No exceptions for public files in protected folders
Cannot exempt some files from a blanket protection rule, so public documents return errors.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 25 January 2021 · last reported 7 July 2025
What's going wrong
Several site owners want to protect most PDFs or media files but leave a handful public, such as a privacy policy or terms of use.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.