Search function in macports.org defunct

[Christoph Kukulies]

Hi,

thanks. It's the trac.macports.org <http://trac.macports.org/> page, which has a search field in the u.r. corner and also a search function in the menu row below.

Funnily it worked right a minute before when I entered "jupyter" and I was irritated. Then I entered a term which could not be found,
like "httpx" and then I get that "forbidden" error.

--
Christoph



> Am 16.07.2025 um 19:42 schrieb Clemens Lang <cal at macports.org>:
> 
> Hi Christoph,
> 
>> On 16. Jul 2025, at 18:50, Christoph Kukulies  wrote:
>> 
>> While trying to use the search function on the macports.org webpage I'm ending up with a
> 
> Which search form exactly? The one in the top right of trac.macports.org <http://trac.macports.org/>, or a different one?
> 
> 
>> Forbidden
>> 
>> You don't have permission to access this resource.
>> 
>> Apache/2.4.59 (Debian) Server at trac.macports.org Port 443
>> 
>> No matter whether being logged in into the site or not.
>> 
>> Anyone knowing the reason behind it?
> 
> Due to spam abuse and DoS attacks by AI crawler bots I had to very aggressively block various requests and user agents. I tried to make sure normal search still works though. Can you help me diagnose the issue with a bit more information?
> 
> - What’s your browser, in which version? Ideally, if you know, what’s your browser’s user-agent string?
> - What was the search term you used?
> - When did this occur exactly? A date and time with seconds would help.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Clemens

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