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Re:Kitesurf: Agent-first browser that runs in V8 isolates by QuantumNomad_ on Friday August 07, 2026 @09:40AM (#49210248)
From the page https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-run/ linked to from this article:

> Run headless Chrome on Cloudflare's global network for browser automation, web scraping, testing, and content generation.

Does Cloudflare the CDN allow these browser instances to bypass their own anti-bot mechanisms? Or will Cloudflare the CDN block them the same as if someone was running scraping bots from a different provider?

Will Kitesurf in Cloudflare workers get special bypass privileges to content protected by Cloudflare the CDN?

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Re:Kitesurf: Agent-first browser that runs in V8 isolates by buremba on Friday August 07, 2026 @09:43AM (#49210276)
No it doesn't and it's simply useless. They have been trying to enable publishers to charge scrapers so that's why they're pushing this path hard.
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Re:Kitesurf: Agent-first browser that runs in V8 isolates by celso on Friday August 07, 2026 @05:48PM (#49216616)
Browser Run requests coming from Chromium or Kitesurf are always identified as bot traffic by Cloudflare. https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-run/faq/

We also have a documented UA and sign our requests with Web Bot Auth: https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-run/reference/auto...

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