Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by Moonchild » 2025-04-26, 15:23

jobbautista9 wrote:
2025-04-25, 11:41
https://precinctfinder.comelec.gov.ph/voter_precinct
The browser hangs when I click on a location (which loads the Turnstile widget at the bottom).
I actually looked into this a bit more... are you sure this is caused by the cloudflare box? to me it seems like problematic event handlers because it seems to preload the form contents just not showing it until you click, and "unhiding" the relevant version of the form with scripting is what seems to hang the browser (possibly recursive stuff looking at how it locks up) and not necessarily the captcha in that form...
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by adoxa » 2025-04-27, 07:10

jobbautista9 wrote:
2025-04-25, 11:41
Seeing lockup in my national election body's precinct finder website which uses Cloudflare: https://precinctfinder.comelec.gov.ph/voter_precinct

The browser hangs when I click on a location (which loads the Turnstile widget at the bottom).
This seems to be due to the way it inserts an input element, such that it doesn't show up. I was unable to overcome it automatically, but here's a manual workaround.
  1. Open the page;
  2. open the inspector;
  3. search for rv, which should select #rv-captcha, Enter twice to move to it;
  4. open it up, you should see <div></div>;
  5. edit that as HTML;
  6. add a space (just something to modify it);
  7. click away (or Ctrl-Enter), now the input element should show up;
  8. now you should be able to select your location.
Does anyone know how to get the ray ID in this situation?
View the source, you'll see the rayId at the bottom.

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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by frostknight » 2025-04-29, 15:40

andyprough wrote:
2025-04-24, 13:35
Well then, I guess that old jackal wasn't wrong when he said, "Linux makes everything difficult." :coffee:
This makes me wonder, is BSD make things any easier than linux or is it harder.

If its OpenBSD I am sure its the latter due to the constant changing of it.
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by xenomoon » 2025-05-04, 05:32

I suddenly started experiencing issues with fanfiction.net again, endless loading loops and an unresponsive browser. Everything worked fine in a clean profile, though. I realized I was still on version 33.6.0.1, and after updating, everything magically went back to normal. Whatever workaround they implemented to support Pale Moon doesn’t seem very reliable.

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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by Michaell » 2025-05-08, 12:31

xenomoon wrote:
2025-05-04, 05:32
Whatever workaround they implemented to support Pale Moon doesn’t seem very reliable.
I'd like to know how often they switch tests so I know how long to wait before trying again when blocked.
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by flamelord » 2025-06-13, 05:21

Imginn often keeps looping
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't

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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by suzyne » 2025-06-13, 08:03

Associated Press at https://apnews.com/ is the site that most often challenges whether I am human with Pale Moon. Pleasingly, lately the browser (me) is passing the test every time. Hopefully, I haven't jinxed myself by saying that and the current behaviour continues?
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by frostknight » 2025-06-15, 21:25

suzyne wrote:
2025-06-13, 08:03
Associated Press at https://apnews.com/ is the site that most often challenges whether I am human with Pale Moon. Pleasingly, lately the browser (me) is passing the test every time. Hopefully, I haven't jinxed myself by saying that and the current behaviour continues?
Sounds superstitious to me...

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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by flamelord » 2025-06-20, 01:25

Anyone having problems with 4chan cf verification captcha?
It's looping for me

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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by Gemmaugr » 2025-06-20, 07:47

flamelord wrote:
2025-06-20, 01:25
Anyone having problems with 4chan cf verification captcha?
It's looping for me
Works without any CF interruption at all for me.
Off-topic:
I just have to reload a page twice because the first visit lose all ..styling/CSS? and make background white and all images show max size, etc, Just like on AniDB.Net

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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by KlarkKentThe3rd » 2025-06-20, 09:43

For me, at the time, the only place that gives me loop issues is 1337x.to

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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by Moonchild » 2025-06-20, 11:17

I've made sure to report the precinctfinder hang and the reported looping that still exists to the CF community board for them to investigate.
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by flamelord » 2025-06-21, 00:20

Gemmaugr wrote:
2025-06-20, 07:47
flamelord wrote:
2025-06-20, 01:25
Anyone having problems with 4chan cf verification captcha?
It's looping for me
Works without any CF interruption at all for me.

