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archive.org not working

Unread post by yury_700 » 2025-05-07, 10:08

Archive.org site opens with blank page, both with my set of addons and in safe mode.
The source of the page shows some sort of stopgap code, included further on.

In Web console I get:

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Content Security Policy: Couldn’t parse invalid host 'wasm-unsafe-eval'  
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<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><base href="/"><meta charset="utf-8"><link rel="icon" href="/offshoot_assets/favicon.ico"><link rel="preconnect" href="https://analytics.archive.org"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><meta name="google-site-verification" content="Q2YSouphkkgHkFNP7FgAkc4TmBs1Gmag3uGNndb53B8"><meta name="google-site-verification" content="bpjKvUvsX0lxfmjg19TLblckWkDpnptZEYsBntApxUk"><meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache"><meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate"><link rel="stylesheet" href="/offshoot_assets/index.34c417fd1d63.css"><title>Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free &amp; Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music &amp; Wayback Machine</title><script src="/offshoot_assets/vendor/lit@2.0.2/polyfill-support.js"></script><script src="/offshoot_assets/vendor/@webcomponents/webcomponentsjs@2.6.0/webcomponents-loader.js"></script><script>/* @licstart  The following is the entire license notice for the
      * JavaScript code in this page.
      *
      * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
      * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
      * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
      * (at your option) any later version.
      *
      * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
      * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
      * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
      * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
      *
      * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
      * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
      *
      * @licend  The above is the entire license notice
      * for the JavaScript code in this page.
      */</script></head><body><app-root></app-root><noscript><div class="no-js-redirect-container" data-owner="nginx"><h2>Redirecting you to a lite version of archive.org...</h2></div><meta http-equiv="refresh" data-owner="nginx" content="0; url=/?noscript=true"></noscript><script src="/offshoot_assets/js/webpack-runtime.5bd04653bea896370e7b.js"></script><script src="/offshoot_assets/js/offshoot_assets/dist/index.677940712e7653552a88.js"></script></body></html>

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Re: archive.org not working

Unread post by karlchen » 2025-05-07, 11:38

Hello, yury_700.

Empty page confirmed, if I enter archive.org only in the address bar. It will be expanded to http://archive.org.
In case, however, that I enter https://archive.org, the Wayback Machine webpage will be displayed correctly.

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- Linux Mint 20.3 Cinamon (64-bit)
- Pale Moon 3.7.1 (64-bit)

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Re: archive.org not working

Unread post by andyprough » 2025-05-07, 16:36

karlchen wrote:
2025-05-07, 11:38
Empty page confirmed, if I enter archive.org only in the address bar. It will be expanded to http://archive.org.
In case, however, that I enter https://archive.org, the Wayback Machine webpage will be displayed correctly.
Can confirm. It's a long-standing weird issue with archive.org. You've got to specifically point to https://archive.org or you get nothing.

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Re: archive.org not working

Unread post by Goodydino » 2025-05-07, 16:56

Strange. It automatically went to https for me.

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Re: archive.org not working

Unread post by Moonchild » 2025-05-07, 18:22

Goodydino wrote:
2025-05-07, 16:56
Strange. It automatically went to https for me.
This is the behaviour I see as well. It automatically forwards to https

The quote page source code does have a refresh meta, but it's placed in the <body> which doesn't work. Not sure what all the webcomponents/polyfill stuff is that's put in beforehand, but it may be an attempt at providing compatibility with older browsers. Did you disable webcomponents?
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Re: archive.org not working

Unread post by andyprough » 2025-05-07, 19:46

Moonchild wrote:
2025-05-07, 18:22
This is the behaviour I see as well. It automatically forwards to https
Try it in a private browser window or with a clean profile:
2025-05-07_14-43.jpg
If I type archive.org it in my regular profile it takes me to https, but then I have an archive.org site bookmarked and I've visited there recently.
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Re: archive.org not working

Unread post by Moonchild » 2025-05-07, 19:52

andyprough wrote:
2025-05-07, 19:46
I've visited there recently.
If they indicated HSTS on a previous visit then the browser won't even try http on future visits as long as the HSTS header hasn't expired yet.
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Re: archive.org not working

Unread post by Goodydino » 2025-05-08, 19:56

Moonchild wrote:
2025-05-07, 18:22
Goodydino wrote:
2025-05-07, 16:56
Strange. It automatically went to https for me.
This is the behaviour I see as well. It automatically forwards to https

The quote page source code does have a refresh meta, but it's placed in the <body> which doesn't work. Not sure what all the webcomponents/polyfill stuff is that's put in beforehand, but it may be an attempt at providing compatibility with older browsers. Did you disable webcomponents?
Do these settings count as webcomponents?
devtools.webide.enabled;false
dom.webnotifications.enabled;false
dom.webnotifications.serviceworker.enabled;false

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Re: archive.org not working

Unread post by Moonchild » 2025-05-08, 22:04

Goodydino wrote:
2025-05-08, 19:56
Do these settings count as webcomponents?
No.

Not sure why you think so. it's not even the same terms.
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