FeedFlow users unable to access RSS feeds

Resolved

• 04/06/2025 7:15 AM:

  User reported issue.

• 04/06/2025 8:27 PM:

  Confirmed the app is experiencing the following issues, which are causing RSS feeds not to work properly:

  • Failing to space out its initial bulk requests causing an excessive amount of requests to be made for feed content all at the same time
  • No Accept header present in its requests
• 04/15/2025 7:31 PM:

  Issue has been opened at prof18/feed-flow#503 to be resolved by the developer.

• 05/08/2025 11:17 AM:

  Reached out to the developer for a resolution.

• 05/17/2025 8:21 AM:

  Reached out again to developer.

• 05/20/2025 7:10 AM:

  Developer responded that an update has been made that decreases the amount of feed requests being made at one time.

• 05/20/2025 11:00 AM:

  Based on the information provided, informed the developer that the update will require its users to wait longer for feed content unnecessarily, and a better alternative would be to use the Cache-Control max-age header to determine the timing and frequency of feed requests.

• 05/20/2025 3:49 PM:

  Developer responded to implement a more appropriate fix soon.

• 11/26/2025 9:10 AM:

  This issue has been resolved and is now being mitigated by restricting the application's requests through our abuse protection. Because FeedFlow is not a verified reader, it will continue to be automatically restricted when excessive requests are made—even if those requests are made across multiple IP addresses and regardless of their User Agent.

  If you are a FeedFlow user and donating at least $25 or more per month to help with server costs, please contact us for a special token that can be added to the application that will remove these restrictions.