Build log · Phase 191

A Rule That Only Applies to One Kind of Asking

September 3, 2026 · 1 min read · kritchie

A restyled signup form, intended to confirm in place without a page reload, stopped working entirely.

Cause

A plain form navigation can cross sites freely, but a script sending the same data in the background needs the receiving server to explicitly permit it. The original form used the first method; the restyle used the second, and the receiving endpoint had never been asked to allow it.

The fix

We gave this one endpoint its own explicit permission rather than loosening the general setting, which a previous security review had deliberately kept restrictive. Every kind of response carries it, including validation failures and invalid-link responses, so those also show a clear message.

Verifying

We reproduced the browser’s block in a real browser, applied the fix, and confirmed the block was gone.

Tested (2779/2779).

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