403 Forbidden

Meaning

Your account or request context does not have permission for the resource.

Causes

• Insufficient permissions
• Admin-only resource
• IP/region restrictions

How to fix

• Request access or use an allowed path
• Ask an admin to grant permission

Example

HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden

Official references

IANA HTTP Status Code RegistryOfficialRegistryhttps://www.iana.org/assignments/http-status-codesOpen in new tab MDN HTTP response status codesReferenceDocshttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/StatusOpen in new tab RFC 9110 (HTTP Semantics)ReferenceSpechttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110Open in new tab RFC 9110: 403 status codeReferenceSpechttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110Open in new tab

FAQ

• How is it different from 401? — 401 is auth failure, 403 is permission denied.
• Can VPN cause it? — Yes, if the service uses IP restrictions.

When to contact support

If it’s an org account, ask the admin for access.