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#40588 Loading static ressources result in "403 Forbidden" header when enabling "Automatically compress static resources"

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Joomla! version

4.4.3/4.4.4

PHP version

8.2.18

Admin Tools version

7.5.1

Latest post by nicholas on Friday, 19 April 2024 01:48 CDT

Tuesday, 16 April 2024 20:31 CDT

maggus86

Hi Nicholas!

I am now a customer for a long time, but for some reason, all static ressources of my Joomla! sites now respond with a "403 Forbidden" header when loading them. This only occurs when "Automatically compress static resources" is enabled in the .htaccess maker. Moreover it also occurs on several Joomla! versions and several hosts.

Do you have an idea what's going wrong? I haven't changed any Apache or PHP settings but always installed the latest versions, at least for PHP.

I am contacting you as the issue occurs on several hosts, Joomla! versions and PHP versions.

Best regards, Markus

Wednesday, 17 April 2024 01:58 CDT

nicholas

Yes, we know what the problem is. We used Joomla's recommended .htaccess code to prevent double compression of pre-compressed resources (.css.gz, .js.gz, .css.br, .js.br), but Joomla's recommended code is actually incomplete and causes problems.

I will be releasing a new version in a few minutes to address that.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Thursday, 18 April 2024 14:12 CDT

maggus86

Thank you for fixing the issue in an amazingly short time!

Now, everything works as expected again :)

Edited by maggus86 on 2024-04-18 14:13 CDT

Friday, 19 April 2024 01:48 CDT