No it doesn't
Have you tried posting in any random thread?
That's where the captcha doesn't load or it loops

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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by Gemmaugr » 2025-06-21, 08:09

flamelord wrote:
2025-06-21, 00:20
Gemmaugr wrote:
2025-06-20, 07:47
flamelord wrote:
2025-06-20, 01:25
Anyone having problems with 4chan cf verification captcha?
It's looping for me
Works without any CF interruption at all for me.

No it doesn't
Have you tried posting in any random thread?
That's where the captcha doesn't load or it loops
The captcha loads for me.

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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by flamelord » 2025-06-21, 12:02

Gemmaugr wrote:
2025-06-21, 08:09
flamelord wrote:
2025-06-21, 00:20
Gemmaugr wrote:
2025-06-20, 07:47
flamelord wrote:
2025-06-20, 01:25
Anyone having problems with 4chan cf verification captcha?
It's looping for me
Works without any CF interruption at all for me.

No it doesn't
Have you tried posting in any random thread?
That's where the captcha doesn't load or it loops
The captcha loads for me.
So you confirm that you can post?
Because it wasn't working for me yesterday

Just tried going to the home page and it showed me cloudflare
It showed me the tickbox but when I clicked on it it didn't load the captcha and one time it said error

On Win7 on latest version of Palemoon if that makes any difference

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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by Gemmaugr » 2025-06-21, 16:11

flamelord wrote:
2025-06-21, 12:02

So you confirm that you can post?
Because it wasn't working for me yesterday

Just tried going to the home page and it showed me cloudflare
It showed me the tickbox but when I clicked on it it didn't load the captcha and one time it said error

On Win7 on latest version of Palemoon if that makes any difference
I only get a captcha when trying to post. Allowing CF in eMatrix loads it, and clicking the box gets me a captcha ID. Inputting it has it says that my current VPN IP is perma-banned, and I don't currently want to switch willy-nilly. Though it should go through if the IP weren't banned most likely.

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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by flamelord » 2025-06-21, 23:34

Gemmaugr wrote:
2025-06-21, 16:11

I only get a captcha when trying to post. Allowing CF in eMatrix loads it, and clicking the box gets me a captcha ID. Inputting it has it says that my current VPN IP is perma-banned, and I don't currently want to switch willy-nilly. Though it should go through if the IP weren't banned most likely.
I definitely get a looping captcha in 4chan.org homepage
I also get a looping captcha when I try to post
I tried disabling ublock entirely, resetting the browser, tried messing with the security.csp.enable setting on about:config
Nothing helps
One time it seemed like it was gonna work because it gave me a 120 second timer but then it just showed cloudflare captcha again and it didn't show the 4chan captcha

Btw when it doesn't loop and it just doesn't show the 4chan captcha it says this
Couldn't get the captcha. Make sure your browser doesn't block content on 4chan then click here.
What can I possibly do on my end?
Can I tweak anything on the preferences menu to fix the issue?
This is a question to everyone, not just you personally btw

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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by flamelord » 2025-06-22, 14:42

UPDATE: ISSUE RESOLVED ITSELF
flamelord wrote:
2025-06-21, 23:34
Gemmaugr wrote:
2025-06-21, 16:11

I only get a captcha when trying to post. Allowing CF in eMatrix loads it, and clicking the box gets me a captcha ID. Inputting it has it says that my current VPN IP is
perma-banned, and I don't currently want to switch willy-nilly. Though it should go through if the IP weren't banned most likely.
I definitely get a looping captcha in 4chan.org homepage
I also get a looping captcha when I try to post
I tried disabling ublock entirely, resetting the browser, tried messing with the security.csp.enable setting on about:config
Nothing helps
One time it seemed like it was gonna work because it gave me a 120 second timer but then it just showed cloudflare captcha again and it didn't show the 4chan captcha

Btw when it doesn't loop and it just doesn't show the 4chan captcha it says this
Couldn't get the captcha. Make sure your browser doesn't block content on 4chan then click here.
What can I possibly do on my end?
Can I tweak anything on the preferences menu to fix the issue?
This is a question to everyone, not just you personally btw

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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by Moonchild » 2025-06-22, 15:22

flamelord wrote:
2025-06-22, 14:42
UPDATE: ISSUE RESOLVED ITSELF
Maybe because of my report? One can only guess...
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues

Unread post by frostknight » 2025-06-24, 13:02

Moonchild wrote:
2025-06-22, 15:22
Maybe because of my report? One can only guess...
How is this doing lately? Have you gotten things ready for 33.8 yet or close to it?
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