From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Apr 06 17:44:12 2021 Received: (at 45179) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Apr 2021 21:44:12 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42028 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lTtUZ-0007mP-Nx for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2021 17:44:12 -0400 Received: from tilde.team ([51.222.67.24]:41066 ident=postfix) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lTtUY-0007mG-A2 for 45179@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2021 17:44:10 -0400 Received: from localhost (unknown [63.228.59.248]) by tilde.team (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F34264C28A8; Tue, 6 Apr 2021 21:44:08 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=tilde.team; s=mail; t=1617745449; bh=eyHudWXMEhGaB5VMDZesRnDb5cLEGxLzNMkYyjca8KU=; h=To:Cc:Subject:From:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=KFPr9XO0f9VKFq44Jds/Nth8HzeQ7A/LPjSahGhNV9w+jDHkmZRHQcd+QGr+1TsVr LRflPZ5aWX2Cq5BSD06yLXmEu8JHOE5nf/Kxc2y9L6r1tCgOjjWWGY+x7OBt2yUfkf 7mWz1l2pwk6cBUSt2POzW0A7+X/GcU3gjccVFiNY= Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 To: "Michael Rohleder" Subject: Re: bug#45179: qutebrowser stuck at Cloudflare 'browser checks' From: "bdju" Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:41:46 -0500 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <87czz1pzoe.fsf@rohleder.de> X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 45179 Cc: 45179@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) On Tue Dec 22, 2020 at 10:34 AM CST, Michael Rohleder wrote: > Hello bdju, > > "bdju" writes: > > guix (GNU Guix) 91e35e32a4938e0e37499c64fa8ed3e7cf51dce3 > > some example sites with browser checks: > > https://gitlab.com/users/sign_in > > http://livechart.me/ > > > > I already contacted the people in the qutebrowser IRC. The bug persists > > when I launch with no config (`qutebrowser --temp-basedir'), and they > > could not reproduce the issue on the same version of qutebrowser I'm > > using. I suspect it may be an issue with the guix version. > > > > A workaround is setting the "User Agent" string to something CF likes, > e.g. like this: > qutebrowser --temp-basedir --set content.headers.user_agent 'Mozilla/5.0 > (Windows NT 6.1; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/60.0' > https://gitlab.com/users/sign_in > > Maybe the reason why the (very helpful) #qutebrowser folks can't > reproduce this, is because they use another qt version (qutebrowser uses > qtwebengine) and perhaps this sets user agent to a string that CF has > whitelisted. > > I don't think there is much we could do here (besides updating qt and > mbakke has that in the pipeline, afaik). > > -- > COFFEE.EXE Missing - Insert Cup and Press Any Key While I was able to bypass the cloudflare checks in IceCat with that User Agent Switcher addon, I found I so far haven't been able to get past them in qutebrowser by changing my useragent. I tried both your example and copying one of the useragents generated by UAS in IceCat. Still caught in a loop. (and I am using --temp-basedir as you said, so shouldn't be my config)