Cloudflare Verification Loop issues
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andyprough
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues
Yes, I see it now. No forced restart required yet, but definitely its looping right now.
Edit - some are still working, although slowly. The MX Linux and antiX Linux forums are both getting past the Cloudflare check for me. The Phoronix Linux comments section seems to be failing.
Edit - some are still working, although slowly. The MX Linux and antiX Linux forums are both getting past the Cloudflare check for me. The Phoronix Linux comments section seems to be failing.
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patrick-g
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues
Same.blue_dragon wrote: ↑2026-07-13, 07:16can you send some feedback to https://challenges.cloudflare.com/cdn-c ... to/failure ?
when i try i get "An unknown error occurred. Please try again later."
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Behemot
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues
Can confirm, what was working on saturday, now hangs. I'm on C2D here so the whole browser pretty much freezes, occupying whole CPU core for itself.
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KlarkKentThe3rd
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues
And just like that........ it's fixed.
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blue_dragon
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues
thats a relief at least as it didnt last days
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andyprough
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues
I tried it last night on https://www.pclinuxos.com/forum where Cloudflare was exhibiting some strange behavior - it was endlessly looping, but at the same time it had set the cf_clearance cookie, which should have meant that it would have passed through the challenge. However:
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trusted-types / require-trusted-types-for warnings
example.org same-origin probe
eval blocked by CSP
script timeout
nsIWebProgress.DOMWindow warningLooks like it was a bug that was reverted. Cloudflare was not accepting its own current clearance for the page request on some pages while allowing others to pass. The browser was not merely getting stuck on an old page; a fresh fetch with cookies included was still being challenged. I think Cloudflare had to fix this bug, as it probably would have been broken for other browsers as well.
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Gemmaugr
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues
https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/ is going to be https://new.cloudflarestatus.com/ soon. And of course they're going to use TextEncoderStream...rendering the page entirely blank on Pale Moon. It truly seems fallback code is a lost art.
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blue_dragon
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues
fortunately there is a TextEncoderStream polyfill that works fine on Pale Moon. frick those subhuman webdevs for not supporting Pale MoonGemmaugr wrote: ↑2026-07-13, 14:23https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/ is going to be https://new.cloudflarestatus.com/ soon. And of course they're going to use TextEncoderStream...rendering the page entirely blank on Pale Moon. It truly seems fallback code is a lost art.
https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.ph ... 37#p273639
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andyprough
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues
Yup, and TextEncoderStream polyfill is available on Basilisk by default.blue_dragon wrote: ↑2026-07-13, 14:28fortunately there is a TextEncoderStream polyfill that works fine on Pale Moon. frick those subhuman webdevs for not supporting Pale MoonGemmaugr wrote: ↑2026-07-13, 14:23https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/ is going to be https://new.cloudflarestatus.com/ soon. And of course they're going to use TextEncoderStream...rendering the page entirely blank on Pale Moon. It truly seems fallback code is a lost art.
https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.ph ... 37#p273639
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Daikun
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues
Thank you for the script--this CloudFlare nonsense has been driving me crazy the past few days.blue_dragon wrote: ↑2026-07-13, 14:28fortunately there is a TextEncoderStream polyfill that works fine on Pale Moon. frick those subhuman webdevs for not supporting Pale MoonGemmaugr wrote: ↑2026-07-13, 14:23https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/ is going to be https://new.cloudflarestatus.com/ soon. And of course they're going to use TextEncoderStream...rendering the page entirely blank on Pale Moon. It truly seems fallback code is a lost art.
https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.ph ... 37#p273639
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blue_dragon
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues
maybe you can exclude youtube.com for the userscript. none of these would have happened if those Cloudflare plonkers supported Pale MoonDaikun wrote: ↑2026-07-14, 04:21Thank you for the script--this CloudFlare nonsense has been driving me crazy the past few days.blue_dragon wrote: ↑2026-07-13, 14:28fortunately there is a TextEncoderStream polyfill that works fine on Pale Moon. frick those subhuman webdevs for not supporting Pale MoonGemmaugr wrote: ↑2026-07-13, 14:23https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/ is going to be https://new.cloudflarestatus.com/ soon. And of course they're going to use TextEncoderStream...rendering the page entirely blank on Pale Moon. It truly seems fallback code is a lost art.
https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.ph ... 37#p273639
However, the script seems to have a strange side effect: YouTube comments will not load at all.
