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Xenforo unfurl'd URL link name is 'Captcha'

Discussion in 'Forum software usage' started by ph3x, May 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM.

  1. ph3x

    ph3x New Member

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    Dear all,

    we´re using latest Centmin Mod Stable on Alma Linux 9 with system up to date as of today. Server is behind Cloudflare and we are using Digital Point's App for Cloudflare as an addon.


    Lately we are experiencing some (weird) issue(s) in our forum with unfurl.
    Links to a long thread are tried to be unfurl'd - but without success because of "File is too large" (that´s what Tools > Test URL unfurling tells me).
    That´s perfectly ok for me - but why is the URL name (sometimes) changed to "Captcha"?

    While this link has just the URL as a link name, a link to a post in the same thread will be named "Captcha" and I can see the attached screen while the link is processed.

    upload_2025-5-15_16-6-56.png upload_2025-5-15_16-7-4.png

    I´m quite sure I somehow messed up (maybe in Cloudflare) but unable to find out where. To be honest I´m hoping that George has some clue/hints about where to look since he´s extensively using Cloudflare.

    Cheers,
    Chris
     
  2. eva2000

    eva2000 Administrator Staff Member

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    Sounds like external url links have some form of external scraping protection/captcha in place. The external URL web site might have some rate limit trigger to trigger a captcha.

    Is https://rollerplausch.com domain your site or a 3rd party? If it's your site, check your Cloudflare WAF Security and Event analytics for clues for entries. You really need to be on Cloudflare paid Pro or higher plans for more detailed WAF analytic info inspection.
     
  3. ph3x

    ph3x New Member

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    rollerplausch.com is my site, yes. And I have only observed the issue on the one (!) rollerplausch.com link so far - not on github, not on $random_site. But reproducible with that 2 links.
    Link direct to the thread - OK
    Link to a post in the same thread - Captcha :confused:
    And it´s only (!) happening on the one link mentioned in my initial post.
    For instance if I try with RP ✔️ - E-Scooter, Ersatzteile & Zubehör, Zusatzakku Die "All-in-One" RollerPlausch Einkaufsliste which is a different post in the same thread - it´s ok :bored:

    I´ll try if I see anything strange in WAF, thanks.