Another question on head requests...

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Another question on head requests...

I've been the Apple Podcasting app for almost 9 years and it works great until this last week when it stopped working. I'm not able to validate the podcast anymore and am getting stuck at the headrequest. Here's the error I'm getting along with the podcast: Support for HTTP HEAD requests

The server for your episodes must support “HTTP HEAD requests”, which is a fancy way of saying that Apple Podcasts must be able to get information about your files without downloading them whole.

Unexpected HTTP code: 403

So how can I determine where the 403 error is coming from. I'm using Cloudflare and a security plugin. Thank you for anyone who may have some thoughts, I don't know much about this before between this and PowerPress I haven't had many issues...

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Posted on Apr 28, 2024 3:15 PM

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Apr 28, 2024 11:45 PM in response to Habakkuk3

Usually we see this notice as part of a message about an image, where it can be ignored. However I assume in this case that's all the error says? If your podcast has been working up to now it may be a glitch as your server probably wouldn't change from allowing them to not allowing them. However as it's a matter for the server hosting your feed you should ask them.

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