I'm just getting a Blocked message on Firefox, both desktop and mobile. Works fine in Chrome and on my phone app.
EDIT: Looks like all is well now. Try accessing Reddit through Firefox again.
Posted Jan 14, 2022, 6:52 PM UTC · edited
Yes, getting "blocked" message as well. I thought maybe I got banned or some shit haha
Very weird all these recent issues with Firefox, kinda wondering if the last update broke it.
In this case the issue is with reddit as it also seems to be affecting Opera users
Oh yay, someone to commiserate with, Opera users!
Oh damn, there goes my legendary conspiracy theory it was related to blocking Tor access, Tor is basically super buttoned up Firefox right?
the tor browser provided by the tor project is that yeah, but tor itself can be used on any browser if you know how
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i legit thought I was still logged into my company's VPN or something and panicked a lil bit
I coincidentally got banned from selfawarewolves for commenting about dns changers and ads, so when I saw the blocked thing happen yesterday I was very confused.
I'm only having issues with Google-suite of websites, especially Google Meet, outright laggy.
Seems so. Getting the same error on firefox
Edit: Works again
I'm getting the same "blocked" screen on both mobile and desktop. Even had to try my account on chrome and whatever they're calling Internet Explorer these days to make sure it wasn't some kind of banning. Firefox seems to be the common cause.
Me too. I'm currently viewing Reddit via Windows app (basically MS Edge), in Firefox just says 'blocked'.
I'm using brave on endeavouros/arch linux to type this comment lol
Same here.
Can confirm. Throws up a monospace font 'blocked.'
Strange.
it's working now again.
Same but it works if I use a different IP (VPN).
Working again now
Seems like a reddit dev/admin specifically blocked firefox user clients from connecting.
Why, though?
https://twitter.com/marwanpro/status/1482066457806753798
Better ask the reddit dev/admin who changed that. I bet it's a newbie at the company who thought he was being helpful by blocking a useragent which, to him, seemed like it was 'attacking' or 'overloading' the site.
They didn't realize what they were doing and made a mistake.
Not gonna lie, started sweating a bit while browsing at work...
lol i legit screenshotted both my chrome and firefox and was about to post here
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TBH, I'm too tech-dumb to have thought about that.
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For the more tech savvy fellas, here's what I've tried and hasn't worked so far:
Updating Firefox from 94.0 to 96.0.1
Disabling HTTP3 (doubt it has anything to do with this but since both errors appeared so close together it couldn't hurt to try) - https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/s2utvv/psa_solution_for_firefox_not_working_right_now/
Installed User-Agent Switcher and tried accessing while pretending to be Chrome.
Clearing cache.
If you have any other ideas that you've tried maybe we can gather them here?
Hang on, if you're spoofing user agent then how does the server even know you're running Firefox and therefore blocking you? This is weird.
Btw Edge working for me on Win11 but Firefox 'blocked' on the same laptop
This worked for me:
https://twitter.com/marwanpro/status/1482066457806753798
This leaves out the "click the check mark to apply changes" step though.
That was my reasoning as well, and at this point I have honestly no idea! It seems to be fixed now, but I'd love for Reddit to do a small post mortem to explain just what the hell happened.
Ugh… not what seems to have taken place here, but browser fingerprinting is a thing. A quick javascript can be ran on first page load to determine Firefox(even through spoofed user agent), then cache a server-side value linked to cookies or even IP
It's been fixed since, but the curl command from the Firefox dev tools worked. This must've been something quite low-level, maybe TLS.
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Getting the same thing, works fine in edge.
Never thought i'd be installing edge on linux anytime soon.
Cleared Firefox data and tried and even reinstalled without any extensions, still nothing. But works fine on all other browsers and even on mobile app (Apollo).
Same here. Windows 10, Firefox 96.0.1
95.0.2 here and it's blocked.
95.0.1 on linux mint cinnamon
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? That's a month old bug... wouldn't be the same issue were dealing with today..
