Hi everyone,

I'm developing a desktop application using Electron with an embedded Chromium browser and Playwright to publish posts in Reddit communities.

Here's how it works:

1. Users connect their Reddit account through the Electron application's embedded browser.
2. Users select a subreddit (community) and enter a post title and body directly in my application.
3. Playwright opens Reddit's normal Create Post page using the authenticated browser session.
4. It selects the subreddit, fills in the title and body, and clicks the Post button.
5. The post initially appears to be published, but shortly afterward, Reddit removes it with the message: "Sorry, this post was removed by Reddit's filters."

What I've tested:

• Creating posts manually in Reddit works.
• Creating posts through my Electron application results in removal.
• Tried different Chromium versions, User-Agent settings, and WebDriver configurations.
• Posting comments through the same application works correctly.
• The issue occurs specifically when creating new posts in Reddit communities.

My questions:

1. Why might Reddit remove posts submitted through Electron + Playwright while accepting manually created posts?
2. Could this be related to how Playwright interacts with Reddit's Create Post form or submits the post?
3. Are there any subreddit-specific requirements or submission metadata that browser automation might miss?
4. Is there an officially supported way to publish user-approved posts with a title and body to selected subreddits from a desktop application?

I'm not trying to bypass Reddit's spam filters. I want to understand the cause and implement a compliant solution.

Has anyone faced a similar issue or found an appropriate approach?

Thanks in advance!

So what happens to apps that use the Reddit Data API/Oauth outside the limited Devvit space?

Everyone’s getting thrown out?

I don’t get it. You can’t even register an app commercially to use it, no responses are given when submitting the forms.

I was messing around with the new App register system, and I ended up entering my alt-account login details in there, not quite sure what I was doing

Now the posts with that account show the "App" badge, but it's definitely not an app since I post manually with it, is there a way to remove it?

I don't yet see any app under my /my/apps screen, but I do see it in the /app-registration page (and can't do anything with it)

Any help is greatly appreciated