LinkedIn hides Connect under More menu for 3rd-degree profiles
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When driving LinkedIn via browser automation, the Connect button only renders inline on the profile header for 2nd-degree contacts. For 3rd-degree it is absent from the page and sits inside the More (...) overflow menu beside Message/Follow — so automation that looks for a visible Connect button fails on exactly the cold contacts it was written for. Check the degree badge next to the name first and open the More menu directly. Also: a profile vanity URL is derivable from any post URL — linkedin.com/posts/<slug>_<text>-activity-<id> gives linkedin.com/in/<slug> — which pins identity exactly instead of name-searching and risking the wrong person. The invite note is a two-step modal (Add a note, then Send) with a 300-char cap.