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cf-mitigated: challenge API/app requests get 403 with cf-mitigated: challenge (Bot Fight Mode / challenge on non-browser clients)
Cloudflare · layer 3, Edge & web server
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HTTP 403 Forbidden
The server understood the request but refuses to authorize it — you (or the server process) are not allowed to access this resour…
Cloudflare Error 1005: Access denied — The owner of this website has banned the autonomous system number (ASN) your IP address is in
The site owner blocked your network provider (ASN) — common for VPNs, cloud/data-center IPs and some mobile carriers.
Cloudflare Error 1006 / 1007 / 1008: Access denied — Your IP address has been banned
The site owner (or a Cloudflare security setting) blocked your IP address.
Cloudflare Error 1010: The owner of this website has banned your access based on your browser's signature
Cloudflare’s bot detection blocked the request because its browser fingerprint looks automated.
Cloudflare "Just a moment..." / "Checking your browser" challenge loop (Verify you are human never finishes)
The Cloudflare challenge keeps reloading — the browser can’t pass it because cookies/JavaScript are blocked, the clock is wrong,…
WordPress: 403 Forbidden on wp-admin, wp-login.php or admin-ajax.php
The server or a security layer refused access to WordPress admin URLs — file permissions, a security plugin/WAF rule, ModSecurity…
Cloudflare Error 1009: Access denied — The owner of this website has banned the country or region your IP address is in
The site blocks visitors from your country/region.
SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0
`JSON.parse()` / `response.json()` received something that isn’t JSON — very often an HTML error page.
java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial ... requires android.permission.X
The app called an API that needs a permission it hasn’t declared or the user hasn’t granted at runtime.
macOS: “App” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash.
Gatekeeper blocked an app that isn’t properly signed/notarized or was modified after download (quarantine attribute).
ASP.NET Core: The antiforgery token could not be decrypted / The required antiforgery cookie is not present (400 Bad Request)
Form POST failed antiforgery validation — the token is missing, the cookie is missing, or Data Protection keys changed so old tok…
JWT error: invalid algorithm / The specified alg value is not allowed / jwt signature is required
The token’s alg header doesn’t match the algorithms the verifier allows — e.g. RS256 token verified as HS256, or an unsigned (alg…
Two steps away (35)
Git: Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
SSH authentication to GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket failed — no key, wrong key, or the key isn’t added to your account.
AWS S3: AccessDenied (403) when calling GetObject / PutObject
An IAM policy, bucket policy, ACL/ownership setting, Block Public Access or KMS key policy denied the S3 request.
Linux: Permission denied
Your user (or the service user) lacks read/write/execute permission on a file, directory or one of its parents.
Webhook signature verification failed (Stripe, Razorpay, GitHub…)
Your endpoint computed a different HMAC signature than the one the provider sent, so the webhook is rejected.
Cloudflare Error 1020: Access Denied
A Cloudflare firewall/WAF custom rule blocked the request — the visitor’s IP, country, user agent or request pattern matched a bl…
driver failed programming external connectivity on endpoint: iptables: No chain/target/match by that name
Docker’s iptables rules were wiped (firewalld/ufw reload, iptables flush) while Docker was running, so it can’t publish ports.
Error creating: pods is forbidden: violates PodSecurity "restricted:latest": allowPrivilegeEscalation != false ...
The namespace enforces a Pod Security Standard (baseline/restricted) and the pod spec breaks one of its rules.
ssh: connect to host x port 22: Connection timed out
SSH packets get no reply — a firewall/security group drops them, the server is off, or the IP is wrong.
WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! (ssh host key changed)
The server’s SSH host key differs from the one saved in ~/.ssh/known_hosts — usually because the server was rebuilt or the IP was…
HTTP 418 I'm a teapot
An April Fools’ status from RFC 2324 — some sites and WAFs return it on purpose to tell bots or scrapers to go away.
Nginx 444 No Response (connection closed without response)
An Nginx-specific code: the server deliberately closed the connection without sending anything — a rule is dropping the request.
Cloudflare Error 1011: Access denied (Hotlinking denied)
An image or file is being loaded from another site, and Cloudflare Hotlink Protection blocked it.
Cloudflare Turnstile error 110200 / 300030 / 600010 (widget fails to load or verify)
The Turnstile widget couldn’t run or validate — wrong sitekey/domain, blocked scripts, or a client/network issue.
ForbiddenError: invalid csrf token (EBADCSRFTOKEN)
The request’s CSRF token is missing or doesn’t match the token tied to the user’s session/cookie.
WordPress: Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.
Your user role lacks the capability for that admin screen — or the database table prefix / user capabilities are out of sync afte…
FastCGI sent in stderr: "Primary script unknown"
Nginx passed a script path to PHP-FPM that PHP-FPM couldn’t find — usually a wrong SCRIPT_FILENAME or root.
Nginx 400: The SSL certificate error (495 / 496 client certificate)
Nginx rejected the request because the client certificate was invalid (495) or missing (496) on a site that requires mutual TLS.
HTTP 451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons
The content is blocked for legal reasons — a court order, government censorship, sanctions, or GDPR geo-blocking.
Cloudflare Error 1012: Access denied
The site owner blocked access with a rule that matched your request (often due to malicious activity detected from your IP).
Cloudflare Error 1015: You are being rate limited
The site’s Cloudflare rate-limiting rule blocked you for sending too many requests in a short time.
HTTP 400 Bad Request
The server could not understand the request because its syntax, headers or body are malformed or invalid.
HTTP 404 Not Found
The server can’t find anything at the requested URL.
HTTP 500 Internal Server Error
The server hit an unexpected condition — usually an unhandled exception or misconfiguration in the application.
npm ERR! code EACCES — permission denied
npm can’t write to a directory — usually global installs into a root-owned folder.
Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?
The docker CLI can’t talk to the Docker engine — it isn’t running, or your user can’t access the socket.
OAuth 2.0 Error: invalid_scope / insufficient_scope
The requested scope is unknown or not allowed for this client — or the token lacks the scope the API endpoint requires.
The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY
apt can’t verify a repository’s signature because the repo’s signing key isn’t installed (or has expired/rotated).
SELinux is preventing ... / avc: denied { read } for pid=... (permission denied despite correct permissions)
SELinux blocked the access — file permissions look fine, but the file’s security context or a boolean doesn’t allow the service t…
AADSTS50053: Your account is locked (Smart Lockout) / sign-in blocked due to suspicious activity
Too many failed sign-ins (or sign-ins from a malicious IP) triggered Entra Smart Lockout.
Laravel: 419 Page Expired (CSRF token mismatch)
Laravel rejected a POST because the CSRF token was missing, expired or didn’t match the session.
Forbidden (403) CSRF verification failed. Request aborted.
Django rejected a POST because the CSRF token was missing, wrong, or the request origin isn’t trusted.
0x800704EC: This program is blocked by group policy (Windows Defender)
Windows Security/Defender can’t start because another antivirus or a group policy has turned it off.
JWT Expired / Invalid Token
The JSON Web Token sent with the request is expired, malformed or signed with a different key, so the API rejects it (usually wit…
invalid_token: The access token is invalid (JsonWebTokenError: invalid signature / jwt malformed)
A token was sent but the server couldn’t verify it — bad signature, malformed, revoked, or issued for another audience or environ…
File cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system (PowerShell execution policy)
PowerShell’s execution policy blocks .ps1 scripts — including npm/yarn/pnpm shims like npm.ps1.
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