Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):
- Open Wikipedia or Wiktionary in an old version of any browser
- Type something in the search bar or try viewing any images
- Get rate-limited
What happens?:
Status code: 429
What should have happened instead?:
Search queries going through and all images loading.
Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):
N/A
Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):
Status code: 429 You are making too many requests to the API. Please follow the best practices at <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_APIs/Rate_limits>. If you are unsure how to get the access you need, contact <bot-traffic@wikimedia.org>. Too many requests (76af2b0)
Spoofing the browser's user agent resolves the issue but requires installing an extension to do so.