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TL;DR YouTube’s frustrating CAPTCHA loop is officially fixed, with the platform confirming the issue is resolved.
The bug trapped users in nonstop “prove you’re human” checks.
Reports flooded in within 24 hours, with users unable to load videos or even the homepage.
If you spent the last day screaming at your screen because YouTube kept asking you to prove you’re human, only to send you back to the same test, you can finally relax. The strange, endless CAPTCHA bug that blocked users from videos has been fixed, and YouTube has confirmed it.
Over the last 24 hours, a widespread bug trapped users in a relentless CAPTCHA loop. A number of users reported getting a generic “unusual traffic from your computer network” warning, followed by a demand to decode bizarre, old-school text prompts just to load a basic homepage (via 9to5Google). Thankfully, the headache is finally over.
People quickly took to forums like Reddit, where confused users tried to figure out why Google’s servers thought they were bots. At first, many Firefox users blamed a recent browser update. But users also reported the same verification problems on Google Chrome.
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The problem wasn’t just on the main YouTube site. The glitch also affected embedded videos on Discord and Bluesky, forcing users to type random, distorted text before they could watch anything.
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