Observed arrival · 2026-08-28
Thunderhead puts suspicious requests in the slow lane
A passive bot-detection reverse proxy that scores HTTP behavior and silently allows, delays, or blocks requests.
○Open
⊠Login
$Paid
†Ads
✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
ƒJS
Why it surfaced
Thunderhead replaces CAPTCHA interruptions with five observable signals, including robots.txt violations, sequential crawling, request rate, headers, and text-heavy page patterns. Its homepage also presents a working-style dashboard with request totals, live logs, thresholds, allowlists, and a three-tier response policy.
A passive bot-detection reverse proxy that scores HTTP behavior and silently allows, delays, or blocks requests.
Observed signals
Read the marks
Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
○OpenPublic substance visible
⊠LoginAccess appeared gated
$PaidCommerce or pricing visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
ƒJavaScriptBrowser-side code central
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