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Reclassify WAF/Cloudflare 403s away from auth errors

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #115812 on 19 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and PRs address the misclassification of WAF and Cloudflare challenge responses (HTTP 403s) as authentication or API key failures. The work involves correctly identifying these as firewall or upstream blocks rather than rejected credentials.

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  • #115812 fix(providers): WAF 403s report as a firewall block, not a rejected key; anthropic_messages routes send custom extra_headers (#24293, #9721, #53099, #70566, salvage #46002 #70567 #53114)

    merged to main

    files: agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py, agent/anthropic_adapter.py, agent/error_classifier.py, agent/error_surface.py, agent/turn_failure_copy.py, agent/turn_recovery.py, apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts, apps/desktop/src/lib/error-surface.test.ts, apps/desktop/src/lib/error-surface.ts, cli.py, cron/scheduler_failure_copy.py, hermes_cli/cli_chat_error_copy.py, tests/agent/test_anthropic_adapter_extra_headers.py, tests/agent/test_error_classifier.py, tests/agent/test_error_classifier_upstream_blocked.py, tests/agent/test_run_agent_codex_responses.py, tests/cron/test_cron_failure_notice_copy.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_single_query_exit_contract.py, tui_gateway/user_messages.py, ui-tui/src/app/userMessages.ts (+1 more)

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From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #70567 fix(agent): classify Cloudflare challenges as upstream · merged via another change → cb062f7, #115812, #24293, #9721, #53099, #70566, #46002, #70567, #53114
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#70566Cloudflare challenge 403s are misclassified as authentication failures
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19 Sep 2026

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