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Freshness

Profile refresh methodology

Refresh frequency follows user value, change likelihood, failure history, and a fixed infrastructure budget.

Refresh tiers

New candidates are validated promptly. High-traffic profiles are targeted every 3–7 days, regular profiles around every 30 days, and cold profiles every 90–180 days. Failed or deleted profiles use exponential backoff.

Change control

Response fingerprints reduce unnecessary writes and image downloads. New direct observations may replace current display values. A current observation record is not a complete change history; a longitudinal study requires separately preserved, comparable snapshots.

Limitations

Public data can change between refreshes, and platform access can fail. A displayed freshness date describes our observation, not the time a creator changed an offer. Refresh intervals are targets, not guarantees; visitors should confirm prices and offers on the official creator page.