AWS WAF Challenge

[tkrosenblatt]

Authorized API requests unexpectedly encountering bot detection challenge response from WAF. Would expect 429 if rate limited.

Endpoint: https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks
Status Code: 202
{'X-Amz-Cf-Pop': 'JFK50-P6', 'Content-Length': '0', 'Via': '1.1 4229f114865802c4acd3e785fddcbf9c.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)', 'X-Cache': 'Error from cloudfront', 'Access-Control-Max-Age': '86400', 'Access-Control-Expose-Headers': 'x-amzn-waf-action', 'x-amzn-waf-action': 'challenge', 'Server': 'CloudFront', 'Connection': 'keep-alive', 'X-Amz-Cf-Id': 'ZPvAt_XPvcbwfhGo9LBNR7LAvQY9kHOCUHRJzx3BZcYBcUgaaneWKg==', 'Cache-Control': 'no-store, max-age=0', 'Date': 'Sat, 23 May 2026 17:04:12 GMT', 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*', 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods': 'OPTIONS,GET,POST', 'Content-Type': 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'}