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by stevoski 243 days ago
> Thankfully, CloudFlare is able to handle the traffic with a simple WAF rule and 444 response to reduce the outbound traffic.

This is from your own post, and is almost the best answer I know of.

I recommending you configure a Cloudflare WAF rule to block the bot - and then move on with your life.

Simply block the bot and move on with your life.
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burnte 243 days ago
> The traffic is hitting numbers that require me to re-negotiate my contract with CloudFlare and is otherwise a nuisance when reviewing analytics/logs.

It's having negative financial repercussions now. It's not ignorable anymore.

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