The large language model bots continue to attack the forum.
These bots are not well-behaved. They do not have a proper user-agent setting, and spoof a regular browser.
I blocked a couple of address ranges (these appear to be from Tencent in China).
Well, more than a few:
101.32.0.1-101.32.253.250
119.28.0.1-119.28.253.250
124.156.0.1-124.156.253.250
129.226.0.1-129.226.253.250
150.109.0.1-150.109.253.250
43.128.0.1-43.128.253.250
43.133.0.1-43.133.253.250
43.134.0.1-43.134.253.250
43.153.0.1-43.153.253.250
43.154.0.1-43.154.253.250
43.156.0.1-43.156.253.250
43.159.0.1-43.159.253.250
43.163.0.1-43.163.253.250