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NIX Load Limit HTTP Status Code
Just a suggestion I guess, but you shouldn't have the NIX Load Limiting setting give users a HTTP 404 code when it's triggered as this is also horrible for SEO.
I suggest the HTTP Code 503, you could add a simple bypass so that spiders/crawlers don't get caught by this setting but it will add a bypass method for malicious users to just change their user agent and bypass the nix load limit setting.
While a 503 would make sense I am unable to reproduce this bug report. I don't get a 404 status code.
While a 503 would make sense I am unable to reproduce this bug report. I don't get a 404 status code.
So, what http error code do you receive when you get a NIX Load limit page?
As far as I can see from the current code, no specific status code is sent at all.
A 503 status code would make sense. The core doesn't do a great job of setting status codes at all. A quick and easy fix would be to add an optional parameter to the error function to allow a status code to be defined.
Do you use Google SEO ?
Yes it probably has something to do with it, but still this requires some work. Add a status code option to the error function.