# Honeypot breaks confirmation messages

**URL:** <https://community.gravityforms.com/t/honeypot-breaks-confirmation-messages/18498>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** honeypot, version\_hash, confirmations\
**Created:** [November 20, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/honeypot-breaks-confirmation-messages/18498 "2024-11-20T12:44:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jani.kivisola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@jani.kivisola](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/jani.kivisola)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/honeypot-breaks-confirmation-messages/18498/1 "2024-11-20T12:44:57Z")

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Hi, we noticed today that the forms with Honeypot enabled do not give correct confirmation messages to user, but shows the default message in every case.

We disabled Honeypots and the confirmations began working again.

We received first complaint regarding this from an user this morning, so the situation is probably quite new.

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**Author:** ![richardw8k](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.gravityforms.com/richardw8k/32/2354_2.png) [@richardw8k](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/richardw8k)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/honeypot-breaks-confirmation-messages/18498/2 "2024-11-20T13:15:12Z")

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See the following:

> [@Legitimate form submissions failing honeypot check](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/legitimate-form-submissions-failing-honeypot-check/17464/2):
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> The version\_hash is added to the form submission by the form scripts. If that input is missing from the submission or contains the wrong value, the submission fails honeypot validation and is either aborted or marked as spam, depending on the form settings. If the page where the form is embedded is cached, that can result in an outdated value being added to the version\_hash. If the page has any JavaScript errors, that can prevent the form scripts running, so the input isn’t added to the submis…

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/gravityforms1/original/2X/f/fef63f0599c45e0218c30d9f5d7ca8bff9b00189.png) [@system](https://community.gravityforms.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.gravityforms.com/t/honeypot-breaks-confirmation-messages/18498/3 "2024-12-20T13:15:47Z")

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