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Ticket Information - ID: #1458


ID:Category:SeverityReproducibilityDate SubmittedUpdated By:
0001458Bug Reportingnormalalways01/15/26 06:29PMzunstyleartworks
ReporterWerdck
Assigned to:geltas
Resolution:Resolved
View StatusPublic
Version:
Target Version:N/A
Summary:CloudFlare CAPTCHA on API requests even with API key and user
Description:I get a CloudFlare mitigation CAPTCHA even when supplying my API credentials. Is this expected / wanted behaviour, and if so: What is the point of an API when it is not automatable?
Additional Info:
Werdck replied at 2026-01-15 18:39:02
It appears to work from a datacenter IP, so ticket solved for me.

zunstyleartworks replied at 2026-02-04 05:36:24
Another such example of the concerns of centralized CAs/DNS is Cloudflare... If you use Cloudflare its already over for you. Cloudflare was literally started as an MITM honeypot, still dont believe me? From the founders themselves:

Back in 2003, Lee Holloway and I started Project Honey Pot as an open-source project to track online fraud and abuse. The Project allowed anyone with a website to install a piece of code and track hackers and spammers. We ran it as a hobby and didn't think much about it until, in 2008, the Department of Homeland Security called and said, 'Do you have any idea how valuable the data you have is?' That started us thinking about how we could effectively deploy the data from Project Honey Pot, as well as other sources, in order to protect websites online. That turned into the initial impetus for CloudFlare.