403 forbidden. A number of us have been getting this message today when posting a reply,

[niyad]

or clicking on a link or, in one case, trying to go back a page. It is not consistent and constant, rather, intermittent.

Thanks.

[wcmagumba]

1. Me too, a couple of times clicking on a link...

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Me, too. But it was only intermittent-- click again and it works.

[jrthin]

3. I, too, have gotten this.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Just Happened To Me

First time, and it was after I read your post in GD.
I was trying to reply to a post in GD.

[rurallib]

5. I use separate browser for DU (Safari)

and I haven't been able to sign in to Du on Safari all day. ETA - getting that "403 forbidden" message.

Somehow I apparently left a DU session running on Chrome so I have been on there all day.

Be careful - if you log out you may not be able to get back in.

[niyad]

6. I, too, have safari (hate it, but no other option). Most certainly, will not log out.

[BigmanPigman]

7. This just happened 10 min ago, also

Last night and 3 days ago. Why??????????

[cwydro]

8. Just got it too.

First time today, but I’ve been busy and not posting much.

[TreasonousBastard]

9. OK-- now it won't let me post a new thread. Tried four or five times but got 404

[niyad]

10. EarlG responded to another poster yesterday that they are having issues. Technical, not hacking.

Working on it.

[TreasonousBastard]

11. That's what I was hopng.

[niyad]

12. Indeed. Many of us were having flashbacks and panic.

[Cha]

15. Good to know.. TY, niyad!

[Make7]

13. I switched to 'upload.democraticunderground.com' when I was having connection issues.

It seemed to work much more consistently.

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/

[Cha]

14. I've had it happen 3 times.. I reported it

in ATA under "Tech issues".

Frustrating!

[True Dough]

16. I just experienced it when trying to respond in the Lounge

Then I tried replying to a thread in Sports and it worked. So, yeah, intermittent for sure.

EDIT: And this post was obviously successful.

[niyad]

17. This bug seems to be quite random.

[cwydro]

18. I've been getting it today.

This bug has been around for awhile now.

[niyad]

19. Apparently so. And there was a problem with the rec button and a couple of other things a couple

of days ago, although that got resolved fairly quickly.

[Yonnie3]

20. I got one while voting during jury duty

It was disconcerting, but a tap on the browser's back button and moving forward again worked fine.

[niyad]

21. Good to know.

[Yonnie3]

23. Clarification

I did the back button and then clicked my vote again to move forward.

Just wanted to clarify that I did not use the browser forward button.

[SCantiGOP]

24. I tried to update my signature

Tried it three times, got the 403 message each time.

[hlthe2b]

25. I originally noted this as a mere annoyance, but this is happening far more frequently it seems now.

Earl G., Elad? Any ideas?

[cwydro]

26. Yeah, it's been happening a lot today to me, and I've not posted that much.

It makes me uneasy.