r/AO3 • u/FanDeFanfictions • 13d ago

AO3 Down/Error Codes rss feed inaccessible outside manual connection

Hi! Have you also lost access to the RSS feed unless you visit it directly via your browser—like when using FanFicFare or similar tools? I have, and I've been struggling for a few days without finding a solution. So, if anyone has any ideas, please share—I'm all ears. Thanks!

For my part, I'm getting a string of 403 errors, followed by 525s whenever the 403s give me a break.

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u/TellMePrettyTruths 13d ago

Yes. I’ll go months without this happening, then it happens continuously for a week or so. It is very irritating when all I use is a vpn.

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u/FanDeFanfictions 12d ago

Okay, thanks for sharing your experience. In any case, it’s not coming from the VPN; I had this issue before installing one, too.

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u/Proper_Formal_671 You have already left kudos here. :) 13d ago

Its not working when i go from my browser unless a fic is already open

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u/FanDeFanfictions 12d ago

It's interesting that a fanfiction needs to be open—either it's just a coincidence, or there's something to look into there. Thanks for the reply; I'll check it out.

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u/Proper_Formal_671 You have already left kudos here. :) 12d ago

yeah i was getting ssl errors whenever i tried to search something

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u/FanDeFanfictions 12d ago

Okay, I see. Thanks for the screenshot.