# Login issues lately - Anyone else?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/login-issues-lately-anyone-else/638607
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 15, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/login-issues-lately-anyone-else/638607 "2018-08-15T15:51:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![prg9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@prg9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prg9)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/login-issues-lately-anyone-else/638607/1 "2018-08-15T15:51:54Z")

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I’ve been getting this issue lately, anyone else?

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 ![login-issues](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/2X/5/5ec5823e61375d383ddf2d4724134149c20d1e09.png)

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With persistence I got logged in to ask about the login. 😉

**PS:** I’m using the same computer, location, network, …

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### Author: ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/login-issues-lately-anyone-else/638607/2 "2018-08-15T16:57:39Z")

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What is your IP address? I will see if something is up!

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### Author: ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/login-issues-lately-anyone-else/638607/3 "2018-08-15T17:13:34Z")

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Sounds like someone got hit with the IP ban hammer!

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### Author: ![prg9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@prg9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prg9)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/login-issues-lately-anyone-else/638607/4 "2018-08-15T20:31:00Z")

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Why the hammer ?

![banhammer](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/2X/2/241c6f60e7bd9c38c160c1d7d821b2ac29241c4c.gif)

Seems to work if you keep trying …

![login](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/2X/f/fc703e4311953f0dcab30e0424572c127a15bb7f.gif)

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### Author: ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/login-issues-lately-anyone-else/638607/5 "2018-08-15T23:12:42Z")

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Your IP probably fell into the same range as some spammers. Discourse has a pretty decent spam auto-detection feature that does all this without any human intervention. The downside is that legitimate users like you occasionally get caught in the net.