Re:ChatGPT won't let you type until Cloudflare reads your Re...
by huertouisj on Sunday March 29, 2026 @06:24PM
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sometimes I paste giant texts (think summarization) in the chatgpt (paid) webapp and I noticed that the CPU fans spin up for about 5 seconds after, as if the text is "processed" client side somehow. this is before hitting "submit" to send the prompt to the model.
I assumed it was maybe some tokenization going on client side, but now I realize maybe it's some proof of work related to prompt length?
I assumed it was maybe some tokenization going on client side, but now I realize maybe it's some proof of work related to prompt length?