# Anti-bot & Blocking

- [Browserless publishes guide on bypassing Datadome anti-bot protection](https://extractfeed.io/story/browserless-publishes-guide-on-bypassing-datadome-anti-bot-p-eac61a5/) — Browserless released a blog post detailing techniques to circumvent Datadome's anti-bot system.
- [Chrome's new navigator.cpuPerformance API opens a fresh fingerprinting vector](https://extractfeed.io/story/chrome-s-new-navigator-cpuperformance-api-opens-a-fresh-fing-9faf1c6/) — Zyte reports that Chrome 152 will expose a navigator.cpuPerformance property, giving sites a new way to fingerprint browsers.
- [Crawlbase details the infrastructure behind 8,000 CAPTCHAs per second](https://extractfeed.io/story/crawlbase-details-the-infrastructure-behind-8-000-captchas-p-5421d0e/) — Crawlbase published a blog post explaining the throughput math, Go-based control plane, and scaling challenges required to solve 8,000 CAPTCHAs per second.
- [Crawlbase introduces Web Bot Auth as an identity layer for bots, coinciding with pay-per-crawl pricing](https://extractfeed.io/story/crawlbase-introduces-web-bot-auth-as-an-identity-layer-for-b-5dad3c5/) — Crawlbase ships Web Bot Auth, a specification that treats bot identity as a verifiable signature rather than a self-declared claim, on the same day it launches pay-per-crawl pricing.
- [Scrapfly publishes 2026 diagnostic guide for blocked Scrapy spiders](https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-2026-diagnostic-guide-for-blocked-scrapy-6ae174b/) — Scrapfly released a walkthrough covering nine mechanisms that can block a Scrapy spider, from IP reputation to CAPTCHA, with evidence and mitigation steps for each.
- [Scrapfly publishes guide on bypassing AWS WAF Bot Control for web scraping](https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-publishes-guide-on-bypassing-aws-waf-bot-control-fo-bac190f/) — Scrapfly released a blog post detailing how AWS WAF Bot Control detects scrapers across five layers and how to bypass it using their Scrapfly ASP product.
- [SerpApi explains HTTP 429 errors and rate-limit best practices](https://extractfeed.io/story/serpapi-explains-http-429-errors-and-rate-limit-best-practic-284d4e5/) — SerpApi published a guide covering the causes of HTTP 429 errors, how to read Retry-After headers, and strategies for retrying requests without escalating blocking.
- [Zyte Audit Reveals Industry-Specific Bot Access Policies](https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-audit-reveals-industry-specific-bot-access-policies-9815786/) — Zyte published a large-scale audit of web access controls showing how different industries enforce different policies toward bots.
- [Zyte publishes largest ever audit of web access control mechanisms](https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-publishes-largest-ever-audit-of-web-access-control-mech-1445548/) — Zyte released a comprehensive audit of how websites regulate programmatic visits, revealing the current state of web access barriers.
- [Zyte report finds fashion websites among the most heavily defended against scraping](https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-report-finds-fashion-websites-among-the-most-heavily-de-9cb9bf8/) — A Zyte blog post examines the anti-bot and blocking measures used by fashion e-commerce sites, finding they are some of the most aggressively protected on the web.
- [Zyte report reveals retailers as second most aggressive sector in blocking AI crawlers](https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-report-reveals-retailers-as-second-most-aggressive-sect-65d0ea4/) — Zyte published a blog post detailing how major retail marketplaces deploy anti-bot technology to block AI crawlers and automated data extraction.