Anti-spam and limits
The anti-spam proof failed
pow_failed
A proof-of-work anti-spam check from an app or script was not accepted.
HTTP 403·Anti-spam and limits
What it means
What happened
A proof-of-work anti-spam check from an app or script was not accepted.
Why
Why it might have happened
- The proof may be incomplete, expired, or for a different connection.
- The same proof may have been reused.
Next steps
What you can try
- Ask the app or command-line tool to get a new challenge.
- Retry the publish once it solves the new proof.
- Use the website composer if the tool keeps failing.
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