If a Cloudflare CAPTCHA bug persists despite troubleshooting

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If a Cloudflare CAPTCHA bug persists despite troubleshooting, what temporary workarounds or alternative solutions are available?
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If a CAPTCHA bug persists, temporary workarounds include temporarily lowering the Cloudflare 'Security Level' to 'Essentially Off' or 'Low' to restore access, then gradually increasing it while monitoring. Another option is to temporarily disable specific WAF rules that are suspected of causing the issue. For long-term solutions, consider migrating to Cloudflare Turnstile, which is designed as a user-friendly, non-intrusive CAPTCHA replacement. If the issue is critical, one might temporarily bypass Cloudflare for affected IP ranges or even consider routing traffic directly to the origin server for a short period (though this removes Cloudflare's protection). Contacting Cloudflare support with detailed logs is crucial for a permanent fix.