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Post #899703

2026-03-31 13:21 UTC

Latest #firefox #ESR (v149.0) appears to have stopped reporting the HTTP error code when something goes wrong… in this case for a 403. It used to include the HTTP code and some useful words. In this error, it looks like the connection just didn't work rather than we got an error from the server. Is there a way to turn this back on?

Replies (8)

  • And it's now fixed! Thankyou @firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social

    Open ##2425670

  • @neilmadden@infosec.exchange 2026-04-01 07:45

    @fooflington@infosec.exchange “there’s a problem with the site” for a 4xx error is really galling!

    Open ##2425671

  • @preya@mastodon.social 2026-04-01 07:51

    @fooflington@infosec.exchange Yeah, I've had this for a while, it's really annoying.

    Open ##2425673

  • @tdp_org@mastodon.social 2026-04-01 08:09

    @fooflington@infosec.exchange I assume Moz are looking to make error pages less confusing/intimidating for less technical users - which is probably reasonable. What's not reasonable is that this page gives wholly incorrect advice - "try again in a few moments" is not gonna work for a 403 or indeed any 4XX since they're all client/request errors. FWIW/tangentially related, I'd still love an "I'm technical, show me all the details" setting on web browsers/software/OSs.

    Open ##2425674

  • @guenther@chaos.social 2026-04-01 08:19

    @fooflington@infosec.exchange the cherry on top is that the wording of different parts of the UI is contradictory. When I visit a page on 127.0.0.1 (via plain http) that returns 404, it says that there's a problem with the website and that Firefox couldn't connect. The security shield icon in the URL bar shows a check mark though, and if i click it, it says there's a connection error and if I click that error, it says that I'm connected securely.

    Open ##2425685

  • @lennybacon@infosec.exchange 2026-04-01 09:14

    @fooflington@infosec.exchange @firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social can probably help. Hopefully.

    Open ##2425687

  • @mjog@eigenmagic.net 2026-04-01 12:28

    @fooflington@infosec.exchange DO NOT QUESTION THE FIREFOX AI MARKETING CEOS

    Open ##2425692

  • @kim@fedi.social 2026-04-01 13:02

    @fooflington@infosec.exchange Must be a problem with the 'signal' (in the way it's used by non-technical people as a catch-all term for anything network-related sense), I suppose...

    Open ##2425693