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Re: Assistance needed with IP block on ci.debian.net



On Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 07:19:35PM +0100, Nadzeya Hutsko wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Just to close the loop on this in case it helps others. After discussing
> this with Antonio, it turns out that there is currently a fail2ban filter
> [1] in place that automatically blocks access based on the User-Agent,
> specifically matching Windows, Mac OS (and iOS in practice). This was
> introduced as a mitigation against large amounts of bot traffic scraping the
> site and hitting the login endpoint.
> 
> As a result, accessing ci.debian.net from a Windows/macOS/iOS device can
> trigger an automatic firewall block of the originating public IP. That is
> what caused my IP to be blocked. My IP was manually unblocked, thanks to
> Antonio, but at the moment I still cannot safely access the service from my
> phone without risking another network-wide block.
> 
> This is understandable as a protective measure and explains the behavior I
> was seeing.

This was just changed and it should be better now.

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