@w3cdevs validator.w3.org/check/refer… (/check/referer) is broken since it now uses @Cloudflare and @hCaptcha
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Thanks, raised github.com/w3c/markup-valida… to track the issue

check referer and cloudflare deployment · Issue #68 · w3c/markup-validator

validator.w3.org now operating behind CloudFlare webapp firewall possibly requiring hCaptcha breaks the check/referer route (from a twitter report) see also #34 for another limitation of check refe...

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note hcaptcha also deliberately breaks lynx in the cases they do show a validation page, and neither they nor cloudflare care
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it’s really annoying when new things break what has been the prime way to check your own pages for validity every once in a while for two decades, maybe longer
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Replying to @w3cdevs @Cloudflare @hCaptcha
reported as fixed in… it’s not, but I commented there directly, thanks
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Thanks for fixing this so fast! (For #lynx at least.) Too bad the big companies won’t see lynx users at all…