[mikeravkine]

I have noticed that on StarLink some sites behind CF go into "prove you are human" loops that are impassable.

What causes such loops? Just a challenge over and over.

[0x_rs]

> Just a challenge over and over.

It must be intentional. Not unlike the endless loop of frustratingly slow-fading reCAPTCHA challenges that don't go anywhere. The user gives up after some time, but doesn't see any explicit error or page blocking their access. I imagine it must be quite effective.

[waithuh]

in my opinion, the admins do not enable the option to ban lower trust users (or set the threshold high), so CF tries over and over again instead of doing that.

[baq]

There’s a patent for that. The catchpa loop is basically a honeypot for bots… and privacy-conscious legitimate folks.