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IP country lookup fails, default flag blank

The IP-based country lookup stopped working, leaving the phone flag blank and the default country unset.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

6 public reports · first reported 29 March 2021 · last reported 11 September 2024

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

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What's going wrong

Site owners expect the phone field to pick the visitor's country automatically, but the IP lookup behind it has stopped working for many, leaving the flag blank and the default country unset.

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 6 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.