Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Lolu chungechunge lwabekwa kunqolobane. Uyacelwa ubuze umbuzo omusha uma udinga usizo.

The requested service is temporarily unavailable

  • 7 uphendule
  • 1 inale nkinga
  • 1 view
  • Igcine ukuphendulwa ngu cor-el

more options

Using my PC, I am clicking on this URL: https://schoolgateway.westminster.org.uk/?page_id=7. Firefox responds with "The requested service is temporarily unavailable. It is either overloaded or under maintenance. Please try later." Every time. Using Firefox for Android on my phone: same result. I have tried Troubleshoot Mode on my PC: same result. And yet Safari, Chrome, Edge and Brave all load the web page correctly with no error message.

What am I doing wrong?

Using my PC, I am clicking on this URL: https://schoolgateway.westminster.org.uk/?page_id=7. Firefox responds with "The requested service is temporarily unavailable. It is either overloaded or under maintenance. Please try later." Every time. Using Firefox for Android on my phone: same result. I have tried Troubleshoot Mode on my PC: same result. And yet Safari, Chrome, Edge and Brave all load the web page correctly with no error message. What am I doing wrong?

Isisombululo esikhethiwe

The website works for me via an open HTTP connection, so try to create an "off" exception for HTTPS-Only Mode via "Settings -> Privacy & Security -> HTTPS-Only Mode -> Manage Exceptions".


Funda le mpendulo ngokuhambisana nalesi sihloko 👍 0

All Replies (7)

more options

I get the same result. I have tried adding the domain to the following preference in about:config to no effect. network.trr.excluded-domains The following are FYI only as they don't seem to be relevant.

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Trusted_Recursive_Resolver#DNS-over-HTTPS_Prefs_in_Firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-dns-over-https https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/dns-over-https-doh-faqs

See also https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-cant-load-websites-other-browsers-can

Okulungisiwe ngu Terry

more options

Isisombululo Esikhethiwe

The website works for me via an open HTTP connection, so try to create an "off" exception for HTTPS-Only Mode via "Settings -> Privacy & Security -> HTTPS-Only Mode -> Manage Exceptions".


Okulungisiwe ngu cor-el

more options

Thank you, Terry.

Cor-el: thank you. I also found that the problem went away when I turned off HTTPS-only mode altogether, so this feature is clearly the problem.

more options

Note that exceptions do not work in Private Browsing mode and in PB mode the only option is to disable HTTPS-Only Mode entirely as far a I managed to get it working in PB mode.

more options

Cor-el: thank you again, much appreciated. However, I do not think that work-arounds are good enough here. Firefox is saying that the website is unavailable, which it isn't. It should be saying that the website does not offer a safe connection via HTTPS and should allow the user to proceed if he or she wishes. It is clearly a bug, and I have now reported it via Bugzilla.

more options

For reference:

  • 1821012 - "requested service is temporarily unavailable" message in HTTPS-only mode
more options

This is a problem with how the server responds to a secure connection. If there is a response then Firefox assumes the HTTPS is supported.