[BROKEN] License Verification API Failure

[slynch09566]

I'm currently running FileBot version 5.2.1 and within the last week something has changed, what appears on your server side, FileBot fails to verify the license and will not re-name files because of this error. The failed API call is: https://license.filebot.net/verify/xxxxxxxxx. The exact application message is as follows:

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Server Error: https://license.filebot.net/verify/xxxxxxxxx [429 Too Many Requests]

. When I run the API call via browser I get the following error:

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{"status":400,"message":"Bad Request"}

. I replaced my real license number with xxxxxxxxxxx for this post, this was not the data sent to the API call.

Will you please fix!
Steve

[rednoah]

Which VPN service are you using?

Please disable your VPN, or use a different VPN server, as your current shared public IP seems to be temporarily banned by our service provider as per the 429 Too Many Requests error message.

[slynch09566]

I use Express VPN connecting to the Washington DC datacenter. I switched to a datacenter in Europe and all is working again.

[rednoah]

Yep, looks like your previously chosen outbound server is being used for scraping websites to collect data for AI training. These scrapers will send excessive requests (effectively a DoS attack) until the IP is blocked - either by CloudFlare or our hosting provider - and then switch to a different IP and round it goes. That's why nowadays you're more likely to get random intermittent network issues for this or that domain / server when connecting from a public shared IP that is also used by scrapers.