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Google rate-limits and returns 502 and 400 errors

Google blocks translations with captcha prompts, 502 or 400 errors and automated-query warnings after a few pages.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

7 public reports · first reported 15 February 2019 · last reported 9 January 2024

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Users translating several pages in a row or large texts hit errors from the Google service the add-on calls: a captcha that reloads endlessly, server errors saying the service is temporarily unavailable, malformed-request errors, and warnings that the computer is sending automated queries.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 7 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.