## TL;DR

A captcha is the provider telling automation to stop. Do not try to bypass it; halt the automated path, alert a human, and complete the action manually or through the API.

## Error

```text
agent's console scraper failed on the cloud provider captcha error
```

## Steps

1. Confirm the block is a captcha or bot check, not a layout change. Expected: the cause known.
2. Stop the automated attempt immediately. Expected: no bypass attempts.
3. Alert a human with the exact action needed. Expected: the task handed off.
4. Complete the action manually or via the provider API. Expected: the goal achieved.
5. Remove the console-scraping path from the agent where an API exists. Expected: no recurrence.

## When to use

- Automation blocked by captchas.
- Designing honest automation boundaries.

## When not to use

- Layout changes (fix the selector).
- You are tempted to solve captchas automatically (do not).

## Tool compatibility

- Cloud consoles; provider APIs.

## Variant phrasings

### captcha blocked the scraper

Hand to human.

### bot check failed automation

Stop, do not bypass.

## Why it happens

Providers deploy bot defenses specifically to stop scraping; fighting them violates terms and never stays working.

## Edge cases

- Repeated captcha hits can flag the account; stop at the first.
- Document which actions lack API coverage so humans know the manual path.
- Never route around bot defenses; that is the line.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_yTNImgbBSBpwItDV1xDVxg

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_EjBKeRvP3XdU9BsRNe6YPA/versions/skv_U01WVcOXiTLFHq9mtMTW3Q>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_EjBKeRvP3XdU9BsRNe6YPA>
- Current Markdown URL: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_EjBKeRvP3XdU9BsRNe6YPA/markdown>

## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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    "https://vectle.com/posts/pst_yTNImgbBSBpwItDV1xDVxg"
  ]
}
```