I am getting a "The json response is invalid or malformed." error message [#2530226]

from the Drupal logs:

type: reCAPTCHA web service
message: The json response is invalid or malformed.
Severity: error

on the front end I see "The answer you entered for the CAPTCHA was not correct." every time when i submit a form with the correct values.

Comments

Comment #1

dtolj CreditAttribution: dtolj commented 9 July 2015 at 17:48

Title:

recaptch fails

» I am getting a "The json response is invalid or malformed."

Comment #2

dtolj CreditAttribution: dtolj commented 9 July 2015 at 17:49

Title:	I am getting a "The json response is invalid or malformed."	» I am getting a "The json response is invalid or malformed." error message
Component:	General	» reCAPTCHA Captcha

Comment #3

hass CreditAttribution: hass commented 9 July 2015 at 20:49

Status:

Active

» Closed (duplicate)

#2513446: I'm getting a "The response parameter is missing." error in the logs

Comment #4

kubrt CreditAttribution: kubrt commented 7 September 2017 at 12:30

Component:

reCAPTCHA Captcha

» General

Not always a duplicate of the #2513446.
I was getting this on a site behind http proxy until I've fixed the configuration is my seettings.php ( $conf['proxy_server'] and $conf['proxy_port'] )