From 4cd321e26987167aa1bac2929a0470d5889e0d46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Senescu <44480372+bensenescu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:56:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Blocked-audit alert: point to desktop crawlers instead of
 support email (#516)

* Blocked-audit alert: point to desktop crawlers instead of support email

* Soften blocked-audit alert opening

* Partial-block banner: recommend desktop crawlers, drop allowlist tip
---
 .../features/audit/results/ResultsView.tsx    | 24 ++++++++++++++++---
 .../_project/p/$projectId/audit/index.tsx     | 21 ++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/client/features/audit/results/ResultsView.tsx b/src/client/features/audit/results/ResultsView.tsx
index ceb7234..85de04d 100644
--- a/src/client/features/audit/results/ResultsView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/features/audit/results/ResultsView.tsx
@@ -52,9 +52,27 @@ export function ResultsView({
             </span>{" "}
             <span className="text-base-content/70">
               The site's bot protection challenged our crawler, so those pages
-              couldn't be audited. If this is your site, allowlist the{" "}
-              <code className="font-mono">OpenSEO-Audit</code> user agent in
-              your WAF or bot-protection settings and re-run the audit.
+              couldn't be audited. We don't have a workaround for this yet.
+              Desktop crawlers run from your own machine and usually get past
+              it: try{" "}
+              <a
+                className="link link-primary"
+                href="https://github.com/PhialsBasement/LibreCrawl"
+                target="_blank"
+                rel="noreferrer"
+              >
+                LibreCrawl
+              </a>{" "}
+              (free, open source) or{" "}
+              <a
+                className="link link-primary"
+                href="https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/"
+                target="_blank"
+                rel="noreferrer"
+              >
+                Screaming Frog
+              </a>{" "}
+              (free up to 500 URLs).
             </span>
           </p>
         </div>
diff --git a/src/routes/_project/p/$projectId/audit/index.tsx b/src/routes/_project/p/$projectId/audit/index.tsx
index 11e4d28..17df934 100644
--- a/src/routes/_project/p/$projectId/audit/index.tsx
+++ b/src/routes/_project/p/$projectId/audit/index.tsx
@@ -171,14 +171,27 @@ function AuditDetail({
                 Site audit couldn't fully crawl this website.
               </p>
               <p>
-                This is often caused by anti-bot or firewall settings. Email{" "}
+                Sorry! This site's bot protection blocked our crawler. We don't
+                have a workaround for this yet. Desktop crawlers run from your
+                own machine and usually get past it: try{" "}
                 <a
                   className="link link-primary"
-                  href={`mailto:${SUPPORT_EMAIL}`}
+                  href="https://github.com/PhialsBasement/LibreCrawl"
+                  target="_blank"
+                  rel="noreferrer"
                 >
-                  {SUPPORT_EMAIL}
+                  LibreCrawl
                 </a>{" "}
-                and we'll help configure auditing for your site.
+                (free, open source) or{" "}
+                <a
+                  className="link link-primary"
+                  href="https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/"
+                  target="_blank"
+                  rel="noreferrer"
+                >
+                  Screaming Frog
+                </a>{" "}
+                (free up to 500 URLs).
               </p>
             </div>
           </div>