Topic Troubleshooting
Access Denied, Reference #18 (Akamai): What It Means and How to Fix It
The Access Denied page with a Reference #18 number comes from Akamai, not the site. What the number says, why you were refused, and what to do, in order.
Ahrefs "Too Many Sessions" Error: What It Means and How to Fix It
Ahrefs counts simultaneous sessions against your plan's users. Why you get kicked out, why a VPN or rotating proxy makes it worse, and fixes that stay inside the terms.
"Proxy Check Failed" in AdsPower, Multilogin, GoLogin, or Dolphin: The Seven Reasons and the Fix for Each
A failed proxy check in an antidetect browser has seven causes: format, credentials, a local VPN, the allowlist, the protocol, a dead exit, or the network. How to tell which.
Cloudflare Errors 1006, 1007, 1008, 1015, and 1020: What Each One Says About Your IP
Cloudflare's 1xxx codes name the rule that refused you: a banned IP, network or country, a browser signature, a rate limit, or a firewall rule. What changes each.
CloudFront "The Request Could Not Be Satisfied": Every Version, What It Means, the Fix
The CloudFront error page comes in eight versions, from Request blocked and Bad request to the country block and the 504 timeout. What each second line means, from AWS and 628 reports.
curl: (5) Could Not Resolve Proxy, and curl (97) Proxy Handshake Error: Causes and Fixes
curl exit 5 means curl could not use the proxy address it was given, very often -x typed for -X. Exit 97 is a failed SOCKS handshake. Every message, measured in curl 8.21 and 8.16.
"Your Connection Is Not Private" Behind a Proxy: ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID and MITM_DETECTED Explained
A certificate warning on every HTTPS site means something is inspecting and re-signing your traffic. How to read the certificate to name the interceptor, and the fix for each.
ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT: What "Checking the Proxy and the Firewall" Actually Means
Chrome's timeout page tells you to check the proxy and the firewall. We made Chrome wait on seven kinds of silence, over http:// and https://, to see which gives which error, then list the checks in order.
ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED: Why the Proxy Refused the Tunnel and How to Fix It
Chrome reached the proxy and asked it to open an HTTPS tunnel, and the proxy could not. What that says about the proxy, the site, and your settings, with fixes.
FlareSolverr Not Working? Every Error Message, What Causes It, and the Fix
Challenge not detected, Timeout after 60.0 seconds, cookies not valid, empty cookies: which program wrote your FlareSolverr error, what it means, and the fix.
Google "Unusual Traffic From Your Computer Network": What It Means and How to Stop It
Google shows this page when your network looks automated. Both versions of the page word for word, the causes Google lists, and the fixes in order.
How to Fix 503 Service Unavailable Errors When Using a Proxy
A 503 through a proxy can come from the target, a bot-management layer, a rate limiter, or the proxy itself. How to read which one answered, and the fix for each.
Cloudflare Error 522 Connection Timed Out Through a Proxy: What Actually Fixes It
A 522 is Cloudflare failing to reach the site's origin, so swapping proxies almost never fixes it. What causes it, why scrapers see it more, and what to do.
How to Turn Off a Proxy on Windows 11, Mac, Chrome, and Your Phone
Where the proxy switch lives on Windows, macOS, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Android, and iPhone, how to prove it is off, and what it means when it returns.
Janitor AI Error 429: What the Limit Is, Which Backend Set It, and What Actually Lifts It
A 429 on Janitor AI is a rate limit set by the backend behind your proxy: OpenRouter's 20 a minute and 50 a day, Gemini's per-project caps, DeepSeek's per-account concurrency. What each one means, the fixes that work, and the three that never do: a second account, a second key, and a different IP.
Janitor AI Network Error and 401 Unauthorized: The Two Errors That Happen Before the Model Answers
A network error on Janitor AI means the request never reached a model; a 401 means it reached one that rejected the key. Janitor's own guide traces most network errors to a wrong URL or an unrefreshed page. The exact URLs for OpenRouter, DeepSeek, Gemini, Claude and Mistral to compare character by character, a two-line curl test, the key mistakes behind 401, and the one network-error case that is about your network.
Janitor AI 'No Endpoints Found': The Three OpenRouter Settings Behind It, and the Fix for Each
'No endpoints found' on Janitor AI is OpenRouter saying nobody is serving the model you chose, or that your own settings forbid the providers that would. Janitor's error guide lists three causes: provider restrictions, a retired model id, and a privacy setting. Here is each one, the fix, and the current list of free ids.
net::ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED in Puppeteer, Playwright, and Selenium: Causes and Fixes
Which proxy mistake gives which net:: error in headless Chrome. Measured in ten cases: dead addresses, passwords, credentials in the URL, schemes Chrome rejects, refused tunnels. SOCKS5 logins, Docker and CI from the Chromium source and the docs.
A "Proxy Authentication Required" Popup Keeps Appearing: Where It Comes From and How to Stop It
A proxy sign-in box in Chrome, Firefox, Windows, VS Code or IntelliJ that keeps coming back. Why it returns, measured in Chrome, whose proxy it is, and how to stop it safely.
"Proxy Error: The Proxy Server Received an Invalid Response From an Upstream Server" (Apache 502)
Apache's mod_proxy reporting that the server behind it did not answer properly. What each Reason line means, why your own proxy settings are irrelevant, and the admin fixes.
The Proxy Server Isn't Responding: 5 Fixes for Windows and Edge
This message comes from Windows itself, not a website. Where the proxy setting behind it lives, how to clear it in every place Windows keeps it, and what to do next.
Proxy Server on PS5, PS4, and Switch: Use or Do Not Use, and What It Cannot Fix
Consoles ask about a proxy server during manual setup. For almost everyone the answer is Do Not Use. When one helps, what it cannot fix (NAT type, lag), and how to set it.
Proxy Settings Keep Turning Back On? Find What Is Writing Them
Something keeps rewriting your proxy setting: a leftover VPN, a policy or profile, or malware. How to identify the writer on Windows and Mac and remove it for good.
Reddit "You've Been Blocked by Network Security": Why It Happens and How to Fix It
Reddit shows this page when your address looks like a VPN, proxy, or datacenter range. What triggers it, the fixes that work, and why logging in is the route Reddit offers.
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