Google search block on Firefox since last Firefox update June 2026
For the past few days when trying to use Google search on Firefox I get this message:
"Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network. This page checks to see if it's really you sending the requests, and not a robot. Why did this happen?"
Then it makes me jump through several hoops to do a search on google.
This is a Firefox specific message as I can switch to Safari and there is no roadblock.
Is this happening to anyone else?
Any way to resolve?
Why this is a Firefox issue and not other browsers?
All Replies (1)
Google might not like if you're clearing their session data too often — does it only happen once, on the first direct search after each restart? If you go to google.com homepage and search from there, are you able to avoid the turing test?
If they're currently blocking your session/location/behavior — and you're not signed in with them (or it has no effect), perhaps verify you're not clearing site data repeatedly: https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1586735 in case you have setting to clear all browsing history on exit — or what also worked is to set a different Google URL query as a custom search engine if that helps in your case: https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1587084
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