WebFinger lookups return 404 or 403 on live sites
WebFinger lookups from outside services return 404 or 403 even though the endpoint URL loads in a browser.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 17 August 2023 · last reported 30 September 2026
What's going wrong
Site owners running WebFinger on WordPress report that external lookup tools return a 404 or 403 error, even though the same well-known address opens normally in a browser.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
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- Related problems.
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