Re: wiki log in: "Resource available only to logged in users"

On Sat, Dec 06, 2025 at 09:28:35AM +0100, Álvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2025-Dec-05, Noah Misch wrote:
> > Based on visiting https://www.postgresql.org/account/profile/, this Chrome
> > profile is logged into my community account.  However, if I visit
> > https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_18_Open_Items and click "log in"
> > or "view source" I get:
> > 
> >   Error 403 Resource available only to logged in users
> 
> Hello,
> 
> The wiki had been "under attack" (read: unnaturally heavy scraping
> traffic) for a few days and had consequently started spewing errors of
> various kinds.  To defend against this, some URLs had to be blocked,
> which is why you now get error 403 in various places.  You should be
> able to log in to the wiki from its main page, and then all restrictions
> are lifted.
> 
> It's not clear to me exactly why does the login link work on the main
> page and not on other pages.  We may be able to lift this at some point.
> But for now, there's at least a workaround.

On Sat, Dec 06, 2025 at 11:02:51AM +0100, Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote:
> I made an attempt to improve this - please try again!

I get the same error outcome from the main-page login link, which for me is
https://wiki.postgresql.org/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Main+Page

Visiting https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Special:UserLogin is an effective
workaround for me.