I’ve been having an issue with images not displaying on lemmy.zip for a while (can’t remember if this has been since I joined or not).
I believe it has to do with cloudflare filtering VPNs (I use Mullvad usually on Amsterdam or Dublin).
In the attached image you can see images not showing including the lemmy icon and my avatar.
I need to go to images.lemmy.zip and click the cloudflare challenge to “verify I am human” then go back to my home page and refresh for the images to reappear. I have to do this every 30 minutes.
Everything else on the site works fine so I assume something needs relaxed on images.lemmy.zip specifically?
Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Hey, this will be because the VPN connection you’re using is coming from somewhere that gets caught up in our ASN blocks (we use these to protect us from scrapers/attacks). This is probably because the VPN provider/server has been used to attack us previously.
I assume if you try without a VPN you don’t get this issue?
MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
I’m in the UK so I can’t access the site without a VPN at all.
I figured it was worth posting because I don’t have to constantly pass a cloudflare challenge to access lemmy.zip or stay logged in (i’ve been logged in without interruption for weeks). It’s only images.lemmy.zip that I have this issue with so it seemed to me that was not in keeping with other parts of the site.
Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
The check is bypassed if you’re logged in, which is why you don’t see it on the main site.
I’ve tweaked the challenge rules, let me know if this improves things :)