# EU4 3-failure switch phone run (2026-05-10)

## Request

BOSS asked to run the Europe set again with this policy:

```text
Each region switches to the next after 3 consecutive failures.
Total attempts: 10.
```

Country order:

```text
italy -> poland -> spain -> england
```

Expected schedule:

```text
Italy x3 -> Poland x3 -> Spain x3 -> UK x1
```

## Runner

```text
/tmp/phone_verify_eu4_3fail_switch_total10.py
```

Log:

```text
/tmp/phone_verify_eu4_3fail_switch_total10.log
```

## Result

Final phase:

```json
{"phase":"phone_failed_all","total_attempts":10,"order":["italy","poland","spain","england"],"rotation":"sequential_chunks_3_attempts","max_consecutive_failures_per_country":3}
```

No SMS was received. All activations were canceled.

## Per-country summary

| Attempts | Country | OpenAI selector gate | Activation IDs | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1-3 | Italy | `意大利 (+39)`, `IT` | `1006751549`, `1006752140`, `1006752704` | 5sim `RECEIVED`, `sms_count=0`; resend channel was WhatsApp; canceled. |
| 4-6 | Poland | `波兰 (+48)`, `PL` | `1006753330`, `1006753872`, `1006754409` | 5sim `RECEIVED`, `sms_count=0`; resend channel was WhatsApp; canceled. |
| 7-9 | Spain | `西班牙 (+34)`, `ES` | `1006755063`, `1006755710`, `1006756318` | 5sim `RECEIVED`, `sms_count=0`; resend channel was WhatsApp; canceled. |
| 10 | UK | `英国 (+44)`, `GB` | `1006756925` | 5sim `RECEIVED`, `sms_count=0`; resend channel was WhatsApp; canceled. |

## Important observations

1. The new stale-tab cleanup worked. Before most OAuth recoveries, the runner emitted:

```json
{"phase":"close_stale_oauth_tabs","reason":"before_oauth_recover","closed_count":1}
```

This prevented the previous tab pile-up problem.

2. Strict country/area-code gates worked for all tested regions:

- Italy: `IT` / `意大利 (+39)`
- Poland: `PL` / `波兰 (+48)`
- Spain: `ES` / `西班牙 (+34)`
- UK: `GB` / `英国 (+44)`

3. OpenAI repeatedly showed WhatsApp delivery/resend:

```text
重新发送 WhatsApp 消息
```

Under BOSS's SMS-only policy, the runner did not click WhatsApp resend; it canceled the 5sim SMS activation and rotated.

## Conclusion

For this account/session/proxy path, these Europe regions also did not produce SMS via 5sim `openai` activation:

```text
Italy +39
Poland +48
Spain +34
United Kingdom +44
```

The repeated WhatsApp resend signal suggests OpenAI is selecting WhatsApp delivery for these numbers/regions or risk state, so continuing to buy 5sim SMS-only numbers is unlikely to complete the phone verification unless the delivery channel changes or a different provider/number class is used.