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hCaptcha: Accessibility challenge tells you to answer with a number, even if it is a word challenge
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Description

What is the problem?

Some of the challenges are of the form:

Please answer the following question with a single number.

What is trinitrotoluene written backwards?
Steps to reproduce problem
  1. Find a way of triggering the hCaptcha challenge
  2. https://test.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portugal_in_the_Junior_Eurovision_Song_Contest&action=edit
  3. Publish edit
  4. In the hCaptcha challenge, open the burger menu and select Accessibility Challenge
Environment

Wiki(s): https://test.wikipedia.org ConfirmEdit 1.6.0 (rECOE49231fb412f8) 16:36, 28 October 2025.
Editor: WikiEditor 0.5.4 (3cadd00) 07:45, 22 October 2025.

Screenshots

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