#1208·rod

Running with go-rod triggers bot detection

Author: arjendevosCreated Jul 18, 2025Updated Sep 11, 2026

I started a normal devtools session with my freshly installed chrome browser. I entered the controlUrl in go rod and navigated to: https://deviceandbrowserinfo.com/are_you_a_bot. It says: You are bot.

I connected to the websocket manually with Postman and triggered a session + page navigation to https://deviceandbrowserinfo.com/are_you_a_bot. It says: You are human.

I have looked in the code but I can't really figure out what go-rod adds that triggers the detection. It's mostly hasInconsistentWorkerValues and sometimes hasSuspiciousWeakSignals being triggered.

The go-stealth package changes nothing and when used I keep getting (cloudflare) captchas. I like to know what is being injected that can trigger this kind of response.

github.com/go-rod/rod v0.116.2
github.com/go-rod/stealth v0.4.9

Edit: It also triggers a captcha when searching google. I have no idea what is causing this. Stealth does not solve it.