At the end of 2024, some users found that attempts to search on Google with JavaScript disabled redirected them to a page requiring JavaScript to be enabled in the browser. In January 2025, selective testing of the ban on access without JavaScript ended and the restriction was applied to all users, while leaving a few loopholes. For example, access to the search engine from browsers without JavaScript was preserved by changing the User-Agent to 'Lynx' or an old version of Firefox (no later than 23). Now these loopholes have stopped working, and pages requesting the enabling of JavaScript or updating an outdated version of the browser are displayed for any User-Agent values.
Source: opennet.ru
