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Logged out users are being prompted for hCaptcha, but hCaptcha is not appearing
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Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

  • Try to edit a page, adding an external link

What happens?:

  • The edit is stopped, user is told to "Your edit includes new external links. To protect the wiki against automated spam, we kindly ask you to solve the following hCaptcha:"
  • STOP: no hCaptcha dialog is available

What should have happened instead?:

  • The hCaptcha dialog needs to be available

Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):

Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):

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Event Timeline

Xaosflux triaged this task as High priority.Dec 7 2025, 8:25 PM

Raised to high, this is preventing a core user function (page editing)

Triggered by external reader report in ticket 2025120710005271