Bot Traffic, "Blocked" Issues | Resolved

Hi everyone, thank you for your patience while we navigate this new wave of bot traffic on TinyCat. In an effort to defend against them last night, we accidentally restricted access for a bunch of real TinyCat libraries. I'm so sorry for the inconvenience this caused!

Everyone should be back to full access now that we've adjusted the protections again. Please reach out if you are still having any trouble accessing TinyCat, and thank you so much for your patience.

Good morning! We still do not have access to the site. Is there anything that I can do from my end.

>2 elliekelly: Get specific. You obviouly have some access, or you could not post a message.
Where do you not have access? What sort of message are you getting when access fails?
What is your set up? (operating system and browser)
Have you tried alternative computers, browsers?

Still not in!

No cover carousel on our TinyCat home page
When a book title is searched from the home page, I am taken to the details page.
However, on the details page I also have this on the right margin:
"Access Denied
Your request has been blocked. If you believe this is an error, please try again later."
We cannot check in or check out books.

If I try to access a patron, I receive the same message of "Access Denied
Your request has been blocked. If you believe this is an error, please try again later."
We have tried both computers that we usually work with. One is a chrome book with a Chrome OS and one is a a laptop with a Windows 11 OS.

My Library is not available. Here is my error:

Error:Sorry for the inconvenience. All Personal TinyCat accounts are temporarily paused while we manage increased bot traffic. Thank you for your patience in the meantime.

Hi all, sorry for the trouble. As @gilroy kindly linked to, we are indeed dealing with some heavy bot traffic. @elliekelly, since your account is a Volunteer account it should be back and unblocked. Are you still having any trouble accessing your homepage?

@demille.fam, yes Personal homepages in TinyCat are temporarily paused while we work to resolve this issue. I'm sorry for the inconvenience!

We are doing well. We are up and running. Thank you!

>9 ZephCraven: Thanks for confirming. Is there any timeline on this being resolved?

>11 demille.fam: Tomorrow, if not sooner — we're troubleshooting a workaround now! Thanks again for your patience and sorry for the interruption this has caused.