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Daikun
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues
Ignore my previous post. Turns out it was a different script.
Sorry about that.
Sorry about that.
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blue_dragon
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janko
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues
It worked for a while but currently the turnstile does something for a while before putting me back to the "verify I am human" box, repeated attempts do not help; it doesn't even show the troubleshoot link long enough to click. The turnstile test page ( https://browser-compat.turnstile.workers.dev/ ) takes an eternity and blocks a core/freezes the browser for a while with no result except it failed. Same thing on a clean profile without any extension. Here I can click the troubleshoot button but nothing happens. There's no "submit feedback" link anywhere. All on 34.3.1; started happening to me a week ago.
No luck sending feedback via https://challenges.cloudflare.com/cdn-c ... to/failure like for the others. And in any case the text box is too small for their own failure data.
No luck sending feedback via https://challenges.cloudflare.com/cdn-c ... to/failure like for the others. And in any case the text box is too small for their own failure data.
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blue_dragon
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues
because web developers working in Cloudflare are all moronsjanko wrote: ↑2026-07-29, 12:18It worked for a while but currently the turnstile does something for a while before putting me back to the "verify I am human" box, repeated attempts do not help; it doesn't even show the troubleshoot link long enough to click. The turnstile test page ( https://browser-compat.turnstile.workers.dev/ ) takes an eternity and blocks a core/freezes the browser for a while with no result except it failed. Same thing on a clean profile without any extension. Here I can click the troubleshoot button but nothing happens. There's no "submit feedback" link anywhere. All on 34.3.1; started happening to me a week ago.
No luck sending feedback via https://challenges.cloudflare.com/cdn-c ... to/failure like for the others. And in any case the text box is too small for their own failure data.
for me the turnstile works fine in normal sites but i see it also freezes the navigator in that test page.
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back2themoon
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues
It has long been established that their test page is NOT meant for Pale Moon. Not yet anyway. So, it won't work no matter how hard you try.blue_dragon wrote: ↑2026-07-29, 12:32for me the turnstile works fine in normal sites but i see it also freezes the navigator in that test page.
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blue_dragon
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues
ah ok. i hate web developers that doesnt give a bit to Pale Moonsback2themoon wrote: ↑2026-07-29, 13:31It has long been established that their test page is NOT meant for Pale Moon. Not yet anyway. So, it won't work no matter how hard you try.blue_dragon wrote: ↑2026-07-29, 12:32for me the turnstile works fine in normal sites but i see it also freezes the navigator in that test page.
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Gemmaugr
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues
Sadly, it's not even Web Devs at this point. Web Developers aren't what they used to be. Site building has been obfuscated behind Site Frameworks today, of which most utilize googles V8 javascript engine (like Node/Next/Vue/NW/Angular/React, etc). Both things play into "the churn". Google and Web Devs profit from the turnover that requires constant fiddling. "Job Security" turned Monoculture.blue_dragon wrote: ↑2026-07-29, 13:33ah ok. i hate web developers that doesnt give a bit to Pale Moonsback2themoon wrote: ↑2026-07-29, 13:31It has long been established that their test page is NOT meant for Pale Moon. Not yet anyway. So, it won't work no matter how hard you try.blue_dragon wrote: ↑2026-07-29, 12:32for me the turnstile works fine in normal sites but i see it also freezes the navigator in that test page.
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blue_dragon
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Re: Cloudflare Verification Loop issues
i just wish Chrome & Chromium projects just shut down & disappear from this world permanently so we dont need to see those frameworks in such trash source code formatGemmaugr wrote: ↑2026-07-29, 17:22Sadly, it's not even Web Devs at this point. Web Developers aren't what they used to be. Site building has been obfuscated behind Site Frameworks today, of which most utilize googles V8 javascript engine (like Node/Next/Vue/NW/Angular/React, etc). Both things play into "the churn". Google and Web Devs profit from the turnover that requires constant fiddling. "Job Security" turned Monoculture.blue_dragon wrote: ↑2026-07-29, 13:33ah ok. i hate web developers that doesnt give a bit to Pale Moonsback2themoon wrote: ↑2026-07-29, 13:31It has long been established that their test page is NOT meant for Pale Moon. Not yet anyway. So, it won't work no matter how hard you try.blue_dragon wrote: ↑2026-07-29, 12:32for me the turnstile works fine in normal sites but i see it also freezes the navigator in that test page.