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I've had this happen sometimes too - haven't figured out what triggers it.

Someone sent me a GitHub gist in Discord, and it wouldn't let me see it until I logged in. I clicked the link again, and it let me through just fine. A/B testing maybe?

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You're throttled if you share a public IP address with many people who are fetching anonymously (or at least you used to be). Authenticating your requests fixes that. I'm guessing this is similar.

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