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[Bug]: Shield - Too much friction for non-covered transactions, at the level of Malicious transactions
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Since Jan 14, 2026.
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Description
**Describe the bug**
Whenever I perform a transaction which is not covered by Shield, I get too much friction for performing that transaction.
The UX seems a little bit too extreme: note that we get now the same friction for a Malicious transaction, than for a non-covered Shield transaction. I don't think those expose the same risk, and this de-incentivize users to perform benign transactions.
Ie. In this vid I was performing a tx on a well know DeFi project (Balancer)
**Screenshots/Recordings**
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8aa85616-4fb3-468e-9adc-f860df358272
**Steps to reproduce**
1. Sign up for Shield
2. Go to balancer
3. Try to add liquidity to a pool
4. See friction is at the level of a malicious transaction
**Error messages or log output**
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**Where was this bug found?**
Internal release testing
**Version**
13.14.0
**Build type**
None
**Browser**
Chrome
**Operating system**
MacOS
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