Anyone with free account facing "Region Blocked issue?

[TackleIt]

This is what shows when i try to show something on the server. "Region Blocked" "HTML content may only be served to this region after you upgrade to a paid account. "

I am logged in and using authtoken, the last time i checked it was working (around 1-2 months back), so not sure if it is something they have implemented for security.

I am sending HTML/1.1 200 OK followed by content type and a bit of for my client to read from.

Also i have tried, text/plain and application/json in content type as well, but it still shows the same screen.

Can anyone help me on what is happening? couldn't get anything on google as well

[CkMadhavan]

Same here

[decoherencer]

Yep. seems some countries were blocked few days back on free plan.

[NandaKishorJeripothula]

+1

[GowthamRayar]

same Issue , any update on this?

[avva555]

same Issue , any update on this?

is there any alternate to this ngrok

[quazmavaibhav]

same issue.

[edwinwilmz]

same here any alternates for ngrok?

[rajiv-eulogik]

Same here, and it says free forever -_-

[GowthamRayar]

Try localtunnel - https://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel

@mandleyaditya18 This gets disconnected now and then

[samiravdev]

localtunnel not working with virtual host name

[sushant-awalekar]

Experiencing same issue

Just trying out few from this list https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling

[Archish27]

Any fixes facing same issue :(

[shopify-development-code]

Same issue.

Any alternatives?

[madhavrathore]

Same issue facing here. Please help with other alternative to access localhost.

[jaks2002]

Try to Connect vpn its worked for me

[tarunspartan]

+1

[madhavrathore]

@akshayF12 vpn is working but still sometime it is giving me an tunnel error

[Ganesh9100]

Same here hope there are different methods to run the server

[kpratik84]

Same here!! I also tried localtunnel. But there is an upload size limit of 1MB which is causing problems in my app. Can anybody help me with increasing the size of an uploaded file while using localtunnel? Many thanks.

[jaks2002]

Same here!! I also tried localtunnel. But there is an upload size limit of 1MB which is causing problems in my app. Can anybody help me with increasing the size of an uploaded file while using localtunnel? Many thanks.

try vpn ?

[kpratik84]

Same here!! I also tried localtunnel. But there is an upload size limit of 1MB which is causing problems in my app. Can anybody help me with increasing the size of an uploaded file while using localtunnel? Many thanks.

try vpn ?

I am using Google colab as a server for hosting my app

[avva555]

Same here!! I also tried localtunnel. But there is an upload size limit of 1MB which is causing problems in my app. Can anybody help me with increasing the size of an uploaded file while using localtunnel? Many thanks.

try vpn ?

I am using Google colab as a server for hosting my app

do you have any link how to use Google colab i have web application with mysql backend earlier i am using ngrok now its asking payment so looking for some alternate localtunnel also not stable so please let me know about this option

[samiravdev]

Use vpn master chrome extensions with ngrok and its working for me

[kpratik84]

Same here!! I also tried localtunnel. But there is an upload size limit of 1MB which is causing problems in my app. Can anybody help me with increasing the size of an uploaded file while using localtunnel? Many thanks.

try vpn ?

I am using Google colab as a server for hosting my app

do you have any link how to use Google colab i have web application with mysql backend earlier i am using ngrok now its asking payment so looking for some alternate localtunnel also not stable so please let me know about this option

Sorry, I meant I am using Colab as a development server. In order to get a public URL, I tried ngrok and localtunnel but both of them are causing issues.

[sachin-surya-soft]

Use VPN on your device from which you are hitting the URL. It's a temporary solution though.

[decoherencer]

Pagekite - one-month free trial service and works as well as ngrok. Atleast, until someone experiments a good solution from the alternatives.

[niketdave-codal]

Try VPN current solution is this only

[gsaranya256]

Try using Cloudflare Tunnel.. I got resolved this issue by Cloudflare.

[leenjass]

Use vpn master chrome extensions with ngrok and its working for me

thanks that's working :)

[AnandDMore]

I am also getting the same error "### Region Blocked \n HTML content may only be served to this region after you upgrade to a paid account." when accessing the ngrok URL. It was perfectly working till 11-Feb-2022 but suddenly it stopped working from 12-Feb-22. Does anyone get the reason/answer?

[RajKKapadia]

I am facing the same problem. I am using Localtunnel https://localtunnel.github.io/www/

[priyankagadhiya]

I am facing the same problem.

[sankaretey]

Thanks a lot samiravdev. its working for me. Just added the VPN master chrome extension and accessed the ngrok.

[chinni070707]

Thanks. VPN Master on chrome helped

[avva555]

VPN Master on chrome no working for some browsers

[TackleIt]

so the vpn works. If the client side is using vpn then the content can be shown. Server side doesn't matter.

Though anyone found a specific reason on why the content is blocked?

[AnandDMore]

I am also getting the same error "### Region Blocked \n HTML content may only be served to this region after you upgrade to a paid account." when accessing the ngrok URL. It was perfectly working till 11-Feb-2022 but suddenly it stopped working from 12-Feb-22. Does anyone get the reason/answer?

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Hey, it seems to be a ngrok issue, I just verified it again and it is working now, thank God. I spent almost a day finding alternatives for the ngrok but did not work/fit my needs.

[avva555]

ok thanks man good news

[TackleIt]

Checked, yeah it is working now. again. Nice