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lobstr.io sends email notifications to the address tied to your lobstr.io account. There are two kinds:
  • Run notifications — optional alerts when a Squid run finishes. You turn these on per Squid.
  • Account alerts — automatic emails when a synced account needs attention, such as when its cookies expire. Always on, nothing to configure.

Run notifications

Run notifications email you when a Squid run finishes. They apply to both manual and scheduled runs. You pick one of three options:
  • None — no email is sent (default).
  • On success — email sent when a run completes successfully.
  • On error — email sent when a run fails or stops because of an error.
You can only pick one option at a time — success or error, not both.

Enable run notifications

1

Open Squid Settings

Navigate to your Squid and click Settings.
2

Go to Notifications

Open the Notifications section.
3

Choose an option

Select None, On success, or On error, then click Save.
Run notifications are per-Squid — configure them individually on each Squid you want alerts for.

Account alerts

Some emails are sent automatically — you don’t set these up, and there’s no toggle. The most common is the cookies-expired alert. When a synced account’s login cookies expire, lobstr.io emails you right away so you can fix it before more runs stall. Any scrapers using that account are paused until you re-sync it.
Cookies-expired email alert showing the platform, account, status, and a Manage Accounts button
The email tells you exactly which account needs attention:
  • Platform — the synced platform the account belongs to (e.g. Facebook, Sales Navigator, Leboncoin, X).
  • Account — the specific account whose cookies expired.
  • StatusCookies Expired.
  • A Manage Accounts button that takes you straight to your Accounts page to re-sync.
To resume your runs, refresh the expired cookies by re-syncing the account. This alert is the email counterpart to the cookies_expired run stop reason.
Account alerts are automatic and always on — there’s nothing to enable. They go to your lobstr.io account email, the same address used for run notifications.