diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerProxies/FlareSolverr/FlareSolverr.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerProxies/FlareSolverr/FlareSolverr.cs
index 5107bf151..cc92c4cc9 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerProxies/FlareSolverr/FlareSolverr.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerProxies/FlareSolverr/FlareSolverr.cs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public override HttpResponse PostResponse(HttpResponse response)
 
             if (flaresolverrResponse.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK && flaresolverrResponse.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError)
             {
-                throw new FlareSolverrException("HTTP StatusCode not 200 or 500. Status is :" + response.StatusCode);
+                throw new FlareSolverrException("HTTP StatusCode not 200 or 500. Status is :" + flaresolverrResponse.StatusCode);
             }
 
             var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<FlareSolverrResponse>(flaresolverrResponse.Content);
@@ -71,9 +71,36 @@ public override HttpResponse PostResponse(HttpResponse response)
 
             InjectCookies(newRequest, result);
 
-            //Request again with User-Agent and Cookies from Flaresolverr
+            // Try cookie-based retry first so subsequent requests can
+            // reuse the cookies without going through FlareSolverr.
             var finalResponse = _httpClient.Execute(newRequest);
 
+            if (!CloudFlareDetectionService.IsCloudflareProtected(finalResponse))
+            {
+                return finalResponse;
+            }
+
+            // Cookie retry was blocked — fall back to FlareSolverr's response body.
+            // This happens when CF selectively challenges by IP/UA and FlareSolverr
+            // doesn't receive a challenge, so no cf_clearance cookie is returned.
+            if (result.Solution.Response.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace())
+            {
+                var headers = new HttpHeader();
+
+                if (result.Solution.Headers?.ContentType.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace() == true)
+                {
+                    headers.ContentType = result.Solution.Headers.ContentType;
+                }
+
+                return new HttpResponse(
+                    response.Request,
+                    headers,
+                    response.Cookies,
+                    result.Solution.Response,
+                    response.ElapsedTime,
+                    HttpStatusCode.OK);
+            }
+
             return finalResponse;
         }