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Link is bad on Firefox but not on Chrome

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Jonathan Ryshpan
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This link fails on Firefox but works on Chrome. Why? https://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/labor-law-is-broken-economist-says/?te=1&nl=paul-krugman&emc=edit_pk_20210303

The Firefox failure message is: Error 503 first byte timeout

This link fails on Firefox but works on Chrome. Why? https://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/labor-law-is-broken-economist-says/?te=1&nl=paul-krugman&emc=edit_pk_20210303 The Firefox failure message is: Error 503 first byte timeout

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brisu
brisu
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Welcome!

5xx error codes usually mean your client side connect was encountered an error. Try restarting Firefox than visit the webpage again. I was not able to reproduce your error so it might have been a temporary connection issue.

If you can't connect after restarting Firefox and your connection. Follow this guide to help identify where issues might reside: Troubleshoot and diagnose Firefox problems