[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #1860: Broken paging for a certain plugin search query

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#1860: Broken paging for a certain plugin search query
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov    |       Owner:
     Type:  defect            |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
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Description changed by SergeyBiryukov:

Old description:

> 1. Go to https://wordpress.org/plugins/.
> 2. Search for "plugin version". The URL is
> `https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=plugin+version`.
> 3. Click "Page 2" link in the navigation menu.
> 4. The connection is aborted, and you get a "This site can’t be reached"
> error in Chrome or "Secure Connection Failed" in Firefox.
> 5. Go back to step 2 and search for "plugin version" again. There's a
> Keyword/Author/Tag dropdown, so the resulting URL is
> `https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?type=term&q=plugin+version`
> (note the added `type=term` that was not there in the first query).
> 6. The paging works as expected now.
>
> Seems like some security rule is erroneously triggered on step 4.

New description:

 1. Go to https://wordpress.org/plugins/.
 2. Search for "plugin version" (without the quotes). The URL is
 `https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=plugin+version`.
 3. Click "Page 2" link in the navigation menu.
 4. The connection is aborted, and you get a "This site can’t be reached"
 error in Chrome or "Secure Connection Failed" in Firefox.
 5. Go back to step 2 and search for "plugin version" again. There's a
 Keyword/Author/Tag dropdown, so the resulting URL is
 `https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?type=term&q=plugin+version`
 (note the added `type=term` that was not there in the first query).
 6. The paging works as expected now.

 Seems like some security rule is erroneously triggered on step 4.

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