403 error on every post linking to an external site

Hi all,

I have the weirdest issue with Summit for the last 2 days. Every post with an external link produces a 403. The attached screenshot has an example.

If I copy the url from the error message I can open it just fine in my browser.

  • Summit version 1.73
  • Android version 16
28 points · 9 comments · view on lemmy.world

9 Comments

Niiru@feddit.org · 7 pts · 255d (2 replies)

Same.

Could be a feddit thing according to this thread, though https://feddit.org/post/22424345

It's not. .world also has this problem

narp@feddit.org · 1 pts · 254d (1 reply)

How did you confirm that .world has the same problem, is there a thread?

The reason I'm asking is that I thought the same at first but if you check the URL it's from feddit.org even if it's in a world community (I think Lemmy works this way: feddit.org downloads the picture from .world and then hosts it for the feddit.org users).

Niiru@feddit.org · 1 pts · 254d

Yes, you are right. It's feddit.org

idunnololz@lemmy.world MOD · 4 pts · 254d (3 replies)

As a temp. workaround, go to Settings > Misc > Client user-agent. Choose "Use test user agent".

narp@feddit.org · 3 pts · 254d (1 reply)

Thanks! Do you know if sth. should be changed on the instance or is it more summit-related?

idunnololz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 254d

Not sure honestly. The issue doesn't seem to happen on other instances so maybe something needs to change on the instance. It looks like they are blocking clients based on user agents and it didn't like Summit's default user agent.

I was supposed to do some work at some point to figure out the best user agent to use but I have not gotten to it yet.

Wrufieotnak@feddit.org · 2 pts · 253d

Can confirm, works for me. Thanks!

ekZepp@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 255d (1 reply)

Could I know more about that Zealand man?