[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #7792: Too Many "429 Too Many Requests" Errors (Nginx Misconfiguration causing False-Positives)

[Making WordPress.org]

#7792: Too Many "429 Too Many Requests" Errors (Nginx Misconfiguration causing
False-Positives)
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 Reporter:  maltfield     |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:
Component:  General       |   Keywords:
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 Since the past ~6 months, I have been frequently unable to access content
 on wordpress.org

 If I'm lucky, then when I'm browsing wordpress documentation pages, I'm
 able to load the main html file with the content, but the website is
 horribly mis-rendered because many dependent assets don't load (eg css
 files, images, javascript, etc) due to "429 Too Many Requests" errors.

 If I'm unlucky, even the main page doesn't load load at all -- due to "429
 Too Many Requests".

 Usually, I start-off being able to load one or more pages, but as I click
 around the website trying to find the page that I need, I eventually get
 this error.

 I am not a bot. I am a human. I'm just trying to load reference
 documentation as I develop a wordpress plugin. This has been extremely
 frustrating, and forced me to third party websites and to "guess" php
 functions, attributes, and return values as I'm developing, reducing my
 productivity.

 Since the Snowden revelations of 2013, it's become clear that many at-risk
 users should not be using the Internet without using privacy-protections
 like Tor. For security and privacy reasons, I do not access the internet
 without passing my traffic through Tor or a VPN. To prevent discrimination
 against at-risk folks, it's important that WordPress servers do not block
 traffic from shared networks, such as VPNs or Tor exit nodes.

 It appears that nginx's settings are too strict, and lots of good users
 are getting caught in the dragnet.

 Whatever the current nginx config is, please double it to fix these false-
 positives.

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