Financial Times recipe is failing

Widmerpool · 03-23-2026, 01:49 AM

95% of articles not downloading, been the case since last week.

kovidgoyal · 03-23-2026, 07:48 AM

That will be because most of the articles now require a subscription and ft.com uses a CAPTCHA on its login page so the recipe cant do the needed login.

Widmerpool · 03-24-2026, 01:30 AM

Thanks for the reply.

unkn0wn · Yesterday, 01:07 AM

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...61c7e60d642169

this seems to work for majority of articles.

03-23-2026, 01:49 AM	#1
Widmerpool Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2026 Device: kindle	Financial Times recipe is failing 95% of articles not downloading, been the case since last week.

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03-23-2026, 07:48 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 46,152 Karma: 29626604 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	That will be because most of the articles now require a subscription and ft.com uses a CAPTCHA on its login page so the recipe cant do the needed login.

03-24-2026, 01:30 AM	#3
Widmerpool Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2026 Device: kindle	Thanks for the reply.

Yesterday, 01:07 AM	#4
unkn0wn Guru Posts: 648 Karma: 85520 Join Date: May 2021 Device: kindle	https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...61c7e60d642169 this seems to work for majority of articles.

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