Error 1015: You are being rate limited

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Error 1015 indicates users are being rate limited due to excessive requests from a botnet, generating 75,000 requests every five minutes. Users experience this issue when navigating the site, particularly after multiple page clicks. The site administrator has increased the search limit to alleviate the problem. There is speculation about the origin of the bot traffic, with mentions of AWS and Chinese sources, but most reports indicate the bots are primarily from Singapore. This situation highlights ongoing challenges with managing bot traffic and maintaining website accessibility.
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I was doing a search, clicking through to the pages, and when clicking on the 5th page, I got this:

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If I go back and click on another page number, I get the same thing. But if I click on a "found" post or open a new window, I can go through the website again.

I hate Cloudflare.
 
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Can you DM me your IP? For the past two weeks, we've been getting slammed with bots running infinite searches. To the tune of 75k requests every 5 minutes from a botnet that is cycling IPs. Sorry for the inconvenience! I bumped the searches per limit up.
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
Can you DM me your IP? For the past two weeks, we've been getting slammed with bots running infinite searches. To the tune of 75k requests every 5 minutes from a botnet that is cycling IPs. Sorry for the inconvenience! I bumped the searches per limit up.

Are these from AWS by any chance? Or Chinese? I have seen both in the last few months.
 
Borek said:
Are these from AWS by any chance? Or Chinese? I have seen both in the last few months.
Most are from Singapore
 
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