Fix HMF (Hammersmith and Fulham) scraper#424
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…AF bypass democracy.lbhf.gov.uk is fronted by Azure CDN and returns HTTP 403 to wreq's Firefox133 TLS fingerprint (confirmed: x-azure-ref headers in response). This WAF configuration started blocking wreq on 2026-07-07. Playwright's headless Chromium uses Chrome's TLS fingerprint, which passes the Azure WAF, allowing the ModGov XML endpoint to be reached. Same pattern as other recently fixed councils (COV, GED, STR, etc.).
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What broke
democracy.lbhf.gov.ukis fronted by Azure CDN. The WAF started returning HTTP 403 to wreq's Firefox133 TLS fingerprint on 2026-07-07 (confirmed:curl -sIreturnsHTTP/2 403withx-azure-refandx-cache: CONFIG_NOCACHEheaders). The server was working previously — the WAF configuration changed, or a fingerprint rule was tightened. Same Azure WAF blocking pattern as COV (#415), GED (#417), STR (#418), and others fixed recently.What was fixed
councillors.py: addedhttp_lib = "playwright"— headless Chromium's Chrome TLS fingerprint passes the Azure WAF, allowing the ModGov XML endpoint to be reachedScrape results
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