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That post is a month ago, looks like Reddit broke Firefox again?
Mac as well. Windows 11 as well. Seems like its on reddit side.
Same, on Firefox desktop and Android.
It's all over twitter too: https://twitter.com/search?q=firefox%20reddit
[edit] It's fixed now.
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That would make more sense. There's no way Firefox could have pushed an update or something to suddenly block all users from reddit. More likely the cause is from Reddit itself, being a single point of failure.
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Mhmm.
Why am i able to access it with other browsers then?!
Reddit is likely doing some sort of browser detection outside of the User Agent string to block bots and is mistakenly grabbing Firefox as well.
I'm not saying it's a Firefox or a Reddit issue, but it's 100% possible to be on Reddit's end if you know how web servers function at all.
Because Reddit's spam detection is ass.
By the way: it was a Reddit issue. https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/s4095g/resolved_blocked_error_when_accessing_redditcom/
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Yeah, same.
Yep, have to use the app or Google Chrome to go on Reddit lol
What is wrong with this browser the past few days…
this has to be an issue on reddit's side, I literally clicked a reddit link 1 second and it worked fine, and clicked another and saw "blocked"
I was in the middle of a ninja edit. And now I have to live with that stupid little asterisk next to my comment for the rest of time. GAH!
Time to delete the account then
I mean reddit seems to work fine on everything else but firefox... it's got to be on firefoxes end
A Reddit-wide ban on the browser magically appears 25 minutes ago? For everyone? And is applicable across a wide-range of Firefox versions?
This is a Reddit problem. Reddit clearly doesn't have Firefox in their QA.
Edit: Reddit issue confirmed.
I used a cloud browser where you can change what browser the server you're connecting to see's, and i set it to Firefox and loaded reddit fine. Meaning, reddit's servers weren't treating traffic from Firefox any different.
You're using reddit right now. People are using it fine on Chrome, on edge and ANY MOBILE APP it works. But not Firefox. It's Firefox that's the problem. Otherwise other people would be having issues that use different browsers and apps... not just people using a specific browser
You can have server code block user agent strings.
no, reddit is blocking firefox specifically. (from some IP address ranges anyway)
I don't know about that, doesnt work on my phone unless I'm using data, so it could have an IP element too.
try friefox again. it works on desktop for me again
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pretty sure this is reddit's fault
Yup I can see response headers from Reddit servers, Reddit is blocking Firefox with a 403
They would be looking at the User-Agent header to determine if it was firefox. If you copy the cURL into postman there is no 403.
Seems to be something firefox is doing
My mistake then, just frustrating after http3 thing the other day.
I copied the cURL into postman and it loaded up just fine. If it was Reddit they would likely be looking at the User-Agent to block firefox, which doesn't seem to be the case
It randomly stopped working without any updating of firefox. It is absolutely on reddit's side, they are the one returning the 403. They're detecting firefox through some other means.
All that reddit knows is what is being sent in the HTTP request (and the user's IP, which is irrelevant here). Copying the cURL from firefox into postman will include every bit of information firefox is sending
There are ways to detect browser spoofing after the initial request by running javascript, but this request is failing before you hit that point
https://twitter.com/marwanpro/status/1482066457806753798
It's definitely a user agent block by Reddit. Changing it client side to Chrome's user agent string provides a workaround.
Definitely wasn't a UA block. Like u/LuckyHedgehog, I tried with the curl command copied from Firefox's dev tools, which obviously includes the Firefox UA. That loaded just fine.
Maybe something with TLS or an implementation detail of HTTP/2?
I'm sending the request via postman with the firefox user agent, works just fine.
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I mean, what do you want FF to do?
Reddit is returning a 403 error, you want Firefox to make up a response?
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you do know thats from two months ago right?
That was a month ago.
