Had to verify through the verification page to login. Then after crafting a post reply and

[Wonder Why]

hitting Post, was asked to verify again. Did so then my post was lost and I was taken to home page of site. Luckily, I was able to go back in Firefox enough pages to see what I typed and hit post again. This time it worked.

[Nittersing]

1. I got a 404 forbidden

or something like that.

First, when I tried to preview a post (2x)
and again when trying to post.

I just abandoned it.

[sboatcar]

2. I think there's some blacklist in effect that's affecting a lot of VPN users

[EarlG]

4. Yes, if you are using a VPN

that could definitely create an issue. The goal here is not to prevent legit VPN users, but I think we have things dialed up a bit too much at the moment.

[EarlG]

3. We are having some firewall configuration issues

We’re trying to stop AI crawlers from driving costs up, and the issue you experienced is likely related. We’ll be working on it more today.

[Nittersing]

5. Thanks Earl

Not a vpn user here, but glad to know what's going on.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. I've been getting a lot of verification requests although I remain logged in. I thought it might be

because I use a VPN.

[EarlG]

7. That is highly likely

Some of the changes I made yesterday would have affected VPN users. I am not trying to exclude legit VPN users at all, but I’m still dialing in the settings, and I think things are a bit too aggressive at the moment. Still working on it.

[wildflowergardener]

8. Vpn

Not knowingly using a vpn though I know some ios browsers have added vpn options. I did have to click the box verifying I am human though its no big deal