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RSS reader and forum

Post by hidden » 2025-08-08, 07:02

Hello, I have always used QuiteRSS with this forum without any problems, but for some time now I have been unable to do so. I am not receiving the new ones, and I get an error code 2.

I have tried RSS Guard and it works perfectly.


I don't know why. :!:




Edit:

Solved: Replace the User-Agent

https://github.com/QuiteRSS/quiterss/issues/1616

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Re: RSS reader and forum

Post by Moonchild » 2025-08-08, 10:03

hidden wrote:
2025-08-08, 07:02
I don't know why. :!:
It's because QuiteRSS doesn't identify itself as its own thing and pretends to be a very old version of Chrome. It got caught in the anti-bot filters I've had to put in place to stave off DDoS attacks on the forum. Because it doesn't present its own useragent string, it's not possible to filter and whitelist on that. You may run into the same problem again in the future as long as it isn't being truthful in its user agent string about being an RSS reader.
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Re: RSS reader and forum

Post by hidden » 2025-08-09, 15:03

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.


I'm waiting for RSS Guard to be more advanced before making the switch.


QuiteRSS has been discontinued, but it's still the best reader available at the moment.