No way this is a problem with Firefox. I can't access reddit with FF 95.0.2, FF 96.0.1 or Firefox (Android) 96.1.1 - there is no way it's a browser issue if three different versions have problems on the same website at exactly the same time. This must be on reddit's end.
EDIT: It seems to be fixed. Typing this edit from Firefox right now.
Did you have issues in the last couple days where FF would simply refuse to load any URL, even after rebooting?
I had problems with my firefox not loading anything yesterday, and now I get the blocked message for reddit.
No.
Yeah, that was my issue the other day, now this. I just want to browse memes T.T
I had that the other day on my laptop. Thought it was just the laptop's fault though, that thing is like 10 years old.
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I also just started getting this issue on Firefox. I'm on Google Chrome right now to get around it...
its working again
Same here. Won't work with Firefox on Windows or Linux. Edge on Windows works though.
Hahah, yeah. Wtf. I was so confused why it was suddenly showing the same thing across two different devices, only on Firefox.
edit: Apparently there was an update. Maybe related?
Version 96.0.1, first offered to Release channel users on January 14, 2022
I tested a few downgraded versions (95 and 92). Both are getting "Blocked".
So it is not 96.0.1.
I'm getting the issue on 95.0.1 and 95.0.2.
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This means that it is considered low effort. This also includes posts and comments that are considered rude, vulgar, derogatory, trolling, plain harassment or inciting violence (etc.), also including posts that do not contribute to a healthy discussion. Please don't feel discouraged from posting but please also understand that this is a warning and, depending on the offense, may result in a ban if repeated.
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Worked just fine up until I restarted mine to get 96.0.1 update.
This is probably unrelated, it stopped working for me while on 94.0 and I actually tried updating to 96.0.1 as a way to fix it.
Got it immediately after upgrading to 96.0.1 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/96.0.1/releasenotes/?utm_source=firefox-browser&utm_medium=firefox-desktop&utm_campaign=about-dialog
Edit: not related with the upgrade, failing on nightly and other versions as well.
for me it started happening suddenly within an existing browser session, so nothing related to an update
I'm still on 96.0, and im getting it too.
Was happening to me on 96.0, tried updating to 96.0.1 and it did not change anything.
Same issue here. It's ironic that we now have to access r/firefox using chrome.
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Im using lynx. Send help.
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I get it, lynx ist just too much bloat for you?
You should be using a more up-to-date browser, like Links.
Modern version of Edge is mostly based on Chrome so you're using a forked Chrome to access r/firefox
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Same here. When Firefox doesn't work, Edge will do for ... uh...
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...edge cases.
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YYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
Chrome and Edge are based on Chromium. Edge isn't forked from chrome itself.
i use internet explorer
I'm using curl requests
you kid, but i was still able to pull the rss feeds with quiterss lol
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I use Netscape Navigator
So sorry for your loss.
me too, Reddit 100% did something, my browser hasn't updated anything today.
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I just tried de-googled chromium and it's the most RAM efficient browser I've ever used.
I'm using Firefox on my desktop and accessing this fine, even though I'm blocked on mobile.
I'm blocked on desktop and fine on mobile. So it's not even consistently mucking up
Are you using cell data on mobile? It might just be the IP address reddit sees you coming from.
Nope, tried on WiFi with data blocked, and vice versa, private and non-private, on both. Same results for all combinations: fine on mobile, plaintext "blocked" on desktop.
Maybe a browser update and your Firefox hasn't been updated yet?
I'm blocked on mobile using iceraven
I'm blocked on both mobile and desktop Firefox.
Desktop is blocked, but desktop in private window is working.
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I got blocked on both, on wifi mobile, and I tried on my cell data, still blocked. Wut? Didn't bother pulling up chrome (on mobile) or edge on desktop, was considering calling my ISP but did more investigating.
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Thanks for posting this. I about shit a brick thinking my work caught on to me and blocked the site :)
I don't have chrome installed. So I'm using Edge...*BARF
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