# Brave search stuck in POW captcha endless loop

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/brave-search-stuck-in-pow-captcha-endless-loop/644887>\
**Category:** Search Feedback\
**Tags:** windows, bug\
**Created:** [October 29, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-search-stuck-in-pow-captcha-endless-loop/644887 "2025-10-29T16:51:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![SkyeN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SkyeN](https://community.brave.app/u/SkyeN)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-search-stuck-in-pow-captcha-endless-loop/644887/1 "2025-10-29T16:51:21Z")

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I can’t search anything on brave search. It gets stuck in the endless POW captcha loop.

I’m having to use duckduckgo to get anything done. I also just updated brave to the new v 11.84.132 and the issue still remains.

I’m using protonvpn.

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**Author:** ![Evan123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/evan123/32/134423_2.png) [@Evan123](https://community.brave.app/u/Evan123)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-search-stuck-in-pow-captcha-endless-loop/644887/2 "2025-10-29T17:06:17Z")

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Hello! Sorry for the trouble. We’re experiencing some captcha issues and we expect to have it resolved soon.

Thanks for reporting!