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New human verification fails on app

A topic by MarloweC created Oct 17, 2025 Views: 15,104 Replies: 91
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The newly introduced human verification fails every time when on the desktop app. It works fine in browser.

I have the latest version of itch, butler, and itch-setup.

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Issue is resolved with latest version of the app, please let the app auto-update or update it through the preferences page.

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Likewise. Same issue here. Cannot do ANYTHING on the Itch app because of the Cloudflare verification that may very well be a fake phishing malware from what I am reading online. It didn't even attempt to verify anything on my Windows browser. Never even saw the page.

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I am seeing the same issue.

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Same

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i'm having problems with it on the browser.

the verifying that you are human is a stupid consept.

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I can log in through my browser but not through the app. Ive had this happen on my browser before, clearing the caches and cookies fixed it. Doing the same on the app does not fix the issue.

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That's not the problem... The verification existing isn't an issue. The issue is that it doesn't work.

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What he's saying is that it shouldn't even be there in the first place, and that Itch shouldn't try to fix it, they should remove it entirely.

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I know. I am capable of reading. I vehemently disagree with him.

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Saaaaaame

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here to say the same. I hate cloudfare, this has happened on other apps and sites before too

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I can navigate to relatively static pages like the front page or individual project pages, but anything involving searches or tags gets me an infinite verification loop in the app. The regular Chrome browser works fine, though.

The root cause might be because an old version of embedded Chrome is used in the itch desktop app, and it’s incompatible with Cloudflare’s human verification. Fixing it might mean either moving the app codebase to a new version of Electron (which could be non-trivial) or somehow allowing the itch app to bypass the “I’m Not a Clanker” screen.

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I have issues on browser.

In my experience, Cloudflare is fare less reliable than Anubis.

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I'm also having this issue as well. Fine on browser, but not on the app.

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Also having problems. 

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me too <3

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same. hate this.

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Same here

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also having the same problem... browser works fine. i tried enabling 2FA but that didn't help either...

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Me too. 

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