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   Annika Backstrom (annika@xoxo.zone)'s status on Friday, 22-Aug-2025 20:02:13 JST Annika Backstrom

   Anyone know how I can force nginx to reply with a 410 (or some other code) for a POST request?

   I killed my Pixelfed server a while ago. I'm returning 410 from nginx:

   ```
   error_page 410 @gone;

   location @gone {
   rewrite . /410.html break;
   }

   location / {
   return 410;
   }
   ```

   GET requests return 410, but POST requests return a 405. xoxo.zone as well as many other servers don't register this as a "failure" so it's still being hit all these months later. Can I force a different reply?

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     Annika Backstrom (annika@xoxo.zone)'s status on Friday, 22-Aug-2025 20:56:13 JST Annika Backstrom

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     • Ellie 🐍 🎄:trans_heart:​

     @noelle Ah I will give that a try later. What I have is mostly working (it shows the generic 410 if you directly hit the 410.html, which is odd) but I wonder if it could be less lines

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     Ellie 🐍 🎄:trans_heart:​ (noelle@chat.noelle.codes)'s status on Friday, 22-Aug-2025 20:56:14 JST Ellie 🐍 🎄:trans_heart:​

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     @annika Looks like you're heading toward a solution just as I found your post. :) As far as I know, nginx doesn't allow POST requests to static sites (i.e. not proxying to a server running on another port/system, fastcgi, etc.), which is why it's bouncing the POST requests before they get to your location handler. Setting a custom error_page 405 =410 $uri should, I think, resolve the issue, but I just woke up so take it with a grain of salt. :)

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     Annika Backstrom (annika@xoxo.zone)'s status on Saturday, 23-Aug-2025 01:52:37 JST Annika Backstrom

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     • Eli the Bearded

     @elithebearded I turned on FETCH_REPLIES_ENABLED and it's been a godsend. It sometimes requires a reload (if replies weren't fetched before you visited the post) but that's easier than visiting the remote server at least https://blog.gelbphoenix.de/introducing-mastodons-fetch-replies-feature/

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     Eli the Bearded (elithebearded@fed.qaz.red)'s status on Saturday, 23-Aug-2025 01:52:40 JST Eli the Bearded

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     @annika

     I can't believe it is August 2025 and I still have to go the original server to see *any* replies to a boosted message.

     Glad you got that solved and I'm taking notes