"Unlock Cloudflare challenges"
SolvedDramirg -
Hello,
all of a sudden, on several websites, I get this message:
"Unlock challenges.cloudflare.com to continue."
I understand that it's an equivalent of captchas, but how can I get rid of it?
Thank you
Best regards
59 answers
Hello, same for me, however I tried it on my phone (I had downloaded the Tchat GPT app) but it works through the app on the iPhone.... well, for how long I don't know...
Hello
I also have this problem with the phrase that says unlock Cloudflare to continue... hopefully it gets sorted out quickly.
Wishing everyone the best and thank you for all this information!
You can use the ChatGPT app on your phone; it is not affected by the outage at challenges.cloudflare.com.
There is an issue with Cloudflare, you can track the progress of the problem resolution: https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/8gmgl950y3h7
Same here, it started around 2:10/15 PM. ChatGPT/Perplexity/Claude, only Gemini is working... I tried with and without VPN, in incognito mode, on Chrome/Safari/ChatGPTAltas/Perplexity Comet... just have to wait now...
I’ve been experiencing the same problem since this morning, chat gpt, streaming sites, etc... do you think they will fix it for us?
It's terrible to think that people are all at a standstill when the tools are no longer there. The great replacement by AI is underway, ladies and gentlemen... In just a few years, your job will no longer exist, wake up! Keep alive the few neurons you have left and above all, the desire to do for yourself!
I also have the problem with chatgpt etc., but my colleague at work uses chatgpt as if there were no problems and I don't understand.
OUTAGE ON THE NETWORK
the X network, Feedly, Marmiton, Doctissimo, and many others rendered inaccessible. After the bug in Amazon's cloud services that paralyzed numerous websites in mid-October, it is the giant of IT services Cloudflare that is experiencing an unexpected bug, making many websites inaccessible on Tuesday, November 18.
“The global network Cloudflare is experiencing issues,” announced Cloudflare on its outage information site at 12:48 PM, Paris time. Since then, the company has been regularly adding terse messages stating that it continues to dig for the cause of the problem.
On the affected sites, the error message displayed refers to “challenges,” the term that encompasses services dedicated to verifying the legitimacy of the user’s request, including the checkbox that serves as a Captcha at Cloudflare.
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How does it work?
In the second quarter of 2025, Cloudflare handled an average of 5.8 trillion internet requests per day, representing a 9% increase from the previous quarter and a 40% increase from the previous year.
A very significant portion of web traffic is already cached on Cloudflare's servers, which redistribute it to users. As a result, it can filter all access and offer partially free or paid services: €20 for small sites and €200 or more for larger ones, depending on the contracts and protection services chosen.
By default, AIs are all disconnected, as are connections or "suspicious" IPs of users, at which point it asks to "solve the Cloudflare challenge" or displays a "501 site inaccessible" page.
This is the global outage: all sites, about 20% of the web, are considered suspicious and blocked, including all AIs.
They are in the process of restarting all the servers.