Icon turns red, when clicked turns back to blue but doesnt do searched

[MDanyalT]

This is the error I am getting.

I am on chrome, mac os

Any ideas on how to fix this?

[raydiens]

I'm having the exact same error since a week ago aprox. Since it, it is not doing the searches. Not working anymore.

I'm on W11 fully updated. Extention is on chrome fully updated as well.

any help would be gladly appreciate.

[PleaseHelp7]

Same thing happened to me, would also like some help if anyone has it.

[Jack0792]

I did some modified to do search quests with PC and then Mobile agent one by one. I just wanted to let you know that it works for me so far.

[PleaseHelp7]

What did you do exactly?

[raydiens]

do you mind sharing the fix? It is still not working for me.

[Fletchlol]

also having this issue and would love to know if anyone has a fix!

[MDanyalT]

where the devs at

[JulienMaille]

I did some modified to do search quests with PC and then Mobile agent one by one. I just wanted to let you know that it works for me so far.

Would you mind sharing your fix?

[Fletchlol]

https://github.com/XxBAJNOKxX/Microsoft-Reward-Chrome-Ext/releases/tag/v2.24.6 The above with latest user agents update works with Edge, no working fix so far for chrome I think

[PororoManon]

no working fix so far for chrome I think

I use on edge, on DevTools console only show useragent, and on network tab show search activity but no point added.

then I try on Chrome, It work really smooth.

edit: I think dev forgot change version on something. that release 2.24.6 show as 2.24.5 on my extension.

[raydiens]

I'm sorry guys I cannot make it work. I try the v2.24.6(5) con chrome and edge and I could not make it work. I do not find "only show useragent" nor something similar. Also, I could not find the network tab to verify if I should change something there...

Could someone that make it work please take a few min to specify the steps for rookies? Thank you very much!!

[PororoManon]

Could someone that make it work please take a few min to specify the steps for rookies? Thank you very much!!

steps to show network tab? click this, it will open new window, and show developers tools

[KrautGTI]

Any updates here? I am having the same issue with MacOS and Chrome

[XxBAJNOKxX]

Okay, so it looks like Microsoft has started using unique identifiers for searches. Searches used by the extension do not contain these unique identifiers and are therefore not considered as valid searches.

I'll try to find a solution for this.

[XxBAJNOKxX]

I have a temporary solution: https://github.com/XxBAJNOKxX/Microsoft-Reward-Chrome-Ext/releases/tag/v2.24.8.pre

Probably until I solve the whole problem, the extension needs to be updated every 2 days

[Fletchlol]

Thanks again Bajni

[davidkra230]

The randomness implementation in v2.25.0 of banjo's fork is bugged, it does not use hex/base16 and it may get you caught by Microsoft so be careful, I have opened a pull request on the fork to fix the mildly large oversight. Hopefully the pr does get accepted and nobody gets caught.

[davidkra230]

this was fixed in v2.25.1 and you can now use the extension with less risk of being detected.

[Forsefrits]

this was fixed in v2.25.1 and you can now use the extension with less risk of being detected.

This one gives me a red icon :(

[XxBAJNOKxX]

this was fixed in v2.25.1 and you can now use the extension with less risk of being detected.

This one gives me a red icon :(

Please send us/me the error message

[Forsefrits]

this was fixed in v2.25.1 and you can now use the extension with less risk of being detected.

This one gives me a red icon :(

Please send us/me the error message

It's Failed to load resource: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT and the exact same errors as the beginning of the post. Your previous version did work but as stated by david that one is unsafe in terms of being detected?

[davidkra230]

I know that isn't the issue, can I have a look at the network tab? more specifically selected on any bing search request.

[Forsefrits]

I know that isn't the issue, can I have a look at the network tab? more specifically selected on any bing search request.

And this is from a random Bing search:

[XxBAJNOKxX]

this was fixed in v2.25.1 and you can now use the extension with less risk of being detected.

This one gives me a red icon :(

Please send us/me the error message

It's Failed to load resource: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT and the exact same errors as the beginning of the post. Your previous version did work but as stated by david that one is unsafe in terms of being detected?

Do you have any other extensions installed?

[davidkra230]

uh, @XxBAJNOKxX the v2.25.1 release still contains that one typo with the "numbers" var being typed out as "number" even though you had fixed it. i think you fixed it after releasing v2.25.1.

the solution for @Forsefrits would be to update to v2.25.1.1 as it doesn't quite use the same method and the typo has since been fixed.

[Forsefrits]

uh, @XxBAJNOKxX the v2.25.1 release still contains that one typo with the "numbers" var being typed out as "number" even though you had fixed it. i think you fixed it after releasing v2.25.1.

the solution for @Forsefrits would be to update to v2.25.1.1 as it doesn't quite use the same method and the typo has since been fixed.

Yes it is working now, thanks a bunch! :) Amazing job by the way, this plugin, thank you very much

[XxBAJNOKxX]

uh, @XxBAJNOKxX the v2.25.1 release still contains that one typo with the "numbers" var being typed out as "number" even though you had fixed it. i think you fixed it after releasing v2.25.1.

the solution for @Forsefrits would be to update to v2.25.1.1 as it doesn't quite use the same method and the typo has since been fixed.

