For the past few weeks I have been trying to get a good grasp in python by solving several DSA question across many platforms and today also I was doing the same...But during my practice on Codeforces when I tried to submit a code while taking help from CHAT-GPT(I don't do this often I only used it because I am learning python and I also asked for some specific syntax , I never copied the question and pasted it on ChatGPT) I got blocked .I was wondering if anyone else also got the same problem as me and what should I do now ??
Please note that during that hour when I was submitting the problem there were no running contest and I was only using chatgpt and other websites like W3Schools for learning the syntax.I never copied from anybody or used AI tools to cheat anywhere.
update : It was a Cloudflare issue. Thanks everyone who helped me.
What exactly do you mean by "blocked"? What message did you see?
I don't know how to attach a picture here but the page says something like
Sorry, you have been blocked You are unable to access codeforces.com
Why have I been blocked? This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.
What can I do to resolve this? You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.
seems like Yet Another Cloudflare Issue
btw it's allowed to use ChatGPT outside contests
This issue came up during 1:00 PM today in IST . and it's still going on can I do anything regarding this ? I have spent so many hours in building this account. I don't wanna lose it now especially when I did not do anything wrong. This is just sad.
https://codeforces.me/blog/entry/133113