Hi all,
I have one V2 Tickbox for years. It got automatically migrated towards the end of 2025, and I finally got around to having a closer look at the Google Cloud environment, which is completely new for me.
Everything looks OK when accessed from the legacy google.com/recaptcha/admin reCAPTCHA administration. Also, the reCAPTCHA technically works, but I am not sure for how long. I have already enabled the free $300 testing period in Google Cloud and inserted the Credit Card details into the Google Cloud billing. But I am getting the following error when looking at Google Cloud → Security → reCAPTCHA administration page.
- The overview of Keys lists my key with a “Status” displayed as a dark grey/black circle followed by “Unknown”
- Once I open the detail at the “Overview” page, in the top right column, there is the dark circle with “Unknown” repeated and the below reads:
“Something went wrong
Unable to determine the status of your key. Try refreshing the page or checking back later.” - The same dark circle is next to the integration Frontend and Backend right below.
I am running on PHP if it helps.
My current implementation was very simple, and I don’t want to break it.
Frontend:
<script src='https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js'></script><div class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" data-callback="enableBtn"></div>
Backend (PHP):
$secret = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
$cresponse = $_POST["g-recaptcha-response"];
$cverify = file_get_contents("https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify?secret={$secret}&response={$cresponse}");
$captcha_success = json_decode($cverify);
if ($captcha_success->success == false) {
.....
Now, it seems the Google Cloud implies a simple modification of the URL in the frontend, no problem. But some super complicated implementation in the backend.
Is my problem really caused by the old/current implementation? I thought no changes to the code are required. Is the issue going to be fixed if I go ahead with the new implementation?
Any help is much appreciated.
