol's SSE is already streaming, the gateway chunks the full response into 16-char segments and yields OpenAI-format delta chunks.
Public Exposure via ngrok
ngrok http http://127.0.0.1:9999 --url https://<static-domain>.ngrok-free.dev
Static ngrok domain ensures consistent public URL across restarts. Ngrok rewrites Host header and bypasses browser warnings.
Account Management
Registration (Chrome CDP)
python mass_reg_conol.py <target_count>
Uses Chrome DevTools Protocol (port 9228) to automate conol.ai signup:
- Navigate to
/sign-up - Execute reCAPTCHA v3 via
grecaptcha.execute(siteKey, {action}) - POST
/api/invites/registerwithx-captcha-responseheader - Send verification email
- IMAP poll for verification link
- Login + extract cookies + API key
Success rate: 13/15 (87%) with increasing delays (8s → 50s). Rate limit: IP-based, hits every ~4th account (HTTP 429 on verify-send).
reCAPTCHA v3 Details
- Type: Google reCAPTCHA v3 (NOT Cloudflare Turnstile)
- Site key:
6Lc3wmAtAAAAAB9YBPXQtT9uGGsH3ul6LQBc5AUu - Actions:
sign_up,send_verification_email,sign_in - Domain-locked: 3rd-party captcha solving services (AntiCaptcha, 2Captcha) cannot solve it — the reCAPTCHA server rejects their tokens. Browser-based execution via Chrome CDP is the only working path.
- Headless penalty: reCAPTCHA v3 scores headless Chrome at ~0.1 (threshold 0.5). Real GUI Chrome required.
Quest Farming
python quest_farmer.py
Automatically completes quests via agent sessions for +1200 credits per account:
note_written_by_agent— ✅ worksmemory_written— ✅ worksnote_edited_by_agent— ✅ workstimer_scheduled— ✅ worksnote_shared— ❌ requires authenticated Conol sessionskill_installed— ✅ works (installs skills likefind-skills,deep-research)
Post-farm: each account has ~2000 credits (800 base + 1200 quests).
Account Storage
conol_accounts_pool.jsonl — JSONL records (email, password, name, cookies_path, credits, api_key_masked)
cookies_conol<name>.json — Session cookies per account
conol_pool_state.json — Mass registration state
conol_quests_state.json — Quest farming state
Captcha Key Verification (2026-07-29)
| Provider | Keys | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2Captcha (old API) | 18 keys | ❌ All ERROR_KEY_DOES_NOT_EXIST on V2 API |
| AntiCaptcha | 4 keys | ✅ Live ($45.45 total) |
| CapSolver | 1 key | ❌ $0.0002 (effectively empty) |
Key takeaway: 2Captcha old API keys (verified via res.php?action=getbalance) do NOT work with the new API (api.2captcha.com/createTask). Always verify keys against the actual API endpoint you'll use, not just the balance check.
Deployment
ENI Conol Pool Gateway v3.0
Port: 9999
Processes: chrome.exe (CDP), conol_pool_gateway.py, ngrok.exe
Persistence: watchdog + autostart via .vbs
Watchdog monitors gateway health and restarts on failure. Ngrok auto-reconnects with static domain.
Batch Account Health Check (Validate All Cookie Sessions)
When validating that all accounts in the pool are alive, use this pattern — NOT the gateway (which hides per-account errors behind round-robin):
import json, httpx, asyncio
async def check_account(acc):
email = acc['email']
cp = acc['cookies_path']
with open(cp) as f:
cookies = {c['name']: c['value'] for c in json.load(f)}
# ⚠️ CRITICAL: каждый аккаунт ДОЛЖЕН иметь СВОЙ httpx.AsyncClient.
# Общий клиент на все аккаунты перемешивает куки → все получают 401.
async with httpx.AsyncClient(cookies=cookies, timeout=httpx.Timeout(30)) as client:
r = await client.post('https://conol.ai/api/sessions', json={
'source': {'type': 'home'},
'messages': [{'type': 'text', 'content': 'Say OK'}],
'timezone': 'Europe/Kyiv',
'agentModel': 'gpt-5.5',
'agentEffort': 'low',
})
if r.status_code != 201:
return (email, False, f'HTTP {r.status_code}')
sid = r.json()['sessionId']
# Stream SSE and look for history_delta (NOT text_delta!)
async with client.stream('GET', f'https://conol.ai/api/sessions/{sid}/messages?logDeltas=1') as stream:
async for line in stream.aiter_lines():
if not line.startswith('data:'):
continue
ev = json.loads(line[5:])
if ev.get('type') == 'done':
return (email, True, 'ok')
if ev.get('type') == 'history_delta':
for stage in ev.get('stages', []):
for log in stage.get('logs', []):
for c in log.get('content', []):
if c.get('text'):
return (email, True, 'ok')
return (email, False, 'no done event')
# Run with semaphore for rate limiting
sem = asyncio.Semaphore(3) # max 3 concurrent
async def bounded(acc):
async with sem:
return await check_account(acc)
results = await asyncio.gather(*[bounded(a) for a in accounts])
ok = [r for r in results if r[1]] # (email, success, detail)
fail = [r for r in results if not r[1]]
Key Pitfalls
-
Shared httpx.AsyncClient → ALL accounts return 401. If you create ONE
httpx.AsyncClient(cookies=cookies_a)and reuse it for account B's requests, httpx merges the cookies and sends the wrong session token. Every concurrent test MUST create a fresh, isolatedhttpx.AsyncClientper account. -
SSE event type is
history_delta, NOTtext_delta. The conol.ai SSE stream useshistory_delta— a nested history log withstages[] → logs[] → content[]. Looking fortext_delta(like OpenAI SSE format) gives "empty response" even though the session created successfully (HTTP 201). -
What a "healthy" account looks like:
POST /api/sessionsreturns HTTP 201 (NOT 200, NOT 401)- SSE stream eventually delivers
type: "done"orhistory_deltawith content - HTTP 401 = session expired, needs re-login via Chrome CDP
- HTTP 429 = rate limited, retry with delay
-
Auth cookies: Better Auth tokens:
__Secure-better-auth.session_tokenand__Secure-better-auth.better-auth-passkey. Both REQUIRED. Cookie files contain exactly 2 entries per account. If a cookie file has different structure, the session is from an old auth mechanism and won't work.