Hi,
On Fri, 2026-06-26 at 21:55 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote:
> -quote-
> You have been blocked for potentially abusive behaviour. Your IP is
> {redacted}. Please contact [email protected] once you
> have remedied the problem.
> -end quote-
>
> when I visit packages.debian.org. The same happens when I go to
> bugs.debian.org
Is there a reason that you didn't contact the list mentioned in the
message that you quoted? That's where you'll find the people who can
help with this, not on the website list. (Some of us read both, but the
web team are only responsible for one of the sites covered by the
rule.)
> It doesn't happen every time at packages.d.o, but it's occurred every
> time I try to use bugs.d.o. I can avoid getting that 'you've
> been blocked' response with 100% effectiveness by telling my browser
> tospoof as Mozilla. However, I would prefer to not have to do that.
> My usual browser is Pale Moon 34.3.1
>
> I realise that this occurs due to additional measures being taken to
> ensure bot scrapers don't grind everything to a halt, but I hope
> something can be done to allow people that use the less well-known
> browsers access to the Debian www space without having to jump
> through hoops.
The issue isn't that your browser is less well-known, it's that it's
claiming to be a several years out-of-date version of a different
browser. While that /should/ be fine, it's also a claim that has been
made by a huge number of abusive clients that have rendered multiple
debian.org web properties unusable over the past day or two.
We're working on improving the detections so that the blunt user agent
block can be replaced by something better but, as you surmised, in the
meantime it is helping to keep multiple of our web properties
operational in the face of overwhelming abusive behaviour. Apologies
for the inconvenience in the meantime.
Regards,
Adam