Version v2.25.1 has been fixed. Sorry everyone :(

[XxBAJNOKxX]

uh, @XxBAJNOKxX the v2.25.1 release still contains that one typo with the "numbers" var being typed out as "number" even though you had fixed it. i think you fixed it after releasing v2.25.1.

the solution for @Forsefrits would be to update to v2.25.1.1 as it doesn't quite use the same method and the typo has since been fixed.

Version v2.25.1 has been fixed.

[KrautGTI]

This seems to have fixed the mobile searches for me, however the desktop searches and bing searches are not working yet, is that just me?

[XxBAJNOKxX]

This seems to have fixed the mobile searches for me, however the desktop searches and bing searches are not working yet, is that just me?

Browsers do this for an unknown reason, try to open another browser and import the extension there. But it should be fixed within a few days.

[droblescastane]

Thank you a lot for fixing this! I have it sort of working... sometimes it doesn't do pc searches, only mobile. Sometimes it does do pc searches. Most of the time it doesn't do edge searches.. but at least is an improvement in the right direction. I'll wait for the final fix and again, thank you for your time a dedication.

[Forsefrits]

For the problem that desktop and bing searches do not work, here is a screenshot of my network tab:

Maybe it can help fixing it :)

[Forsefrits]

It stopped working at the moment :( It is not doing searches for me anymore.

[XxBAJNOKxX]

Could you please send the error from the console?

[davidkra230]

This might be a microsoft problem, try to do some searches normally and see if it gives you the points.

It would be funny if all these problems were just microsoft problems, for example, this reddit thread is discussing how buggy things have gotten as of today.

[davidkra230]

It appears as though microsoft may have implemented a strange rate limit for bing searches.

[PororoManon]

I think, some search doesn't count as valid search quest. My network tab doesn't show any error, but my point not increase or increase slowly than my search progress on network tab

[gbdematos]

I changed quest/searchQuest.js line 163, from:

return `https://www.bing.com/search?q=${word}`;

To:

return `https://www.bing.com/search?q=${word}&PC=U316&FORM=CHROMN`;

And it's working again.

[nerolnauj]

I changed quest/searchQuest.js line 163, from:

return `https://www.bing.com/search?q=${word}`;

To:

return `https://www.bing.com/search?q=${word}&PC=U316&FORM=CHROMN`;

And it's working again.

its work for me !! thank you so much !!!

[asssaaa21]

I changed quest/searchQuest.js line 163, from:

return `https://www.bing.com/search?q=${word}`;

To:

return `https://www.bing.com/search?q=${word}&PC=U316&FORM=CHROMN`;

And it's working again.

Its working for me too, but it takes long time to get the points, and also i notice if i turn down google chrome from viewing i get still the red icon turns, it only works when your focus is on chrome, but it takes long time to get all the points.

[superpicapleitoss]

I changed quest/searchQuest.js line 163, from: return `https://www.bing.com/search?q=${word}`; To: return `https://www.bing.com/search?q=${word}&PC=U316&FORM=CHROMN`; And it's working again.

its work for me !! thank you so much !!!

Hi, what program do you use to open the file searchQuest.js ? I tried to use the notepad but I couldn't see line 163

[XxBAJNOKxX]

I changed quest/searchQuest.js line 163, from: return `https://www.bing.com/search?q=${word}`; To: return `https://www.bing.com/search?q=${word}&PC=U316&FORM=CHROMN`; And it's working again.

its work for me !! thank you so much !!!

Hi, what program do you use to open the file searchQuest.js ? I tried to use the notepad but I couldn't see line 163

Probably Visual Studio Code

[KrautGTI]

I changed quest/searchQuest.js line 163, from: return `https://www.bing.com/search?q=${word}`; To: return `https://www.bing.com/search?q=${word}&PC=U316&FORM=CHROMN`; And it's working again.

its work for me !! thank you so much !!!

Hi, what program do you use to open the file searchQuest.js ? I tried to use the notepad but I couldn't see line 163

Probably Visual Studio Code

Hey, @XxBAJNOKxX, is this solution working for you? It seems to be querying 5 or so searches every 3 seconds, however it only counts for one search maybe every minute or so- what could we be missing here?

[steverethink]

well my account got banned. MS Awards said suspected bot use. im sure others will follow.

[Forsefrits]

well my account got banned. MS Awards said suspected bot use. im sure others will follow.

Thanks for the headsup, no block for now and hope it stays, but okay, we have been busted I assume :(

[gbdematos]

In addition to the previous change to line 163 I added a random number after word, and increased the interval to 10 seconds (line 4).

It's working fine (slowly but ok).. But someone said they got banned so I think I'll just stop using it, can't afford to lose 200k+ points.

[asssaaa21]

well my account got banned. MS Awards said suspected bot use. im sure others will follow.

Some :(

[asssaaa21]

well my account got banned. MS Awards said suspected bot use. im sure others will follow.

oh mine got banned a month ago lol

the think is you can't even reach them back anymore, i even tested another account, and anyhing is connected toward account suspended will not work anymore.

[LeFlairGoD]

I get the following when I want to redeem the points for the Amazon competition event. How do you know the reason for the block? Does it look like this for you too or do you no longer have access? I just can't redeem any points but I can still collect them.

[JulienMaille]

Got banned too :(