diff --git a/src/crawler.ts b/src/crawler.ts
index 61c7516f3..d992e17d8 100644
--- a/src/crawler.ts
+++ b/src/crawler.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import {
   ExitCodes,
   InterruptReason,
   BxFunctionBindings,
+  SEED_REDIRECT_ADD_DELAY,
 } from "./util/constants.js";
 
 import { AdBlockRules, BlockRuleDecl, BlockRules } from "./util/blockrules.js";
@@ -592,7 +593,14 @@ export class Crawler {
   extraChromeArgs() {
     const args = [];
     if (this.params.lang) {
-      args.push(`--accept-lang=${this.params.lang}`);
+      if (this.params.profile) {
+        logger.warn(
+          "Ignoring --lang option with profile, using language configured in the profile",
+          { lang: this.params.lang },
+        );
+      } else {
+        args.push(`--accept-lang=${this.params.lang}`);
+      }
     }
     return args;
   }
@@ -2123,6 +2131,8 @@ self.__bx_behaviors.selectMainBehavior();
 
     const respUrl = resp.url().split("#")[0];
     const isChromeError = page.url().startsWith("chrome-error://");
+    let thisPageDelay = 0;
+    let originalSeedId = null;
 
     if (
       depth === 0 &&
@@ -2131,6 +2141,7 @@ self.__bx_behaviors.selectMainBehavior();
       respUrl + "/" !== url &&
       !downloadResponse
     ) {
+      originalSeedId = data.seedId;
       data.seedId = await this.crawlState.addExtraSeed(
         this.seeds,
         this.numOriginalSeeds,
@@ -2142,6 +2153,7 @@ self.__bx_behaviors.selectMainBehavior();
         newUrl: respUrl,
         seedId: data.seedId,
       });
+      thisPageDelay = SEED_REDIRECT_ADD_DELAY;
     }
 
     const status = resp.status();
@@ -2228,7 +2240,7 @@ self.__bx_behaviors.selectMainBehavior();
 
     await this.netIdle(page, logDetails);
 
-    await this.awaitPageLoad(page.mainFrame(), logDetails);
+    await this.awaitPageLoad(page.mainFrame(), thisPageDelay, logDetails);
 
     // skip extraction if at max depth
     if (seed.isAtMaxDepth(depth, extraHops)) {
@@ -2242,6 +2254,27 @@ self.__bx_behaviors.selectMainBehavior();
       "links",
     );
 
+    const pageUrl = page.url().split("#")[0];
+
+    if (depth === 0 && respUrl !== urlNoHash) {
+      if (pageUrl === urlNoHash && originalSeedId !== null) {
+        logger.info("Seed page redirected back to original seed", { pageUrl });
+        data.seedId = originalSeedId;
+      } else {
+        data.seedId = await this.crawlState.addExtraSeed(
+          this.seeds,
+          this.numOriginalSeeds,
+          data.seedId,
+          pageUrl,
+        );
+        logger.info("Seed page redirected, adding redirected seed", {
+          origUrl: respUrl,
+          newUrl: pageUrl,
+          seedId: data.seedId,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
     await this.extractLinks(page, data, this.params.selectLinks, logDetails);
   }
 
@@ -2263,7 +2296,7 @@ self.__bx_behaviors.selectMainBehavior();
     }
   }
 
-  async awaitPageLoad(frame: Frame, logDetails: LogDetails) {
+  async awaitPageLoad(frame: Frame, tempDelay: number, logDetails: LogDetails) {
     if (this.params.behaviorOpts) {
       try {
         await timedRun(
@@ -2279,11 +2312,13 @@ self.__bx_behaviors.selectMainBehavior();
       }
     }
 
-    if (this.params.postLoadDelay) {
+    const delay = tempDelay + this.params.postLoadDelay;
+
+    if (delay) {
       logger.info("Awaiting post load delay", {
-        seconds: this.params.postLoadDelay,
+        seconds: delay,
       });
-      await sleep(this.params.postLoadDelay);
+      await sleep(delay);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/replaycrawler.ts b/src/replaycrawler.ts
index 75abfc4ef..aa50a6cfd 100644
--- a/src/replaycrawler.ts
+++ b/src/replaycrawler.ts
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ export class ReplayCrawler extends Crawler {
     // optionally reload (todo: reevaluate if this is needed)
     // await page.reload();
 
-    await this.awaitPageLoad(replayFrame, logDetails);
+    await this.awaitPageLoad(replayFrame, 0, logDetails);
 
     data.isHTMLPage = true;
 
diff --git a/src/util/constants.ts b/src/util/constants.ts
index 0f75df739..a2d4eab78 100644
--- a/src/util/constants.ts
+++ b/src/util/constants.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES = 2;
 export const FETCH_HEADERS_TIMEOUT_SECS = 30;
 export const PAGE_OP_TIMEOUT_SECS = 5;
 export const SITEMAP_INITIAL_FETCH_TIMEOUT_SECS = 30;
+export const SEED_REDIRECT_ADD_DELAY = 20;
 
 export type ExtractSelector = {
   selector: string;
diff --git a/src/util/recorder.ts b/src/util/recorder.ts
index bbaffa436..699db6a8f 100644
--- a/src/util/recorder.ts
+++ b/src/util/recorder.ts
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ export class Recorder extends EventEmitter {
       return;
     }
 
-    this.serializeToWARC(reqresp).catch((e) =>
+    this.serializeToWARC(reqresp, true).catch((e) =>
       logger.warn("Error Serializing to WARC", e, "recorder"),
     );
   }
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ export class Recorder extends EventEmitter {
     return reqresp;
   }
 
-  async serializeToWARC(reqresp: RequestResponseInfo) {
+  async serializeToWARC(reqresp: RequestResponseInfo, fromFinished = false) {
     // always include in pageinfo record if going to serialize to WARC
     // even if serialization does not happen
     this.addPageRecord(reqresp);
@@ -1371,6 +1371,15 @@ export class Recorder extends EventEmitter {
     const requestRecord = createRequest(reqresp, responseRecord, this.pageid);
 
     this.writer.writeRecordPair(responseRecord, requestRecord);
+
+    // edge case: from finished response load, and page response and no mime type or status != 200, possibly a captcha/sso page
+    // allow it to be captured again
+    if (
+      (fromFinished && url === this.pageUrl && !reqresp.getMimeType()) ||
+      status !== 200
+    ) {
+      await this.crawlState.removeDupe(WRITE_DUPE_KEY, url, status);
+    }
   }
 
   async directFetchCapture({
@@ -1404,7 +1413,7 @@ export class Recorder extends EventEmitter {
         mime = ct.split(";")[0];
       }
 
-      const result = !isHTMLMime(mime);
+      const result = !!mime && !isHTMLMime(mime);
 
       if (result) {
         logger.info(