gitcoinco / gitcoinco/web

Hold up, the bots want to know if you're one of them...

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Description

**Overview**

On gitcoin.co, it appears at random times that I'm getting the screen: "Hold up, the bots want to know if you're one of them...", as per the below screenshot, even if I'm logged in.

**Steps To Reproduce**
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

There are unfortunately no clear steps to reproduce this, but in my experience, about every 20 or so requests results in me seeing the screen.

**Observed behavior**

The system asks me to prove that I'm not a bot on a very frequent basis.

**Expected behavior**

If I'm logged in, I expect not to see this message at all. If I'm not logged in, I expect to see the message very seldom.

**Screenshots**

Screenshot 2022-09-15 at 16 40 16

**Additional context**
Add any other context about the problem here that will assist in triaging the bug. I.e. Browser information, unique identifiers, etc.

Concern around the impact that this might have both on UX and SEO.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by reviewing the gitcoin.co bot-check flow and compare its behavior for logged-in and logged-out requests, using the reported roughly one-in-20-request frequency as context. Done means the challenge is no longer shown so frequently to logged-in users and appears only seldom for logged-out users.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend, security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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