# Scrapfly publishes guide on bypassing AWS WAF Bot Control for web scraping

> 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.

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- Beat: Anti-bot & Blocking · Evidence: Primary source · Type/significance: analysis/2 · First seen: 2026-09-06T14:42:03.344676+00:00 · Updated: 2026-09-06T14:42:03.344676+00:00 · Edition: 2026-09-06
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## Briefing
- Scrapfly: 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.

## Why it matters
AWS WAF is one of the most widely deployed web application firewalls, and its Bot Control feature presents a significant obstacle for web scrapers. This guide from a proxy and scraping infrastructure vendor not only explains the detection mechanisms but also promotes a commercial bypass solution, highlighting the ongoing arms race between anti-bot systems and extraction tooling.

## Sources
- Primary source · Scrapfly · 2026-07-24 — [How to Bypass AWS WAF when Web Scraping in 2026](https://scrapfly.io/blog/posts/how-to-bypass-aws-waf-when-web-scraping)

## Watch next
Will AWS update Bot Control to counter the specific bypass methods described in this guide?

Topics: Scrapfly, AWS WAF, aws-waf, bot-detection, web-scraping, bypass-techniques, scrapfly

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