Cloudflare cf_clearance: why it expires and how to stop the re-challenge loop (opens in new tab)

Cloudflare cf_clearance: why it expires and how to stop the re-challenge loop You solve the Cloudflare challenge, get a cf_clearance cookie, make your next request — and Cloudflare throws you straight back to the challenge. You solve it again, same thing. The scraper is technically "working," it's just stuck in a loop, burning a solve on every request and never getting to the actual page. This is one of the most common Cloudflare problems, and it's almost never the challenge itself. It's how ...