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title: page.captcha.detect
description: Detect supported captcha widgets on the active page.
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`page.captcha.detect` is a browser runtime capability in the `captcha` namespace.

## Availability

* Runtime: `browser`
* Kind: `raw`
* Category: `interaction`
* Supported drivers: Playwright, Puppeteer, Stagehand

## SDK Surface

* SDK path: `runtime.captcha.detect`
* Async: Yes

## HTTP Surface

* Transport: `workspace.execute(...)`
* Call: `page.captcha.detect`
* Long-running: No

## Reference Semantics

* Requires refs: `page`

## Arguments

| Argument  | Type     | Required | Description                    |
| --------- | -------- | -------- | ------------------------------ |
| `options` | `object` | No       | Optional captcha type filters. |

## Result

* Type: `CaptchaDetectResult`
* Description: Detected captcha types on the active page.

## SDK Example

```ts
await runtime.captcha.detect();
```

## HTTP Example

```json
{
  "runtime": "crm",
  "steps": [
    {
      "call": "page.captcha.detect"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Related Capabilities

* [`page.captcha.solve`](../interaction/page-captcha-solve)
* [`page.waitForEvent`](../events/page-wait-for-event)