Hello I tried out the new botId feature. implemented checkBotId on some of the API endpoints. There was quickly a outcry of issues from the users on production and had to revert. Users on corporate networks with vpn proxy setup, users on firefox are getting flagged. Rather than IP whitelisting, i…

Hi @ghoshan-ai , this is what our team suggested: The traffic inbound from those corporate networks looks bot-like because firewalls on these networks are likely acting as forward proxies that are intercepting, analyzing, and forwarding that traffic. In scenarios like this we see abusive scraper tr…

Hello @anshumanb Thanks for the analysis. However, I cannot add the JA4 signatures of all our end users. For now i will rely on pure rate-limiting as a mitigation for bot abuse on the platform.

How to Properly Use the botId Feature for VPN proxy setup

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anshumanb (Anshuman Bhardwaj) November 24, 2025, 12:57pm 4

Hi @ghoshan-ai, thanks for highlighting this feedback. I’ve reached out to the team and they’ll take a look and reply here.

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How to Properly Use the botId Feature for VPN proxy setup

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