[GH-ISSUE #1217] Homepage / -- loads then crashes entire page, when GitHub API call returns 403 #857

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opened 2026-05-07 00:28:13 +02:00 by BreizhHardware · 2 comments

BreizhHardware commented

2026-05-07 00:28:13 +02:00

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Originally created by @mcint on GitHub (Nov 5, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/1217

🐞 Describe the bug
For the https://ntfy.sh homepage, and not on the Notifications / Subscriptions / Message-sending page, for unknown reasons I temporarily exceeded limits api.github.com.

While ntfy.sh requested https://api.github.com/repos/binwiederhier/ntfy, I presume for the live Stars count, the homepage would flash as loaded, then report a total crash. The api requests were receiving 403 reponses, {"message":"API rate limit exceeded for [ip]. (But here's the good news: Authenticated requests get a higher rate limit. Check out the documentation for more details.)","documentation_url":"https://docs.github.com/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#rate-limiting"}.

I would be nice the the homepage gracefully degraded and was still usable, when dependencies are returning non-success statuses.

💻 Components impacted
Web homepage, ntfy.sh. Not the web app.

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Originally created by @mcint on GitHub (Nov 5, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/1217 :lady_beetle: **Describe the bug** For the https://ntfy.sh homepage, and not on the Notifications / Subscriptions / Message-sending page, for unknown reasons I temporarily exceeded limits api.github.com. While ntfy.sh requested https://api.github.com/repos/binwiederhier/ntfy, I presume for the live Stars count, the homepage would flash as loaded, then report a total crash. The api requests were receiving 403 reponses, `{"message":"API rate limit exceeded for [ip]. (But here's the good news: Authenticated requests get a higher rate limit. Check out the documentation for more details.)","documentation_url":"https://docs.github.com/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#rate-limiting"}`. I would be nice the the homepage gracefully degraded and was still usable, when dependencies are returning non-success statuses. :computer: **Components impacted** Web homepage, ntfy.sh. Not the web app. :bulb: **Screenshots and/or logs**  :crystal_ball: **Additional context**

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2026-05-07 00:28:13 +02:00

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BreizhHardware commented

2026-05-07 00:28:14 +02:00

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@Mause commented on GitHub (Oct 8, 2025):

This is an issue again today, I'd submit a PR to fix, but the code for the ntfy.sh website doesn't seem to be public

@Mause commented on GitHub (Oct 8, 2025): This is an issue again today, I'd submit a PR to fix, but the code for the ntfy.sh website doesn't seem to be public

BreizhHardware commented

2026-05-07 00:28:14 +02:00

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@binwiederhier commented on GitHub (Feb 1, 2026):

This is a per-IP limit, so if you hammer the GitHub API, then the ntfy.sh website will crash. It's not ideal, but not something I'd like to fix right now.

@binwiederhier commented on GitHub (Feb 1, 2026): This is a per-IP limit, so if _you_ hammer the GitHub API, then the ntfy.sh website will crash. It's not ideal, but not something I'd like to fix right now.