From 01cad11472775ed5babd278849138c404e26c3af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chris <chris@chrisedwards.tech>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:44:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix ALTCHA widget not loading or submitting
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Two bugs prevented form submission entirely:
1. `challengeurl` attribute was renamed to `challenge` in altcha v3 — the
   widget silently ignored the old name so it never fetched a challenge.
2. `altchaWidget.value` is not an exposed property on the v3 custom element;
   read the solved payload from the hidden `<input name="altcha">` the widget
   renders in light DOM instead.

Also clears the err-altcha error message at the start of each submit attempt
so it doesn't linger after the user completes verification and retries.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 main-site/contact-form.js    | 12 +++++++-----
 main-site/contact/index.html |  2 +-
 main-site/index.html         |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main-site/contact-form.js b/main-site/contact-form.js
index 5cfb022..7f04624 100644
--- a/main-site/contact-form.js
+++ b/main-site/contact-form.js
@@ -141,13 +141,15 @@
       return;
     }
 
-    const altchaWidget = form.querySelector('altcha-widget');
-    const altchaValue  = altchaWidget ? altchaWidget.value : '';
+    const errAltcha = document.getElementById('err-altcha');
+    if (errAltcha) errAltcha.style.display = 'none';
+
+    const altchaInput = form.querySelector('[name="altcha"]');
+    const altchaValue = altchaInput?.value || '';
     if (!altchaValue) {
-      const errEl = document.getElementById('err-altcha');
-      if (errEl) { errEl.style.display = ''; }
+      if (errAltcha) errAltcha.style.display = '';
       showAlert('Please complete the verification.', 'is-warning');
-      altchaWidget && altchaWidget.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth', block: 'center' });
+      form.querySelector('altcha-widget')?.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth', block: 'center' });
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/main-site/contact/index.html b/main-site/contact/index.html
index 3107073..adb28b7 100644
--- a/main-site/contact/index.html
+++ b/main-site/contact/index.html
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 
       <div class="field">
         <altcha-widget
-          challengeurl="/api/altcha"
+          challenge="/api/altcha"
           style="--altcha-color-border: #dbdbdb; --altcha-border-radius: 4px; --altcha-color-text: #363636;"
         ></altcha-widget>
         <p class="help is-danger" id="err-altcha" style="display:none;">Please complete the verification.</p>
diff --git a/main-site/index.html b/main-site/index.html
index a3046d6..55b0e54 100644
--- a/main-site/index.html
+++ b/main-site/index.html
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 
     <div class="field">
       <altcha-widget
-        challengeurl="/api/altcha"
+        challenge="/api/altcha"
         style="--altcha-color-border: #dbdbdb; --altcha-border-radius: 4px; --altcha-color-text: #363636;"
       ></altcha-widget>
       <p class="help is-danger" id="err-altcha" style="display:none;">Please complete the verification.</p>